Post 9: Financial independence

Is money an important issue for you?

Write about:

• How you earn or obtain money? Do you work and study? Do your parents give you an allowance?
• How you manage your money. (Do you save money? Do you spend it immediately? On what? Do you use credit cards?)
• What you plan to do when you'll have your own earnings when you get a job.
• What you think of wealth distribution in Chile. What could be done to change the situation.

240 words

Write three comments on your classmate's blogs

Sample

I work as an English teacher. As most teachers, I don't earn a lot of money but I try to get by. I have to work in a lot of places. What do I do with my money? Well, I try to save as much as possible, but I also like to spend it on books and movies. I try to save money by not buy new things which are generally expensive...

Post 8 > 2014: Good and Bad Points (so far..)

2014>> Have you had a good year??

Write about:
> Good things that have happened in your life
> Situations that did not go so well
> Your achievements in 2014
> Things you did not do / have not done yet / still have to do this year
> Important news / events you would like to highlight
> Any other comments

Wordcount: 250 + 3 comments

Post 7 (Week 9) >> HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

 
Where do people learn about enviromentally friendly practices?
- Have you incorporated recycling into your habits? Describe
- Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
- Have you joined or supported any eco-organisations? Why/Why not?
- What else have you done /would you like to do?
- What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint?
- What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?

Number of words: 230
Don't forget to make comments on at least 3 of your classmates posts.

 In Chile, environmentally friendly practices are

Post 6: Free themed blog

Remember the last free themed blog? Decide on another with the class. It has to be a controversial issue, that's the only condition, with at least two postures. You must defend one.
Examples: birth control, cosmetic surgery, health policies, zoos, animal protection, etc
Make a list of points you must include.

New technologies have changed social relationships in a negative way.

Relationships before/after the internet/social networks
How much time people spend online or on technological gadgets
Contrast/ communicating face  to face
Strengths/Opportunities
Weaknessess/Threats
Personal experience as example

Word count: 220
Illustrate with some pictures

Three comments on your classmates' blog

Ex: I'd make an app for helping people to remember when to brush, I'd call it Rembrush and it will remind you when to brush with an alarm. It will also tell you how long you have to brush. You can take pictures of your mouth and teeth and the app will analyze the picture for any problems. You can also upload the pictures or send them t your dentist...

Post 5: My Future Job (week 7)

- What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?

- Outdoors /indoors?

- Would you like to travel a lot in your job?

- In an office?

- What major are you studying / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why

- Add any other related ideas.

SAMPLE:

I'd love to have a permanent job teaching English at a major university. I'd like to have some kind of creative position where I could design new materials for teachers to use in their classrooms. I'm comfortable working in an office, although I love to take my students on field trips around the city as a great learning opportunity....etc.

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts

Sample

- Word Count: 210 words

Post N°4 Free.themed blog

Dentistry

Design an app

What's the name of the app/ What's it for?
What are the main features?
What kind of people would benefit from your app? Explain,
What are some things you could do? Give examples
Add any relevant information you think is pertinent.

Be creative!!
Word count: 190
Illustrate with some pictures

Three comments on your classmates' blog

Ex: I'd make an app for helping people to remember when to brush, I'd call it Rembrush and it will remind you when to brush with an alarm. It will also tell you how long you have to brush. You can take pictures of your mouth and teeth and the app will analyze the picture for any problems. You can also upload the pictures or send them t your dentist...



Arts



The contemporary art scene

Choose one example of contemporary art from the twentieth or twenty first century and discuss:

• Main characteristics and importance/relevance to the art scene
• A brief analysis of one representative work of art 
• Some important representatives and their contributiones and innovations
• Your personal opinion and some aspects you consider important for your own work

190 words

Post N°3 The best Holidays/Concert ever

This time, you have to tell you about the best holidays or concert they've been to (choose only 1 theme):

They should mention:

Holidays:

- when it was
- where they went
- how long it was
- people they went with
- things / activities they did
- why it has been the best so far
- any other relevant info

My very best vacation was last year. I traveled to Mexico with my girlfriend and toured much of the country. It was so amazing and we stayed there for almost a month! We visited the Mayan pyramids in Yucatán and flew to Cancún for a lovely weekend under the sun. After that we traveled to Mexico City and visited all the museums and the huge UNAM. We saw a lot of mural paintings by Rivera and visited Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul. It was incredible. We saw so much culture and learned a lot about how Mexicans live daily. It was by far the most adventurous vacation I've ever had.

Concert:

- when / where it was
- the artist they saw
- a bit of info about the artist
- describe the atmosphere during the event
- describe how they felt and why they enjoyed it
- any other memories about it





>>Wordcount: 180
>>Leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts.

Post 2 (week 4) >>> Themed/Free Post 1

Describe your creative working process

What does creativity mean according to you? Explain briefly
Who are some artist you follow and find inspiration from? What do you see in them?
What are your sources of inspiration or creative ideas?
What materials/techniques do you use more often and what is their relationship to your working process?

Talk about your experience while creating a work of art and your experience as a spectator of your own work.

180 words

Please make three comments on your classmate's blogs

Dear students,

Here you get to decide on a topic you'd like to develop.

Brainstorm a few possible topics and finally agree on one through some discussion and voting. 

As there are several themed posts this term (see blog syllabus), the best thing to do is to negotiate all of them at once. Ideally, at least one of the free posts should be career-related.

Students should work in pairs or small groups to come up with their top 3 topics. Then as a class, find the most popular topics for the posts. 


- Comments: Ask students to leave a comment on 3 of their classmates posts
- Word Count for post 2: 170 words

POST 1 (Week 3) >> A COUNTRY I'D LIKE TO VISIT

- Which country would you like to go to? Why?

- What do you know about it?

- What would you like to do there?

- Would you like to study/work/live there? Explain.

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts

- Word Count: 160 words

Hi everybody! Today I'm going to tell you about a country I've always wanted to visit, Peru.

It's a lovely country full of interesting things to see and know. I really like the culture there. There are lots of beautiful cities and places to visit. I hear the people are extremely friendly and generous, not like here. Many excellent writers and artists are from Peru, creators such as César Vallejo and José María Arguedas, intellectuals like Mariátegui and Cornejo Polar make me admire this country very much.

If I go there some day, the first thing I will do is to eat a lot of their delicious food; I think it is fantastic! Second, I will travel around the country to meet people and know places. I would like to visit famous cities like Cuzco and historic site such as Machu Picchu. There's a lot to know.

If I have the opportunity, I'd like to work there for a year, maybe teaching English or Spanish at a school or college. This would give me the chance to get to know more of their culture.

Well, I hope that some day I can go to Peru and make my dream true.