Watch This

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/21/studentnews/sn-transcript-fri/index.html

This is the cnn student news link for you to watch and discuss in class on Monday. There has been a bit of a change and Larry won't be teaching you while I am away. I'm sure you'll get the details newt week. At the moment I don't know who it will be, but I'm sure you'll all be welcoming to whoever it is....
See you in a couple of wks, hopefully the winter will  have finished by the time I get back...
Al

watch this

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/14/studentnews/sn-transcipt-fri/index.html

Watch this

Hi everybody, hope your weekends are going well. If you have ten minutes to spare, can you watch this over the next couple of days. It's cnn's student news. We'll talk a little about it on Monday.


http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

Don't forget to  change your clocks forward tonight.... one hour less sleep

Videos

here are those Okinawa videos we couldn't watch in class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwX9Ll19cX0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8teAABsnTmM

Funnily enough

I saw this in the newspaper today. It's what we're talking about. Read it and tell me what you think.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/05/ten-ways-to-live-longer

Welcome

This is the Level 9 class of March 2013. These blogs will be created and used by students in order to show their writing skills. You will be doing two kinds of writing on the blog. The first is journal writing, which is free writing around a topic. You don't have to think too much about grammar and spelling, it's just a  chance to generate some ideas and share some views. The second type will be essay writing. During this session we will look at different kinds of academic essays (narrative, descriptive, argumentative, etc) and you will write one essay of each type. The essay should be carefully planned with attention paid to grammar and spelling as well as organization (introduction, thesis, conclusion etc).
The blogs will be yours to be as creative as possible with. You can add pictures, video, graphic, whatever. We will be able to read each others blogs, and I will encourage you to comment and interact with classmates frequently.
Welcome to the class, I hope we'll have some fun , as well as improve our writing skills.
Al