Week 13 Portfolios, Finishing the Harbinger...
This week my 800 students will be finishing everything: Portfolios, The Harbinger and doing some more listening activities...
I don't think you all will be able to begin practicing for your plays this week. We must finish the book and the last quiz, before moving into Oral preparation.
I would ask that you all share your 7 Days Essays here this week... they were really awesome, well considered and written. I'm so impressed!
Last seven days essay
ReplyDeleteIf after died, I have the opportunity to go back and live another week, Surely I would like to be with my family. Although each day, I would leave time for other things. This would be my itinerary:
The first two days, I would visit to the people who changed my life, my teachers, my friends and some priests. I would like to explain to them how important they are in my life and how them influenced me. I would apologize. Not for the things I have done, maybe for the things that I missed: Spending time with them or telling them how much I love them.
The third day I would like to do the things that I never did. I love the violin's sound, but I never had the time to learn, so I would go with my sister to a class in the best place with the best teacher. Also, I would go to an aquatic center and take a dive. All night of that day, I would devote to watching the stars.
My fourth and fifth day, I would do for others. The fourth for a stranger, I would help fulfill his dream: I would pay for the school or I would give them all my books. The fifth day of my life, I would be in TECHO, which is the organization where I am a volunteer. I would visit the first family with I worked. And I would try to help "my girls" as I could not when I met them.
The sixth day of my life would be nostalgic. I would take time to look at photos and remember the wonderful things that happened in life. I would make letters, cards and wrap each of my things to give to other people. I would spent a time for watch Hey Arnold, Are you afraid of the dark?, Sabrina and I would listen Nsync and Backstreet Boys ... finally I would read the poem "Me encanta Dios" by Jaime Sabines.
The last day I would like to escape with my family to Acapulco, which is the place where I was born. During the day I would like to eat ice cream and see the sea. In the afternoon I would travel to Tlapehuala, the town where my mother was born. I would like to tell her all my secrets, while listening to the music of Isaiah Salmerón. That day, I will sleep with my parents while in silence... I'm awaiting my death.
I think the most important thing is to recognize the importance of all: Happiness is in the simple things of life. So, my last week... It would be a summary of common things in my life... lived it with greater intensity. The best thing would be to try to leave the things better than when I went for the first time.
Awesome, congratulations. :D
DeleteThe Day I Did Not Have To Die
ReplyDeleteDeath is the only thing in life which does not have a solution, everybody is going to die and nobody knows: how, when, where. I was afraid of death, so I spent my entire life worried about it without noticing that I was wasting my time, I did not live my life and I did not have fun. My life was over and I could do nothing to avoid it, I was freaking out. What a shame!!!
I remember my funeral as it were yesterday, all my family was there although it is impossible to me describe the face of everybody, actually I only bear in mind the expression of my mother, she was devastated by the cause of my suicide, she cannot believe it, what was her mistake, was her question without an answer. After that everything became into darkness and I slept very deeply. While I was sleeping all the moments of my life came to my mind as waterfalls that sweep away everything in their path and at this point I started to cry as a child who wants a candy, when I realized all the evil I had done, even when I was able to bring happiness to many people, I have always been rubbish.
After all, I wake up from my dream, I was in a paradise; I cannot recall its name but it was beautiful, everything was white; it was the heaven, it could not be somewhere else. During my ride around the place a voice talk to me, asking me what the hell I had done with my life, this little precious treasure that God with all his generosity had given me and I just threw it without seeing its content and all that a life can offered me.
I begged for 5 minutes to tell my family I loved them and to demonstrate that they were most important to me but thanks to my selfishness I had lost every opportunity to spend pleasant and unforgettable moments because of my damn vices.
Such were my prayers, God heard me and not only gave me 5 more minutes, he gave me seven days in which I could end my goals in the underworld and then return to his side. Besides all he gave me a fortune and a plane to fulfill my purpose in spades.
In the first three days, I started to do well to others, I donated all the money to a foundations which help orphans, the sick people and put my grain of sand to the eradication of hunger.
The next three days were exclusively for my family and my loved ones. I ran, jumped, laughed with them; it was an extraordinary experience.
My last day was for the love of my life, physically and spiritually I gave myself to the woman who had given me her unconditional love.
My whole life is summed up in 7 days, I lived a life what a wonderful experience. Before I begin my new life, I asked God to allow me to fly at the last moment, so I flung from the plane that had at my disposal and when I was falling, I slowly disappeared into the clouds.
Let us live each day as if it were your last because we never know when depart from this world. So as Charles Chaplin said: ¨ Life is a play that does not allow trials ... So, sing, laugh, dance, cry and live intensely every moment of your life ... before the curtain down and the play ends with no applause.
Last Seven Days.
ReplyDeleteBy Nuria Ulloa.
If I were to die in the next would try to use the time to the maximum, would not sleep, would make a letter to each and every one of the people that I consider important in my life, starting with my parents and friends. If I had all the money, would travel around the world, starting with my country, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatan, etc. After, the world Paris, Berlin, Ney York, Rome and Verona. On this trip would lead to 3 of my closest friends, the night would be ours, would try to find the love of my life or at least fall in love or know at least what love is.
A city Last news, would contract private a plane during flight would read all those books that I always wanted to read, or perhaps those that marked my life listening to songs that have caused me some feeling love, hate, hope, sadness, etc. Would contract my two favorite artists and would a private concert, converse with them, would take many photos, I just like to meet some authors talk with them.
On my last day would try to forgive those who have hurt me, but the main thing would ask forgiveness to those who for some reason have damaged beginning my friends. In my will would cease all civil associations ecological causes that help animals abused and children who suffer from abuse. Obviously would not tell anyone that I only have 7 days of life, would keep it in secret and would try to have some special detail that did remind me forever.
I would like to die in a beautiful beach, at midnight of the 7th day lying on my death bed like you're sleeping, so melodramatic right?
Personally I'm trying to change and not think about what will happen in the future, however this essay makes me think of the very limited time with which we need not assume that will happen in 7 days before dying to change the things we know you are wrong. Would try to resign myself to death and would do it quiet, not suffering would ask for my death and try to them remember me happy.
Lives there is only one, but if I had the chance to be alive seven more days, this would be a good opportunity to do things I never did, but also to fix all the problems that I had when I was alive, in my last week of life I try to be happier than ever.
ReplyDeleteIf I could be alive for a few days I would do crazy and simple things that I wanted to do and I couldn’t, because of money or because or time, for all the excuses that I had when I was alive, like a trip on train and ride a roller coaster, but also do something that always want to do, climbing a mountain and camp, watch sunset and waiting for the sunrise, see the stars until I lose in the infinity and sleep in the moon light.
Also that I always want to do is been a voice actress, I want to give my voice to a cartoon character and the people reminds me like this character, it could be fun and witty; or I could give my voice for a commercial with a catchy phrase.
This few days would be a great opportunity to apologize the people that I hurt, and forgive those who offended me, try to fix the friendships that I mess up and say the people who are important for me that I love them.
Everything I would do it in the company of my family and my dearest friends. In the last day I would like to rest with my family, have a family meal with my whole family; grandpas, aunts, uncles, cousins and my nieces, maybe a barbecue and at the end of the day rest on my mom’s bed with her and my siblings and my dad, watch movies together, and get sleep in their arms, that’s makes me feel the happiest person in the world.
Even if I could have all the money in the world, and with the opportunity to do everything that I could imagine, anything had sense if I couldn't be with my family that's the only thing that I can ask to have the best week of my life.
My Last Seven Days
ReplyDeleteThinking about a situation like this is interesting of course, but is difficult too, because it would be so hard to say “bye” to everyone and to the world, to all that people that you will not see again nor they-you, and if they can not to know that you will die is sad too but less complicated. Seven days is sufficient to try to end our life well, I think.
If I know that I only have seven days to leave this world, this planet, my family, the girl that I love, my friends, my relatives, meeting people and my own life, I would not have much time to think about it, so I would need to express my best feelings to all that persons that I going to miss. I would spend my last pesos in delicious food, maybe in a short travel to a place that I wanted to visit. I would say pretty words with a lot of love to the girl that I love so much, I would kiss her many times and I would take her in my arms for a while happy and sad at the same time. I would tell to my mother that I love her too, and I would give a letter to my father, my sisters and my cousin telling them how much like them and remembering good moments with them. I would close my social networks and all that stuff. I will join all my drawings, letters, archives, documents and personal things in a particular place in my room with my name on it.
I never would know what is to have a girlfriend, nor my own family, nor a good job, nor a master’s degree. I would never know many countries, nor publish my novel, nor drive a car by the city, nor many things, because my life would be short and I did not do much for being better, I wasted so much time…
In the last night, I will reach the top of the highest mountain in my city, and from there I would await my death, sitting meanwhile I watch the moon, the stars and I feel the wind on my face, remembering year by year my memories, my life, drinking my last beer or soda join a warm fire on the sand. I would listen to some songs as: Time by Alan Parsons Project and No surprises by Radiohead.
It would be nothing easy leave to everyone and everything suddenly, but seven days are at the same time sufficient days. It would be inevitable, death, the question is that I would have the privilege of knowing when that would happen.
My last 7 days essay
ReplyDeleteI barely remember how I died, however, that doesn’t really matter at all. I have more important things to think about now. It’s all too weird, just a few hours ago I was still alive, then I died and now I’m alive again.
All I can remember is that extremely deep voice after my death giving me a… chance? to come back and finish all I had started. But, seven days seem nothing to me and when the seventh day ends, it will be time for me to leave. I had always wondered how my life would be if I knew exactly the day when I was going to die, now I know it and all I can say is that it’s like a torture seeing all the persons who mean a lot for you and knowing you won’t ever be with them again. But the worst part is to act as if nothing was wrong, that was the only condition that deep voice told me if I wanted the opportunity to say goodbye to all those whom I love.
It’s very hard to do this, all I want to do is cry and wait for the end to come but I have to be strong and prepare my loved beings for my death.
How to tell my mom how much I love her without making her think if everything is fine, I’ve never been that kind of son that is always telling her “I love you mom”. But now I want her to know how much I love her and how thankful I am for everything she gave to me and for loving me no matter all the bad things I am and I’ve done. That’s what I’m going to do with her and dad during these seven days, I will make them proud. I would like to tell them that a drunk driver is going to kill me and run away just to see them angry one more time and feel how much they worry about me. But I can’t, and I won’t.
I don’t know how would my sisters react to my death, probably Martha (the youngest one) won’t stop crying and make a drama of all this, she’s so young and losing his brother at 13 years old could be too much for her. Jocelyn (the oldest one) would probably choose to stay strong for make things easier for mom and dad. And her children, I’ll miss those little monsters a lot, I can’t believe I won’t see them growing up. Actually I don’t know where am I going to be after my death, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to be taking care of them as everyone says when someone loved dies. I know Tate (my dog) is going to take care of those children; I’ve never met someone who can love as him in my short and ended life. I just hope they can take care of each other and stop fighting for everything.
I know my friends are going to be fine, I used to think that I wasn´t a very good friend for them. Actually, I wasn’t that kind of guy with thousands of friends, I had a problem with telling the truth, I’m not a liar, it was all because I always say the truth no matter how hard it is and the truth is that no one likes that.
I’ve never been that important in someone else’s life as a lover so I just have to worry about my family. I guess I’m very selfish because anyone else being in my situation would try to do something for humanity or something like that. But I’m just a 21 year-old boy, and I everything I can do will be insignificant.
Now I know that the best thing I can do is to prepare my family for my death and make myself sure that they know how much I love them and how thankful I am for everything they gave me. Now, it’s time to begin living my last and hardest 7 days…
LAST SEVEN DAYS
ReplyDeleteImagine that someday you die, but you have the opportunity to come back for one week more, what would you do? What would you like to again? Or what would you like to try? I think that I would like to pass time with my family, my friends and relatives, and make a lot of activities with them.
I think that I would like to try the parachute jump, I would tell my friends that we should try it, that is one of the things that I’ve always wanted to do, and I think that the parachute jump scares me less than bungee jump, after that I would go to party with my friends maybe all night, and make it the biggest party ever.
I think I would like to go to the beach for two days with my family and have good times with them, I would like to go to diving because I’ve never done that, and surely I would like to try surfing because I think that is very exciting. I would love to go to make snowboarding, because is similar to surfing and I’ve always wanted to know how is a place with lots of natural snow. I think that I could change some activities for others that I also want to do, but for now I have that in mind.
I would use one day to rehearse music with my dad; I would spend all day to play all my favorite songs with my dad and my brothers, because I feel the music is a very important part of my life, and I enjoy a lot to play music.
If before my first death I forget to tell something important to somebody, like an apology, or say to somebody that was important in my like or say that I love somebody I would tell it to that person, it could be a familiar, a relative, a friend etc.
I would use the last day to be with my family and my closer friends, I would like to do something quiet, maybe make a meal, and spend all my day with them, and in the end I would tell them that they are the most important in my life.
My Last Seven Days
ReplyDeleteBy Alejandra Jiménez
The life is full of goods and bad moments and we always want to do many things but generally we don´t have time enough. In this essay, I will tell you the activities that I would like to realize in my last seven days before die.
Firstly, I would think in the people who I had hurt emotionally and physically and I would try to communicate with them to ask an apology and to do all the possible for repair the damages and correct my mistakes with these people.
In my family, I would spend more time with each one of them, converse with them and show interest in their daily activities and economic or personal troubles and try to help them.
Respect my friends, I would like enjoy every moment possible together to laugh, joke and talk about ourselves and our activities. In addition, I take advantage to tell them more seriously the positive and negative aspects of their personality for the purpose of contribute to they are better people.
Personality, I would like to be closer to God and have time for myself to think in the good and bad behaviors that I had had through my life.
On the other hand, I would like to win the lottery or at less to acquire a large amount of money which I would use on several things such as: firstly, to pay completely all the debts that my parents and I have with the bank, home loan, department stores, self-service stores and debts with the credit cards. Also, I would like spend time traveling around the world with my husband and children (if I have it). If I would have the opportunity, I would visit tourist places starting in each one of the beaches, museums and archaeological sites here in Mexico and to continue in England, the Louvre Museum in Paris, Egyptian Pyramids, the city of Jerusalem, the Vatican and the Chinese Wall.
If by that time, I am married and with children, I would like show and make them aware in every moment the importance and the value they have for me. In addition, I would do more activities with them as do exercise.
I know that I like to do many things before die and it might be impossible to achieve do all in just seven days, but sincerely my plan is do it during my life in every opportunity that I have to be sure that when my time comes, to die knowing that I could do what I wanted or I had planned.
In conclusion, I only can tell that we must live every day as if that day were the last of our lives because as the Bible says: “…nobody knows the day neither the hour…” so everyone must be prepared.
ReplyDeleteTHE LAST OPPORTUNITY
In this essay I talk to you about an interesting topic or maybe an event that could be. This event is so difficult to imagine because we never know when or how it could happen, it’s about your death. I’ll talk to you about something that I have to do when I have only seven days to live! What I´ll do in the last seven days of my life, if I know that I´ll die.
Maybe the first action could be to accept the event of my death and the worst part of it is that I couldn’t tell it to the people.
One of all things that I´d like to do is give love and forget and forgive some people.
The first day of the last seven, I would like to speak with my close family and tell them I love them and apologize if I´ve hurt them. Then, I would like to eat my favorite dishes and always be happy and smiling. I would like to help all the people that I can. Then I would like to spend all my time with my family and my boyfriend. All the days of the seven days I would like to visit my friends and enjoy with them. I would like to visit my family that live far away and say good bye to all.
I would like to go to the beach and some places for the last time in my life with my boyfriend and my family and if it´s possible with my friends.
One thing that I´ll do every day is pray for me, for my soul, for my family, my boyfriend and his family, for the poor people and more people.
All the seven days I would like to check all my bathroom and organize that because I would like to give my clothes, my teddy bears (all my teddy bears), my shoes, all my things to the people that I love so they remember me forever and give to the poor people. I would like to give all my things, all!
Every day I would like to go to the church to be at peace and the last day I would like to do a real confession with a priest and I would like to be forgiven for my sins and my soul could be at peace and go on to live in eternity.
Maybe I couldn’t do all the things in only seven days but if I have the opportunity to know it I would like to do all and maybe more things, but we should never wait for this moment, we should start to do all this things right now because we never know when it happen.