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Continue Activity 4 below
c) Read the list and explain the reasons for your choices. Look at the example.

For our report
Example:
List of Historical Events Reasons
1. Second World War It shaped events all around the world in the second half
of the 20th century.
2. The conquest of Mexico In my opinion, it is the most important event in Mexico’s
history. It led to the conquest of the Americas.
3. The fall of the Berlin Wall It changed the political conditions established at the end
of the Second World War.

• With your teacher’s help, define the topic you will be writing your
report on and its addressee.
• Get different sources that discuss the topic you chose and bring
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them to class to work with them in the following sessions. You can Reader's
also use the stories in your Reader’s Book if you need to.
5. Look at the chart below. Read the activities you will complete in this practice in
order to write a short report about a historical event. Remember to tick each
activity as soon as you finish it.

Week 1 WARM-UP STAGE
Select and
• Anticipate content based on graphic and textual elements.
explore
• Contrast topic, purpose and addressee.
descriptions of
• Compare ways of describing past actions.
historical events.
Week 2 BUILDING STAGE

• Read historical texts and identify new terms.
Understand • Point out information about key events.
the content of • Formulate questions to distinguish between main ideas and
historical texts. secondary ideas.
• Identify chronological order and meaning of a text.
Week 3 BUILDING STAGE

• Write simple and complex sentences paraphrasing main ideas.
• Complete concept maps with information that broadens
main ideas.
Write short • Rewrite sentences to include more information.
reports. • Emphasize and qualify ideas in a text and determine the order
of key events on a timeline.
• Group sentences which give similar information to form
paragraphs.
Week 4 CLOSURE STAGE-SOCIALIZATION

• Read to check punctuation and spelling.
• Add, remove, change and/or reorganize information to
Edit reports.
improve texts.
• Assess the process and product.

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