Section 0: Introduction

 Welcome, everyone!

    In this blog, you will find a complete lesson mainly based on reading and listening. The topics used to develop the lesson were taken from the general MEP's program for high school education (tenth grade). You will find vocabulary, grammar, and activities regarding Jobs & Occupations and Comparatives & Superlatives. You will also find information about the teachers, just in case of any doubt.

The main objective of this blog is to get you to learn about Jobs & Occupations. In addition, you will learn how to use Comparatives & Superlatives in context. By doing so, you will be able to express yourself in a practical way, using words of daily use and creating sentences that help understand the topic's essence.

 

Section 1: Vocabulary and listening part

Instructions

1. Watch the following video about Jobs and Occupations
1. Practice with the Vocabulary Activity.
2. Pay attention to the listening exercise and follow the instructions. 

By following this link https://youtu.be/eA5y9wof-lM, you can also find the video on YouTube. (You will find the dialog script throughout the video)

You can find the video script below

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After doing the vocabulary and listening practice, please complete this crossword. 

Instructions:

1. Look at the descriptions of the jobs and occupations at the bottom. 

2. Think about what is the right vocabulary word for each description.

3. Complet the crosswords by writing in the corresponding line the correct vocabulary word. 

Section 2: Grammar video to further explain the topic

Instructions:

1. Watch and pay attention to this video about Comparatives and Superlatives.

2. You can pause it whenever you want.

Section 2.1: Grammar Activity

Let's recall what you have learned from the previous class! On the one hand, comparatives are used to compare two things or two people. They are almost always followed by the word ‘than’. On the other hand, superlatives are used to show how more than two things or more than two people are different. They are almost always preceded by the word ‘the’. Keep in mind that to form Comparatives and Superlatives, we use adjectives.

a. Regular forms of adjectives

1. For most one-syllable adjectives, add -er/est to form their comparative & superlative forms. Some one-syllable adjectives end in a single vowel and consonant. For these adjectives, double the consonant and add -er
2. For two-syllable adjectives that end in -ly, -y (change the –y to -i), -w, -le, also add -er/est.
3. For most adjectives with two or more syllables, use more (than)/ the most.

b. Remember that a few adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms.

The following document shows you a summary of the topic

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References:

Cambridge University Press. (2008). Comparative and superlative adjectives. Cambridge Online Dictionary.

Grammarly (s.f). Comparative and Superlative Adjectives. Grammarly blog.

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Section 3: Reading about Jobs & Occupations - Comparatives & Superlatives

 Let’s talk about jobs!

• Read the following conversation
• Then go to Section 3.1: Reading Comprehension Activity and complete the activity

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Section 3.1: Reading Comprehension Activity

Instructions:

1. To participate in the reading comprehension activity, go to Socrative. You can also download the Socrative Student App. 

2. In "Room Name", you must type this LEITON5507 as the image below. 

3. Click on "Join."

 

Section 4: Reflection video

Hello dear students. 

In this section, you can find a reflection video called "Why do people work?

Please, pay close attention to it to discover the interesting reasons why a person works.

Watch the following video

Section 5: Information about the teachers

Teachers' and Blog Objectives

• To promote the learning of the English Language through culture.
• To develop a Cooperative Learning environment.
• To implement the CALL in lessons to facilitate second language learning.

General Information

Teacher Meilin Alejandra Campos Morales

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Teacher Alisson María Leiva Guerrero

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 Teacher Keren Julissa Leitón Villalobos

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Teacher Brayner Snaider Chaves González

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We all hold a BA. in English Teaching from the University of Costa Rica.

 

 

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