A1 First level

Family

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Warm-up

Welcome!

This material is about a visit to a funfair

to play some games. At the same time,
you learn the numbers from 1 to 20,
how to write and pronounce them. The
topics are:

Family members
Professions

Warm-up
Camilo: Anthony, I love this popcorn.
Anthony: Yes, I love it, too I love to do it in this place.
Camilo: Why do you like to buy popcorn here?
Anthony: Because, you can see many people buying popcorn. Families,
professionals, common people. Its really interesting.

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Lets get inside

Anthony: Camilo, for example, look at those people over there.

Camilo: Yes?
Anthony: Can you tell me what professions they have?
Camilo: ermmmm...

Camilo: Wow, youre right. What about those people?

Anthony: That family over there?
Camilo: Can you tell me what the relationship among them is?
Anthony: mmmm, let me see

Lets get inside

Anthony: Camilo, by the way, hows your family?
Camilo: They are fine.
Anthony: I dont see them since primary school.
Camilo: Are you serious? Thats a long time!
Camilo: I have a picture in my cell phone. Its in christmas

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Lets get inside

Anthony: Who are they?

Camilo: Ok
Camilo: This is my family.
He is Carlos, my grandpa. He is a carpenter
Mara is my grandma. She is a housewife.
My father is Luis. Hes a doctor.
My mother, lorena, is a nurse.
My uncle, Tavo, is a business man.
My aunt, Martha, is teacher.
Shes my sister Catalina. She is at university.
And me..
Anthony: Camilo, your family is very different now. I cant remember all of them

Lets talk
Camilo: Anthony, do you have any question about my family?.
Anthony: No, I know that..

Carlos is your grandpa and he is a carpenter.

Mara is your grandmother and she is a housewife.

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Lets talk

Luis is your father and he is a doctor.

Lorena is your mother and she is a nurse.

Catalina is your sister and shes a student.

Tavo is your uncle and he is a business man.

Martha is your aunt and she is a teacher.

Camilo: Wow, Anthony, you have a great memory.

Anthony: Thanks!

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Lets analyze

Lets analyze
Camilo: Hi, my friends.
When describing family and professions you need to follow a structure.
When the person talks about him or helself
(Camilo talks about himself )
You need to use:
My + family member
Martha is my aunt.
Carlos is my grandp
Catalina is my sister.
Camilo: When the person talks about his / her friend (Anthony talks about
Camilo)
You need to use:
your + family member
Luis is your father
Lorena is your mother
Tavo is your uncle
When the person talks about profession
You need to use:
a + profession
Martha is a teacher.
Carlos is a carpenter.
Catalina is a student.

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Lets practice

an + profession
She is an actress.
He is an actor.

Lets practice
Lets review some exercises based on the material.
Camilo: Anthony, do you want to go the fair? I invite you.
Anthony: Great! Lets go to the Fair!
Camilo: Anthony, do you want to eat some popcorn?
Anthony: sure! Hey, who are they?
Camilo: who?
Anthony: Its a group of 5 people in costumes; they like to eat popcorn, too.
Camilo: Yes, they wear costumes. Lets talk to them.
Anthony: Excuse me Sir, are they your family?
Paul: off course, they are my lovely family. Let me introduce you to them. The 17
-year- old boy in a police officer costume is my son, his name is Carlos.
Camilo: Sir, why are you all in costumes?
Paul: because we like to wear costumes when we go to the fair. This is an old
family tradition.
Anthony: Well, I think its very interesting. What about that little girl in a nurse
costume?
Paul: She is Alice, my daughter.
Camilo: and the woman in colorful clothes?
Paul: She is my wife, Dora. She is an artist.
Anthony: oh, and the old people?
Paul: They are my parents, my dad is in a football player costume and my mother
is in a civil engineer costume.
Anthony: And what you Sir, is it a Doctor costume?
Paul: Yes!! I love this costume.
Anthony and Camilo: Ok Sir, nice to meet you, bye.
Paul: bye

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Credits

Credits
Pedagogical Direction
Paul Cifuentes
Carlos Javier Amaya
Direction of Art
Csar Pez
ICT Leadership
Yeison Ospina
Quality management
Juan Carlos Rojas
Script Composition
Diana cantor
Philology Languages Licenciate
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sergio Ivn Pardo C
Philology Languages Licenciate
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Masters degree student, third semester
Maestra en Tecnologas de la Informacin y la educacin aplicadas a la
educacin
Universidad Pedaggica Nacional de Colombia
Lnea de produccin Oficina de virtualizacin Regional Distrito Capital.
Content Support
Magda Masquita
Virtual tutor
Marisol Ospino
Virtual tutor
Julie Piraquive
Virtual tutor

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Credits

Multimedia Development
Harry Zamudio
Publicist
Edmundo Watts
Designer
Diana Duque
Designer
Programming engineer
Andres Felipe Salcedo
Harry Zamudio
Voices
Equipo Regional San Andrs

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