WRITING 7: ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE

All started a few months ago, in winter. I met my best friend Laia for to go for a walk arround the lake. Before that, I bought four chocolate donuts, so I gave two to Laia. When we were very full up, we started to talk about everything and we had a lot of fun. All the way around the lake we were laughing about stupid things.

Everything changed for us when we saw a dog.

Laia said to me: “Don't say anything to this big dog, please!”

But what I did was the opposite, I shouted its name.

Suddently, the dog started walking to us. Then, Laia quickly went behind me because she was frightened.

I stroked the dog and it was to be a girl! She was very friendly and sweet, but she had got lost.

We called the dog “Wiwi” and we decided to bring her to the vet. There, we explained all the story to the doctor and then he said that Wiwi was a young breed dog.

After that, he looked if Wiwi had a “xip” and she had one in her neck!

Finally, the vet did a phone call to the kennel because in there they could contact with the owners of lost dogs. So the doctor said to us that in a few hours Wiwi would be with her family again.

This is the happy ending about our dog.

WRITING 6: AN OPINION ESSAY 

The government plans to introduce a new law which will mean that young people won't be able to ride mopeds or motorbikes unless they are eighteen. In my view, this would have some negative consequences. 

In the first place, I believe that mopeds and motorbikes are necessary because public transport is very limited in some areas. Young people can't always depend on their parents for transport. So if this law is introduced, I've no doubt that a lot of them will have difficulty in travelling from place to place. I also think that this would discriminate against young motorists, who aren't all irresponsible. 

If the aim of the government is to lower the number of road accidents, it seems to me that there's a better alternative: if they spent more money on better roads and road signs, transport in this country would be safer. 

WRITING UNIT 1: SUMMER HOLIDAYS 

Hy, my name's Laia and now I'm going to talk about my summer holidays.

-First I'm going to talk about l'Estartit.

-Second I'm going to talk about my stage for a week in Palamos with my friend Laia Gan.

-Third I'm going to talk about my holidays in Mikonos.

Let's start!

Last summer I spent a long time in l'Estartit, it's my favourite place. The firsts days we were in a summercamp with children and this year it was for three weeks.

After this two friends from Brussels came, Victor and Joséphine. I sepnt a long time with them. The girl rides a horse and she rode all the time with me and the boy, Victor, who doesn't ride a horse but he love to spend all day with us in the hipica.

And in the end it was hard to say goodbye because we spent a lot of time together. The next summer they will come again.

In the middle of August, I went with my friend Laia Gan and her family in Palamós for one week because they are from Barcelona. Laia is a really good friend and she's fourteen years old.

In the morning we sometimes went to the beach, in the swimming pool...always with Oliver, the Laia's friend, he's seventeen years.

The parents of Laia are separated and she normally studies in Torroella de Montgrí with her mother. But this year for personal reasons, Laia has to go to Barcelona with her father and her mother too, and was hard again to say goodbye because this year I won't see her often.

The last week of August I went with my father, my father's wife and my sister to Mikonos in Greece for a one week. We were in hotel called Mikonian Imperial and it was really really nice! The first day we arrived at 10 o'clock in the night. The first day in Mikonos was beautiful. It's a very small island but the people are friendly, generous and cozy.

The other days were perfect, one day there was a gay party, and there were a lot of gays everywhere.

Indeed, Mikonos is the gay's paradise.

We came back to Banyoles on Saturday and after this I started the school.

WRITING 9: MY TRIP TO ITALY

Monday 3rd to Friday 7th we were in Italy, because every year the students of ESO 4th go there. 

The first day we got up at 3 o'clock in the morning because the bus was leaving at 4:15. When we arrived in the airport it was really funny because Paula fell down the stairs at the beggining of the journey. 

We arrived in Pisa aproximately at 9 o'clock in the morning. We visited "La torre de Pisa" and some representative monuments there. After this, we went to Florencia. The hotel was really nice. 

The second day we went to "La Galeria dels Uffici", after this we went to "Santa Maria del Fiore". In the afternoon I did my presentation. In the night we went to a restaurant and after the restaurant we went for a walk. 

The third day we travelled to Rome. There, we visited the Hotel. It wasn't really nice. In the afternoon we went to "La plaça de la República" and "Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri". After this, we finally visited "els Fòrums", "el Capitoli" and "the Pantenó". 

The fourth day we spent all the time in the Vatican. There we visited all the places and in the afternoon we went for a walk with the friends.

Finally, the last day we visited "el Colisseu". After this we went to the hotel and there we took all the things and returned back to Banyoles. 

It was a nice travel because I was with my friends and I enjoyed a lot!  

WRITING 5: ABOUT ME AND MY VIEW OF THE WORLD

My name is Laia and I'm studient in Banyoles, Catalonia. I'm interested in music and horses. Some of my friends are into hores too. The people who spend most time with are my friend Laia Gan. The thing wich I like best is going outside with the horses on a sunny day.

I don't think that the world is a bad place, although I think we could improve it if we share things more with each other. There aren't many things that make me angry, but one thing that annoys me is when people are stupid or ignorant.

As far as the future is concerned, it sometimes worries me that we won't have peace. I find it a bit frightening that there's always a war somewhere in the world. I'm fairly optimistic about my own future though. In a few years' time, I see myself travelling around the world on a horse with my best friends.

 

WRITING 4: HISTORY OF A PRODUCT 

In 1973 the empresary of denim parma hired Nitin Shantilal Shah, who worked at a gas station, to sell jeans. Shah knew well the world of fashion. 
Nitin started his own way, and with the help of his brother Arun and Milan opened its first store: Sholemay Ltd, Pepe Jeans.They called it "Pepe" because it was a short name and its easy to remember. 

In 80 years, the company gained popularity in Europe. The song "Heart and Soul" by T'Pau and How Soon is Now? The Smiths were used to promote the brand in 1987 and 1988.

The current logo of the company dates back to 1992. The company is controlled by the group Torroeal investment group of Spanish entrepreneur Juan Abelló Gallo. The company owns the brand all over the world except the United States, wich belongs to the founders. 

WRITING 3: PLANS FOR A VISIT 

Hi, Judit

I'm just writing to check that everything's OK for your visit.

I think you'll like Barcelona. On Sunday morning, we're doing a bus tour with my grandparents because they really want to show you the city. We'll be free in the afternoon, so we'll probably meet some of my friends, and we could either walk around the town or go to a museum. It's up to you. I expect we'll end up in one of the cafés in the shopping centre.

On Monday, we could get a bus or train somewhere. There are some typical Catalan villages around here, like Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Roca del Vallès. We can do a lot of things there. I'll get some photos and you can have a look.

We're going to meet you at the Flaça's station tomorrow, so can you remind me what time does your train get in?

Looking foward to seeing you.

WRITING UNIT 2: ACCOUNT OF A DECADE

The 2000s was a decade wich people will remember for many reasons. Specially for the new music, a lot of good things happened in football, and unfortunately, for many important disasters, too.

In the world of music, there were a lot of pop artists in the charts, for example Avril Lavigne, Michael Jackson, Shakira, Beyoncé...About the sports there were a lot of important wins. For example FC Barcelona won six titles in the same season, including his firs Intercontinental Cup. The three most popular films in the decade of 2000 were: The Lord of the Kings, Gladiator and The Dark Knight. 

On fashion women prefer fresh fashion but with a modern twist, little makeup, natural hair but combining structured hairstyles fashion little 1960 and the mans more adventurous and fun.

And finally, a lot of disasters happened. In 2003 earthquake in Iran, in 2005 attack on the London underground, in 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, in 2006 the war crisis between Israel and Lebanon...

WRITING 

AN ACCOUNT OF A DECADE

The 2000's was a decade wich people will remember for many reasons. Specially for the new music, a lot of good things happened in football, and unfortunately, for many important disasters, too. 

In the world of music, there were a lot of pop artists in the charts, for example Avril Lavigne, Michael Jackson, Shakira, Beyoncé...About the sports there were a lot of important wins. For example FC Barcelona won six titles in the same season, including his firs Intercontinental Cup. The three most popular films in the decade of 2000 were: The Lord of the Kings, Gladiator and The Dark Knight.

On fashion women prefer fresh fashion but with a modern twist, little makeup, natural hair but combining structured hairstyles fashion little 1960 and the men more adventurous and fun.

And finally, a lot of disasters happened. In 2003 earthquake in Iran, in 2005 attack on the London underground, in 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocena, in 2006 the war crisis between Israel and Lebanon...

WARM BODIES 

I'd like to recommend a film wich I watched recently, called Warm Bodies. The director of the film is Jonathan Levine. 

The film focuses on the development of the relationship between Julie, young woman, and "R", a zombie, and how their eventual romance develops throughout. The film is noted for displaying human characters, and for being told from zombie's prespective. 

The things I liked most about the film were the characters and the relationship. Some scenes are memorable because they're really strong. I liked the plot too because I think that it is an excellent idea. 

All in all, I really liked the film, it has a happy ending. I wouldn't change it. 
It's a funny film, but it's a lovely love stroy too. 

NATURE PROTECTION 

8 Dene Gardens

Halford

HA3 8HD

2nd  April 2013

Local council 
High Street
Halford
HA3 7RD 

Dear Sir or Madam, 

I represent a group called "Nature Protection". I am writing to you because we are concerned about plans to build a motorway in our area.

In our opinion it is a bad idea to build a motorway because a lot of children go to the park every day. The play and enjoy the nature. If you destroy the park the animals who live there will die. The nature in our planet is very important and it's too more important to protect it. 

A motorway produces a lot of noise and it highly contaminates. There will be more foreigners and few people who respect nature. 

We have therefore decided to take action, and we are going to organize a protest. For this reason, we are sending you a video and we hope thaht you will support us and help to show people that we must protect nature. 

Yours faithfully, 



Laia Ramírez de Cartagena Fuentes
Group Coordinator 
Students Nature Protection 

WRITING

 IS INTERNET ADDICTION REALLY A PROBLEM?

Give an opinion

·Firstly, in my opinion, internet addiction is a problem. I agree with HeyGazza! and I disagree with Mygirl_Ruby and Marky002, because I think internet is a dangerous and important addiction, people who have this problem can do a lot od things that are dangerous.

·In addiction, people can think that her virtual life is real and can forget real life and the people who live there, and not care about friends, family...
This people can have a lot of problems in her REAL lives, with their relationships, friends, family...

·I have a friend that have this problem with internet and she spent the worst days of her life. At the begining she didn't know that she had this problem, but 2 or 3 weeks later her family discovered that she had this addiction because she didn't go anywhere at any places, she didn't go times with friends, she didn't study...only connected to internet all days.
Now she is doing a therapy and she is almost healed.

·Finally, in my point of view, the internet is an addiction and it is very dangerous, people who have this addiction must go to the specialists and they do a therapy.

WRITE AN ESSAY:

WHAT ARE MY DREAMS? (Present Simple, Present Continuos, Past Simple and Past Continuos)

I have three dreams: Moved to l'Estartit and got up every day watching the sea

go to the Riding Olympics games and being a good lawyer.

Three years ago I was riding in the hipica of l'Estartit and I stin do it. I love l'Estartit, it's my favourite place. When I go to l'Estartit, I love walking to the beach, riding my horse, etc. I have a lot of friends there, and I talk to them every day. Everyone goes to Sant Gabriel School and when I go there I will go.

It's very difficult to go to Olympic games but I can do it. I must have a good horse ready to go and then I must train a lot, a lot of hours with this horse, going to compete in a many differents places because the people know who you are and then, after many years, maybe we can do it.

Since I was little, I wanted be a famous lawyer. My plan is to go to a good University to study, then go to America or somewhere where they speak English for practise. After having many clients so they can talk about my services. And slowly, everyone will know who I am.

WRITING: MY BEST FRIEND

Judith Soler and I are friends. Judith lives in Bellcaire, 35-40 minutes from me. She lives in a beautiful house. We don't go to the same school. But we sometimes visit her aunt's house.

Judith is 14 years old, the same age as me. She's quite tall, like me and she's got long blond hair. The good thing about her is that she's really really funny, friendly and lovely, although, she can also be boast sometimes, and she isn't always very serious.

Judith is happiest when she's with his horses in the house of her aunt and when she's with me. She likes riding a horse, she has got 2 horses. In my hipica sometimes she comes and stays with me.