New task for you guys..

1. Read the following comment.

I graduated in 2002 and hated high school. I went to a private, religious high school, since 1st grade. I never felt like I fit in because I wasn't a total hypocrite and didn't pretend to be something I wasn't. Anyway my parents divorced when I was in 10th grade I lost ALL of my friends because their parents didn't want them hanging out with someone from a "broken home". One girl in particular was a total w h ore in HS and would get up in front of the school & talk about what a good christian she was. She hurt me so bad and I still have lots of anger towards her and think she's a total jerk and still can't stand her. She has a myspace page and It's private. I know she married some loser that graduated after us and she is pregnant (I am married, no kids, doing very well for ourselves!) so I wonder if I should confront her and tell her what a total mean witch she was in school and how she's evil and owes me an apology.


2.Look at the video that ilustrated in some way the comment above.

P!nk (Fuckin' Perfect)

3.State your opinion in a text, answering this questions? (remember that a paragraph has at least 5 lines, one topic sentence, arguments, experiences or ideas.)

1. If you some time feel rejected, what would you do?
2. Do you think you have the enough self-steem to overcome a childhood as is shown in the video?
3. Are you on the journey of self doubt?
4. Do you used to care so much about what others think about?
5. Do you have a thought on your own ?
6. Have you ever wondered if you could trade your body with somebody else in magazines. Would the whole world fall at your feet?
7. Have you ever felt unworthy and would blame your failures on the ugliness You could see When the mirror looked at you?

List of connectors

List of Connectors

"Guys here you have one of the tools (Connectors), you can use for the paragraphs and the essay you have to present at the end of the 1st period"

1. Linking words for essays, reports, papers

listing

firstly, secondly ...

to begin / start with ..., to conclude with

in the first place, in the second place

next , then , finally, last(ly)

to conclude ...

last but not least ...

to summarise , to sum up

adding

also, too, then

furthermore ...

moreover ...

in addition to that ...

above all ......

what is more ...

additionally

comparing

equally, likewise, similarly, in the same / a different way

compared to / with, in comparison with

as ... as , both ... and ...

you can´t compare it with ...

concluding

all in all... / in conclusion ...

to sum up ...

I draw the conclusion / arrive at the conclusion that ...

I conclude ...

consequently ..

exemplifying

for example (e.g.), for instance

that is (i.e.)

that is to say

... such as ...

namely ...

result

consequently

hence

therefore

thus

as a result

because of that ...-

that´s why ...

reformulating

to put it another way

in other words

alternative

on the one hand... , on the other hand ...

contrasting

on the contrary

in contrast to that

but , yet, however

nevertheless ...

whereas ..., while ...

neither .... nor ...

on the one hand ..., on the other hand ...

concession

besides, however, still, though,

in spite of that, despite that

admittedly

if , unless

2. Giving one´s own opinion

In my view; To my mind, In my opinion, As I see it,

I think that , I believe that , I have come to the conclusion that,

I would not say that ..., Therefore I cannot agree with ...,

I am doubtful whether / certain that ...

According to the text ...

It seems to me that ...

Another argument is that ...

As far as I am concerned, ....

One reason is that ...

I would say that ...

As we have seen, ...

As we know from ...., ...

For all these reasons I would support the view that ...

As a result ...

In short ...

With regard to ...

It is for this reason that I think ...

I am convinced that ...

I feel that ...

New profile

Hey Guys!!, Our first week is over. I hope you have enjoyed it and learned new things. We as teachers are here to guide and facilitate your learning and personal process; I am your teacher and your friend and you can count on me and on the other teachers too as friends and as a support. The idea is that students and teachers make an unique team and we together learn as a whole.

I could see that most of you have Facebook...That's why I decided to create a new Facebook profile in order to have more participation in class. You have to find Gimnasio Icav English Class in your Facebook profile and add it as a friend.

Thanks to those who have already participated on the blog.

Welcome students

Hey! I hope you guys have had a great vacation time, now is time to begin a new experience at the Gimnasio campestre I.C.A.V. This new year 2011 brings us the oportunity to create, imagine, learn, and know more about the wolrd we live in. that's why I created this blog, in order to motivate you with autonomous work and interactive activities. the idea here is to state your opinion about the different topics, presented by readings, videos, trailers, interviews among others. the topics presented during the class. to sum up this is your space for express what you think critically about your culture, life and society where you live in.

Taking in to account what I wrote before... here you have the first assignment:

1. Write a short paragraph about your experience in this first week of class.