Post 10 (week 15) >> Evaluation of your Blogging Experience

Write about your experience using blogs in the English class.

Say:

> What you think about the experience in general
> How much you feel your writing skills have developed
> What you would like to include in the future
> What else you would like to write about


Wordcount: 200

Post 9 (week 14) >> Themed/Free "My Favorite Music."

Dear all,

Your assignment this week is writing about your favorite music. Please include:

- The kind(s) of music you like and why you like it?

- When you started listening to this kind of music.

- Any information about the bands or the musicians you like.

- Concerts or music events you have attended.

- Any other piece of information you may consider important.

-190 words minimum.

- Include a picture

Post 8 >> " Your favorite Book"

Your assignment this week is writing about your favorite Book.

Please include:

- Do you remember the first book the read?

- What's your favorite author?

- What kind of books do you prefer to read?

- Do you have any favorite book? 

- Are you reading something at the moment?

- Any other piece of information you may consider important.

-180 words minimum.

- Include a picture. 

- Comment on at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

Post 7 (week 11) >> Carrer-Related Website OR An Expert on your Field

For this post, you have to choose only ONE of these  2 options:

Post 1 (Instructions). 
Write about a career-related website that you enjoy visiting.

You have to:

- provide the link
- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.
>Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs
>Word Count: 170


Post 2 (Instructions)
Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire?

Say:

-Who she/he is. (short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image

> About 170 words
>Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

Post 6 >> "Tv shows and Series"

Dear all,

Your assignment this week is writing about your favorite Tv shows or series.

Please include:

- Do you have or had any favorite serie?

- Why do you like it?

- What kind of series (stories) do you enjoy the most?

- Is there any serie that you haven't seen but you would like to?

- Any other piece of information you may consider important.

-160 words minimum.

- Include a picture. 

- Comment on at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

Post 5 >> "A photograph you like"

Write about a photograph you like.
Say:
Who took it
What it shows
When it was taken
Why you like it
Upload it too

Include any other information you'd like to mention.
Write at least 150 words.

Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs.

Post 4 (week 6) "My Favourite Movie"

 Dear all,

Your assignment this week is writing about your favourite movie. 

  Please include:

- What's your favourite movie and why you like it?

- When was the first time you saw it?

- What kind of  movies do you like to watch?

- What is the most recent movie you saw? Did you like it?

- Any other piece of information you may consider important.

- Number of words: 140
- Leave comments on at least 3 of your mates' posts.

WEB QUEST (CA2)

You are going to spend a week in London evaluating tourist locations for an end of year study trip.

Here is a list of things you want to do while you are there.  Follow the links and fill in the table.

Half Day Outings

London Eye

http://www.londoneye.com/

The British Museum

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

The Tower of London

http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/ (including Crown Jewels)

Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum

http://www.madametussauds.com/london/

The Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

The Tate Modern Art Gallery

http://www.tate.org.uk/

Full day

Kew Gardens

http://www.kew.org/

Camden Market

http://www.camden-market.org/

For each location say:

What day you will visit,

How much you will have to pay to get in,

Which Tube station you will travel to (nearest to location), and the zone it is in.

What will you do on the other days? (2 full days / 4 half days / 1 full day 2 half days)

Search the web for other things to do in London.

What is the total cost?

POST 3 (week 5) > MY FAVOURITE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY

Write about your favourite piece of technology

Say:
- 130 words minimum.

What it is.
When you got it.
How you use it.
How often you use it.
Why you like it.
What life would be like without it.

- Include a picture

Post 2 (week 4) >> Why did you choose this career/study programme?

Dear Students, today you'll write about:

- your dream jobs when you were a child

- other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university

- what made you decide in the end

- your experience at university until now

- the kind of job you would like to have

 > word count: 120 words

 > don't forget to leave comments on 2 of your classmates posts.