English for Geographers

Unit 1: Study habits

Homework for week 3

Pick a controversial topic for your poster presentation and find at least three relevant sources you can draw on (publications, articles, videos, podcasts). Are they reliable? Why? (What kind of source is it? Who's the author?) How are they relevant to your topic? In other words, why did you choose this source?
Write a short summary for each source answering the questions above and upload it into homework vaults below by 

March 1 (8 pm) Monday group

February 25 (23:55) Wednesday group 10:00

March 2 (8 pm) Wednesday group 12:00


Homework for Monday:

- do ex. 4c and 5 in the week 1 handout

- watch an Earth science related video, write a short summary (min. 100 words) in your journal (digital or hand-written) + vocab work, be ready to report in the next class; you may also watch a study habits video for your first journal entry (see example above)

Homework for Wednesday 10:00
- no homework in handout 1
- think about a topic for your team presentation, find at least three sources (see paragraph at the beginning of the page for more details), summarise, submit in the homework vaults of your group above till Tuesday 25th
- watch a video, summary + vocab work in your journal, be ready to talk about it in class

Homework for Wednesday 12:00

- do ex. 4c, ex. 5
- think about who you want to present with in tandem and what topic you'd like to create your poster about, be ready to report in the next class
- watch your first video, summarise in writing and note down new vocab (mindmap? quizlet? glossary? any other ideas?)