English V - Week 5 - Going Out

Introduction: Hello everyone, and welcome to Week 5 of the course English V at Universidad Castro Carazo term IC 2024. In today's class we are talking about the topic of art, feelings, celebrities, and plans for going out with friends. 

Goals: In today's class we will

• Describe the important events and achievements of a famous artist.
• Design a public event and use adverbs and adjectives to describe the experience of the attendees.

Guiding Questions: By the end of today's class you will be able to provide a thoughtful response to the following questions

• How can the present perfect help me describe past events?
• What adverbs and adjectives can I use to describe my experiences?

Warm Up: Solve the Puzzle

Click your group link below and work with your partners to solve the puzzle. 

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE
• Group 3: CLICK HERE
• Group 4: CLICK HERE
• Group 5: CLICK HERE

Task 1: Listening Practice

Your teacher will play an audio and you need to click the link below and follow his instructions. 

• Group Link: CLICK HERE

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE
• Group 3: CLICK HERE
• Group 4: CLICK HERE
• Group 5: CLICK HERE

Task 2: Mystery Celebrity

Click your group link below. Choose a famous person. It could be a singer, band, actor, or athlete. Write a brief biography of the person talking about their most important achievements. You will read the text to the class and they will try to guess who it is. 

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE
• Group 3: CLICK HERE
• Group 4: CLICK HERE
• Group 5: CLICK HERE

Task 3: Summer Festival

Imagine you could create a music or arts festival in Costa Rica. Click your group link below and work with your partners to create the following:

• Page 1: Festival Poster
• What is it? Where? Why should people attend?
• Images

• Page 2: Schedule of events or activities

• See Past Students' Examples: CLICK HERE

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE
• Group 3: CLICK HERE
• Group 4: CLICK HERE

Task 4: Reviewing the Experience

Now go back to the links of other groups in Task 3. Read their festival information then go to Page 3 and leave a review of your experience. Use the vocabulary below in your review.

• Adverb + Adjective
• Adverbs: absolutely, really, incredibly, unbelievably, OTHERS
• Adjectives: fascinating, spectacular, terrible, terrific, thrilling, unforgettable, boring, depressing, disappointing, dull, entertaining, inspiring, exciting, OTHERS