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A Well-Oiled Machine 2. Look at the chart below. Read the activities you will do in this practice

in order to make an infographic. Remember to tick each activity as
Academic and educational environment
SOCIAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE: Paraphrase information to explain the operation mechanism soon as you finish it.
of a machine.
Week 1 WARM-UP STAGE

Select and
explore materials • Explore infographics and identify and topic, purpose,
that contain addressee and text organization.
illustrations of • Reflect on the use of images and/or illustrations.
the operation
mechanism of • Select a machine or device.
machines or • Establish criteria to choose information.
devices.

Week 2 BUILDING STAGE

• Activate prior knowledge.
• Infer implicit information, proposing
possible alternatives.
• Clarify technical terms.
• Distinguish between words and expressions from
Read and
British and American variants.
understand
• Make connections between images and text.
information.
• Assess main ideas and information that broadens them.
• Monitor the use of one’s own and others’
reading strategies.
• Select information to explain the operation mechanism
of machines.
Week 3 BUILDING STAGE

• Paraphrase information using adequate expressions
and linguistic resources.

• Use synonyms to express the same concept.
Write information. • Put ideas and explanations in order and connect them
in a diagram.

• Complete a flow chart with notes that explain
main ideas.

Week 4 CLoSURE STAGE-SoCIALIzATIoN

• Read to check spelling and punctuation.
• Put sentences in a sequence.
• Add, remove, and/or change information and adjust
Edit texts. language according to addressee and purpose.
• Write final versions on a poster and display it in
different places in the school.
• Assess the process and the product.

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