English Where do you live?

Pedagogical Module 5
Curricular Threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Oral Communication, Reading, Listening, Writing, Phonics, Language Through the Arts

Fourth Grade EGB

Use the Simple Past tense 6

Use irregular verbs 5

Write a letter 4 7 Geography-related concepts

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Be able to read a map 3

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Describe the place

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Geography-
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vocabulary

Values

10 Honesty 9 Tolerance

The Equator
divides the
Where do Ecuador is
I live in North and
you live? in South
Ecuador. the South.
America.
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Where do I live?

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 Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Social Studies
All About Maps
Vocabulary

map. a drawing that

My World
This is a globe.
shows parts of the Earth
globe. a round model of North My continent is
the map of the Earth America
I live in South America.
Earth. one of the eight Ecuador. Caribbean
Sea
planets around the sun Pacific
Central Atlantic
America Ocean
Ocean
continent. a very big
solid piece of land South
America
surrounded by oceans
and seas
land. a solid part of the

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Earth
ocean. a very big body of 1. Look, read, and find in the map!
salt water
• The Atlantic Ocean is east of America.
sea. smaller than the
ocean • The Pacific Ocean is to the west.

America. a big continent • The Caribbean Sea is east of Central America.

with two parts: North
• What is in the North?
America and South
America • What is in the South?
compass rose. the symbol
2. Map Activity: Find four Ecuadorian cities and locate
of cardinal directions:
North – South – East – West them on your map.
North

West East

South

country. a piece of
land controlled by one
government. Ecuador is
my country

My country
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 Language Through the Arts
My Country
1. Read the story.

I Live in Ecuador
I live in Ecuador. Ecuador is a small
country in the north of South America.
The Equator is a line that divides
the world in north and south. That
imaginary line crosses my country,
Ecuador. My country has four regions.
There are three continental regions:

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the coast and lowlands that go into the
Pacific Ocean, the highlands that have
the Andes mountains and volcanoes, the
Amazon rainforest that has jungle and
long rivers that go to the big Amazon
river. Also, there is an insular region, the
Galapagos Islands. The landscapes and
climate in each region are very different.
The people and traditions of each region My country, Ecuador,
are also different. has four regions.
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2. Choose and circle the correct word.

a. This text shares about Ecuador. facts / fiction / opinions

b. Ecuador is a country. big / large / small
c. Ecuador has regions. three / four / two
d. The coast and go into the Pacific Ocean. lowlands / highlands / jungle
e. The Andes are in the highlands. rivers / regions / mountains
f. The Galapagos insular region has many . islands / Equator / ocean

3. Draw the region where you live. What does it have?

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Reading

Landscapes
Vocabulary

mountain
volcanoes
regions landscapes coast lowlands

lakes
islands

highlands rainforest valley jungle

rivers Equator

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1. Read the story again on page 3 and circle fact - opinion.

a. Ecuador has four regions. fact opinion

b. The continental regions are big. fact opinion
c. The coast goes into the Pacific Ocean. fact opinion
d. The Andes mountains are pretty. fact opinion
e. The insular region is Galapagos. fact opinion

2. Look at the words in the chart and write them next to the correct picture.

highlands islands valley lake jungle river

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3. Draw and write four words you just learned.

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 Listening
1. Listen to the word and write the correct number Audio
Listen to the recording
in the circle.
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2. Listen and write the names of the cardinal directions.

3. Look in your classroom and describe what you see.

North:

South:

East:
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West:

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Phonics

Sound /d/ in Past Simple Tense

Yesterday,
What did you I raised my
do yesterday? hand in class.
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Audio
Listen to the recording

1. Listen to the following sentences and read along. Pay attention to the
verbs in the past tense with the /d/ sound. Then, use the underlined verbs
to make sentences with your friends.

• What did the teacher do yesterday?

The teacher explained the cardinal directions yesterday.

• What did you do in class?

In class, we observed the direction of the sun.

• What did the boys do in class?

They opened a map to find different places.

• What did you do with Billy?

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I showed Billy where my city is.

• What did the tourists do?

Tourists traveled from North America to visit my country.

2. Look at the verbs in the chart and choose the correct one to answer
each question. Practice orally first, using the correct pronunciation
with the /d/ sound.

showed rained explained played loved

• What did you do with the tourists? We them the landscapes.

• What did you do after? Then, we the map.

• What did you like to do? We to discover places on the globe.

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• How was the climate yesterday? Yesterday, it a lot in the region where I live.

• What did you do in the rain? We games inside the classroom.

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 Oral Communication
1. Look at the pictures and explain each vocabulary word.

A globe is a
What is round model Earth map
a globe? of the map of
the world.

Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean

sea land

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coast
ocean continent

2. Choose three of the previous words and write their

meaning. Then, explain them to your friends.

3. Listen to your teacher. Then, write the word and draw a picture
of what your teacher says.
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 Lesson B

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Social Studies

More About Maps

urban

rural

street
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town neighborhood

Draw a map of your house and the surrounding streets.

Use as many details as possible and try to use all of the
new vocabulary words. Show your drawing to a friend.

My Street

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 Language Through the Arts
1. Read and answer the following questions out loud. Then, write
the answers.
• Did you open the map yesterday?
Yes, I opened the map.
• Did the teacher smile yesterday?

• Did the tourists travel from North America?

• Did the students observe the landscapes on the map?

• Did you explain the cardinal points?

2. Draw a map showing the differences between:

Urban Rural

I live in the
I live in mountains
a city. near a town.
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Reading
1. Read the text. What is it about?

I Live in South America

South America is a continent.
It has 13 countries and most of
them speak Spanish. Brazil is the
biggest country and they speak
Portuguese there. Ecuador is a
small country in South America.
To the north of Ecuador is
Colombia, and to the south and
east of Ecuador is Peru. The
Pacific Ocean is west of Ecuador.
The Andes mountains go from
the north to the south of South
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America, very close to the Pacific

Ocean. I live in Ecuador, and I live
in South America!

2. Look at the map and answer the following questions:

a. What country is to the north of Ecuador?

b. What country is next to Colombia?

c. What country is to the south of Ecuador?

d. Which is the biggest country in South America?

e. What languages are spoken is South America?

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f. Name other 3 countries in South America.

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 Writing
Art
Draw a Map

Countires
Argentina Mountains
Bolivia the Andes
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay Rivers
Peru Amazonas
Suriname Parana
Uruguay Magdalena
Venezuela Orinoco

Llkes
Bodies of water
Titicaca
Pacific Ocean
Otavalo
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea

1. Look at the map. Then, follow the steps below.

• Write the names of the countries in the correct place
on the map of South America.
• Write the names of the bodies of water.

• Draw the islands, rivers, mountains, and the Equator.

2. Read the information on these Fact Sheets and write the name of the
correct country.

Country: Country: Country:

Capital city: Bogotá Capital city: Buenos Aires Capital city: Brasilia
Language spoken: Language spoken: Language spoken:
Spanish Spanish Portuguese
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Currency: Pesos Currency: Pesos Currency: Real Brasileño

Flag: Flag: Flag:

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Phonics

Sound /t/ in Past Simple Tense

Grammar Tip Yesterday he

What did kicked the ball in
Some verbs have a Larry do the game. What
double consonant in yesterday? did Steven do?
the past tense with -ed.
Example
stop – stopped
drop – dropped
clap – clapped

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He stopped
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Listen to the recording
the ball.

1. Use some of the following verbs in the past to retell actions that your friends
did last weekend. Use their name and write five complete sentences.

push laugh finish

stop kick wash
look walk talk
help jump play
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2. Look at the pictures and describe what the children did last week.
Write complete sentences.
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 Oral Communication
Let’s play a game. Play this game to use the Past Simple
tense of regular verbs. Pronounce the past tense with /t/. Values: Honesty

Instructions: Always tell the truth,

do not lie or cheat.
• Make a group of 3 or 4 students.
• Use a 1 cent coin and a paper ball.
• Flip the coin in the air with your thumb. If it is head Values: Tolerance
up, move 2 steps. If it is tails up, move 1 step.
Accept different
• Ask the question: “What did (name) do opinions and other
yesterday?” or “What did (name) do last week?” ways of living.

Start

Finish
bake brush cook cough

walk crash
Soccer
Field

search dance

What did (name) do yesterday?

push drop
What did (name) do last week?

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laugh knock kick jump help

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 Project 1
Make a Geography Booklet

Materials:
• 2 sheets of pape
r
• crayons or mar
kers

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Instructions:
• Take two sheets of paper and fold them in half horizontally.
• One of those sheets of paper is going to be the cover and
one is going to be the back of the booklet. The other sheets
will make up the pages inside the booklet.
• Write the following names on the top of the inside pages:

My house

My street

My town
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My city

My country

• Draw or make collages of the places on each page.

• Put the booklet pages together. To do so, you can glue
or sew them.
• Decorate the cover.
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• Show your Geography Booklet to your class!

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 Assessment Where do you live?

1 Read the following sentences and choose the correct

vocabulary word.
a. Larry’s mother lived in a small .
rural / town / urban

b. The big soccer game is going to take place in the .

ocean / urban / neighborhood

c. The areas have many cars and buildings.

rural / highlands / urban
I played football
d. The farms are in areas.

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yesterday.
rural / ocean / urban

2 Change the following sentences to the past tense.

Look at the verb underlined:

a. The guide explains about volcanoes.

b. We observe the sun in class.

c. They open a map to find different places.

d. Larry shows Steven the big city.

3 Look at the verb and read the sentence. Complete the

sentences with the verb in the present or past tense.

a. The teacher the door of the class yesterday

close
at 12:00 o’clock.

b. Larry and his team the ball every day.

kick
c. The tourists five hours in the bus yesterday.
travel
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dance d. We in the party last Saturday.

walk e. Steven to school every day.

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Assessment Where do you live?

4 Match the word to its picture.

continent

sea

ocean

globe

map

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5 Draw a compass rose and write the names of the cardinal directions. Freepik

I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in this module.

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me

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Understand and use geography terms

Use geography-related vocabulary

Use Past Simple tense

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 Lesson C

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Story Facts
1. Read aloud. Who is the main character of the story?

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I Live in Mindo
Lolo and his family live in Mindo. Mindo is a small town
in a rural area between the highlands and the lowlands
of Ecuador. You have to cross the Equator to go to Mindo.
There is a lot of nature around the town, there is a jungle
of trees and flowers. Many birds live in Mindo, there are
a lot of hummingbirds and toucans. Many tourists come
to visit this beautiful rural region.
Lolo and his family have a restaurant. His father cooks
delicious food with products from Mindo and his mother
makes very sweet brownies. Lolo helps his parents a lot.
When the tourists come to visit Mindo, Lolo shows
them the river, the waterfalls and the birds in the area.
He opens a map and talks about the beautiful places in
Mindo. He is a very good guide!

Main character:

2. Write three facts from the story 3. Write three facts about Lolo from
about Mindo. the story.
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Language Through the Arts

Geography Words
1. Draw and write the names of landscapes and water forms you can find
in nature or on a map.

Landscapes Water forms

2. Let’s learn a simple poem. Repeat the poem using the different names
of your classmates.
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Rain, rain go away.

Come again another day.
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Little Larry wants to play.

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 Reading

Details
1. Read the following sentences related with the story I live in “I live in
Mindo”. Circle T (True) or F (False).
a. Lolo lives in Baños. T F

b. Mindo is a small town in the rural area. T F

c. You don’t have to cross the Equator to go to Mindo. T F

d. Many birds live in Mindo. T F

e. Humming birds and toucans are insects. T F

2. Find out four facts about the place where you live.
Use geography vocabulary you have learned.

I live in

Fact 1:

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Fact 2:

Fact 3:

Fact 4:

3. Compare the place where you live with Mindo. Complete this diagram
with the similarities and differences between the two places.

Mindo I live in
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Writing

Survey
1. Interview two adults from your family or community to find out details
about the place where you live. Fill in the blanks.

All about the place where I live

Name:
I live in:
Town: City: Country:

What are the limits:

North South East West

Landscapes:

Water forms:

Interesting places:

Beautiful places to visit:

Favorite place:

Name:
I live in:
Town: City: Country:

What are the limits:

North South East West

Landscapes:

Water forms:

Interesting places:

Beautiful places to visit:

Favorite place:
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2. Results of the survey. Make a summary of the information you have:

Landscapes and water forms Interesting places Beautiful places

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 Oral Communication
1. Share the information from your surveys with your
friends. Talk with a friend and ask these questions:

a. Who did you interview?

b. What landscapes are in the North, South,
East and West?
c. What water forms are around?
d. Where is the beautiful place to visit?

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e. What is the person’s favorite place?

2. What new information did you find with your friends?

What did you learn?

New information

I learned that

3. Write a letter to Lolo telling him about the place where

you live.

Date:

Dear Lolo,
.
My name is

I live in .
.
It is located
.
Some landscapes around are
.
My favorite place is

Sincerely,
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Name

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Phonics

Sound /id/ in Past Simple Tense

Grammar Tip

When you hear or see What did your

mother need My mom
the word did in a ques- needed
tion, it indicates that for the cake?
some sugar
you have to use the and eggs.
Past Simple Tense..

Grammar Tip

If the verb ends in t or

d, we pronounce -ed

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like /id/.

1. Read the following sentences with the verbs with /id/

Audio
sound. Listen and repeat.
Listen to the recording
a. Jeremy started a new project for school last Saturday.
b. The people shouted to cheer the local team.
c. The children wanted to travel last Friday.
d. The teacher needed to use the globe in History class.
e. The game ended and the score was 1:1.

2. Use the highlighted verbs to make a sentence orally with your friends.
Use the /id/ sound at the end of each verb. Then, write 3 sentences.
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 Assessment Where do I live?

1 Listen and number the correct picture.

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1. The ocean is next to the coast.
2. Ecuador has four regions.
3. The Galapagos Islands are in Ecuador, South America.
4. Maps are very important.
5. The valleys are good for farms.

2 Change the following sentences to the Past Simple tense.

1. I want to go to the mountains.

2. The animals and birds live in the rainforest.

3. The children laugh in the classroom.

4. I love Geography and History.

5. The boys kick the ball in the P.E. class.

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Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me

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Use geography words

Use the Past Simple tense

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 Project 2

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Regions of Ecuador
Materials you will need:
• 2 sheets of bond paper.
• Glue, scissors, colors or markers.

Instructions:
• Take one bond paper sheet, fold it in half longwise and
cut it. You have 2 half sheets now.
• Paste the two halves in each side of the complete
sheet.
• Write the names of 4 Ecuadorian regions. Each one on
a separate sheet (Coast, Sierra, Amazon, Galapagos).
• Write all important information about each region.
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• Draw the landscapes for each region.

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• Show your work to your classmates. Say what each

region has.

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