Tema 4: Yesterday and tomorrow

Objetivos de la unidad

• Describir eventos pasados.
• Hablar sobre planes futuros e intenciones.

Tarea: Apropiarse de los datos personales de una figura relevante de la Oftalmología.
Objetivo: Los estudiantes deben ser capaces de describir la vida de una figura importante de la Oftalmología a partir de la información obtenida en una texto de mediana complejidad.

Acciones:

• Definir las funciones comunicativas y estructuras gramaticales necesarias para describir eventos pasados.
• Comprender el texto.
• Sintetizar la información del texto.
• Escribir las ideas según la situación.

Operaciones:

• Realizar varias lecturas del texto con previas tareas específicas.
• Buscar significado de nuevas palabras en el diccionario.
• Completar el cuadro con la información específica de la vida del científico.
• Describir por escrito el personaje utilizando la información extraída del texto.

Evaluación:

• El profesor evalúa el dominio de las funciones lingüísticas comprobando la auto preparación.
• Promueva la retroalimentación grupal e individual a partir del análisis de los patrones y funciones lingüísticas realizado.
• Evalúa la preparación y participación de los estudiantes en cada acción.
• Evalúa la descripción escrita de la vida de Francisco Argilados a partir de la información fichada.
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Participate in an interesting scientific journal about famous personalities of the Ophthalmology.

Full name____________________

Place of birth ___________________

Date of birth ___________________

Place he lived ________________

Place of death _________________

Marriage ________________

What he did _____________________

People’s recognition ____________

Francisco Argilagos was born on September 4th, 1838 in Port Prince city, today Camagüey and, although his father was Spanish, he was formed in an environment of social justice.

That boy grew rebellious, and while he learned the secrets of the profession, he prepared an armed expedition to Cuba, but it failed. To his return to the Island he began to work as doctor in Camagüey, and later he moved to Santiago de Cuba, where he transcended for his quick cures and successfully operations.

But, in the high spheres, Francisco was not very seen, because he sat to the slaves at his table. For those facts and his critics to the metropolis the government tried to deport him, The pretence was not approved, but he decided to travel to New York to conspire in favour to the independence of Cuba, practice that he continued in native land.
Argilagos married to Mercedes Loret de Mola, big patriots' daughter, and he reached colonel's grade. There he was persecuted and almost murdered.

He didn't have more alternative than to escape, and went to the island of Saint Thomas. In that place he published a bilingual newspaper. Between 1874 and 1885 he maintained a constant one to go on pilgrimage from America to Caribbean. He wrote and worked as oculist but he also founded revolutionary clubs and a Revolutionary Cuban Party in Barranquilla.

He returned to Homeland when finishing the Spanish authority and in disagreement with the North American intervention, he wrote in the press against that situation. Argilagos combated to the Cuban president Tomas Estrada Palma for his surrender to the United States. He wrote an article against the Amendment Platt and the naval bases, and for that reason he lost his job.

When Carlos J. Finlay found out the injustice made against the old oculist warrior, he was devoted to rescue his figure, to officialize his recognition as a doctor, and he located him in front of the sanity of Caney.

He died in the Republic, in the misery, on November 9th, 1908.

Argilagos bet for the scientific development of the Ophthalmology, but his life was also urged by other inevitable duties.
Francisco's Argilagos name was rescued from the shades in 1965, when his life was published. "However, his figure and splendid work are still not very well-known, and it is necessary that he will be remembered and be imitated". His lesson of humanism and professional delivery should inspire to the present and future generations of doctors.

Tema 5: The consultation

Objetivos de la unidad

• Describir personas.
• Dar consejos.
• Expresar necesidad y permiso.

Tarea: Describir a una personalidad famosa

Objetivo: Que los estudiantes sean capaces de describir a una personalidad famosa teniendo en cuenta las características físicas y de la personalidad.

Acciones:

• Definir las funciones comunicativas y estructuras gramaticales necesarias para describir personas.
• Comprender la situación.
• Describir por escrito la figura de la bailarina cubana Alicia Alonso.

Operaciones:

• Realizar auto preparación de los materiales impresos para la impartición de la unidad.
• Analizar la situación dada.
• Delimitar las funciones comunicativas relacionadas a la descripción de personas.
• Describir la figura de Alicia Alonso a partir de los temas dados.
Evaluación:
• El profesor evalúa el dominio de las funciones lingüísticas comprobando la auto preparación.
• Evalúa la preparación y participación de los estudiantes en cada acción.
• Evalúa la descripción escrita en el grupo de la bailarina Alicia Alonso.
• Recoge como tarea evaluativa la descripción escrita de la bailarina Alicia Alonso.

Use the format given to describe this famous Cuban dancer according to the following hints.

Height and weight: Skin:
Neck:
Hair:
Eyes: Personality traits:
Nose:

Tema 6: I have to go on strict diet.

Objetivos de la unidad:
• Expresar gustos y preferencias.
• Expresar promesas.

Tarea: Escribir un artículo.

Objetivos: Los estudiantes deben ser capaces de describir las actividades que les gusta y disgustan hacer a través de un artículo.