UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA UNAD

Instituto Virtual de Lenguas INVIL

Programa: UNAD English
Curso: English B1+ Intermediate
Campo de formacin: Formacin para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano.
Tipo de curso: Metodolgico.
Crditos: Tres (3)
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WRITING ACTIVITY
ENGLISH B1+ INTERMEDIATE

GENERAL OBJECTIVE
Write clearly and in detail about a wide range of subjects.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Review general aspects about writing: vocabulary, grammar, punctuation,
coherence and cohesion.
Apply the concepts from module 2 to write properly.

TOPICS TO CHECK

GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

Relative clauses Each /every

who/that/which

GENERAL ASPECTS
In this forum you will write a story, attending different criteria to do the creative exercise.
LEARNING STRATEGY
Task based learning.

AWAITED PRODUCT
PDF file in group!

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read the guide.
2. Participated in the forum at least 3 times.
3. Comment on your partner's messages
4. Participate in the forum without attaching documents.
5. It is a teamwork so, the group must upload ONLY one final product.
 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA UNAD
Instituto Virtual de Lenguas INVIL
Programa: UNAD English
Curso: English B1+ Intermediate
Campo de formacin: Formacin para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano.
Tipo de curso: Metodolgico.
Crditos: Tres (3)
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ACTIVITIES
1ST PART
In this writing lesson, you and your partners have to create a funny story about last
weekend "A Funny weekend". After reading the beginning of the story, students can try to
continue it, taking into account the following information:

1. First paragraph: what did their mom find in her bag?

2. Second paragraph: doing shopping
3. Third paragraph: a big surprise
4. Fourth paragraph: thieves VS heros
5. Final paragraph: watching news at home

This is the beginning of your funny story:

Last weekend something really funny happened. It was Saturday morning, and my
sister and I were getting ready to go to the grocery store with my mother. When we
were almost ready, my mother suddenly stopped

2nd PART
You have to design a presentation about your story using the application PowToon
(www.powtoon.com) or as an alternative you can use a Power Point Presentation. In the
final version of your group, you must take into account the requirements mentioned per
paragraph.
 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA UNAD
Instituto Virtual de Lenguas INVIL
Programa: UNAD English
Curso: English B1+ Intermediate
Campo de formacin: Formacin para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano.
Tipo de curso: Metodolgico.
Crditos: Tres (3)
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TO HAVE IN MIND

To write your story, you will use relative clauses who/that/which as a grammatical
requirements. To get a visible evidence of the use of this grammatical topics, you
will highlight all words and expressions related to those ones.
Paragraphs must be complete and include at least 5 ideas (sentences) each one.
Proof read your writing drafts and share them in the Forum at the collaborative
learning environment, you will receive invaluable feedback from your peers and
tutor
Be creative! Imagination and good sense of humor are important items when writing
Powtoon tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_2iu5tXxHE
Aspects as coherence and cohesion are really important at the time of writing!