City of Kabul

In what ways is the city of Kabul an illusion? 150 words

• Use descriptive adjectives
• Use connectors

At the beginning of the story, the city of Kabul is described as a magical and wonderful place. It is said that there are coloured, sparkling birds that sing beautiful melodies, magnific fountains. Furthermore, there are delicious fruits all over the place.

In addition, there are splendid gardens full of roses that release sweet perfume, and the sun is always shining like a golden coin.

However, when the girl visits that enchanting place, she realizes that instead of being a very nice place, it is disgusting.

Morever, the city is in ruins, it has been destroyed and it last all its beauty. The city of Kabul is shattered and broken.

As a conclusion, the city of Kabul was a myth, an illusion created by old tales. It is not amazing or incredible, it is a wrecked city.

Letter Writing

Whose responsability is it to prevent crime? Write a letter to the editor explaining your views give specific examples of what the police can do to protect themselves and their neigshtbour.

_ Start your letter, "Dear Editor"
_Use "useful expresions"

• Introductory comments: 1
• Agreeing: 3
• Claryfing: 2
• Explaining your views: 2

Dear Editor,
                    I am resident of Rivertown and I am really upset because of the recent incidents of burglary and car theft in my square. I would like to give you some piece of advice to improve the security in the neighbourhood.
To begin with, I would like to talk about what police officers can do. I fully agree with the idea of introducing more patrols in the streets, above all during nights. Also, a good idea is the installation of cameras in the street so, for this reason, they can protect many places at the same time. I am in agreement with organizing conferences, that is to say, that all the neighbours meet together with the police officers and talk.
To continue, I will talk about what citizens can do to prevent crimes. I fully support having alarms installed in our houses, in other words, to know if a burglary is breaking into our houses. Furthermore, installing railings is a really good idea, beacause of this, the houses are more procteted.
In my opinion, all these ideas are very useful to protect our neighbourhoods.
                                             Sincerely,
                                                             Felicitas Aguirre

Essay writing

What do you believe is the most important modern invention? How has it affected our lives? What are its negative and posstives effects? (150 words). Use the useful expressions on page 67.

• Contrast
• Result 
• Example 
• Opinion
• Addition of information
• Opposing views

There  exist lots of new inventions that have affected our lives. Many people say that the television is one of the most important modern invention in the world. However, in my opinion, I think that the G.P.S is the best and most useful.

The G.P.S is a technological device that has affected our lives. In addition, people have stopped using the classic maps and they began to use it. Because of this, people stopped being crazy about dizzy maps. 

Some positive aspects are that navigating unfamiliar roads is much easier with G.P.S. Moreover, people can locate places where they want to go and one of the best positive aspects is that you can carry to lots of places.

On the other hand, the G.P.S has some negative aspects. For example, for old people this is very difficult to learn.

As a result, the G.P.S is an excellent technological resource for the people who like to travel a lot and very useful for the people who tend to be lost.

As a conclusion, the invention of the G.P.S is the most important modern invention because it has a
lot of positive aspects an make our lives more practical.

Review: "Oh romeo! Oh romeo!"

In the class of Language, we were asked to write a review about a play called "Oh romeo! oh romeo!", this play was created by students from Newlands school. 

Use:

• In my opinion
• Personally, I believed
• From the artistic point of you
• I don´t agree with
• I´m against

Here is my review:

Report

In the class of Language, we studied how to write a Report. After that we were asked to create a Prezi about writing a report. I worked with Maite Abelleira. Here is my Prezi:

Essay

In the Language class, we studied how to write an essay. After that we were asked to create a popplet. Here is my popplet:

Writing Practice: Story

In the class of Language we were asked to write a story that must start with this sentence: "I had never felt so nervous in my life".
We must use:
5 TIME PHRASES
4 DRAMATIC PHRASES
4 CONCLUDING PHRASES
Here is my story:

I had never felt so nervous in my life. It all began, before my uncle´s birthday. I was having a bath in my parents´ bathroom meanwhile I was singing my favourite song happily.

Suddenly, I heard a loud song coming from the kitchen, I was very afraid, just then I listened to my mother shouting. Not long afterwards, I told myself to be brave and to get out from the bathroom.

Finally, without warning, I left the toilet. All of a sudden I walked along my house and I watched my mother tied on a chair, she tried to show me something but I couldn´t understand her. A little later, I saw a young men, he asked me for the money and jewelry. Eventually, I was frightened and I
couldn´t  understand why that was happening to me.

Quite unexpectedly the police entered the house and save us. When it was all over, my mother and I thanked the police. In the end, I was extremely shocked and nervouss, however we were alived.

Journal...

In the class of Language we were asked to write about an ocassion when you learned something from watching or interacting with an animal using three metaphors. Aditionally, we could write a fable. Here is my fable:

The Tree and the Tortoise

In a summer day of January, a shiny golden coin was shining in the sky. The oldest tree of the forest was watching around the forest, its leave were shining like a green diamond. Suddenly he saw a tortoise playing. The tree asked the tortoise:
"Why are you playing instead of preparing yourself for winter?, all the animals are working on that, I recommend you to do the same."
"I don´t worry about winter, I will find food, get in yours!" The tortoise exclaimed.
And the tortoise continued playing.
Wind started to blow and all the animals went away home, but the old lady was looking for food. The forest was empty, and the tortoise realized that the ancient tree was right.
MORAL: "The oldest people are usually right"

Informal Email...

In the Language class we studied the theory and how to write an Informal Email. After that, we created a popplet in pairs about the theory. Here is the popplet:


After creating the popplet, in groups, we had to create an informal email. I wrote it with Victoria Redigo, Mia rinaldi and Camila Peralta. Here is the informal email:

Hey,

I´m really good! I´ve been studying a lot recently!

How about uploading tips for students to be organized and to study correctly for exams? I think it would be cool if you include information about clubs, they can join for different school activities.

Of course I can help you, I've been attending some courses on Web-designing. We can choose together a template and a design for your blog.

There is no better place to buy a printer than "PrintOff". They offer a bunch of different printers from really cheap to expensive ones. Anyway, I would buy the HP Inkjeckt 1545 Series.

See you soon,
                 Julia

Article...

In Language, we studied the theory of an ARTICLE and how to write it.  After that we created an infographic using Pictochart. Here is my infographic:

We were asked to look for an article online and after that we wrote a summary about it. Here is the article I found:



Here is the summary I wrote about this article:

   Solar Plane flies around the world

There are 2 pilots hoping to make history on the first-ever-solar plane. Those pilots are Betrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, who are cofounders of a solar company.

The mission is to fly 35,000 Km around the world without using any fuel. They will have stopovers in India, Myamar and China, to finally arrived in Abu Dhabi.

The plane, has the weight of a family car. This plane is expected to return by late july. This journey will span aproximetly 25 flight days with speeds between 30 and 60 miles per hour.


After that we were asked to write an article about Learning a Foreign Language. We have to use and mark Five connectors. Here is the article:

Do you think learning a foreign language is useful? Although it takes a lot of time and hard work, it is very useful.
   One of the main advantages of learning a forign language is that it improves your communication, for instance you can find your way around un other countries, make friends and understand what they are talking about.
   On the other hand, it can open more opportunities such as having a better CV and therefore, having better job opportunities. Furthermore, you can watch movies in other languages and understand them, you can also read books in the languages they were originally written.

STORY

In language, we learned how to write a story, after that we created a chart about the different characteristics the "STORY" must contained. Here is the chart:



After making the chart, we were asked to write a story. The story had to been started with a prompt sentence, "Mark couldn't believe his good luck". We must use and underline:
_ Five connectors
_ Three sequence markers
_ Two examples of direct speech

Here is the story:
Mark couldn't believe his good luck. First, he entered the restaurant and he heard an old man telling him:
"Congratulations! you are the 500 visitor to my restaurant".
"Sorry, I don't understand" Mark exclaimed
"You have won a trip to Africa!".
He was surprised since he had never won anything in his life.
That night, he returned to his house. However, he didn´t sleep all night, thinking and thinking about the trip.
Consequently, the morning after, he went to work tired in bad mood. Furthermore, the only subject he had in his mind was the wonderful trip he won. So, when the work time expired he ran home and started to plan the journey. In two days he had everything ready. Then, the only thing he had to do was to expect for departure.
Finally, the day arrived and Mark was very excited. Therefore the plane staff offered him chocolates and some drinks. As a result, in a few minutes he fell asleep.