In this assignment, you will be required to design a blog page combining different communicational elements: written language, images, colors, videos, sounds and other elements that will help you convey messages better. This composition of elements to create messages is called multimodality
(that is multiple modes of communication).
You will create a page on your blog telling us about one of your experiences attending an event: a festival, fair, carnival, ceremony any other celebration that is common in Colombian culture.
A good example of a structure blog with multiple pages describing travel experiences in in some
cases festivals can be found at http://alittleadrift.com/countries/.
cases festivals can be found at http://alittleadrift.com/countries/.
Instructions:
1. Create a new page or tab on the blog menu, but you need to log in Blogger first. The user is integratedskills2017@gmail.com and the password is integratedskills: watch this tutorial.
Once you have access to it, you will be able to create pages.
2. Prepare the language of description by reviewing your notes of the material we studied this week
about making descriptions. Make a draft of your description.
about making descriptions. Make a draft of your description.
3. Create your page combining different modes of communication and narrating one of your experiences attending an event or celebration. Write your description including at least 4 paragraphs. I. set the scene, 2. preparations, 3. actual event. 4. explanation and reason of why the event is culturally relevant in for us
and yourself, 5. conclusion. Check out the materials we worked on in class about Describing festivals, events or ceremonies.
and yourself, 5. conclusion. Check out the materials we worked on in class about Describing festivals, events or ceremonies.
4. Publish your blog page before Monday midnight and react to two or your classmates´posts by Wednesday before the class session.
5. Besides commenting on the contents of your classmates' descriptions, you will check aspects of form
in the composition: grammar, spelling, punctuation, use of vocabulary and expressions. This should also be done before the class session on Wed.
in the composition: grammar, spelling, punctuation, use of vocabulary and expressions. This should also be done before the class session on Wed.
Let me know if you have any questions.
in point 4 is two *OF your classmate's posts teacher :D
ReplyDeleteYou're annoying steph!
DeleteYou're more!
Deleteteacher on friday you said "the project task is until monday midnight" but now i can´t update the mine one and is not midnight yet!
ReplyDeleteSometimes when you modify it for so many times something happens and dissappears so you have to delete it and create it all over again.
DeleteI had that problem and my partner too.