Activity ESO2: WRITING NEWS

We are going to create a piece of news in pairs. To do it you have to follow these steps:

STEP 1. Choose a natural phenomena (tsunami, earthquake, landslide, storm, hailstones, avalanche, hurricane, volcano, flood, thunder and lightning, wildfire or tornado)

STEP2. Go to Padlet to create your piece of news and

  • Add a title to your news.
  • Write your piece of news. You must include this information: What happened?When? Where? To what people?  What were the people doing when it happened?
  • Add photos or videos. You have to add photos and videos to illustrate your piece of news. You can find a lot of pictures in Google Images. Make sure your image is Creative Commons by checking it in “Eines de cerca –> Drets d’ús”. You can also find videos on Youtube.
  • Sign it with your name, surname and group.

STEP 3. Click on the “SHARE” button and send me the link by mail or as a comment in this post.

Here you are an example of what you have to do:

 

 

ASSESSMENT

We are going to use this rubric to correct your presentations. You will be given from 0 to 3 points. The maximum mark is 6:

0 1 2 3
Aspect (photos and multimedia) The presentation has no photos or multimedia The presentation is poor and has only one picture. The presentation is average and has several photos. The presentation is very attractive with pictures and video.
Writing (use of Past Simple and continuous,connectors,vocabulary) The writing is very poor. It is difficult to understand it The writing is short, the sentences are simple and the vocabulary is not very rich The writing is good, past tenses and connectors are used appropriately. The writing is perfect. It uses verbal tenses and connectors and a richness of vocabulary
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