Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Newsletter : Another merry soul in seoul -Cardoner team


another merry soul in Seoul


meeting SEOUL EXPATS

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Monday, June 15, 2015

interesting webquests for English learners

Some interesting webquests for English learners – by Miquel Angel

You can find the full list (44) here::  http://webquestcat.net/category/llengua-anglesa/

             1st level
1 All about britain

                2 level
2 BECOMING A KNIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AGES


              3r level
3a) Young explorers: Australia
Laia González i Prat,  -  12th July 2009.

3b) GONDWANA TALES
WEGENERS’S  theory (1912) wasn't accepted at the beginning: it would take time to other scientists to accept that Earth had a so long  and complex history.  (1933)
Project work:
Step 1: Work in teams of three. One session (1 h).
Step 2: Work in teams of three, reorganized from the previous session. One session (1 h).
Steps 3 and 4: Work in teams of three, keep the same teams as in Step 2. Two-Three sessions (2-3 x 1h).
Step 5: Same teams as in the precedent step. Two sessions, complemented by homework.
Portfolio and Workshop sessions should be inserted in this calendar following the needs and possibilities of the project. You should consider 2 additional hours for portfolio ( 40 x 10 min sessions) and Workshop sessions (5 x 15 min sessions).

            4rt level
4a)  NAME: Hollywood and the Oscars -2009
 
   LEVEL:  4th of English of Escola Oficial d'Idiomes
   TIMING:  3 / 4 sessions of about 1 hour 40 minutes
   STUDENTS: groups of 4 people, 
 by Natàlia Verdalet             nataliaverdalet@gmail.com 

4b) Victorian Times
the brand new Time Machine !! The only chance you will have in your life to meet Charles Dickens, to follow the trail of the infamous Jack the Ripper, to witness the invention of the photography, to listen to Rigoletto for the first time, to wander round the Great Exhibition ….Come and join us !!! 
Autors: Anna Aznar i Jordi Jordán
developed as part of the project LET'S LIVE A COUNTRY , with which students in Batxillerat learn about History and Literature of the countries whose language they are studying
The lesson is organized so that 2 or 3 students can follow the WebQuest directions at the computer to complete 7 tasks. Ideally, this project will take about ten, 50 minute class periods
 Teams ( 2 o 3 people ) and each team will be in charge of a different section.
assignment, you will need to produce the following pieces of work:
1.     A printed newspaper ( group-class)
2.     2. Written article/s ( individual work)
3.     3. A website ( team work )
4.     4. Oral presentation of team work to class (team)

                5e level
5a)  TODAY’S NEWS – ISABEL PEREZ (2009)
English Department has organised a seminar about the press in Britain 
First, you are going to participate in several activities including a workshop about newspapers in Britain.
- After the workshop, you will take part in a competition to show which team has learnt more by doing two front pages of two papers covering a week period

5b)  OLOA: On Line and On Air
December 2009  - by Mireia Grané          mgrane@xtec.cat

JOHN MCDOWELL AWARD -2009
 Your school radio is now a real project. You have been selected to create a school news bulletin with your team. You are part of an editorial team of four people.


C1 level 
6a) HUNTING FOR THE GENE
designed by Jordi Domènech Casal, Science teacher at secondary school in Spain. 
INS Vilanova del Vallès
Discoverning new genes related to neurodegenerative diseases could be a way to make better diagnosis and to investigate ways to treat these illnesses.
Your goal is to identify genes that through their activity promote or prevent the development of neurogenerative processes.

To do so, you will work as a scientist, using real data and real bioinformatic tools from real in silico research to look for genes.

The whole activity takes about 12 sessions (x1 hour each).


Portfolio and Workshop sessions should be inserted in this calendar following the needs and possibilities of the project. You should consider 2 additional hours for portfolio ( 4 x 10 min sessions) and Workshop sessions (5 x 15 min sessions).

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Filling in the Newsletter (timing)- SEOUL and ME



Filling in the  Newsletter (blog/flyer)- SEOUL and ME      All 12 entries
 (Getting to know our webquest)______ 30 min
   ACTIVITY-1. _ 2h. 10 min
   ACTIVITY-2. _ 1h. 30 min
   ACTIVITY-3. _ 1h. 15 min
   ACTIVITY-4. _ 2h           _   
   ACTIVITY-5. _ 1h. 10 min
TOTAL    9h.          _
READING IN CLASS THE WEBQUEST
BROWSE SECTIONS: index + introduction + task + assessment + process)_____________________________            30 min
   ACTIVITY-1A.  Read a webpage & write        _______________________________________________________            20 min
Read the link and select the 3 aspects (out of 14). Write in ENTRY_01),  (150 words)

ACTIVITY-1B.  Listen to the video and answer questions 1-5 ____________________________________________            50 min
Get to know your two guides in episode 1. The expat life  to this AWESOME city with a double answer questions task: 
We introduce Erik and Tiffany and discover a little bit about their story and why they are in Korea.
Here you will have to see  the first 8 minutes of the video twice, until their first guest, Hassan turns up. TASK: Watch the first 8 minutes at this link: 
    ACTIVITY-1B-KEY. Check the answers at ACTIVITY KEYS below
   TASK: Watch the first 8 minutes again     Once inside the chapter ONE, do these in-depth questions about Eryk and Tiffany below
                        ACTIVITY-1B in 12 in-depth  questions-KEY. Check the answers at ACTIVITY KEYS below

ACTIVITY-1C.  Listen to the video and answer questions 6-10 _______________________________________ ­30 min
Get to know our first two EXPATS_ Hassan and Tory

  TASK: Watch the last 15 minutes once.

ACTIVITY-1D.  Read a webpage & write  ______________________________________________________ ­30 min
Write in your blog/flier a 12-line entry  (BLOG-ENTRY_002), stating  FIVE things you enjoyed about our hosts 
AND another 12-line entry (BLOG-ENTRY_003) with ...
    TWO things that surprised you from what Hassan said and other TWO from what Tory said.

ACTIVITY-2A.    Listen to the video and record yourself ______­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________________ ­ 25 min

TASK: WATCH this  7-minute video

     What to expect: First impressions of Korea. by Korean Junkies:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HRYvV-pTOA
 Record yourself  ENTRY_04 with a final version  of  a  2-minute selection  from the 13 topics he offered:

ACTIVITY-2B.    Read a webpage & write____________________________________________________________ ­   5 min
Write in your blog/flyer ENTRY_05), stating  your choices for each one:
            name1 + Episode xxx   //  name2 + Episode xxx  // name3 + Episode xxx   (name4 + Episode xxx)

ACTIVITY-2C.   Listen to the selected videos and answer questions_______________________________________ ­ 50 min
SEVERAL Episodes 8+9+10+15+17+19 on Semipermanent  Seoul.

Click at the  episodes of your choice  below and you will see the questions

Watch them at this webpage:     https://vimeo.com/user14591985
  •        Episode 08 (10 Questions a - b - c): A Fine Pair     
  •          Episode 09 (11 open questions):  We Are Family We are family 
  •             Episode 10  " High Performance "   
  •               Episode 15 (10 Q a - b - c): "Paws and Claws"                                                                  
  •                    Episode 17  Body issues  (10 open Questions): " Body issues"                                                                                     
  •                        Episode 19 (10 open Questions) : "Money Talks"
ACTIVITY-2C-KEY. Check the answers here

ACTIVITY-2D.    Listen to the videos and record your voice: _______________________________________ ­15 min
Record in your blog/flyer ENTRY_06) 
for every learner with their own recording (groups of 3  = 3 recordings).
React to the content of the Semipermanent programme of your choice with a 3-minute speech each.



Activity 3.     Intro. Our riddle today is about .... Reading korean words... easy-piecy !? _____________________ ­ 10 min

ACTIVITY-3A.    Watch a 3-minute video and record your reaction to it_______________________________________ ­ 15 min
             A singular Korean feature. Social Surrey.  Record in your blog ENTRY_07 where you inform the audience
about the content of the video and your reaction to it!. Watch this video on the link  below:

ACTIVITY-3B. 
Read from webpages and take notes___________________________________________________ ­ 20 min
                   Korea:  a modern country inside an old culture. Read  each of these THREE  themes offered below.
Explore each link  for 20 minutes and take notes on your notebook.
·       THEME  ONE.  Arirang broadcasting channel: a window to the world.
·       THEME  TWO.  With no doubt,  a  High tech life for the XXI century.
·       THEME  THREE.  Korean language  and Culture.

ACTIVITY-3C.     Condense the notes & write ________________________________________________________ ­ 45 min

Write in your blog/flyer  an TRIPLE entry on EACH CULTURAL  theme from the three you worked above. One done by a different member of the team (the extra member reviews the work)
ENTRY_08_a-b-c. stating reasons why Korean life is surprising;  comparing THREE surprising things  which you would like to be transfered to our country.


ACTIVITY-4A.
Work as a team to listen  & write Q & A.  ________________________________________________ ­ 70 min
HELP  to know another  episode on  EXPATS. Now, you know about 4 (or 5) of the 20 episodes on SEMIPERMANENT.
Read the synopsis in the  link below and select the 2  (out of  14 left) you were more keen on.
You chose episode .................   Click at any episode below and you prepare a SET with a 10-12 open Questions (and KEY).
Add them to your blog in  ENTRY_09 with the final version revised by the team.   
TASK: Watch the selected episodes at this link: 

ACTIVITY-4B.     Condense the content & write________________________________________________________ ­ 45 min
Read the link below and select the  7 aspects (out of 50) which were mentioned/visited in our webquest
Write in your blog an entry (BLOG-ENTRY_010)  , stating why you chose them and  found them interesting for you.

ACTIVITY-5A. VIDEO on AMADA -AMADEUS -Speech/Presentation___________________________________________ ­ 30 min
    Choose one of these THREE options for your video.  Create in your blog only ONE VIDEO ENTRY_11),

ENTRY_11a)      SEOUL and AMADA
Pretend you have a friend, Amada, who has been living in Seoul for a while.
You decided to contact our guides, Tiffany and Eric, telling them about Amada.
You may well use some of these ideas in the link below to guide your presentation...  
ENTRY_11b      SEOUL a city to be in your heart
Pretend you have a friend, Amadeus, who wants to visit Seoul in the forthcoming year.
Use these ideas here to guide your presentation...
ENTRY_11c       SEOUL and us
 Record  a VIDEO  &  add  in your blog/flyer  an entry with a final version  of  a 5-minute speeches  (its contents is a choice of yours).

ACTIVITY-5B.      Create a RADIO programme_______________________________________________________ ­ 25 min

        Audio - Radio days from SEOUL
 Record  a  radio program  &  add  in your blog/flyer  ENTRY_12),
with a final version  of  a  8-minute interview with one conductor and the other members of the team on the things
you enjoyed in the process  (its roles are a choice of yours). Add the questions aswell.


ACTIVITY-5C.      Create a RADIO programme_______________________________________________________ ­ 20 min

Now that you have finished, add assessement  (see assessemnt page in our webquest) form each member of the team at the Newsletter.

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