WRITE AN OPINION ARTICLE

LET’S WRITE AN OPINION ARTICLE

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 PROGRAMME TO SHOW SLIDE

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 or a mobile phone if , in addition, you want a recording of your opinion article aloud.

TO BEGIN WITH.

THE TEACHER WILL EXPLAIN, THROUGH AN INDEX OR SCRIPT, 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 ther search.doc
1 contribution selfasessment to the group.doc
Learning Contract.doc

LET’S START WORKING!!

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S WRITE THE OPINION ARTICLE.

Now, you will write down in pairs an opinion article about different aspects of the war: The civil war. Why?. What it left; orphans and widows, hunger and isolation, temple destructions, brothers’ hate.

Have a look at the rating scale that is below. Here you will find some specific guidelines you should consider before you get down to work. This control sheet will also be very useful, both for the teacher and the classmates, when it comes to evaluating your opinion article.


CHART FOR THE EVALUATION OF AN OPINION ARTICLE.doc

ACTIVITY 3: A STOPOVER: WE WRITE IN OUR LEARNING 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: LET’S WRITE THE OPINION ARTICLE.

Once you have solved all the doubts and problesm found in your draft, you will write down the final opinión article. Don’t forget the guidelines and the control sheet.


CHART FOR THE EVALUATION OF AN OPINION ARTICLE.doc

ACTIVITY 4: READ YOUR OPINION ARTICLE ALOUD.

To read your opinión article to your classmates you can follow these guidelines.

Practice in class previously and , I bet, you will do your best....

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.