Flavia P's Blog - NETWORK Idiomas: July 2013

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

FCE - Writing a letter of application *

Hello Everybody!

Here are the letters you wrote in groups. Take a look at the corrections your peers made (and my corrections too)!

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

FCE WEBQUEST: Lost at sea! TASK 2 or TASK 3

Lost at sea: Escaping a watery grave.

Now you get to work on your own, you may choose task 2 or 3 (only one of them!)

Task 2

● What emotional and physical traits enable

survivors to make it through life-threatening

situations?

● Research the psychology of survival and write

an article (250-300 words) for a magazine

explaining what kind of mental attitude is

necessary to survive a harrowing experience.

Include real life examples of survival.

Task 3

● Research survival skills that enable people to survive at sea should their yacht

capsize, catch fire, or they lose their captain.

● Use these questions to help your research

1. How can the word SURVIVAL help you get through a crisis?

2. If you have no water to drink, should you eat? Why or why not?

3. How can you reduce your water loss even if you're sweating?

4. What can you drink if you are stranded at sea? What shouldn't you drink?

5. How can you get food?

● Use this information to write a diary describing how you managed to survive 10 days

at sea with no water or food. Don't forget to include information about mental health

and state of mind. You may present your diary in Powerpoint format making it as interesting as

possible to the rest of the group.

FCE WEBQUEST: Lost at sea! TASK 1

Lost at sea: Escaping a watery grave.

Introduction:The facts

●You and your team have hired a yacht.
●None of you have any previous sailing experience, and you have also hired an experienced skipper and a two-person crew.
●As you sail through the Southern Pacific Ocean a fire breaks out and much of the yacht and its contents are destroyed.
●The yacht is slowly sinking.
●Your location is unclear because vital navigational and radio equipment has been damaged.
●The yacht skipper and crew have been lost while trying to fight the fire.
●Your best guess is that you are approximately 1000 miles South West of the nearest mainland.

TASK 1

●You have salvaged a four man rubber life raft.

●The total contents of your combined pockets amounts to a packet of tissues, a wet smartphone and 3 $5 notes.

●You and your friends have managed to save the following 16 items, undamaged and intact after the fire.

YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WILL DEPEND UPON YOUR ABILITY TO RANK THESE 16 ITEMS IN THEIR RELATIVE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. GOOD LUCK!

Use the suggested web pages, and any others you decide to investigate, to research how important these objects really are in an emergency situation like this one. When you have collected sufficient information, work together as a group and rank the 16 items in order of importance. Present your ranking in Powerpoint giving a brief explanation for each choice made.

Salvaged items:

Sextant
Small transistor radio
Shaving mirror
7 square metres of opaque plastic sheeting
Mosquito netting
Shark repellent
20 litre can of water
¼ litre rum
2 cases army rations
5 metres nylon rope
Maps of the Pacific Ocean
2 boxes of chocolate bars
Floating seat cushion
Fishing kit
8 litre can of oil/petrol mixture
An Oar

Resources

You may use any of these web pages, or any that you yourselves may find BUT do not cut and paste or copy large chunks of texts.

Be yourselves. Be creative: Be smart. Be original. Survive!

http://crisistimes.com/sea_survival.php
http://www.survivaliq.com/
http://www.survivalskillstoday.com/Hot-Tip-Howto-Survive-on-a-Deserted-Island.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/survival/
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/11/eight-survivaltips-if-youre-lost-at-sea
http://dsc.discovery.com/survival/games/life-death-sea/life-deathsea.html
http://www.wildernesscollege.com/basic-survival-skills.html
http://www.aircav.com/survival/asch16/asch16p02.html
http://www.caske2000.org/survival/survivesea.htm