Welcome to our Blog!

Welcome to our Blog!

You will find new and exciting stories and poetry that we will discover this semester as well as what I did and taught last semester. I thought that it would be helpful to you to have access to the exciting work we covered last semester. It was too complicated to have last semester's work and this semester's together so I changed it.
I expect you to:

• join this blog by becoming a member 
• post a good picture of you (no sexy shots)
• make comments on the tasks and to your classmates (use academic English, be respectful, comment to your classmates' posts)
• read, write and have fun
• feed the fish!  

Vocabulary Games

This was originally posted on the other blog on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

Vocabulary Games

Please go to the websites below to play some games that will sharpen your skills.

 Play for 15 minutes.Then post a comment with your name and how you felt about the game. you can post your score if you wish.

Ms De Pas

This is a fun site--the more you play the smarter you get--and you feed the poor. You can play English vocabulary or grammar or other subjects. The more you do the better it is for you. Share this site with your friends.

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1590

http://www.vocabulary.com/

Why you shouldn't copy work off the Internet! 1st assignment

This was originally posted on the other blog on Thursday, February 9, 2012. 

Why you shouldn't copy work off the Internet

In class, I told you that you  should be careful about what you post to the Internet (ex. Facebook, Qu Qu, Twitter, Google+ and more) because your online reputation can’t be edited or changed easily. There’s also the problem of posting and finding incorrect information online. For example, you can also find incorrect or misleading facts that seem correct on the Internet.  Many times you need to find information for a paper or homework, the Internet is right there to help you—or hurt you!

I searched for “No Speak English” by Sandra Cisneros and found this essay that looked really good until I read it. This was the revision--final draft!

Can you find the mistakes? There’s one fact and one big literary technique mistake (choice and analysis).

 Post your answers – A) the incorrect fact--so easy to miss!

                                     B) the correct technique and analysis.

Good Luck!

                    http://ncruz2011.weebly.com/no-speak-english-essay-revision.html