sex Writing & The City

Monique Simpsonmsimpson@yachaytech.edu.ec

Making writing fun & relevant

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Sex And The City “Not Writing and Not Having a Good Time”

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What do i see?

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what do these images have in

common?

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writing prompts

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Loja, ecuador

From October 2009 to February 2011, I taught

at UTPL in Loja, Ecuador. It was there

that I began using field trips as a teaching tool.

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Field trip #1:Literary Tours

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#1. Have students read literature about their city.

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• #2: Students Select a place in their city.

• #3. Students write about their selected place.

• #4. the class plans a tour route to visit all of the locations.

Literary Tours

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5. conduct a Student Literary

Tour & Listen to the pieces.

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Field trip #2:Promotional City

Video

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Video Activity

Have students Make a commercial advertising their city and post it on

youtube

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Loja Lost ParadiseVideo can be found on youtube

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detailed assignmentvs

Freedom & camera

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Other city tour ideas

• Create a brochure that provides a walking tour of your city with specific tourist attractions and/or cultural tradition/events

• Speciality Tours:

• Horchata Lojana Tea Tour

• “Musical Capital of Ecuador”

• Visit famous places that have been written about and discuss the writing(s)

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Guess the Field

Trip’s theme?

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Field trip #3:City Architecture

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Loja’s Architecture

Digital Platform Assignment #1: Take a picture of

your favorite building/architecture in Loja. Write a

single paragraph (5-8 sentences) about the

architecture. Use the information from Unit 10 to

help you write a vivid description. Post your

paragraph to the class website. You must comment

on at least two (2) other students’ postings. (7.5%)

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Independent field trips

•Landmarks •Writing Assignment: Critique the art shown at Puerta la Ciudad (city museum). You must write five complete paragraphs, using complete sentences. If needed, refer to Unit 8 for examples of critiquing art. (Tues., Jan. 4th) (7.5%).

•Architecture •EVA Assignment #1: Picture and description of your favorite building/architecture in Loja. Using the information from Unit 10 to help you write a vivid description. You must comment on at least two (2) other students’ postings. (7.5%)

•Landscape•EVA Activity #2: Using the information from Unit 11, post your favorite landscape image and discuss it. You must comment on at least two (2) other students’ postings. (Thurs., Jan 11th) (7.5%)

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Specific Textbook Themed Field Trips

• English 5, Field Trip for June 22, 2012

You all have decided to visit the shopping center with SuperMaxi. Please visit Todo Hogar, SuperMaxi and the food court and answer these questions.

Todo Hogar & Technology* In Chapter 10, we looked at the question, “Does technology always live up to its promises?”

* Visit Todo Hogar’s household appliances section.

* Do these appliances live up to the promise that “new household appliances were supposed to increase free time and cut back on time spent doing chores.”

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Specific Textbook Themed Field Trips

The Food Court & Food/Advertisemnt* Many people like to visit new restaurants in their free time. How would you

describe a trip to the food court using the vocabulary from page 113 (i.e.,

physically challenging, emotionally satisfying, just plain fun)?

* Describe the advertisement used in the food court. Do they use the

techniques described on page 80?

SuperMaxi & Family behavior*Many people in Loja enjoying going to SuperMaxi with their families.

*Observe a family’s interaction for a few minutes. Describe their actions

using vocabulary from page 90 (i.e., the children are spoiled, the parents are

overprotective).

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Where have students gone in

Loja?

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El Cafe Sendero Tour (a youth cafe where you can practice your English, play games & have fun with new and old friends)

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Central Market

The main shopping center where you can buy fresh fruits & veggies, traditional gifts, tasty ice cream and delightful sweets.

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Howard Johnson HoTel

A five-star hotel in Loja City

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C&C II: The lovely Tessa shares details about life in London.Activity: Invite a speaker to have

tea with students in a different room on campus

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Note:

• When students have to go on independent field trips, they must take a group photo at the location.

• This is how I know they were together at the place one day.

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Let’s Plan A field Trip assignment

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Let’s Plan A field Trip assignment

★ Work in small groups to create a field trip assignment.

★ Location?

★ Activity to do at the location?

★ Textbook theme?

★ Independent or Group?

★ Share thoughts? (YouTube, EVA, FB)

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The City is Poetry

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sex Writing & The City

Monique Simpsonmsimpson@yachaytech.edu.ec

Making writing fun & relevant

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