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Thanksgiving Pageant

2006-11-23T11:10:00.000-08:00

Public Speaking

2006-11-21T08:01:00.000-08:00

Are you nervous about speaking English in front of a group of people? Everyone feels a little nervous. Here are some tips for public speaking:

1. Keep your sentences short and clear.

2. Use simple language and don't speak too fast.

3. Make eye contact - look at your listeners' eyes to see if they understand.

4. Ask questions and wait for them to answer you.

5. Speak loudly so people can hear you well.

6. If you think they didn't understand something, say it again in different words.

Script fro Thanksgiving day ( scene 03 and 04)

2006-11-20T09:37:00.000-08:00

SCENE 03

NARRATOR ( FION):
When the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts there was nobody there, just the Indians.
And there was an Indian named Squanto who spoke English because he had an experience in England few years before their meeting.

PILGRIM 01 (BEN):
-Hello, Do you speak English?

SQUANTO ( RENATA):
- Yes, I do, Me Squanto, and you White Man?

PILGRIM 01 (BEN):
- We’re the Pilgrims, we’re from England. And we came here to explore other lands and make new friends.

SQUANTO ( RENATA):
- Oh I see… We’re Indians. There is no one else here except us. We dance, we eat, we hunt, we fish, we farm…

PILGRIM 02 (JAVIER):
- Sounds Interesting! Can you teach us how to do these things? I’m really interested in your way of living; we will need it to survive here.

SQUANTO ( RENATA):
-Sure, you’re right. You will need it. Let’s see.

NARRATOR ( FION):
Then Squanto and Pilgrims became good friends, they learned a lot togheter and they chose one date in a year to celebrate their meeting and to give thanks to be alive. This special date has been celebrating up to now a days and it’s an American holiday called: THANKS GIVING DAY.

SCENE 04

NARRATOR ( FION):
They are all together. Eating, cheering, talking, celebrating and giving thanks to be alive, for the food they are eating, and for their friendship with the Indians.

The Script of Thanks Giving 1

2006-11-20T09:36:00.000-08:00

N: One day, the pilgrims escaped from England to America to find the freedom of the religion. They took the ship named “Mayflower” to New England.
During sailing, they found new land.

Pilgrim A : Look at that!! That seems like new world. We should dock at there.
Pilgrims : Yeah~(shouting in a exciting voice), we finally found new world, and now we got the freedom.

N: As soon as they docked and arrived there, they worshipped to God for being alive. And they started to build houses and farms and to hunt for their living. However, they were not familiar to the new land, so they had some difficulties to settle in.
One day, some of the pilgrims found some strangers.

Pilgrim B : Look. Who are they? They must not be our people.
Pilgrim C : you’re right. We should report to our leader. They might kill us.
Pilgrim B : Let’s go!!!

(Place : in the leader’s room in the village of the pilgrims.)

Pilgrim B : We saw the strangers. They might kill us. We are worrying about that.(in a hurry voice.)
Leader : What do they look like?
Pilgrim C : Wearing strange hat, half-naked…well..anyway ..scary for us..(make your face serious and worried)
Leader : Umm…I will find out by myself.

N : The leader decided to meet the strangers.

Thanksgiving

2006-11-14T09:30:00.000-08:00

HOMEWORK:
What is the history of Thanksgiving?
Where did it start? When?
What is Plimouth Plantation?
Who were the Pilgrims?
Who was Squanto?
What did they eat?

Assignment: Memorize and Recite this POEM

2006-10-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

THE RAVEN .....by Edgar Allen Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"Tis some visitor" I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more."
Ah, I distinctly remember it was in the black December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I sought the morrow;- vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow -sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating ,
"Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door."

2006-10-20T08:52:00.000-07:00

Christopher Columbus Assignment from Mary Ellen

2006-10-06T08:16:00.001-07:00

You all know we have no school Monday, right? Why? Because it is Columbus Day. Who was Christopher Columbus? Is he a hero or a bad guy? What is your opinion?

Use Wikipedia.com to read about Columbus, especially the paragraph of his own writing under "First Voyages".

Christopher Columbus Assignment from Mary Ellen

2006-10-06T08:16:00.000-07:00

Red A Class

2006-10-06T04:51:00.000-07:00

American girls love soccer

2006-10-05T09:17:00.000-07:00

Did you know that kids play soccer in the U.S.? It is very popular now. Sometimes my students ask me "Why don't Americans like soccer?" During the World Cup some students were surprised that their host family didn't watch the games on TV. But children here like to play soccer, so I think in the future we will have better teams.

The girl kicking the ball is my daughter.

Mary Ellen

Seoul, Seoul, Seoul!

2006-10-05T09:14:00.000-07:00

Hi! My name is Kim, Yongjun from South Korea. I live in seoul which has been the capital city for more than 500 years. I think Seoul is a wonderful city that is mixed modern things with historical things.
There are many high buildings, cars, reserach centers, library, and so many modern things. Furthemore, we produce many high-technology things like computer chips.
In the center of Seoul, you can see historical things if you look around there. There are palaces that kings lived in. However we don't have a king anymore, so that place is one of the most famous tourist spot. The most famous place to foreigners is In-sa Dong because it's traditional road. There are a lot of shops that sells traditional souvenir, many restaurant that you can eat very delicious korean foods. I think you can treat the seller, you can get a bargain. We have a famous building such as Empire State Building here. The building is named the 63 Building. Do you know why? It's simple: that's because it has 63 floors. In the building, you can watch 3DMAX, aquarium and something else. The city is too crowded. There are more than 10 million people, so we have a housing problem. A surprising when I arrived here at first is that there is high buildings very rarely, and the houses that are called apartments are not high. It's not over 10 floors. In Korea, if we call a building an apartment, the building has at least 12 floors, at most 25 floors that I've ever seen. Seoul has good things and bad things such as like other cities. Even though it has some problems, I like my city, and if people want to come to Seoul, I can satisfy them. Come to Seoul, and enjoy it.

About parts of Korea

2006-10-05T09:12:00.001-07:00

Let me introduce about Korea's traditional things. At first, It is the 'Hanbock'
The person on this picture is wearing the Korean clothes. Actually, it was more simple than now.
But nowadays, many designers make Hanbock
more beautiful and pretty.

This picture is about a 'gisaeng' who sang and danced in front of some rich people in the 1920's.
It is similar with 'Geisha' of Japan. Does Her hair look very heavy? It was a real hair. They used to grow their hair, raise it up and decorate with pretty decorations. Now they don't exist anymore, lots of directors want to make some movies about 'gisaeng'.

written by Saebom, Lee

arbus

2006-10-05T09:12:00.000-07:00

Hi my classmate, look at this picture!!! This is the small village where I come from, Arbus. It is a really small village, but we have a lot of wonderful beaches that are just at 20 km from the center of the village where my parents house is locate.

Arbus is located in the south west of Sardinia, one of the biggest island of Italy. Arbus has just 7000 Inhabitants and we something like 25 km square for each person.

But I have been living in Milan 6 years now, for my studies. But I come back to my village as soon as I have vacation, because Milan is so crowded and stressfully city while Arbus is so relaxting and quite. Just if you like good weather, polite and quite people, good food and wine, sunbathing and go to the sea you can come to visit me.

You will be wellcome.... P

About mari Ishikawa

2006-10-05T08:47:00.000-07:00

Hi!! Everyone!! I"m Mari Ishikawa.
I have no idea what to post, so let me introduce myself.
I'm from Tokyo, Japan. I'm 21 years old. I have lived here for a month, and I'll stay here until I graduate from Lasell college. I like traveling abroad, and my favorite city is New York and Hawaii. Now, I want to go to Africa, especially Kenya, because my older sister is working there, and she really enjoys her life there.
I'm very lucky to be at this class because I can expand my knowledge about many other countries. Nice meeting you!!!

2006-10-05T08:41:00.000-07:00

HI MARYELLEN
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO STAY IN YOU CLASSROOM BECAUSE YOU ARE A SPECIAL TEACHER REALLY FUNNY.
THE OTHER TEACHER ARE VERY GOOD BUT SOMETIME THEY ARE BORING.
TOMORROW MORNING MANY ITALIAN GUYS WON'T CAME TO THE LESSON BECAUSE WE WILL GO TO NEW YORK. WE WILL REMAIN THERE 4 DAYS AND I'M SURE THAT WE ENJOY OURSELF VERY MUCH.
hAVE YOU NEVER SEE NEW YORK? I THINK THAT I WON'T LIK IT SO MUCH BECAUSE GENERALLY I DON'T LIKE BIG CITY BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND CONFUSION.
bUT THINKING ABOUT GO IN NEW YORK IS A LOT OF ENTUSIASTIC.
BYE BYE

2006-10-05T08:39:00.000-07:00

Hi my name is Melisa, I'm from Mexico City.
Mexico is a really big city. I think it has 20 million habitants. Because of its population we have too much traffic all the time everywhere. I think that is the worst thing in Mexico.
But if we are talking about places to visit in the city, there are many!!....We have a sightseeing bus that takes you around all of the handmarks in the center of Mexico.
The picture on the right side shows you "El Zocalo" it is the center of Mexico City. This place is beautiful and very old, but it keeps very well.
There are also a lot of important and beautiful museums to visit like El Museo de Antropologia, where they keep many important things of the ancient different cultures.
The picture on the left side are the Piramids of Teotihuacan, another beautiful place to visit, this is about 40 min from Mexico City.
Its impossible to visit all of Mexico City, but the most important things are in the center and if you go you will enjoy also to go out and have dinner in a very important street called la Zona Rosa, they have a lot of different kinds of restaurants and bars.
You may also go there and have a coffee or any kind of sweets.
I live in the south of Mexico City and near my home are many places like markets and bazaars where you can find too many typic and cultural things of Mexico.

Visiting Boston Museum!-shizuko

2006-10-05T08:34:00.000-07:00

I left for the museum around 2 o'clock yesterday. I had been notified to change at Copley to E line, but I had to get on one more station, Arlington and passed the stairs up and down , finally arrived there around 3:30. the museum is simple looking outside, but the display is marvelous. I was very surprised that so much Japanese art is stored there. One of the most impressive ones is "Lotus Pond " of Monet. Only once is not enough to enjoy the museum, so I will visit again soon!

2006-10-05T08:30:00.000-07:00

Hi. everyone^0^
I've just uploaded a great library's picture in Boston
instead of mine.
Because I wanted to recommend this great place to
study or just to visit.
This building is near Copley station. For entrance,
It's FREE. WoW.

Saebom. Lee

MESSAGE FROM MARY ELLEN

2006-10-05T08:28:00.000-07:00

Every student in our class must write something for our website. It can be short or long, and you can include pictures if you want.
Tell us about your city, or your job, or anything interesting that you think other students don't know.

Remember the vocabulary: blog, browse, view, post, upload, create, edit,.....what else?

Come on Japan!!

2006-10-05T08:27:00.000-07:00

Hi! my friends!
I am Yuya(japanese). Do you remember me?
This picture is near my hometown's picutre.
This is Mt.Fuji It's the most famous mountain in Japan.
Come on Japan and my hometown.
If you go to Japan, call me. I will guide you everywhere free.

Yesterday I overslept, I didn't attende this class.
So, I didn't take yesterday's picture.
Don't forget me. I am your friend everytime.
I want to go to somewhere with you.
If you go somewhere, please invite me!!

Yesterday, I went to the North End (little Italy) to see
the World-Cup-Trophy with my firends(japanese, korean friends).
There were many people in there.
I was impressed when I saw it.
But, there was a sad accident yesterday.
I was supposed to meet my Italian friends to see it together.
Her name are Mariangela, Carmen. We are classmates.
We promised to meet 6:30PM, but eventually we couldn't meet.
So, Next time, we will eat Itarian foods together.
Let's enjoy good time next time.
Bye Bye

Benedetta- Napoli

2006-10-05T08:24:00.000-07:00

This is my beautiful city!!!!!!! I am Benedetta and I live in Napoli, Italy. I love my city, the people are very friendly and the food is delicious, everyone knows the neapolitan pizza! The weather is good in most of the year, my city is sunny. In this moment, I wear a T-shirt with long sleeves and a sweatshirt, whereas my family wears a T-shirt without sleeves and short pants. You can have a lot of fun, in summer you can go to the beach and in winter you can visit many place in and near Napoli. Sometimes, I don't like it because it is very noisy and untidy and there is a lot of traffic, but it's my city and I am proud of it.

Ana Carolina Bazilio - Sao Paulo

2006-10-05T08:23:00.001-07:00

This is Sao Paulo!

A beautiful and amazing city with a lot of traffic,people on the streets,lights,noises and also a lot of fun!

You can find many interesting things like museums, important building,famous restaurants,beautiful people... Sao Paulo it's a very important city to Brazil,economically and politically,people work hard every day.

But Sao Paulo it's not only a business city,there's a lot of places to relax and have fun like "Parque do Ibirapuera" - an ecological park, where you can walk of bicycle. And if you like to go out at night,there's a lot of bars and places to dance and have a good time,and you have to drink a " Caipirinha" - a famous drink in Brazil,and to eat...There's " Churrascarias" - a famous Brazilian barbecue,with a lot of kinds of meat.

So,if you like to travel,Sao Paulo is a very good place to visit.

CATA!!!! from Colombia -

2006-10-05T08:23:00.000-07:00

In Medellin my city, in December for Christmas we decorate the principal river which goes through the city from north to south, the river is the middle of the city. We decorate like 3 miles with colors lights. All years is a different them, it's very very beautiful, you can see on the picture. You must go to my city in December to see all the city because we don't only decorate the river, we decorate all the city... It's like a Christmas tree.

Red A Class

2006-10-05T05:03:00.000-07:00

hi my classmate

2006-10-04T09:45:00.000-07:00

Hi my friends...
I am happy to stay in this class, i hope that also you are. I promise you that I will put some photos in the blog.
Bye bye.
P

Hi my classmate.....

2006-10-04T09:44:00.000-07:00

2006-10-04T09:25:00.000-07:00

Boston is a great city to study in, especially for foreign students. I will tell you why: it is a city full of students, there are many universities, many museums, libraries, parks, movie theatres, restaurants, and sporting events like the Red Sox, and young people can find many interesting things to do here. A lot of things are free, or not expensive, (for example the Museum of Fine Arts is free on Wednesdays at 4 pm), and you don't need a car to get to these things!

You are lucky to study here.

Mary Ellen

2006-10-04T09:21:00.000-07:00

This is our class website! Mary Ellen is our teacher- and the class, today, 10/4/06 , has--- Ben, Carmen, Mariangela, Shizuko, Mari, Yi-Ping, Yongjun, Mayra, Hong Woo, Ana, Pietro, Catalina, and Melisa!!!

WELCOME EVERYONE!