martes, 22 de octubre de 2013

ALP ORIENTATION


ALP ORIENTATION
A well organized presentation should include:

Introduction
The introduction presents your topic and introduces your listeners to important findings that your research brought out.

Body
The middle part of the presentation gives the findings with examples and explanations. Paragraphs should start with a topic sentence, followed by supporting ideas and examples.

Conclusion
The conclusion summarizes what you have learned from the research and leaves your audience with something to think about.

To sound natural and to make it easy for the audience to follow your presentation you should use some of the following expressions:

Introducing a presentation
Today, I’m going to talk to you about…
I’d like to tell you about…
In this presentation, I’m going to…

Transitions in a presentation
We’ve talked about…
Next, we’ll tell you about…
We’ve discussed… Now I’ll explain…
We have seen… Now, let’s look at…

Ending a presentation
Before I finish, let me say…
So in conclusion, …
To conclude, …

Talking about charts and visual aids
This chart explains…
As you can see, …
They key point is that…
It’s clear that…
It’s important to note that…
This illustration shows…
This photograph gives…
This graph compares…

Illustrating your point
For instance…
Take, for example, …
To give you an idea…

Giving additional reasons
Not only that, but…
Not to mention the fact that…
And besides, …

Stating your opinion
I strongly believe…
I’m convinced that…
Without a doubt, …

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER NUMBER ONE (another option)


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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER NUMBER TWO (another option)

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viernes, 4 de octubre de 2013

ALP - BASIC ELEVEN

Dear Basic Eleven students:

Your ALP assignment this month is about “ International parties and festivals”. Remember to use relevant vocabulary from the book and a variety of tenses. Include time clauses with before, after and when to describe what happens at those celebrations.
Work individually or in pairs. Choose from the following list of parties/festivals:

1. The San Diego Street Scene
2. Spain’s La Tomatina
3. The New Orleans Jazz Fest
4. Glastonbury Music Festival
5. Ko Pang Ngan’s Full Moon Party
6. The San Fransisco Bay to Breakers
7. Nevada’s Burning Man
8. Germany’s Oktoberfest
9. Pamplona’s San Fermin Festival
10. Brazil’s Carnaval
11. Dusseldorf Carnival
12.
St Patrick's Festival
13. Munich Oktoberfest
14. Edinburgh International Festival
15.
Paris Grand Parade
16. SWEDEN Kiruna Snow Festival
17. ITALY
Venice Carnival
18. BELGIUM Binche Carnival

You should do research about the festival you were assigned. You may consult the internet or books. After learning about your celebration you should put all important information in a well-organized presentation that will follow the INTRODUCTION - BODY - CONCLUSION format. You will use your own words for your presentation. Repeating like a parrot what's on the net won't lead you to getting 3 points. My “orientation page” will help you organize your material. You should also make a poster with pictures to illustrate your speech. It could be done with pictures sticked to cardboard or you can make a PowerPoint presentation and upload it to our system through the ICPNA web site. Feel free to ask questions about the ALP in class.