..christmas is coming..

December 9, 2009 Wednesday, we had a General Assembly at the MSU-IIT Gymnasium. It started at 1:45 p.m. and ended at 4:30 p.m., we rushed to the CASS building because it is time for our English 2. We arrived in our room at exactly 4:40 p.m. We really thought that the classes had started already so we sneak in. Knowing that our teacher is not yet inside, we immediately get inside the room and waited for her arrival. We waited for almost 1 hour, but there’s no sign of her, so we decided to go home.

We had a project on paragraph development and the deadline is supposed to be last Friday, December 11, 2009 but thank God ma’am moved it this coming Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Ma’am grouped us and discussed how to make a good thesis statement. After her discussion, she told us that we must continue to check our blog site even if its Christmas vacation because she might post some assignments there. She dismissed us after telling us some of her reminders

late....

Wednesday, December 2, 2009. At 1:30 pm we had a class at CSM building, which is a bit far from CASS building. That time we are having Physics laboratory. Our activity is to be passed after the class, so we performed it as fast as we could. It’s almost 4:30 and its time for our next subject, “English”. We still did not finish our activity and its quarter to five, we’re 15 minutes late. We run as fast as we could to reach to our next class which is English 2.

When we arrived their, our classmates laughed us because we’re running and panting. We immediately sit to our respective sits and listen to the instructions of Ms. Lua Burias which is ma’am Diocampo substitute for that meeting. After we passed our assignments, she dismissed us

....Luz....

concept mapping

topic: The effects of online games that leads to the teenagers unexplainable behavior

thesis statement: The addiction of playing dota and conquer leads to teenagers unwanted behavior

cold and rainy day (home works ",)

Wednesday, November 25, 2009. It was a cold and rainy day. 4:30 that afternoon, English again. When ma’am entered the room she asked us to occupy the sits in the first and second rows.

After we occupy the sits, we immediately exchange our home works clockwise. Our home works is all about finding the main topic and the controlling idea of the topic sentence (page 10) and determine the topic sentence and identify the position or the placement in the sentence in each paragraph (page 15).

After checking the papers, she discussed the outline of our thesis statement which we made last Friday (November 20, 2009). She read some of the outlines and commented on it. I was really nervous when ma’am started her comments on the outlines that we had made last meeting because I wasn’t able to finish it for I doubted the new thesis statement I made. Luckily, when ma’am commented on my paper and said that it was okay so I was relived and feel better.

After she read the papers which she commented on, she told us that there will be no class on Friday (which made us very happy; [of course]) and also give us lots of home works. She reminded us about our blog projects and dismissed us.

...luz...

"English"

I love writing stories, songs and scripts for drama especially the funny ones. The only thing is I write it in different languages (Cebuano, Tagalog and English) in other words MIX.

When I write stories, I think first of the concept of my whole story, and then I write it. Sad to say I could not finish my story because I’m not a good writer and I don’t know how to empress my readers. I’m only good at actual story telling.

I really love writing but I think writing doesn’t like me. I have lots of stories in my mind and some of them, I only tell to my sister and cousins who always listen to my stories and song composition.

I only finish four short stories, six song composition (with tune) and seven scripts but I think its not will written because I randomly read books and I only watch movies. I love to read but I don’t have enough books to read on and my eyes can’t take to much time of reading.

English? Not really my type. I only study English during exams (sometimes not). When I was still in high school I don’t think English has something to do with me because I really hate those rules of grammar; but I don’t have a choice because English is really our medium language and it’s an international language so we need to study it so that we could communicate and understand other people especially foreigners.

When I entered college my mind changes, now, I started to like English because of I was inspired by my teacher in English 1 last semester. I really did hope that she would be our teacher this semester but sad to say, not.

When our first meeting in English started, I was not that nervous because my three close friends together with my two classmates last semester are my classmates now in English 2. I was really wondering who our teacher could be, is she/he kind and understanding? Will, I really couldn’t find out if I was only thinking and not knowing him/her will.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009. We were waiting for our English 2 teacher to come. Suddenly the teacher that I was hoping to be our teacher passes by, I was really happy, but sad to say that she only pass by and stand in front of our room to say “hi” to us.

Minutes later, a teacher comes inside our room; she had eye glasses and speaks English really good. I was amaze by her accent, it was really good. Then, suddenly she called our name and signed our COR. After it, she explained to us her rules for this subject. She had many rules and requirements for us to comply, example of it are blogging thing, speaking English inside the class and have a thesis at the end of the semester. I was a little sad for what she said, but I think her rules and requirements will help us a lot to be a better person and a good writer.

She dismisses us at the end of the class without telling her name. We only know her name when we were buying English 2 book at the Department of English with the help of a teacher.

She told us to make a topic which we like. The next meeting she grouped us according to what our topics, and then she told us to make a thesis statement and 2 or 3 subtopics. I was a little nervous wondering who my group mates are. At first I was a bet shy but later on I manage not to be shy to them so that we could finish the task that ma’am had given us. After we presented our different topics and subtopics, she told us to make other subtopics of the subtopics we made (endless subtopics).

Our third meeting, I and my group mates were not ready to present our work because we did not able meet because of time conflict. Minutes later when we enter the room, a person comes inside and told us that ma’am is not coming. I feel very happy of what she said.

At night when I was surfing the internet, I remembered the blog site that ma’am told us to open. I read the blog which ma’am posted and I then knew the reason why she did not make it to class because she meets a little accident and sprained her left foot.

The next meeting, I was not sure and a little ready to present our thesis statement and the subtopics of the subtopics. I texted my group mates because I want them to read what I have written and I want them to put more subtopics and correct my wrongs. I waited for them, but they texted me that they couldn’t make it to class because one of them was having a fever and the other was paying at the cashier.

I was the only one who presented the work that I did and accepted the feedbacks which ma’am had given. After the presentation, she reminded us to do our blogs and leave us with a task and dismisses us at 6:10.

...Thank you for reading...

...Luz...

which

Language is a way of communication. In this complicated world that we lived in, there are many languages that people use to communicate with others. In this way, we would be able to understand each other.

There are two ways of communication, the written and the spoken language. The spoken language is the most common but the most important is written language. People speak so that they will be recognize or understand by others who listen to them. They can express or show to others what their insides are and how they feel about the subject that they’re talking about. Writing is important especially when you are talking of historical events because it will be read by many people and will be review by others in the future.

The events that had happen, of course people talk about it. Sometimes when a person who witness the scene pass the information to others, it will be then different when the person who receive it pass to others as well; because together with there information are their thoughts and expressions of the information they receive.

There many important events which had happen to us and our country. For example in our country, there are many historical events which had happen along time ago. We pass it to one another but it needs to be written so that it will be preserve and review by others in the future.

I prefer writing than speaking because when you are not a good speaker even if your information is very important, people will not listen and could not react to what you are talking. Unlike writing, you can write all the information you know and it will be understand to whom who read it.

Writing is really important when you want to communicate with others who are far from you because when it is spoken, maybe different words or versions come from there mouth which result to misunderstanding. Sometimes a person lie if the person you want to communicate to is not very nice to approach. So, it’s now different to the information you have told.

We use writing when we can’t express our emotions to others especially when the one who are nice in front of you but talking bad when you turn back. If you are a good thinker, you think this is not nice if you talk those words which you write to your diary to the one who talk bad at you when you turn back because when you do it, it will lead to misunderstanding, fight or war.

Some writers write information to other people who are not doing good. A good example of it is in politics. Writers write so that they can’t be easily recognize by the one they are talking to especially a person who has high position in the government. In that way they can pass the information to others right.

Writing is the easiest way to communicate with others especially when passing information because you are the only one who expresses your thoughts to what you are talking about.

..thank you for reading..

..Luz..