Pedro Donoso`s Movie Post

Well, i {C}saw this film last saturday(C) night in Camila`s house,{P} we{C} saw this movie cuz we don't{ WT} have ( SM)good mood for(WW) go to another place (last night we went to Bellavista (P)and we went to bed at 5 am (P)more or less, so we were so tired),(P) that(C) night looks(WT) so quiet and i(C) want(WT) (Sm) see more movies, cuz in the afternoon i(C) saw The Doors movie and i(C) was so excited for(Nn) it(Nn), thinking about the serpent king and the {senses open} (WO) with drugs like "Chamans" from American(C) tribes, and a lot of crazy things... the point is that I WANT(WT) SEE another movie, German bringed (Sp) us the movie, and told us "that's a PRETTY movie, and blablabla ", (P)well(C) let's see it... at the beginning(SP) i(C) didn't understand anything that(Nn) speak(WF) (Sm) in the movie, cuz the sound was really dirty (We), and the history (WW) isn't so simple at the(X) first sight,(P) when the movie ends, i(C) was so confused, cuz it bring(WT-WW) me a lot of information (P)and a great history(WW-WT) that can be understand(WT) in many looks(WW).
we don't{ WT} have ( SM)good mood = we weren`t in the mood

KES KES

“A Kestrel for a knave” is a book about Billy, a young boy who lives in a humble home with his bully brother, and unconcerned mother. Unfortunately, Billy’s school doesn’t make his life any easier, most of his teachers don’t understand him, and instead of helping the boy, they reprimand him frequently. Even though suffering both physical and emotional mistreatment, there is hope in Billy’s life when he finds a hawk up in a nest. He takes care of it, and even goes to a library to find a book to read about Hawks in order to know how to treat them right. Billy’s expectations were to train this hawk, and he really manages to do so. So we can infer that it is the hawk that brings light to his life, perhaps a new meaning for it. Ironically, he becomes more attached to “Kes” than he is for his mother and Jud.


To be continued…

September 18th, for Eduardo Muñoz

I like this date(ww). It’s my favourite month, season, etc. Fiestas Patrias means a lot of things for me; happiness, party, share, etc. It’s the anniversary of the first national council of government (WE), but it’s an excuse to celebrate the first step for a repulican life. We have two holidays, the 18th and 19th September. These days we do a lot of things, we play typical games,(P) like flying a kite, rayuela, and______(Mw) a greased pole, etc. Also, we eat typical foods (WF), overall(WW), barbecue and empanadas. And we drink a lot of things, but the most typical____(Sm) that(Nn) we drink(Nn) are chicha and red wine, but if you want to do all these things, you must go out to “fondas” in O’Higgins Park. When I was a child, I lived with my uncles, aunts(P) and my grandparents in a big house(P) and we eat a big barbecue for all the family. Nowadays, we still meeting(Wt) us(Nn),(Nn) to eat a big barbecue,(Sm) maybe we will meet in my house. My favourite 18th… maybe___(Sm) was last 18th, because I went out to Curacavi with my family, and we eat(Wt) and drink(Wt) a lot of things. Also, I went out to my grandparent’s house and also(Nn) we eat(Wt) a big barbecue… but before of(Nn) these dates I was(Wt) celebrate the(Nn) Fiestas Patrias in the “Fonda FAU”, where I danced(Wt) and drunk(Wt) too much…

Pedro D.

Pedro’s got no problem in writing his thoughts in clear sentences. He just needs to work on: punctuation, capitalization, and spelling (usage of words as well). Moreover, his biggest mistakes are related to grammar: tense, form and verb agreement. Pedro, needs to pay attention to his writing. In the entry “My English Experience”, It is noticeable that he didn’t pay much attention to capitalization and spelling. Anyway, well done!

Eduardo M.

Eduardo manages to write complex sentences, and has great fluency when writing his ideas. Nevertheless, he will need to work on tenses and form mistakes like:
“I never have learned”; “I liked learn”; “I don’t would like to work in an office”
Also…Vocabulary Usage: “travel to a foreigner country” -- > foreign
Those are the main errors I can notice in his entries.

Cindy

After reading Cindy’s last two entries, I come to realize some of her writing errors. There are wrong words, like (among others) “Majority” instead of “most” or “House friends” instead “my friends who live near my house” or something like that.
There is a word order problem, for example when she uses the word “also” which comes after the object:

“and ALSO in my house” ---> “ and in my house also”

Even though she’s got problems with punctuation, and usually deletes words in grammatical structures like “I didn’t not language classes”, she makes an effort and I can see that she recognizes some structures , for instance, when she says “I'd like to know more people who speak English” or “I liked listening to music in English” .

Blogging again :P

New semester, reloaded with energy...
mmmm....Have you ever felt so energized and suddenly something happens and it is like that energy was pumped out of your system????
Well, I felt like that for a moment, but as everything in life we must continue in the best way we can. Anyway, I`m excited about what this semester will bring to my and my friends lives. For instance, I`ll be helping Geography students to improve their English... which is challenging but at the same time fascinating because I`ll get to know little more about likes and dislikes of new people: Cindy, Eduardo and Pedro. Also, I had never known anyone studying Geography so I`ll have the chance to find out more about it.


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