Practicing the peer-marking theory!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our third activity. Please, post your comments before September 27th!

After reading the proposed reading in class, we are going to start practicing the peer-marking theory. So, your new assignments are:

1. Reply a classmate comment in the two last blogs, suggesting him/her how to improve his/her comment in relation to grammar aspects. (just make replies to those classmates who do not have one).

2. Consider the proposed requirements in each blog (proposed tense, number of words, useful vocabulary, etc).

3. Specify the possible mistakes and the way you suggest to correct them, considering grammar, spelling, verb tense, etc.

4. Finally, write a comment in this entry, talking about the way you perceived this activity. Answer the following questions:

1. Was this activity helpful for you? Why?
2. Was it difficult for you to give a correct feedback to your classmates? Why?
3. Do you consider peer-marking is a good method to correct written compositions?

5. Language use / writing aspects:

- Present simple sentence structure.

- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

Let's talk about the strike!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our second activity. Please, post your comments before September 16th!

1. Answer the following questions with your own ideas:

* How did you perceive the last national strike?, Did you reckon it help or affect colombian people? What did you do during it?   

2. Write a short and creative composition (150 words at least), using the PAST SIMPLE TENSE in its affirmative and negative form.

3. Include linkers of contrast, such as: however, although, despite, in spite of, even though. Use them in a coherent way in your text.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Past simple sentence structure.

- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!