tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71450653853035334482011-04-21T16:59:24.262-03:00"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950)CALnoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-20149963025809106312007-09-26T02:03:00.000-03:002007-09-26T02:05:15.923-03:00

Sorry to say that in July I lost all of my favorites (bookmarks) and have just realized I never attached them to our class blog. Would you be so kind as to leave your blog address here? Thank you!!! :)

CALnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-80771852771226376882007-09-01T18:52:00.001-03:002007-09-26T01:52:44.489-03:00

Time of Your Livesby Green DayAnother turning point;a fork stuck in the road.Time grabs you by the wrist;directs you where to go.So make the best of this testand don't ask why.It's not a questionbut a lesson learned in time.It's something unpredictablebut in the end it's right.I hope you had the time of your life.So take the photographsand still frames in your mind.Hang it on a shelfIn good

CALnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-82845502274520659242007-07-25T19:03:00.000-03:002007-07-25T19:28:42.261-03:00

If two of you do the interview to the group 7th grade scientists, the rest will have to cover School Week (that is, unless you propose something else). This means that no matter what, there will be at least 3 reports on School Week. You need to let the rest know what you'll be doing and with whom. It might not be a bad idea if you all got together and agreed on the assignments you'll take.

CALnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-51782008730557708162007-07-23T17:11:00.000-03:002007-07-24T20:31:30.447-03:00

Winter break is over and now it's time to get back to work! You have two assignments for the next two weeks:1. Propose at least one article from your blog to publish in the school blog (this is INDIVIDUAL WORK - I think that some of you more than one piece to publish so go ahead and make your proposal for as many as you think you'd like your schoolmates to read),AND2. Choose one of the following

CALnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-14360568772824182522007-06-25T15:47:00.000-03:002007-06-25T16:20:10.238-03:00

I emailed you all the texts on PDF format. Let me know if you had trouble opening it! AND I've just found the way to turn the texts into a Word Doc and am emailing them on this format that you all will be able to open for sure! Best luck tomorrow!

CALnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-21817704638677669142007-06-21T14:24:00.000-03:002007-06-21T21:06:13.694-03:00

In today's New York Times, there's an article and an editorial about this issue. I especially recommend the editorial. It's a good follow-up to the radio program we listened to in class. Click on the title to go to the editorial!

CALnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-34436026924014389772007-06-20T13:58:00.000-03:002008-12-10T17:15:03.559-02:00

As discussed yesterday, here are the brief notes you sent me of our brainstorming session on Tuesday. I wanted to mention the idea of having an editor per class, i.e. one for each level, 7th through 2nd Polimodal. They would be collecting texts and keeping the journalist's eye on the news! Besides, anyone from school would be welcome.Another idea: a cell-phone picture contest: "Life at San

CALnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-11041214325429839882007-06-08T17:57:00.001-03:002007-06-10T17:34:29.377-03:00

Check out the article that Luciana Poliche wrote about our use of blogs! She was here last Wednesday and today she published her report on www.quorumtuc.com.ar, a news website from Tucuman. She also has a blog, muchachademanosfrias.blogspot.com. Click HERE and/or HERE to go to the article! Thank you, Luciana!

CALnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-89348713008406423032007-05-30T18:38:00.002-03:002007-05-30T20:11:03.789-03:00

Uncle Ayub swung me round and roundtill the horizon became a railbanked high upon the Himalayas.The trees signalled me past. I whistled,shut my eyes through tunnels of the air.The family laughed, watching me puffout my muscles, healthily aggressive.This was late summer, before the snowscome to Kashmir, this was picnic time.Then, uncoupling me from the sky,he plunged me into the river, himselfa

CALnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-60343727915710289112007-05-20T13:33:00.001-03:002007-05-20T13:33:37.999-03:00

Your work for Monday and Tuesday at the Computer Lab is:1. Write a commentary on the extract that you chose and presented orally last Wednesday. It should be 300words minimum.2. Search on the net for information about any current issue you might be interested in. It should be a global issue, not just regional. With at least a couple of articles you should write a report on each with the

CALnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-88230544061165575412007-05-14T14:21:00.000-03:002008-12-10T17:15:03.833-02:00

I walked through the corn field, away from the fence where the sound of the wind caressed the dandelion. With every sudden gust of wind a few more seeds were blown away, invisibly gone to find a new home in rich soil. Only one little seed remained attached; the head, almost empty, stood erect and proud. Another gust and now the last seed gone - the dandelion's mission done, a brittle barren head

CALnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-67203567560541082612007-05-13T14:12:00.000-03:002007-05-13T15:19:35.285-03:00

Sunny Sunday, almost noon, May in the day, San Miguel just calm if only for a little while.I sit back and let my fingers slide through the warm keys of my laptop. I look back and forward almost absent-minded, almost dozing off. So far, I've survived these intensive weeks, and have only a few more to change pace, place, people and the summer landscape of the New Paltz campus. I've been trying

CALnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-70322406240435246152007-04-14T23:44:00.000-03:002007-04-14T23:52:15.148-03:00

Hi! It's been a while since my last entry, but here I am again: back to school and my other duties, struggling to find time for my daily two-hour rehab, and today very happy with the presentation Alina, Cecilia and I made at the UNT course this morning. And guess what was the topic... Yes! The use of blogs in the foreign language classroom. And we shared some of the blogs students have created.

CALnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-18642226339275481392007-03-26T01:25:00.000-03:002007-03-26T01:33:50.679-03:00

Well, it's been a little over a week now since I had the operation and... I'm already walking!!! Only a couple of blocks in the morning and a couple in the evening to walk Bulky, but I'm doing it and pretending there's nothing wrong with my knee. Oh! I can't bend it to go up or down stairs - apparently the motion is very different from just walking because it hurts! However, I can't complain as

CALnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-16893261416959112982007-03-14T22:52:00.000-03:002007-03-14T22:55:04.793-03:00

I wanted to thank all of you who showed me your support at this rather 'uncomfortable' duty I have to face tomorrow. I look forward to keeping in touch with everyone from home!

CALnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-69857967879160570252007-03-09T13:15:00.000-03:002007-03-09T14:06:04.327-03:00

When I first thought of using a blog, the idea was to allow you to explore a new area of experience for a 21st century, well-grounded education. And on my part, I would be able to reach you in a way that I would not be able to in the classroom. You'd be actually writing in English on your own while we all have a little more access to each other's world. But now, it looks like the use of

CALnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145065385303533448.post-66957197122707876272007-02-11T16:40:00.000-03:002007-03-26T01:24:50.333-03:00

Today I'm very excited. This year has started with several new discoveries. Or rather what I have found is a glimpse into the world of possibilities in different aspects of my life. The one more relevant to you all is related to this chance of adding a new dimension to your experience in language learning. As discussed in class and in our website, one of the expectations for this class is that

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