Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Activity 5





Hello Guys!!!!

It's been a long time!!!

I hope you have had nice hollidays!!!






As you can see, I was nice with you because I didn't post anything during last hollidays. Anyway, I'm back on the saddle.




This is what you have to do:

  1. Read the following text about one of the most important reading sklls you should manage very well either in English or in Spanish. SKIMMING.
  2. Use skimming skills to read all posts from activity 2.
  3. Post a summary of activity two.
  4. Get ready to discuss your summaries in class.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Activity 4



As we have seen before, reading is the interaction between you and the text you are about to read however, that interaction is not achieved if you do not follow a series of steps before, during and after reading a text.

What do you have to do before you read a text?

What do you have to do while you read a text?

What do you have to do after you read a text?


Activity 3



Instructions

1.     Read the following text about reading skills in academic writing: EFFICIENT READING SKILLS
2.     Post answers to the following questions.

Question 1: What is the most important when you read and why?

Question 2:What do you understand for:

Extratextual framing?
Intratextual framing?
Intertextual framing?

Circumtextual framing?

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

ACTIVITY 2




¿What do you know about Sustainable Architecture?

Instructions:

1.     Read about Sustainable Architecture on the internet.

2.     Post your answer.

Activity 1

Since I don't know you very well, I would like you to tell me something about you.

Instructions

1.     Watch my video talking about me. 
2.     Identify the topics I'm talking about (example: likes, dislikes, family, etc.)
3.     Record a video talking about yourself in which you cover most of the topics I'm talking about in my video.
4.     Post it on the forum.
5.     Reply to at least one of your classmates' videos with a question (Example: How many brothers and sisters do you have? What's your favorite movie? etc.)

6.     Answer your classmates' questions.



WELCOME

The objective of this blog is to create an online connection between Architecture students and the English class.

I hope you like it!

Teacher Poli