Final evaluation

I’m going to give my opinion and reflections on my portfolio progress. At first when I started to write and do things on the blog I thought “well, it’s not difficult but it’s a lot of time, but another fact is I think that it’s a good way to improve my English and also with the writing. I can express more things, and I can find other ways to express myself. I can’t see that my English improves a lot, but I can see that my shyness has improved for the better. I think that my problem is confidence in myself, I can speak and do things but it’s missing one more step. But one day, I have the hope that I will get it.


I think that the best activity that I have improved is the oral presentation and the writing but I believe that it’s still missing a lot. The best activity is the podcast because you can pronounce a lot of new words and also when you record the dialogue it’s a lot of fun. Also, I have learned to do letters, opinion essays... the structure and the forms to write. If we have exams it’s better to review the grammar and it’s very useful. I think that we need more days in class to revise the grammar and we need a workbook like other days.


I believe that the activity that isnot useful is Europass but I don’t consider that it’s an activity. Well, I think that doing a piece of news is useful but not useful, I don’t know, but for me, I learn little, new words and nothing else. With the pieces of news I can choose the topic that I have to summarize but only a few pieces of news are interesting. I think that the most interesting magazine that has good topics are 'Think in English', they are easy to understand.


The activity that I enjoy the most, where I don’t need to think, is watching a film- it’s the most entertaining thing that I do and with the subtitles, if you choose a good and easy film you can learn a lot of things. It’s not necessary to watch a film every day, if it’s necessary and I would like to do it again next year.

Opinion essay

We have almost learnt to respect our world.Do you agree?

In my opinion people don’t know how to respect our world and I don’t think that they have almost learnt to either.

I think that most people haven’t learnt to respect the world people are like they are. I mean that, if you are, for example selfish you‘re selfish all your life and for the time that you live nothing will change. For example if I recycle and I make things for the environment what can gain? Nothing, only my principles . I can be the cleanest in the world and the person that most respects the environment, but if I do it perfect, but I won’t gain anything, everybody needs to do it!
Actually the level of the contamination effect the air pollution and for this reason global warming is worse. In general contamination is caused by cars, electrical appliances on standby and littering and it’s our fault. Consequently the ozone layer is reducing.

In conclusion I believe the majority of people will never learn to respect the environment. We have to face the consequences.

Far from the madding crown

Can you summarize the book in two minutes?

The book is a novel- edition 1895, published 1874. Gabriel Oak is a shepherd and he’s 28 years old. He saves money to rent a small farm for some sheep. One day Batsheba Everdence appears in the life of Gabriel and Gabriel falls in love with her. Batsheba is a very proud girl and also says no to answer. She arrives to live with her aunt, the days pass and Gabriel asks her to marry him but she says NO, she values her independence and the other not much. Gabriel accepts the answer and he can’t do it anything.



A few months later, she moves to Weatherbury, a village some miles off. When Gabriel and Batsheba meet again, things are very different. A new men causes Gabriel to be ruined. He wanted a new job and they find a job in the town of Casterbridge. When he arrives, he know that the town is next to Weatherbury, the town of Batsheba. In the town was a big fire and Gabriel helps and controls the situation and everybody was thanks him for it. At the moment Gabriel asked if they need a shepherd. And Batsheba, now a rich woman, accepts Gabriel to work for her.



Batsheba now has another admirer, William Boldwood. She sends a Valentine letter to William in the letter it said : Marry me. Willam didn’t know that it’s a joke, and he was obsessed with her and proposed to marry her. As normal, she said No.

The sheep start to swell up and then she discovers that the only person that can heal. She comes to him to ask for help.



Frank Troy returns to the town and marrys Batsheba but a little later she discovesr that her new husband is a player without interest in farming. Frank was in love with Fanny before. The day of the wedding Fanny goes to the wrong church. Frank was angry with Fanny. Batsheba discovers that William had a child with Fanny. Batsheba and Frank split up. Then Batsheba falls in love with Gabriel and they marry.



Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?

Yes, one mystery of the novel was when Fanny who was Frank’s lover appeared and they have a child and after the mum and the child die. This is a moment that I didn’t except.



When and where does the story take place?

The story happens in England. In the nineteenth century. I can know because when Fanny dies in the tomb it says the year. And the society was in this way, I said for example the character.



Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?

Gabriel is the main character and is a farmer, honest and he marrys Batsheba

Batsheba is a rich woman, she’s proud. She has a farmer and Gabriel works for her.

Fanny is the wife of Frank. During the story they disappear but they have importance. Frank is Batsheba and Fanny’s husband. He’s a bad men. After Batsheba splits up with hm.

William is another lover of Batsheba.



Choose one character ( main or secondary) and describe him/her

Gabriel Oak is a farmer, and he is very honest. He always tries to help. He’s 28 years old. He’s not rich, he’s poor. He falls in love very quickly. He’s a good friend, and for him it’s not important that Batsheba said no for the marriage because he is always there.



Can you identify with any character? Why?

I can’t identify with any character, because they are special and very different to me. For example I can identify with Gabriel because is honest and sincere but nothing else. I can’t identify with Batsheba because she’s very proud and always says No and I always said yes, it’s very difficult that I say No



Choose your favourite moment in the story
My favorite moment in the story is when Gabriel and Batsheba fall in love and when they meet for first time. I don’t know but I consider that is a romantic situation and at the same time complicatde.



Which new key words have you learnt to understand the story

Field,lamb,hut,shepherd,gasped.



Provide an alternative ending
Gabriel meets another woman and fall in love with her, and Batsheba is alone for some years but afterwards she meets a intelligent, beautiful and a rich man and she falsl in love, and they marry.



Would you recommend this book? Why?
Well, I think that it’s a special book, At first I thought that it’s a good book and it’s beautiful to read but later when I had read half of the book, I changed my opinion. It was a little boring and difficult to understand but if you like reading and book of love and old ways to think, then it’s a beautiful book.

Informal letter

Eres del centre n:8
Castelló d’Empúries
17486

20th January 2009


Hi Sam!
How are you? Thanks for your letter, I really liked it. I’m very glad to hear that you are going to the United States with my summer family.
I would like to explain my trip, my experience. Everything started when my parents told me that I could take a magnific trip to another country. I set off on my trip the first weekend of July, I was very excited because it was my first trip of the year and also was the first time that I caught a plane. When the plane took off I was afraid. When I arrived in the United States of America a strange family was waiting for me. They took me to their house and it was really strange. I broke down crying because I was alone in another country.
At first I was shy and the family spoke but I didn’t answer. I was very well attended by the family and I could see that their appearance was strange but they were fantastic people, they cared and always gave me the best. My parents phoned me often and they could see that I was very happy.
In the morning I was in a private high school where we could speak English, every day, after the I went to have lunch with the family. I found out that they have a lot of money and they always took me to different expensive restaurants of the city. I always visited a lot of places and every day I came across new things.
It was a fantastic trip, I want to repeat it this summer and I hope that we stay together.
Keep in touch!
Love
Laura XXX

Formal Dialogue

-Good morning Mister Ronald Mc Donald, my name is Jackeline. I’ve decided to come here because I’d like to know if there’s any vacant positions in this company.
- Well, let’s talk about it, come in.


- Ok. First of all, can you tell me why you are applying for this job?


- Basically for a very simple reason. I’m about to study at this moment, and I have to face my expenses alone, so I’ve thought about lookingfor a job.


- Therefore, it implies that you’re not always available.


- Well yes, but my intention was to work only weekends. I looked it up on the internet and it said that this option was possible.


- Yes, of course, but, I need to know more about you and you availability, and your experience.


- I have to say that I’ve never worked in a burger place before; I’ve worked in a supermarket and in a clothes shop during the summer holidays.



- Well, as you know, the work done in a burger place doesn’t need many skills or much specialization, but as the person responsible for the company I have to be sure that you’re responsible, mature, practical… you know. First of all, how old are you?

- I’m seventeen but I’m going to be eighteen in August


- Ok. So you’re available only the weekends, but can you work full-time or only during the mornings or afternoons?


- I ‘m ready to work all day if it’s necessary, that's no problem for me.


- Ok. Well, now I would like you to provide some personal information, so please fill out this form.


- Oh! I’m so sorry! I left my passport number behind…


- Uhmm… that’s a problem. Well, I guess you can fill in the rest. At least one contact telephone number.


- Of course.



- Ok, then we'll do the following: If I want to take you on, you'll receive a call, and then you would come back and bring your passport and a photo ID.

- Ok sir. Thank you very much for seeing me. Hope to see you again.

Today I am going to describe my best friend, she's Anna and she lives in Castelló d'Empúries and she's sixteen years old she's older than me. I think that she's difficult to describe because she isn't like everybody. At first time that you meet Anna she's shy and she don't speak with you but when you begin to know Anna she's more sociable and expressive. The character of Anna is special because she can be happy or she can be angry with everybody.
I think that she's moody, but if she's angry in a few minutes she's happy with everybody. Often she's pessimistic she always thinks the worst, but partly it's best because if you have a problem that it's evident that it's bad, or if not evident doesn't matter.

She's very honest and she can't lie because is note in the face. She always tells the truth. I like that she's this way. She's very expressive and when I look at Anna and she looks at me we know what we are saying. Anna is part of me, I miss her when she's in holiday for example or similar things.
I believe that Anna is responsible for things but not for everything she's lazy! When she doesn't have anything she can stay all the day in the sofa like me. I stay all day with Anna, we only separate to sleep. We do everything together, study together, laugh together, go to the high school together, go to the party together and more things.

We have very good and funs moments with Anna and I wouldn't change the moments with her for anything! I laugh a lot with her and she always tries to help me!

Discussion essay

Being a celebry is a great thing

There are advantages and disadvantages to being a celebrity. On the one hand there are many advantages, nearly everyone who is famous is rich but at the same time that doesn’t mean that they are happy with their lives. They can go to interesting people and meet with other famous people and on the one hand it’s fun and interesting to share experiences.

Like I said before, not every celebrity is happy with life there are many people who end up in a detox center for as a result of drugs or alcohol. One example as everybody knows is Britney Spears and we all know what happened to her!

The filming is funny and when we watch the cuts we laugh and don’t think about the hours that the actors spend in the studio, they work a lot of hours for our satisfaction! And also for the money. However vey often they don’t have work like artists sometimes they can work a lot or sometimes never draw an go hungry. The actors can make film and film for a year or more but afterwards they don’t have work, but they don’t go to the un employment because they are rich! They made a lot of money with their last film and they can spend it on new cars, buy a big house or luxury thing that we can’t do.

Some famous people do not have personal life and hey never see their family and the result is distance and then depression! Let’s not forget the paparazzi! One hand they make the famous more famous but the other hand it’s like a leech! You can’t go alone on the street.

I think I would like to be a celebrity because I would like to buy new things and not worry about anything and live life! Because life is short! And not worry about the crisis! Some a lot and others nothing!

Well, today I want to describe a place, that I think that I can describe exactly because I spent 15 days there, and I could see the different ways of working , the food, other patients, different doctors and nurses and different rooms. It's located in Girona. It's a big place, that the people go because they are ill, you can enter emergency or as outpatient. It's a public hospital that everybody can go to. Also it's a university hospital. It's a very technologically prepared hospital which provides much material.
At the end of summer, the hospital programme visits because it was its 25th birthday, I went there with Anna and hier mother. We saw all the techologies, also the kitchen and the ambulance. .It was really interesting. There are so many people and everybody has his speciality. When I stayed in there I could see the different jobs and it was a very different, for example, the woman who cleans the hospital, the nursing assistant, the nurse and finally the doctor. The rooms aren't special, I never stayed in Girona but when I was 6 years old I stayed for 3 days in Figueres.
The first 9 days I stayed alone in an isolation room but I stayed in there for precaution, the problem wasn't that I passed something but the people passed something tome. I liked to have a room for me. I can describe the eighth floor. If you want to go up to the eight floor catch the lift!. when you exit the lift you can go on the left or right. If you go on the left you can find the ICO in there there are the people with cancer, I think that it's the new part of the hospital, only if you can see the rooms, the walls with pictures also there is a fishbowl and a small library. But if you go on the right you can find the infectious unit and internal medicine.
At first I stayed in the infectious unit, which was a corridor that the people stayed alone and in some rooms the doctors and nurse had to go with masks and gowns. The rooms have a bed, table, chairs, bathroom, small cabinet and nothing else, they were simple rooms. Next to my room was a big room for the people to go to stay in there and read, speak and relax. I spent a lot of time in there I like this room. A few days later I went to Interal Medicine which was on the same floor. In there everybody shares the room and for me it's different. But the only difference was that you sleep in the same room as the other people and the bathroom doesn't have ashower. There I stayed in two different rooms. But if I could choose a room, I would keep the first room. So I stayed in four different rooms in Hospital Trueta. If I tell the UCI, but I can't describe it because I can’t remember.

Formal Letter

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Thirteen & Adrian Mole

In my opinion Tracy's life is harder than Adrian's life. Adrian is a child; he’s a hypochondriac and he believes that everything happens to him. The problems of Adrian are the same as other teenagers maybe also Tracy’s life but
there are more different problems, Tracy consumes drugs, she’s anorexic and she cuts herself. She wants to be the most popular and go out with the popular girls and be cool. She has some true friends but then left with Evie, she’s a bad influence for Tracy. She spends her money and also steals to buy clothes, she does for surprise the other people or we can say just the boys.
Yes, I think increasingly that the problem is Evie, she’s cool, a rebel, goes out with boys and Tracy wants to be like her and also is a liar. She is a manipulative person! Also buys Tracy’s mother and Evie goes to live with the family; it will be a big problem for them. If Evie didn't appear Tracy wouldn't be like now. But the mother also has a little blame and the ambience that is created in her home.
We can say that the mother isn’t well educated, she had an addiction, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t educate well as at the beginning was a good girl the problem of the mother is that when Tracy wants to speak with her mother, she always says then .She has a problem with herself, she is very influenced. She hasn’t got a personality. She is a fashion victim, because she always goes shopping and she cares, and cares for her appearance
I know many people in Adrian's life but in Tracy's life it’s different ; I don’t know anyone who has passed. Maybe similar experiences or separate topics for example drugs, eating disorders, addictions, adolescent relationship with parents, popularity.
If you’re not that way, you’re nothing. I disagree with the sentences, you may if you aren’t like that, people pass you popular. But you are better if these so? What do you get? I don’t believe.. Make some fake friends, who blame them for being cool, have problems at school, family and especially with yourself. And after the actions come the consequences. You have to do a thing that you don’t want to do or you don’t like just for good fall to a group of popular people. I don’t understand, you are in one way if the people don’t like well don’t go with you, someone will fall, often it’s a mistake to do. But for Tracy it’s the most important thing. About the beauty is truth, I don’t know the sense, but I can say that beauty is in the interior, which is valued by a person as he is, not by his physical appearance. I think that the film is shocking, she is a girl of thirteen years old, I think she is very young for these things. The most shocking for me is the end when Evie tells her mother and says that the Tracy is to blame, this is a false friend.
I liked this film, also recommend it from this age, because maybe some people are living with the same problem, and you see that there are people who have problems bigger than yours

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First Email

Hi!
I'm Laura Peña and I am 15 years old.You remember me because the last year , the firts three week I stayed in 4A but after changed in 4B.I like speak but when I'm in front of the many people I'm shy also when it's the first time that I speak with them.This summer I didn't work, because I don't have the age but on July I wanted to do a course about the children but the man who works in a town hall said that I went to work to the summer school.I have an experience, and the children always were making me have a smile. One week before that I started to work I was ill and I stayed a week in a bed. When August started I still was going to the summer school, but I finished to work because I was ill again, and I have been ill during the month and a little of September.

Horror story

One time when I was fourteen I went to a party with my friends.
It was a dark night and it was aslo cold.
All of the people stayed around the fire and the boys told frightening stories.
My friends and I were very frightened and three boys came and said that If we went,
we could go to the beach house we didn't think we said yes! At the moment went out.
When we opened the door, everything was dark. The boys went in first and then us.
I though that is was impossible that there were spirits.
The boys warned us that it was an abandoned house that nobody wanted to enter.
We were scared but at the same time we were calm because the boys were there.Everybody
was sitting in a room, we spoke and smiled
Suddenly we heard a strange voice, we remained quiet and afterwards continued speaking. Two
seconds passed and we heard two voices more! At the moment the phone rang and I answered it. I could hear a voice it said, GO OUT THE HOUSE! I was very frightened and I wanted to go out but the others said that it was a joke. We remained there.
At the moment Adam went to the kitchen because he was hungry the time past and Adam didn't retrun, we went to the kitchen and there was nobody. We started looking for him in the dark and cold house. But we didn't find anything. Two seconds later Juli wasn't there. I was very frightened but the doors were closed and we couldn't go out of the house.
Adam and Juli were missing, we heard a voice and help.At the same moment Anna was missing
Only Sara, Pete and I remained. I screamed because If we had gone out before in this moment didn't happened nothing. We could hear a guys voice. We stayed in the small room there I saw a small black shadow and Sara followed the shadow. I didn't understand but Sara also disappeared.
Only Pete and I remained
From this moment I didn't remember anymore because my alarm clock sounded

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