Friday, March 14, 2014

Summarizing a personal reading!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our third activity! In this, you will write a summary retelling the book you have read. Post your comments before 
April 8th, 6 p.m.

* After reading the book from your own personal interest...

1. Summarize and rewrite a new version of that reading with your own words, using PRESENT SIMPLE. (300 words at least). Then...


++ Take the version you wrote in PRESENT TENSE, and rewrite it into PAST TENSE.

2. Include comments related to what you like the most or  what you do not like about it.

3. Prepare your first oral report about it, to be presented on march 21st, you just will have 2 minutes and it is expected you to say 50 sentences at least.


4. Language/writing aspects:


- Simple sentence structure: subject + verb + complement.
- Look for useful vocabulary you need.
- Check grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Writing about my reading interests in EFL!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our second activity! For this activity, you will write about your reading interests in English language. Post your comments before March 10th!


1. Choose a reading  from your own personal interest (80 pages at least as we agreed).

2. Write a creative composition (130 words at least), trying to give an answer to all the aspects or questions mention below:

a. The book's title and its author.


b. Why did you decide to read it?


c. What do you want to get out of it?


d. What reading strategies are you going to try? considering the last class reading "Reading strategies ideas".

e. Conclude your composition by answering: How do you consider that reading help you to develop your learning process?

3. Language/writing aspects:


- Simple sentence structure: subject + verb + complement.
- Look for useful vocabulary you need.
- Check grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!