Frankie's blog

My english competence in 2010

2010-05-13T08:05:00.000-07:00

In my opinion The best oral presentation I have done was made during the trip to London this year with my friend Jake Bridges. http://frapu17portfolio.blogspot.com/2010/05/londons-oral.html. There we have many resources which contributed to improve the oral like the red telephone boxes, the taxi cabs. I think is not the same to do an oral in a different location as many poeple have done. I chosed this evidence because is a wonderfull memory which I never forget, the trip to London.
From my point of view the best written evidence is that: http://frapu17portfolio.blogspot.com/2010/05/rene-descartes.html

I choosed this written evidence because is one of my last composition this year and I thought it Would be one of my bests accodirng to my level and related to the structure content, vocabulary. I was decided to talk about Descartes because is a philosopher so this subject is one of my preferences. Despite is a diffcult task to study them, is more interesting than many people say. There, I was talked about his thinking way and his point of view in the life.

In conclusion I think the cause which produced an improvement on me is the behaviour of our english teachers who everymoment were adding extra work. This is the correct way to steps to success. Also, my sacrificated task in this language can contribute to increase my marks. Finally I have no doubt that these high marks never couldn't be possible without the support of the teachers. Thank you Sonia for all your efforts ;)

My english progress

2010-05-13T07:29:00.000-07:00

I detect a clear improvement in my compositions which are rather correct and structured than last year. In my first document , an e-mail byt the teacher I didn't have enough experience. In the last composition I have done I was decided to talk about René Descartes. In most of our last compositions we can see easily the improvement we have delevoped on occount of the knowledge we recieved by the english teachers in these two years.

The evidence of the differences between both shows that I have learn more about the structure of the compositions. In the first composition I have made by the period of batxillerat I was empty of resources so I was using very poor vocabulary. Many "buts" instead of Nevertheless, however, in spite of, Even though, ...etc. The length of them is also a fact which I have developed, as a result, now I write more paragraphs as well as a better fluence in sonme texts.

In The first oral presentation I was talked about the football world, concretly about the european competitions such as the Champions league, the world cup and more. However now, form my point of view I improved a bit even though I'm still nervous. The last oral, I was talked about my own research work whose topic is the diabetis, one of the horrible sickness. The language I have used is more specificic that in the last year. In this amount of documents I can see a development, of course, with a lot of hours of work diary work, doing the blogger. This is the best way to learn.

'Green' exercise quickly 'boosts mental health'

2010-05-11T07:03:00.000-07:00

Once in a while I want to stay alone in a forest or a lake, it produces a specific type of pleasure on me which contibute to boost my mind. Besides, maybe there are many people who look for a hidden location separated of other society.

Healthy doctors just recently said this task is full of benefits to improve the strees situtions. Just five minutes of exercise near a park or a lake can boost mental health. Lastly, researchers looked at evidence was found some improvements on mood and self -esteem.

The research include many different activities like cycling, walking, fishing, farming...

The most effects would seen in only five minutes. We can also go to rural sones where also we can enjoy the nature, the animals and some thing that now are difficult to find.

The posiutive effects were clarly apparent but of a smaller magnitude.

Is evident that now the new trend is the green exercise that in the next few years perhaps will be accepted for most of us. Police recomendations are often discussed to solve the mental health problems so many people prefer relax himself. This is another benefit which produce the nature on the society that shows the magic task it do sometimes.

BBC Sport

2010-05-10T03:53:00.000-07:00

Wayne Rooney who is a fantastic player of the "Red Devils", has injured himself playing against Stoke city in the last match of this season that already has finished. Therefore, perhaps Ronney won't go to the next announcement of england's national team. However, his manager Sir Alex Ferguson said that he could be in the next Capello announcement seeing that he thinks the injure isn't too serious.

Even though the injury, Rooney is able to go this summer to South Africa. Besides, he was probably sad because he lost Golden Boot award instead of Drogba who scored two goals more than him.

In my opinion next summer Spanish team will win the Cup, I'm not a patriothic guy so is my own opinion because our national team is full of players who won many trophies and they have more experience than the others.

Related to the people who want the Golden Boot, Leo Messi is on the top with thirty two goals. In fact, there are many people who think Messi is the best of all players, nevertheless I think he is too well talked about on the media, there is too much talk about him being the best player in the world but i think that they go over the top.

In Barça's interests, there are players such as Drogba or Rooney...

london's oral

2010-05-08T08:26:00.000-07:00

The beekeper

2010-05-08T01:36:00.000-07:00

Frankie Simpson
Castelló d' Empúries
17486 7 Rentador street

Dear Laura, Iwas thinking about you since last summer when we were discussing about books and other stories related to the most important agricultors around Catalunya.

I'm interested to explain you a disaster that happened in my village where a beekepere was working a beehive and was attacked by the bees. In spite of the fact that the doctors thought it wasn't dangerous, the beekeper became ill owing to the big quantity of toxic substances that he could have in his stomach.

Furthermore his family not even knew about the disaster so it was terrible. Perhaps yoy want to know exactly how he died therefore now I will explain it to you. He was in the farm, looking for hooney and then, two minutes later he was attacked by twenty worker bees, as a result, his body was completely swolled. Unfortunately in this moment nobody was in the farm so he died in only ten minutes.

Among all the beekepers ten per cent suffer problems of this kind. It was a terrifying ending.
Lovee
Frankie

Opinion essay

2010-05-06T06:33:00.000-07:00

Nowadays, there is a tremendous confusion about what the mind-body therapies are among the popullation. Despite there are many hidden healers I think in our country a lot of people believe in this kind of therapies whereas other people say that they are a waste of time. In my opinion, they can produce on someone real benefits related to the relax or concentration.

Firstly, I believe the mind depends only on how we used before. For instance, is not a lie that If you go to a therapy like yoga, you will have a clear mind. However, sometimes we can't achieve our challenges or find pleasure through those therapies.
Besides this is a difficult issue to talk because perhaps there are an amountof different views. Nevertheless, seeing that there aren't hard problems among people who are stilling yoga or relaxation, I conclude this isn't dangerous.

Furthermore, apart from these opinions, many people show that all of us are fortunately full of benefits in this matter. Hopefully, the results are better than anybody could imagine. These type of experiments with our bodies have done in order to finish with our stressful lifestyles. In conclusion, there is no doubt that this kind of therapies contribute to increase the pleasure among all of us.

René Descartes

2010-05-02T08:46:00.000-07:00

I was decided to write about the ideas which has had this witty phylosopher called René Descartes who was born in France at the sixteenth century.

According to René all the wishes that we could have is some moments of our lifes can be reduced by the power of the mind. For this reason he considered that the mind was the main part od the body which controlls all the sitation and the accions we can do.

On the whole, this author must had a doubt to recognize the real life and the dreams.
Therefore he was decided to doubt about the information that he was recieved through the sense. Moreover there was a moment when he decided to doubt about everything.

However, this isn't a good alternative so he admitted that if he thinks, he exists. These is the most important sentence in his phylosophy. He concluded that there was nothing more easy to know than his own spirit. He was a racionalist, who said that mathematic method was the best to arrive at succes.

Related to God, he reduced the power of gold among the society, however this witty task was too dangerous in that moments so he needed to be hidden by his friends in Holland. Even though he was reduced his power he didn't refuse his existence perhaps because this thing could be caused too problems.

Agains this fabulous author there was other english empirits such as David Hume who believed in the expierence much more that in the reason of our minds.

In my opinion, René Descartes was an impressive witty person who was decided to disucss the problems related to Gold in a problematic society. Despite it seems to has more reason the empirists I think the exeperience is not enough to do a task.
My favourite author is without any doubt Friedrich Nietzsche who is also the most recent.

Sorry, blame it on me

2010-05-02T08:20:00.000-07:00

As life goes on I’m starting to learn more and more about ........
I realize everything I do is affecting the people around me
So I want to take this time out to apologize for things I have done
And things that have not occurred yet
And the things they don’t want to take responsibility for

I’m sorry for the times I left you home
I was on the road and you were .......
I’m sorry for the times that I had to go
I’m sorry for the fact that I did not know
That you were sitting home just wishing we
Could go back to when it was just you and me
I’m sorry for the times I would .......
I’m sorry for the times I ........

I’m sorry for the wrong things that I’ve done
I’m sorry I’m not always there for my son
I’m sorry for the fact that I'm not ........
That you can’t sleep at night when I am not there
Because I am in the streets like everyday
Sorry for the things that I did not say
Like how you are the best thing in my world
And how I'm so ....... to call you my girl

[Bridge]
I understand that there are some problems
And I am not too blind to know
All the pain you kept inside you
Even though you might not show
If I can apologize for being .....
Then it’s just a shame on me
I’ll be the reason for your pain and you can put the blame on me

[Chorus]
You can put the blame on me [4x]
Said you can put the blame on me [3x]
You can put the blame on me

Sorry for the things that he put you through
And all the times you didn’t know what to do
Sorry that you had to go and sell those packs
Just trying to stay busy till you heard from Dad
And you would rather be home with all your ......
As one big family with love and bliss
And even though Pops treated us like kings

He got a second wife and you didn’t agree
He got up and left you there all alone
I’m sorry that you had to do it on your own
I’m sorry that I went and added to your .......
I’m sorry that your son was once a .......
I’m sorry that I grew up way too fast
I wish I would’ve listened and not be so bad
I’m sorry your life turned out this way
I’m sorry that the FEDS came and took me away

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

I’m sorry that it took so long to see
They were dead wrong trying to put it on me
I’m sorry that it took so long to speak
But I was on tour with Gwen Stefani
I’m sorry for the hand that she was dealt
For the embarrassment that she felt
Just a little young girl trying to have fun
Her daddy should never let her out that young
I’m sorry for Club Zen getting shut down
I hope they manage better next time around
How was I to know she was underage
In a 21 and older club they say
Why doesn’t anybody wanna take blame
Verizon backed out disgracing my name
I’m just a singer trying to entertain
Because I love my fans I’ll take that blame
Even though the blame’s on you [3x]
I’ll take that blame from you

And you can put that blame on me [2x]
You can put that blame on me
And you can put that blame on me

Description of a person

2010-05-02T05:34:00.000-07:00

She is particulary cheerful among all of us, also I often say that she get a big influence of the most known phylosopher Friedrich Nietzsche because she wants to live raising limits. However, occasionally she has a strong personality so be careful if she has strange day. ;)

One thing that I really like about her is that I can have a conversation talking about anything. Seeing that this year she sits beside be I knew much more about her life,feelings. Physically, she is rather preety, recently she changed her hair's colour, in my opinion, now she is more attractive. Besides, she has an ill-tempered chararcter.
Within a long time we went together to the school in Castelló, beatiful memories. Once in a while, we meet toether for study hard, so even though she has some problems whit chemistry or catalan, she is more clever that everybody knows consequently I have no doubt that she will achieve her future challenges.

One of the reasons why I envy her is because she set out to be a doctor or other jobs related to biotechnology so she need a high mark.I never can't done it because the battle with my own nerves probably will overcome me.

Sometimes she seems to be a bit crazy, however I really think she is a charming women so she isn't selfish like I said many times in class. In general she is extroverted, kind but she isn't fit enough yet :), however we will go together to the gym to solve this little problem. kisses...

Review

2010-04-27T01:35:00.000-07:00

Narrative text: .Write about a holiday when everything went wrong. Write an old story, you can invent ( aobut dreams).

. Conditional, passive, When I was young..., There was a terryfing history that seems...
. Use modal phrasal verbs. Connectors like: Firstly, secondly.

An Opinion essay:That consists on give your opinion about one sentence or question, not discuss a topic.
. Give many examples in favour of your opinion, recognize some things agianst and give examples about the topic that had happened before in your country. Use links or connectos like even though, although, owing to, due to, besides.

Informal letter: Write a letter to your freind or a parent explaining your own experience in the new place or the task that you are doing.
Use a lot of expressions, phrasal verbs like looking for, wake up, throw away and many adjectives desciibing places. IN formal language.
. The writer's adress at the right and finally you can write kisses.

Formal letter: Consists on write a letter to an unknown person, or asking for information, is more serious that informal letter, to apply a job.

Use specific words, formal language.

Dicussion essay:
Give Ideas fora and against the argument.
Write four paragraphs including the introduction and the conclusion.
Use useful expressions, give both sides of the argument. Personal expressions: I believe that..., personally, my opinion is that, in my point of view...

Description af a person:
Use rather, quite, extremely, particulary...
In fact, similarly...
Use a lot of adjectives. Moreover use different paragraphs to describe different aspects of the person. Include your own feelings.

Description of a place:
The same form, however you can use differetn adverbs about place writing sentences like: It's a great area if you like..., I hate this area... Use connectores, of course.

Biography: Include basic information also a lot of details, Make arguments about the significate of the person's accomplishments or life activities. Obligate use of the past time and say where he/she was born and where she died.

A dialogue: The purpose of the dialogue should be clear in the first few lines. Decide how the dialogue will end before you writing, Include all the questions you would imagine. Basically, use colloquial language. Useful expressions: OK, go on, well..., tha's right, it's over men... come on!, That depends.
make suggestions and purposes and expres preferences.

Argumentative issue for and against live in the city or in the country

2010-04-25T01:42:00.000-07:00

There are many parts of our planet where nobody arrived yet. Consequently I think that we had more fortune than other people who are living under hard and inhumane conditions. However, there are also a lot of people who aren't happy with their social position. For instance, my ancestors were the typical sheperds or farmers that everybody can imagine, they were poor, silly( of course)without knowledge of anyway because they never went to the school.

For this amount of reasons I won't critizice my own origins but recognize that is the worst method. People who live in the country are particulary limitated to work in the land or with animals. Even though it is a sad kind to life, in my opinion there are some arguments in favour that can change our points of views in this matter. Recently, in a study published by the Spanish dialy "El País", people who are in the country must be help you in case you have a problem, they are more optimistic. Certainly I'm proud to know what were my ancestors, I think they are humble. Despite, this people aren't witty, they can be self-suficient so they could survive in extrem situations such as without resources.

In the city people have an opposite view of everything. Their behave are sometimes inhuman, selfish. In cities people are developing their lifestyles in order to achieve an important work in the future. Despite is a positive attitude, this kind of life is also worse than seems. For instance, In Barcelona some factories produce exhaust fumes that can produce the photoquimical smog which is dangerous in high concentration. Besides, the summer sun contributes to damage the air pollution. Furthermore, this situation could get worse if someone suffer asmatic problems. Among all the disatvantges, cities are the main places where robbers have their task in better conditions, stealing suitcases or bags basically to the old people.

Barcelona, for example, is a place where foreign poeple who come from Rumania ( I'm not a racist) are always looking for a person who is absent-minded. Towards the benefits obviously people have more oportunities to achieve teir challenges or step to success. Although is a paradise for people who take drugs and an amount or problems related to criminal ideas, is also the place where the most important events happen.

Seeing that is cities people are full of problems and they suffer an stressful lifestyle, my opinion in that in the country you can enjoy the silence and learn methods to be self-suficient or survive in case you have a problem. For this amount of reasons my conclusion is that cities can turn crazy our minds so the best solution is the country.

Frankie

Informal letter

2010-04-18T11:58:00.001-07:00

Cameroon
(YAOUNDÉ)

RoSER Catalán
17486
Dear parents
I'm still helping many people perhaps in the poorest country in Africa. Seeing that last monday I knew a clever doctor who suggested me to contribute in this terrible situation without benefits, I was wasted some time thinking about the cause.

Firstly I thought that it would be a crazy thing, however the next morning, after I was seen many disasters, I was decided to help the huge quantity of African guys who don't have food or anything in their houses.

On account of these people are working so hard, there are other type of people who waste the time looking after the children who are working in the land. I really think that there are an amount of reasons to help this kind of people. Besides, they have another problem that is the drought because of the clymathe.

For some of these reasons I propose you to coming here next year in order that I have someone to talk and explain my feelings.

In addition, among the african farmers I knew a witty guy who wasn't been teached before. After a week in my house he explained to me his challenge that consists on build a sophisticated machine that can produce energy in the safary small villages so that they can have light.

As a result, the main objective is that this project will be approved by the Europe tecnicians. I hope we will met in a short period of time.

Kisses

Friedich Nietzsche

Growing Organic products

2010-04-11T06:55:00.000-07:00

Sonia David Bridges
London Castelló d' Empúries
Tony Blair street n.7 17486
c/Del Pont

Hi Sonia, I 'm your best friend David I'm in Catalunya growing organic products in an old farm. Every day I work for ten hours without break time in hard condition like in African countries.

Well, I sent you an e-mail last sunday in order to explain the reasons why next summer I won't come back to London, I'm so sorry my dear...Since I'm in the village I have learnt more about organic products than I could have learnt in my life staying in London. Here, people are more friendly that in the cities, everybody knows each other. I don't critizise your family because you are living in the city, nonetheless In Castelló I've never seen a fight or an argument between to people, perhaps because the probability is not the same.

Apart from these human attitudes I have enjoyed much gathering or collecting apples and potatoes. Therefore I propose you to come to Catalunya and forget the stressful lifestyle that you are suffering in London.

As well as desbribe the pictures that I have sent you I'm working too much, however the silence of the nature hasn't got prize. For this amount of reasons I hope that one day we can meet in the village.

I don't obligate you to come, because I know it's a diffcult desicion for you and both options are correct.

With love

David Bridges.

R.Madrid- Barça

2010-04-05T03:16:00.000-07:00

The match arrives, people is excited and both teams are playing an excellent league. They have the same points in the spanish league. However, Real Madrid doesn' t play the Champions League between the week. Barça has a little problem, he'll play against Arsenal on Tuesday the most important competition around Europe.

In Real Madrid there are many players with high quality but in my opinion, even though he is a silly person, Cristiano Ronaldo worry me too much. Yesterday I said to my neighbour and freind Sanz: If in Barça's team plays Henry, the result will be positive. As you know me,you understand my preferences with Thierry Henry. Despite I'm very pessimistic this year, the expierience says me that the referee probably benefit to Madrid. I hope, that Real Madrid will play the next few matches without help so It would be more interesting.

Now I will talk about my own lineup. Firstly I think that the goalkeepers there would be Casillas and Victor Valdés if there isn't any problem. Maybe in the right will play the most silly famous person that I have seen in TV Sergio Ramos, in the middle Garay and Metzelder and in teh left Marcelo the brasilian guy. The middfiels there will be Van der Vaart, Lassane Diarra and Gago. The high quality is in the three goalkeepers, on the right I'm sure that will be play Cristiano Ronaldo, on the left Kaka' and in the middle Higuaín who I hate.

In Barça's team there will play Dani alves, Puyi, Piqué and Abidal, the middfielers could be Xavi, Inesta and Kieta. Moreover Yaya Touré was injure himself. In spite of Pedro I hope that Thierry Henry plays. The others must be Ibrahimovic and Messi.

An hour before de match, next saturday the bars will be empty of nervous, and there will be sparks in the street. This match paralize milions of persons, including people who normally don't still spanish league. In my opinion the result will be 1-1 with a lot of oportunities in both teams, this result would benefit Barça because in the first match in Barcelona, Real Madrid lost 1-0.

Well, I hope that will be an excellent and interesting match without fights and unjuries and more fair play. ;)

Tiger decline is 'sign of world's failure'

2010-03-17T14:13:00.000-07:00

Tiger numbers are continuing to fall. Organised crime rings are increasing part in illegal trading of tiger parts. Also interpol is working to track the internationatl trade. The decline is seen in the most poor countries. These are some sentences that experts have said about this issue. "If we use tiger numbers as a performance indicator, then we must admit that we have failed miserably and that we are continuing to fail,"

"Although the tiger has been prized throughout history, and is a symbol of incredible importance in many cultures and religions, it is now literally on the verge of extinction."

Even though government agencies including police and customs needed to step up efforts to combat the illegal trade, there are many countries who don't respect the animals, for example China and other Asian countries are the principal consumers of tiger parts.

It is said that China is a big treath to the wild animals. The tiger product trade, and to ensure that breeding operations are "consistent with the conservation of wild populations".

Self-evaluation

2010-03-05T13:32:00.000-08:00

Presentation: 7
I agree with my classmates who think that, that day I was too nervous, because I didn't prepare it enough maybe... But for my surprise It was been better than I was thought in a first moment. However, finally I decided to do it, as a result, too many stops. My other problem was that I didn't see the people, perhaps because If I had seen them, I would have been too nervous.

Body language: 7
Well, my levels in English didn't let me to use high vocabulary, however I used the specific words about my research issue like reactive plaster, needle and others. In general good, but I think it would be better.

Structure: 7
Sincerely, the order of explanation was the correct, but instead the video I could have broght the material to pick up myself for example to explain better the method which diabetics still everyday. Definitely I have a 7 too in this part because I think I could have done different.

Content: nearly 30
Here it doesn't depends on my the mark, because maybe there were a variety of opinions about content. It depends on every person and if he likes the topic.

Language: 14
In my opinion I never use high language like other classmates, and it is a problem because in this case if I don't learn high vocabulary I won't improve my level and instead of good marks there will be normal marks. However, before every oral presnetation I revise the links.

Pronunciation:6
Well in this apart a lot of people have problems except natives and other good students. I don't have a matture pronunciation yet but I think it was good than other times. Sonia said me the words that I didn't said good and If my memory doesn't lie me, they are "hereditary", "issue", "characterized" and "prova" thats it is prove or test.

To conclude, maybe I put myself a high mark, but in my opinion the oral was better than the first.

Sorry people, for the moment I don t put the video but I am trying to do it.

Who loves nature?

2010-02-18T10:06:00.000-08:00

Nobody respects the environment so there will be a serious problem in the next few years. Unfortunately there are only the 20 per cent ofrenewable energy. Also people contribute to increase the air pullution with the exhaust fumes. These attitudes can produce the climate change and consequently the species will be die out.
From my point of view Acid rain is the worst problem which damage the buildings and the other species of animals.

Even though people can damage the habitats the ozone layer, in developing countries the pollution is smaller than developed countries. For example we couldn't imageine the high quantity of harmful chemicals or the smogs which produce the USA factories.

Menawhile, people don't respect the environtment. In my family we are farmers but is not exactly the same I respect nature each moment moreover I love pictures from the National Geographic about the wild animals, the beatiful rainsforests in Japan, the waterfulls, the deserts, different cultures people. I really love it!

Whereas when I go to Barcelona I become very sad when I see the smogs the main reason why in this city rains so often. It produces acid rain which destroys calacarian buildings. To reduce pollution would I advice to discuss people the problems and then I hope the efforts of Greenhouse effect will change these narrow minds of the unrespectable people.

It's an important challenge so I think everybody would like to wake up in the sun with their partnets, or going to a picknic in the forest with thier families or enjoy the silence of a waterfull in the middle of a rainforest alone. Who doesn't love it?

Please respect the nature! ;) Byee

Ronaldo returns

2010-02-15T12:17:00.000-08:00

The last weekend the strongest player of the spanish league Crsitiano Ronaldo returned scoring two goals in Xerez home. He returned after injure a Malaga player two weeks ago. Ronaldo who has a sitty attitude, in the point of view of the people everytime played satisfactory this saturday. In my opinion he grew up in a poor family and he hasn't got the culture that have other players so usually he is ridiculous.
Sometimes, when the people ask him who is the best player of the world he only talks about himself.
I'm completely agree with most of people who say that he is an untrue and immature player already. For the moment he doesn't show the elegance or the education tipycal for a proffesional football player. Even though his attitudes is an excellent forward and he scores every match.

I'm sure that many people think like me about Cristiano. However, his shoots often do an strange movement which desconcetrate the goalkeepers. I wish for the chance of Barça that he doesn't improve his level in the next matches so is too dangerous. I hope he will injured for a long timee (I'm sorry)!

F.C.B

The fear of selectivity

2010-02-10T10:55:00.000-08:00

Why nearly nobody fails?
Every year people who arrives to June without feeling one subject have a short period of time to prepare the PAU tests to go to the university. However the reason why I'm talking about this issue is because I don't understand why only fail it few people. Many people said it isn't too difficult but in that moment with the nervous everything is possible.
For the moment I can't imagine that day, and when I try to do that I become very worried. I know I am worried everytime XD but is how I am!
So I hope won't have any problems one of the most important days of my short life.

Basically there are only two subjects which worry me too much, they are English and Phylosophy so I hope to prepare myself hard. Moreover, chemistry which isn't easy is very umpredictable subeject with a coupple of strange exercices. I talk to my parents, however they don't rely on me. Normally for the Batxillerat exams I only sleep five hours nearly if I don't prepare it before consequently I don't imagine the afternoon before the selectivity exam.

In the tests we will do five subjects minimum and eight maximum, three of them of private election. Even thouhg poeple are very shy I know that if I don't study one month before I won't pass the exams. I don't understand why people said me that I'm very pessimistic but I am realistic.

Another subject which worries me a lot is Earth Science because is only for people who have a clever mind.

I think the exams will do in IES Ramon Muntaner in the centre of Figueres a nice place to do this type of exams. In general I should write more letters to and try to enjoy the authors of Phylosophy.

BYEE:)

Chemistry failure

2010-02-06T11:10:00.000-08:00

"I can't believe it"

Everybody who are doing chemstry this year don't understand why they have failed the exams everytime. A lot of days before the chemistry exams I began to study hard so my classmates think that I am going to have a good marks but, of course it doesn't matter the hours that you are studying. The most important condition is listening the teacher and then study hard in your house two or three days after the exam, be concentrate and never become worry, it's difficult.
However, I am stilling these conditions also I go to extraschool center with a girl who helps my much but the result is the same every exam, a four or a three.

Afterwards I suffer the consequences like think everymoment in chmestry or have fear to chemstry, be worry.
For the moment, in batxillerat I haven't passed an exam of chemstry in the first time yet. Many persons of my classe suffer this problems with the chemistry, for example Robin ;)my Got! and his favourite sentence when he see the exams: Ohhh Snaap!! I think her meaning is " I'm sure that I will fail"

Even though I have serious problems with this subject I don't hate it so in the next few years problably will be an important subject for my student life. I won't do chemistry, of course too work for me, but the majority of students of the second of batxillerat need it because the will do similar subjects in the university.

Despite there are other persons like Nil, Oriol, Júlia, Clàudia that have and excellent level, they understand the chemistry. I would like have this easily for all of subjects. I'm not fall in love with my classmates but I know the wonderfull task that thay are doing.
My performance is not enough in many subjects so I am very worried for the selectivity because I know without extraschool help I won't pass the exam.
Now we are doing acid-base reactions I like it so I wish to pass the next prove although I have a bad record in the last retake exam when I had a 9,2 as a result a 5of course.

Often I ask to my classmates what they are think about the failure in this subject they say that it depends on the way of the study simply. For my it's difficult so i decided that is the last year or second to last that I do chemistry.

To conclude I think that I should change my studystyle as soon as possible and then I could pass the majority of them.

Good luck! ;)

Sumatra's Banda Aceh tsunami

2010-01-19T08:52:00.000-08:00

It should have been enough with an sms!!
Five years ago there was an impressive and giant wave which finished with two thousand and eight hundred lifes.
Four hours before the tsunami, in the Somàlia Coast there was a little earthquake.

Moreover there were a lot of litosphere plaques movements. Nobody has warned the situation to developing Pacific countries like Sumatra, Java and Sri Lanka.
Afterwards, four and a half hours later, there were many high waves of 30 metres. Even though people knew the possibility of these disasters in that area, this tsunami appear without warning. Consequently thousands of poeple died.

If only the emergency system had warned of the dangerous tsunami I am compltely sure the evacuation of the zone should have been the solution.
I hope the next time, the emergency people who win a salary, will warn the danger.
Although, If this people don't warm the popullation, I will never listen the warnings and I will do what I want in that case.

Poeple said that the origin was an earthquake in the middle of the Indic sea. This earthquake produced the change in the waters, furthermore the tsunamis, japanese name that it's means destructive hid wave.

To sum up, the majority of people who died in the tsunami weren't warned to the possibility of the phenomen.
One of the biggest mistakes of the humanity.

Cupid's Chemistry

2010-01-18T12:25:00.000-08:00

There are a lot of couples who think that are atrracted for the physically condition or the character, however scientists demonstrate that it isn't correct. Arthur Arun discover that people were atrracted in the majority of situations for the language, eye contact and tone of voice. He propossed an interesting experiment; share your feelings with someone during two minutes, curiously, the result is the same with everybody, the effects of adrenalin are too emotionals and people feel closer.

Imagine a dangerous place or an extrem situation. The power of fear are bigger than everything. Love contains 3 phases, the first called interest which contains romantic signals, second the attraction when we feel sprung, the reason? the substances of our bodies that produce a different mental reactions like fear, appetite...

But after two years, these mental effects diminish and is a difficult phase for many couples, however today exist an stimulant substance called chocolate which helps your health in this extreme case.

formal letter

2010-01-12T11:38:00.000-08:00

C/ Vilabertran 11
Castelló d'Empúries
17486
12th January 2010

Climate summit organizers
C/ Queen Elizabeth 12.
George Clooney.
London
15k23z

Dear Mr Clooney
We would like to explain to our children the necessity to have a healthy without pollution planet. If they don't listen, they will have the consequences like the climate change, the global warming and other problems which contribute to diminish the quality of their lifes.

First of all, politicians should respect the environment, even though I know this is a difficult task because they have preferences like the economy or the industry whose actions damage the environment.

Secondly, In my point of view we should reduce de factory smogs and explain to the future genenrations the problems of this disaster. I think my personality can contribute to preserve the climate change but as much as the politicians. So in future years I will have more emphazy in this issue to preserve the popullation.
I ' m writing in order to explain that developing countries have less pollution in spite of developed countries who don't respect the environment and they produce big problems like acid rain exhaust fumes and more.
When I am older, I wil try to destroy these antienvironment attitudes.

To conclude, I hope the future generations will respect the planet better than their ancestors, I wonder if they will.

Yours sincerely

Francesc Farrés.

My 2010 Resolutions

2010-01-10T14:31:00.000-08:00

This year I want to achiveve a lot of things like pass batxillerat with a mark near 6,5 pass the selectivitat exams and pass the physic proves for enter to INEF, however I have other and more important resolutions for exemple fall in love with anyone( a girl) have a healthy life and know other persons in university if it's possible.

I hope that everybody will be funny although the success is impossible without a diary work and good luck so if you want to achieve your resolutions the only solution is the effort.
I wish my parents buy me a new car this summer if I pass the exam.
Furthermore I wish change my study style for have a better marks also don' t copy the classmates exams like the last year and that the life decide.

From my point of view, I need a different organitzacion for the studies because sometimes I talk to my friends like Nil, Marta and they don't need the same time than me to study the exams, of course every person is different, but I think in this case I have a little problem. I have finished my adventure in football, I'm sad but is necessary this year and this is the only thing that I' m sure that is correct.

Finally I wish you the best luck of the world for this year! Byee :)

My winter holidays

2010-01-07T08:02:00.000-08:00

Hiii poeple! I wish you a happy new year and empty of glory. I know that write a composition in the last day of the holidays it isn' t correct, but I need to explain the worst days of my life. When I see the different activities which Sonia has put in the page I become worried.

Well, the 22th of December when everypeople were happy, I'm sad because the same day I realized a chemestry exam and I thought I was failed it, I was sure.
I thought if I hadn't been nervous in the moment of the exam,
I would have passed the prove without problems but is a typical problem. Eventhough Lluïsa correct the exercises with a low mark, I think in June I will pass the chemestry exam. At the same night I went to dinner in a chinese restaurant in Empuriabrava with my classmates and suddenly I had theetache and I couldn' t ate anything.
At the end of the night we stayed in capitains cabins the Robin's father pub and I had headache. The next day I went to dentist and he explained me what are the thoot of the wisdom. This is the reason for I have suffered my worst christmas holidays. This year the Christmas Day was celebrated in my house and there was a lot of delicious food which I couldn' t ate. Other people ate too much so I think I am the only person who returns to school with fewer weight.

In addition I couldn't drink alcohol because I was taking antibiotics, a big problem because after the exams and research work I needed to drink alcohol and go funny. Afterwards, these days the weather is too boring.

Finally I have decided to finish my football life because I need more time to practise and study and is the only solution. If only I had had better marks now I am more happier. To conclude up I wish have a good luck this year. Byeeee :)

national geographic picture

2009-12-06T02:31:00.000-08:00

This is a photo of the Rize Valey in China, is an relaxing-magic place where people went to find the relax. Is like a paradise, I need one day go to this place. Is empty of live, and probably is a difficult place to find. In my point of view the best photo of the moment which describes the true nature.

For people who loves nature this is a perfect place to go one day. If I had seen this image before I would have been more interested in national geographic photos. Very good task for the photograph of this art.

To sum up, I think is an old- and wildlife place where a lot of people don't know yet.

Football Managers

2009-11-26T08:33:00.000-08:00

"Go out and enjoy yourself"
Today I will talk about football managers. The majority of managers in England say this sentence to the players before they go out to play so players go out to the field with a positive ideas. I think is a clever idea to motivate players.

My favourite coach was Arsene Wegner, an old French man who trains Arsenal. However, now I prefer Pep Guardiola who is a funny person, a young catalan manager, but he talks like an old and clever manager. The last year he won the third champions league for FcBarcelona and he achieved an impressive thing, in his first year as a trainer, he won the three competitions which he participated.

Guardiola is my mirror, because I need to become one day a football manager or something related to sports. Since I was young I have had a lot of bad managers, obviously in a village club. Evertheless now I Know the reality and eventhought I play in Unió, I have the worst manager that I have had in my life. It doens't matter, the appearneces sometimes are disseptive.

To sum up, I think that someone who wants to become a manager has to be clever.

American History X

2009-11-25T07:24:00.000-08:00

White people against other races.
The film is a history of a white American family whom father has died, burned in a ghetoo, working to finishing a fire. Is an interesting film which talks about a young boy called Daniel Vinyard who go to the school in Dennis Beach and his old brother called Derek Vinyard is a nazi who has arrested and kept on the prison because years ago he had killed two black persons in the street because they were stilling his car.

The director of Dennis Beach is Dtor Sweeny, a black teacher who needs help Daniel Vyniard. The old brother, was a nazi skinhead and Daniel was the same. Everytime Derek had problems against blacks people or others, destroyed markets and did a lot of illegal things. In the prison Derek saw the real life and knew that the racism is a lie, everybody need the money. Afterwards, when he came back to house explained everything to his small bother Daniel.
He didn' t understand anything, so he hated Derek.
Finally, when the family became normal people, one day in the school a black student killed Daniel. This is the prize of the fights.

I like the main characters, are more detailed, there is wonderfull sounds of a fight. There are terrible shocking dieds and violations. The effects are real and the film talk about the society, this is important.

I don 't like the many times when appeared died poeple and the fights. The life in the prison is very unconvincing.

Good entertaning, I recommend this film to poeple who don 't see the equality of the people in the world in twenty one century. The final is brilliant when appeared a sentence which explained that the life is too short to stay angry or in arguments with another people, live your life.

Human Rights

2009-11-24T16:22:00.000-08:00

1. What are human rights? Human rights are freedoms which humans has entitled.
Include civil, political, liberty, freedom, and equality before the law.

2. When did human rights start? The 10th of December 1948, when the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human rights.

3. Why were they created? They are created by shall strive by teaching education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progreesing preasures.
4. How many human rights are there?
Now there are a lot of human rights, but basically exist 30 articles, which speaks about everthing.
5. Which human right were you not familiar with? I’ m not familiar with a human right of article 15 which said that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality, because I think is not necessary to change the nationality, but sometimes are the correct decisison, for example to go to another country to search work.
6. Choose one human right and discuss:
Article 17.
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
- Is it fully respected in your country today? Justify with news, comments, studies on the subject (cite the links of your information sources)
The majority of poeple think this human right has respected, but in Spain the Govern, sometimes still you, for example my father have a property in Empuriabrava and the govern, still them and they build another edifications. I think is this case the govern don’t respect the human rights of my father.

- Do you know if it has been respected in the past? Why or why not?
I ‘m not sure what happened in the past, but I think a lot of time ago, people didn’ t respect anything and they ocuped the private property. Near 1400 after Crist , the Govern had the majority of propertis and stoll the others. They didn’t respect the property for enrich their families. If the govern or rich people didn’t stoll things, they wouldn’ t be rich and famous.

-Where in the world is this right not complied with? Check here
Actually I think in most African, south American and Asian countries this right of private property don’t respect. Often, I see in TV news cases of ocupation of the private property for soldiers or important people. Basically the places are poor countries.

7. Are Humans rights relevant in the world today? Of course why? Human Rights are relevant and the most important thing which is before the law, but sometimes there are a lot of people who don’ t respect them. However in the future this situacion will change and the people respect the rights more than now.
8. Participate on Facebook: Join the Human Rights Campaign on FB and comment on 2 campaigns/news they have been involved.
9. Discussion essay( to be done in class): Should Human Rights be enforced by law or optional?

Today, who doesn 't respect human rights?. This is an important issue because the Human Rights are coherent reasons but they be enfored by law?
Obvioulsy the law shuold be enforced the Human Rights, but is normal too that the govern still with the law. It is a well-known fact that people don ‘t understand.

On the one hand, Human Rights should be enforced by law consequently everybody would respect them. Some people would argue that If the law would be serious, the result would be the correct, better than before. Other thing that is the most important thing is the law punish who doesn’ t respect them.

In contrast, is better than Human rights would be optionals, because everybody is different and have a different opinions and viewpoints, and the law doesn’ t matter.
However, most of times the law doesn’t punish who doesn ‘t respect anything.

The law only create problems and the option is the best solution.
Personally, I believe that the Human rights should be enforced optional, because everybody is different and have a different view of his rights, and the govenrment which put the laws sometimes still and don’ t respect our human rights.

Oral Presentation: Plastic Surgery

2009-11-24T08:19:00.000-08:00

Who made the perfect presentation? I evaluate the presentations together. In my point of view we used many resources like powerpoint, images, but we didn't used a video, sound and real material. Resources were focused in the topic , obviously, and

I think in difficult topics like plastic surgery they are very important to understand the meaning. I think the important problem was only the timming per person, because we spoke very fast. Sometimes I was looking the audience because the other day I was very nervous like the other classmates so the majority of time I saw the floor. I didn't read from my notes and I made a movement or gesture in my last viewpoint to make people notice the picture of a woman without ear. I think we organized our ideas in order of importance, for example I began answering the question: What 's plastic surgery, and after I explained the resources that are used in plastic surgery. We used markers markers to help the people, like first of all, secondly, on the one hand... on the other hand... I didn't do the conclusion consequently I can't evaluate it but I think Marta finished very well with qoutes.

In my opinion we introduced new information because plastic surgery isn' t a famous topic. The information wasn' t extensive but the viewpoints were justified and we showed a lot of examples. Sources were properly referenced and the message was clear. I think I used a normal grammar with future simple , present simple althought I didn' used past or other variety of times.

The vocabulary wasn' t poor but if I used more synonyms and expressions it was more correct. I used the connectors everytime, but, furthermore, also, however... and fillers to understand the pauses. Everybody knows me and my pronunciation isn' t wonderfull to compare with native people, Robin, Jake.. or people who has a good pronunciation like Marta, Julia and Claudia, but I think my pronunciation was comprehensible the other day. Sometimes I changed the tone of voice and I spoke in a fluid continum, only with one interruption. Well, I don't like put my marks but I think in this oral my mark was near 72,5 per cent. Byeee ;)

Are paper books dead?

2009-11-23T03:41:00.000-08:00

In the world a lot of people read newspapers and the same of paper books and it 's better for sight. In my view there are many advantatges to read in papers.

First of all, old people have a tired sight, and when they arrive at home they want to read in newspapers or papers. Basically is better for the sight of different ages people.

Secondly, some people prefer buy paper books because is more echonomic, consquently only poeple who are rich would buy digital books. In addition paper books are a folkloric and tradicional objects. Sometimes these books have a wonderfull smell.
Furthermore, people can write in some pages if the books are their property, besides paper books have a magic yellow colour that show the long age of this.

In conclusion, I think paper books will never die so people will read at the same time of digital books.

My research project

2009-11-22T13:22:00.000-08:00

Who get stressed with research project?
Every day I do an hour of theory in my house also sometimes I do the practic part in the school, which consists on pricking classmates fingers to test the sugar in the blood. The teachers who help me in the project are Susi and Pere Amat.
In my project I talk about diabetis, a dangerous and one of the worst sickness that exist. Anyone who has this illnes , needs insuline every day in their blood.
Diabetics don' t produce insuline and consequently the sugar increase too much. This is a bad problem and it is ireversible. Since I know the problems and dangerous of diabetis my diet is more healthy. Time ago, I went three times aproximately every month to mac Donalds or others fast food places.

Today I pricked the classmates in the english class and Sonia, the english teacher let me. I haven' t finished the practic part yet.In my opinion these days are the worst for everybody because is the serious moment and when everybody have the final exams of the term, projects, oral presentations...

To sum up, I think these winter holidays I will stay in mi house sutdying hard because in my view the marks would be negative. It's better not to know the resolution in my house.

History of internet

2009-11-15T12:25:00.000-08:00

The first internet connection take place in 1957 when everything began, before this year, computers only work on one task at a time, called batch processing. The aim of the first internet systems is time sharing which consists in a good work directly on the computers and the fisrt idea was to share the processing on one computer with a lot of uses. One of the concepts of the Network called Arpanet was Rand corporation in America, the comercial network in England called NPL National Physical Laboratory and the scientific network called Cyclades in France.
Packet switching is an union of IMP, NCP and TCP which control the network activities and verification of the fail transfer and it was necesary because design other comercial bases, had a lot of uses and fail transfers. In 1962 American scientist discovered teh meddle and long ranges in cuba which was be able to rich the United States. In France was born the word inter-net in Cyclades in the comunication with other networks.
By 28 of February in 1990 Arpanet was removed and internet up and running was born.

We are an alcoholic society¿

2009-11-07T08:12:00.000-08:00

Some people believe that drink alcohol in parties are a good thing, althought other people think consume drugs like marihuana, haixix are better, it can't be true. From my point of view alcohol isn't a drug in small quantity. For example in last barraques of Girona on the one hand I was drinking a caipirinha with my friends an the other hand another young-aged group of people were smoking marihuana.

Furthermore police mans didn' t control the alcohol movement, they considere that is a small drug, consequently everybody in village parties drink alcohol in the streets. This is a big problem and is the reason of the majority of fights and arguments.

In one sentence we are an alcoholic society. Only yankees or problematic people who live in ghettos, and sometimes rich people take drugs, however everybody drink alcohol. In theory, it is forbidden for undereighteen people, despite bars and pubs sell it alcohol everynight.

In conclusion our society are alcoholic also I agree with people who drink alcohol, I drink it too...

REC

2009-11-02T03:42:00.000-08:00

Is a terror story about a firefighters who went a house of an old woman. Firstly I thinked the firefighters went to the house to help a people because there was an accident or a fire. Good story and bad end.

Last year I watched a horror film with my family. Every friday in Channel plus we use to watch a funny film but that day I stayed in my soffa. At 10 o ' clock began a stange report about firefighters and I didn't understand what was happening and a minutes later I know the topic of these report, the report was the film. The film talked about a firemans who went in a house because a grandmother who was bitten for an ill dog. This grandmother bit another persons of the house and they were ill. Was a mental illnes called rabies. The firefighters get into the house and an hour later the majority of firefighters had rabies. Police closed the house but that was no good for the firefighters becuase they were closed into a terrible house. Everybody was died and that friday night I couldn't sleep XD.

In the film there was terrifying sound effects, violence, althought is a interesting film for people who likes terror films. I like the topic of surprise, spontaneous actions for example when everybody stayed in the house, and suddenly, someone switched on the lights and began the best terrifying part. The characters choosed are prefect for film.

I didn' t like the movements of the camera, and the quantity of blood was excesive. Sometimes the speciall effects were untrue consequently there were a lot of shocking moments. Furthermore in the film didn' t appear the music.

In conclusion, I think the film is not bad, Ok I recommend for people who like terryfing movies.

*People who saw REC 2 said to me that the film is worse than the first. I never will see a horror film in channel + again.

Are the exams now too difficult?

2009-10-20T08:33:00.002-07:00

In Catalunya, the exams are more difficult than other parts of Spain.
In my opinion, doing catalan language is much more difficult than the majority of languages.

First of all, there are a lot of words which people have problems. In addition, the marks of people who went to catalan centers of Batxillerat are better than the other Spanish parts, this is not a coincidence.

Secondly, a lot of people who begins batxillerat, later they failed them and it's too difficult because only point the exams. Furthermore, poeple who have doing scientifics are very stressed every day. Maths, chemestry,... and others.

To sum up, I think that the exams are excessive and very difficults, if anyone studied the last day before the exam, he will probably fail the exam.

New drug of choice on campus

2009-10-05T03:58:00.000-07:00

Is a substance for the students and is intensly for hours and is for stressed students, is also easy to get. My opinion is this people don't tink about this topic because is a legal drug but it produce tremors, stroke and heart problems. Is a drug which is no accept for other people and it have a good sesion for examns and estrés. I think in the university poeple don' t consume drugs, but is not really.
I think marihuana or THC is the more normal drug.

Australia

2009-10-01T08:47:00.000-07:00

"The land of Animals"

One day, if it' s possible I want to go to Australia, and visit the animals who lives in the forests, the sharks, dangerous snakes in zoo' s and there are a lot of spiders like black widow and others. But the animals who is the most dangerous is a small medusse who lives in suoth- est cosasts of Australia. Curiously, five or six years ago, when the Olympics was in Sidney, the aquatic prove was impossible to realize in the sea because at three hundred meters of coast were white sharks.
This anectodh shaw the dangerous land where I' m talking about.

There are funny animals like kangaroos, the center of Australia is infested by kangaroos and Koalas.
The original inhabitants of Australia were Aborigines a black race which has probably lived 40.000 years ago. Australia was discovered for the Portuguese in the sexteenth century, and then it was explored for various european nations like Dutch, French until in the eighteenth century James Cook clained the continent for the Britsh Crow. In 1901 the diferent british colonies like South Wales, Tasmania... started the modern existence and created the federation in 1901.

Because is an old area, have an original wildlife with animals like kangaroos, Koala Bears and prehistoric animals. People who lives in Australia have a nomandic lifestyle. Aborigines people every moment were scape for white people and Darwinian theories assumed the Aborigines had not culture. I think is an interesting country and althought is the most dangerous of the world I will go because there are a lot of animals like white sharks, cocodriles, meduses...Impressive.

My football team

2009-09-28T04:14:00.000-07:00

This year I am playing in Unió Esportiva Figueres. Now, in second month I think I chosen the incorrect option because the first match I began in the bank and I don 't understand the reason why but I respect the decision of my coach.

This weekend we will play in LLeida and I think I wouldn't play. Two months ago if I know that I won' t play I didn't choose this option. My partners are the majority stuppid people but I know these situation before I went to Unió. I have faith and expect to play more minutes but is difficult. The last weekend I only played 25 minutes and these minutes I was play very bad. I don't know the manager think of me but I stay very insecure in this moment. I think my luck will change one day. The other forward is a rapper called Jare who is a good player I know, and is a funny person.
I was very worried about the football but my first option are studies of 2nd of batxillerat, that are more difficult. We will play in the Vilatenim stadium however now we are playing in El Far. This year is very difficult for me, I lost a lot of time in football consequently my time of work decrease too much. Probably I will leave of Unió and will concentrate in studies,because this term In my point of view I will fail three subjects or more.

Pople in Unió are more serious than in Esplais. Last year, when the mornings I went to school I was thinking in go to field in the afternoon, however, now I don' t like go to field. This is a problem for me consequently is possible that one day I will become crazy
This is a link of Unió : www.uefigueres.cat . byee

News BBC Australia Uranium dust concerns

2009-09-21T08:36:00.000-07:00

Another giant dust strom blowing it's way across eastern Australia may contain radioactive particles. Enviromentalists said it' s a material that wipped up to Australia is from a uranium mine. Is important because these particles have caused problems for people with ashma and other similar problems and is the biggest dust storm in seventy years. These storm doesn 't affect me and the people who lives in Europe because is in Australia. But some environmental campaigners believe that the dry, metallic-tasting sediment could threaten the health of millions of other Australians and this reason is not funny.

Another difficult year

2009-09-21T05:18:00.000-07:00

Who is not worry at the beggining¿?
Every year I stay very worried in September because teachers explain the situation and is very difficult begin, afterwars a long summer. This rutine is bad and football don' help to studies. A football player lose too much hours in the afternoons. This is my problem this year, I don 't have a minute to sleep furthermore the mornings in IES I'm very tired. The worst task for me is research work because is too long, my teachers are Susi and Pere Amat. This summer I don' t done the work.
In this work I talk about diabetis, a bad illnes of the blood. Is a people with an excess of sugar in the blood. In this moments my life is to boring and I have fear for exams. Only my ambition to go to university do me follow studying and enter in Inef, in Barcelona. Many of my friends do not study and I This does me think the things always.

Althought I' m very nervous, in my point of view, at the end the marks that I will have, are the corrects. Second of Batxillerat is a preuniversitary high.
However my serious preocupaiton is selectivitat like somebody.

During the year I expect to have good luck! ;)

Final evaluation writing of Activities

2009-06-01T06:50:00.000-07:00

I can see a big improvement in my english level since last September, for example, last summer I was woriking in a supermarket which had a lot of foreign people and I didn't understand them.
This summer I will work in another supermarket and I'm sure that I will talk to English people becausemy level is better than las september.
The activities which best show my level , are listenings and readings because I understand the texts and the dialogue is very important for my level of english.
The activities which are more useful are the oral presentation, blog and other writings.
The activities which I didn't find useful to learn english are catalonia today news and Power points because is very easily. I think oral presentation and watching films are the activities which I like to do the next year because are funny than others.

dialogue albert fran

2009-05-25T03:55:00.000-07:00

Reading about oral compositions

2009-05-24T09:42:00.001-07:00

Wijam: He talk about obesity, in USA is the most important problem of the people, and in Spain is more than other years. His composition is correct and for my is the best. He speaks of different types of obesity, causes, negative effects and solutions.
Questions: Can you put an example of obes person?
Qualification:Very good!! .

Cristian Perez : He talk about Acid Rain, his chemical processes, the consequences: toxins, cancer, premature deaths, other adverse effects. About solutions: natural gas, electrical transport..
Qualification: Very correct! More than the others!

Joel Murcia: He talk about pig influenza it’s possible to contage, not exist vaccine, appear in Mexico where people take masks. Now the influenza are expanded in 29 countries. 1649 persons in EUA are contaged. Other problems are echonomy for tourists, political problems in China and Mexico, Questions: For how long exist the virus? Qualification: Correct.

Lauren: He talk about a cronic illness call anorexia, statistics, family child abuse, anorexia affects your body, signs of anorexia is medical attention because is a seripous problem. Anorexic people think they are fat. Lauren have a problem with power poin and Marina don’t stayed, but this composition is worked for Lauren.
Qualification: Good.

Sergi and Sandra: They talk about Racism, is a form of discrimantion of the people for different causes. People considere more than other people. It appeared in Europa it menas xenophobia, is a ideology of superiority. Is a believe ideology of racial group. Types of racism: Racial discrimination, institucional racism and economic racism.
Exemples: Nazism, facism, neonazism. In conclusion racism is one thing that our society.
Qualifaication: Good and very good topic.

Arunas: They talk about drought, more effects and the challenges. Drought is time when doesn’ t rain for a long time and the region needs water supply. Africa is the most important region of drought, Himalaya it disappeared in 2035. periods of drought can have a significant environmental.Qualification: Arunas is normal/good.

Albert: He talk about school failure is a social problem which affects every people every year. Spain is a country with a big school failure. Causes, the responsibles aren’t only the boys and girls, are the teachers. Challenges and solutions are get more interesting the class, workmarket. Qualifiacation: Good, very worked.

Xavi: He talk about school bullying, physical assault, coercion such as manipulation.
Effects: risk of suicide, lonelies, depression, discrimination, history of bullying. Types of bullying: school bullying, work bullying and cyber bullying. Options: run, fight, tell a parent or adult. Is very important because create the pression.
Qualification: Normally and an interesting and frequently topic.

Opinion Essay

2009-05-11T10:49:00.000-07:00

I disagree with people who say that we have almost learnt to respect our world. In my opinion people often pollute the world, and now we polluted more than a long time ago.

We still don’ t respect the world in many ways, for example, exhaust fumes, from the motorbikes, electrical appliances like fridges, freezes, sprais, smoke, factories smoke and a lot of different fumes.

I think nowadays people know the ways to keep the world clean but nobody respect them. If we had respect the world before now I ‘ m sure now, we wouldn’ t be talking about it.

In my life I haven’ t experiences any cases of pollution, but sometimes I have seen cases of pollution, for example, Fridasa a meet company near where I live.

In conclusion if everybody was more careful the wolrd would be a cleaner place.

The film ICE AGE 2

2009-03-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

Ice Age two is a interesting film but is for young people, speak about a lot of animals who live in the Ice and the ice thaw. In my opinion the film is funny but have a parts or long dialogues between animals which are bore. When animals saw the thaw, they are obligated to leave the Ice into the forest. Main characters are Many a big mamoud, Diego a tall tiger and Perezoso is a strange animal and is very heavy.
Many think he is the only one of his specie but later discover another mamoud, who in the finish is her girlfriend. In the lake of the thaw life two big monsters and Many and company fight against these animals and killed him. The film is very interesant.

I have laernt: Main characters= personatges principals.
specie= Espècie. Thaw= Deshielo.

Greek police, " violating" rights News BBC

2009-03-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

Amnesty international has acussed Greek police of right violations. The rights group said the response to December's riots in Athens was the culmination of an "entrenched pattern of serious human rights violations". The anti- government protests arupted after police dead a teenager. In Greece there are a excesive force by police. The police of Greece is the response to the recent unrest.
The people of Greece have the right to proper policing in accordance with the government's national and international obligations.

3 words I have learnt:

Amnesty International: Amnistia internacional.
Response: Responsable.
Riots: Aldarulls.

BBC news Heat and happiness at Angola Mass

2009-03-23T05:08:00.000-07:00

Angolans began to create a cement factory while it was still dark, have a good position to watch pope Benedict XVI. At 10 p.m when Benedict arrived, the majority of people wearing a white souvenir pope- t- shirts and caps. There were babies in the mother bags, old women dressed proudly in brightly-coloured sarongs and groups of teenagers. Poeple put a giant steel at the front, decorated in pink cloth and flowers.
The people arrived at Cimangola at the main gate and the crowds parted to allow the white "popemobile" and this people chating: " Papa, Papa".

Words learning:
Pope: Papa
caps: gorres
Popemobiles: Cabina del papa.

Russian football fans arrested News BBC

2009-03-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

Moscow police have arrested seven hundred fans when two important teams in Russia were playing, Moscow Spartak and Zenit of ST Petersburg. The incident whas happened at started the match and in the end of the match the Moscow police has detained after they have problems with Spartak fans. The match ended 1-1 draw and Spartak funs are very angry. People have fireworks and smoke cardridges and police finished this problem.

I have learnt : fireworks= focs artificials
smoke cardridges= paquets que contenen fum.
draw = empat.

Observation my oral presentation

2009-03-07T05:06:00.000-08:00

In my oral presentation I doing many problems of pronunciation, for example, I said "Edinburg" and the correct pronunciation is "Edinbrugh". At first I was nervous and I don't understandt why, because the last year I have two or three orals, but later I' m correct. We have a problem in the second picture, this photo not appeared and I don 't understand the reason, but I continued. In order I talk about the geography of Sctoland, Edinburg the capital, the most important street of Edinburg Princes street, and put a short video of Edinburg, and now appeared the problem with one picture, later I talked about Scottish food, it is different than English food, the drink of Scotland is whisky and I explain the different types of whisky, and finally I explained the whisky's production. I think that I was normal or good but the topic for me isn't funny, I choose Scotland because Marina like mans who wear the typical bagpipe.

Reading about oral compositions

2009-03-01T10:04:00.001-08:00

Wijam: He talk about Japan, the geographic situation of the Japanese Islands, he talk about the Mount Fuji Sant, lakes, t’ sunamis, the culture.
His composition is correct, but the problem is he talk in catalan two times.
Finally he talk about his experience in Japan.
Questions: Which places did you visit?
Qualification: Good.

Cristian Perez : He talk about USA, Hollywood, persons like Kobe Bryant, George Bush. Tlak about the geography of the states of USA. He talk about fast food and drink and things for visit: The white House, Statue of Liberty, Hollywood, Golden Gate Bridge, Las Vegas. He talk about saint days, and the music of USA: Folk, Punk, R&B, Rap.
He talk about Eminem and put a funny video of Eminem.
Questions: Did you stay in USA?
Qualification: very good

Joel Murcia: He talk about Alaska, his situation in the world, he explain different places: Mc Kinley mountain, Boreal Down, River Yukon. He talk about economy, the construction, oil, the climate of the zone: 30-50 grades. Talk about the culture.
Questions: How many tribes there weren’ t in Alaska?
Qualification: Correct, very worked.

Lauren: He talk about Canadà, about the climate, the causes of gas emitions, the industries, the gas accumulated in the athmosphera. Quality of life, population, religion, economy. Lauren have a problem with pictures, but this composition is worked.
Qualification: Good.

Belinda and Sandra: They talk about Scotland, the localitzation in the world, is in the part of Great Britain, capital is Edinburg, Scottish music, the most important instrument is bagpipe. The Scottish highland dances, places for visit: Edinburg castle, Craig Millar Castle, and Edinburg zoo. The lach Ness Monster- Monster since 1932 in the lach Ness.
Is a big creature. They talk about Scottish food: Bannacks, Haggis and Black Bun, and talk about the Scottish drink: Scottish beers, Scottish Whisky and Hot Roddy.
Qualification: Excellent Snadra, normal-good Belinda.

Anna and Arunas: They talk about Ireland: Anna talk about Geography and different Islands, Arunas talk about the Reconquist of Ireland, the horror century, the official language, the Irish traditions, for example colour black. Instruments are: Flute, accordion, Harmonica, Beuzaki ( guitar).
Qualification: Anna’s presentation is short and Arunas is normal.

Albert: He talk about Jamaica, the languages, the culture of Jamaica, Languages: Jamaican, brithish, African, Europe, and Asian languages.
Culture: Rastafarian movement, particulary dance and reggae, cannabis legalized. Places for visit: The beaches, the capital Kingston. Is a country with large interest in sport: Cricket, soccer, horse racing, athletics. And well representation at the Olimpies. EX: Usain Bolt. The music of Jamaica is Bob Marley, Rockstead, ska and Reggae, Albert like Ska. 1950 origin in Jamaica the Skatelites. The food of Jamaica is a good mixture of African, European, Indian and Chinese cuisines.Qualifiacation: Excellent.
Xavi: He talk about United Kingdom. There are 61 milion people. The population is very mixed: White, black, mixed race, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese.

The culture, he talk about the colours of the UK flat and the reason why are blue ¡, red and white.

He talk about music, there was a crazy movement on the 1960-1970. Her prefer group is The Beattles.

Xavi talk about football, for he Liverpool is the best and he loves the song of Liverpool: You’ ll never walk alone.

Qualification: Normally.

Sergi: Sergi talk about Sidney, is the capital of Australia.
And he recommend places for visit:

Sidney Opera House.Sidney Harbor Bridge was built in 1932. Is the first bridge of Australia. The Rocks, a museum of Contemporanian Art, there are shops, galleries…

In Sidney there are more of fifty beaches and there is a Chinatown.
He talk about Paddington and University, a gallery of New south Wales, The Royal Botanic gardens and Hide and Central park.

Discussion Essay: There are many arguments against being a celebrity

2009-03-01T09:56:00.000-08:00

I’m going to write about celebrities because although they are famous and very rich, aren’ t always happy and every moment reporters ask him.

There are many disadvantages at being a celebrity, for a example this people can’ t go anywhere and usually have to have bodycards, whenever you go everybody reconizes you and ask for otographs and you can’t do anything and when you don’ t have a good work people critizices you. When you are angry with people, you are obligate to do a polite person, because your things are very important.

Finally to summarize what I said, I wouldn’ t like to be a celebrity because they doesn ‘ t live a real life. Often they are very stressed. I would prefer to be a small celebrity. Normal people have dream to be a celebrity, but this people don’t think the problems which have a celebrity person.

Transcription of my oral presentation

2009-03-01T09:18:00.000-08:00

Scotland, scotland is situated on the north of England and in the north- east of Ireland. Capital of Scottland is Edinburg where live aaa four hundred and fifty thousand people. E The reason why Edinburg is capital is because is the sii is the most important city and the best of Great Brittain. Aaa other big cities in Scotland there are a big cities for example Glasgow and Aberdeen. Aaaa Glasgow have one point seven million of people but is a boring and industriall city and is in the centre of of the country. Aaa this is a photo of Edinbrug, the capital, aa and in the left on the left there are a important clothes shops, aa on the right the big castle of Edinburg and in the centre the most, ai the longest and most important street of city, Princes Street. And now the video! Ok aa, History, Scotland is a name from, a of an Irish tribe, Scotti who live in North East of Ireland and until twelve century Scotland was divided into provainces , into provinces, but story of Scotland is very old, it begans with the arrival of the Roman Empire in Brittain. When the Romans ocupp , ocupped the Scottland, Walles and England administering it is a Roman Province called Brittania. Aaa at the time people work in Fishing, hunting and , fishing, hunting and farming. Aaa The people are very supersticious, and the religion of this people is cristianity. Majority of people is a spoke a similar language of Latin, Gaelic, but now people speak English. In eighteen twenty nine, was born a Scottland Yard, is a metropolitan police who found the correct actitud of the people in the streets. Food, Scottissh food is different than English food, is more natural , aaa in original food aa of Scotland is fish, vegetables, fruits, cheese… I put three examples, aa Bluck Bun is a dessert which contains flour, butter, salt, lard, but doesn’t healthy, Crowdie is a cream cheese is to dessert contains blueberry, butter, honey, but it doesn’ t healthy Scottish Slamon is an original food which contains Salmon , eggs and pepper. The drink, the drink of Scotland is whisky aa, now there are many types of whisky, but I will talk about two , Malt Whisky and Blend Whisky. Malt whisky is very expensive and is better than Blend Whisky , buty is for rich people, normally. Whisky is frequently drank in Scotland, the people says: The water of life. Malt whisky, is a whisky which destilled at a single distillery and which is made completely from a single type of malted grain, normally barley. Is come in the country is imported in Scotland, Ireland and Japan, and blend whisky is a type of whisky of, is a product blending different types of whisky, is a mixing of is a mixing of different whiskys is the countries who imported are Scotland Ireland and Canada. And Whiskys production. Whisky is a great industry in Scotland. The first written record of whisky in Scotland is in fourteen ninety four and this date demostrate the old history of whisky and in the production of Scottish whisky the raw materials are barley, barley in catalan is cibada, a yeast es blat and water es aigua. And ee The process comprises five distinct stages. First, Malting, second mashing, third fermentation, fourth distillation, and fifth maduration. I thought one anecdoth in Scotland, is people when go to the pubs drink a beer and later, immendiatly , drink a a glass of whisky.

Description of a Friend

2009-02-04T08:52:00.000-08:00

Roger Vilanova Jou, nickname "Otto" is a good friend, he is sexteen years old, the day 17 of February he have seventeen years. He is tall, her hair is the colour of chestnuts, eyes are brown, her nose is normally and he have a funny mouth and a chin and beard, her neck is similar to a tortoise, her shoulders are big and is a strong person, her arms are very worked and wide. Her normally stomach is white and his legs aren' t very long and are wide. Her toes are speciall for a basketball player.

He is serious, but sometimes are funny, in her room there are a lot of photos of basketball players of the NBA. For girls he is attractive, I think he is a ladies man because he have result in the life. Is a good friend and usually wear serious and black clothes. He is very elegant when he go to a party. Other friend of Otto say the majority of time he is in the Messenger, the last academich results aren't good but Otto is prepared for Batxillerat.

I know Otto from I was a children, he live two streets near my house, he live in a farmhouse, but are big, his bedroom are very big and he have a table of Ping Pong. He have cows in the garden and her father is a joker like Otto. He tells me the storys of her life and are impressive. He is a gentleman. And then the photo of this crack!

Should the experiments on human life have limits?

2009-01-28T10:08:00.000-08:00

I think that experiments have limits because, they arrived at point to destroy people. Actually experiments are correct for a lot of people, for example in dermoestthetic corporation people correct their bodys. Sometimes experiments are bad and horrible like Victor Frankenstein monster. Often experiment are dangerous for people.
I became agree with experiments because I have a strange skin and experiments correct him, experiments are a mistic method for healthy life. Experiments are good because when are correct it's incredible and fascinable. Finally I think the experiments are the best method for a new life.
I explain the reason why I think the experiments aren't good for the people, because are very dangerous, are very expensives and often don't do efect.

In my opinion, the experiments are a good form of spend the money but sometimes are incorrect and expensive. Doctors are experts and they doing the experiment in yout body.

Frankenstein The differences between a book and a film

2009-01-28T09:24:00.000-08:00

The piece about the sledge doesn't appear in the film. In the film Victor Frankenstein arrive on something but another sledge. In the film the criature kill haskeys but in the book it doens' t mention. Frankenstein's mother in the film died giving birth but in the book I think she died from an illness. And mother in film doesn't speak with Elizabeth and Victor about the marriage. In film people contacted colera but in the book it doesn't happened. In book professor Waldman died but in the film a killer put the knife in her stomach and kill him. In the book family of the forest live in a hut, but in the film doesn't live in this place. In the film, criature kill Elizabeth took his heart but in the book, monster strangled Elizabeth. Justine in the film was strangled for the village but in the book died in prison. In the film there is a woman monster but in the book not exist a woman monster.

Indian it disagrees news BBC

2009-01-22T09:02:00.000-08:00

Mr Miliband
India say it disagrees with UK foreign secretary David Miliband's comments liking Mumbai to the kashmir dispute, - but has played down any diplomatic row.
Pranab Mukherjee said that the issue was now a closed chapter. Delhi believes Mumbai attacks have little to do with Kashmir's insurgency.
Miliband's comments on Kashmir had let to a swift uncharacteristicaly sharp respone from Delhi.
The Indian prime minister's office denied Indian media reports that Manmohanhad write a letter for his british counterpart, Gordon Brown complain about MR Miliband's comment. Delhi wants pressure in Islamabad to destroy groups were behind the violence.

Vocabulary: Insurgency: Sublevació.
Pressure: Pressió.
Foreign: Estranger.

DR CONGO, A land of greased palms

2009-01-22T08:42:00.000-08:00

In Congo, people can't get a job. In most countries around the world, someone with skills make him highly employable but not in the DR Congo. In Congo the war is a normal thing, the qualities of education are not good enough to get a decent job.
A driver of capital Kinshasa it's normally, but later I discovered to my embarrasment, a qualified chemical engineer. He doesn't get a job because he had not greased the right palms. Recently published study explain the anecdotes to roots of corruption.

Vocabulary: Palms: palmell de la mà.
Land: Terra.
Roots: Arrels.

BBC News Vatican to publish knights templar trial

2009-01-19T03:44:00.000-08:00

The vatican publish a document which forgotten in the Pope' s secret archives. Is the account of the trial of the knights Templar of pope Clement V in XIV century. Templar is already a financial success. Collectors from around the world reserved the documents. The Christian military order protected the christian pilgrims from the beginning of cruades. After the recapture of Jerusalem by Muslims of Crusader armies two centuries later, the knights fell on hard times. They initiation ceremonies and Clement V ordered a trial wich partially rehabilitated the knights.

Vocabulary: pilgrims= pelegrins crusades= croades
knights = cavallers

American pie film Worksheet

2009-01-13T09:33:00.002-08:00

Is a very extroverted film , is a comedy and is long. In the film appear sex and money. The topic is American wedding of two studdents of university. Michelle is the girl and is an introvert person. Fint Misters is a crazy and pervert friend of Jean and he prepare the wedding. Is a disaster but Fint Misters help Jean and in finally wedding is correct. Finch is an other friend of Jean and is odd. Finch and Fint compite for sister of Michelle. In my opinion is a funny and impolite film. American Pie is an exemple of the live in America, people are crazy and spectacular. Girls are goo looking and boys are bored because they are ugly. Jean and his friends go to Chicago to search the dress of the the girl Michelle. Fint Misters has doing an homosexual dance in one pub against bearfather, he is a big person who is homosexual. Impressive, Fint Misters help Jean.

In this film I have learnt this words: Wedding= casament. Pervert= pervertid.

Homosexual= gey.

Formal Letter

2008-12-23T02:25:00.000-08:00

11 Vilabertran Road
Castelló d’ Empúries
Girona
17486
12-01-09

The Headmistress
IES Castelló d’ Empúries
C/ Rentador 7

Dear Madam,

I like to talk about atvantages and disvantages of this school. In my opinion, the school looks like a prison, a lot of people of other countries think the same. They think is a prison for young people.

The majority of the teachers are correct but some of them aren’ t very good.

Advantages are: It’ s near my home, I don’ t have to travel by bus , the classrooms of science and technology are very correct, and the playground is very big.

Disatvantages are: The school looks like a prison, for the number of people the school is too small. There aren’ t enough trees in the playground and the food we have to eat in the dining room is not very good.

I hope that my critical letter doesn’ t make you angry.

Best wishes.

Francesc Farrés.

Observation your oral presentation

2008-12-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

Topic:Football

I use pictures about football story and players. I use a video about Ronaldinho. The resources that I used aren't attractive but are original.
I don't looked the audience most of the time, but sometimes I have looked them.
I have notes but I don't read this notes. I did moviments every moment because I was very nervous.
I organized the ideas in order of importance and in correct order. Only I used the discourse marke:Finally.
For the people that knows about soccer not, for the other if. I looked up the information in the internet. My information was not superficial, but was neither detailed. Was normal.
I have used my grammar but I haven't used rich vocabulary. I' ve used new expressions, for example: Legend. I have used a lot of sentence linkers( and, but , also..) and I have used fillers, ( well, for example, one second)
I haven' t pronounce words correct. I've found in a dictionary the letters and the pronunciation. I haven' t changed my tone of voice. I utilized with breaks and interruptions continuum.
I get a mark of 6,25.

Catalonia news

2008-12-01T03:53:00.000-08:00

In Catalonia there are a lot of prostitutes. Girona is the province where we can find most of them. The police find the girls in La Jonquera. The town's mayor Jordi Cabezas says that the problem "will not be resolved until firm actions is taken by the politicians". Cabezas says he fell frustated by the town's inability to take action.
Complaints from local authorities about felling vulnerable and impotent in the face of the problem is common. He says, adding that it is the Catalan and Spanish government that shoul find a solution. I have learnt: prostitutes, authorities and Coplains.

Dialogue Albert & Fran

2008-12-01T03:36:00.000-08:00

My oral presentation About Football

2008-11-26T06:44:00.000-08:00

Thirteen & Adrian Mole

2008-11-08T03:43:00.001-08:00

Thirteen is a film which talks about topics of drugs, sex, cuts herself...

Tracy' s a good student a decent girl and afterwards she is a rebel adolescent who uses drugs, cuts herself and is sexually promiscuous. The fault of this change is Evie Zamora and Tracy because Tracy's mother doesn' t realize of this change. Tracy at the begining is jelaous of Evie because Evie's the best girl of school. Tracy makes like this because Evie is a bad girl. Evie isn't a good model to Tracy. For me this isn't Adrian Mole's next step. The difference is that in Adrian Mole the story is for a teenage boy and his typical life, and he doesn't take drugs, or cuts himself, and in Thirteen the girls are sexually promiscuous and they are crazy. I know live someone who same experiences but this people are problematic. I don't know anything similar of girls in film Thirteen, I don't drug and never cut myself. Tracy is a fashion victim because he has influence of other crazy girl. The problem in the house of Tracy is that her father is not there and her mother stay with a drug person and Tracy's hates it. The film is very shocking. The most shocking film for me is Diamantes de Sangre.

Thirteen

2008-11-03T06:37:00.000-08:00

Is a very good film but i don' t understant this tittle. Tracy is a young girl of thirteen years and she and his family live in small house in United States. Her brother is rapper and in school Evie Zamora is the best girl. Tracy one day meet whit Evie in a clothes shop and they still very much money to a person. The mother of Evie is a fucker and she is cool. Evie and Tracy was snorting drug. At finally of the film the mother of Tracy discovered the money robed and drug and she is very woory.

Halloween night in Castelló

2008-10-20T11:08:00.000-07:00

Halloween’ s night in Castelló

For Halloween, we run a lot because in Catalunya there aren’ t a typical party. My friend Albert and I decided to go around the village and do trick or trucks.

After the party, we went to a policeman’ s house to do trick or trucks and the door was opened, we were very worried. We went into the house and in the bathroom there was a skeleton from someone. My friends run but the house was close. I was left alone and I decided to phone my brother but she was asleep.

Later, I found Albert in the bed and her blood on the floor. I was very nervous and decided to jump trough the window to the garden,while I was jumping somebody caught me…it was Albert and he was covered in blood.
Behind Albert there was a men with knife and two heads tied in her belt.

We jumped trought the window and went to my house. This night we have nightmare’s and we will never celebrate Halloween in Catalunya again.

The End

My live

2008-10-15T05:12:00.000-07:00

Hi my name is Francesc and I’m sixteen years old. The reason why I decide to begin batxillerat is the best option for my future. My father is farmer and my mother is secretary. I don’t like this jobs. I prefer work in a shop of medicine. My hobby is football and my favourite team is Barça. I listen rap music, 50 Cent is the best.
This year I was very worry because batxillerat is very difficult. I has one brother an her name is Roger and he begin this year in the I.E.S Castelló d’ Empúries. Byee!!