1.- What is my opinion about using blogs to teach "writing"in EFL classrooms?
There are very useful, because students can write in a free way, explain in they oun words they adventures, and create wonderful stories like wy course and I did.
2.- Do you like working using blogs?
Yes, because we can imagine new things, know more about how to write some words, it`s very useful to us these course.
3.- What are some of the advantages of using blogs?
They are interesting, they are useful to improve our writing, etc...
4.- What are some of the disadvantages?
That I had several problems with the internet and that can happens to my students too.
5.- Do you plan to use blogs in the future?
Yes, because I want that my students have a great time when they learn how to write in a better way.
These lab session way right, because all the activities that Miss Sandra gave us where very interesting, and I am sure that I can make the same activities in the future with my oun students.

It is important because writing is not natural, like speak and listening. It must be learned, generally someone need to teach us how to write.
The most important thing that the writing teacher needs to know is "WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH ESL BUT RATHER TSL: THINKING IN A SECOND LANGUAGE. IF WE CAN GET OUR STUDENTS TO DO THAT, WE SURELY TAUGHT THEM SOMETHING. (Raimes, 1985:92).
What is the best way to teach writing to children? to teenagers?
The best way to teach writing is leaving them to write in a free way, to leave them explain their lifes, their favorite things that they like the most, etc...
Because in that way they will demostrate that they really want to learn how to write in other language, because they have fun do it these kind of activities.

how to be an efective writing EFL teacher?

THE LADY WITH THE WATCH

1.-WHAT DOES SHE LIKE TO DO ON SATURDAYS?
She wants to go to a magic world to find new magic .
2.-WHAT IS THE SECRET SHE DOESN`T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW?
If someone kiss her in her mouth, her watch will never funtion again.
3.- WHAT DOES SHE THINK SHE DOES WELL?
Her magic with her watch, because she can stop the time or go to other dimentions.
4.-WHAT IS SHE NOT VERY GOOD AT DOING?
She can speak with commom humans.
5.-WHAT IS HER FAVORITE MEMORY?
When her grandmother gave her the watch with her magic.
6.-WHY IS THIS WATCH IMPORTANT TO HER?
Because her grandmother gave her the watch and it is include all the magic that she have.
7.-WHO IS HER BEST FRIEND?
Her best friend is her watch.
8.-WHAT DOES SHE WANT MOST IN THE WHOLE WORLD?
She need to find the same watch with a men , and that men will be her husband and her best friend.

FULL STORY.

The lady with the watch get the things that she wants on Saturdays .When she goes to the magic world to find more and more magic.

But the problem is that another lady with a magic pen wants to stop her magic and want to steal her watch. She might use her watch to save all the people that suffer in the world. Her watch help her in all her adventures and their are searching for the men with the watch.

Using my imagination

It was a common day and Sonia was alone because nobody want to stay even one moment with her, because three days ago Carlos, one Sonia`s classmate spoke with her and say: "Sonia you can`t live your life in this way, you know that marijuana is bad for your health, we will never speak with you because we want the better for you and you know that you have to change this bad habbits in your life".

The problem is that Sonia didn`t change these bad habbit and she still consuming marijuana, she knows that these is bad and that she is alone, bad is stronger than her.

sample persona poem

Carolina
tall, happy,intelligent , funny.
mother of Cristòbal
who loves eat, sleep and travel
who is affraid of nights, noisy and loneliness
who wants to see everything in the world, with their different colors and smells
resident of this moment
...Strittmatter.

ACROSTIC POEM

E motions in all the paragraphs
S imple piece of life
S atisfaction with a good writing
A uthentic ideas and good organization
Y ellow sun when I have a good grade with my essays.

Two new words that I learnt.
and wound: A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat.

Gate: Where passengers can embark or disembark.

I consider this piece of new is important because nowadays we are livig in a world full with bad things. like these, we need to have our eyes open to this things too, because we can`t think that everything is ok, when actually that insn`t in that way.

Times online, October 30, 2008.
Taleban kill in suicide attack on Afghan Ministry.
At 9:45 am, a suicide bomber entered the gate to the Ministry and detonated this bomb, Zmari Bashin, the spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, told the times, "our first information is that five people have been killed andwounded. Just the two legs of the bomber remain on the ground inside the building. We are interesting how he was able to enter the building past the security checkposts.
(by Tom Coghlan, Kabul).

How TV affects our children. Were is the limit?

Now that I am mother is very important to me to know a little bit more about this kind of themes, because I don´t know were is the limit between tv and our children and specially what can we do about it.

The Interview that I like the most was from my classmate Francisca Keller.

I like this interview because it was about a Music Teacher, that travel to other Countries and was interesting in their culture too.

The other important thing that I found was that he think that young people don´t are interesting in follow our Chilean customs.

It was a beautifull interview. Congratulations!!!.

topic for my argumentative essay

Should men be allowed to have more than one wife?
Its an important topic because in many countries it is possible, but I find that it is incorrect to do this kind of things,I want to read and search for more information, so I will be ready for make my Argumentative Essay.

interview- my mother`s life.

My mother was born on january the 28th,1961. She is the last daughter of my grandparents. They had nine children. My mother lived her childhood in a farm in Coihueco. When my mother was 21 years old my grandmother died and then she met my father, a German Engineer, they spent fifteen years together.
Im her only daughter. Everything was perfect, we traveled a lot around the world, because of my dad`s job.
I lived my childhood in Pto. Varas, and on May the 21st, 1998, my father died, because of Cancer. And my mother and I went to live to Chillàn. Now my Mother is 47 years old, she is very happy because she is a beautiful grandmother.

1.- How do you consider that yourchildhood was?
It was good, because I was the last child of my parents, because of that I could do everything that I wanted.

2.- What can you say about your husband Erich?
He was an excellent person, like a magic man, but unfortunately good things end rapidly.

3.-Do you like to practice any sport?
Yes, like aerobics, and go fishing, when I was younger I used to practice pin-pon and swimming, too.The bad thing is that I smoke and sometimes in special ocasions I drink some wine. And sport people should do these things.

4.- What is your favorite country?
I like Germany and Suitzerland, because of their culture, their farms and their industries.

5.-And about Chile, what do you like, and waht city?
I like everything the culture farm.
How they work I like Pto.Varas, bcause is always clean...I mean the streets and beaches are clean, and I want to visit the North of our country because I have never visited it.

6.- Do you like to be a grandmother?
Yes, because im young, so I can enjoy Cristóbal`s childhood. At this moment you are an excellent mother. I want to enjoy every single moment of Cristòbal.

7.-What are your future plans?
I want to work, live near you and your family...well....all of us should be one family. We need to be always together, and take care of each one.

3 things that I learnt about the Argumentative Essay

About the Argumentative Essay I learnt that we need to convince the other position, for example if Marijuana should be considered illegal.
Second, that we need to write objectively, logically and respectfully.
And the kast thing that I learnt was that we can express our opinions providing solutions to problems, expressing arguments for and against a topic.

In my house everything is chanching everyday, because Cristóbal brings happiness to our hearts, we hope that God bless him!!.

MY BABY

THIS IS CRISTÓBAL
HE IS HAPPY TAKING A BATH.

introduction of my blog

Hello everyone!!
I am Carolina Strittmatter Fajardo, I live in Chillàn, Chile. Im 23 years old, and I am in an English course, we need to write a lot so we can improve our grammar, vocabulary and things like that.
Im married, and next October the 7th we will celebrate our fifth anniversary!!, we also have a beautiful son.His name is Cristòbal Salinas Strittmatter, and now he is 10 months old, he is trying to walk and talk .He is saying words like "mom", "there are", "nooo," "tata"and "papa".
Im very happy to write this blog because I can write a little bit of my family, when I am in my English classes my mother takes care of my son, so I can work without problems because I know he is just fine.

OK. ENJOY LIFE AND TRY TO BE ALWAYS HAPPY.