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PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND PRODUCING BASED ON TEXTS IN

ENGLISH LEVEL 6

Name: ______________________________________

Date: _________________________________________

Instrucciones Generales:

This project must be submitted before Monday, May 7th, 2012


This Project is individual, so if any project is copied or plagiarized,
it will have a grade of ZERO (0). / Este Proyecto es individual,
por lo tanto, cualquier proyecto que sea copiado o plagiado tendr
una calificacin de cero (0). Remember the Project is worth
25% of the final grade.

The aim of this Project is to practice what was studied in different lessons.
For that matter, the following activities must be done.

ACTIVITIES:

1. SIMPLE PAST / PASSIVE VOICE:

Click on this web page and read the text Seeing Clearly, then type the 10
reading comprehension questions and the correct answers in a Word file.

http://readtheory.org/advanced/Seeing_Clearly.htm

1. What proverb fits this story best?

A. Time marches on.

2. Which is the best antonym for stealthily?

B. obviously

3. If Donna is eschewing candy and soda, what is she doing?


B. avoiding them

4. Using the passage as a guide, which best describes the meaning of "Forty is the new
twenty"?

A. If you are in good health and shape, being 40 can feel like 20.

5. Which is the best antonym for innocuous?

A. dangerous

6. What is the difference between the first four paragraphs of this passage and the rest?

C. The first highlights Donna's youth, the last shows that she has aged.

7. Which best describes the clerk's attitude?

C. patronizing

8. Which statements suggest condescension?

B. Take your dirty feet off my designer sofa.

D. If you had my fashion sense, you wouldn't have chosen that outfit to wear.

9. Which best describes the tone of this passage?

C. lighthearted

10. What is ironic about the clerk calling Donna "Ma'am"?

C. it is a term often reserved for older people.

2. VERB TENSE / SPELLING / PUNCTUATION / VOCABULARY / SYNTAX:

Click on this web page and read carefully the instructions and the example
given for paragraph correction, then click on NEXT. You will see a
paragraph where different kinds of mistakes are shown in red color; click on
the right choice and when you finish the quiz, click on SUBMIT to send the
answers and see the results. Finally, attach this screen shot with your score.

Intermediate paragraph correction 1:

http://www.englishmaven.org/Articulate/Intermediate%20Paragraph
%20Correction%201%20-%20Quizmaker%20output/quiz.html
3. Click on this web site and then on the link MOVIE next to the right side of the
photo to watch the video The Future of Communications. Listen and
read this text in English. On the left side of the screen there is a series of
ACTIVITIES: Vocabulary, Word Selection, Multiple Choice, Sequencing,
Conclusions, and Your turn. You will get the score in the first five activities,
so attach a screen shot with those results.

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/futurecom/home.html
For Your Turn Activity, you are given the choice to submit your answers to
the web page to be uploaded. However, it is important to answer the
questions below in a Word File to be sent with the rest of your projects
answers. Use four lines for each one of your answers.

1) Do you think the predictions about communications mentioned in this


article are likely to happen? What would their impact be like?
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2) What do you think communications in business and education might be


like in the next 25 years?
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4. Watch the video Tribute to Steve Jobs Think Different. In a five-line


paragraph, express your opinion about what you consider is most relevant
message in his speech.

http://youtu.be/LuLw9_JEAsw
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RECOMENDACIONES:

El seguimiento de instrucciones es tenido en cuenta para la


correccin y la calificacin de su proyecto.

El archivo enviado al Tutor debe estar marcado como lo muestra el


siguiente ejemplo:

PROJECT_Understanding and Producing Based on Texts in English_Level


6_Pepito Prez

Realice las actividades en un Archivo de Word (letra Arial 12) y luego


vaya al link PROYECTO en la plataforma Blackboard y siga las
instrucciones all indicadas. Este Proyecto se debe enviar solamente
a travs de la plataforma para ser calificado. NO se calificarn
proyectos enviados al correo del tutor.

Recuerde que si tiene preguntas respecto a la realizacin de este


proyecto, debe informarlo al Tutor a travs del FORO TECNICO antes
de la fecha lmite de envo.

No olvide que debe enviar el proyecto antes del 7 de mayo de 2012.

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