Thursday, October 28, 2010

TASK 7, CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Talk about the time when you were a child and select one of your best memories.

Give some background information about it and say,

- what you were like,
- how old you were at that time,
-who you were with,
- when it took place and
-why this memory is special to you.

300 words

This post will be evaluated with a full grade (not points) and it should have the structure of an essay (introduction, body and conclusion). Look at previous post 7 (themed post 3, below) for references.

You can use any English dictionary on line, such as http://www.merriam-webster.com/ or http://dictionary.cambridge.org/cambridge.org.

Plagiarism or the use of Google´s translator are not accepted.

You can do this task until tomorrow Friday, October 29th midnight.

Enjoy and have a good weekend.

Paula

OCT 28TH. THEMED POST 3

HI GUYS,

THEMED POST AGAIN! SO BEFORE YOU START WRITING WE MUST AGREE ON A TOPIC.

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS SITE FOR GUIDELINES ON HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY, BECAUSE YOUR WRITING WILL BE CAREFULLY EVALUATED ON GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY, ORGANIZATION AND TASK .

http://www1.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers

SEE YOU.

PAULA

OCT 28TH. IMPORTANT NEWS

HI GUYS,

DON´T MISS TODAY´S CLASS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT TEST.

SEE YOU.

PAULA

Thursday, October 21, 2010

TASK 6, OCTOBER 21ST

SESSION 6 (week 8) >> SUMMARY FROM A CAREER-RELATED ARTICLE FROM THE GUARDIAN
Go to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Select a piece of news connected to your area of studies / future career.
Write a summary of it.
Provide the link to your piece of news.
Leave a comment on 2 of their partners' posts.
250 - 300 words

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

TASK 5: THEMED POST "THE MAPUCHE CONFLICT"

HI GUYS,

HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL. WELCOME BACK.

THIS WEEK YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK ON 2 POSTS.

LAST WEEKS´S POST, TASK 4 (ALREADY POSTED)

AND THIS WEEKS´.

THIS WEEK`S POST IS:

THE MAPUCHE CONFLICT

Include:

-background information about the Mapuches
- what they were protesting about,
- how did the president solve the problem,
-what is your opinion about the problem, and
- what should be done.

- Write at least 250 words and comment on two classmates posts.