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1ERO DE SECUNDARIAWeek: December 10th-December

14th, 2018

FECHA PARA ENTREGAR

FIRST A/B TEACHER FRANCISCO Thursday December 13 th , 2018 Grammar

TITLE: Simple Past vs Past Continuous

Activity 1: Copy the questions below inside your English notebook. Answer each question from 1-6 using complete sentences. For numbers 7-8 write questions in simple past and for numbers 9-10 write questions in past continuous. You will ask a classmate. Make sure to write complete answers and write the name of your classmate.

1. What did you do yesterday?

2. What did you and your family do last Christmas?

3. What were you doing last summer holidays?

4. Were you eating seafood last Sunday?

5. What did your best friend do in his/her birthday?

6. What were you and your family eating this morning? 7.

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Activity 2: Copy the sentences below inside your English notebook. Then, answer each sentence by using simple past and past continuous. 1 She _____________ (surf) when the shark ______________ (attack) her.

2 He_____________ (dance) at a party when he _____________ (meet) his girlfriend.

3 I _____________ (have) a picnic when I _______________ (see) my sister.

4 When they _____________ (see) the shark they _______________ (swim) in the sea.

5 Susan ________________ (arrive) while I _______________ (have) dinner.

6 He _____________ (play) football, when he ________________ (break) his leg.

7 I _______________ (wait) for my friend when the bus ________________ (arrive).

8 When I _______________ (get back) my mum ________________ (cook) dinner.

9 I was ____________________ (play) video games when ________________ (call) me.

10 She _________________ (eat) lunch when she _________________ (see) the crash.

DUE DATE: Thursday December 13th ENGLISH HOMEWORK GROUP 1A-B Miss Judith

Wednesday December

13th Reading

and Writing

Reading

The Rio Grande River, has this landmark been as important to Mexicans as it is to Americans?

Activity 1¨The Rio Grande¨

Read the following passage. Then choose the correct answers from the questions below. You will write the question and the correct answer only in your English notebook.

(4 points activity)

1) According to the passage, why is the Rio Grande so important? A. It is a source of drinking water for most of the United States. B. It is the border of Texas and Mexico.

C. It is the longest river system in the United States. D. It is known by two different names.

2) In paragraph 3, the author most likely writes that “downward is the best way of describing it too” to A. prove that the Rio Grande’s water levels have gone down recently B. argue that the Rio Grande has changed shape over the years C. highlight the fact that the Rio Grande flows south and from high elevations D. explain why the Rio Grande is known as the Rio Bravo down in Mexico

3) Based on its use in paragraph 4, the word furious most nearly means A. angry B. large C. twisted D. dry

4) According to the passage, the Rio Grande has endpoints in A. Texas and the Gulf of Mexico B. New Mexico and Colorado C. Texas and Mexico D. Colorado and the Gulf of Mexico

Activity 2 ¨ Unity or Division¨ (6 points activity)

1). In the final paragraph of the passage, the author says that the Rio Grande is “a symbol of cooperation” between Mexico and the United States, but also recognizes that the river divides the two countries. Based on the passage and your outside knowledge, do you think the river is more uniting or dividing? How do you think the river symbolizes cooperation? How do you think it symbolizes division? Explain. (85 words paragraph) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________