1. Have the beam projector ready to show students the videos suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales”

2. Ask students to think of an emergency (earthquake, flood, volcano eruption, etc) and give you three instructions to follow.

3. Write them on the board and underline the verbs.

4. Tell students they are going to watch a video about Imperatives and ask them to take notes and copy the examples given by this teacher.

5. Play the video and make some pauses where you consider necessary in order to discuss some information with students or to ask them to give you original examples.

6. Ask students to focus on the explanation on instructions.

7. Use the beam projector to show the video.

8. Tell students they are going to watch a video about where they should really go to stay safe during an earthquake.

9. Tell students the video doesn’t have sound or narration but text presented on the video  so they have to copy the most important  information to make a list of 3 to 5 safety tips during an earthquake.

10. Play the video

6. Monitor and offer help with grammar as needed.

11. Finally, ask pairs of students to exchange their tips with another pair and check if the share the same information or there’s some more they could include in their lists.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show students the posters suggested on the “Materiales Educativos Digitales”

2. Tell students you are going to say a word (related to natural disasters) and they will say as many words as they can  to go with it, i.e., “volcano eruptions”, lava, erupted, fire, etc.

3. Ask students how many other natural disasters they remember.

4. Dictate the vocabulary at the end of the poster which corresponds to the different sections or show it and ask them to copy it.

5. Use a beam projector to show the poster.

6. Ask students to look at the different natural disasters  to learn how they happen, where they happen and what you should do to avoid them or to be safe in the worst case.

7. Help with vocabulary as needed.

8. Ask students to work in pairs and choose 2 or 3 natural disasters to work with (depending on class time).

9. Monitor and offer help as needed with grammar and vocabulary.

10. Use a beam projector to show the poster.

11. Tell students to read the 7 tips on the poster and offer help with vocabulary as needed.

12. Ask students to complement the tips by writing another sentence in each tip. That is, if the sentence is in affirmative, “Press the nearest fire alarm button.” They should write something like, “ Don’t try to put out the fire yourself”

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the worksheets and  download the file suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales”.

2. Make copies of the grammar worksheet.

3. Ask students to think of a natural disaster such as a flood and think of two DON’Ts in giving instructions.

4. Help with vocabulary as needed.

5. Use a beam projector to show the worksheet.

6. Ask students to work in pairs.

7. Show the first part of the activity and tell students to read the pictures aloud and complete with more instructions as asked.

8. Check answers and continue with the next section.

9. Scroll down and do the second part which is writing the instructions using imperatives.

10.  Hand out the worksheet and ask students  to work individually on the worksheet.

11. Tell students they are going to review imperatives in affirmative and negative. You may consider giving them an example.

12. Finally, ask students to check their answers in groups of three and make the necessary corrections.