1. Download the activities suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales”  and make copies for students.

file and print the first template. The file suggested for the second has 10 different templates to choose from and the first one is the one recommended for this activity. The others are going to be used in other activities in this unit.

2. Ask students to work in pairs and review the stationery vocabulary together by checking what they have in their backpacks.

3. Distribute the worksheet and invite students to search the words but set a time limit.

4. When time is up, tell students to write down a mini-dialog to practice using the different ways to ask for things they need because they don’t have any, or they forgot and the teacher is asking to do some activities with those school supplies.

5. Invite students to read their dialogues to the class.

6. Distribute the copies of the first template in the file for this activity.

7. Tell students they’re going to draw a story, Luis is going to have a B-day party and there are some things he needs and some others he wants.  Luis is talking to his mother about it and students need to write the mini-dialog between them.

8. Review useful expressions from their notes and/or textbook if necessary.

9. Suggest students they can draw stick figures.

10. Invite students to exchange their stories with other classmates and read them.

1. Download and print the worksheet second template suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section.

This file has 10 different templates to choose from and the second one is the one recommended for this activity. The others are going to be used in other activities in this unit.

 2. Print the templates in colored paper to make the activity more attractive.

3. Review the expressions used when asking for something politely.

3. Hand two speech bubbles to each student and ask them to work in groups of 3 so there are 6 speech bubbles for them to write exchanges.

4. Tell students they will write a story and the lines they must write in the speech bubbles. No drawings this time. NO pictures this time.

5. Tell students in this story somebody needs to borrow several things. Recommend to use polite expressions.

6. Ask students to line up the 6 speech bubbles and invite the other groups to do the same so the class can read different stories.

7. Invite students to change some of the speech bubbles to give the story variety, making sure those make sense in it.

8. Ask students to check in their notes and/or in their textbook the expressions used to say ‘Yes’ but without saying ‘Yes’.

9. If they cannot remember, give them a simple example using the correct intonation, ‘Sure!!’

10. Ask students to look to the examples given but draw their attention toward the last one, ‘Can I borrow your pen?’. (The introduction this teacher is not necessary for the students to listen to, go directly to the examples)

11. Ask students to listen carefully to the examples and the way they are answered.

12. Ask your students some questions such as ‘Can I borrow___? May I borrow___?, Would you like some cake? ‘ and invite them to use the different expressions.