Week 5: Progress Reports, A Movie, Expository Essays
This week I will take time either Monday or Tuesday to speak with each of you individually about your progress (or lack of progress) in English 800. This level is harder than any other as it should be, but not all of you are keeping up. If you aren't blogging every week, it is really going to hurt your grade in the end.
We'll see a film this week, called "The Interpreter" it is one more effort on my part to keep you thinking of international job opportunities where your English is an asset. The United Nations has ambassadors from all over the world and always has positions for bi or multi-lingual people. Also there are international news correspondents world-wide how must be bi or multi-lingual people.
Finally, I would like you to share with your classmates a little bit about your Expository Essay topic and two things which intrigue you about your topic. Do not forget to be correcting each other's errors.
Hi, It's strange to be the first, so I can not say "Hello everyone", but okay.
ReplyDeleteIn my expository essay I will talk about "Women moving millions" I had never heard about it, but choose this topic because I'm a woman and wanted to know what happened to us, the simple name was appealing to me. Now I am looking for that, it is a campaign to help girls and women to promote the advancement and empowerment, and it is interesting because we support each other, and each woman helps others grow, and I am very proud of this campaign.
This is kind of my theme, and I hope you find interesting.
I have never listened about your topic Dani, it will be interesting learn about it. I like the idea to each woman helps others to grow, I think unity is strength.
DeleteHi Dani, neither I had never listened about your topic, if you asking me about this, my answer will be: maybe these women help other women who suffered violence of any type or something like that.
DeleteHi Daniela!
DeleteI had never listened your topic, but sounds very interesting. And I like the idea of support each other and help between us.
Hey!
ReplyDeleteThe list of expository essay's is very interesting I saw all topics important.. My expository essay talk about Racism, I choose this topic because I think it involves all the world no matter the culture, folk, knowledge, language and it hurt any kind of people and genre, and in spite we life the XXI century it continue happen. Hope you like!
Hi Gaby! I guess you have a little mistake! You have to write first the adjetive and then the noun: Important topics and not topics important.
DeleteAgree with you, topics are of great interest.
I agree with you gaby, we are in XXI century, we have a UN, I think racism it should not exist today.
DeleteHi classmates, I´m totally agree with you and I think that the racism shouldn´t exist because it´s only a superficial way of thinking.
DeleteHi classmates!
ReplyDeleteI want to share with you my expository essay that is about "Chernobyl disaster". I have not much information about this topic but I´m checking internet pages and I can say that the problem in Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster, where many people was affected, even some of them died about the explotion of Chernobyl´s nuclear central. Its a very interesting topic where the things that intrigue me are the impact on people, and also that the Chernobyl accident and Fukushima nuclear disaster are considered the most serious environmental disasters in history.
Hi Memo!
DeleteI agree with you, your topic is very interesting and I want to know about how is the radiation in these days there?, and the impact on people too.
Hi Memo!
DeleteI think your topic is very interesting, because of all the consequences this disaster provoked. I agree with Ana, it would be also interesting to know the current situation of Chernobyl.
Hello! :)
ReplyDeleteMy expository essay is about "Gates Foundation" and I think it´s very interesting. I chosen this topic because as we know, Gates is an American entrepreneur co-founder of the software company Microsoft, one the most famous brands in the world, also he is one of the richest in the world. All of this called my attention, how the world's richest man spend his money and his time? And I want to share with you, what he does in this foundation.
Very interesting topic Jimena, it be great how Bill Gates spend his money, if its to contribute to the population or if it's just to get richer.
DeleteHi there! My expository essay topic is "Soil Contamination" and i have to say that in the beginning, i don´t really sure about it, but now, after my previous research i got the feeling that i will develop so well! I mean, I found a subtopic called "The Groundwater through soil contamination" and i said OMG this is my field, because my major is in Hydraulics Engineering and currently I studying everything about the groundwater, aquifer formation, the drilling of deep water wells and the problem we have to water extract contaminated with chemical agents, due to soil contamination, and certainly the treatments should give the water to make it suitable for human consumption. Obviously this is just one of my five o six points. So, I hope to do a good job and make it interesting for all.
ReplyDeleteHi Chuy, only I want to remenber you that it isnt´n: ¨i¨, always it´s : ¨I¨with capital letter :)
DeleteHi everybody!
ReplyDeleteWell, my Expository Essay topic is ¨Greenpeace¨ and basically I chose it because always I have liked to know about the worlwide organizations or foundations. The last semester I exposed the topic: ¨Gates Foundation¨and I learned more about it.
FIrstly, I never pass for my mind Greenpeace's literal meaning and when I was shearching, I found it and I believe that it has a deep meaning beyond the obvious thing. This thing was it firstly that intrigued me.
The second thing that intrigued me was the Greenpeace´s marketing because with very little they do very much. So many words are not necessary; only images and it say everything.
Hi everybody!!
ReplyDeleteMy Expository essay is "Environmental Cancers", I consider that the topic is very interesting and more in these days because we're causing a serious damage to our planet and that has serious consequences that affect us.
I think that could be very interesting to search information about how was the environmental in the 70's for example and make a compare with present, and know about how the environmental affect to us to cause cancer.
Hi Ana!
DeleteI guess you wanted to say "comparison" instead of "compare".
I think it´s a great idea to make this comparison because we would realize of all the changes the planet but also our health has suffered, and how our lifestyle and things we consume relates to all this environmental cancers.
Hi everyone!
ReplyDeleteMy topic is "The International Red Cross" which I know everybody has heard about because of the help they offer in every accident that happens. I think we've seen them above all, in car accidents. However, I would like to investigate which other activities they do, their history, the countries in which the Red Cross is present, etc.
Hi Lu, I feel strongly about, your subject, because the Red Cross is a world body, and we should all know more about this, ojala'y write more details. Well!
Deletehello everybody my topic is WORLD WILDLIFE it's an association to preserve the animals and nature. are present in all the world in mexico too. since 1990 they are here in mexico working to save our natural resources :)
ReplyDeleteAfter Wildlife. (point), It is present(becuase you're talking about and association sooo it is "it",Mexico has to be capitalized.
Deletethank you :)
DeleteHi everyone,
ReplyDeleteMy topic is "AIDS Orphans" and is about Orphans for children who have AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome). And exist foundations in differents countries around the world but, mainly in poor countries.
I really enjoy my topic because are children who need help because they have an increased risk of developing cancers. And these fundations take care about them and support them.
I think you should not start a phrase with "And"...try Also or skip it. I think you don't need it, I mean it is not really necesary.
DeleteDon't use "because" more than one time in the same sentence.
Hi, classmates:
ReplyDeleteI would like to share you that my expository essay is about a nonprofit organization called Room to Read that seeks to help to countries with education low levels. How this Organization could help them? What are the chiefly activities for improve the education in these countries?
These questions will be replied soon...
What intrigue to me is that, this organization is supported by voluntary donations instead of being largely supported by the goverment, because is a very interesting project.
Hi everyone!
ReplyDeleteMy Expository essay talks about Endengered rainforest...
An endangered rainforest is a rainforest in which the vegeatation, ecosystem, and animals are in danger of extinction.
Principal places in the world that have been affected are
Madagascar, Antarctica etc...
Also what can we do for help...
I like nature, that's why i chose this topic...hope can raise some awareness in you
Hello everyone, as the theme of my exhibition is: European Union, chose it because, I hardly knew anything about it, and I found a hot topic and interesting. Europe is a dream for me since I can remember, I think I realize it is close .
ReplyDeleteHi! My expository essay talks about Female Infanticide. Female Infanticide is a really common practice in some places in the world. is the practice of terminating a pregnancy because a girl is expected. It is common in societies where the cultural norms value male children over female ones.
ReplyDeleteI think this topic is particularly sensitive Female Infanticide also important. it is certainly a controversial topic, but necessary to take into account.
DeleteGood Luck!