January 2008

After you have made your New Year resolutions look ahead to the final part of the 1st semester:

JANUARY 2008

We will be working from unit 4 in Reason to Write, so have a look at the topic, language and writing areas in that unit 4.

There will be one more class writing task ( summary - response, on 16th January), and your presentations.

PRESENTATIONS: 14th and 21st January (Sign up when we start back on 7th (10 mins max).

Choose from one of the following: (these have been changed since original post in December)

1.1. A topic/issue of interest based on a cartoon or series of cartoons or news item. > Summarise cartoon/article and present issues of interest/concern.
2. One of the short stories which you could either present and analyse, or produce a piece of creative writing out of the story.
3. Your own choice, but check with me first.

Time limit is 10 minutes in total. You can do this in pairs but you need to clarify each individual contribution. Pairs Max 20 mins.

Orals: 23rd January.