Writing+Course+-+F2F+Class+summaries

This is where we will post the summaries of the F2F classes. Each class, we will choose someone to post a summary. Here is the summary of the first class:

February 08

1) We did an ice breaker about our vacation 2) Students talked about the most salient features about each other 3) We did a "moving rows" activity in which we discussed experiences with writing in L1 and L2, inside and outside the classroom 4) We talked about the blended format of the course 5) Students wrote their baseline essay on the topic "What are the advantages of being bilingual in today's society?"

Hw: Read book pages 1-7, but only do Task 1 (Reading the text)

Here is the PPT:

__February 13 __

1) Students were given back their essays and then discussed how they felt about their essays, written on the previous week. 2) The teacher started a talk about introductory paragraphs and how they worked. 3) We then moved on to the body paragraphs, and finally to the conclusion paragraphs. 4) During each step, the students were stimulated to analyze their own essays, and identify the good and bad points in them, according to what was taught. 5) It was agreed that everyone would adjust their essays accordingly, and then upload their edited essays to the wiki. The essays were to be corrected by other students, and a review would be posted online. 6) The rest of the homework would be done online.

PPT that was used: (actually, the PPT above is the one used for this lesson)

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Feb. 22 __

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No class (Carnaval)