Week+8

WEEK 8
=Learning about the Seven Wonders of the World=
 * =Seven Ancient Wonders of the World=

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 * Week 8 Objectives:**
 * Discussing about the Seven Ancien Wonders of the world
 * Reading about the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World
 * Discussing reading texts in groups and as a whole-class activity
 * Completing Vocabulary and Grammar quiz 2
 * Vocabulary bulding

Graded Activities for Week 8:

 * **Reading Task 1 (10 points)**. Those points will be administered as follows:

Reading Activities:
 * 1) Summary (3 points) Group Work
 * 2) Chatlog (3 points) Group Work
 * 3) Paragraph Writing (4 points) Individual Work


 * **Vocabulary and Grammar Quiz 2 (10 points)** **(MOVED TO WEEK 9)**

Tuesday:

 * Pre-reading activities (F2F)**
 * From previous class discussions, do you remember which are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? Do they really exist? **(Do not search the web)**
 * Help yourselves find out by using the cues in **The Ancient Wonders letter soup** your teacher is going to give you. [[file:AncientWonderslettersoup.pdf]]


 * Pre-reading activities (On-line)**
 * In pairs, take the following [|quiz] on the Ancient Seven Wonders to see how much you actually know about them.
 * Check the location of the Ancient Seven Wonders in this open map.

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 * Reading Activities**

Now that you know which ones they are and where they were/are placed, let's read about the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.

1. Before starting to read, let's divide the class in 3 groups.
 * **Group 1: Aury, Gustavo, Cesar,** **Carla Medina**
 * **Kelly,** **Maxiobel****, Jessica, Daniel**
 * **Group 2: Viviana, Leonardo, Adrian,**
 * **Sharon,** **Brenda****, Rafael Arguinzones, Genesis, Jheir**
 * **Group 3: Carla Zamora,** **William****,** **Kariluz,**
 * **Stephany, Greisy, Oriana, Willady, Rafael Bastidas**
 * **Group 3: Carla Zamora,** **William****,** **Kariluz,**
 * **Stephany, Greisy, Oriana, Willady, Rafael Bastidas**

[|All groups will read the text about the only Wonder existing nowadays]
 * Note:**
 * **Group 1** will read the two texts found in Folder 1 in Moodle
 * **Group 2** will read the two texts found in Folder 2 in Moodle
 * **Group 3** will read the two texts found in Folder 3 in Moodle

2. In groups, write a summary of the two Wonders you read about. Remember to highlight the most relevant information in those two texts. Post your summaries in the ForumS provided to that end in Moodle (3 points). ===For a review on writing summaries, please visit [|this site] or [|this one]===

Thursday:
3. Get together with 2 other classmates who read the four articles contained in the other two folders to discuss your summaries and opinions. Carry out this discussion in a chat, save the chatlog to later upload it in moodle (3 points).

- explain what your article was about (all participants must do it) - discuss your opinions about the content of the article - express your preferences concerning the seven wonders
 * In your chat:**

4. Prepare a [|paragraph] (80-100 words) on what you have learned about the Ancient Seven Wonders and state your opinion on which one your favorite Wonder is and why. Post your paragraph in Moodle so that your teacher can take a look at it (4 points). =[|Hints for Paragraph Development and Topic Sentences]= = = =[|Parts of a Paragraph]= = = =[|Paragraph Writing Tips]=

5. Have your teacher correct your paragraph 6. After your teacher's correction, record your paragraph using Grabadora de sonidos to later post it to your wikipage. 7. Remember to jot down the new words you learned today in our Class Glossary