Post 10 Evaluation of your Blogging Experience

Write about your experience using blogs in the English class.

Say:

- What you think about the experience in general
- How much you feel your writing skills have developed
- What you would like to include in the future
- What else you would like to write about


Wordcount: 200
Make comments on 3 of your classmates' posts.

Post 9 MY HOLIDAYS PLANS

Dear Students,  Hi!

Today,  you will have to write about your holidays plans.

Refer to:
1. what you will do,
2. where you  would like to travel and why,
3. with whom you would like to travel,
4. what your ideal holidays are 

- Leave a comment on 3 of your classmates` posts

- Word Count: 190 words 

WEBQUEST 2: CARBON FOOTPRINT

Dear all,  Hi!

Before today´s activity, please take 10 minutes of your time to answer the "Encuesta Docente"  on www.plataforma.uchile.cl   [programa de inglés > encuesta docente]. To take it, you must have signed up to the plataforma website.  This activity is compulsory. The results are an essential tool for both, improving the programme and showing proof of its quality.
  

And ...Today you will have to do the following activity on Carbon footprint. To do so, answer the questions on our answer sheet by clicking on the links. You have to turn in your findings at the end of the class.

Enjoy!

Definition:   http://timeforchange.org/what-is-a-carbon-footprint-definition

TASK

Part 1- Calculate your carbon footprint!

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

·        Don’t forget to select English before starting the activity.

Questions:

Ø What’s your carbon footprint?

Ø What’s the average carbon footprint of a person?

Part 2 - Take these Recycling Quizzes

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/quiz-going-green/

http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Science-Quizzes/r/Recycling-Quiz.asp

Questions:

Ø Hand washing dishes can use up to ______ % more of water than using an efficient dishwasher.

Ø Only about _________ % of global energy comes from renewables.

Ø True or false? Appliances that are turned off don’t use any electricity.

Ø Can you make paper out of hemp?

Part 3- Video >> Top ten tips for recycling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbSEIOUp4w

Watch the video and choose the best 3 tips in your opinion.

1.

2.

3.

Post 8 Themed Post 3:BRAZIL AND THE WORLD CUP

In your post, please refer to:

1. Brazil`s facts: location, population and government
2. Current social and political problems in the country
3. Your opinion about having the world cup in Brazil: is it  beneficial or harmful?
4. Your prediction: Who will win the cup?

- Leave a comment on 3 of your classmates´ posts
- Word Count: 180 words

Blog Session 7 Carrer-Related Website OR An Expert on your Field

For this post, you have to choose only ONE of these  2 options:

Post 1 (Instructions). 
Write about a career-related website that you enjoy visiting.

You have to:

- provide the link
- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.




>Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs
>Word Count: 170
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Post 2 (Instructions)
Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire?

Say:

-Who she/he is. (short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image

> About 170 words
>Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

Hello people!!!

Today, I am going to tell you about my favorite career related website. It is The Harvard Gazette from the University of Harvard.  http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/10/breakthrough/

 I like it because I have first hand access to very interesting lectures on the field of Education and Neurolinguistics, there are also articles, book reviews, photography and  art performances, interviews with prominent musicians or innovative movie directors, and above all,  the latest information on what´s happening at the University and in the academic world in different scenarios. 

I visit it whenever I have time or want to relax, or get inspired or even when I want to listen to different English accents. Try it. You won´t regret it!

Blog Post Nº 6: My favorite movie

Please include the following points in your post:

1. what movie it is
2. what the plot is(or what it is about)
3. why you like it
4. when was the first time you watched it.
5. who the director is
Leave a comment on 3 of your classmates posts
- Word Count: 140 words

POST 5 (week 9) >> A PHOTOGRAPH YOU LIKE

Write about a photograph you like.

Say:

Who took it
What it shows
When it was taken
Why you like it
Upload it too

Include any other information you'd like to mention.
Write at least 150 words.

Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

In this picture Piñera is being attacked by a walrus, at a boat fair, in Valdivia. This happened when he was looking for supporters during his presidential campaign at the fish market before the elections. Apparently, Piñera was too close to the fence which walruses usually approach for food. Piñera who was scared to death, said the sea creature had almost kissed him, even though, to me, the walrus was more likely to have had him for lunch. I really don´t know who this picture was taken by, but it appeared in “Las Últimas Noticias” newspaper, in 2005. I like it because I think it is a photographic success and the horror, dread and disgust in Piñera´s  face are absolutely unique.   Could this animal have been hired by “the opposition" parties prevailing in the country at that moment?