TALLER 4

1. Reading
Look at the following topics and tell what topics do teenagers usually talk about?
Put the topics in order from the most common to the least common. discuss with a
partners online or a relative.
1) homework and exams
2) The future
3) problems with parents or siblings
4) sports
5) TV, music, films
6) Problems with friends
2. Watch the following video and say what topics may are the teenagers talking
about
 They are talking about critical thinking, also about how great the
conference is that they are in because they know several people from
other countries
3. Develop exercise 2 from page 22. Read the situations quickly and match them
with the pictures. What are the teens doing?

a. well in the situation (a) Jack tells us that he plays basketball

with Max and Larry, but that they met a type of friends who only
spend smoking and who don't train anymore and who spend
time smoking behind the gym and that Jack is losing his friends.
b. well in situation (b) Rachel tells us that there are two people
who always make fun of her for wearing a helmet since she
usually goes to school on a bicycle and that wherever she
crosses there is always a lot of traffic.
c. In this situation (c) he tells us that he has five friends, one of
them is a target, but that the critics are always for anything, but
then he apologizes but then does it again.
4. Read the situations on page 22 again and complete the table.

Rachel Aleja Jack

1. What is the who bother her for who has a very that his friends are
problem? wearing a helmet critical friend leaving him to go
smoke
2. What is your create mobility make her realize take them to dark
idea to solve campaigns so how much places where
the problem? they see how damage she does people are
important it is to to people because drugged and show
use security criticizing is not them if they want
protections good to become that or
be a professional
as a basketball
player
5. Watch the videos on the links and then develop exercises 4 and 5 from page 23.
4. Read the advice. Match the sentences with Rachel, Aleja and Jack.

a. You should find some new friends who enjoy your hobby. // JACK
b. You shouldn’t be friends with someone who is always criticising
you. //ALEJA
c. You could ask your friends and other classmates to wear one
too. //RACHEL
d. You should ask her why she always criticises her friends. //ALEJA
e. You shouldn’t worry what other people say about you. // RACHEL
f. You shouldn’t do things that are bad for your health. // JACK

5. Look again at the modal verbs in exercise 4. Which verb do we use to:

a. give a suggestion? //Should

b. give advice and tell someone to do something? //could
c. give advice and tell someone NOT to do something? // shouldn’t
6.Listen to the audios 6 and 7 and develop exercises 6 and 7 from page 23.
7. Listen and write the word you hear.
a. You could talk to your parents about it.
b. You shouldn´t get upset.
c. You should find other things to do.
d. What should I do?
e. You shouldn´t stay at home all day.
f. You could come to drama club with me.
7. ASSESSMENT / EVALUATION
8. Look at the pictures and read the descriptions. What is happening in each
picture? Listen and check your ideas.
1. two girls are telling how much fun their club is and they are making the
invitation to go during school breaks or after school, that they would meet
every day for more confidence

2. A girl named Brandy tells us that she is from the community and that she is
looking for people with a lot of ideas, but who are having problems because
she wants her neighborhood to be a safe and fun place to live and he invites
us to go to his first meeting on Wednesday at 8:00 sharp.

3. They say that if we have a problem with math or English or some other
subject that he has a tutoring cooperative in which they could help us with
those topics that we are there at lunchtime.
9. Listen again and answer the questions.
a. Who is the Fun Club for?
// for anyone who wants to attend
b. When can you go to the Fun Club?
// You can go to the club during school breaks, before or after
school
c. How does Community First want to change the neighbourhood?
// with various fun ideas
d. When is the first meeting?
// When is the first meeting
e. How does the Tutoring Cooperative work?
f. // Well, through other students who help
g. How often can you go to it?
// you can go at lunch