College San Agustin

Interactions assignment
Name: Legnar Tarragó
Teacher: ELVGREN DE JIMENEZ
Grade: 8ºD
List number: 29
Date: 4/15/2016
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Quote “We learn by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do
from learning the answer itself”
Lloyd Alexander

I understand that looking and not finding the information you learn more because you
research and get a lot of information and more time left for you and when you have
the answer you only memorise it and then forget the answer.

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Act: 1
The people in this photo live in this building. What do these people do?
I think that this people are out out from his apartment because the lose the keys and
they are waiting for someone that healps they.

Act: 2
Describe the kind of housing these women live in. Would you like to live in this kind of
building?
The kind of housing is small and probablly with a partner. I would like to live in this
kind of building to meet people and to be independent.

Act: 3
What are some advantages and disadvantages of living on an university campus?
Advantages:
-make more friends.
-study.
Disadvantages:
-you can’t see your family.
-you are in a room with a strange person.

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Act: 1
What is each place? Who are the people? What are they doing?

Photo 1: living room, friends, relaxing

Photo 2: a messy room, he is alone, using his phone
Photo 3: a room, roomates or housemates, working on the computer
Photo 4: a dorm, college students, studying

Act: 2
Imagine the conversation in each picture. What do you think the people are saying or
texting to one another?
Photo 1: You play the guitar very well.
Photo 2: Hello mom I just finished my homework, can I play?
Photo 3: what we can do to improve the work?
Photo 4: I’m tired can we take a break?

Act: 3
How is each situation like your own?
How is it different?
Photo 1: it’s different because I don’t play the guitar.
Photo 2: It’s different because it is rare to see my room being untidy.
Photo 3: It’s like my own because I do homework with my partners.
Photo 4: It’s different because I don’t like to study with others.

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Act: 2
Predicting Think and talk about possible answers to these questions.

1. What are some kinds of living accommodations on college campuses or in the

community? Describe them.
Some types of accommodations on campus are small rooms with bunk beds
and probably with a partner and a bathroom

2. How might residents of shared housing be similar? How might they be

different?
They can be different being from other countries or continents, with other races and
other interests or match with your interests.

3. What are some possible challenges (problems) in sharing living situations

with strangers (not family) List three.
Disorder, disrespect, being robbed.

4. What is some good advice for occupants of the same room or apartment? Give your
group on suggestions.
healp each others, get along, not fight

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1. On the subject of shared living, what are some important new vocabulary ítems
you learned? (Some posible examples are dormitory, residence, residents,
facilities, amenities, etc.) What are some definitions of these words and
phrases?
Amenities: Which provides fitness and relaxation.

Differ: Leave for a moment or after initially performing a set date thing

2. Do you live at home with your family, in an apartment with others your age, in
a dormitory or residence hall, in private home, or in another living situation?
Give details for you answer.
 3. I live with my father, mom, and my brother.

3. Do you feel comfortable in living situations with unfamiliar strangers? Why or why
not? What are the advantages (good features) and disadvantages (posible problems)
of living with people who are not relatives?
I do not like to live with a stranger because I do not know if it is bad or have
strange habits, I would feel weird living with a stranger. One advantage is that i
can know new people but the disadvantage is that you have to live with a
person who is not right for you.

4. How can strangers become upset with each other? How can they become close
Friends?
They can become upset if you take something from them if you damage
something or if you be annoying. They can be friends if they talk a lot and they
get along.

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Focus
Does it help you think or does it make thinking more difficult?

It make thinking more difficult because that gives the disadvantages of living in
a campus dorm.

Can you think of reasons that are the opposite of these writers’ views?

Advantages of living in a dorm.

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Summarizing a paragraph
Read your selection carefully.Summarize it in writing. Beging with a sentence
about the topic or title. Add the importan information. Write no more than
three sentences.
Paragraph B
The most important features of the higher education experience are
safety,health,comfort and luxury. Living and studying in
towns,cities,states,provinces or country not your own can never be a
comfortable,happy, or positive experience.
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1. Do you agree with the negative advice on shared housing on college campuses in
Paragraph A? Why or Why not? What might be the opposite of that advice?

I agree with some negatives advices because as it says CAN but does not mean
it always happens and it would be an unforgettable opportunity. the opposite
could be someone speaking well of studying abroad and saying the benefits.

2. What do you think of Paragraph B’s reasons not to go away to school? Can you think
of other negative advice? What are some posible reasons for the opposite decisions?

I think they are some arguments without the slightest coherance because that would
be a new unforgettable experience and probably is good or bad and is something that
not everyone can do. i do not know another negative advice because for me there are
no negatives about this topic. some reasons for the opposite of these is that you
probably learn more that in your country and you meet many people and generate
contacts.

3. What kinds of people might the advice against higher education in paragraph C
help? Wich seem better for your situation the negative reasons or their opposites?

The advice that helps people with debts sacrifice and send their children to study
abroad and end up in vices not learning and not getting well paid jobs. For my
situation their opposites.

4. Which help you more in making choices in your academic life negative or positives
advice? Or do you make important life decisions in another way? If so what is it?

Obviously the positive advices i don’t guided for the bad thinghs i guided for the good
things.

Housing

1. Home with family

Housing features
1. Amount of space or privacy
2. Amenities
3. Safety and security

Location of school
1. Different country
2. Real world only
Studies after high school
1. Graduate school
2. Course on college campus

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Using Internet Complete these tasks online.

 Using a search engine like Google to find information

about community living situations on campus, type in something
like this: surviving dorm life, residence hall living, campus
housing. Take notes. Then talk about the information with your
class. Tell what you learned about community living on or off
campus.
R= I learned that life on campus
do not like that these away from your family and friends and that
's a big disadvantage

 “Dorm Life is a show that follows the lives of seven college

students thrown together on the same dorm floor. . . “ Watch an
episode on www.youtube.com. Them talk about it. Answers these
questions: Do you understand the episode? What happens in the
story? Is it funny to you? Why or why not? Can tell your own
story about community or family living?
R=Yes, I understand the episode in the story it happens that stud
ents divide them into co-
rooms and there are some funny well and josh mike and threw a
party to celebrate his first day of college.

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Self-Assessment Log
Read the lists below. Check the strategies and vocabulary that
you learned in this chapter. Look through the chapter or ask your
instructor about the strategies and words that you do not
understand.

Reading and vocabulary-Building Strategies

Previewing the topic

Previewing vocabulary
Recognizing reading structure in a textbook
Recognizing topics, main ideas, and supporting details.
Understanding reasons why not, or negative advice.
Summarizing
Getting meaning from context: definitions and italics.
Recognizing words with the same or similar meanings.