Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Writing an opinion essay!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our seventh activity. Please, post your comments before November  4th, 10 a.m.!


1. Answer the question: How to become a good teacher?
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2. Use some of the ideas for writing you got from the last brainstorming activity done in class, related to the video "La educación prohibida".

3. Write your opinion esssay in short paragraphs considering the suggested format. Include all the phrases and expressions proposed in the top tips for writing section. It must have 250 words at least.



4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Simple sentence structures in the tenses you decide.
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.


All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Creative writing challenge!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our sixth activity. Please, post your comments before October 14th, 8 p.m.!


1. Go to the web link 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEukS2YN9B8 and watch the video (it was worked some classes ago).

2. Write your own version of the story. Try to use a short tale's writing structure: introduction, body and conclusion.

- Introduction: it usually offers something that changes / affects / motivates the characters of the story to overcome a situation.

- Body: it usually reveals how the characters move toward overcoming the situation.

- Conclusion: it has to do with facing one difficult choice and decides one correct option while working out of the situation.


3. Write a paragraph for each one of the parts mentioned above, giving your own ideas to tell your version of the story. It must have 250 words at least.

4. Prepare an oral report about it to be presented in the tutorial sessions (from October 20th to 24th), you just will have 2 1/2 minutes and it is expected you to say 45 sentences at least.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Simple sentence structures in the tenses you decide (The ones worked in last classes).
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.


All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!