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’ll never forget the day started the pandemic. I was studing in the
Sena and the pandemic forced us yo study from home, it really
made me bored. When I finished my studies, i didn’t know what to
do with my life and i felt hopeless. Then, one day i woke up very
cheerful and motivated, that day I started working in a personal
project which I made with a lot of love and passion and although I
didn't know if it would give me results, i had hoped. Just when i
finished my personal Project, I got a call from a company to work
there and i felt very proud and satisfied for my work. So, the moral
of the story is that in the life we will have many difficulties but we will
also have good days, that depends on our attitude towards life and
how we deal with problems.
 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
your own research on  When the attack in the Twin Towers of New York occurred, I
hadn’t been born.
the web about the
 I had already been born when the queen mother died.
historic milestones.
 By the time I was 3, pope Juan Pablo II died
Then, complete the  When Barack Obama became the president of the United States
evidence as required. by the time, I was 6
 Michael Jackson died by the time, I was 7
 I was 9, when the Fukushima nuclear accident happened
 When Ebola outbreak begins in Guinea Conakry, I was 12
 When covid-19 pandemic began by the time, I was 18
Fuente: Ourtimelines
(s.f.)

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.