March 28, 2017

This is the world's best city for me!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our second activity! In this, you will write about "The world's best city", using English language. Post your comments before April 4th, 6 p.m.


1. Follow the given instructions on page 73, practice activity 2, module 8 - Cutting Edge textbook.

* Imagine you are trying to persuade a foreign visitor that one of these places is "the world's best city, considering: a) a town/city you know well, b) your town/city.

2. Write a creative composition (50 sentences at least), considering all the proposed items in the mentioned activity (language focus) and the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns.


3. Language/writing aspects:


- Simple sentence structure: subject + verb + complement.
- Look for useful vocabulary you need.
- Before posting, check grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

4. Plan your oral report (4 min, 50 sentences at least) about the selected town/city, to be presented on  April 18th. Feel free to use photos, slides, etc.

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

March 11, 2017

Retelling a horror story!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our first activity. Please, post your comments before March 15th, 4 p.m.!


1. Choose a tale of terror from the ones I left you in the copy center (C&P).


2. Summarize and rewrite a version of the tale with your own words, (200 words at least). Then...

3. Post the version of your story and include a final paragraph with comments related to what you like the most or what you do not like about it.

4. Prepare an oral report about the tale to be presented on March 16th. You will have 3 minutes and it is expected you to say 60 sentences at least. You are allowed to use visual aids according to the ones we agreed in our last class.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Present or past simple sentence structure.
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas, " not taken from the same tale".
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.