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Final essays (60 points of your grade!)

The essay will be due in my email inbox by 9am on Friday, July 27th. Please format your essays in the following ways:

· 800 word minimum

· Word document (.docx)

· Double-spaced

· No spelling errors! (Change your document language to English to prevent them)

End-of-cycle party! (Monday, July 30th)

I wanted to see if you were interested in the end-of-cycle party that the morning superior level teachers and I have with our students.

Last cycle, we combined the morning Superior Writing, Superior Speaking, and TOEFL students on the last day of classes in order to give our students a chance to mingle and share thoughts/experiences about learning English. So, it's a way to celebrate the end of the cycle as much as a way to connect our students with each other, so that maybe they'll find more people to practice their English with and learn from.

So, we're thinking of having the party on Monday, July 30th (the last day of classes) from 7-9am in Heather's classroom. We're announcing this party to our students today, just so you all have enough time to prepare and write a food item that you'll share on this list.

Let me know if you're interested! I'd love to see all the classes combined again.

Announcement & Homework for Tuesday, July 24th

Chorus Concert:

· Today at 7:30pm in the Católica Auditorium, tickets $5

· If you would like to join, we can meet at 6:15pm at the Galo Plaza ecovia stop to have dinner beforehand. Email me by 5pm if you are interested in dinner -- it would be at a restaurant where meals are $3-6

· Concert Facebook page:

o https://www.facebook.com/events/2074935376107241

HW:

Edit your essay for stupid errors (for example, subject + verb agreement errors) and any other less stupid errors that you found today. Then, bring in a new, clean draft of your essay to edit again tomorrow.

Homework for Monday, July 23rd

HW: Bring in drafts of your essays to edit in class on Monday. If you can, please print your draft; this will make it easier for your peers (fellow students) to edit.

Word count minimum: 800

Style guides link (click here!)

Homework for Tuesday, July 17th and Wednesday, July 18th

Homework:

1.) Think more about your essay topic and make an outline of the structure of your essay. Those outlines are due in my inbox by Wednesday at the beginning of class.

2.) Read to the end of Chapter 7 by tomorrow.

Homework for Monday, July 16th

1.) Do the transition word exercise.

2.) Read to Chapter 7 by Tuesday (and take notes so that you have things to say!).

3.) Optional: Check out this website: http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1401

GUAYAQUIL CITY

Since you left me for that stupid

increase my anxiety by thousand

My nights became a feveris delirium

getting luck this bus arrives to Guayaquil

Someone waiting for me

or may be not.

At least, I breath with another lung here

I already do not came back to Quito

Here I take off

At the shore river It already do not feel cold.

Guayaquil city going to blow up

All my shames go to sea level

Guayaquil city is going to blow up

Samborondon and Bastion Popular

I come from mountain range where people are closed

mountains,hail,rain and fog.

Since you left me for that stupid

I live dinking rivotril and sanax

I feel frustrated with your bad skill

most of time you are so parca, dry and uraña..

Guayaquil city is going to blow up

All my shames go to sea level

Guayaquil city is going to blow up

I like when you keep quiet wheter or not you do not lie me

I am going to sea leve

I am leaving......

Alejandro Acosta:::::

Homework

Guayaquil city - Rocola Bacalao

Since you left me for that silly

You multiplied my anxiety by a thousand

My nights are a hectic delirium

Luckily this bus leaves me in Guayaquil

Someone waits for me

Or maybe not

At least here I breathe with another lung I do not go back to Quito

Here I make up for

To the River bank is not felt the cold

Guayaquil City is going to burst

All my sorrows are gone to sea level

Guayaquil City is going to burst

SamborondÃ³n and BastiÃ³n Popular

I came from the mountain range, where people are locked

Mountain, cold, hail, rain, and fog

Since you left me for that silly

I live taking Sanax with Rivotril

Already I am overwhelmed by your bad guile

Always you are so scathing, dry, and urana

Guayaquil City is going to burst

All my sorrows are gone to sea level

Guayaquil City is going to burst

SamborondÃ³n and BastiÃ³n Popular

I like when you speak because I am like absent

I like when you are quiet because at least you do not lie to me

I'm going to sea level

I'm going

I'm going to sea level

I'm going

I'm going to sea level

I'm going

I'm going to sea level

I'm going

Sara Huera.

Letra de Guayaquil City de RoCola Bacalao

Guayaquil City

Ever since you left me for that foolish guy

you have multiplied my anguish by thousands

My nights have become a feverish delirium

Luckily this bus takes me to Guayaquil

Where someone is waiting for me,

Or maybe not

At least here I breathe with another lung

I am not going back to Quito

Here I retaliate

On the riverbank the cold is no longer felt

Guayaquil City is going to blow

All my sorrows will go at sea level

Guayaquil City is going to blow

Samborondón and Bastion Popular

I come from the Mountain range, where people enclose themselves

Mountain, cold, hail, rain and fog.

Ever since you left me for that foolish guy

I live taking Sanax with Rivotril

I got overwhelmed by your bad attitude

always so Parcae, so dry and sullen

Guayaquil City is going to blow

All my sorrows will go at sea level

Guayaquil City is going to blow

Samborondón and Bastion Popular

I like it when you talk because it is like I am absent

I like when you shush

Because at least like that you do not lie to me

I'm going to be at sea level

I'm leaving

I'm going to be at sea level

I'm leaving

I'm going to be at sea level

I'm leaving

I'm going to be at sea level

I'm leaving

Carmen B. Velasco C.

1. Homework

CIUDAD GUAYAQUIL

Ya que me dejaste por ese hombre tonto

Aumentas mis antojos por mil

Mis noches son un delirio febril.

Afortunadamente, este autobús me deja en Guayaquil

Alguien esperame

O tal vez no

Al menos respiro mejor aquí

Ya no regreso a Quito

Aquí me pongo a la par con esto

Ya no siento frío en el borde del río

La ciudad de Guayaquil explotará

Todas mis tristezas irán al nivel del mar

La ciudad de Guayaquil explotará

Samborondón y Bastión Popular

Vengo de la Sierra, donde las personas están encerradas

Montaña, frío, granizo y niebla.

Desde que me dejaste por ese hombre tonto

Bebo Sanax con Rivotril

Ya te abrumo astucia

Siempre eres tan mordaz, tan brusco y salvaje.

La ciudad de Guayaquil explotará

Todas mis tristezas irán al nivel del mar

La ciudad de Guayaquil explotará

Samborondon y Bastion Popular

Me gusta cuando hablas porque estoy como ausente

Me gusta cuando no hablas

Porque al menos no me mientes

Iré al nivel del mar

Voy a ir

Iré al nivel del mar

Voy a ir

mi Ely Alvarez

How to submit your letter to the editor

Your letters must be between 100-200 words, and respond to a recently published article. On Wednesday July 4th, the letter will be due in my inbox and should be sent to the newspaper you chose.

NYT: Click for The New York Times

MH: Click for The Miami Herald

LAT: Click for The Los Angeles Times

If you’re writing to MH or LAT, you’re going to have to fill in some personal information. Unless you want to give your personal address and phone number, use the following information instead:

EPN’s address: Edificio Aulas y Relación con el Medio Externo (Line 1)

Av. Toledo N23-55 y Madrid (Line 2)

EPN’s phone number:

(02) 222-9163

Ecuador’s postal code:

+593

To see Teacher Sarita’s 2011 Letter to the Editor, click here.

Homework for Tuesday, July 3rd

Homework: 1.) Review your drafts, correct for errors, and bring them in tomorrow again -- yes, we're going to do some more peer editing. 2.) Read this short article.

Homework for Monday, July 2nd

Homework: Go to one of the three newspapers (NYT, MH, or LAT), choose an article that interests you, and respond with a letter to the editor. Bring your letter into class on Monday for editing; the final version will be due on Wednesday.

Remember, you can model your letter off of the structure we discussed in class:

To the Editor:

Re "Article Title," by Author(s) (Date):

1. Establish ethos immediately (Who are you? What makes

your point of view unique? Why should I listen to you?)

2. Follow your ethos with evidence (logos and/or pathos)

3. Offer some sort of solution (logos)

4. Finish strong (pathos/logos/ethos)

If you think another structure works best for your argument though, feel free to use it instead. However, your letters should always be somewhere between 100 and 200 words. Keep it brief; cut the fluff!

Sources

I used to see the news in the internet and not the T.V because in that : you must wait the news that yo want and see T.V comercials that in some cases yo change the channel only for that T.V. comercial. I used to read on the internte sorces like BBC and CNN and also I read what happens in Latinamerica

Homework

I usually watch news from national channels, and sometimes I read news from tv5monde.

Sara Huera

News

I really dont watch news long time a go because I think that it show us the worse face of the world. I dont use TV to mach. I didnt have TV in my house before I married. I Know it is really crazy but when I watch o read news I become depresed and sometimes I cry. I prefer enjoy my time with my family and dont feel worried about the rest of the world. I think that the world could be change if every person change your own world. We dont need spend a lot of time in social media. Maria José Santacruz

Announcement & Homework for Friday, June 29th

Letter to the editor: For your first graded assignment, you will be writing a letter to the editor to a news source in the United States.

Citizens write these letters into newspapers to express their opinions/reactions to the news. If the newspaper chooses, your letter will get published. While this process is competitive, we will nevertheless try to get your letters published :)

1. For homework, read this letter (the first one, but feel free to read the ones below if you'd like) to the editor. Sarita wrote it to The New York Times about seven years ago; it got published. Analyze the letter for ethos, pathos, and logos and label where you find it.

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