Task-6: Jigsaw Task

Dear All,

I hope you are doing fine and will enjoy doing today's tasks.

Here are things for you to do:

1. Go to the website of the newspaper The Guardian and find a short news story in the section Culture at https://www.theguardian.com/uk/culture. It should be devoted to the discussion of some topic of interest to you.

2. Prepare the article summary 150-70 words long and explain in 1 sentence what got you interested in it.

3. Divide into pairs and work together with your peer. You should do the following:

- group A: Choose 5-6 words from the articles you have worked which you think are important to the text and useful for you to remember. For each word find a definition and make your own examples with these words. Publish them in the thread.

- group B: Find 3 connected stories to the news story you have chosen at step 1. For each connected story, post the web address and one-sentence description of the story.

- group C: Read one of the articles your peers have chosen at step 1 and ask them 3 questions about it:
a) to clarify smth in it for yourself: smth that you did not understand or would like to learn more about
b) to find out why your peer got interested in the article and what s/he learned from it s/he did not know
c) a "Wild Card" question: ask a question of your choice about the article

Comments

  1. Natalya KholinaMarch 19, 2019 at 1:19 AM

    I've done my summary. Here's the link: https://natkholina.blogspot.com/2019/03/dear-all-i-have-found-one-interesting.html

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  2. Julia Osadchaya17822March 19, 2019 at 1:36 AM

    Here is my summary https://juliaosadchaya17822.blogspot.com/2019/03/hello-everyone-today-id-like-to-tell.html

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  3. ebikmetovaMarch 19, 2019 at 1:39 AM

    https://ebikmetova.blogspot.com/2019/03/jigsaw-task.html

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  4. Natalia EydelmanMarch 19, 2019 at 2:11 AM

    Dear All,

    to continue with this activity look through your article again and pick out 5-6 expressions that might be useful for you to remember. Make a list of them and add an excerpt from the article with it first and then make up your own example with it. Share the link to the completed task in the thread at https://acwr17822.blogspot.com/2019/03/post-6-jigsaw-task.html#comments

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    1. Natalia EydelmanMarch 19, 2019 at 2:15 AM

      Also. let me remind you about the second task I'd like you to do:
      Look through the content of the textbook about writing I have shared with you and let me know what theory from it you'd like to discuss.

      Here is a link to the thread where you should publish your comments:

      https://acwr17822.blogspot.com/2019/03/post-5-things-to-revise-learn.html

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  5. Julia Osadchaya17822March 25, 2019 at 2:19 AM

    https://juliaosadchaya17822.blogspot.com/2019/03/here-is-some-useful-phrases-from.html

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  6. АринаMarch 25, 2019 at 11:33 PM

    https://zarkovarina.blogspot.com/2019/03/some-useful-expressions-from-article.html

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