AMELIA EARHART
by Janet Hardy-Gould
(Nota a la compañera. Dentro de los ejercicios que se mandan: Negrita = en clase;
Subrayado = Deberes; el resto: a tu libre albedrío).
You are going to start doing your portfolio. The idea is that you keep all your activities together,
and as we read the book, some of them will be extended (ex. You will start a timeline in chapter
1, and you will finish it at the end of the book).
After we have finished working in the book, you will be given some time to finish the portfolio.
You have to be very careful about the homework, as some of it will be collected and corrected.
You can use one of the digital formats that you are told: Canva, Genially or PowerPoint, but make
sure you can include all the things that you do (audios, videos, texts, timelines…)
THINGS THAT YOU WILL DO AFTER YOU FINISH EVERY CHAPTER:
1.- A timeline of the story.
2.- A glossary of all the words that you do not know, including the definition, and a sentence using
the word as an example to help you remember the meaning.
3.- All the activities at the end of every chapter.
SESSION 1:
— Cover analysis.
— Video about the Amelia Earhart. (1 min/max)
— Objectives to follow (ex. Read faster, improve pronunciation, improve oral comprehension,
improve my writing, ...).
— Before Reading Activities p57 and Foreword p58
Reading / Listening chapters 1 & 2.
SESSION 2:
Reading of chapters 1 & 2.
— Find in the text five words connected to transport.
— Write a short story using the words: “flight”, “sister”, “road”, “blood” and “ocean”.
— Choose one of the characters and start writing a Diary. You will have to include the information
given in the story from his/her point of view. (You can’t use Amelia).
— Activities Chapter 1 & 2.
— TIMELINE
— GLOSSARY
Reading / Listening Chapter 3.
SESSION 3:
Reading of chapter 3.
— Find Passive Sentences in the chapter, turn them into Active. If you don’t find any, or they are
not many, pick five sentences and turn them into Passive Voice.
— Insert a one minute video telling the beginning of the story and your impression of how the
story is going to be.
— Continue the Diary.
— Activities Chapter 3.
— TIMELINE
— GLOSSARY
Reading / Listening Chapter 4.
SESSION 4:
Reading of chapter 4.
— Write a short text explaining why you would or you wouldn’t be a pilot.
— Find at least five sentences in the text that either are Conditionals or that can be turned into
Conditionals, if so, write the resulting sentence.
— Find verbs in Past Simple. Make a list of the irregular.
— Continue the Diary.
— Activities Chapter 4.
— TIMELINE
— GLOSSARY
Reading / Listening Chapter 5.
SESSION 5:
Reading of chapter 5.
— Insert a one minute video telling what has happened in the story up to this moment.
— Choose five sentences in the text in Past Simple and add an action that may happen before
expressed in Past Perfect.
— Find irregular verbs in the chapter and make a small table including the infinitive and the past.
Do not repeat the ones you have found in previous chapters.
— Continue the Diary.
— Activities Chapter 5.
— TIMELINE
— GLOSSARY
Reading / Listening Chapters 6 & 7.
SESSION 6:
Reading of chapters 6 & 7.
— Find sentences in Future. Change adverbs or adverbials of each sentence to express it in
another type of future.
— Irregular verbs.
— Continue the Diary.
— Activities Chapters 6 & 7.
— TIMELINE
— GLOSSARY
Reading / Listening Chapter 8.
SESSION 7:
Reading of chapter 8.
— Find modal verbs in the chapter and make a small table expressing the aspect of the main verb
that each one changes.
— Irregular verbs.
— Continue the Diary.
— Activity Chapter 8.
— TIMELINE
— GLOSSARY
Reading / Listening Chapter 9.
SESSION 8:
Reading of chapter 9.
— Irregular verbs.
— Write an alternative ending for the story.
— Finish the Diary.
— Activities Chapter 9.
— Activities After Reading.
— Finish the TIMELINE.
— Finish the GLOSSARY.
— Make a list of the seven words that have called your attention the most in your Glossary and
explain why.
— Insert a one minute video commenting the end of the story and your impressions about the
book.
— Answer the following questions:
- Which of the objectives you set at the beginning of the portfolio have you reached?
- What was your favourite part? And the part that you have liked the least? Why?
- How do you feel about the book?
