e-book to DOWNLOAD

WE´LL BE WORKING WITH THE BOOK ON OCTOBER 2nd and 3rd.



Folktales, fables, myths,legends and epics. What do they have in common?
Click HERE for an excellent paper written by Prof. C. Torres from the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Center of Communication Competences.

***FINISH  YOUR C MAPS ASAP, PLS***



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Developing MEDIA LITERACY and PRESUASION

Here is the video we talked about in class concerning MEDIA LITERACY development in children's classes. Could this class be adapted/adjusted to an L2 class, to our own classes in our environment?



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Students' blogs

COMMERCIALS, ADS, INFOMERCIALS...

Students ARE CREATIVE and design their own blogs: 

ANA's blog

RODRIGO's blog

YÉSICA's blog

GUSTAVO's blog

YAMILA's blog

YANINA's blog

ANDREA's blog

SOLEDAD F's blog

FLORENCIA´s blog

SOLEDAD I and SABRINA's blog

DALMA's blog

MAGALÍ's blog

RUTH's blog

SANTIAGO's blog

FEDERICO's blog

ANA's blog

XOANA's blog

KARINA's blog

FLORENCIA T's blog

• PLS, CHECK YOUR BLOGS. Is everything OK?
• LINK MATES' BLOGS TO YOUR OWN BLOG

***Click on your mates' names to see what they're doing***

In general a blog begins with a WELCOME message/entry from its owner. The heading  expresses briefly the purpose of the blog. You can include gadgets (go to DISEÑO) or change the template (go to PLANTILLA).
Remember that the oldest entry is below, and the newest is above.

***BLOGS SHOULD BE READY BY OCTOBER 16***

• bring printed text so that I can have a look at them before posting
• no corrections on text after October 16

HOW TO CREATE YOUR BLOG: TUTORIAL



How to EMEBED your video:>>>remember the tab should be HTML

Picture credits: Vicky Samuel's blog.

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2nd semester.

LiveTyping.com

APA Citation Rules

In LEE3 we're going to pay attention to REFERENCES only (NOT to parenthetical citation). Watch this video carefully.

 

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E-PORTFOLIOS

Portfolios SHOULD:

• have the number of entry (e.g. E-PORTFOLIO #6)
• have a TITLE.
• include the deadline and the date you sent it.
• have your NAME on it.
• be DOUBLE checked BEFORE being posted (check: punctuation marks, spelling, grammar, paragraphs, etc, etc).
• include references (correctly cited).
• include a picture, if you consider it necessary.
• be sent IN TIME or ON TIME, never later.

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e-portfolio- ENTRY 5

 Entry # 5: 


Re-read/ watch the entry below: "How to write a summary" and write a 150-word entry in your e-portfolio.


Deadline: BEFORE winter holidays.


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e-portfolio- ENTRY # 4

:

Entry #4

Re-read your REPORT and the corrections on it. Pretend you are the teacher and write instructions to improve the final draft.

DEADLINE: 1st week in July (or BEFORE the winter holidays)



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New written assignment-SUMMARY

DUE DATE: JULY 3

Topic.: IMAGINATION:

"Imagination may be more important than knowledge: The eight types of imagination we use"

By Prof Dr Murray Hunter
University Malaysia Perlis

Read THIS ARTICLE and write a good summary

How do you write a good summary?

1- Find information in the links below:

• Summary writing>>> click HERE
• How to write a summary>>> click HERE

2- Some videos to improve summary writing strategies:

Source: "Imagination may be more important than Knowledge: the Eight Types of Imagination we use." by Prof. Dr Murray Hunter. Available at: http://in2eastafrica.net/imagination-may-be-more-important-than-knowledge-the-eight-types-of-imagination-we-use/

REPORT- new assignment

WRITING ASIGNMENT:
Write a report based on the making of the video. Include an introductory paragraph, three headings and a conclusion paragraph.

DUE DATE: JUNE 27
***THIS IS NOT AN E-PORTFOLIO ENTRY. Pls hand in a "paper version"***

How to write a  REPORT
In writing a report there are some issues that should be taken into consideration:

• audience: Who is the report for?
• organization: How are you going to organize the material?
• layout: What headings and subheadings are relevant?
• introduction and conclusion: How is the first paragraph introducing the topics that are going to be reported? Is a conclusion necessary? Have you succeeded in summarizing the most important issues?
• sources: What sources have you conculted? Have you cited them appropriately? (see entry below for APA Citation Rules)

There are different types of reports. Click on the following links to obtain more information: Study Skills Centre, student services, Vanier College


If you click on the case study report from Monash University (Australia) and the famous Flo-Joe's site for Cambridge exams, you will find two interesting interactive samples with relevant comments and corrections. Really useful!!

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e-Portfolio entry #3

THIS WILL BE YOUR THIRD ENTRY>>>SEND ME THE DOC BEFORE JUNE 16.

Re-read your written assignments and spot the KIND(S) of mistakeS you are making. Suggest courses of action to improve your English.

• write more>>>What? How often? When? What for?
• read more>>> What? How often? When? What for? How?
• visit grammar web sites>>>Which ones?
• go to the library to look for books>>>Which ones?
• other(s)>>>use your imagination!

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For Tuesday assessment

Pls, watch this beautiful video and get ready to write about it next Tuesday (May 22). Instructions ON THE DAY OF THE TEST!

Pay attention to details: descriptions, atmosphere, characterization, music, characters, etc, etc. stella :-)

Our E-PORTFOLIO

To create your e-portfolio you can start using PENZU, click HERE. 

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A brief description: Penzu in an interesting video:

Remember you have to LOG IN>>>all these tools are for FREE.

PORTFOLIO: This is just a set of questions to reflect upon.

PARATEXT:

Have I included /chosen a good title? Is it related to genre/content?/Have I followed conventions?

Are there any pictures, highlighted text(s), sections/subtitles? Do these correspond with the genre chosen?

Has the audience been taken into account? How can the piece of writing vary according to the audience?

Have I included the sources? Are they appropriately cited?

TEXT:

What is the topic of the writing? Is it clearly/overtly stated (according to genre)? Is it clear for ME?

What is the best part (if any) of my piece of writing? And the worst? Why?

What did I do well in my piece of writing?

Were any parts difficult to write? Why?

Did I revise and change any part/section/style/etc? What for?

How do I feel about the finished version?

Is there anything that I would change after handing in/reading other sources/discussing the topic with my mates/teacher(s)/others?

Did I learn anything while writing this piece/these pieces that I could use in the future?

Which are your goals for next time?

SO FAR: 2 ENTRIES
ENTRY#1; done in class
ENTRY #2: (home assignment) How has the analysis of Gothic Literature modified your writing? How have you improved or not he novella?

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What is Gothic Literature?

GROUP #1:
Ana, Andrea, Xoana, Soledad, Federico, ...(I'll complete the list next class)

Isfd41 lee3--gothic narrative.ppt

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GROUP #2:

EDITORS: Ana Perez, Evelin Vazquez, Caceres Yanina, Torres Karina, Soledad Irusta, Sabrina Fidalgo, Florencia Galvan, Rodrigo Alvarenga, Yesica Areco, Santiago Mazzei, Mercedes Acevedo and Rosario Martins.

Isfd 41 lee3-main features in gothic literature

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How to cite sources.

There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago). Here you have APA Citation Style>>>Author(s). (Date). Title of Book/ "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher. 



Journal or Magazine Article
Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65.
Journal or Magazine Article
Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318.
Newspaper Article
Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3.
Article from an Internet Database
Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.
Book
Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Book Pocket Books
Article or Chapter
James, N. E. (1988). "Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according to Kirk and Spock." In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Encyclopedia Article
Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.
Website
Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 2008, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/ 503r.html

Notes

• Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
• Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
• If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.
• If you are using a typewriter that cannot produce italics, then use underlining instead.
• Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
• Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.).
  
  adapted from: http://essayinfo.com/citations/index.php

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Our first novella...

             OUR PICTURE(S) HERE?

Our first novella.

Not only are novellas shorter than novels but also they are not so complex. You may have read: Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Old man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Breakfast at Tyffany's by Truman Capote, The Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, or perhaps Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (my favourite, I must admit) among many others.

Now it's your turn to write your own fiction.

1. WORK COLLABORATIVELY.
2. Discuss the model of narrative in class.
3. Choose a title, number and names of chapters.
4. Look up a picture for a good cover.
5. Adapt the beginning of the story (already on G-doc)
6. Start thinking it over, DO NOT WRITE YET, we'll have enough time.
7. Each of you is supposed to write two entries preceeded by your name, so that I can trace your participation.You have to read your mates' interventions and continue the story.
8. Should you find something that has to be edited in your mate's entries, feel free to do so. Be polite and check before editing. 
9. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN TO START WRITING AND DUE DATES.

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Source of pictures: I'm not sure, I guess the site of the Prof Lenguas Vivas, C.A.B.A., Argentina.
Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

A PRESENT FOR BOOK LOVERS.

PLEASE, REMEMBER THIS WILL BE A WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT! Post your comments to the "Comentarios " section

A  colleague of mine has found this beautiful video. I was personally moved by it. You may know I'm a book lover and I have a collection of antique books. My oldest possession is dated 1689 (yes, 17 century!) and it's a book of magic.

Watch the video carefully, enjoy it, and try to identify the different NARRATIVE CATEGORIES and NARRATIVE FUNCTIONS (Labov, 1972) - that correspond to his Model of Natural Narrative- to the narration. We'll be discussing your analysis on WEDNESDAY 25.



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source:Simpson, P. (2005) Stylistics. London: Routledge,

Our G.DOC

I've never tried it this way. Pls tell me if you click HERE, are you directed to our G-doc? (PROVIDED YOU SHARE IT AND YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO EDIT IT, OBVIOUSLY!

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WELCOME!

 Welcome to our class blog. Get ready to work hard and learn more!


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Final Exam

Items to be discussed during final exam:

• Children's literature: characteristics, types, analyses according to different writers, versiosn along history, etc.
• African children's stories: similarities and differences.
• Gothic literature: characteristics
• Detective stories.

• Narrative: structure, paragraphs, kinds of sentences (topic sentences, supporting material), characters, etc.
• descriptions (of pieces of art, for example)
• connectors
• cohesion and coherence
• specific vocabulary: for descriptions, art, narrative, etc

Genres & text types:

• reports
• short stories
• descriptions
• blurbs
• summaries

• THEORY discussed in class related to your own WRITING PROCESS.

"Theory", of course refers to:




Pls, bring your writings to the exam so that you can find plenty of examples!

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Isfd41 lee4-attacked by-art[1]

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Nicolás' and Pamela's books

Nicolás' book

Open publication - Free publishing - More bob

Pamela's book

Open publication - Free publishing - More expression

Dana's and Cintia's books

Dana's book

Dana's journey.

Publish at Calaméo or browse others.

Cintia's book

Open publication - Free publishing - More expression

My autobiography

Nicolás' book

Open publication - Free publishing - More bob marley

The King who banned paintings

Eugenia's book:

The King who banned paintings

Publish at Calaméo or browse others.

Saymon, the greatest artist of his time.

Maria´s book

Saymon "The greatest artist of his time"

Publish at Calaméo or browse others.

ULISES' BOOK

Open publication - Free publishing - More synapses

Your first book!

Your book should include :

    

1. a nice cover
2. an acknowledgement
3. an index
4. the text itself with pictures
5. sources

• The story should be based on your own autobiography.
• The book should include different text types (narrative, descriptive),  fictional & non-fictional genres.
• Pictures should be part of the text. 
• Pieces of art (real or ficticious) should be part of the plot. (see Detective A. Pintura for examples/inspiration)
• You can include descriptions of these pictures (go back to your own descriptions of pieces of art and the tips discussed in class)
• Include specific vocabulary from your own art encyclopaedias.
• Generate a specific  atmosphere (go back to "Gothic Literature" lessons).
• Include appropriate tenses, adjectives, nouns in your narration (see notes from Narratives seen in class)

ART TIPS: 

1. create an ANDY WARHOL with your self portrait. Go to PHOTOVISI templates.
2. Go to PSYKOPAINT AND PAINT YOUR OWN photos like Picasso, Seurat, Manet, among many others!
3. I will go on adding more resources.
4. FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR OWN WITH THE GROUP!!

EXPLORE THE DIFFERENT TOOLS. CHOOSE THE ONE YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH OR THE ONE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EXPRESS YOURSELF BETTER.

**All the tools are for free:**

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 9, 2011.

Hit COMENTARIOS to ask for help. Some other member of the group might need your assistance or you may!!

ENJOY WRITING AND CREATING!!

stella:-)

YOUR OWN BOOKS

You are to write YOUR OWN BOOK.

 I've taken these samples at random. Choose the tool you like the most and get ready for the last written assignment.

 SAMPLE #1: 

TOOL: bookr. It creates books with turning pages. Yo have to include pictures from FLICKR (you could upload your own pics and then download them)
EXAMPLE:





SAMPLE #2:


TOOL: MIXBOOK. It creates book with turning pages. Upload images from your computer or from web.
EXAMPLE: How has Life for Women changed from the 19920's to the 50's to now?




SAMPLE #3:


TOOL: CALAMÉO. I t creates books or magazines with turning pages. Books can be downloaded, turned into pdf. documents, sent via e-mail, embeded, etc

EXAMPLE: LE FRANCE NOIRE (a beautiful photograph book of the Black community in France).

La France noire

Publish at Calaméo or browse others.

SAMPLE #4:

TOOL: ISSUU. It also creates books with pictures. This is my favourite! Though they are all USER FRIENDLY, I GUESS THIS ONE IS REALLY VERSATILE.

ART OF IDEAS

Open publication - Free publishing - More matt price

Feel free to find your favourite tools.


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A LAST EFFORT...

 Let's read an interactive story... A. PINTURA: ART DETECTIVE.

your version COMING SOON


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