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Week3

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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

 

Think about...
        • 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:

Write in your wiki:

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

 

Homework:

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

 

ShelterValuesBeliefsLawMetaphor
ClimateIdealsSettingBehaviorStatus

 

2. Go to the Podomatic blog and listen to the podcasts:

 

Urban design as a career

Teresa Almeida d'Eça

Portugal

The purposes of architecture

Leanne Mackenzy

Canada

 

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?

 

Use this interactive lesson to learn about comparison and contrast

 

    • Proofread your text

 

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.

 


Resources

 

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