Lesson 8 – Municipalities (Miércoles 11 de marzo)
🏘️🇨🇴 TEMA 8: MUNICIPALITIES (COLOMBIA) 🇨🇴🏘️
🎯🎯 GENERAL OBJECTIVE 🎯🎯
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Students will recognize what municipalities are and understand their importance in Colombia, through meaningful learning and collaborative activities, using simple English vocabulary related to community and organization.
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🧠💬 ACTIVATION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE 💬🧠
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The teacher asks simple questions connected to students’ daily life:
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What is the name of your city or town?
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Do you live in a big city or a small town?
Students share answers freely, relating their personal experiences to the concept of municipalities.
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🎥📺 VIDEO EXPLICATIVO 📺🎥
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📘🏘️ CONCEPTUALIZATION 🏘️📘
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A municipality is a place where people live together, such as a city or a town.
In Colombia, each department is divided into many municipalities.
Municipalities have important places like schools, parks, hospitals, and markets.
They are organized to help people live safely, learn, work, and share with others.
Each municipality has leaders who help take care of the community and make decisions for the people.
Basic vocabulary:
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Municipality 🏘️
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City 🏙️
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Town 🏡
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Community 👨👩👧👦
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People 👥
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🎨✂️ CLASS ACTIVITIES ✂️🎨
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🔹 ACTIVITY 1: MY MUNICIPALITY
Students say the name of their municipality. The teacher helps them complete a simple sentence:
👉 I live in…
🔹 ACTIVITY 2: DRAW YOUR TOWN
Students draw important places from their municipality, such as a school, park, or hospital.
🔹 ACTIVITY 3: COMMUNITY TEAM WORK
In small groups, students share their drawings and talk about why their municipality is important.
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🔁✨ CLOSURE ✨🔁
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Students repeat key words like municipality and community. The teacher reinforces that municipalities are important places where people live and help each other.
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🏠✏️ HOMEWORK ✏️🏠
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Students draw their municipality and label one important place in English.
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💖🌟 MOTIVATIONAL PHRASE 🌟💖
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🏘️ My municipality is part of who I am. 💛
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📊📝 EVALUATION RUBRIC 📝📊
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| CRITERIA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| Homework Delivery | Rarely delivers homework and shows little responsibility. | Sometimes delivers homework, incomplete or late. | Delivers homework with basic effort. | Delivers homework on time and well done. | Always delivers homework on time with excellent effort and creativity. |
| Punctuality | Frequently arrives late and is not ready to work. | Sometimes arrives late. | Usually arrives on time. | Almost always punctual and organized. | Always punctual and ready to learn. |
| Discipline | Does not follow classroom rules and interrupts activities. | Needs frequent reminders. | Generally follows rules. | Shows good behavior and respect. | Demonstrates excellent behavior and self-control. |
| Proper Use of School Uniform | Does not wear uniform properly. | Uniform often incomplete or untidy. | Uniform acceptable. | Uniform clean and well presented. | Uniform always neat and correctly worn. |
| Knowledge Appropriation | Shows little understanding of municipalities. | Understands with much help. | Recognizes the idea of municipality. | Correctly explains what a municipality is. | Confidently explains the importance of municipalities. |
| Teamwork | Does not cooperate. | Participates with difficulty. | Participates when guided. | Works well with classmates. | Actively supports the group. |
