UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE ENGLISH

LEVEL IV 2016-1

My 1st English Blog

To create a BLOG about Natural Disasters & People Making a Difference (Units 11 & 12).

What is a blog?

A personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis. Oxford Dictionaries

A blog (short for weblog) is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs are defined by their format: a series of entries posted to a single page in reverse-chronological order.

Organize yourself in pairs or individual.

TASK 1Getting ready…How?

Decide WHICH of the blogging platforms you’ll use.

TASK 2Choosing a plattform

Learn more about them…….find tutorials on youtube!!!!

TASK 2Choosing a plattform

http://es.wix.com/

https://www.blogger.com/

https://es.wordpress.com/

https://www.tumblr.com/

What to include…

1. A descriptive text about someone

making the difference in your

neighborhood or city.

2. A video talking about the person

making the difference.

3. A descriptive paragraph about

Disaster risk in Cali.

4. One short video

reporting the news about

the last earthquake in

Ecuador .

REMEMBER…

• Remember to check your spelling!• I'm sure this will help you to improve your

English Vocabulary. • Be creative.• Each students must write the text for the

assignment or for the video clip. The leader must check all written papers Remember to use specific vocabulary.

REMEMBER…

• Remember to check your spelling!• I'm sure this will help you to improve your

English Vocabulary. • Be creative.

Evaluation checklist

Grammar(Unit 11-12)

Vocabulary (Unit 11)

Paragraph structure

Mechanics:Spelling

PunctuationCapitalization

Following guidelines

Creatvity

Team work

Think of creativity as being like a puzzle if you can't solve it this might mean you do not have all the pieces or are not seeing

them all.