Learning activity 2
A. Evidence: The Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor considers that happiness is the key to success and states
that if you can find a way to get your brain positive; your success rate will
increase.
Taking into account Achor’s statement, share an anecdote where you
describe a story that shaped your personal view about success and
happiness. Use the anecdote template from the study material. Also,
make sure you use the past perfect, at least eight adjectives from the
introductory material, and the time expressions you have practiced in this
learning activity.
Considering the following aspects:
Example:
I’ll never forget the day I learned to type without looking at the keyboard.
I wanted to be able to type while in bed with the lights off. If I want to
turn off the lights, I have to get out of bed. It was really annoying because
when you are falling asleep, the last thing you want to do is to get up. I
had tried many times before, but I usually got frustrated or impatient
really quickly. Anyway, I went online and browsed around, reading
reviews about different free online typing programs until I finally found
one that I found suitable.
B. Evidence: Timelines
I followed the instructions and did not skip a class. It was hard;
sometimes I felt miserable because I couldn’t do it. In less than a
month, I was typing in the dark. It felt so good; it felt, it still does,
like magic. I felt super satisfied. I had taught myself how to do
something extraordinary (to me). The secretaries at school who
were able to look at you in the eye while typing had always
mesmerized me! So, the moral of the story is that in order to be
happy and successful, you need to find something that motivates
you to grow as a person; something that makes you feel you can be
a little bit better every day.
I will never forget the day I learned to ride a bicycle; I
remember that I was only eight years old. I did not have a
bike, but I had a friend who already knew how to ride and
when I was not using it I borrowed it and since I had no
wheels I started pushing with my feet and when I had some
momentum, I put my feet on the pedals and tried to pedal , So
start practicing, until one day I can pedal in a straight line
without falling, then practice like spinning and finally I learn to
learn alone in the friend's bike. And never forget how to ride a
bike and although at the moment I do not have one, every
time I have the opportunity, I take a bike ride.
 Model sentences:
For this evidence, we suggest you to visit:
http://ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2c.html and follow the instructions to • When Richard Nixon was the president of the United States, I hadn’t
create your personal time line. Once the page provides you with your been born.
timeline, you need to identify at least 10 historical events that draw your • I had already been born when Gerald Ford became the president of the
United States.
attention and create sentences using the past perfect and the time
• The first genetically engineered product had been produced by the time
expressions you learned in this learning activity. Below you will see a
I was 9.
screenshot of what the timeline looks like. Below are some model • By the time I was 5, Margaret Thatcher hadn’t become the Prime
sentences that Minister in the UK yet.
exemplify the product Note: once you finish writing the sentences, create an autobiographical
your instructor expects composition where you use them all.
from you. Example:
I was born on October 4th, 1974. When Richard Nixon was the president
Note: If there is any of the United States, I hadn’t been born. He was the president of the
issue with the United States before I had been born.
webpage given, do
1. On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, I was not yet born, I
your own research on
was born 17 days later
the web about the 2. When Pablo Escobar died I was already born, I was 3 years old
historic milestones. 3. That same year they approved the law 100 that collapsed the
Then, complete the health in Colombia
evidence as required. 4. When I was 9 years old and I was finishing elementary school,
the earthquake in the EjeCafetero
5. In the year 2000, the new millennium began, I had started high
school
6. On the day of the September 11 attack, I remember going to the
doctor, I was sick
Fuente: Ourtimelines
7. In 2003, the war for oil against Iraq began, that year he had
(s.f.)
studied very hard
8. In 2006 Saddam Hussein dies, the year I met the mother of my
only son
9. In 2013, the particle of god is discovered, year in which he was
thinking that he would start to study
10. In 2016, I finish the elective stage in SENA, that same year
would be chosen Donald Trump like president of the USA
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 Criterios de evaluación
 Expresa anécdotas haciendo uso de la estructura y el vocabulario requerido.
 Utiliza los conectores just, after, when, until, before, by the time, already, as soon as, teniendo en cuenta la estructura gramatical,
vocabulario y contexto requerido.Intercambia información para dar consejos, obligaciones y reglas, haciendo uso de la estructura y el
vocabulario requerido.