This document provides a series of grammar teaching activities for students in 2nd medio level. It includes 3 activities focused on writing skills like expressing obligations, possibilities, and opinions. The activities involve writing descriptive texts, sentences using modals like "must" and "might", and combining sentences using opinion phrases. Additional techniques are proposed to reinforce the activities, like detecting errors, completing a cloze text, and a language game to identify obligations and possibilities.

1. Teaching
Grammar
Names: Camila Barrera
Lissete Gajardo
Alejandro Moreno
Milenka Gutiérrez

2. Activities given in the program
Level: 2nd medio
Unit: 3: The world around us: personal relationships and social networks.
Skill chosen: Writing
Activity N°1
Objectives: Apply vocabulary of the unit
Express obligations and possibilities
Instructions:
- Students have to write a descriptive text of 100 words, in which they have to
describe to their best friend.
- They have to include for example: the name of their friend, age, activities and likes
about their friend.
Possible Answer:
My best friend is Alex Simpson, he is 15 years old and also he is my neighbor. He lives 3
streets to the left of my house. He likes skateboarding and football; he is fan of sports in
general. He is my best friend because I can count with him any moment for everything.
His parents are very friendly with me and they invite me almost every day to lunch to their
house. I think that he is the best friend who any person wishes to have it; I’m feeling very
lucky to have him like a friend.

3. Activity N°2
Objectives: Express obligations and possibilities, using the modals verb "must and might
Create coherent sentences.
Instructions:
- Every student receives a picture with some situation.
- They have to write 8 sentences per picture, 4 sentences with must and 4 sentences
with might.
Examples of pictures
1. - The boy must wear a helmet when he rides
his motorcycle.
2. - The boy must to wear a jacket when it is
cold outside.

4. 3. - You must take some time off and get
some rest.
4. - You must be here before 8 o’clock tomorrow.
5.- John might come with me.
6. - She might be on the bus. I think her car is
having problem.

5. 7. - He might go to Paris tomorrow.
8. - She might give us a surprise.

6. Activity N°3
Objective: Give coherence their ideas through the connectors although y besides and
sequence markers like first, then, after that, finally
Use orthographic elements.
Instructions:
- Each student will receive 6 groups of words related to the vocabulary of the unit.
-Create a coherence text with all the words given using connectors like although, besides
and sequence markers.
Friendships – teenager – adult Chat- blog- communicate-
– relationship- break up - identity- write posts- social
meet someone network
Possible Answer
Nowadays, the social networks are a very useful tool to communicate with your friends or
family. Although, this new tools have a percentage of low security, in terms of privacy.
First of all, our identity is exposed to the entire world and can be used to other objectives.
For example, many people use blogs to show information to join people who are interested
in the same topic and they write posts related to the main topic. And finally you can use
chat to communicate with people of other cities or countries.

7. Activities propose for us to reinforce the previous activities
Unit 3: The world around us: personal relationships and social
networks.
Level: 2nd M
Technique 2: Error detection and correction.
Skill: Writing and reading.
Objective: Recognize the function of necessity and obligation.
Correct the wrong sentences.
Instructions: Identify the mistakes in sentences and correct them.
1. I like to get up early because I have an interview.
I need to get up early because I have and interview.
2. I have to play computers games.
I like to play computers games.
3. I have to know what I need to do in order to speak clear.
I want to know what I need to do in order to speak clear.
4. She doesn't like read "Grapes of Wrath”.
She doesn't have to read "Grapes of Wrath”.
5. She have to read four books for this literature class.
She has to read four books for this literature class.
6. I have to wake up early because I have an interview tomorrow.
I need to wake up early because I have an interview tomorrow.

8. 7. The British reporter has to live in New York whenever he works in the United States
The British reporter likes to live in New York whenever he works in the United
States
8. I likes to speak French when I'm in France.
I like to speak French when I'm in France
9. The teacher want to teach.
The teacher wants to teach.
10. I has to be on time
I want to be on time
11. I hope it stops by Saturday because I have to go to the beach.
I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach.
12. I likes to buy a Sony television.
I want to buy a Sony television.
13. Nancy said you didn't needs to buy her anything for her birthday.
Nancy said you didn't need to buy her anything for her birthday.

9. Technique 4: Cloze Procedure
Objectives: Apply grammar rules at text level.
Instructions: You have to read the mail below and then
complete with the missing words according to the linking words.
At first- although- after- and - because- besides
Dear Anne,
Since, I was a child I´ve never been good at physical exercise. Unlike other boys my age, I
have always preferred intellectual activities such as reading or listening to music. Last
year, I got a new computer for Christmas. And (1) although, at first (2) I used it only a few
hours a day, (3) after a few weeks’ things got out of hand. I started chatting with people
from other cities (4) and now I chat 6 or even 10 hours a day. I can be connected to the
Internet the whole night. I have stopped going out (5) because I spend all my free time
chatting and surfing. I´m sure it´s not healthy and (6) besides, my parents get really
annoyed with me. What can I do?

10. Technique 10: Language Games
Objectives: To identify obligations and possibilities.
Instructions:
-Players: Minimum 3 to 5 players.
-Objective of the game:
-Before to start the game, you have to highlight the modal verbs that appear on the board
game and then, you have to write it in a chart. According to the modal verbs, you have to
indicate if the modal verb is an obligation or a possibility.
-You have to reach the finish by following instructions on the fields.
-Each of you has to throw the dice and, according to the number indicated by the dice, the
token’s player has to move a number of boxes.
-If two players step on the same field the second one to step can take out the first.
-The first player who reach the box “finish”, win the game!

11. http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=112580

12. Complete the chart with the information required.
MODALS VERBS
Obligation Possibility

13. Level: 2° Medio
Unit 3: The world around me: Personal relationships and social
networks.
Technique 7: Sentence combining
Skill: writing
Grammar: Phrases that introduce an opinion: I think…; I believe…; in my opinion…; to my
mind…
Lesson Objectives:
- Students will be able to reduce repetitive words.
- Students will be able to use opinion phrases.
Instructions: Students have to change the phrases given reducing the repetitive content
and they have to start the phrase with an expression of opinion.
1) In my opinion Marie is not a good friend. Marie is not honest. Marie is liar. Marie
is not kind.
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(Key answer: In my opinion Marie is not a good friend because she is not honest,
she is not kind and she is liar)
2) I think your boyfriend is very tall. Your boyfriend is very polite. Your boyfriend is
reliable of himself.
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(Key answer: I think your boyfriend is very tall, very polite and reliable of himself)
3) I believe social networks avoid physical contact with friends. Social networks
avoid physical activity. Social networks avoid concentrate in your tasks.
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(Key answer: I believe social networks avoid physical contact with friends, physical
activity, and concentrate in your tasks)

14. 4) I think our friends are hungry. Our friends are tired. Our friends can’t play very
well.
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(Key answer: I think our friends are hungry, they are tired and they can’t play very
well)
5) The readers think the book is too long. The book is difficult to understand. The
book is bored.
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(Key answer: The readers think the book is too long, difficult to understand and
bored)
6) To my mind your parents was very kind. Your parents helped me to do my task.
Your parents invited me to have dinner.
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(Key answer: to my mind your parents was very kind, they helped me to do my task
and they invited me to have dinner)
7) In my opinion friends are very important in life. Friends help you. Friends take
care of you. Friends want the best for you.
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(Key answer: In my opinion friends are very important in life, they help you, they
take care of you and want the best for you)