LAST DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. What is your opinion about using blogs to teach "writing" in EFL classrooms?
I think that using blogs to teach writing is a good tool that can help us to improve a lot.
Now, blogs are very used by averyone. We all know how to work in blogs and also we enjoy
working in them.

2. Do you like working using blogs?
I really liked this activity. I enjoyed every session we had.

3. What are some of the advantages of using blogs ?
First, we all know how to work with them. It is easy and interesting. Also, we can share opinions and comments. Every day we can check them and make corrections, up-load images and etc.

4. What are some of the disadvantages?
Maybe, the only one disadvantage is that the net sometomes don't work very well, but we can
save and do the activites after.

5. Do you plan to use blogs in the future?
In the future, I would use this activity, because it helped me so much

Do you have any suggestions to improve these "lab sessions"? or was everything all right?
For me everything was right. I just want to congratulate you for your dedication and for have
taught us in this interesting way. So, I encourage you to continue with this activity with other
courses. Thank you very much. Harold Castillo.

What is the best way to teach writing to children?

I think we have to teach chilren in a creative way. Teaching writing may be boring, but I think that it depends on the teacher. Also, it is not easy to work with children. We have to be patient and we have to know how to catch their attention. Interesting activities are so importantat to teach children and young people. Using appropiate material is also very important. We have to be up to date in everything we use to teach. We also need to take care of every student. If we personalize ours classes, we will get better resultes. In order to teach in the best way, it is necessary to have classes where the students are fully engaged and interested in taking part in the activities. The best way to teach children and young people is a mixing of many things.

Why is Writing important for an EFL teacher?

Fisrt, EFL means English as a Foreign Language. In general, for all teachers, writing is so important. I have knew English teachers that speak very very well, but their writing is not as well astheir speaking. So, I think we have to be complete in all aspects that english has. To get a good writing is not easy. We have to work hard and also we have to study so much. I encourage you to get it!!!!

SUPER BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the story of SUPER BEAR!!!
I am going to tell you a story. This is the story of Booby, the bear.
Booby is a special bear who was born in a little family of bears. Booby grew up listening his wonderful father's stories of adventures. He was the eldest of his brothers. They were peaceful and quiet with their neighbors. But someday came a family of bad bears who wanted to steal their land. Booby's family was very afraid.
one day. Booby was so sad and he went to forest to cry. He just wanted to be alone. He wanted his family to live in peace as they always were. But suddenly something happend. Between the trees, he could see a big ancient bear that appeared. He was not afraid of him. It was a ghost, but he felt peace. He touched Booby's left hand and he disappeared. He understood that it was the bear that many of his father stories told about. He could feel that something happened to him. He felt a super-power that was inside of him. He realized that it was to defend his family. But something was wrong in his inward. He was too afraid of the bad bears. His first fight was with his fears and with his mind. He spent the whole night alone in the forest fighting with his mind and feelings. The sun arose and now he was ready to fight. He rushed to his house. There were the bad bears. They had captured his family and they were not alone, they had asked to others animals to fight with them. But there was Super Bear. First, the enemies were laughing at him. But Super bearjust used his left hand, and in a couple of minutes they were all defeated. Super Beard did not kill them but he gave them a big lesson that they never would forget. Now, Bobby lives in peace with his family and he never would be forgotten.

Here is Dyhana. She is an English Teaching student at Universidad del Colorado. Dyhana cams from a poor family but hard-working. Dyanha is in the first year of the English Program. She is the best student of her class. She always gets the best grades and she also have got many scholarships.

She is very nice and polite with people. She is always trying to help her classmates and she does everything to be a good student. But there is something wrong.

At first, everything was fine, but with the pass of the weeks she noticed that some of her classmates began to treat her in a very bad way.

They tried to make her life awful. They were so cruel with Dyhana giving her lots of bad nicknames. She didn't care about that. She tried to concentrate and do her job as student. Soon, no one in her class talked to her. She felt as an island, she felt so lonely. Her classmates were so envious, because she was the best and she had a prodigious student. Go to the University was not something that she enjoyed, but she never gave up, she pushed till the end. Finally, she graduated with the best honors and received a scholarship to continue studying in a foreign country. Don't give up and push till the end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PERSONA POEM

HAROLD..........

Tall, not fat, patient, nice
Son of the most beautiful mother in the world
Who loves music, peace and nature
Who is afraid of heights, horses, and storms
Who wants to see China, a dinosaur and something supernatural
Resident of my own world
CASTILLO.

ACROSTIC

Encourage you to think and work
Sort of report or composition
Short and interesting piece of writing
Allow readers to know a personal point of view
You can find academic, descriptive, narrative, and the five-paragraph essay

SECOND ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY!!!!

Under what circumstances, if any, is "terrorism" acceptable?

I found this topic interesting and I think there is plenty of information that I can find about it.

Now I have to start looking for information!!!!

bye!!

MY CLASSMATE'S INTERVIEWS!!!

MISS... I AM YOUR FOLLOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL, I RED ALMOST ALL THE INTERVIEWS HERE IN THE CLASS.
SO, IT'S NOT EASY TO SAY WICH IS THE BEST OR WICH IS NOT THE BEST.

BUT THERE IS ONE THAT SPECIALLY CATCHED MY ATTENTION.

IT IS ANDRE'S INTERVIEW. I FOUND IT SO INTERESTING AND HELPFUL.

LIFE IT'S NOT EASY AND NEITHER TO REACH OUR GOALS. WE HAVE TO BE BRAVE

AND CONTINUE BECAUSE IF WE WORK HARD WE WILL HAVE ALL WE WANT.

THANK ALL OF YOU, ALL THE INTERVIEW WERE INTERESTING AND I THINK WE CAN LEARN LOTS OF GOOD THINGS TALKING WITH OTHERS PERSONS.

BYE-BYE

Let's talk about life!!!

Today, I'm going to publish an interview.
My interviewee is a friend of mine. His name is Felipe Mella Fuentes.

I chose this person because I wanted to interview someone close to me.

I also chose him because he is a great person and he has gone through many things.

So, he is an example for me and I can learn so much from him.

I thank him for his time and now this is the interview:

1) What is life for you?

For me, life is an undeserved gift from God.

2) What things would you do in your last day?

I would reflect and I would thank God for what I did and for what I didn’t do.

3) What things have changed your life?

Well, to know God and to have the wife I have changed completely my life.

4) How do you feel now? (about things you are doing)

All things I’m doing now keep me on a period of transition. There are many things I have not even achieved, and the best part is that I’m still proyecting myself. Because that, now I am desperated for reaching my goals. So, I’m never satisfied.

5) What things in the past do you regret about?

I don’t regret about anything. All things I have lived have formed myself as a person. Those things have made me grow and also have let me have “never stumble with the same stone” as my motto. (That is what fool people do).

6) If you Could go past, what things would you change?

I would not change anything. It is my motto to never come back not even to take a run up. I`m always looking towards. We have to learn from our own mistakes and even from others’ mistakes because in that way we can see the consequences.

7) What are your priorities in life?

I have three main priorities. To understand them I have to say that I am a Minister in a church. So, my first priority is my personal relation with God. My second priority is my wife (we haven’t even have children) and my third priority is about the responsabilities I have in my church.

8) Talk about the most important one.

When talking about God as my first priority, I would say that It covers my others priorities. If my personal relation with God is good, I will have a great and healthy relation with my family and also I will have a blessed ministry in my church. Those things also cover a good social, economic, cultural and moral welfare. In brief, my first priority is all.

9) What is your biggest dream?

My biggest dream...... I haven’t even dreamed it!!!

Argumentative Essay.

Hello everyone. Now, we are going to learn a little bit about Argumentative Essay.

First, an Argumentative Essay is kind of essay, in wich we not only give information but also present an argument with the PROS (supporting ideas) and CONS (opposing ideas) of an argumentative issue. We should clearly take our stand and write as if we are trying to persuade an opposing audience to adopt new beliefs or behavior. The primary objective is to persuade people to change beliefs that many of them do not want to change.

Secod, supporting our ideas: This is the most important part when persuading others. We are asking some people to change their beliefs or actions. We should be supporting our ideas with such facts, statistics and/or authorities that there should not be room for any doubts.

Finally, you have to think in your oppositor`s way of think. If you do that you will have better arguments to defend your ideas.

You are always welcome here!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello!!!!!

I'm Harold Castillo Garcia. I'm an English Teaching student at Universidad Adventista de Chile.

This is my blog of Writing II. In this class I have to create my own blog and you are welcome to see it and to put up your comments. English lovers are welcome here. In this place we have the opportunity to learn more about English Writing and also to share good information for growing up our english. If you do not like English, I sincerely invite you to know it. It is so interesting and you will notice that learning English helps you to open your mind. Also, you will discover how many opportunities English provides you to work and achieve your goals in life.

So, thank you for visiting my blog and remember that I want you to leave your comments!!!!

Have a nice week!!!!!!