Writing a transactional letter

Here is the presentation that contains the letter you should finish at home.If you prefer, however, you can write a new letter of your own. You decide.

In the meawhile check these guidelines for you presentation in the group, next lesson. They will also be useful later on, when you write your Learning Journal entry assessing the unit.

Assesssing UNIT 3 - LIFESTYLES - Checklist

For your reference here is the checklist we'll use to assess work. Of course you should look at it very carefully BEFORE the end of the unit. That is... right now.

(Transactional) LETTERS

Next lesson we'll be talking about how to write letters. We'll actually write one together. In the meanwhile download, print, and bring to class this worksheet.Oh yes, and do the exercises!

And yet another CHECKLIST

Here is  something else you need to know before you start working in the group. Use this checklist to assess your performance. Later it will help you to write another Learning Journal entry.

ASSESSING MY PERFORMANCE
1- Not  true     2 – Tried, but did not manage      3 – Sometimes       4 – Almost always    5 – I couldn’t agree more

•I spoke in a low voice

•I listened to the others and spoke in my turn

•I asked questions

•I explained the text and the research questions clearly

•I explained vocabulary clearly

•I explained grammar focus clearly

•I learned a lot with my colleagues

All in all ....

(One of) my favourite love songs

At the end of the unit your group will have to present a song to the class. Tough job... to select a song among so many. And what's more, each one of you will have his/her own preferences but you'll have to compromise and pick ONE.

To prepare and to have a successful presentation you need to understand the assessment criteria.  Here is a checklist that will help you:

Assessment criteria:

Research and interpretation + Communication skills (get the message across)

- Does the song we chose connect to our topic?

- Did we research the song?  (Who composed it? Who sings it? When was it released?…)

- Did we explain the song to the class? (listening and reading comprehension)

- Did we explain why we like the song?

- Did the class improve their listening/reading comprehension skills?

- Did they learn with us?

            new words and expressions/idioms

highlighted grammar points

highlighted cultural items

Well here is one of my favourite love songs. I'll tell why in class :-)

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

UNIT 3 - LIFESTYLES

We've just started a new unit. This time our focus will be LIFESTYLES.
 First, there was a short introduction by the teacher, which was meant to exemplify and encourage you to build your own Vocabulary Records. You can see it here.

Then you started working, at full speed, as usual :-) Some of you will focus on the topic MY MUSIC, some others on FASHION AND TRENDS, still others on BE BEAUTIFUL, and finally six of you will deal with the topic MY MONEY. These 'topics' are actually the titles of the texts (TB) you'll be reading. Click here to find the overview of the unit (objectives, skills, tasks).

I strongly encourage you to read other texts besides the ones you can find in your TB. So, check the links I provide in the guidelines. Then print and bring them to class so you can share them with your colleagues.

I hope you enjoy this unit. I must say your previous presentations and role-plays showed you can do some outstanding work so I'm confident your presentations at the end of this unit will be even better.
Who doesn't have a favourite song that is worth listening to? Looking forward :-)