LENGUA EXTRANJERA INGLÉS

CURSO: 4th YEAR 2023 ECONOMÍA, SOCIALES, NATURALES

PROFESORAS: MARISA ZACCHINO, LUISINA CHARRUFF

Main Topics: Feeling good- Happiness- Healthy bodies- Healthy minds, Sports. Values. Your ideal school.

SUBTOPICS: idioms to express happiness and sadness, suffixes- noun suffixes –ness/ -ity, Present perfect vs.
past simple - Vocabulary: sports (values)
WEEK 1

INTRODUCTION:

Have you ever thought what happiness is? How would you define happiness? What makes you happy?

Here are some definitions of happiness. Read them, choose the one that appeals to you most and give
reasons for your choice. If you don’t agree with any of them provide a definition of what happiness is for you.

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 Now Read the text “Is chocolate the answer?” and see if you can find any similarities with the phrases above.

1. Read the text and find the topic sentence in each paragraph. 2. Read the topic sentence again and choose
Match the headings 1-6 with the paragraphs A-D. the best summary of the text.
There are two paragraphs you don’t need.

3. Answer the questions.

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 VOCABULARY AND IDIOMS: Happiness and Sadness

An idiom is a group of words which form an expression. The meaning

is different from the literal meanings of the individual words. For
example:

 It's a piece of cake! (It's very easy.)

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He's under the weather. (He's sick.)
 I'm just pulling your leg. (I'm only joking.)

1. Study the underlined idioms in the text “Is chocolate the answer?”. Which ones are about happiness and which
ones are about sadness. What do they mean?

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2. Here are some words to describe how we are feeling. Find out about which ones have a similar meaning to
“happy” and which ones are near synonyms to “sad”. You can use a dictionary if necessary.

Happy Elated Thrilled Miserable Sad Ecstatic

Melancholy Unhappy Depressed Glad Walking on air

Under a cloud In a good mood In a bad mood A happy bunny Not a happy bunny

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 HAPPINESS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
1. SPEAKING. What was the last photo you posted on social media? Why did you post it? Did you get any
reaction or comment? How much time do you spend on Instagram? What do you like about it?

2. Watch the video and answer the questions.

Are you living an Insta Lie?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EFHbruKEmw&ab_channel=DitchtheLabel

a. What do the people do?

b. Are they really showing what’s happening?

c. Why do you think they are showing this?

d. What do you usually post on social media?

e. What does the term “Insta Lie” refer to?

3. Look at the pictures. How would you describe the situations?

4. Watch the video and mark the sentences True or False. Justify the false sentences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIl2Hd6fNd0&ab_channel=OhadBarzilay

a. Facebook allows people to be updated with the people they know. ___

b. Happy and unhappy people use Facebook in different ways. ___

c. Facebook users and non-users are always comparing themselves with other people. ___

d. Many people believe that everything they see on the posts is real. ___

e. Interaction on social media always makes teenagers happy. ___

5. Work in pairs. Read the statement: “Social media is not a safe place to find happiness”

Share your ideas about it. Write an article (between 100 and 150 words) developing your ideas about the
statement.

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 WEEK 2

NOUN SUFFIXES: -ness, -ity

Happiness and sadness are NOUNS which are formed by adding a suffix
(-NESS) to the adjectives HAPPY AND SAD.

1. Which other adjectives can be made into nouns by adding – ness? Give more examples: ………………………….……

a- Which other noun suffixes do you know? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b- Watch the following video and find at least three suffixes to form nouns from adjectives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeite_Ooec0&ab_channel=LearnEnglishwithKT

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2. Put the noun forms of the words below in the correct part of the table. Then check your answers in the text.

3. Read the tips and choose the correct answers.

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 FEELINGS: Intensity

7. Complete the reports with the words below.

Do you know why we CAN’T say VERY FURIOUS? Because furious is an extreme
adjective.

For example: She feels angry, a bit angry, quite angry, very angry, extremely
angry, incredibly angry

But you say: She feels absolutely, furious, completely furious.

Have a look at the following examples of adjectives and their extreme. They are
called GRADABLE which means that you can use them with “very” if you want to
intensify them and you can also use them in their comparative and superlative
form.

Example: She is very hungry. Today she is hungrier than yesterday.

Instead STARVING is an extreme adjective and is called NON-GRADABLE so I can make

it more emphatic using the word ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY, TOTALLY, UTTERLY OR
ENTIRELY.

Example: She feels absolutely starving/ completely starving. I CAN’T USE starving
in their comparative or superlative form because it’s an extreme adjective.

GRADABLE NON-GRADABLE

happy ecstatic

hungry starving

upset devastating

ugly hideous

wet soaking/ drenched

old ancient

silly ridiculous

clean spotless

So SUMMARIZING we use A BIT, SLIGHTLY, VERY, REASONABLY, EXTREMELY AND INCREDIBLY

to make GRADABLE adjectives more intense.

And we use COMPLETELY, ABSOLUTELY, UTTERLY, TOTALLY, ENTIRELY with NON- GRADABLE
OR EXTREME ADJECTIVES.
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 4. Match feelings 1-6 with situations a-f to complete the sentences

1) I was very upset that you E

2) I was petrified when I D
3) I was disgusted by F
4) I was furious when A
5) I was astonished when someone told me C
6) I was pleased when I opened the envelope and B

a) My new camera broke after only two months.

b) Saw the tickets for the music festival
c) That Michael was Dutch – his English is perfect!
d) Had to give a speech in front of 200 people.
e) Went to the cinema with Peter instead of me.
7) How dirty the plates were in the restaurant.

5. Complete the reports with the words below.

necessity cross happiness appalled ability Kind astonished devastated

VIDEO GAMES AND HAPPINESS

Are you (1)___________by how violent many video games are? Do you worry about the effects they can have on people,
from players getting slightly (2)___________when the game isn’t going well, to those who are absolutely
(3)___________when all their “lives” are lost and it’s “game over”?

Recent studies have shown that video games do have the (4)___________to produce a feeling of (5) ___________ and
many other positive emotions in players. In many games, co-operating with other players is a (6) ___________, and these
games often teach the importance of being (7) ___________ to others. Those who firmly believe that video games are
depressing will be (8) ___________to hear that playing video games is often better than medication for people who suffer
from depression.

SPEAKING. Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about the feelings in exercise 1. Tell the
class.

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 SPEAKING.

1. Which of these things can help you study better? Why?

Singing Listening to music Chatting to friends Doing sport

Eating chocolate Sleeping longer Exercising before class
2. 1.11 Listen to a radio programme about how fitness helps us to perform better and answer the
questions.

1. What two experiments are mentioned in the programme?

2. What do some students in the USA do before they start their lessons?
3. What do some students have to do during their lessons?
4. What are some of the results of introducing physical exercise in school?
5. Did you find any of the information surprising?
a- What suggestions can you make for having a healthy body and mind?
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3. Here are some comments about exercises programmes at school. Read them and pay attention to the
verbs in the sentences.

PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE FORM:

Affirmative: Subject + verb regular (-ed) or irregular
Negative: Subject + didn´t + infinitive verb
Interrogative: Did + subject + infinitive verb
PRESENT PERFECT FORM
Affirmative: Subject + have/has + main VERB (past participle)
Negative: Subject+ haven´t/hasn´t + main verb (past participle)
Interrogative: Have/Has + subject + main verb (past participle)

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WEEK 3

SPEAKING.

1- Work in groups. Prepare a short presentation on your ideas about these statements.

2- 1.12. Listen to two young sportspeople talking about their sport. Which opinions in exercise 1 do they
agree with?
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 3- Listen again and answer the questions.
1- When did Georgina start playing football?
2- What is she aware of when she scores a goal?
3- What does she like most about being in a team?
4- What is the only disadvantage she mentions?
5- What is Carl's ambition?
6- How does Carl feel when he wins?
7- What kind of stamina do tennis players need?
8- Why do some tennis players throw their rackets and shout?

5- Match the descriptions (1–9) to the words (A–I).

1 Give all your time and hard work to your sport. A sportsmanship
2 Control your lifestyle – eat well and train regularly. B discipline
3 Don’t cheat and always respect the people you play against. C commitment
4 Be confident in your abilities and have a positive image of yourself. D self-sacrifice
5 Have the ability to keep running and training. E team spirit
6 Have one aim and be determined to achieve it. F single-mindedness
7 Put the needs of other people in your team before your own. G stamina
8 Don’t depend on teammates. Be ready to depend on yourself. H self-esteem
9 Always support and feel positive about your teammates. I self-reliance

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7. SPEAKING. Work in groups.

Your school has received money
to start a new sport. Discuss the
advantages and disadvantages
of your chosen sport. Then work
with two other groups and
decide on one sport that the
school should choose.

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Final Project

FINAL TASK! - PROJECT

GROUP WORK. Imagine you have the possibility of designing the school of your dreams, a place
where you feel really happy.

1- Think of the suggested ideas in the chart and answer the questions.

2- Write an article including the information about your ideal school.

3- Make a TikTok video summarizing the main ideas of your ideal school to show the class.
BE CREATIVE!

PLANNING THE PROJECT. Write your ideas.

IDEAS
The building. What would it be like? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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The subjects. What subjects would you ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

choose to study and why? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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What sports would practise? Imagine you ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

can choose between tennis, rugby, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
football, swimming, martial arts, dancing,
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etc. Choose two among these activities
and talk about the advantages of playing ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
them at school and the values involved in ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
playing these sports.
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What about food? What food would you ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

include in the canteen? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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Talk about the timetable. How long would ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

classes be? How many breaks would ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
have? Why?
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