Theme: Add a pinch of positive attitude Scenario: Recipes for Success

Task 1. Read and Watch some flash cards of super-famous, famous, and maybe not so famous people.

Task 2. Read the following situations, and then based on your opinion, choose which of these situations are
examples of success.

Answer these two questions:

 Who are these people?

 Are they successful?

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Read the following quotations and give your opinion about what your classmate thinks about it.

- Success is a journey not a destination. -- Unknown Author

- Better late than never. – Unknown Author

**Look for the quotations in the resource section.

Task 2. Read the following situations, and then based on your opinion, choose which of these situations are
examples of success.
1) A man loses his job and sets up a new business, which goes on to become a multi-million pound enterprise, but along the
way, he becomes so obsessed with his new company that he neglects his family and they leave him.
2) A person who lives separately from the parents.
3) A boy loses a leg in a road accident. He goes back to school and passes his exams the same year.
4) A person who is independent in his relations with other people.
5) A sportsman wins Olympic gold in the marathon. Although the tests are all negative, he knows in his heart he was taking
performance-enhancing drugs.
6) A person who shares everything with other people.
7) Some students pass their exams very easily. They had worked very hard but the teacher had also given them the
answers on the morning of the test.
8) A person who succeeds by his/her own efforts.
9) A person who works very hard to become cleverer and better.
10) A single mother with no free time gets a part-time job as a secretary. She loses it within a week and goes
back to care for her children full-time.
11) A person who thinks only about himself/herself
12) A film director wins five Oscars for a film that has shocked his local Scottish city community because it
gives a false impression of their history.
13) A person who has no friends.
14) A young scientist discovers something that could become a cure for cancer. At the moment, it is uncertain if
his discovery will amount to anything.

Task 3.Fill in the blanks with the words into brackets using will or be going to.
1. My brother ______________________ (be) 45 in October.

2. - The phone is ringing and I’m in the shower!

- Don’t worry Mark, I _______________________ (answer) for you.
3. James Jones ______________________________ (probably / become) the next President.

4. Mum is unemployed but she _____________________________ (not / apply) for that job because it isn’t
well-paid.
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5. I’m so excited! We ________________________________ (move) to a bigger house next month.
6. My parents ___________________________ (be) very proud, I have passed all the exams.

7. I think my sister ______________________________ (pass) the exam, she has studied very hard so far.
8. I ________________________________ (take) the kids to the mountains this winter.
9. There isn’t any milk left in the fridge

- I know, I __________________________________ (do) the shopping this afternoon.

10. There isn’t any milk left in the fridge
- Oh sorry!, I __________________________________ (give) you some juice instead.
11. Look at the clouds, it _____________________________________ (rain); you should take an umbrella!
12. There’s a knock at the door; that __________________________ (be) the postman.
13. Boys __________________________ (be) boys!

14. When the cat is away, the mice ___________________________________ (play)

15. I’m not feeling well, I _________________________________ (faint).
16. It’s 11:00pm; I think I ___________________________________ (go) to bed now.
17. She _______________________________________ (meet) them at 6:00pm.
18. That _______________________________ (be) the book you are looking for.
19. There ________________________________ (be) a gale.

20. Sally is a big girl now, we _____________________________________ (buy) her a scooter.

Task 4.Watch the following video “Richard St. John: 8 secretos del éxito”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6bbMQXQ180&ab_channel=TED and jot down notes on the information gotten about the
video. Then, answer the following questions:

1. What is it about?

2. What are the secrets given by Richard St. John for success?

3. What are some positive attitudes from the video you practice in your daily life?

Task 5. Skim the text ‘What Makes people successful?’ and answer the following questions:
1. What is the main idea of the text?

2. What is success?

What are your natural abilities? What are your career and life goals? If you can answer these questions, you are on
your way to having a successful career and life.
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 WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SUCCESSFUL?

Who do you think is the most successful? Who do you think is the least successful?
In order to answer these questions, we first need to define success. Everyone has a different definition. Many of us
place great value on performance, on achievements, or on reaching various goals. Others associate success with
material goods, measuring it by how much one can acquire. Others measure
success by how much they can contribute to the well-being of their families, or
to the community and society in general. There are many other definitions, but
mostly success is associated with becoming rich, famous, and respected at work.
Yet, it doesn’t have to be that way.
Being successful could mean simply being satisfied with oneself and one’s
career. For many people, a successful person is someone who feels that his or
her work and life in general offer an exceptionally high degree of satisfactions. However, how does one get from
here to there? How does one reach this feeling of satisfaction with life and career? It seems that successful people
consistently do two things:
 They use their natural abilities in their work.
 They set career and life goals.
In other words, successful people choose careers where they can use their natural abilities or do what comes naturally
to them. For example, successful teachers are people who instinctively know how to help people learn, and the best
doctors are those who know how to listen to people. Successful people know where they are starting from, and what
direction they want to give their lives and careers, even if it is something as simple and wonderful as raising a happy
family.
What are your natural abilities? What are your career and life goals? If you can answer these questions, you are on
your way to having a successful career and life.

Task 6.Base on the reading above. Check the affirmations you consider are examples of success.

1_____There is a general consensus on the definition of success.

2_____A lot of people think that you are successful if you are rich and famous.

3_____Successful people choose careers that match their skills.

4 _____Successful people don’t plan their lives.

5_____Doing what comes naturally to you helps make you successful.

6_____Raising a happy family is not enough to be considered successful.

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 CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S EARLY LIFE

He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889. There is some doubt whether April 16 is actually his birthday,
and it is possible he was not born in 1889. There is also uncertainty about his birthplace: London or Fontainebleau,
France. There is no doubt, however, as to his parentage: he was born to Charles Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Harriette Hill
(aka Lily Harley on stage), both Music Hall entertainers. His parents separated soon after his birth, leaving him in the
care of his increasingly unstable mother.

In 1896, Chaplin's mother was unable to find work; Charlie and his older half-brother Sydney Chaplin had to be left in
the workhouse at Lambeth, moving after several weeks to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His
father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother suffered a mental breakdown, and was eventually
admitted temporarily to the Cane Hill Asylum at Coulsdon (near Croydon). She died in 1928 in the United States, two
years after coming to the States to live with Chaplin, by then a commercial success.

Charlie first took to the stage when, aged five, he performed in Music Hall in 1894, standing in for his mother. As a
child, he was confined to a bed for weeks due to a serious illness, and, at night, his mother would sit at the window
and act out what was going on outside. In 1900, aged 11, his brother helped him get the role of a comic cat in the
pantomime Cinderella at the London Hippodrome. In 1903 he appeared in 'Jim, A Romance of Cockayne', followed
by his first regular job, as the newspaper boy Billy in Sherlock Holmes, a part he played into 1906. This was followed
by Casey's 'Court Circus' variety show, and, the following year, he became a clown in Fred Karno's 'Fun Factory'
slapstick comedy company.

According to immigration records, he arrived in the United States with the Karno troupe on October 2, 1912. In the
Karno Company was Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who would later become known as Stan Laurel. Chaplin and Laurel
shared a room in a boarding house. Stan Laurel returned to England but Chaplin remained in the United States.
Chaplin's act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett, who hired him for his studio, the Keystone Film Company.

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Task 7. Check true or false. Use the information given in the previous text.
1. Chaplin might have been born some years earlier than is currently believed.
a) True
b) False

2. Chaplin's mother died before her son was successful.

a) True
b) False

3. Chaplin first performed on the stage after he arrived in the United States.
a) True
b) False

4. His first serious job was delivering newspapers.

a) True
b) False
5. His first partner on the stage was the actor, Stan Laurel.
a) True
b) False
6. He was discovered while working for a British organization in the United States.
a) True
b) False
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Task 8. Choose the most accurate definition summary of the corresponding answer form the following questions.

1. What kind of other definitions can be found about how to succeed?

a) People can define success as having material goods and raising a family.

b) Success is measured only by being rich and famous. However, other people consider that it is defined
when others reach their goals in life.

c) The definitions of success can vary form one individual to another. Thus, some people can measure it by
having material goods, reaching their life goals or simply giving their best to their families of community.

2. How can a successful person be defined?

a) It can be defined when someone is enjoying what he/she is doing. Nevertheless, he/she can encounter ups
and downs in their lives in a regular basis. For this reason, it cannot have an exact definition at all.

b) Human beings as a whole can feel the pleasure of being successful by his or her job, and lives in general
making sure that they are entirely pleased with them.

c) A successful person is someone who presents an exceptionally high degree by having material goods and
have live happily.

Task 9.Answer the following questions related to success.

1. How can be reach the feeling of a successful life?

2. What aspects do we need to consider to plan a successful life?

3. Based on your opinion, what is the best definition for success?

Task 10.Taking into account the previous information, choose five examples of successful people in your
community and provide a reason why you consider those people are successful.

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 Task 12.Read the following situation:

Karla just recovered from a very serious accident that changed her life. There’s a before and an after in her life,
after this accident. She decided to write a reflective message about her own healthy living, attitudes and plans in
order to have a successful future. Let’s pretend you are Karla. Write a reflective message using going for future
tense and connectors to write your plan in order to send a WhatsApp message, post an entry in a blog or writing
the using sticky notes.

Task 12. Write a reflective letter/message about your own healthy living, attitudes and plans in order to get a
successful future.

Task 13. Brainstorm a list of healthy living attitudes that will help you to create a successful future. For example,
Perseverance, determination, humility, goal setting, planning, goals, hard work, positive attitude, etc...

Task 14. Draft a message using the future tense, about the 5 key steps plan to create a successful life. Use the
following questions to guide yourselves when writing your messages:
1. With your own words, define success.
2. What are the ingredients (characteristics) to become a successful person?
3. What is the recipe to create a successful future?
4. What will you do to create a successful future? Mention five key steps you consider are necessary to get it.
5. Are you a successful person? Why do you think so?
Example:
“There are different ways to define success. In my opinion, to be successful is …….. Each person has different
ideas about how to set goals and achieve them. In my case, the recipe to be successful is composed by
ingredients like......... Besides those ingredients, it is important to outline a plan in order to create a successful
future. Therefore, here are my 5 steps to get it.
1. I will define my priorities in order to focus on what is important.
2. I am going to set small goals that help me to achieve the main objective………, etc.
3. ………
4. ………
5. ………
To finish, I think that I’m a successful person because I…”

Task 15. In pairs, revise a reflective letter/message about your own healthy living, attitudes and plans in order to
get a successful future.

Publish your messages in a WhatsApp group or in an entry blog if possible, otherwise, you will write it on sticky
notes or separate papers to stick it around the classroom. You will post it and read your partners messages. At the
end, after reading some of the messages, comment what are the three most important characteristics to be a
successful person.

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 INDICATORS OF LEARNING
Week #3
Yes In No
progress

interpret the main conclusions from information read about success.

identify key words or phrases from multimedia resources about success.

jot down relevant information about success.

answer questions about success.

get the gist from texts about success.

distinguish statements that are related to success.

distinguish relevant information about success.

answer questions related to success.

write opinions about being successful.

provide reasons that justify why people are successful.

write his/her reflective letter (“dear me…) about own healthy living, attitudes and
plans for a successful future.

brainstorm ideas about healthy living attitudes.

use specific guidelines to draft a message.

draft messages about own attitudes and plans for a successful future.

revise messages about own attitudes and plans for a successful future.

edit final version of the messages about own attitudes and plans for a successful
future.

publish messages about own attitudes and plans for a successful future.

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