Week 8 - Relevant past events in Colombia

Topics:

  • Relevant events that happened in Colombia.

Learning outcome:

  • Talk about important events that happened in the past.
  • Say when things happened.
  • Say what you were doing when some relevant events happened.

Functional language:

  • In 2012, Mariana Pajón won her first Olympic medal.
  • Last year Nairo Quintana won La Vuelta.
  • What were you doing when Guns and Roses played in the Atanasio Girardot.
  • I was working. I couldn’t go to the concert.
  • What were you doing when Nacional won?
  • When Nacional won, I was celebrating with my friends.
  • What were you doing when Guns and Roses came to Medellín?
  • Time expressions: the day before yesterday, yesterday morning, last night, last week, last month, last year, last Saturday, one week ago, in 1990, in March, on Sunday, once upon a time, etc.

Activity 1 - Accidental inventions

Where did the ideas for these "accidental inventions" come from?
Matches, teflon, potato chips, ice-cream cones, Coca Cola, post-it notes


Which of these accidental inventions do you think is the most interesting? The most useful?
Do you know of any other things that were invented accidentally?

Activity 2 - It happened to me!

Listen to what happened to these people. Indicate the things that have happened to you.




Choose one of the situations that have happened to you. What happened next?

Example:
"I was talking to my friend when my cell phone died. I recharged my cell phone and called my friend back."

Activity 3 - Past continuous vs Past simple

Look and analyze the following chart.
Use the past continuous for an action in progress in the past.
Use the simple past for an action that interrupts it.

 Now, complete the following worksheet about past continuous vs past simple.

Task - A recent event

Think about any important events that happened in Colombia recently. Write a short story about what you were doing when one of those events happened. Try to include some adverbs from the following list.


Example:
I was visiting my aunt Marcela in Bogotá last year when, unexpectedly, we heard a big explosion. A bomb was exploded in a police university near my aunt's house. The city was shocked and people were very confused. Fortunately, nothing happened to me or to my family, neither to my aunt's house. However, that day, more than 20 police officers died. It was terrible.

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