READING AND WRITING WORKSHOP II – 2019

TEXT: “My Love of Traveling by Sam Harris” – 11th Grade

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1. Presentation, Cover and Punctuality (5pts)

2. Vocabulary. Find the meaning, synonyms and antonyms of the following words (15pts):

WORD MEANING IN SPANISH SYNONYM ANTONYM

TRAVEL
HOBBY
WORLD
COUNTRY
ARRIVE
CULTURE
ADVENTURE
BORED
DANGEROUS
FFERENT

3. Questions. Choose the best option for each question (20pts).

1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a. Talk about the towns where he used to live.
b. Describe the people he met while traveling aboard.
c. Compare the different countries he has been to
d. Explain how his interest in travel has developed

2. What can you learn about the writer from his text?
a. He had always wanted to work on the radio.
b. Very little surprised him on his first visit to Asia.
c. His early knowledge of the world came from the radio.
d. He liked sharing his interest in geography with other people.

3. What do we learn from the writer’s life as a child?

a. He spent time fixing radios that were broken.
b. His father was unemployed for long periods
c. His friends thought he was rather strange
d. He watched programs about people in other countries.

4. What does the writer say about traveling abroad?

a. There are many countries he would still like to visit.
b. Information about other countries has become easier to find.
c. The things he enjoys while traveling have not changed
d. Knowing something about maps is useful when traveling.

5. Which of the following statements would the writer make?

A. I find it hard to talk to people I meet B. Areas with only a few people are the
on my travels because I hardly knew best places to visit since they are quiet
anyone when I was a child. and relaxing.

C. Learning about the world from books D. The world’s a smaller place now
and the radio was nothing like the real because of the internet, and so travel
experience. has become less exciting.

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4. Comparative Chart. Complete the following chart with the information from the text. (15pts)

WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHO
HOW
WHY
HOW MANY
HOW MUCH

5. Writing exercise (30pts). Write a Narrative text, telling about the best trip you have done in your life.
Include:
- A title
- An Introduction.
- A description of the place.
- Something fun or interesting that happened or that you did.
- How you felt during the trip, why it was special or memorable for you.
- A conclusion.
- Include a photo or picture about it.
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6. Text Typologies. What text typology is the text? Why? (5pts)

Narrative – Descriptive – Expositive – Argumentative.
Explain.
It is a descriptive text because, Man is describing the adventures traveling around the
world, and explaining how was his life from small, to large, also speaks in a single
person giving internal coherence to his traveling experience in the text.

7. Use of Images. Look for images from the countries mentioned in the text. Include maps and elements
of the culture. Describe the pictures you use. For each country include at least 3 pictures (10pts).

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TAILANDIA
The tailandeses honor their patriotic symbols. Every evening at 6 o'clock the national
anthem resounds, as a form of respect, they stand up while the hymn plays.

The geographical map of the country Thailand is located in the Asian

continent

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The Ruins of the Wat Chaiwatthanaram temple in Ayutthaya. Raised in the seventeenth
century, it was burned and looted in 1767 by Burmese troops.

INDIA
The bharatanatyam, one of the types of classical dance forms of India

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DUE DATE: Friday, June 7th, 2019.
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