Week+9

WEEK 9
=Learning about the Seven Wonders of the World=
 * =New Seven Wonders of the World=

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 * Week 9 Objectives:**


 * Discussing about the New Seven Wonders of the world
 * Reading and finding out about the New Seven Wonders of the World
 * Discussing reading texts in groups and as a whole-class activity
 * Writing a persuasive paragraph to talk people into voting for your preferred New Wonder.
 * Jumping to conclusions on which Seven Wonders should have been elected the new ones

Graded Activities for Week 9:

 * **Chat 2 (2,5 points)**
 * **Writng 4:** **Research-Show-Tell-Task (RSTT) Script (5 points)**
 * **Quiz 2 (10 pts)**
 * **Podcast 4 (3 pts)**
 * **Research-Show-Tell-Task (RSTT) (5 points) (to be presented on Thursday, Week 10) **


 * Warm-up F2F Activities**
 * From previous class discussions, do you remember which were the candidates to become the Seven Wonders of the Modern World?
 * Look at the picture above and see if you can identify the buildings in the image.
 * What do you know about those buildings? (Structure, design, history,location...)


 * Warm-up On-line Activities**
 * In pairs, take the following [|quiz] on the New Seven Wonders of the World to see how much you actually know about them. When the page is displayed, click on the "Start Now" button at the bottom of the page to get to the quiz.
 * Click on the image above to get to the site we are going to explore today.
 * Once inside the website, click [|here] to get information about the New 7 Wonders of the World.
 * Which were the 21 nominees in 2007?


 * Class Activities**

Tuesday:
1. Watch the [|video] of the celebration held to announce the new seven wonders of the world in 2007. **It is the Official New 7 Wonders of the World gala in Lisbon**. 2. Open Yahoo Messenger and get together with a classmate to discuss about the new 7 wonders selected and other places you think could have been elected a new wonder of the world. Choose 2 places that were not selected as a new 7 wonder and discuss with your classmate why you liked those 2 and why you believe those 2 should have been winners as well. Carry out this discussion in a chat, save the chatlog to later upload it in Moodle **(Chat 2/ 2,5 points)**. You can also include other wonders (appart from the 21 nominees) you might like.

Thursday:
3. Quiz 2 (10 pts)

4. Browse the INTERNET to get more information about your favorite place in the whole world. Find information about a place you consider should be part of the new 7 wonders. It does not matter if that place was not counted among the 21 nominees. (You can search [|www.google.com] or any other search engine you may like or be familiar with).

5. **Research-Show-Tell-Task** **(RSTT/5 points)****:** Prepare a 5 minute-talk about the place of your preference to present to your classmates. It is advisable to use visual aids with pictures, graphics and images to brighten up your talk, and make it more interesting for the audience. You could design a short Power Point Presentation (5-8 slides). It is also important to write a script for your presentation.
 * RSTT Script (5 pts)**

Structure your script and talk as follows:
 * Brief introduction on why you selected that construction
 * Brief description and history of the site
 * Interestig facts about that place
 * Reason why you consider this place must be part of the 7 wonders of the world
 * Conclusion

6. Upload your script to Moodle Week 9 and have your teacher correct it. 7. **Podcast 4 (3 pts)**: After the script has been corrected, edit your text, and record your talk using **"grabadora de sonidos"**. Post this audio file in your wiki page.

= = =[|Persuasive Writing Tips] =
 * Note: Checking information on Persuasive Writing might help you write your RSTT Script.** In your talk, try to convince other people that your favorite place deserves to become one of the Seven Wonders of the World!!!.

[|Writing Guides]

 * Note:** **Be ready to present your RSTT about your favorite place on Thursday, Week 10. Your presence in the classroom in required this day! **