parfor3-writing tasks

Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC

Curso: Língua Estrangeira Moderna / Inglês

PARFOR - Plano Nacional de Formação dos Professores da Educação Básica

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa - Habilidades Integradas III (home)

Professor: Isaias Carvalho

Writing Tasks

Daily task: open the Journal Writing page. Every other class you are supposed to turn in your journal notebook with a journal entry with at least 50 words (beginners) / 100 words (intermediate to advanced students).

Writing task 1. Write a 2-paragraph, 80-word essay on English teaching methodology, methods, approaches, and theory in general. Include research information, and your personal experience as a teacher/student of English. You are welcome to write more than 80 words. Do research: Ted Power, English Raven, English Teaching Forum, or any other source on teaching methodology / theory.

Writing task 2. Write a 3-paragraph, 120-word essay to expand your elaboration in Writing task 1 (above).

Writing task 3. Write a 250-word biography of a famous Brazilian poet, writer, artist, educator, professor, or scientist. For models, please read some of the following biographies: William Blake, Paul Cézanne, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Galileo, Paul Gauguin, Leonardo Da Vinci, or Andy Warhol. Also, check the page How to write a biography.

Writing task 4. Write an 80-word summary of the article The effective language teacher, by Isaias Carvalho.

Writing task 5. [As part of credit 4] Write a 4-to-6-paragraph, 250-word essay on a more comprehensive analysis of English teaching methodology, methods, approaches, and theory in general. Use the information previously tackled in Writing tasks 1 and 2.

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Writing task 8. Make at least 20 sentences using the vocabulary, expressions and structures you have contact with during your classes. Your professor will check these sentences in your notebook.