Project 1: How things are made
Senior 2 – Patricia Obreque
OBJECTIVES
The objective of this project is to understand and produce oral and written informative texts using
the Passive Voice in English with the use of technological resources so that both students and
teachers can be communicated and can collaborate.
Other important objectives also are to promote the use of Information Technology and to
empower students’ sense of reflection concerning how much some objects or the making of some
objects contaminate our planet.
STEPS
1. Become a member of the Senior Wiki, in order to do this you have to:
Give me your e-mail address
Check your mail and accept the invitation to be a member of the Wiki
Check the Wiki constantly and use it to get your teacher’s help when necessary
and to collaborate with your classmates.
Open your Wiki fist thing every class in order to know what your class goals are
for the day.
2. Read the following information concerning the Passive Voice so that you connect it to the
exercises you did with the Grammar Rom: The process of wine making.
The passive voice is especially helpful in scientific or technical writing or lab reports, where the
actor is not really important but the process or principle being described is of ultimate importance.
Instead of writing: "I poured 20 cc of acid into the beaker," we would write: "Twenty cc of acid
is/was poured into the beaker."
The passive voice is also useful when describing, say, a mechanical process in which the details
of process are much more important than anyone's taking responsibility for the action:
"The first coat of primer paint is
applied immediately after the acid rinse.
3. Choose one of the following objects together with a partner and investigate how it is made.
1)antiperspirant deodorant stick 2) books 3) candle 4) cds 5) cereal 6) chocolate bar 7) chewing
gum 8) cotton candy 9) cork 10) credit cards 11) eraser 12) honey 13)hot dog 14) leather
15) light bulb 16) lipstick 17) lollipop 18) matches 19) marbles 20) paper clip 21) pencil
22) popsicle 23) potato chip 24) rubber band 25) soft drink 26)shampoo 27) tattoo
28)toothpaste 29) wool 30) yoghurt
Use from the following search engines for this part of the task:
http://www.answers.com/ http://wiki.answers.com/ http://www.kartoo.com/
http://taggalaxy.de http://www.madehow.com http://www.google.com
4.
PRESENTATION DATE: August Thursday 13 th, 2009
EVALUATION FOR ORAL PRESENTATION
CATEGORY
4
3
2
1
Speaks Clearly
Speaks clearly
and distinctly all
(100-95%) the
time, and
mispronounces
no words.
Speaks clearly
and distinctly all
(100-95%) the
time, but
mispronounces
one word.
Speaks clearly
and distinctly
most ( 94-85%)
of the time.
Mispronounces
no more than one
word.
Often mumbles
or can not be
understood OR
mispronounces
more than one
word.
Uses Complete
Sentences
Always (99100% of time)
speaks in
complete
sentences.
Mostly (80-98%)
speaks in
complete
sentences.
Sometimes (7080%) speaks in
complete
sentences.
Rarely speaks in
complete
sentences.
Vocabulary
Uses vocabulary Uses vocabulary
appropriate for
appropriate for
the audience.
the audience.
Includes 1-2
words that might
be new
Uses vocabulary
appropriate for
the audience.
Does not include
any vocabulary
that might be new
Uses several (5
or more) words
or phrases that
are not
understood by
the audience.
Volume
Volume is loud
enough to be
heard throughout
the presentation.
Volume is loud
enough to be at
least 80% of the
time.
Volume often too
soft to be heard .
Volume is loud
enough to be
heard at least
90% of the time.
Posture and Eye Stands up
Contact
straight, looks
relaxed and
confident.
Establishes eye
contact .
Content
Stands up
straight and
establishes eye
contact during
the presentation.
Sometimes stands
up straight and
establishes eye
contact.
Slouches and/or
does not look at
people during the
presentation.
Shows a full
Shows a good
Shows a good
Does not seem to
understanding of understanding of understanding of understand the
the topic.
the topic.
parts of the topic. topic very well.
EVALUATION FOR WRITTEN WORK
Task
Message
1
Little relevant
content.
2
Some content
elements
attempted.
3
All content
elements
attempted.
Message
requires
excessive effort
by the reader or
too short.
Message only
partly
communicated
to reader,
or script may be
slightly short.
Message
requires
some effort
by the
reader.
Punctuation Little sentence
punctuation is
correct.
Some sentence Sentence
punctuation is punctuation
correct.
is usually
correct.
4
All content
elements
adequately
dealt with.
Message
communicated
successfully on
the whole.
5
All content
elements
covered
appropiately.
Message clearly
communicated
to reader.
All sentence
punctuation is
correct.
Demonstrates
control and
accuracy using
complex
punctuation.
Spelling
Spells frequency Spells most
Spells most
words
high frequency common
incorrectly.
word correctly. words
correctly.
Spells most
difficult or
unusual words
correctly.
Spells most
challenging
words
correctly.
Structures
Inadequate use Inadequate use Adequate
of structure
of structures .
use of
interfering with
structures.
communication.
More than
adequate use
of structures.
Correct and
ambitious use
of structures.