Wednesday 28 November 2012

5. Article and Internet research.


IT ROOM

Don't forget to sign with your name or, if you work in pairs, with your names.

If you don't speak English and you don't have an English-speaking partner, you can answer in Spanish, but remember to ask for help first.

Control the time you have, do not waste any time.


  1. Read the article in this website.
  2. Look up any words you don't understand, using this online dictionary. You can select the option ENGLISH-SPANISH or any other, like for example ENGLISH DEFINITION if you speak English.
  3. Open a new document to answer all the questions in activities 4 and 5. When you finish, you'll have to copy the text from that document and publish it as a comment.
  4. Enter Wikipedia, search "Mars" and answer the following questions in the document you've just opened: Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope? Copy and paste the complete sentence you found in the article in Wikipedia. Does Mars have an atmosphere? Copy and paste the complete sentence you found in the article in Wikipedia.
  5. In the same document, answer this question: What did you know about Mars before you read this article? What did you learn about Mars and the rover, Curiosity, after reading the article? 
  6. Check that you have all the answers for activities 4 and 5. Check capital letters, full stops, commas, presentation, separation between activities... Copy all the text in that document and paste it in the comment box to apply for publication. Don't forget to sign with your names, so you can get your marks.

Saturday 10 November 2012

4. New school year, new teacher.

Write and tell us about your new teacher. It's been two months and we're getting to know each other. You can write about your main teacher only, or about all of them if you like.