WRITE A DIARY

WRITE A DIARY, DESIGN IT AND READIT ALOUD IN CLASS

WHAT IT IS NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THIS TASK

GOOGLE DOCS

In case you don’t have it installed:

- WORD OFFICE (WINDOWS9 YOU CAN DOWNLOADED FREE)

A PROGRAM TO SHOW SLIDES

in case you don’t have it installed:

-POWER POINT. It’s part of Microsoft Office. It can also be downloaded

  • PCs with Internet access, a projector and a whiteboard.
  • A video camera o a movil phone if , besides, you want a recording of your aloud recording diary.

TO BEGIN WITH

THE TEACHER WILL EXPLAIN, THROUGH AN INDEX OR GUIDE, THE TASK (FINAL PRODUCT) AND THE ACTIVITIES TO BE DONE.

TOOLS WHICH WILL HELP US TO CHECK OUR LEARNING

Self evaluation document.doc
Students´document at the beginning of a product.doc
1 contribution selfasessment to the group.doc
Learning Contract.doc

LET'S START WORKING!!

TASK 1: WRITE A DIARY

I´LL BE IN THE SHOES OF...

You’ve got the option to be in an aborigene’s shoes, who observes and feels the Spaniards’ arrival and their expansion, who is afraid because he observes how his world is invaded, little by little, up to the foundation of a great Spanish empire in his lands, or in a conqueror’s shoes , who comes to the new lands with new desires, illusions and aspirations. A conqueror who seeks to become, above all, rich no matter the means used.

ACTIVITY 1. I START THINKING...


  • characters turning up
  • space for the characters
  • what I am going to say
  • feelings to be trasmitted

AND ....I START WRITING

Evaluation of the diary.doc

You can do this diary individually or in pairs.

Later you have a few orientations to write your diary and how to design it. Look at the control sheet that appears below where you are given specific guidelines before you start working. This control sheet also will be very useful at the moment of your diary evaluation.

ACTIVITY 2: A STOPOVER: WE WRITE IN OUR LERNING DIARY

TO THINK ABOUT

You are going to do a stopover to think over about what you are learning, how you are learning it and if you need any help to solve a specific topic or to learn it in a more efficient way. Thus, you have the Learning Diary, a tool that is going to help you to self-evaluate your learning process. It is convenient that you answer all the questions of your diary in an individual way.

This Learning Diary can be checked whenever the teacher or you consider it appropriate.

Learning diary.pdf

ACTIVITY 3. DEFINITE DIARY WRITING

After thinking about what you have written about, and having corrected mistakes, with the assistance of a classmate or your teacher, you will write the final text. Focus your attention on the following control sheet to know what elements should be included to do a diary more efficient.

Evaluation of the diary.doc

ACTIVITY 4: READING YOUR DIARY ALOUD.

To read the diary to your classmates, you can carry out the following steps. Train in a class beforehand, and be sure you will read it pretty well.

DEALING WITH THE WEB 2.0

ISSU On-line book

SLIDESHARE: TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE TO KEEP THE SLIDES PRESENTATIONS OF THE GROUP OR CLASS SO AS YOUR TEACHERS, CLASSMATES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND OTHER USERS OF THE NETWORK CAN SEE THEM ON-LINE. IN ADDITION, IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO INSERT THE SLIDES PRESENTATION IN THE CLASS BLOG OR SITES. YOU CAN INCLUDE VIDEOS AND VOICE FILES