The 1st piece of coursework: A BOOKLET DESCRIBING YOUR IDEAL SCHOOL
Title or Headline
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Think up a catchy title such as "My Ideal School" (in Spanish, of course!) |
Brief Introduction
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Mention the name, if it would be mixed, pupil's age, location and time when the school would be set. Write dowm a brief description of the school. |
Presentation
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Comment on subjects, uniform, timetable, school day. Draw a school timetable. Describe how a typical week would be. How many lessons a day, days off, holidays... How would be the ideal teacher, which would be their strengths, which resources would they use to teach and why. Explain which sports would be practiced, the school clubs and out-of-schools activities. |
Physical Layout and Facilities
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Describe the building and the classrooms. Design a school plan. Explain how the canteen works, the menus... |
School Rules
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Describe the new technology used for teaching and the new way of teaching lessons. Explain the homework system. Describe how the school would organise attendance, detentions, behaviour and work. |
Advantages of your School
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In which way it would improve learning and would make it more fun. in which way would offer advantages for the development of pupil's professional career. Here you can include the contrast with other old schools. |
Quotes
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Write some quotes from yourself and from some friends describing your last school and giving your opinion about how your ideal school would be. |
The 2nd piece of coursework: A LEAFLET ADVERTISING LIVERPOOL
Title or Headline
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Think up a catchy title such as "Welcome to Liverpool!" (in Spanish, of course!) |
Brief Introduction
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Write a brief section of text which describes Liverpool- where it is situated, what kind of city it is ... |
How to get there
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Write a section on how one can get to Liverpool (means of transport). Also include some information about how long it takes to get to various places in and around Liverpool, by various means of transport. |
Accommodation
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Make sure that you state somewhere in your leaflet that there are lots of hotels, B&Bs and a youth hostel in the city. |
Recreational Possibilities
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Write what there is to see and do in the city, generally ("Se puede..." and "Hay...") and add sentences which say "Si llueve, se puede...", "Si hace calor, se puede...", "Para los turistas, hay..." |
Why a foreign visitor should visit your area
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Use the advantages of living in Liverpool ("Las ventajas de vivir en Liverpool son..."). Alternatively, use quotes such as "Me encanta vivir en Liverpool porque..." or "Me gusta ir a Liverpool porque...". |
The 3rd piece of coursework: AN ARTICLE FOR A MAGAZINE ABOUT A
WELL-KNOWN PERSON FROM A SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY OR COMMUNITY
| Title or Headline |
Think up a catchy title such as "The One and Only" (in Spanish, of course!) |
| Brief Introduction |
Include the main personal details, name, surname, age, place and date of birth, place of residence, profession, why this person is well-known, why you have decided to talk about that person. |
| Biography |
This is the most important part of your paper. It has to be written in the past tense, it consists of an explanation of his/her life: their family, their life as a child, their education, their previous jobs before becoming famous... and specially those facts which have had an influence on their successful career (a flair for sports, a talent for singing...) |
| Success |
Explain any plans, ideas, they have for future, and even what you think they will achieve in future. This section needs to be written in future tense. |
| Future Prospects |
Give information about how the public reacts to their success, any fan clubs, what the press and television say about them, if they have any particular rivals in their profession, if the public is interested in their private life and why. |
| Media |
Write quotes from people, talking about them in a positive and in a negative way. Finish this section by giving your own opinion |
| Opinions |
Write some quotes from yourself and from some friends describing your last school and giving your opinion about how your ideal school would be. |
