Rafa is in the Australian Open final after an incredible match today against Fernando Verdasco. There are no words for Rafa's determination and fighting spirit! He's my hero. Congrats, chico!
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How to become a better writer in English part 1 Thursday, January 29, 2009
In today's class I asked you to write your answers to three questions on the story On The Bridge that was your homework for today. The questions were:
1) In your opinion, what is the most interesting/important part of this story?
2) What would you have done in a similar situation?
3) What do you think will happen next?
Keep these questions in mind when you read in the future and your focus will be a bit different from what you are used to. Keeping these questions in mind will help you move away from just memorizing words and details. It will also help you develop a personal response to a text which is a lot more rewarding both in terms of language and thought.
We also discussed what is important to you when writing a blog post or a text in class. The following ideas came up:
- It is important to try to think in English instead of translating from a language in which you are more comfortable
- It is important to think about the content of the text, your main points or ideas
- To try to make my ideas as clear as possible to myself and to the reader
- To use a mind-map or headlines to help you organize your thoughts.
- It is important to be aware of the grammar, especially different tenses like the past/the present to make my text easy to follow
These are all really good and valid ideas for writing. I added GENRE which is the type of text that you are writing. Your way of structuring a text depends on whether you are writing a personal narrative, a letter, a news story, an argumentative essay or a film review.
My presumption is that you are all fairly comfortable with the genre "personal narrative" so we will start there and work our way towards the more complex genres of writing. The goal is that you will all be aware of how to structure a text for a specific purpose and that you will be more confident writers.
Your homework for Tuesday February 3 is to study the sheet "Personal Narrative" that I handed out today.
Clean up Friday, January 23, 2009
I managed to clean up the blog template a little bit by removing the empty links at the top of the page. Now it looks a lot better, I think. I decided to keep it simple after all and I did not want to reveal too much information about who we are without asking you.
Please remember that there are no classes on Tuesday Jan 27.
Your homework for Thursday Jan 29 is to study the chapter "On The Bridge" in Toolbox. See you then!
Have a nice weekend!
All of your quotes Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nice to see almost everyone on time for class today. Make this a habit and everything will run smoothly for you. Today you got to comment on quotes that I had chosen from your own blog posts. You all had the chance to think, write and talk in groups. This is something we will do more of since I am positive it helps you to be more confident in English.
These are all of the quotes that I chose, but we did not have time to use them all in class. I have corrected some of the grammar and spelling:
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I can sort of understand Sarah’s mother for wanting to see her daughter as happy as she was when she was with Musa, but she should have known that it wasn't going to last, and the mother thought just as little as her twelve year old daughter when she made the decision to let Sarah go back to Turkey again.
I think that the whole thing was Sarah's parents' fault. They let her get married when she was too young to know what love is.
If I have to be honest I think that Musa only used her. She was so young and he was six years older than her. Perhaps many of you out there think that the age is just a number, and that it doesn’t matter if you are in love. But of course it matters at such a young age!
We have all been at the age of twelve and we all remember today what it was like. But we didn’t get married when we thought ourselves to be in love.
I do not blame her parents either. What happened to Sarah would have happened even if her mother had been against it.
Sarah’s mother should have come to her senses and just take charge over Sarah and say: "No, you’re not going anywhere and by the way you’re grounded."
For example she talks about what a struggle she has been through and that she doesn't even act like a teenager anymore, but then later in the article you find out that she goes out every Friday night and joins her friends. It's ok to go out a Friday night and spend time with friends, but every Friday night? I don't know but in my opinion that's a bit too much for a mother of 2 little children. She needs to spend that time looking for a job and not partying.
So I think that her parents are too easy on her. But who knows? Maybe they feel responsible for their daughter’s failed marriage? After all, they were the ones who had the power to prevent it from happening. Sarah was only a little girl and she did what she thought was right, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it was.
I don’t think Sarah could have travelled to Turkey by herself if her mum had not travelled with her. How could her mum do that to her own daughter? I don’t think any mum would do what her mum did, but maybe it was because for the first time she saw her daughter happy?
At that age you don't even know what love is, not in my age either.
I think Sarah’s parents maybe spoilt her too much and were afraid to contradict her. They were perhaps afraid that she would hate them and tell them that they had ruined her life, but that’s what young people say when they are mad, later they will get over it.
Love doesn’t know about religion, culture, how old you are, where you come from or what you look like. It is just love.
Sarah was a girl who believed in love and that love could stay for the rest of her life.
It’s good that she still accepts Musa and talks to him for the sake of the child, just so the child knows that they're not angry at each other and that they can talk to each other. And she lets her child know and learn about his other culture, and about how his father lives.
I think that Sarah got tired of Musa’s country and his religion and because of that they got divorced.
But when you’re in love you don’t know what you’re doing.
What to read online Wednesday, January 21, 2009
This is the blog I am following closely right now: Rafa blogging from the Australian Open - The world No 1 blogging from the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year. Very exciting indeed!
If you follow blogs in English or if you visit interesting pages that could be useful and fun for others to read- please post the links in here!
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sara and musa
I start by saing stupid kids, and stupid parent. How can the parents let there dughter get married or give birth to a child, when she is a child her self.
She got pregnent at age fourteen, FOURTEEN!! She could get a abortion instead. I think she regrets it, bud not her child now when its born, she maybe regrets her being stupid to get pragnent so young. But when your in love you dont know what you doing. She was too young to make that decisions on her own. I think her selfconfidence was so low and she feel in love with anybody.
I dont think that musa want to married sarah just to move to britain, he was also stupid for not saing to sara to get an abortion, even if its against his religion its for the best. I read from Zyrie that musa didnt know her age, but I think thats bulls*it, wher the fu*k are your eays when you need them??!! And when the lived together didnt he see her passport at all..?
If i can say my opinion it whas a "summer love" if can say so, i dont relly know...
ok, good night sleep tight.
My opinion of this story
I think that Sarah was very stupid to get married so young at the age of 12. And Musa was allso very young or maby not because in his religion they juse gett married very early. And it was her perents fault especially her mothers fault because she took her to Turky to visite him again, but her mother said that if she don´t let Sarah to met him Sarah will find another way to visit him. But she was wrong. Because she can´t fly out of the contry whit out her parents premision. And after she got pragnent I think that she was afred to return to the UK and she tought that if she return back home whit a baby and whit out Musa she tought that her parent will get very upset.I think that Sarah got tired of his contry and hes religion because of that they got devorse.
By Jennifer
The Sarah and Musa story! Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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I think that this girl is way to young to make that kind of choises! She doesnt have any experience in life and how can she take care of a husband and a child? The biggest issue in my head is that her parents let her get married?! She were only 12 years old! Its not relevant for a 12 year old girl to get married and by 14 get a child? How prepared was her body and mind by the way?
In the text she says that she doesnt regret anything.... I understand her, you cant regret your child! Its impossible. Its love higher than anything else! But she can regret that she got married that early. She couldnt live her life like an usual teenager.... Its good that she still accept Musa and talk to him for the child, just so the child knows that they've not angry at eachother and that they can talk to eachother. And she lets her child now and learn about his other culture, and how his father lives.
I belive that she still has feelings for Musa but she cannot live in Turkey, and she got the other baby also.... That's my opinion...
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Teenage love story
I think this story is about teenagers getting what they want and her parents being 100% suportive.
Sarah didn´t think straight when she got married with Musa and got pregnant.
But after all I think that this maybe was her kind of life style, getting together with someone that she hardly even know and have a child with him. She did that twice and didn´t regret anything.
Now she is 18, a mother of 2 children and still her parents provide her. She has no job or education.
I think Musa was the smartest because he was 18 when he made Sarah pregnant and grown up according to the law. But ringing a child to earth means responsibility, and thats what he didnt have.
Now he is 23 and have settled down, started his own family.
Sarahs parents, I don´t know what they were thinking but all I know is that they did a ig, big mistake. They suported Sarah when she needed advise, when she needed help to choose right. I think her parents should have done something to help her relize that she is doning wrong.
I get a feeling that her parents where afraid to do something that would make Sarah hate them.
Then they maybe forgot how it is to be a teenager, teenagers never appreciate what parents do for their own good, they learn to appreciate it when they get older.
sarah´s and mosas story
It begin when sarahs family let her stay in turkey ,when she was a little that doesnt know how the world are.
Sarah was a girl who belived in love and that love could stay in her rest of her life. but she became pregnant and let the baby come to the world it was the biggest misstake ,cause mosa break up with her later and he never last for her for ever. And when she kept another baby i dont think that she knem what she was doing because to have 2 children when she is just a little girl is wrong.
Sarah dont knew what responsibility is or what is going to happen with her. but i put the blame on hers parents when they left her so young in turkey with nobody aduld beside her. And i dont think that mosa want to married sarah just to move to britain cause they lived in turkey
It's really interesting to read your opinions on the Sarah and Musa story! You are all wise people, but I knew that already :) I will comment on your posts as soon as possible, hopefully tomorrow.
I will see you in class on Thursday.
A teenage love story...... teenage ok.......
A teen age love story
Love don´t know about religion, kulture or how old you are or where you come from or how you look like. It is just love.
It was very intresting to know what happened after all this year what they have done.
You see how she is now and how she was when she was just 12 years old.
For the moment I think Sarah doesnt has the control of her selv. And this is not her fault, it is her parents fault because as a teenage they can do what ever they want.
How can the parents let there own dughter get married with someone who she has knwon for a short time. She just was in the holiday not to get marieed. The parents should to think about it and to take more risponseblity for her not to let her what she want, it is very important to know about the partner. I do not if Musa just loved Sarah just bacause he want to go to the other side of Turkie. I think he did it because he knew there will be difrent life to live and to get a job maybe who know he gone found an other woman an in America there is a lot of women more beautefull than Sarah. I think he did it because of an other woman who he loves .
In the real world has happened like the story a lot many times. i know a girl that have take her in to Sweden that she did not know about him so he said he love her so she tok him her in Sweden and after a couples monthes he lived her and said to her ” you do not love me”. He made up things and he just left her, she couldn’t do anything.
Teenage love story
A love story of two teenagers, sarah and Musa, but was the love real??. I think it was the parents fault all from the begining, when the mother took Sarah to turkey for the second time just because "Sarah wanted to and she whould of have gotten there some how anyway", how can a 12-yeard old girl get to turkey if the parents don´t allow it? She is under aged the parents can just call the police to get her back. I think they maybe spoilt her to much and were afraid to contradict her. They were perhaps afraid that she would hate them and tell them that they had ruiend her life, but thats what young people say when they are mad, later they will get over it. When you are so young you can´t make those kind of decisions.
Musas and sarah´s love wasn´t so real i think. She was a shy little girl how would fall in love to any guy who would tell her she was beautiful. And he was older and knew that if he maybe married an inglish girl he would get out of Turkey, and even if they didn´t move to England he would get some social status, people would say "oohh look at Musa he is married to a inglish girl", in some contries the withe people get more attension and special treatment by the people. She probably had a croush on him but to love him, it´s a very big word for a little girl with no experiance.
Sarah was too young to make such big decisions and the reason why i think she wasn´t in love with Musa is because if you are in love with a person you don´t get a baby with an other person a year after. Both were inmature, and have moved on with their life.
The teenage love story Sarah&Musa
When I first read this story in that book I couldn't belive that this story was for real. A twelve year old girl married with some guy she dosen't known, at that age you don't even know what love is, not in my age either. I think that Sarahs parants were to kind and tought that she were mature enough to made choices like this but as we can see she couldn't. At the age of 14 she were a mother of a son, the marriage was one big thing but give birth to a baby the only word I could think of is that ¨this is not a game" or something like that. I think that she dosen't known where this marrige were going and what will happen in the future but who knows what will happen in the future what Iam trying to say is that you have to think of the consequence before you decide choices like this because it will change your life and you can never get your life back. She dosen't finish school and she dosen't has a job, how could she take care of the baby alone? well her parents helped her and I hope she is very thankful of that because my parents would't helped me like that. Then at the age of 15 she have two sons which I don't really understand she hooked up with the guy next door, if I would her parents I would not allowed her to make choices like this. If Iam the mother of my child then I decide choices like this. I would never forgive myself if I allow my daughter to get married and give birth to babies if she could not support them and be there for them like a mother has to be. I can't judge her because I haven't been in her situation and I don't know the facts from all the people involved.
A teenage love story
My opinion of the story:
what i think about this story is, Sarah was but 12 years old and she dont know what love is about. I think Musa want to see U.K it's because of that he marriage her. she is only 12 and he is 18 it's a big difference between their age. the biggest mistake was when her mum took Sarah back too Musa, I dont think Sarah could travel too turkey by herself if her mum dont travel with her. how could her mum do that with her owen daughter i dont think any mum did like her mum, but maybe it was for the first time she saw her daughter happy.. she get pregnant, but she couldn't take a care of a baby she was too young to take a care of baby, her parents taked a care of her baby when she was out.I dont think it was a good idea to be pregnant when she was so young. Musa left her too the end, Musa marriage a turkish women ,he married Sarah only to see the U.K, but he travel back too turkey . I dont think it was a good idea too marrige when she was so young, it leads to the bad thing too the end.....
A teenage love story.
This story can be interpreted in many diffrent ways. You could try to see it through her parents eyes, and the maybe try to understand how they were thinking. How could they let their 12 year old daughter make suck a big decision on her own? It´squite hard to imagine that they thought that this was best for Sarah. You could also try to se it through Sarah and Musa´s eyes. Or maybe get a glimps of how the people around them reacted. It´s a hard thing to do.
I think that the reason for the way her parents acted was that they thought that they did what was best for Sarah. But personaly, I don´t belive it was. I can´t understand how you can let your daughter leave home at the age of 12. And it´s not just that she moved out. She left the country to go and live as a muslim wife in Turkey. How can you let your daughter get married when she´s not eaven a teenager? I understand that they wanted to be supportive, but there is only so much responsibility you can put on a child.
I belive that Sarah was "inlove". Or maybe she thought that she was. ´cause how can a 12 year old girl know anything about love? Maybe she got overwhelmed when she found someone who thought she was beautiful. Maybe she fooled herself into beliving she loved him just because it seemed to good to be true. I don´t belive that Musa married her because sha was british. Because they lived in Turkey after the marridge. And from what I´ve heard they weren´t about to move. So I think his intentions were honorable.
Other people thought that Sarah´s parents were insain. But it´s understandable. I think it´s hard to understand the circumstances if your not a part of the family. It´s easy to judge when it doesn´t concearn you.
I think it´s wrong that Sarah´s parents is still providing for their daughter. It´s good that they are supportive of her and her two boys, but they shouldn´t be taking care of both them and her. If Sarah was irresponsible enough to get pregnant twice, then she should suffer the consequences. Maybe I can understand the first pregnancy. Since it´s kind of normal in muslim countrys. But I do think that it was irresponsible of her to get pregnant again. And it wasn´t so long after her first son. So I think that her parents are to easy on her. But who knows. Maybe they feel responsible for their daughters faild marridge. After all, they were the one who had the power to prevent it from happening. Sarah was only a litte girl and she did what she thought was right. But that doesn´t necessarily mean that it was.
~Emma*
The Sarah & Musa story - My opinions on their story
I think this whole story is just so ridiculous. She was only 12 and no 12-year old knows what love is. It's very, very rare that a 12-year old is so "mature" for her/his age and she was really not one of those rare 12-year olds.
He was 18, and even if that counts as an "adult" or that you are authoritative, in my eyes, he was still a teenager that didn't know much about life and therefore he was not mature enough to get married of even consider such a thing. Marriage is not a joke and not something you should play with, which I thought they were doing. Marriage means committing yourself to someone for the rest of your life and in order to do that you have to be 100% certain that the person you choose is the right person for you. And I find it very hard to believe that a 12 year old little British girl that just hit puberty, and a 18 year old Turkish waiter has found true love. At that age, you haven't even found yourself, so you're absolutely not ready to get married. It doesn't make any sense to me. At all. She was only there for a short time and it takes much more than just a vacation to know if you are really in love with someone.
When Sarah told her side of the story I got the feeling that she still isn't mature even if her appearance has changed and everything else she said, because she stills acts a little childish. And when she talks about what happened, she blames so much on Musa and acts like nothing of it was ever her fault. And at one point she says one thing that sounds as if she really has grown up, but then all the sudden it's like she changes her mind and says something completely childish. It's like she has moodswings. Maybe she's pregnant again, who knows... For example she talks about what a struggle she has been trough and that she doesn't even act like a teenager anymore, but then later in the article you find out that she goes out every Friday night and joins her friends. It's ok to go out a Friday night and spend time with friends, but every Friday night? I don't know but in my opinion that's a bit to much for a mother of 2 little children. She needs to spend that time on looking for a job and not partying.
I don't like her at all. She is still a teenager and immature and has a lot to learn before she can say that she is grown up.
When I read Musa's side of the story, it was just so sad. Not that I felt sorry for him but as a person he came across as a sad person. Both him AND Sarah are just so naive and stupid. They should have thought really hard before they got themselves into a marriage. People like those two just makes me so furious.
Now he is unemployed and married to another woman that he had a daughter with. I mean, come on!
When he married Sarah he says that he didn't know how young she was. That was probably the worst excuse I've ever heard. How could you possibly marry someone when you don't even know their age? Oh my God! That was really stupid said of him. And this only proves how much they knew about each other. Meaning nothing at all. No wonder their so-called "relationship" didn't work out. And the fact that he didn't know anything about her, especially her age, means he only wanted something from her. Some say it was because of money. I think so too.
Anyway... To sum it all up, they were young and stupid and should have never got themselves into such a big thing. And I hope people who knows about them learns from their mistake.
Sarah and Musa's story.
The story is very sad of what happened beause I expected somthing real different.If I was in Sarah's position I would be mad and tooken ravenge on him after what he did to her and also married another girl right after she went back to U.K,then still got the nerv to say he still loves her even though his married.I kind of blame everybody basically most on the parents.What were they thinking to alow their youngest doughter probably to get married especially when she is in that age of 12 just got in o her teenage-years.I dont care about she didn't have any self-assured,that's only bullshit to learn young kids based on my opinions.The mother is always protective what is wrong with this mothers mind,you may think that she is psycotic in some how.This is problems to talk about in the family not just saying "Oh,what the heck she'll find another way to get there" and it's true but hard she has to work in couple months and by then the love would fade away.On this way she would come to her senses or you just take the sharge over her and say obviously "No,you're not going anywhere and by the way your grounded."
These are my thoughts when i read the sequel story and at the same time felt pretty sad over the sons because the are oing to be rased with out no father "included in the picture."
So I hope she learned a valuable lesson in the future about men and never ever really trust one man either what happens.
My views on the story of Musa and Sarah. Monday, January 19, 2009
My views on the story of Musa and Sarah.
I am thinking as any other that maybe in the beginning he used her as she was a way to get to move to her country in order to get better life. and let the dreams become real. but when you think carefully about the bush and see the entirety of their relationship we see that it was possible that he might be in love with her after a while. it seems that he loved her real. he could discover something in her as he did in all other women. but unfortunately he could not support her. I think the only chin that certainly it would have happen in their relationship to those from different cultures, which play a major role for those who have been around and it was specillt for both Sarah and Musa. I also believe that their families could affect a little when they involved themselves now and then, as I said, because of their background that could prevent the rest of his life. "I'm mature and confident. And I do not regret for a moment what happened." And a piece to which I thought was interesting and it has been in my text, it was when she said that "I try to be so tough on the outside, but on the inside I'm just a normal girl and I get hurt, "she says. "I do still love Musa, but not in the way I used to. This she said would show that she learned one of his journey with Musa. and I do not blame her at her parents either, for what happened to her, would happen even if her mother would be against her will. it's not always you feel loved by others, this feeling was Sarah when she met Musa. one thing to let people talk what they want because they can never be satisfied.
Sarah´s and musas story
I think that it was the parents fault, but at the same time you relly dont know the real true story.
I defenitly think that Sarah was to young to get married and have a baby when she was so young, she was only a baby when she made adult decisions.
And i also blame Musa he knew that he was to old for Sarah so thats why i think he used Sarah so that he could move to UK.
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A teenage love story Sunday, January 18, 2009
My opinions about Sarah and Musa's relationship and marriage
The marriage between Sarah and Musa is quite tricky to understand. Some people think that Musa only made use of Sarah, while others think that it really was about love. If I have to be honest I think that Musa only used her. She was so young and he was six years older then her. Perhaps many of you out there think that the age is just a number, and that it doesn’t matter if your in love. But of course it matters in such a young age! A twelve year old is still going in sixth grade and have a lot of years left in school. An eighteen year old, has just take the upper-secondary final examination. And that is a very big difference! Moreover, a twelve year old girl isn’t fully developed and it’s very rare that an eighteen year old finds a twelve year old attractive. I think most of the blame is on Sarah's parents, who didn’t take sufficient responsibility for Sarah. They said that they wanted to see her happy and that she was, with Musa. Actually this kind of upsets me. As a parent you tends to be very overprotective. If you have enough sense in the head as a parent, you should be aware that a girl of twelve years old doesn’t have enough experience to know what real love is and especially not know how she want her life to look like in the future. A girl in such a young age doesn’t think that far, and that’s one of the main reasons why we have our parents. They should give us advices and help us to made the right decisions. We all have been in the age of twelve and we all remember today what it was like. But we didn’t got married when we thought ourselves to be in love. In the text that we read about Sarah she says that she never had any confidence and that she never felt pretty until she met Musa. This may be one of the reasons why she fell in love with him. He made her feel beautiful and important, and she hadn’t felt that feeling before, to feel appreciate. In this way, I get a slight feeling that Sarah wasn’t enjoyed her previous life. I don’t think she had so many friends at school, perhaps she was excluded. Therefore, she wanted to be with Musa even more. Moving away from everything and start a new life, isn’t something easy and painless. But in Sarah's position, it appeared as something you do every day. That’s why I have this feeling. She wanted out of there and start something new. But everything between Sarah and Musa went to quickly forward and they never got a real chance to really get to know each other as individuals. So Sarah and Musa's relationship ended shortly thereafter. Together they had a son, Sarah has custody and Musa doesn’t help her, neither with money or aid. Musa got married with another woman in the turkey, and together they had a daughter. Sarah who moved back to her parents had a brief relationship with her neighbor, they also got a child but they have even less contact than Sarah has with Musa..that’s really weird. I think Sarah is very irresponsible. The relationships she has been involved in, has never worked out, and there she is.. without job and own income with two children whose fathers are not there for them.
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A teenage love story
This is my opinions of the story:
I think that the whole thing were Sarah's parents fault. They let her to get married when she was too young to know what love is. She was also too young to make choices and Sarah and Musa don't know what they want to do in the future. Sarah was too young to get pregnant and have responsibility. She doesn't knew much about babies. Her mum took care of the baby when Sarah went out with her friends and have fun. Sarah and Musa's relationship were not serious, they didn't knew eacother enough when they got married. They were in love, but I think they knew that their raltionship would not last forever. Sarah's parents only wanted to see their daughter happy because she has never been it before. When Sarah met Musa she felt happy and he makes her feel beautiful as never before. I think that was one of the main reasons why Sarah's parents let her marry Musa in such a young age. Sarah and Musa separated and after a time Sarah found someone else, but she still thought about Musa and the time they have spend together. People around talk about her but she doesn't want to care what they say.
A teenage love story Friday, January 16, 2009
My oppinions on the story:
I think that the marriage of Musa and Sarah was a dumb thing to do. First of all, because of Sarahs age. She was just a child when they got married, and a child is not mature enough to know what love is, or even less to know at that age what they want to do with the rest of their life. I think that all of this is Sarahs parents fault cause they didn't forbidd her to marry him, didn't tell her that she was too young and could not get married at that age. They are the parents and even though Sarah objected against them not letting her go to Turkey, they should have stuck to their decision. Even thought I can sort of understand her mother for wanting to se her daughter as happy as she was when she was with Musa, she should have known that it wasn't going to last, and she thought just as little as her twelve year old daughter when she made the decision to let her go back to Turkey again. An adault should know better than that, and should have figured out what was going to happen even before it happened. They should have known that they were going to divorce sooner or later. That she might have kids then, and that her life was going to be hard as a single mother. But they didn't think that far, all they wanted was to se their daughter happy, if only just for that short time that she acctually was happy. Cause she was, and they both say that they still love eachother alot, but they were just not right for eachother, and didn't know eachother enough when they got married to know that.
To end this I just want to say that I think everybody involved are a little bit responsible for what happened in one way or another. They could all together have prevented this from happening.
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Have a nice weekend!
No English class Tuesday January 20 Thursday, January 15, 2009
Please note that the English class on Tuesday January 20 is cancelled. Instead your homework is to write a blog post of your personal opinions on the "Sarah and Musa relationship" that we have read about.
Use the text A Teenage Love Story (page 62 in Toolbox) and the article How the child Bride Grew Up that we read in class today. You can find the article in my post below.
Your post should be a discussion of the issues raised in the texts and the issues we talked about in class. Try to look at the story from many different perspectives. Also make sure you comment on at least one of your classmates' posts!
Deadline: Tuesday January 20 at 10 pm (22:00).
How The Child Bride Grew Up Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Here is the article I was talking about in class today: How The Child Bride Grew Up Click on the link to read it. You will find out what happened to Sarah and Musa...
Comment if you like :)
Question the text: A Teenage Love Story Monday, January 12, 2009
In tomorrow's class we will spend some time discussing the text that is your homework: A Teenage Love Story. We will list the questions and ideas that we come up with and prepare for a writing assignment where you will be asked to discuss this story from different people's perspectives. Please make sure you read the text a couple of times before class. See you at noon tomorrow, 12:00.
Back to business Thursday, January 8, 2009
In today's class I asked you to come up with some ideas for improvement of the blog. How can we use the blog for you to learn more English? These are some of the ideas that you came up with:
- More discussions in the blog
- Post short stories and news items in the blog
- 15 new words each week
- Write short essays in the blog
- Read books and write about them in the blog just for fun and for the learning experience
- Use songs in the blog (for example hip hop songs)
- For example every Friday we summarize our week and what we did during the week
- Watch a movie or a TV show and write about it in the blog
- Post all of our homework in the blog
- Watch YouTube clips and write about them
- Different quizzes
- Entertainment clips or pieces of news
- Ghost stories
- Write about a topic of your choice that you find interesting
- Give us different tasks to make reading each other's posts more interesting
- Post jokes and fun links that make you laugh
- More corrections of our writing
- Some of the tasks could be typed in the blog and some can be handed in the old-fashioned way for more variation
- Comment more on each other's posts
I will definitely take these ideas into consideration. Thanks for contributing.
Your homework for Tuesday Jan 13 is to read the chapter "A Teenage Love Story" (page 62-64) in the book Toolbox. Make sure you understand everything. I left some books in the classroom for you to pick up.
Do not hesitate to comment and add more ideas to the list. They are much appreciated. Also please note the change of schedule in my post below.
Welcome back Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Welcome back to English class on Thursday January 8 at 8:30. I hope you have all had a nice and relaxing holiday!
For the first part of this term we will be studying different texts in a book called Toolbox. We will also keep using the blog for assignments, information and discussions.
Please note that there will be a change in your class schedule. During the spring term your English schedule will look like this:
Tuesdays 12:00 - 13:20
Thursdays 8:30 - 9:30
See you on Thursday!
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