Sara is an 11-year-old Colombian student. She describes her daily routine which includes waking up tired in the mornings to go to school from 8am to 4pm. On weekends, she studies English on Saturdays and goes to the park or movies on Sundays. On vacations, she is very excited to travel with her family. Last vacation they went to Cartagena, where Sara was scared because it was her first time on a plane. They swam, played volleyball and had fun on the beach.

1. LAST VACATION
PROJECT
Full names: ____________________
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School: ____________________
Group: ____________________
Subject: ____________________
Date: ____________________
Goal: To comprehend and to produce oral and written texts about what my classmates and I did last
weekend/vacation.
1. Read and discuss with your partners.
Simple past
We use simple past to talk about events which
started and finished in the past. E.g. I went to the
doctor last week.
Affirmative sentences
I went to the Cartagena last vacation.
Negative Sentences
I did not go to Cartagena last vacation.
Interrogative sentences
Did you go to Cartagena last vacation?
Modal verbs
Must (duty). E.g. I must eat vegetables.
Should (recommendation). E.g. Kids should rest well.
Have (necessity) I have to wear glasses to read.
2. Match the words with the pictures. See the example.
Tired
Excited
Scared
Angry
Happy
Sad
Bored
Disappointed
__________ __________ __________ __________
__________ __________ __________ ___Tired___

2. 3. Complete the following text with the words in number 2. See the example.
Hi! My name is Sara, I am Colombian and I am a student. I am eleven; I was born in 2005. This is my daily routine:
on weekdays, I am __________ in the mornings because I always have to wake up at 5 am. Then, I have breakfast,
brush my teeth, take a shower and I get dressed. Next, I leave home. I study from 8 am to 4 pm, but I have lunch at
1 pm. I am disappointed because I do not have lunch with my family; I usually have fast food for lunch, but I must
eat more fruits and vegetables. I go back home at 5 pm and do homework. At night, I have dinner and watch TV
with my family, brush my teeth and read. Finally, I go to bed at 11 pm because I am __________; I sleep six hours a
night, but kids should sleep eight. What do you do on weekdays? On weekends, I usually wake up at 8 am. I study
English on Saturdays and sometimes I go to the park or to the movies on Sundays. What do you do on weekends?
On vacation, I am very __________ because I always travel with my family. Last vacation, we traveled to
Cartagena. I was __________ because I never traveled by plane before. We ate and slept in a hotel. We visited the
aquarium and Islas del Rosario. We did not go to shopping malls or to the movies, but I was not __________ or
________ __ because we played volleyball on the beach and swam in the ocean. We were really __________!
What did you do last vacation?
4. Ask or answer the questions based on the text in number 3.
a. When was Sara born?
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b. How does Sara feel on vacation?
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c. Why is Sara always excited on vacation?
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d. ____________________________________
They traveled to Cartagena last vacation.
e. ____________________________________
She was scared because she never traveled
by plane before.
f. ____________________________________
They played volleyball on the beach and
swam on the ocean.
5. Write your own text based on the text in number 3. It must have cohesion and coherence, proper use of
capitalization and punctuation, and include a headline, at least a negative and an interrogative sentence. E.g.:
“I do not have lunch with my family” and “What do you do on weekdays?” and:
a. A greeting, e.g. Hi!
b. Your name, e.g. my name is Emanuel.
c. Your nationality, e.g. I am Colombian.
d. Your age, e.g.: I am twelve.
e. Your occupation, e.g. I am a student.
f. Free time activities and frequency, e.g. I do exercise.
g. Body care (food, hygiene and rest), e.g. I eat fruits and vegetables, brush my teeth and sleep well.

3. h. Frequency adverbs, e.g. always, sometimes, often, never, once a week, twice a week, three times a week,
every day, every night, three times a day, etc.
i. Adjectives, e.g. happy, sad, etc.
j. Modal verbs, e.g. have, must and should.
k. Conjunctions, e.g. and, but, or and beacause.
6. Find the common aspects between your team members’ texts. Then, write your team’s text.
7. Present your group routine to the class.
a. Use the website https://storybird.com/ to design your presentation.
b. Greet formally, e.g. Good morning, good afternoon, etc.
c. Introduce yourselves formally, e.g. let us introduce ourselves; our names are…, etc.
d. Make transitions between the readers, e.g. one of the members of the group can ask the questions and
the others can answer them, thank the student who previously talked or ask questions as: is it clear?, do
you have any questions?, etc.
e. Use a proper tone of voice, project your voice, make pauses based on the punctuation on the written
report, breath, keep visual contact with the audience, change your position during the presentation, use
your body language appropriately and strategically.
f. Ask the audience if there are comments or suggestions and thank them, e.g. do you have any questions,
comments or suggestions?, Thank you very much for listening, etc.
g. Use the app VoxDox to practice pronunciation.
h. Learn your lines; reading is not allowed.
Vacation image taken from https://oxygensolutions.com.au/top-5-yoga-poses-to-keep-you-healthy/
Designed by MICHAEL YEPES. September, 2017.