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HAVE FUN WITH ENGLISH! 5th grade / 6th grade 2003-2004 / 2004-2005
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Links to our blog Our Class (an Australian blog) VImP links For you and your parents to read A Internet na Iniciação à Língua Estrangeira: Blogs e CALL lessons (27Sep04) Have Fun with English! (8Feb05) Comments to this presentation
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Subject: e-Card fromSusana (Click the image to see the animated e-Card)
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![]() Dear Susana,
Thanks for your very cute
"bunny" message.
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See you in class on
Thursday for the test!
Hugs from your English
teacher
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Subject:
The holidays Ther holidays are about starting: In a side is good: there is rest, etc, but in other side is bad because I don't see my friends and the teachers. To me the teachers are our friends, and the English teacher is one of them. Teacher, do you like holidays? Good Bye, teacher! Patrícia (6. G)
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![]() Hi, Patrícia! The Easter holidays start in two weeks. Teachers and students sometimes need a rest from school. Yes, it's
nice to have holidays. I love them!
Of course teachers are students' friends! And I'm very happy that you look at me as a friend, Patrícia. Thank you! Hugs from your English teacher
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Subject:
sorry Teacher I'm sorry. I like very much your site but I never go to computer. My father is always working in the computer. But today is a special day. I write an email for you. Bye-Bye. I'll be back. Teresa (6.G)
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![]() Hi, Teresa! Yes, there was no message from you for a long time (= há muito tempo)! ;-) Thanks! Is it my
blog or "our" blog? It's ours, isn't it?
When your father is working at the computer, why don't you aks him to send a short email? I'm sure he will say "yes"! Have a nice weekend! A kiss from your English teacher
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Subject:
homework?! Hi, Rodrigo!
How is the long weekend
going?
Is HandyBits already
working? If not, why don't you uninstall it and download it again? Maybe
it'll solve the problem. I miss your voice emails!
I'm preparing tomorrow's
lesson and I think I changed the homework at the last minute, but I
didn't write it down. Can you tell me what it was?
TIA (thanks in advance).
See you tomorrow at 8:30 in
Estudo Acompanhado.
A kiss from your teacher
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Subject:
how are you??
Hello teacher how
you ??
I'm sorry don't
writte a letter at very time, but I (nao conseguia) open your pag in the
Internet!
I like very much
what we are studie in English (Present Continuous).
A kiss of your
student
Sara ( 6ºG)
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![]() Dear Sara,
Thanks for your
message. You weren't able to open the blog page, right? That sometimes
happens (= acontece). You need to go back later.
It's great that
you like the Present Continuous. It's very often used in everyday
conversation, you know.
Do you think that
you understand it well? And do you understand the difference between the
S Present and Pres. Continuous? It's not difficult. But you need to pay
attention.
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Have a nice loooong
weekend!
A kiss from your
English teacher
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![]() Hi, Susana!
Guess what? I listened to
(= ouvi) a presentation by an American colleague, Anne Davis, a while
ago and I talked (= falei) about your message to me yesterday and my
answer you through email as an example of tutoring/mentoring (giving
individual help) students online.
My question is: can I post
your message and my reply/answer to our blog? Is that all right with
you?
Send me an email and let me
know, ok? :-)
Hugs from your English
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Subject:
Hello Hello, teacher!
How are you?
I`m fine, but I`m not
understanding the S.Present and Present Continuos.
I need to talk to you about
classes when you can.
Goodbye.
See you Monday.
A kiss from Susana to you
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![]() Dear Susana,
It's the difference between
Presente do Indicativo (Simple Present) and Forma Progressiva (Present
Continuous). SPres. is for habits, routines, things we do normally
(every day/week/month/year) and the Pres. Cont. is for things happening
(= a acontecer) now, at the moment we are speaking. For example, I am
answering your message (something I am doing now), but I don't receive
messages form you every day, week or month. Right? Other examples,
Susana.
I update (= actualizo) our
blog almost every day, but I'm not updating it now. I'm writing to you.
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We have English three times
a week, but we're not having English now, are we? However (= no
entanto), I am writing in English to you.
My advice (= conselho) is:
study the examples we did (= fizemos ) in class, the sentences in Quiz
7 and the correction, and Unit 9 (SB & AB). Remember to read the
dialogue about the football game.
This is what you need to
know about use (= utilização) of these two tenses (= tempos verbais),
when to use one or the other. But then you have to know how to form
them, the structure (= estrutura). You need to study that. It's the same
for all verbs.
In your message you say
"I'm not understanding...". In English it's "I don't understand...",
because we can't always translate directly.
Why don't you send me a few
examples in Portuguese and English during the weekend? I will help you
through email. Is that a good idea?
Susana, remember that there
are no classes on Monday.
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Send me a meesage when you
have a problem with English, ok?
A big kiss from your
teacher
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Subject:
my message for you
Hi teacher...
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Hi, Bruno!
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Subject:
Sorry,teacher
I know that you
worry with me and all the class.
So I`m writing this
letter for you can forgive me.
I wish you a nice
day.
FROM:Guilherme 6ºG
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![]() Hi, Guilherme!
What a sweet
message! Thank you! It feels good to know that you got (= recebeste) my
message in class this morning.
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Guilherme, it's
because I like my students and worry about them that I say the
things that I said (= que eu disse) in class today. I'd like you all to
enjoy the blog, see how many teachers are writing to you and take part
in the fun. I'm sure you will write a very nice message to my friends
one of these days. And how about trying HandyBits? You will love it! And
then you can send voice messages to all your friends and family!
See you in class
tomorrow.
A big kiss from your
English teacher
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Subject:
She lives in a beautiful city!!!
Hi teacher!
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![]() Hi, Rodrigo!
I will tell Mrs Weser about
your voice email to her and upload it to our blog. Next time, if you
like, you can speak directly to Mrs Weser (or any other friend of mine
that sends you all a message), but send it to me, all right? I'm sure
she would love that.
I agree with you that Bahía
Blanca looks like a beautiful place. The Municipal Theater looks very
nice!
See you in class on
Thursday!
Hugs from your English
teacher
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Subject:
about Bahía Blanca
Hello kids,
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Dear Ale,
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Hi, kids!
Ten days ago,
in class, I told Rodrigo and João Vasco about HandyBits, a very
simple and easy-to-use program to record voice emails, and then send them
to me and your friends in an email.
Hope this works for you! Happy recording! And don't forget to send me a message!
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![]() Hi, Pedro!
Take a look at our
beautiful blog and see what my colleague Liana says about the message
you recorded in class yesterday. Congrats! Way to go! (= É assim
mesmo!) :-))
Have a nice weekend!
Hugs from your English
teacher
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Subject:
Re: see the blog :-)
Hi teacher i go to blog and i
see the beatiful message from your friend from [Pedro L.]
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Subject:
Mensagem de voz (= voice email) [from João Vasco]
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![]() Hi João Vasco!
The presentation went very
well and my colleagues liked your voice emails very much.
Go to our blog and click
Bettina's blog
(2/11/05). She is a teacher from Argentina. Read what she
says about the presentation and our blog!
Thanks for your voice
email.
Have a nice weekend!
A kiss from your English
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Kids, Here is another message from Rita, a dear friend and colleague who visited me here in Parede last month. Read what she says about our meeting face-to-face and her visit to Portugal.
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Subject: message for your students Dear Teresa's 6F students in Portugal,
I´m a teacher of English in
Rosario, Argentina, who travelled to Lisbon to meet your wonderful
teacher Teresa last month. We had been meeting online for 3 years but
never seen each other f2f. This was our first time together, and we
enjoyed our meeting vey much !! We also met Joao, Tere's husband, and
Pedro and Miguel, their two lovely boys. We spent some days together and
shared dinners and outings...we felt sooooooooo happy!!!
We loved your country !! We
visited Lisbon and Parede, where Tere lives, and then drove to Sintra,
Obidos, Nazare, Alcobaça, Batalha, Coimbra, Aveiro, Porto, Viana do
Castelo, Braga, Guimaraes, Evora... You must be proud of living in such
a beautiful country !!
And now back in my place I
listened to your teacher´s presentation online, it was fabulous !!!
CONGRATS on your work !!! I'm going to show it to my students so that
they imitate what you have done so well...;-)))
A hug from Argentina,
Rita
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Hi, kids! Read the comments two of my colleagues made about your class message yesterday!
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Subject: Re: [baw2005] voice email from my
students
Teresa,
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Subject: Re: [baw2005] voice email from my
students
Dear Teresa,
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Subject:
Hi teacher!
Hi teacher!
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![]() Hi, Rodrigo!
This is very sweet of you!
My friend Susan will love it!
Listen to the message my
friend Daf sent you all after she listened to the message Pedro L.
recorded in class for you all.
I agree that our blog is
nicer every day. And I have you and all others to thank for that! You're
super students!!!
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A big kiss from your
English teacher
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Subject: Voice message Dear Tere,
What a lovely message.
After listening to it, I run to record a message
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hugs,
Daf
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Dear Leanne,
Linda, Daf, Alejandra and Bee, My 6F students wrote a message for you in class this morning and then Pedro L. was chosen to record it. Click to listen to it! They heard Leanne's and Bee's messages, and saw Bee's Carnival photo taken about 10 years ago! Right, Bee??!! ;-) I'd also like to tell you that Rodrigo gave a very good impromptu presentation, mostly in English, for his colleagues and me about his long weekend in Madrid with his parents, sister and godparents. Congrats, Rodrigo! Way to go!
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Kids, Yesterday afternoon I gave a presentation online (= fiz uma apresentação na Internet) for a group of English teachers that Mrs Dieu / Bee is working with. I told you about it in class, remember? It's about "our" work with this blog. Everybody liked it very much! The
presentation, called "Have Fun with English!", is on the Internet (link
above, on the left). [It takes about 30 seconds to download.] Take a look
at it and tell your parents to look at it, too. I'm sure they will like to
see your teacher talk about their children's work! I'm so proud of you
all! "Thank you all" for making this possible!!!
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Rodrigo, read the
comment (below) that a colleague of mine in Italy made about your voice
messages!
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Subjects: blogs alive
...I heard Tere's
student (Rodrigo?) in his voice message...he is an international
"personaggio"!!
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Subject: (Hi teacher) Madrid it´s a
beautiful city....
Hi teacher! VImP: I will include the text a.s.a.p.
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Dear Rodrigo,
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Kids, Below is a voice email from Mrs Barbara Dieu, an English teacher in São Paulo, Brazil. She is a friend of mine and also a Webhead in Action, as I am. Listen to it very carefully. See if you can understand everything. She also sent a very cute picture and she talks about it!
Have fun!
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Subject:
Voice message
Hi Tere,
VImP: I will include the text a.s.a.p. (as soon as possible)
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Bee,
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Subject:
hi teacher ... hi teacher how are you ?
I´m so fine ...
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![]() Dear Ivânia,
I'm fine, but tired. I
haven't really had holidays, because I have been at the computer all
day, every day. But... I love what I do!
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What did you do at
Carnival? Did you put on a costume and go to a party, or to a parade (=
desfile) on the street? Please tell me in a message.
See you in class at 8:30
tomorrow!
A kiss from your English
teacher
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The day of
voice messages! :-) What an exciting day this has been! I received 3 voice messages in my mail. One is from my colleague and friend Leanne, in Canada, and it's for you, my dear students! The other two are for me from João Vasco, in 6F. I sent him one, too! João Vasco also sent a very nice animated song that you all know, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Everything is below. Enjoy! I did!!!
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Here is João
Vasco's first voice email using
HandyBits! (Click the icon on the left.)
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And this is
his second voice email!
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And here is
my voice email to João Vasco to thank him for his messages. I used
Horizon-Wimba voice email software.
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Here is the
animated song
The Lion Sleeps Tonight that João Vasco also sent! Notice the fun the
dog is having and the hippo's expressions! ;-)
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Here is
Liana's voice message
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Hi, kids!
I hope you
are having a nice and fun Carnival break / holiday! Well, I'm at home, far
away from all the Carnival confusion. I liked Carnival when I was your
age, but I don't like it very much today. Maybe I would like Rio de
Janeiro Carnaval!!!
I have a short video to show you! It's about Piodão, a beautiful small village located in a valley (= num vale) surrounded by Serra de Açor (1.340 m), a very high mountain. It's very close to Serra da Estrela (2.000 m), the highest mountain in our country. I went there with my husband and two sons in August 2003. Click the picture below and then... be a little patient! It doesn't start immediately. I'm sure you will enjoy it! VImP: You need Windows Media Player 9 or 10!
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Comments from teachers Kids, here are the first messages to you, 6F, from colleagues of mine. "Where in the world" are these teachers?
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Subject:
Tere's class
Hi Kids,
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Subject:
Re: my students' messages
Dear Tere,
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Subject:
Message for Teresa's Students Hello to all Miss Teresa's students, When I read your messages I saw that you like Carnival, learning English, and your teacher. I think you have a wonderful teacher who will help you learn English by using computers. That is almost as much fun as Carnival. Sending you all hugs and kisses from Canada, Your friend, Liana
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Subject:
Great blog!! Dear Class 6-F,
Congratulations on the great work you did
on your class blog. I loved reading about what you are learning in
your English class and what costumes you will be wearing for Carnival.
I loved the picture of the happy and sad masks and most especially, I
loved hearing Rodrigo's voice messages! Rodrigo, your voice was very
clear and strong. Good work!
Your teacher shared your class's beautiful
blog with the teachers in her online class who are learning how to use
the Internet with their own students. Seeing your blog will help us
learn how to use blogs with our classes. Miss Teresa is a wonderful
teacher, isn't she! Thank you very much, Class 6-F! Good Carnival!
Love,
Ms. Linda in Kuwait
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Teresa, ... I really was impressed by your teacher-student blog. Your students' posts reminded me of happy days when I was teaching children only a little older than that in Greece. They were so open, so enthusiastic, and made me laugh every day. Best regards, Linda
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Teresa's
intro to her BaW 2005 friends
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To all my
BaW friends who visit this blog in the next few days, these are
messages that my 6F class wrote in class this morning during the
first period. This was a decision I took on the spur of the moment since
it was Study Hour and they had no test ahead! As an introduction and possible motivation, I told them about yesterday's blog presentation for BaW 2005 by Barbara/Bee Dieu, and also about the presentation I will give next week for Bee's Weblogging group, where I will be talking about our teacher-student blog to teachers from all the world! So... it would be very nice to have some newly-written messages. I told them that they could write about anything they wanted and could clear any doubts they had. Believe me, there was little real help from me. They found most answers to their doubts with only very small hints from me! It was very exciting to see how motivated they were, since they hadn't had one of these lessons in some time, nor had many of them sent me any messages since last June. I was very pleasantly surprised, because the messages are very cute and quite varied. But... I was in for a second surprise. In class I had told Rodrigo and João Vasco about HandyBits, voice email software that they could download very easily and send voice messages to friends. Well, when I got home around 4 pm this afternoon, I had Rodrigo's very first message in my mailbox. What a treat! But it was also very moving! I had tears in my eyes while listening to it. I must have listened about six times! Hope you enjoy these messages from my second year EFLers (11 is the average age) as much as I have. Both the messages and Rodrigo's voice mails (a second one has arrived since I started keyboarding all these texts) have made my day!!!
Congratulations, kids! I'm very proud of you!
P.S. - Messages to my students are very welcome, preferably in simple language that they can understand!
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Student
messages
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Subject:
This program of voice message... :-)
Hi teacher this program is
very very fun. [Rodrigo]
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![]() Hi, Rodrigo!
I'm so excited and moved
(comovida) at the same time. This morning I told you about this voice
program (HandyBits) in class and here you are sending me your first
voice email this afternoon. Such fantastic students I have! Yeeesss!!
Thank you, Rodrigo! You
made my afternoon!
A big kiss from your
English teacher :-)
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Subject:
Hi teacher!
I now now I´m very flat but I
like it!!! [Rodrigo]
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![]() Hi, Rodrigo!
This has been a very
exciting and fun afternoon with your voice messages!!! :-))))
Can you
clarify (= esclarecer) something in your message below? Please tell me
in Portuguese what you mean by "I now know I´m very
flat but I like it!!!" Is it your voice?
I love to hear you in these
messages! Thank you!!! :-)
Hugs,
Your English teacher
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Subject:
Re:
Hi teacher!
I mean: Eu sei que sou
"chato" mas eu gosto de lhe mandar as mensagens de [Rodrigo]
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Dear Rodrigo,
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Hi, teacher!!!!!
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Subject:
Tommy and Wojtek
Dear Tommy and Wojtek, Our class misses you! We want you to send us some photos of your Carnival costumes, please! Goodbye! Pedro G.
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Subject:
English classes
Hi, teacher! How are you? We like very much the Englis classes. We learn a lot of things and it's very fun. :-) We're almost in Carnival, so we wish you a very good Carnival. :-)) Goodbye! João Filipe, Pedro L. and Jorge
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Subject:
Hi, teacher!!!
Hi, teacher!!! How are you? We are fine. Our costume is a witch. And the teacher? We will do many tricks. Good Carnival!!! Mariana D. and Verónica
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Subject:
Hello teacher
My name is Hugo. I like English, but it isn't my favorite subject, my favorite subject is Ciencias [Science]. We don't talk to our friends from Poland for a long time. When do we start?
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Carnival !!!!!! Carnival !!!!!! Hi teacher!!! We are here to sepak about Carnival. Do you like Carnival? We like Carnival very much. In this year some of us will have a costume. Andreia S. will be a baby, Catarina will be a Queen, Andreia P. will a mummy [from Egypt] and Ivânia will be a Maths teacher. We love Carnival tricks. In Brasil people have differents costumes. They go to the street and stay there dancing all day. We sen a kiss to you, and to all the teachers [meaning my BaW friends! :-) ]. Andreias (2), Ivânia and Catarina
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Subject:
Hello!
Hello! How are you? We have a cold. The weather had been cold, but we always come to school in warm clothes. Carnival is at the door, next week, and we don't have to go to school. Yuuppeeee! Do you open the door to Cranival? It's a play on words! ;-) Goodbye. A kiss from Ana Rita,Ana Maria and Susana
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What will be your costume? Dear teacher, Hello. Our names are Joana and Mariana C. We like you very much, because you are very fun. And very crazy!!! ;-) My favorite subjects are Science and English, and Mariana's favorite subjects are the same. In Carnival my costume will be Cleopatra and Mariana's costume will be a pirate. What will be your costume? Kisses, Mariana and Joana
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??? Dear Teacher, Hello! My name's João A. and I like very muc English. I'm eleven years old and my favorite subject is English. English is fun. My favorite times of the year are Carnival and Christmas. That's all. Goodbye.
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Subject:
Carnival The Carnival it's funny and fun. My costume is a ghost and I like very much Carnival tricks. My father's costume is a pirate and my mother's costume is a cook. My brother doesn't like Carnival, he prefer's playing the computer. Diogo
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Subject:
??? Hello Teacher! My name is Bernardo, I'm eleven years old and I like English. My favorite sibject is English, Math and Cience. I love Carnival treaks, and I love Christmas. Goodbye, Teacher.
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Subject:
Carnival
The Carnival it's funny and fun, my costume is a monster. I like many Carnival tricks. In English we studied... [I asked if they would report on this! :-) ] The verb have got and have; The S. Present and the 3rd person singular; The Gerund; The jobs; The Present Continuous and the S. Present. André :-)
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Updated on 28Feb05
Created on 28 November 2003
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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