Today, Kelly has been in the class but she has arrived a bit late. We have started the class checking one exercise from the previous day about the types of rural habitats. It was very easy. Then, Paqui has turned on the computer and we have seen a powerpoint about the types of agriculture. In this powerpoint, we have learned with pictures what is the subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture. The subsistence agriculture is a type of agriculture whose farmers produce all they need to survive and another type is commercial agriculture that consists in produced to sell the products on the market. Paqui has explained the slash and burn agriculture and that this includes deforestation too. She has explained the differences between that system of fertilization and the extensive dry-land agriculture. After that, we have seen the wet rice agriculture which is mostly practice in China, India, etc. We have also seen two types of commercial agriculture: specialized agriculture that is dedicated to monoculture in large estates (wheat, corn, cotton...) and the mediterranean that includes vines, wheat and olive trees (Dry-land products) and fruit and vegetables (Irrigated crops). Then, we have written on the glossary some new words from the vocabulary, like: Fallow-barbecho, Rice paddy-arrozal, To harvest- cosechar, To reap-segar, Slash-tala, and the literal meaning of: Slash and burn agriculture- agricultura itinerante sobre rozas o cenizas. Finally, Paqui has given us two exercises for homework.
I think this class has been very interesting because agriculture is one of the most important things here, so it's very important to know all its types to distinguish which of them we have... etc.
Here is the powerpoint that we have not finished:
5 comments:
Hello Bea,
Well done with the Powerpoint presentation, but don´t forget to write today´s journal in this post. Go to "Redactar" and write where you want: before or after the Powerpoint presentation. You have to explain what we have done and you can refer to the Powerpoint presentation you have embeded here.
I´m looking forward to read your journal. Bye!
Hello Bea!
Very good journal, I like it. Only one thing:
(...)commercial agriculture it's produced to sell the products and on the market.
I think you don't have to write "and". It's a small mistake.
Bye!
Hello again. Well done. There are some sentences that are not totally clear:
- In the sentence "The subsistence agriculture..." you could write that subsistence agriculture is a type of agriculture in which farmers..." and "commercial agriculture is another type that consists in ..."
- In the sentence "We have also seen..." don´t forget to include that these types of agriculture belog to commercial agriculture.
I think you could add some personal opinions about the types of agriculture we have studied today and the new words we have learned. Your post would improve with this information and it would be a good way of reviewing. Have a good night.
Ok. I'll do and check the mistakes
Hello again,
I think your post has improved with the new information you have added. You will have a good mark ;)
Please, have a look to the slides we haven´t seen in the classroom. We´ll comment on them in the next lesson. Godd night!
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