TTT: Three Tasks Today

Task 1: Revist one of your early posts from last semester and give it the error correction treatment. Post it!

Task 2: 80 to 100 words on your opinion of the Error Correction activities so far: -

Do you enjoy it?

Is it useful?

Will it be beneficial for the U Chile students?

Task 3: Go to wordle.net, create a wordle. Post it!

Update

Latest posts should include the re-write of your KES essay and the correction of a blog post for each U Chile student you are supervising.

Kes

Hi folks,

Don't forget to publish the rewrite of the first KES task.

Happy Holidays!!!

Writing Right

Please post corrections of the last posts students under your guidance wrote.

Do they make the same mistakes as in previous posts?

Do different students make the same errors?

What are the most difficult thins to correct?

Any tips on what these students do to improve?

Finally, take a look at your classmates blogs and post at least 3 comments.

Word Aid

Dear TTs,

Here's what you have to do in class today:

- Read blogs of the assigned UChile students

- Compare last 2 posts and identify errors

- Can you find any patterns?

Write a short analysis of each students language on your own blog (40-50 words per student)

Comment on your classmates' blogs.

Blog 2 blog: Experiments in Blogland

New semester, new experiment!

Please visit the blogs of the U Chile geography students you have been assigned to supervise. Read their posts and take note of frequent errors. Post a quick comment (to say hello and establish contact). Finally, post a short reflection post (50-60 words) on your blog giving your first impressions on this task.

The Biggie!!

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using blogs in the classroom? Write from your own experience this semester. Support your views with specific examples. These could include tasks you have done, reflections you have made or things you have commented upon with your classmates. Write between 300 and 350 words.

That's write!!

Here is a description of an essay taken from:http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
The main text of the essay has three main parts:
An introduction
A main body
A conclusion
I. The introduction.
The introduction consists of two parts:
It should include a few general statements about the subject to provide a background to your essay and to attract the reader’s attention. It should try to explain why you are writing the essay. It may include a definition of terms in the context of the essay, etc.
It should also include a statement of the specific subdivisions of the topic and/or indication of how the topic is going to be tackled in order to specifically address the question.
It should introduce the central idea or the main purpose of the writing.
II. The main body.
The main body consists of one or more paragraphs of ideas and arguments. Each paragraph develops a subdivision of the topic. The paragraphs of the essay contain the main ideas and arguments of the essay together with illustrations or examples. The paragraphs are linked in order to connect the ideas. The purpose of the essay must be made clear and the reader must be able to follow its development.
III. The conclusion.
The conclusion includes the writer’s final points.
It should recall the issues raised in the introduction and draw together the points made in the main body
and explain the overall significance of the conclusions. What general points can be drawn from the essay as a whole?
It should clearly signal to the reader that the essay is finished and leave a clear impression that the purpose of the essay has been achieved.

Essay

Compare and contrast the relevance of social class in The Commitments and Rumble Fish. How are working-class people represented in these novels?

250 words minimum please.

Two Tasks

1. What was your least favourite school subject?

a) What it was

b) How long you studied if for

c) Why you disliked it so much

100 words min.

2. Post a piece of art (painting, sculpture, album cover, etc) you like .


Say:


a) when you first saw it


b) why you like it


c) say what sort of emotions it makes you feel.


100 words min

Rumble fish - The Movie

How important are the following characters in the film Rumble fish:

Rusty James

The Motorcycle Boy

Steve Hays

Patty

Cassandra

Patterson

Smokey

Rusty's parents

What's your opinion? At least 25 words on each.