REVIEWSWhat are they for?

Segundo Muelle Trip Advisor Reviews :https://

www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187472-d2342366-Reviews-Segundo_Muelle-Las_Palmas_de_Gran_Canaria_Gran_Canaria_Canary_Islands.html

Read Together Random Ones

Chan Chan Reviews

1. REVIEWS OF Chan Chan, Latin America’s biggest mud city.

https://www.tripadvisor.com.ph/ShowUserReviews-g298444-d311730-r180511907-Chan_Chan-Trujillo_La_Libertad_Region.html

2. REVIEWS OF Trujillo’s archaelogical siteshttp://www.trujillodelperu.com/testimonies.htm

3. REVIEWS OF Chan Chan resturant in Buenos Aireshttps://www.yelp.com/biz/chan-chan-buenos-aires-2

Recognize:- Facts - Statistics- Anedotes- Humor- Pros- Cons- Details

In your notebook:Create a Mind Map about Reviews

1. What different types of things can be reviewed?2. What is the purpose of a review?3. What is the result of getting a bad or a good review?

***Read together Hotel Review in Daily Mailhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/holidaytypeshub/article-595088/Hotel-reviews-An-Inspector-Calls.html

Read and analize this Review outloud:http://travel.usnews.com/Hotels/review-The_Lodge_at_Sea_Island-Sea_Island-Georgia-128191/

First write down these questions and then answer in your notebook:1. Does the review make you think that the writer had a positive experience at the hotel?2. What elements within the review suggest that the writer either likes or dislikes the hotel?3. If you were the owner of the hotel, would you be pleased with the review of your hotel? Why? 4. Why and in what ways might the review have been different if written by someone else?

Identify, respond to and analyse the content and the language features of the review.

Research Activity:- Find 2 different reviews of the same book, film, restaurant, video game (1 good and 1 bad).- Paste them both to a word doc and then create your table comparing them.- In class, read, analyse and annotate each review

using the same table as before. - Discuss any similarities and/or differences between each pair of reviews. Are they negative or positive?

DISCUSSION• Did you find that the language or techniques used by certain writers made you trust their version of the truth/interpretation more than those of other writers?

• Which specific techniques used by the writers did you find particularly convincing? Why do you think this?

Pair Work-You will be working in pairs to write two reviews of the same thing.-It could be a movie you’ve both seen, a restaurant you’ve both been to, a hotel you’ve both stayed in, or a book you’ve both read.- These must give two opposing opinions – one highly positive, one highly negative.-Both reviews must make extensive use of the techniques that you have identified as being typical of a review (review your table)

Written Rubric

Vocabulary and grammar 1-5Includes elements of review from table 1-5Proper Language use 1-5 Professionalism 1-5

5- always, 4- usually, 3- sometimes, 2-less frequently, 1-rarely