1.  Download the files suggested in the “MaterialesEducativosDigitales” section and make copies for students.

2. Tell students they are going to work with an activity about polite requests.

3. Discuss with students the importance of using the appropriate level of formality in the request.

4. Distribute the worksheet and draw students' attention towards the box with the expressions and review them. Discuss how polite they are.

5. Ask students to read the situations and choose the best expression for the request.

6. Ask students to act out some of the sentences, one plays A and the other students play B.

7. Discuss with students the different ways to accept or decline a request at the same level of formality by reading the expressions in boxes at the bottom of the page.

8. Ask students to choose two from each box and practice again with another classmate the above requests but this time accepts or declines them.

9. After practicing with different contexts, tell students it is time to review how well their word order in grammar is when making questions.

10. Distribute the worksheet and read the instructions with/for the students.

11. Discuss the importance of having control of sentence structure since it is different from the one in Spanish.

12. Ask students to work individually with the first ten sentences and the work in pairs for the next 10.

13. Have students exchange their worksheets with other pairs and compare their grids.

14. Ask students to think of three more sentences and dictate them to the class for them to classify.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the video and download the worksheet suggested in the “MaterialesEducativosDigitales” section.

2. Tell students they are going to read some dialogs about asking for and offering help in the context of an office.

3. Start projecting from slide 10 and show the dialogue ‘in the office’.

4. Read it for students and help with vocabulary as needed, then, discuss what it is about and who has a problem.

5. Project the next slide and discuss the expressions to ask for and offer help. Some of these students have already practiced and learned from previous sessions.

6. Analyze the different expressions in the slides about the ‘in the office’ situation.

7. Ask students to work in pairs and choose three different  “helping office” problems from the slide and offer help using the given expressions.

8. Work with the information on the last slide about making a conversation using the given cues and present it to the class.

9. Tell students they are going to discuss in groups of three the theme: asking for help more than actually work on grammar and vocabulary.

10. Distribute the worksheet and read the questions for students. Then, ask them to think their answers carefully and write them down.

11. Invite students to now get in groups of three and start a discussion on their answers. Encourage students to listen carefully and participate in the activity with their opinions and comments.

12. Ask groups of students how many of their answers were similar and how different.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the suggested videos in the “MaterialesEducativosDigitales” section.

2. Tell students they are going to review the set of expressions used to ask for help they have been using along with the unit.

3. Discuss with students what the effect of using the appropriate level of formality in a request is and elicit some situations to illustrate.

4. Use slides 2,3,4, and 5 only.

5. Ask students to work in pairs and have ready some supplies such as blank sheets of paper, markers, pencils.

6. Tell students they are going to review some expressions and work on a colorful handout.

7. Project slide 2 and ask students to read the questions, are they familiar? Do they recognize the

8. Discuss the level of formality they show and which ones they would commonly use when asking a friend for something.

9. Ask students to copy the slide in the sheets of paper using markers in different colors or the same.

10. Review the ‘accepting’ ‘declining’ expressions in the next slide, and ask students to think of somebody they could use these expressions with (mom, brother, teacher, etc.)

11. Finally, show the next slide and ask students to copy in another sheet of paper. Then, ask them to use some tape to join them by one of the sides and fold them like an accordion.

12. Invite students to exchange their accordions with other pairs of students.

13. Continue with more practice but this time students will have to write about a situation, somebody needs help.

14. show the image or print it and make copies for students. Wait for reactions.

15. Tell students this girl needs help with something and discuss what that could be. Try to personalize the situation so students can feel closer to the activity.

16. Ask students to work, either, individually or in pairs, and write a dialog about the 16irl and her problems and you offering help. Remind students to use the expressions they have learned in the unit and practiced in different ways.

17. Monitor the activity and offer help as needed. Make sure students are paying attention to their spelling and punctuation as well.

18. Invite students to read their dialogs and ask the class to record the expressions their classmates are using.