Unit

Activity 3. Writing Task Forum Writing Activity

PRODUCED BY:

Natalia Bernal Uribe Código 32241432

Yesica Yinet Ceballos Código 32220856

Natalia Andrea Franco Código 39358776

Elsa Julieta García Arias Código 34000687

Margot Milena Muñoz Código 39212490

TUTOR:

Donamar Fernando Duque Caicedo

GROUP:

900003_173

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA UNAD

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ARTS AND HUMANITIES

ENGLISH B1

2018
Step 1:
Introduce yourself (Name, age, address, phone number and occupation)
PHONE
NAME AGE ADDRESS OCCUPATION
NUMBER
Natalia Bernal 35 years old My address is 25 south street 3137317428 I am a student
interior hundred and fifth
Envigado.
Yesica Yinet Ceballos 33 years old My address is Street 79: 50-10 3103776718 I am a student of 6 semester of
psychology
Natalia Andrea Franco 32 years old My address is Cra 10aa 82g - 90 3008776660 I work and study English and
neighborhood Santa Ana psychology.
Elsa Julieta García A 37 years old My address is Street 52 b sur # 3113093496 I am an industrial engineer and
40 -105, Envigado work in a textile company as
head of quality.
Margot Milena Muñoz 39 years old My address cra 5 number 13-35. 3136538176 Tourism adviser and oriental
dance teacher
 Step 2

Read carefully the following requests and select one to develop, at the end there will be each students developing a different part
of the final work.
Be aware that if there is one mate absent in the forum the rest of the group must fulfill all the parts in the writing assignment final
doc.
Once you have solved the question, post it in the fórum for all the mates to know and check it.

Question 1

The answers to the questions are entirely up to you. There is no right or wrong – only ideas. Once an idea appeals to you, follow it
through. You will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly a story will emerge from the answers you give.

 Martha slammed the door in Jairo’s face because he offended Marta.

 The train crashed because the train driver was asleep.
 Raul read his wife’s diary and discovered that she was cheating him.
 The small boy ran away from school.
 Silvana had never seen a Homeless look so scared before.
 Ben climbed the mountain and arrive to the summit.
According with the information above, write a story, use at least 4 of the 6 sentences:
There was Martha disputing with Jairo, in a rage, Martha kicked Jairo out, then Martha slammed the door in Jairo’s face
because he offended Marta and anguished because the train has crashed and her daughter was coming back to home because
her husband discovered that she was cheating him, Their son saw his parents disputing, After he decided to run away from
school, he didn’t want to see his parents divorced. In the train was a Homeless screaming, Silvana had never seen a Homeless
look so scared before but she got cool and she continued her travel to her mother’s house.

Question 2
Story without a middle
There are three main parts to a story:
The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the people or characters are.
The MIDDLE tells what happens to these people.
The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.
Read the story below. It has a beginning and a conclusion but no middle.

SALLY'S PROBLEM
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear what the teacher said because she was
thinking about her big problem......... Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be alright
again.
Now write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:

1. In his father who was in the hospital pending medical exams to determine if he can travel on vacation.
2. not knowing if her boyfriend forgave her for not being present at the graduation ceremony at the university

Choose the idea you like best, and write about it. Write the story again putting your middle between the beginning and the end
of the story of Sally's problem.
The Beginning
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear what the teacher said because she was
thinking about her big problem.........
The MIDDLE
Sally did not know if her boyfriend Felipe accepted the apology because he did not attend the graduation ceremony that took
place last week at the university; Sally explained that her father was in the hospital performing medical tests and she
accompanied him all day, because his father is a person who cannot travel alone due to the ailments that afflict him; she also
told him that she would invite him to dinner at her favorite restaurant to compensate for the failure, at that moment a classmate
tells her that Felipe needs her,
The CONCLUSION:
Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be alright again.

Question 3
Book review
A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the book is about.
Read this book report by one of last year's students.
TITLE: Jaws
AUTHOR: Robert Benchley
TYPE OF BOOK: Adventure
CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are swimming.
OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit frightening. I've seen the film - that was good too.
Answer these questions about the book report.
1. What is the book about? It's about a big shark which eats people when they are swimming.
2. Who wrote it? Robert Benchley
3. What did the student think about the book? The student liked the story. For him it was exciting and a bit frightening. I've
seen the film - that was good too.
4. Was it a love story? It was not a love story.
Now read this book review by another student.
"I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the pictures in it weren't very good. J.R Smith wrote "The Sinking of
the Titanic" because his father was killed when the ship hit an iceberg. More than 1,000 people died when the ship sank. I
don't like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."
The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the headings below.
TITLE: "The Sinking of the Titanic"
AUTHOR: J.R Smith
TYPE OF STORY: True Life stories
CONTENT: The book is about a ship that sank when it hit an iceberg. Where more than 1000 people died when the ship
wrecked.
OPINION: the young man did not like the story, he seemed bored and with bad illustration and also he does not like the
stories of real life but the ones of adventure.

Question 4 Making sentences:

Some of the words in these sentences have been put in the wrong place. Can you fix them? Write the words in the right order.
The first sentence has been done for you.
(Hint: remember that sentences start with capital letters and end with full stops!)
Example: work Your days are and Monday, Wednesday Thursday.
Your work days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Your work days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
are work of hours Your nine o’clock to five o’clock. R/: You are work of hours nine o'clock to five o'clock
get You lunch an hour for: R/: You get an hour for lunch
paid weekly You are: R/: You are paid weekly
to holiday You pay are entitled: You are entitled to holiday pay
 Nicknames for New York
Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing words in the space.
Describe City
Newspaper Name
Biggest Community
Recorded Visitor
Choose Cities
Nicknames Popular

Nicknames are used to describe people, places or things. Many American cities have nicknames. They can help create
identities, build unity and help people feel a sense of pride in their community.
Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to Choose the best nickname for an American city The winner
was the nation’s biggest city, New York. The nickname they chose was “The Big Apple”.
Where did the nickname “Big Apple” originally come from? In the nineteen seventies, New York suffered from image
problems. The number of visitor was falling. A campaign was launched to give the city a new image and a new nickname. The
New York board chose the nickname “The Big Apple”
It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the city. A journalist for a New York newspaper had used the
name “The Big Apple” to describe New York in the nineteen twenties.
The Big Apple was also the name of a night club in the Harlem area of New York City in the nineteen thirties, as well as the
name of a popular dance and hit song around that time.
“The Big Apple” is not the only nickname for America’s biggest city. Almost one hundred nicknames that describe New York
have been recorded. Some of the best known nicknames for New York are “The Capital of the World”, “Empire City”,
“Gotham”, “The City So Nice They Named it Twice” and “The City That Never Sleeps.”