More art that we saw

The American room and the beginning of our tour

What do you remember from this part of the tour?  Do you remember what our tour guide Nancy talked about?  Who are these people?

Our trip to the Museum of Fine Arts

I am so glad that most of you were able to attend our field trip to the Museum of Fine

 Arts in Boston. 

What did you like about the museum? What do you remember seeing while we were there? What was you overall impression?  What style of art did you enjoy the most?

my first snow

I remember my first snow in masachusett went I saw my first snow I call my family in P.R I felt the little girl and so happy.I think the snow is beautiful in the moment but after is bad because the color change a black for me no good .went I came to boston I felt nervios but I like because I saw a new life for me and my children now I think this desicion its better for my live . I think this waether is very very crazy dont like to much.

About Winter.

When I went to my jod was raining bot was snow to.I was surpryse for me bot.I like snow.

First time I saw snow

Of coerce I remember the first time I saw snow. When was walked in the street on the snow and I felt down on my back,and I was pregnant for my first child. I can't believe that happened to me. I looked right and left for I can find someone help me so I stand up I Think the winter time is crazy and all the Siusan too. When I saw it snowing on Sunday I felt this winter maybe very cold.

Editing your post and commenting on posts that others wrote

Good morning!

How are you this morning? 

This morning I would like you to go back and look at your post from last week.  If you did not post something, please write something to publish now.  If you did write a post, I would like you to become a good reader now.  Go back and read what you wrote. 

Do you see any mistakes?  Check your verbs.  What tense did you use? Check your capital letters and punctuation.  Does every sentence have a subject and a verb?  Editing or correcting mistakes is a really important skill.  The more you read your own writing and check for mistakes, the better you will become as a writer in English!

When you are finished making corrections and checking your work, please publish the post again (the orange button). 

The next part of the class, I want you to relax and check out (read) other students' posts from our class.  On the bottom of each post, you can click "Comment" to add something like a comment, question, suggestion or thought.  The interaction between people is what makes blogging really fun!

My first time

My first time in Boston when I saw the snow I was excited. My daugther and I went out and played with the snow like two little girls. In Boston I can to see the four seasons. I felt good when I stayed with my children and my grand children. I look out for the window screamed about the falling snow. I arrived in summer the weather was hot. But I thought the temperature was cold. For me the weather in Boston is good. I like.

my commetary is about temperature

I think the temperature in US is very crazy, this november is different of another years was early the other years. When I saw the snow I miss my family I felt sad when the trees leaves fall is depriment and different. I remember my first time when the snow fell I lived with my family was very excited, all my family together in our house that is my comentary.

My Commentary about the snow.

Hello teacher, How are you?

Yes, I do remember my first time was December 2008. When I came to U.S.A. I saw the snow was white and beautiful, I said. Because in my country it doesn't snow. Last Sunday when I saw the snow I felt homesick because I was needing to talk with my mother. I miss my life in my country and my all friends but I will be going back next year for 2 months. When I came to U.S. I said this weather is crazy but now I like the life in this country. The weather in Massachusetts it is wonderful I like the 4 seasons and thats it's.

The snow tina

Good morning teacher
I read book afternoon Sunday in my home. I saw outside window in the park I disbelieve my eyes.
Outside are snow and rain. The snow is typical for season winter.I grew up my city Koch.
The winter my city is same in Boston. The snow lucky me. When I child everyday played with
snow.The Sunday I fled no good because I think school that are very long. Monday I wore the wool cl other. This is crazy seasons.The weather in Boston change every day.

Weather in Boston

I think about the snow is beatiful, when the snow fall the streets .The winter was alittle sad.
I felt happy when I saw the snow, I remember I walked in Downtown street sunday at night.
The first time in Boston was surprise for me because in my country the climate is tropical very different.


The weather in Boston is a little crazy because every day is different, one day is cold and later is hot.

In the moment I felt sad, I was homesick my family, my country, my people, the food.

First snow of October 2009

Hello Teacher:
Yes, I remember the first time the snow. Was maravilloso waith calor nesy.I impresion the strees, the hauses, stres, cars every thing where wait calor. Cesar is 16 and Andres 11 year old.We played snow did bols and we threw, we ran. We where very happy.
Boston I like.
The Sunday snow whaw roses petalos was beatiful.
In Massachusettes the temperatua is good, it is cool bat calefaction, or hat eir condition It"s ok. In Puno did cool dow - 0 the chidren daed. Puno is a dpta. of Peru limet at Bolivia.
Bye Teacher

Elmira

My first time see snow

Well, this is my first time that i see the snow, all my life i ever think what i do when i see the snow beacuse in my country the weather is tropical, all the time is summer and it never snow fall.

I think about the snow and the winter time that is so beautiful, in this time i would like all my family near to me, because my friend told to me that in this time sometime somebody feel sad and homesick because your family is far away.

On sunday i can't saw the snow, i would like see the snow for first time, i hope get the oportunity of see when the snow falling again.

When i was came to U.S.A. i felt very stranger because i arrived on July when is summer time and i felt coold, i don't know why, but later was very very hot, how was in my country.

About the weather in MA i think is very hot only in summer time and the rest of seasons is very coold than the others state, but i like it, in summer time i like feel the hot of the days and in the winter time i like fell the breeze and the coold, is very nice...

The first snowfall of the year!!!

Good morning everyone!

Hopefully the computer lab is warm this morning.  I think it is supposed to get into the 60s today.  Can you believe it?  Sunday we had our first snowfall and today it is going to be beautiful!  Typical New England weather. 

In Vermont, where I grew up, it snows like crazy in the winter.  Right now the temperatures are in the 20s there, and we are only 3 hours away.  Here in Massachustts, it doesn't usually snow until the middle of November. On Sunday when I looked out my window and saw it snowing, I was very surprised!  I drove in the snow on Sunday afternoon.  It felt so strange.

This got me thinking about snow and growing up in the northeast.  Many of you grew up in warm, tropical climates without snow and now live in crazy New England where they say the weather can change every five minutes! 

I would like you to post your own blog this week, so others can comment on your individual blogs ...including me!  I would like us to interact more and make comments and ask questions to each other.

Do you remember the first time you saw snow?  What do you think about the snow and the winter time? How did you feel when you saw it snowing on Sunday?What was the weather like when you first arrived in the U.S.?  What do you think about the weather in Massachusetts? 

Happy writing!

The FALL

FOR ME SO SO BECAUSE THE THREE CHANGE THE PEOPLE FEELING SAD. IN MY COUNTRIES IS DIFFERENT.THE FOOD IMPORT IN HOLIDAY IS PUMPKIN. I GOING TO THE STREET WITH MY CHILDREN FOR CANDY AND PUMPKIN.

autuns

I like this time a little because I don't have family in Boston,for me is homesick and depress.In my country the three no change the color is different.the food pumpkin pie and flan.the Halloween sometime Igo to triptych with my children and my friends...its a good night this day its more important for a diferent children.

Autumn in New England

Hi everyone. 

I hope you all had a wonderful, long weekend!  This weekend I noticed that the temperatures are really changing and the days are becoming shorter.  It is definately fall.  I love this time of year for many reasons.  I love the cool temperatures and the nice breezes after the hot summer.  I love the foliage, the leaves changing color.  In September we start to see autumn fruits and vegetables in the stores and on the farms. There are apples, pumpkins and all kinds of squash.  Apple cider is a favorite as well.  It is a time of harvest and preparation for a long and cold winter.  Some of my favorite holidays are in the fall including Halloween and Thanksgiving.

What do you like about this time of year?  Is fall the same in your countries?  What are some typcial foods or holidays this time of year? How do you celebrate this time of year now in New England?

About last week

Last week, went my firt week in the new school, I like the classroom because has more light, more space, but I don't like the area and is longer for me beacuse I take two bus for come to school.
I like my new teacher, she is nice, the teacher is good teaching, I like your grammar class.
I need more learn english for help my son in your homework, for new work and for me.
Finally I like learn english thanks for you help.

My First Day of Class

The 8 th Setember 2009 I am happy .My impression went good very good bat my teachers
were before of 9:00 a clok. They where haapy wieted a students. Tha room I laked.
Erin I laked its teaching your personality and is very good people. She made its class.
I am happy. My school is confortable and students are good people.This Fall I willl speak English thanks to Teachers.

Good bye Teacher Erin.

Elmira

I Like me firth day in school because am goin to lornen how to write a speak the verb, a meet new frend.I feel good in the class.

Good morning teacher
I am very happy that studyed El Centro scool.
I loved teacher's school. I began to learned , read ane wrote English in january .I felt very good when went to store ar when was with people. I thought that very very job . I want handerstood English and speak. EL Centro school is very good, we studyed four day and four each day. My classmates are friandly. School has class very naice. I don't forgot my teacher Christie, Hrin,Mariana,Robert and Aleksandra. My teacher friendly.

.Sincerely tina

About last week

Last week Iwent to puertorico with my dougther there are great vacation I saw my family end my frends to my feel is very good last week visited the beach went I say good bay my feel sad the new school the building is clean an longer the teacher is nice the students to the classroom is more space an clean Ilike my class English my fell is good

My opinion school

I think the new school is very big, the classroom is clean has diferent color.
The student friendly, is very good because has day care for childrens.
The place peaceful and beatifull, this is interesting. the fantastic teachers, I think
the new school is better than the school before.

I like the first day because a meet a new people and new learning I consider more import in my self. I feel good because It have more experince about a new vocabulary ,my teacher is a good person she explain everythin when I have a question, the class its more interesting.I likea new

My experiences in the Erin's class

Hi Teacher, my experience in this class is so good, i loved this class, i like share whit all studente of this class, they very nice and i like how you learn this english class, i hope can give a teacher how you again in the others levels...

First impressions of the new school and class so far

Good morning everyone! 

We have been together for two weeks now.  Can you believe it?  I can already tell that we are going to have a very good class this fall.  I have seen you making progress already.  Since we are now getting settled in, I would like you to share some of your impressions of the class and school so far.  What was it like the first day you came to class? How do you feel in the new school?

Happy blogging!

El Centro moves to the Nazareth Center in Jamaica Plain

Welcome back everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your summers. We have moved and are now located at the Nazareth Daycare Center at 19 Saint Joseph Street in Jamaica Plain. Levels 1-3 started last week and levels 4 and 5 will be starting very soon on October 5th. These pictures are of the school and the church across the street.

Look the New in Dominican Republic.

bye guys, enjoy your vacation!

I am very glad to know the wonderful people in this school. Since the begining everything was good. It's a nice place to learn. My teacher's, Judy, Christy, Erin, Marshall, Robert and Alexandra thanks for everything guys, I hope to see you soon to continue learning english with nice company. For my classmates don't forget to practice in your vacation. Enjoy every day with your family, bye.

bye everybody

I say bye every body, I miss the student and my teacher too, supervisor Robert,Erin, Judith, Mariana and my first teacher was Jane. I don't say bye I say seeyou leiter because every teacher is very nice for methe studen too. than you Erin for everything because. I learn more with you because you explain very good.see later. Good lock Erin I have you adresd I write you Erin thank for everything.

Caracas, Beautiful City!

I grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. It is the capital of my country. This city never sleep, there are a million of people living in the same point. You need to have two jobs for survive, it is one of the reason because this city does not sleep. The traffic is terrible all the time, and the politic is terrible, we have a lot of corruption, burglars, delinquency, poorly, etc. But what makes my city beautiful is "the people", does not matter what is happening, how poor we are, how crazy is our government, or how critical are the circumstances, anyway, WE ARE HAPPY!!

Is easy to stop in the meddle of your day, since wherever you are and to see the enormous mountain “El Avila”because this is located around of the city.

This mountain is green all year. Despite of that there are many cars in the city, the air is constantly cleaning because this beautiful mountain. You can go to the top of the mountain in car, walking or in Telemetry, here you will see the city in one side and in the other the Caribbean Sea.

I am extremely proud of my city and its people,tell me if you will go there someday, I will give you all information necessary for you meet the best places in the beautiful Caracas.

Nice to meet you all and Good Luck!!!!

I am leaving school because I'm going home for some days. I want to say that it was a pleasure to meet you all and each one of you. I want to thank the teachers and the school staff. I have learned a lot from you, both, teachers and classmates.

I'll be glad if we keep in touch. My e-mail addresses are: patriciaromero4360@gmail.com or patriciaromero4@hotmail.com

I wish luck to all. Keep learning English and continue to strive to achieve your dreams and goals. Nothing falls from heaven you have to go for it.

Take care and God bless you.

Welcome To Guatemala

Whatt Up Yo! let introduce myself , I'm Jose I was born in Guatemala, and I'm proud to have been born there. Guatemala has the four season in the year,has many tourist destination,is a pluri-cultural country,the justice and the goverment I can give my opinion bks I have many year living in the United States of America but you can see the news and take one opinion about It.

This pictures show how beatiful is Guatemala.

the fenway park

when Iwas 30 year old I visited the fenway park for the first time and watched a game redsox newyork yankee at this game redsox won two weaks later I bought tickets to visit the dugout and walked around the park I go behint the board and saw many signatures from different part of the world including my country guatemala of course I signed and for me is a great moments in my life .

Cambridge: Where I grew up

Hello class!
You have been writing about your hometowns, so today I'll tell you about where I live: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge is just across the Charles River, so it is very close to Boston. My favorite thing about Cambridge is that it has a lot of parks and trees. One of my favorite parks is Danhey Park, where I played soccer as a child.
<---This is a picture of Danehy Park.

I also like Cambridge because it has lots of different restaurants from different parts of the world. My favorite place to eat is a Mexican restaurant called Anna's Taqueria in Porter Square, where you can get tacos, burritos and other Mexican food. Cambridge also has good Ethiopian, Middle Eastern, Asian and Caribbean food.

My favorite thing to do in Cambridge is to walk along the Charles River at night and look at the lights of Boston and the moon. On Sunday, Cambridge closes Memorial Drive, a busy street near the river, so that people can run and ride their bikes along the river.
<---This is a picture of the Charles River at night.

One of the most interesting things about Cambridge is that there are a lot of universities. For example, I live right near Harvard University, one of the oldest universities in the USA! It was started in 1636! If you have ever been to Harvard Square in Cambridge, then you have been to Harvard University. Another university in Cambridge is called Massachusetts Institute of Technology (also called MIT), which is where my parents work.

If you have any questions about Cambridge, please comment on this post and I will answer them!

Thank you for reading,
-Will

My name is Ardjan. I was born in Tirana, capital of Albania. Tirana is the biggest city in Albania. Twenty years ago streets in this city like every city in Albania were empty. Whole day you could see only few cars, but now is extremely different. This building in a pics is main courpus of Politechnic University of Tirana.

My place

Hi, my name is Erika.I don't have favorite place because everything is beautiful. I like to visit Aquarium because it is a beautiful place there many types a fish,snake,penguins and birds it is interesting place to visit,it was fun when I went with my children. I saw two shark and big turtle.

My another place it's Park Street. I like to visit, because my children play in the park it's big, it's have lake and duck and I take tuor in the baot for 15 minutes. I look the duck, birds and flawers. It's have many cain of flawers. It is beautiful place to visit and relax.

I have written about my favorite place.

hi! My name is Indira. I write about my favorite place. I don't have favorite place because I like every place in Boston I visited The Museum of Science when I studied in level 3 is beautiful place. I saw the movie Amazon from Brazil. It talked about natural plant for medicine and landscape is paradise.It is very natural and doesn't have contamination. My other place is in New York. I like New York because in new york there are many malls and different restaurant. My favorite place in New York is Times Square.

My home town

I was born in Lianyuan Hunan in China. It was a big town, also it is a middle sized city now. I hope you didn't get confused. It is a same place. I say that because it is totally changed from when I grew up.






First the river is changed. There were many piers and fields along it. I could see the river's bottom with grasses and many rocks when I followed my mother to go carry the water to drink. Now, many houses and factories stand on both sides of the river. I can't see anything on the bottom, nothing except dirty water. No water to drink, nobody even swimming in it. Good thing we have running water now.

Also the roads are all different now. The narrow dirt roads where people walked have been changed to wide asphalt streets and there are many cars and motorcycles going back and forth on it. I don't think anyone will ever walk on the road without shoes again. The taller and modern houses have been built all over the town. In the summer, some people think that the old short houses were more comfortable to live in. They were built of earth brick and warmed in the winter and cooled in the summer. I can't see anymore fields near the town except some gardens.

The best change is people's opinions. When I studied in grade school, there were seven other neighborhood classmates the same age with me, but I'm the only one that studied in middle school. High school and college were out of the question. A lot of parents thought that planting grain and feeding a pig would make money. It had more benefit than spending money to learn something. Now many families have college students. The parents now support their children to go to school until high school and college if they can. They know how important it is to progress their knowledge.

I love my home town even when somethings changed for the worse. A lot of things are much better than before. It is not only that the place has changed to be more beautiful but also the people change to have children become well schooled.

Bani beautiful places

My name is Leiron Perez. I am from a small town called Bani in Dominican Republic. Bani is a beautiful town 30 minutes south-west from the city. Bani is an outstanding town, very famous because was built with a beauty full architecture, and also one of the most clear town in my country. Bani has the honor of have spectacular, and very different beaches. Each 0ne have two different environments. One is called Salinas, each one have resorts, hotels and a lot of people that went to swim, drink and also enjoy the surroundings. Salinas has big mines of Salt, and also has around the famous mines of Las Dunas, especial kind of sand that has use in construction of houses, church, and many things. The other one is called Los Almendros. This one is the one people use to when to walk, relaxing and take a beautiful look. This beach is located at the end of one the most popular street called Favio Herrera Ave, wich passes through the community of Los Cerres. Bany also is proud to be blessed with two different rivers, and other water things called Rigola.

They have one called rio Nisao, that is at the border of Bani and Nisao. The other one is the most popular in Bany is called Recodo. It's a long river the passes almost all the town. Recodo has different part where the people like to go. For example, the beginning of it and where it have a small falls that everyone who went there loves. Bani even is a small town has the characteristics of be and touristic town. In Bani you can find others beautiful different. We have a specials big pools that looks like a small amusement park. They are very famous in my country they have parks around, nice pavilion with a nice dance floor the you can came to dance, drink or listen the music. People come any time morning, afternoon and night most of those places are opened until midnight.

cucuta beautiful city Colombia

My name is Marleni I talk about my town I grew up in Cucuta this is beautiful place, is a important commercial center,you find big shopping malls where you can invest your money and have a good time. Cucuta is a great place to have fun and spend enjoyable time with family,there you will find friendly people and fun.There are many places where you can find excellent monuments representative of the history of my city. I missed my town for my family, my friends, for food, for all who lived around I. I recommed to you to go to take a vacation there

GUATEMALA, El Pais de la Eterna Primavera

Guatemala City

Tikal









Lago de Atitlan

I was born in Guatemala in the most beautiful month of the year..March or course. Some years ago....many years ago... almost half century ago. My country is relatively small to USA. The land area is 108,430 square kilometers and the population almost 14 million.

The weather is nice almost all year. From November to April is Summer time and from May to October is Winter time. My country is called "The Country of Eternal Spring" (El Pais de la Eterna Primavera). The trees are always full of leaves and the rosebushes are always
blooming.

In Guatemala we have beautiful lakes such as Lago de Atitlan, Lago de Izabal and Lago de Peten Itza; incredible volcanos such as Volcan de Agua, Volcan de Fuego, Volcan de Pacaya, etc. and amazing archaeological sites such as Tikal, Quirigua , Zaculeo, etc. and the unique Antigua Guatemala.

Antigua Guatemala









Guatemala is the most modern country of Central America but not the biggest, nor the most literate. The biggest country in Central America is Nicaragua and the most literate is Costa Rica.

Guatemalan people is courteous, kind, warm and most of them with a good sense of humor. We make a joke even with the worst things that happen to us.

Unfortunately, we are passing through the worst crisis we have ever had. There are lack of jobs, the price of food, clothes, education, health....everything is expensive and the salaries are low, we have gangs and a lousy government.

I know all over the world are beautiful, breathtaking and unforgettable places; places where you feel closer to God and I'm pretty sure that you, just like me, in some place of your country feel that way.