tasks

2. the curse of whatsup¿?

3. • You choose target Ss (age/L2 level); content subject & topic
• REAL WORLD question: relevant to Ss lives & communities
• REAL WORLD final product (only one) + target audience
• 3-5 x 50 minutes + homework (parents/caregivers)
• Authentic (adapted) Input (text OR video)+ scaffolding (inc. pre-
teaching)
• Varied interaction patterns
• Develop skills & competences in line with final product
• Recycle & expand previous knowledge
• Send Pat proposal this week (see outline)
• See aula virtual for detailed instructions (sessions 9-10 folder)

4. Skim instructions for task design
Task design I:
a) Decide on a level you want to work with &
topic/subject.
b) Think of a guiding question that could shape your
task (eg. 6º primaria – RIVERS – what is a river?)
c) Send the info to Pat by 23:59 Feb 13th
Then do the pre-task for next session…

5. Simplified,
elaborated
or discursified?

6. What is a river?
(primary)
CO-language

7. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

8. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

9. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

10. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

11. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

12. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

13. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

14. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

15. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

16. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

17. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

18. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

19. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

20. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

21. • bank, mouth, bed, stream,
course, channel, tributary
• irrigation
• genre?
definition (= lexis & copulas)
• discourse features?

22. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

23. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

24. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

25. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

26. A RIVER is freshwater flowing across the surface of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers
flow in channels. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel
are called the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground such as mountains or
hills, where rain water or melting snow collects and forms tiny streams. When one stream
meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary. It
takes many tributary streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it collects water from
more tributaries along its course. The great majority of rivers eventually flow into a larger
body of water, like an ocean, sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called the mouth.
Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with food, energy,
recreation, transportation routes, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking.

27. Readability

28. • READER
age; disposition; ability
• CONTENT
genre; length
• VISUALS
medium (paper/screen); colour eg. black on white v white on black; density
(size, interlinear, indentation?), font eg. something like this v. something like
this v. something like this; illustrations/graphics
• LANGUAGE
paragraphing (length, structure); sentence length (MLS – mean length of
sentence); clause structures, embedding etc.; syntactic variety; punctuation;
word length (syllables per word); word frequency (eg. BICS vs CALP language –
and v. furthermore etc); lexical variety: type-token ratio; cognates

31. A river is freshwater. Rivers flow in channels.
The bottom of the channel is called the bed.
The sides of the channel are called the banks.
Rivers begin at their source, high up, in
mountains or hills. Rain or melting snow
collects and forms tiny streams. When one
stream meets another, they merge and make a
tributary. It takes many tributaries to form a
river. A river grows larger as it collects water
from more tributaries along its course. Most
rivers finally flow into a larger body of water: an
ocean, a sea, or a large lake. The end of the
river is called the mouth. Many towns were
built along major rivers. Rivers provide us with
food, energy, recreation and transportation
routes. And, of course, water for irrigation and
for drinking.
A river is freshwater flowing across the surface
of the land, usually to the sea. Rivers flow in
channels. The bottom of the channel is called
the bed and the sides of the channel are called
the banks. Rivers begin at their source in higher
ground such as mountains or hills, where rain
water or melting snow collects and forms tiny
streams. When one stream meets another and
they merge together, the smaller stream is
known as a tributary. It takes many tributary
streams to form a river. A river grows larger as it
collects water from more tributaries along its
course. The great majority of rivers eventually
flow into a larger body of water, like an ocean,
sea, or large lake. The end of the river is called
the mouth. Most settlements were built along
major rivers. Rivers provide us with food,
energy, recreation, transportation routes, and of
course water for irrigation and for drinking.

32. original adapted

34. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world

35. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
with visuals

36. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
Key language
with visuals

37. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
Key language
with visuals

38. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
Key language
with visuals
explicit paraphrase in brackets

39. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
clarification in brackets
Key language
with visuals
explicit paraphrase in brackets

40. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
clarification in brackets
Key language
with visuals
Locally contextualised
explicit paraphrase in brackets

41. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
clarification in brackets
Key language
with visuals
Locally contextualised
reader engagement – 2nd person
explicit paraphrase in brackets
reader engagement – 1st person

42. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
clarification in brackets
Key language
with visuals
Locally contextualised
reader engagement – 2nd person
L1 cognates
explicit paraphrase in brackets
reader engagement – 1st person

43. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
clarification in brackets
Key language
with visuals
Locally contextualised
reader engagement – 2nd person
rhetorical questions
L1 cognates
explicit paraphrase in brackets
reader engagement – 1st person

44. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
clarification in brackets
Key language
with visuals
Locally contextualised
reader engagement – 2nd person
rhetorical questions
L1 cognates
explicit paraphrase in brackets
etymology
reader engagement – 1st person

45. Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Illiustrations linked
to Ss’ world
Key language
with visuals
Key language
highlighted
bilingual
glossary
clarification in brackets
Key language
with visuals
Locally contextualised
reader engagement – 2nd person
rhetorical questions
L1 cognates
explicit paraphrase in brackets
etymology
hedging
reader engagement – 1st person

46. FEATURES OF DISCURSIFICATION
• Illustrations linked to Ss’ world / locally contextualised
• Key language with visuals
• Key language highlighted
• Bilingual glossary
• Explicit paraphrase & clarifications in brackets
• Reader engagement devices: 1st & 2nd person; rhetorical questions
• L1 cognates
• Etymological information
• Writerly stance – hedging; explicit evaluation