Hippie's World

LAST LAB SESSION

1. What is your opinion about using blogs to teach "writing" in EFL classrooms?

I think it’s very important to apply this in an EFL classroom, because children and teenagers will develop certain skills as technological and writing ones (expressing feelings, thoughts,etc). In my opinion, kids will be motivated to work in this section because is different and will entertain them.

2. Do you like working using blogs?

Honestly, I loved to. I always wanted to have one, but I didn’t know how and in this class I learned . So I pretend to keep the blog. One of the things I like to do the most is writing. I have so many poems written and I want to save them so maybe I’ll published the poems here.


3. What are some of the advantages of using blogs ?

I think that the advantages are:

· You learn about Technology.
· It is fun.
· It is accesible.
· You can be really creative.

4. What are some of the disadvantages?

I don’t think it has a lot of disvantages but it can be:

· When the net does not work.

5.Do you plan to use blogs in the future?

Yes, I have planned that, the truth is I would like to focus in Writing and Literature. So Ithink that a blog will help me to organize my classes and it will be fun for the students

6. Do you have any suggestions to improve these "lab sessions"? or was everything all right?

I think it was all good. Perhaps I would give more time to finish the works.

Why is Writing important for an EFL teacher?

I think it is important, because is a good way to express the ideas you want to present in a class. This can help us with the grammatical correctness of the utterances. It also can help us with the way in which we speak.

What is the best way to teach writing to children? To teenagers? (Provide examples and references)

We need to motivate Children and Teenagers to use their imagination with writing. We need that they can develop a new world using their own words, so I think that a best way to teach writing could be trough telling them to write whatever they want, to put down in paper thoughts, feelings, etc. Maybe they can be motivated by that.

I think that the bests ways are:

• through blogs.
• writing essays.
• writing letters.
• etc.
  

The Redheaded Kid

1. What Does he like to do on Saturday?

He likes to read and explored the forest

2. What is the secret he doesn't want anyone to know?

He can read our minds.

3. What does he think he do well?

He can solve Chemistry problems

4. What is not very good at doing?

He is not good at sports, specially Baseball

5. What is his favorite memory?

When he went to a wizard school, he met so many friends.

6. What is his best subject in school?

Chemistry.

7. Who is his best friend?

Mark Stone

8. What does he want most in the whole world?

He likes to explore forest , the country side and people's mind

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One Day, Samuel wake up and realized
that he can read people's mind.
He was frightening with this new power,
he though it will bring problems and it did.
His parents were worried,
because he started to act different,
he did not trust in people,
of course he can read their minds.
Then something odd happened,
he met a Magician that convinced him
to participate in his show,
and Samuel agreed.
He travel all around the world
and was very Famous.
Now He loves his New Life and Talent.

Story Kitchen

The Princess and the Outlaw		story & illustration © 2001 Bruce Van Patter
The princess had never been so afraid. She was lost in Sherwood Forest. Huge trees towered over her, throwing shadows that were getting blacker as the sunlight faded. Somewhere above her an owl gave a deep, trembling hoot. Or was it an owl? She had heard about how the outlaws sometimes talked by bird sounds. She stopped, leaned in close to a tree, and listened.
Instead of an owl, there was a strange creaking above her, as if a branch was beginning to break. She looked up.A man, dressed in green, leaped out on the limb above her. "Fear not, dear maiden!" the man cried. Then, SNAP! CRACK! The man and the branch came tumbling down. The princess ducked. "Are you, perhaps..." the princess asked after he had risen, "...Robin Hood?" "Ah, not really," the man replied, dusting off his striped, floopy hat. "I'm his cousin Ralph." "Ralph Hood?" "Well, actually, Ralph Stupid Hat." He showed her the hat. "Yes, very nice," she said. "Tell me, where's your cousin? I need his help." Ralph began to answer, but a shout interrupted him. More shouts followed. Someone was crashing through the forest towards them "Oh no!" the princess gasped. "They've found me! You must help me, Ralph!" I just told my father that we should give more money to the workers in the palace, they seem so need it, and the king just exploded. I have never seen my father like that before, his eyes went big and his face red. He told - "how can I think about that, what it would be left for your kids, you want nothing for them" he shout. So as rebellion I decided to sneak out of palace last night. I just wanted the king to realize what is going on with the people of the country he rules, that is why I need your cousin help he may persuade the King. -"do you think you could help me to find him" the princess said. Ralph acceded as matter of fact, Robin hood was near, so they run and tell the whole story to him. Robin came up with an idea, he wanted to trick the king so they did. In the woods they simulate that were a stolen band, so when the king and his people got there were very scared, Robin, Ralph and Andrea (the princess) showed themselves. Robin Hood convinced the King telling the good stuffs he could get for his country if he could be more giving to them. If that happens in a few days you'll notice enormous changes and then you can have your daughter back - Robin said So as a worried father the king decided to do it and saw huge advances of his country and he liked it , then Robin Hood return princess Andrea to the kingdom and all live "happy ever after"

Imagination

Anastasia was the quiet girl in the classroom. She was never late, she always turn in the homework on time. But Anastasia felt very lonely sometimes, because she spent all her free time working. She did not have friends and that makes her sad. Her parents did not know how to help, they tried everything to make Anastasia happy, they bought her everything she wanted, dolls, expensive clothes, mp3 , laptop, etc. But nothing seems to worked. Her parents became really worried about her daughter, they felt that something bad was happening to Anastasia.
William and Teresa, are Anastasia parents and they decide to to register her in a music program in which she could develop her amazing voice and marvelous musical skills. When she went in the first time, was very nervous, anxious. She really wanted to be and feel part of something important. However when she enter to the building she saw a too much people and freak out. She started to run but she crash with Thomas and it was love at first sight.
Thomas said hello to Anastasia and she found enough strength to answer back. Anastasia noticed something special about him, she never could tell what it was, if it were his eyes, his smile, the way he talks. Without notice they become good friends they had so many things in common, both like music, they also like to read, etc. Anastasia was not lonely anymore. She started to be more sociable, he introduce his friends to her, and she get along with everyone.
When she return to school after winter break all her classmates were amazed by the mental, spiritual, and physical change in Anastasia. She was now able to talk with everyone and express her self by music. Thomas was also with her, at the end of winter break he decided to transfer school to Anastasia's School. By now Thomas was her boyfriend who teach her how to have friends.

Newspaper Article

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/

I found it interesitng because the article talks about, of one of my favourite music style Hip-Hop. I think this kind of music can make you happy easily, and also entertain yourself when you are bored.

A Hip-Hop Performance Only a Band Can Deliver

The article talks about "Hip-Hop" Music. Especially about an on stage presetation of a group called the "Roots"(the long-running Philadelphia hip-hop band). It says that they can play a variaty of styles as "Hip- Hop", "Swing" and "Reggae". In they presetation they demostrated all the skills they have playing alive. In their Lyrics they confront, broad political questions from global warming, to financial crisis. Travis McCoy is the lead vocalist, he raps and sings all the time. The Band was inspired by the Beatles.

Nowaydays a new music style has been created the "pop- punk". Some of the bands following this style are "Fall out the boys" and "Brigth Eyes".

Vocabulary

Definition taken from www.dictionary.com

• Aesthetic:
  Is related to the emotions of people. The impact of something can take in people.
• Stamina:
  Is the original elements of something.

"The Roots’ flexibility signified both solidarity and openness: the teamwork within the band, its connections to styles from rock to reggae to swing, and its determination to speak to every listener’s tastes, from old-school hip-hop to heavy-metal shredding from the guitarist" (The New York Times)

Plagiarism

I truly think that plagiarism is a wrong thing to do. We should not copy someone's else idea. Because is really hard to came up with something. It doesn't matter if is a book an essay or something else. Copying someone's else work is always wrong. We need to be creative, capable of surprise our selves with what we can create. I think that our Miss has published this topic, because some of the works may have ideas that do not belong to them. So to avoid this we must give credit to the people whom created and idea or phrase that you liked to put in your work.