Classroom Project

OUTDOOR LIGHTING WEB QUEST

http://www.starshackplanetarium.net/lightpollutionteacherwq.html

This is a summary of the assignment´s requirements. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Teams are made up of 4 people or specialists.  Each individual specialist has to write a report (individual reports / first drafts) about their specialty and share their information with the rest of the team.
Your final project should include:
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1. 4 Individual Investigations (highlighted or underlined) with the investigator´s name on all pages
2. 4 Individual Reports with the author´s name (corrected individual first drafts)
3. Final Team Report
a) Introduction: What is light pollution? What was your assignment?
b) Body: Your report persuading local city government to pass an outdoor lighting ordinance to reduce light pollution (include 3 persuasive points, explain them well). Anticipate 3 possible objections and misconceptions and your response. Write a sample outdoor lighting ordinance (municipal government law that states what the problem is and your proposed solutions)
c) Conclusion: Say what you learned from working on this project
d) Glossary of important terms with pronunciation and definitions (Cambridge Online Dictionary)
4. Checklist. I will print this for you and make copies.
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5. Present your lighting ordinance to the class (SPEAKING). Everybody should speak for 1 minute. No Reading.
6. Use a POSTER to help you make your presentation

Important Dates
First Drafts Due Wednesday March 28, 2012
Final Projects Due Monday April 9, 2012
Speaking / Posters Due Wednesday April 11, 2012

Link to Project Classroom

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As some of you requested, here´s the link to the web quest page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I´ll be available tomorrow.

http://www.starshackplanetarium.net/lightpollutionteacherwq.html

REMEMBER that your investigation (highlighted/underlined, individual) is due Friday March 23.
FIRST DRAFT (individual, original sentences) Wednesday, March 28.
FINAL DRAFT (team work) Friday, March 30.

Extra Practice for the Unit 1 Evidence

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Here are some pages you can visit to practice the structures we´ve been working with.

Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Review the grammar and do exercises 7 and 9
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro

Past Tenses
Review the grammar and do exercise 3, 5 and 16
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html

Future Tenses
http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/a_grammar/file01/nef_int_grammar01_c01?cc=us&selLanguage=en

http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/a_grammar/file01/nef_int_grammar01_c02?cc=us&selLanguage=en

To practice your vocabulary, go to the New English File page and go to Vocabulary.
http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/b_vocabulary/?cc=us&selLanguage=en
Do:
a. Food and Restaurants
b. Sport
c. Personality