Taller de Actividades 2° Periodo J.T.

Meta de Comprensión: El estudiante comprende el uso de las estructuras

gramaticales para hacer comparaciones entre hábitos saludables y no saludables
y otras situaciones.

Previous knowledge

1. Recognize healthy and unhealthy vocabulary

Healthy habits Unhealthy habits

2. Bad eating habits

1. Eat healthy

3. Computer and
Internet addiction

2. Exercise
4. Keep clean 3.Infectious deseases

5. Have medical check- ups 4.Consume drugs and

alcohol
 6. Sleep for 7 hours 5.T.V Addiction

Grammar

1. Differentiate the rules to do comparison by using adjectives of one syllable

and two or more syllable

Examples:
Superiority

1. Eat fresh fruits is more healthy than eat French fries

2. Brush the teeth is more important than watch T.V.

Equality

1. Fruits are as delicious as vegetables salad

2. Consume drugs is as dangerous as drink alcohol

Inferiority

1. Brush your teeth once by day is less effective than three times by day.
2. Go to the dentist twice by year is less dangerous than don´t go to the
dentist

Activities

1.
 2. Match the pictures with the corresponding habits, use the box vocabulary:

GO- JOGGING- DRINK FIZZY DRINKS- CUTTING THE NAILS- SMOKE- READ-
BRUSH THE TEETH
 __________________________ ______________________

____________________________ ________________________

_______________________ __________________________

3. Compare and contrast

WATER AND SODA

Alike Different
 • •

4. Write the following adjectives to do comparisons of superiority and

inferiority.

Adjectives Superiority comparison Inferiority comparison

Funny _____________________ _____________________

Good _____________________ _____________________
Harmful _____________________ _____________________
Delicious _____________________ ______________________
Interesting ______________________ _______________________
Sugared ______________________ ________________________
Neat ______________________ ________________________
Preventive ______________________ ________________________
Educational ______________________ _________________________
Expensive ______________________ _________________________

5. Do sentences, taking into account the vocabulary and comparison

structures, use vocabulary from the last exercises (2,3 and 4):

a.________________________________________________________________

b.________________________________________________________________

c.________________________________________________________________

d.________________________________________________________________

e.________________________________________________________________

f.________________________________________________________________
g.________________________________________________________________

h.________________________________________________________________

i.________________________________________________________________

j.________________________________________________________________

READING PRACTICE
6. Read carefully and underline four third singular person verbs
conjugation in Present:
Earth is called the blue planet. Do you know why?
From space the earth looks blue because it has a lot of water. Water exists in three
states. Water can be solid. Think of ice and snow. Water can be liquid. This is the
water we drink. Water can also be a gas. We call this vapor or steam.
Every living thing on Earth contains water. An elephant is 70 percent water; a
tomato is 90 percent water; mice and people are 65 percent water.

READING COMPRENHENSION
7. Based on the reading, answer the questions:

1. Why the earth is called the blue planet?

2. When water is solid, what is it called?

3. When water is gas, what is it called?

Based on your practices, complete the chart:

How many times? How many liters?

1. How many times do you
flush the toilet every day?
2. How many times do you
take a shower every day?
3. How many times do you
wash your hands every
day?
4. How many times do you
brush your teeth every day?
5. How much water do you
use every day?
 Consults
8Search information about water consumptions at home, take into account the
appropiate amounts, then complete the information below.

Water in the home

These are the quantities of water we use for daily activities.

Flushing the toilet uses _________liters of water.

A five minute shower uses __________ liters of water.

Washing your hands uses ___________ liters of water.

Brushing your teeth uses ___________ liters of water.