tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923343787981470532024-03-05T04:59:00.253-08:00...CITIESBlogquest for Secondary studentsPennylanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666833656918786366noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192334378798147053.post-75931012956956242382009-03-20T02:48:00.003-07:002009-03-22T06:27:59.407-07:00INTRODUCTION<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdlul9A1BStuBvJ-hsSl74PfZoBz9JGM1It9fkTerQk8B8zN5gjIOiMI4r_01OnCmnMUjuQGbGUYSZe25o6y8rC7RHtUlsZiemD4E03fO3l8yTPdiSiWh59iqaGNnWTRY2v8n_kz02Fc/s1600-h/Tren.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316002294528730786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdlul9A1BStuBvJ-hsSl74PfZoBz9JGM1It9fkTerQk8B8zN5gjIOiMI4r_01OnCmnMUjuQGbGUYSZe25o6y8rC7RHtUlsZiemD4E03fO3l8yTPdiSiWh59iqaGNnWTRY2v8n_kz02Fc/s320/Tren.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><div><div><div><div>We live in a comfortable and pleasant city, but there are wonderful things outside waiting for you, different places with different people and different ways of life.<br /><br />Learning a language is also learning about different cultures to be more tolerant and open-minded. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6slKtnS7bhB_mkZiDTeC3OSxanYsW26tlgcTy6l-iabZT5YUXR6ipgzkV2QJA-2xUi2ENzN-OZZorZ5u-7rFw-D00xOJSdFXA88sFPK1CsMxoXp81InHlpd2cQr738GrwuW3GP46XGJw/s1600-h/Tren.gif"></a><br /><br />So, let's travel!!! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Pennylanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666833656918786366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192334378798147053.post-26504528391272693382009-03-20T02:48:00.001-07:002009-03-22T06:04:20.835-07:00TASKYou'll get a list of cities.<br /><br />Choose the one you would like to visit or know more about.<br /><br />Your task is to make an attractive project about that city. All your classmates with also learn from your work.Pennylanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666833656918786366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192334378798147053.post-66370085432061576152009-03-20T02:47:00.002-07:002009-03-21T14:31:00.660-07:00PROCESS<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">1. Make pairs</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2. Choose the city from this list: NEW YORK, LONDON, BUENOS AIRES, TOKYO, CAIRO, AMSTERDAM, SIDNEY, LIVERPOOL, LOS ANGELES, BERLIN, WASHINGTON. Tell the teacher the name of the chosen city before going on with the next step. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3. The project must have <strong>FOUR SECTIONS</strong>.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">GENERAL DETAILS (population, location on a map, country, flag, capital...)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">2.- HISTORY (foundation, oriegin of the name, 3 important events)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">3.- RESOURCES (Main activities)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">4.- GETTING ROUND (4 most important places/monuments, urban transport)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">4. You can add a <strong>fifth section</strong>. The content is free. You decide, try to be original and tell us interesting things.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">5. You must use these grammar points in your project:</span></p><ul><li><em>1. present simple, past simple, present perfect, going to.</em></li><li><em>2. comparatives and superlatives.</em></li><li><em>3. some, any, much, many, a lot.</em></li><li><em>4. adverbs of frecuency.</em></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">6. You MUST present your project on a <strong>POWERPOINT SLIDESHOW,</strong> with an INDEX at the beginning and BIBLIOGRAPHY at the end.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">7. The text must have a minimum of 800 words.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">8. Use short and simple sentences in your texts, <strong>DON’T</strong> <strong>COPY</strong> the information that you can find in the links, use images and photographs to make your powerpoint more attractive. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">9. And don’t forget to write your names at the end. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />When you finish, fill in the </span><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgjh3krb_3d7v5sfg8"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">group work evaluation questionnaire</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and save it in your computer.</span></p>Pennylanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666833656918786366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192334378798147053.post-22173840980831612992009-03-20T02:47:00.001-07:002009-03-23T02:55:43.765-07:00RESOURCESYou've got some links to search on the left side of this blog. They are some suggestions, but they don't contain all details for all cities. Use the searching methods you have learnt in <em>Computer Studies </em>to surf th internet for the information you need.Pennylanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666833656918786366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192334378798147053.post-49332966148170794072009-03-20T01:23:00.000-07:002009-03-22T05:45:16.711-07:00EVALUATIONGroup grades will be based on:<br /><br />Web comprehension<br />Writing skills<br />Presentation<br />Group work<br /><br />To download the rubric click <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgjh3krb_4xk2jkhfz">here.</a>Pennylanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666833656918786366noreply@blogger.com0