3/24/2008

What kind of problems are there in your neighboorhood?

The 2nd activity for this course is :

1st Watch the place where you live. Brainstorm the problems you face everyday in your neighborhood. Use there is, there are, not enough as it is in Unit 2 of Interchange.
List them and post them in this blog. Deadline June 4th

2nd Think about possible solutions. (Look for the vocabulary you need.) Deadline June 4th

3rd Write a report about your findings, and hand it in on June 12st. The report should include:

  • an introduction explaining the purpose of the report,
  • a development listing the different problem in you neighborhood and the two main problem with the possible solution,
  • the conclusions: explaining why this work is important for you and why you chose these problems and solutions, and finally what have you learned doing this project.

4rd Choose two problems with their solutions and give a talk about them to the class on June 5th .
Or: you can choose another place with similar problems and explain how they were solved.
You can only use pictures for your talk. (You can display on Facebook or any other.)

Here it is the link for the forum:
http://www.takeforum.com/workshopiii

3/05/2008

A Time to Remember!!!

Hi everyone: This week we will be dealing with our best childhood or high school memories.!!
Remember to post a brief description about yourself following the ideas you talked about in class.

Write a pragraph about things you used to do as a child. Use the ideas we talked about in class and follow this model.

When I was four years old, my family moved to Australia. We had an old two-story house and a big yard. My older brother and I used to play lots of games together. In the summer, my favorite outdoor game was soccer.