Activities to carry out:

Step 1

Introduce yourself (Name, age, address, phone number and occupation)

Step 2
Read carefully the following requests and select one to develop, at the
end there will be each students developing a different part of the final
work.
Be aware that if there is one mate absent in the forum the rest of the
group must fulfill all the parts in the writing assignment final doc.
Once you have solve the question, post it in the frum for all the mates
to know and check it.
Question 1.
The answers to the questions are entirely up to you. There is no right or
wrong only ideas. Once an idea appeals to you, follow it through. You
will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly a story will emerge from the
answers you give.
Martha slammed the door in Jairos face because
The train crashed because.
Raul read his wifes diary and discovered.
The small boy ran away from
Silvana had never seen a look so scared before.
Ben climbed the mountain and .
According with the information above, write a story, use at least 4 of the
6 sentences:
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 Question 2
Story without a middle
There are three main parts to a story:
The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the
people or characters are.
The MIDDLE tells what happens to these people.
The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.
Read the story below. It has a beginning and a conclusion but no middle.
SALLY'S PROBLEM
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She
didn't hear what the teacher said because she was thinking about her big
problem.........
Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was
going to be alright again.
Now write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:
1.
2.
Choose the idea you like best, and write about it. Write the story again
putting your middle between the beginning and the end of the story of
Sally's problem.
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Question 3
Book review
A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the
book is about.
Read this book report by one of last year's students.
TITLE: Jaws
AUTHOR: Robert Benchley
TYPE OF BOOK: Adventure
CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are
swimming.
OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit frightening. I've
seen the film - that was good too.
Answer these questions about the book report.
1. What is the book about?
2. Who wrote it?
3. What did the student think about the book?
4. Was it a love story?
Now read this book review by another student.
"I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the pictures in it
weren't very good. J.R Smith wrote "The Sinking of the Titanic" because
his father was killed when the ship hit an iceberg. More than 1,000 people
died when the ship sank. I don't like True Life stories - I prefer
adventures."
The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the
headings below.
TITLE:
AUTHOR:
TYPE OF STORY:
CONTENT:
OPINION:
 Question 4
Making sentences:
Some of the words in these sentences have been put in the wrong place.
Can you fix them? Write the words in the right order. The first sentence
has been done for you.
(Hint: remember that sentences start with capital letters and end with
full stops!)
Example: work Your days are and Monday, Wednesday Thursday.
Your work days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

are work of hours Yours nine oclock to five oclock.

Yours work of hours are of nine o`clock to five o`clock.

get You lunch an hour for

You get an hour for lunch.

paid weekly You are

You are paid weekly.

to holiday You pay are entitled

You are entitled to pay holiday.

Activities to carry out:

Step 1
Introduce yourself (Name, age, address, phone number and occupation)
Step 2
Read carefully the following requests and select one to develop, at the
end there will be each students developing a different part of the final
work.
Be aware that if there is one mate absent in the forum the rest of the
group must fulfill all the parts in the writing assignment final doc.
Once you have solve the question, post it in the frum for all the mates
to know and check it.
Question 1.
The answers to the questions are entirely up to you. There is no right or
wrong only ideas. Once an idea appeals to you, follow it through. You
will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly a story will emerge from the
answers you give.
Martha slammed the door in Jairos face because
The train crashed because.
Raul read his wifes diary and discovered.
The small boy ran away from
Silvana had never seen a look so scared before.
Ben climbed the mountain and .
According with the information above, write a story, use at least 4 of the
6 sentences:

Question 5

Nicknames for New York

Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing
words in the space.

Describe City
Newspaper Name
Biggest Community
Recorded Visitor
Choose Cities
Nicknames Popular

_____________ are used to describe people, places or things. Many

American ___________ have nicknames. They can help create
identities, build unity and help people feel a sense of pride in their
____________.
Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to
____________ the best nickname for an American ____________. The
winner was the nations biggest city, New York. The nickname they
chose was The Big Apple.
Where did the nickname Big Apple originally come from? In the
nineteen seventies, New York suffered from image problems. The
number of ____________ was falling. A campaign was launched to give
the city a new image and a new nickname. The New York board chose
the nickname The Big Apple
It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the
city. A journalist for a New York ____________ had used the name The
Big Apple to ____________ New York in the nineteen twenties.
The Big Apple was also the ____________ of a night club in the Harlem
area of New York City in the nineteen thirties, as well as the name of a
____________ dance and hit song around that time.
The Big Apple is not the only nickname for Americas ____________
city. Almost one hundred nicknames that describe New York have been
____________. Some of the best known nicknames for New York are
The Capital of the World, Empire City, Gotham, The City So Nice
They Named it Twice and The City That Never Sleeps.

Step 3.
Compilator or rapporteur, will arrange all the introductions as First Moment
group

In the same document must appear the 5 questions checked and solved
correctly and named as Second Moment.