A1 level 2

A1 level 2
Colombian heroes
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Welcome, my dear visitors.
It’s me again, Monica. This time, we are going to talk about
three Colombian citizens who were important in our country.
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
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Talk about people’s lives using simple past tense.
List relevant facts in someone’s life.
Use adverbs and past tense expressions.
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Start up
Here we have three important halls about Fanny Mikey, Miguel
Calero and Policarpa Salavarrieta’s lives.
All of them are very important people from our country.
Get inside
Now, I invite you to follow me and start the tour.
Now, I invite you to learn more about these three outstanding Colombians.
He was born in Ginebra, Valle del Cauca, on April 14th in 1977. He was one
of the best goalkeepers in the Colombian soccer team. Calero obtained
two championships while playing for his country. In 1999, he moved to
Mexico and played with the Pachuca National Club, and he triumphed in
10 tournaments with this Mexican team. On November 26th in 2012, he
suffered a cerebral thrombosis at his home in Pachuca. Six days later, he
suffered a second stroke. Some hours later, the doctors diagnosed “brain
death”. Calero died at the age of 41. (FIFA, 2012)
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Get inside
She was born in 1930. She was Argentinian. She was an actress and a
businesswoman. She helped to create the TEC (Teatro Experimental de
Cali). Later, she moved to Bogotá, where she was the Bogota’s Theater
manager and one of its actresses. Besides, she adopted her son Daniel
Martinez Mikey and, in 1970 she obtained the Colombian nationality.
In 1988, she decided to start an important project: the “Ibero-American
Theater Festival” to celebrate the 450th anniversary of this city. She died
in 2008 in Cali. She was one of the most important theater sponsors in
Colombia. (Teatro Nacional)
Policarpa was born around 1790. Her father called her “La Pola”. When
Policarpa’s relatives died, she moved to Tunja and worked in a farm with
two of her siblings, Catarina and Bibiano. In 1817, La Pola participated in
political issues. She worked as a dressmaker at the royal wives’ houses
and recruited people for revolutionary causes undercover in insurgency.
Sergeant Iglesias arrested her and six other people for treason and
insurgency. Policarpa Salavarrieta died on November 14th, 1817. She
was approximately 22 years old. (Castro, 1957)
Let’s Analyze
Every time you want to speak about the past there are some rules you have to consider, take a look at some
simple explanations.z
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Let´s analyze
These are some steps you can follow to form affirmative sentences in past with
the verb to bev
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Let´s analyze
These are some steps you can follow to form affirmative sentences in past with
the verb to bev
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References
References
· Castro, Beatriz. (1957). Policarpa Salavarrieta: heroína por excelencia de la República. Retrieved on September
18th 2013 from http://goo.gl/hDXodv
· FIFA. (2012). Centro de Noticias. Retrieved on September 18th 2013 from http://goo.gl/mtNQdD
· Teatro Nacional. (2013). El Teatro Nacional, Fanny Mikey. Retrieved on September 18th 2013 from: http://goo.
gl/9QD7K
Credits
Pedagogical Direction
Paul Cifuentes
Carlos Amaya
Direction of Art
César Páez
ICT Leadership
Yeison Ospina
Quality management
Juan Carlos Rojas
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Credits
Script composition
Carlos Enrique Serrano Rosero
Diana Cantor
Content Support
Martha Lucia Chaves Niño
Multimedia Development
Carolina Gómez
Harry Zamudio
Edmundo Watts
Urlieson Léon
Andrés Salcedo
Voices
Equipo Regional San Andrés
Jessica Rodriguez / Mónica
Ciany Nelson / Linda Robinson
Jeffrey Christopher / Daryl
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