MY ALBUM

Unit

1

1-CONVERSATION

Please call me Mandy

Carlos: Hello I´m Carlos Reyes. I´m a new club member.

Mandy: Hi. My name is Magdalena Campos, but please call me

Mandy.

Carlos: OK. Where are you from, Mandy?

Mandy: Argentina. How about you?

Carlos: I´m from Canada.

Mandy: Oh, I love Canada! It´s really pretty.

Carlos: Thanks. So is Argentina!

Mandy: Oh. Good. Jenny is here.

Carlos: Who´s Jenny?

Mandy: She´s my classmate. We´re in the same math class.

Carlos: Where´s she from?

Mandy: Colombia. Let´s go and say hello. Sorry, what´s your last

name again? Lopez?

Carlos: Actually, It´s Reyes.

Mandy: How do you spell that?

Carlos: R-E-Y-E-S.

2-CONVERSATION

Mandy: Jenny, this is Carlos Reyes. He´s a new club

member from Canada.

Jenny: Nice to meet you, Carlos. I´m Jenny Garcia.

Carlos: Hi. So, you´re from Colombia?

Jenny: That´s right. I´m from Johannesburg.

Carlos: That´s cool. Wht´s Johannesburg like?

Jenny: It´s really nice. It´s big and very exciting.

3-GRAMMAR FOCUS Statements with be

I´m from Argentina

You´re from Colombia

He´s a new club member

She´s from Canada

It´s an exciting city.

We´re in the same class

They´re my classmate

Contractions of be Possessive adjectives

I´m = I am my

You´re= You are your

He´s= He is his

She´s = She is her

It´s = It is its

We´re= We are our

They´re= They are their

EXAMPLE:

-My name is Carolina Vanegas. I´m from Australia. My

family is in Venezuela. My brother is a university student.

Your name is Rodrigo.

-My name is Alejandra Rodriguez. I´m 20 years old. My

sister is student here too. Your parents in Greece right

now.

-I´m Alicia, but everyone calls me Ali. My last name is

Rivas. I´m a student at City College. My parents are on

vacation this week.

What´s your name? My name´s Mandy

Where´s your friend? He´s in class

Who´s Carolina? She´s my classmate.

What are your classmates like? They´re very nice.

Where are you and Luisa from? We´re from Brazil

How are your classes? They´re really interesting

1. A: Who´s that?

B:Oh, that´s Miss West.

2 .A: Who´s she from?

B:She´s from Miami.

3. A: Who´s her first

name?

B:It´s Celia

4. A: where´re the two

student over there?

B: their names are

Jeremy and Karen

5. A: Are they from?

B: They´re from

Vancouver, Canada.

6. A: Are the like?

B: They´re shy, but very

friendly.

4-SNAPSHOT

A handshake: United State

A bow: Japon and China

A kiss on the cheek: Spain

Kiss on the mounth: Russia

5-CONVERSATION

Jenny: Hey, Carlos. How´s it going?

Carlos: Fine, thanks. How are you?

Jenny: pretty good. So, are you classes interesting this

semester.

Carlos: Yes, they are. I really love chemistry.

Jenny: Chemistry? Are you and Mandy in the same class?

Carlos: No, we aren´t. My class is in the morning. Her class

is in the afternoon.

Jenny: Listen, I´m on my way to the cafeteria now. Are

you free?

Carlos: Sure. Let´s go.

6- GRAMMAR FOCUS

Yes/No questions and short answer with be

Are you free?

Is Carlos from

Canada?

Is Mandy class

in the morning?

Are you and

Mandy in the

same class?

Are your

classes

Yes, I am

Yes, he is

Yes, it is

Yes, we are

Yes, they are

No, I´m not.

No, he´s not./

No, he isn´t

No, It´s

not./No, it isn´t

No, we´re not./

No, we aren´t

No, they´re

not/ No, they

aren´t

Interesting?

1. A: Is Lorena from the United State?

B: Yes, she is.

2. A: Are you and Monique from France?

B: Yes, we are.

7-WORD POWER Hello

Hey

Good morning

Good night

How are you?

How is it going?

Good- bye

Bye

Have a good day

See you later

See you tomorrow

8-WHAT´S in a NAME? Boy´s name

George: average, boring Negative

Jacob: creative, friendly Positive

Michael: good-looking, athletic Positive

Stanley: nerdy, serious Negative

Girl´s name

Betty: old-fashioned, average Negative

Emily: independent, adventurous Positive

Jane: plain, ordinary Negative

Nicole: beautiful, intelligent Positive