Good (film) messages...

Here you are two very good messages taken from two very good films (in my opinion...) What do you think?

Back to work!! :(

Hi guys, holidays almost finished !!!! enjoy these two days to the full because on Monday...we go back to work!!...to very very hard work! Heigh ho!!

Writing strategies: Learn it!!!!!!!!!

A) BASIC WRITING SKILLS

When we write a composition, it is not enough to have good ideas or persuasive arguments.
It is important to express them correctly.

Word order: Subject + Verb + Object + Complements (manner place time)
I found the book easily at the library yesterday

Notes:
1. Time expressions can come at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
2. Don´t separate the verb from its object.
3. Frequency adverbs (often, always, never) often come before the main verb.
4. If a sentence has a direct object and an indirect object, we often place the indirect
object first: "She wrote him a letter" ( "She wrote a letter to him", is possible).
5. Adjectives come before the noun and they have no plural form.

Subject-verb agreement: The subject and the verb must agree in number. For example, when the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular:
"She sings well"

Some nouns are always followed by a singular verb (everything, news, furniture, information ...)
Some nouns are followed by a plural verb (people, children, police, trousers ...)


B) WRITING A COMPOSITION

A good composition has three elements: an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
It should also flow from sentence to sentence and connect the ideas in a clear and logical
way. There are several ways to achieve this:

· Repeat key nouns throughout the composition.
· Use pronouns to refer back to key nouns
· Arrange the sentences in a logical order and use linking words to indicate the order ( first,
second, then, later, next, since, then, finally)

A good composition should have a strong opening which attracts the readers´ attention and makes them to read more. A few good ways of opening your composition include:

· A question
· A surprising statistic or fact
· A personal address to the reader
· A provocative statement (not too provocative!)

Certain words or expressions are often used to indicate the conclusion of a piece of writing:
In conclusion, lastly, finally, to sum up, in short ...

C) CONNECTORS

Below is a chart of words and expressions commonly used to connect ideas or show
relationships.

1. Contrast or opposing ideas: although, while, in spite of, but, however.

2. Comparison: like, similarly, both, just, as + adjective + as.

3. Reason, cause and effect: because, since, as, so that, in order that.

4. Time and sequence: when, while, first of all, secondly, finally.

5. Result and consequences: therefore, thus, as a result of.

6. Addition and example: moreover, in addition, for instance, such as.

Un argentino en Toronto...buenisisisisimo...

Hi chic@s, despues de la tensión de los examenes y antes de los sustos que estan por venir...;P, unas risas...Es el diario de un argentino que se muda a Toronto, es muy bueno, igual algunos lo habéis oido ya...
Por cierto, sabéis que se ve desde la torre más alta de Toronto?? jejejeje...

Don't let your head rule your heart...what do you think?

Do you think we should let all our emotions run free or think twice? When your head tells you stop! and your heart tells you go!, what do you do?

“The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.” Jacques Benigne B.

“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.” James Earl Jones