Alexandria

An excursion to Alexandria

You can also explore the historic town just over the Potomac River from Washington, DC. The lively area has plenty of things to do. Visit colonial houses, parks, churches, museums, shops, and restaurants.

There are also a variety of fun sightseeing tours of Alexandria available which include cruises on the Potomac River, horse carriage rides, ghost tours, and historic walking tours. Alexandria is a fun place to visit and you can easily spend the whole day there.

Michael. *Waterfront Park - Old Town of Alexandria, VA* (CC BY)

At the end of the session, you will have:

visited Alexandria near Washington DC.
known the difference in pronunciation between /ae/ - /Λ/
drawn the route of different landmarks at the Washington google map.

Watch this video of Alexandria called "How Will Alexandria Move You" and enjoy all what this town can offer to you.

Virginia is for Lovers. Getaway to Alexandria Virginia (Licencia estándar de YouTube)

After that, visit the official site and answer the following questions:

How far is it from Washington DC? And from Reagan - Washington National Airport ? (Visit Explore the Region section at the home website)
Which Washington metro lines go there? How far is it from Mount Vernon? (Visit Explore the Region section at the home website)
How many neighborhoods are there in Alexandria? Name them. (Visit Explore the Neighborhoods section at the home website)

Answer these questions in your learning diary. The title of the post has to be: "Alexandria: Minutes from the DC yet a World Away". Can you find more information about Alexandria? Add at least two URLs to your post at your learning diary too.

After the visit, continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskprediction and #EDIAwashington). Do you think that Alexandria is an interesting place to be visited? Would you recommend it to your friends and relatives? Send a tweet to its Twitter profile emphasizing what you have liked the most. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

Remember that Alexandria must be part of the route at your Google Sites map.

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Phonetics is really important in English in order to pronounce words correctly. In this project, we are going to take a look at how to pronounce correctly the following phonemes: /ae/ - /Λ/

/ae/or /Λ/.

Click on the following link to practise the difference between these two sounds: minimal pair.

English School Online. Do This to learn /æ/ vs /ʌ/ (Licencia estándar de YouTube)

Apart from this, you can record yourselves practising these words in English. You have to pronounce them correctly, record a podcast with them and share it in your blog.

In order to do this exercise as adequately as possible, you can also take a look to the 'Rubric to assess a podcast'.

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Your Challenge: Washington at the Google Site

Challenge Step 3: Organizing the Washington entry at your Google Site

At this step, you have to start organizing all the information you have gathered in order to add an entry at the site that we had previously opened.

Each group ( 2 / 3 people) has to organize the information you have searched about Washington at your Google Site. Creativity in the distribution of the contents is very important.

At this step, you have to include the following information at your Google Sites: the map of the city from Google maps with the route of the ten steps we have in our tour of the city.

You have extra information on how to do this route visiting the How to..? section at the didactic guidelines page.

Learning diary

Learning Diary. Step 3: Posting the result of your research in your blog

It's time to continue with your Learning Diary. Remember it helps you reflect on what you are learning and most important: what the best way for learning is. In this step, you have to post the links and other resources that you have found in your research, at your "Learning Diary" and answer the questions that you have below.

Peter O'Shea. Writing Tools (CC BY)

Remember to share the link of your learning diary through Twitter using the hashtag: #taskprediction and #EDIAwashington

The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

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