Thanksgiving Activity

Task 1 A. What is thanksgiving?    Was a festival to thank God for the autumn harvest . Is a holiday to be thankful about everything you have. this day is celebrated the fourth Thursday in November.  B. Who were the pilgrims? They were a small religious group that sailed to North America. they were looking for religious freedom.          http://www.elcivics.com/esl-thanksgiving   C. What is the Mayflower? Is a small ship in what the pilgrims sailed to North America. http://www.plimoth.org/kids/homeworkHelp/mayflower.php  D. Who were the Wampanoag? the Wanpanoag were people who live over North America before any European arrived, and have survived until today. They usually have been called "indians" but they prefer to be called "native people". http://www.plimoth.org/kids/homeworkHelp/wampanoag.php E. What happened to the Pilgrims during the first winter? The winter killed about half of these people. F. What did the Wampanoag do for the pilgrims? they create a relationship. They talked about fishing, planting ang hunting. G. Why did they celebrate the first Thanksgiving? They celebrated the Thanksgiving to thank for the all the food that they collected during autumn haverst to the upcoming winter.  E. When is Thanksgiving Celebrated now?  Thanksgiving is celebrated  on the fourth Thursday in November. This is a national holiday. http://www.lebanoncatholicschool.org/thankswebq.htm Task 2 Using your own words, write a summary of what you learned about Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a festival that began in the 16th century. A small group of European people arrived in North America looking for religious freedom. After the first winter only about half people survived. Then, they started a relationship with the Wampanoag and they decided to thank God for tha harvest, and all the food they could collected for next winter.

TV show about crime!

I really like to watch a crime TV show called Without a trace. I don't have any particular episode in special to talk about, I just like the TV show in general. This is about people that disappear and some specialists investigate about how they could be find the victim. They look for any hint that can be useful to solve the crime.For me is very interesting how the investigators handle with the fact of no to have any hint at the beginning of the investigation.

Dead´s Day

I read an article about the Dead´s Day that is celebrated every year in Mexico. This celebration is in the same day of the catholic celebration, All Saint´s Day, in November 2nd. 

At the beginning, this was a festival that was commemorated in the ninth  month of the Mexican calendar. These parties were directed by a goddess called  Mictecacíhuatl known as "The Lady of the dead". 

Mexicans have a lot of rituals and symbolisms around of this day, to venerate it, honor it and also to scary about it.

I think that this celebration is very interesting but I prefer to celebrate All Saint´s Day because its more important and more respectful for relatives that have died. 

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Commenting about English Course

I think this course was very interactive, with a lot of conversation exercises and practice about having a conversation. Also, I like the idea of to do a blog and post entries about English topics, this is a good way to improve writing.  These English courses are good opportunities to be a good time learning and improve English skills.
However, we did n ´t   use the book pretty much, so I think that could be a good idea to use more the workbook in classes  or use it like small homework to practice more, and take advantage of this resource.

Writing a guidebook entry - Puerto Viejo, Limon

Puerto Viejo is one of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica. Located at the south Caribbean coast, in Limon; this region has a unique mix between beach, natural resources and Caribbean culture. Also, Cahuita and Gandoca Manzanillo are other of the beautiful places near to Puerto Viejo. This region is very famous because of its National Parks like Cahuita and Gandoca Manzanillo Reserve. They are very special because of their nature. In Puerto Viejo, the food is very delicious, where you can find a lot of caribbean dishes like "rice and beans", "rondon", "pati" and many other. About transportation, from San Jose to Puerto Viejo, you can take a bus or go driving in your car by the Zurqui road or also by Turrialba. Then, in Puerto Viejo you can rent a bike to go to the nearest places like Manzanillo. I think people is respectful and friendly with tourists, so you can visit this place and feel that you are safe. I really recommend you this place if you like the nature, the sea and Caribbean food... Is the best place to have an special vacations!!! There are some nice pictures:

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1. Today, in Chile, rescue team could come to the miners`refuge. If rescue team hadn`t come to the refuge, miners would die.
2. McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has been penalised five places on the grid for Sunday`s Japanese Grand Prix  for changing his gearbox. If he hadn`t hanged his gearbox, he could be in a better place.
3. Yesterday, Rafael Nadal had to win his last game versus Victor Troicki to reach the Japan Open final. If he hadn`t won this game, he won`t be in the final of Japan Open.
4. Today,  more than 200 people were rescued from burnig baltic sea ferry near the German island of Fehmarn. If these people hadn`t been rescued from the sea, all of them could have dead. 
5. These week, Chilean miners became famous after been rescued from a mine in Atacama desert. If they hadn't been in this mine, they wouldn't have been heroes.
6. In august 5th, 33 Chilean miners were trapped in a mine. If they weren't working working at that moment they wouldn't be trapped now.
7. In February, Laura Chinchilla became first woman to be elected president in C.R. If she hadn't won, we wouldn't have a woman as a president right now. 
8. U.S is the country which has won more Nobel prizes in the world. If U.S hadn't won so many prizes U.K would be the winner.
9. 70 years ago John Lennon was born in Liverpool. If he hadn't born he wouldn't have been famous. 
10.  Yesterday, 4 Italian NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan. If they hadn't gone to Afghanistan they wouldn't have been killed.