OPINION

QUESTIONS
1. What is your opinion about using blogs to teach "writing" in EFL classrooms?
2. Do you like working using blogs?
3. What are some of the advantages of using blogs ?
4. What are some of the disadvantages?
5. Do you plan to use blogs in the future?
6. Do you have any suggestions to improve these "lab sessions"? or was everything all right?

ANSWERS

1.Using Blogs to teach Writing in EFLclassroms, is a very good tool to develop people ideas and thoughts. Is the opportunity for EFL learners to prove themselves how much they know and what they need to improve.
2. At the begining was very boring to me, but at the end was a fun way to express my ideas. I had fun, but sometimes was hard because my ideas are not quite common; I mean adapt my ideas for not hurt peoples feelings.
3.students can improve their grammar skills and also their writing skills. Students while they are improving their grammar they improve thei vocabulary, It is amasing but students did that without knowing it. Another advantage is that students learn how to put their ideas in order, because sometimes they do not know how to express their ideas.-
4. Students, sometimes spent their time in the computers doing other things, like checking their emails or their facebook. teacher lose the control sometimes.
5. I think i will do it. all depend if the school were I will be working will has a lab with computers.
6. one negative thing was that students, did their works at home and not in class, so they can ask other people to do their job without mistakes. I think that everything need to be done in classes.

The Lady with the Watch

What does she like to do on Saturdays?

she likes to clean her watch and plays the piano

What is the secret she doesn't want anyone to know?

She made lotions to heal people

What does she think she does well?

she was good at healing people

What is she NOT very good at doing?

She does not vey good at cooking

What is her favorite memory?

The amasing time she spent with his grandfather

Why is this watch important to her?

The watch was important to her because it was the only thing she had from her grandfather

Who is her best friend?

Her best friend was her grandfather who past away, till she met Charles

What does she want most in the whole world?

being with her granfather againg

STORY

Mary was a nice girl who lived in a small town called yellowhall, in a small house very far from the town. She spent almost all the week in her house reading, and collecting plants. Nowbody liked he very much, almost all the town was afraid of her. They thought she was a bad witch, who can made their life miserable. She was vey good al healing people, she collected plants to made lotions that can heal people from terrible diseases. Mary was tapeworm, but she was not feeling in that way. Her watch was the only thing she had left from her grandfather. Mary`s grandfather tought her how to made lotions to heal people. She talked with the watch, she was not crazy, it was the only way she found to be in contact with her grandfather, who past away when she was 25 years old. On saturdays, she played the piano and cleaned her watch, because it was what she did when her grandfather was alived.

Mary was shy, so she sold her lotions to heal people to the owner of the drugstore of the town. H wa the only person, she talked with. Mister Smith was very rich thanks to Mary, He was very well known for the amasing power the lotions had to heal people. Mary changed the lotions for food because she was not very good at cooking, So Mister Smith send her every night food.

One day Mary was walking to met Mister Smith, when a nice guy talked to her, she was afraid at the begining, but then they became friends.

Her only friend named Tonny helped her to collected plants all the time, they got really close, so one day Charles asked her to married him and she said yes.

Mary and Charles lived very well till, all the town realyze that Mary was the one who made the lotions to heal poeple.

Mary became an Icon in the town and around the area. Her life changed for better, she was nicer an happier sice all the town discovered her secret.

Mary and her family lived good till the end of their life, but all the time they remenber Mary`s grandfather.-

Imagination

This is Kathy, a full year student from United states. She is studing for being a Spanish teacher. she is in her third year. Kathy is very shy, she does not have many friends and she spend to much time alone. She is a great student, actually she is the best of her class. Kathy`s Professor Mister Brown give her an assigment very easy, by the way. She jsut need to interview 20 people and asked them, some simple questions about How much they know about Spanish language, 3 questions. Question 1 do you like spanish? 2 do you think is important? 3 do you think is it an important language? See simple questions. Kathy is very intellingent, but she is to shy to interview people.

Kathy is in big troubles right now, the assigment is for tomorrow morning. she did not interview anyone at the moment and is a pre-requisit to aprove the subject!

Poor kathy, she needs to act more like an adult and not be like a yong spoild girl that does not want to sare with the rest because she is afraid.

New´s Comment

Left-hand people 'more inhibited' This is the title of the new I chose.

It is interesting because lots of people that are always around me are left-handers. So sometimes we critized them for not being part of new things, I mean for not taking risk in their life, in all aspects. Now that I know this, I will have to be more cautious, when I speak about them. It is really good to know things like these for not scrub up a reation or a frindship.

Summary

The researchers gave a behavioral test to 46 left-handed people and 66 right-handers, evaluating their personal restraint and impulsiveness, reported. Left-handers proved to be more inhibited, especially in new or unusual situations. Women also tended to be more reserved than men.

New words

Scolding: To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily.

Hesitate: to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7708054.stm

Persona- Poem

Kekita...

Intelligent, friendly, easy-going, funny

Sister (friend, best friend...) of Daniela

Who loves adventure, music and have fun

Who is afraid of earthquakes, thunders and twisters

Who wants to see Rome, London and Greece

Resident of this time

... Ruiz

Acrostic Poem

Excellent way to keep your mind busy

Specially when you are bored

Somebody is going to tell you that is easy

Ah, trust me, it is not

You, please trust on me!!!

Argumentative Essay II

Terrorism!!!!
I chose it because is something that is happening now... we need to deal with it everyday...
we watch the news and there is it... we read the newspaper and again terrorism... so I think is a very good thing to talk about

Andrea´s interview

I read lots of inteviews and they were find but andrea´s interview really catch my attention.
Andrea interview her grandmother. Andrea´s grandmother is awesome, she is 94 years old; a lot!! she was present in important events of our History as a country. She is a very strong woman, because she get up in hard moments. I really like her interview.

Argumentative Essay

Should men be allowed to have more than one wife?
I chose this topic because it really catch my attention!
In so many countries this is allow, why? for me is not correct
what about the opposite!! should women be allowed to have more than just one husband?
that will be interesting!!

Interview

Pedro Ruiz

Pedro is 24 years old, He is a full time student. He live in chillan viejo with his family.
Pedro is dating Carolina Jimenez, they both look so nice together. He likes sports, his favourite sport is soccer.

1.- Why did you go to E.E.U.U.?
I went to work in a ski resort during my summer vacations.

2.- Did you go alone?
No, I did not. I went with My girlfriend Carolina, and with three chileans friends.

3.-Did you work as a ski instructor?
Yes I did. I worked a ski instructor for kids.

4.-Did you like work as a ski instructor?
Yes I did. I like very much skiing, so it was like my dream job. At the begining was very fun, but then it was like a nightmare. You know what I mean!!. Imagine 23 kids from different ages trying to ski. Crazy!

5.-Did you work only as a ski instructor?
No I did not. I also worked as a dishwasher. It was so cool. I have lot of fun! I learnt so much working with the kitchen stuff.

6.-Are you going to return this year?
I will love to! but I cannot. This is my last year of college. So I have to spend all my summer vacation preparing my thesis.

7.-Do you think, going to E.E.U.U. is a good experience?
For sure. It is awesome. I learnt so many things. I improve my English, I made lots of friends, I learnt how to cook and so many others great things.

Argumentative Essay

The Argumentative Essay is a very good way to convince others to accept your opinion about any topic.

The primary objective is to persuade people to change beliefs that many of them do not want to change.

One difficult thing is choose the topic, nothing general, it should contain a argument.

The Argumentative Essay consist in three sections:

1. Introduction: background about the topic and the thesis statement



2. Body: reasons



3. Conclusion: summary, solution, prediction or recommendation.

Writing II

I created this blog for my writing class. It is not my idea, is something necessary and mandatory.
Writing is not very easy for me, as I would like to be,but what else can I do?
This is the second time that I have to take this subject, and now I will pass it, I can not fail, come on is my last year!!! I will do everything to pass it... seriously everything.