Lesson Plan

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Lesson Plan

• 6th grade

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• Unit The city and other places.
• Topic Cities.
• Introduction
• This Lesson asks students to describe places, ask
  and answer about how to get to a place in the
  city, sequence future activities, organize ideas
  in one paragraph, and finally respect and enjoy
  the life in the city.

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• General Goals
• To read and understand texts related to cities.
• To learn words related to cities, places and
  directions.
• To describe places.
• To ask for and give information
• To respect and appreciate cities

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• Greeting always say Hello to the students.
• Warm up catch students attention by asking them
  what is their favorite city, and why?
• Getting started
• Show some pictures of famous cities around the
  world using a PPT or flashcards. Ask the students
  what are these cities famous for? Discuss.

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www.pics4learning.com (through
www.educationworld.com )
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• Reading hand out the text about the city.
• Pre reading task
• Ask students to predict the content of the text
  by reading just the title of it.
• Ask them to skim the text to find the topic or
  main idea .
• Review vocabulary or grammatical structures.

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• The City of Rivers

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Vocabulary Settlement a place where people
have come to live and make their homes,
especially where few or no people lived before.
Asset a thing of value, especially property,
that a person or company owns. Homelands the
country or land where a person was
born. Breweries companies that make beer.
fatality a death that is caused by violence or
disease. Grammatical structures simple past,
connectors
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• The City of Rivers
• Valdivia, Chile, the City of Rivers, was
  founded on the Bahía de Corral by Pedro de
  Valdivia on February 9, 1522 who named the new
  settlement Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia.
  Taking advantage Of the harbor, the rivers and
  the strategic location for ships rounding Cape
  Horn or navigating the Strait of Magellan on the
  route to Lima and the Viceroyalty of Peru, the
  founding fathers were pleased to find the area
  rich in timber and gold.
• Valdivia became an important port known as
  the La Perla del Sur , Southern Pearl, an
  enviable asset of the Spanish crown. To protect
  Valdivia and Bahía de Corral, Spanish forces
  began building forts in 1645, constructing the
  castillos at Mancera, Corral, Niebla, Amargos and
  Cruces, and among others, the forts of San Carlos
  and El Molino. Valdivia became the most heavily
  fortified port in the Spanish colonies.
• In addition to repelling any foreign forces
  and pirates intending to take the Southern Pearl
  for themselves, the locals had to fight the
  Mapuche nation who were understandably upset with
  this invasion of their homelands. The forts were
  also intended to keep the route between Santiago
  and other cities open. In 1553/1554 the Mapuches
  rebelled and according to legend, Pedro de
  Valdivia was captured, Impaled on a stake and his
  heart cut into pieces and eaten by the Mapuche
  leader, Lautaro.

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• Even after Chile separated from Peru and
  attained independence from Spain, this area of
  Chile remained loyal to the Spanish crown. It
  took a surprise attack from Lord Cochrane and the
  Chilean navy to conquer the city and formally
  annex it to Chile in 1821.
• In the latter part of the 19th century, an
  influx of German emigrants moved to the area
  during a national immigration program. They
  revitalized the economy, brought in new industry,
  including breweries, and made their mark in local
  architecture with their distinctive styles. In
  1960, Valdivia was near the epicenter of a 9.5
  earthquake, termed the Largest Earthquake in the
  World. The resulting tsunamis were felt across
  the Pacific Ocean. Fortunately, the fatalities
  werent as high as they could have been, but much
  of Valdivia and nearby historic forts were
  destroyed. The river courses changed and where
  the earth sank, the resulting flooding created an
  aquatic area now maintained as the wetlands of
  the Santuario de la Naturaleza Carlos Anwandter.
• ADAPTED FROM about.com

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• While students are reading make sure they
  comprehend the text, monitor them and ask if they
  need some extra help with the vocabulary.
• Post reading task
• After reading the text , hand out the
  questionnaire, ask them to work in pairs to
  answer it. Then check.

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• Questions
• Why the founding fathers were pleased to have
  found this area?
• Because it was an area rich in timber and gold.
• What did Spanish forces do in 1645?
• In 1645 Spanish forces began building forts.
• According to the legend, what happened to Pedro
  de Valdivia?
• according to the legend, Pedro de Valdivia was
  captured, Impaled on a stake and his heart cut
  into pieces and eaten by the Mapuche
  leader, Lautaro.
• What did German emigrants do ?
• They revitalized the economy, brought in new
  industry, including breweries, and made their
  mark in local architecture with their distinctive
  styles.
• What happened in Valdivia in 1960?
• In 1960, Valdivia was near the epicenter of a 9.5
  earthquake, termed the Largest Earthquake in the
  World

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• Writing Hand out the which city work sheet.
• Pre writing task
• ask students about which city in Chile or in the
  world they would like to visit, why?
• Ask them to write a short paragraph about that
  special city they would like to visit.
• ask them to follow the example answer.

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• Which City
• Directions Try to answer the question below.
• Question Which city would you like to visit?
  Why?
• Example Answer I am very interested in
  visiting Athens, Ive seen photos of the
  Acropolis and it would be amazing! It lies about
  150 meters above sea level. I would also like to
  see the historical temples and other buildings
  that are very famous for its architectural
  structures.
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ADAPTED FROM www.englishforeveryone.org
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• POST WRITING TASK
• To finish the activity ask some students to
  share their writings with the class.
• Give positive feedback.
• Closure
• tell the students which topic there are going to
  work with next class.
• next class we are going to learn how to ask for
  and give information in the city, so be prepared
  to act out
• Say good bye to the students.

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References

• www.englishforeveryone.com
• www.educationworld.com/a-tech/sites/sites067.shtm
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• gosouthamerica.about.com/od/valdivia/p/valdivia.h
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