Week 3: Architects and Urban Planners: their profession
Objectives
At the end of the week students will have:
- discussed about their future professions
- read and listened to texts related to the careers of architecture and urban planning
- written a paragraph comparing and contrasting the purposes of architecture and urban planning
- expressed their opinion about Caracas in terms of architecture and urban planning
- used vocabulary related to this content in written paragraphs and recordings
Activities
Monday
What does it take?
1. Think about the question below:
What does it take to be an architect / urban planner?
2. Pre-reading/listening activities for the audio text: The architect and his profession
- What can you predict about the content of the text by reading the title?
Answer the following question in your wiki, on a new page called: our profession
- What questions will be answered?
- What vocabulary might be included?
3. Complete the poll about what an architect /urban planner needs to know.
4. Listen to the podcast, read by Rubena St. Louis
5. Reply with your answers to her questions
6. Read the text found in Moodle.
7. Post-reading:
a) How are architecture and urban planning different in terms of the qualifications needed for each?
b) After today's reading, how do you feel about your future profession?
c) What is the role of architects / urban planners in today's world?
Record your answers using your MyChingo, and also put a link to the our profession page |
Complete the worksheet found in Moodle, and post it to the this forum
Very Important: Start adding new vocabulary to the class glossary in Moodle
Wednesday
The purposes of architecture and urban planning
1. Discuss with the classmate next to you:
- what you think the purposes of these two fields are
- which of the following words are related with this topic
Shelter | Values | Beliefs | Law | Metaphor |
Climate | Ideals | Setting | Behavior | Status |
2. Go to the Podomatic blog and listen to the podcasts:
3. Reply to the two podcasts, reacting to what you heard (remember to write and proofread before hitting the reply button ;-) You can write your answers on your wiki, on a page called Purposes
4. Read the complete texts found in Moodle, week 3
5. With the information from the readings, compose a paragraph comparing and contrasting the purposes of architecture and urban planning, with a final paragraph with your opinion on:
- How does Caracas stand in terms of both, architecture and urban planning?
6. Record this text in your MyChingo and make a link to the page where you wrote your comparison and contrast paragraph
7. Add new vocabulary to the class glossary in Moodle.
Homework
Complete the worksheet about The purposes of architecture found in Moodle.
8. Practice the vocabulary covered in this unit with these interactive exercises
9. Take the quiz.
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