Blog Topic 3: Confession

Confession time:  Write about a time you got in trouble as a child.  What did you do?  How did you get caught?  Did you learn anything from the experience?  If you never really got in trouble, you could tell us about something you did, but didn't get caught, or you could talk about someone else who got in big trouble.  Check the comments section below for my story...

Blog Response 3 due Monday, 3/3 before class.

Blog Topic 2: Responding to Proverbs

I really enjoyed reading your blogs and comments last week!  Keep up the good work.

Read the proverbs below (from the grammar book Focus on Grammar 4).  Respond to them in any way you'd like to.  You might comment on one or more that are meaningful to you.  Do you have life experience that matches these proverbs?  Do you have similar proverbs in your culture?  How do they compare?  Write 2-3 good paragraphs.

1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
2. He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.
3. Silence was never written down.
4. Never promise a fish until it's caught.
5. Stars are not seen by sunshine.
6. Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
7. Skillful sailors aren't made by smooth seas.
8. A good year is known by its spring.
9. Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
10. Great trees are envied by the wind.
11. The night is dark, but the apples are counted.

Your blog response #2 is due Wednesday, 2/19 before class.

This Week: Comments

This week you need to read (at least) two classmates' blogs.  Write a comment of at least two sentences for each blog you read.  Check your blogs for comments and respond if you'd like to.

Comments on two classmates' blogs due Wednesday before class. 

Blog Topic 1: Introductions

Tell me about yourself! Who are you? What are some things that interest you? Why did you decide to come to the U.S. to study? What are some of your hobbies?  Please write 3 paragraphs.  Also, think of some interesting things to tell us!

Write your blog on YOUR page. I will link it to my page. Please title it Response #1. Due Wednesday, 1/29 before class.