The Railway Crossing

Hi!

For the last two weeks, while our teacher was in an advanced class, we have been reading a book called “Bookworms Club Gold”. Afterwards, we had to discuss about each story in small groups, in which every student had a role.

As a result of the discussion we have to upload an entry in which we explain our favorite story with a brief summary and giving our opinion about it. This is just what I am doing!

My favorite story was “The Railway Crossing”. This is the history of Dunstan Thwaite. He worked in an office and he didn’t earn much money. One day he met Miss Hilda Lorraine and asked to marry her, but he didn’t have enough money so he took the figures of the office and sold it, but one person discovered what he had done and blackmailed him. So one day he met the blackmailer, John Dunn, at his home and gave him some sleep powders, then he went to the railway station to kill him, but a small mistake destroyed his alibi, so he regretted about the murder and returned home, leaving John alone and sleepy. The next day he discovered that Dunn was killed by a train. There were so many questions about the crime scene so he told the police the true story. He was condemned to death.

In my opinion this is the best story, because it shows a situation in which the life of a man changes completely because he made a bad decision, that followed him all his life and how a person, who is desperate, can make anything to solve their problem.

There are many people, who had suffered blackmailing or who are just suffering it in the real life. So it shows a real life situation and that’s why I liked it.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did!

My Strange Ability

I can define me in only three words: strong willed person. Most people consider it as a negative ability but I don´t think exactly in the same way.

This strange ability, which only a few people have, can help you a lot during all your live. First of all, you are completely decided to get your objective and you never give up. Moreover you always keep improving yourself. For example, since I was in the high-school I have always fixed a target to study, so I do my best to achieve it. This is really important and useful because you always have a motivation.

Obviously, it isn't always good, you have to be responsible and conscious of your real possibilities. You should not fixed any objective you know you can not achieve, because it can be dangerous. The reason is that you feel you have let yourself down for not doing it and you are less self confident. So it is really important to know about your capacities.

On the whole, I would say it has more benefits than drawbacks, and I am really grateful to have this great quality. But it is up to you, isn't it?

The perfect christmas eve

Although these christmas have been perfect,  there was a particular noted day, the christmas eve.

It was ten o'clock when my mum woke me up. The weather was fantastic, it was sunny outside and despite I was awfully tired I felt very comfortable. After having a shower and get dressed we prepared the luggage for the trip to Extremadura.

It was a calm trip and after three hours we arrived to La Coronada, a little village where my mother was born. There we had lunch in my aunt's house with my cousins and my grandmother. Then we went to visit my dad's brother, who lives in Don Benito, where we passed the christmas eve.

At two o'clock in the morning we returned to La Coronada and my parents kept dancing with the rest of the family. Instead I spent the whole nigh playing with my small cousins in front of the fireplace until seven o'clock in the morning,when we went to sleep.

It really was a fantastic day in which I had lot of fun with all my family. In my opinion it is the best christmas eve I have ever had.

Images and Music.

The last activity we have done in our english lesson is a presentation, in which we have described some pictures related with the lyrics of a song we chose before, using the vocabulary we learnt.

We were organized in groups of 5. Our group chose the song ''Summer Paradise'', and we all get a image related to the lyrics. I described a tropical place while the other members get a picture of two people in love, some names in the sand and a lonely street. We also had to present an activity based in the song.

To make this possible we shared out the work. Four of us described a pictures and the other made the activity, because we wasn't able to describe an image because of some technical problems. In spite of that we finished the project without any problem.

So we spent a great time and I hope all the people who saw our presentation too:)

And this is the song, listen to it you would like it for sure!

Here you are our power point:

Our Horror Film!

As we did last year, we have filmed a horror movie in our English class. We got organize in small groups of six people to prepare the project.

First we brainstormed for ideas. Then we chose the ones we were going to develop and we wrote a draft.

Afterwards we checked it with our partners and we improved the ideas, the way they were expressed and the vocabulary. Moreover we corrected the grammar mistakes and we wrote the final script.

Finally, we met to film it, but we had lots of problems, because of the old camera we had and the fixed and varied timetables of each one. But we achieved to finish it.

In conclusion , in despite of all the problems we have had, we spent a good time and we had lot of fun.

 We hope you like it:)

Thanksgiving Day Composition

Although it is very difficult to thank my parents for all they have done, to make my life as it is now. I will do my best.

First I am grateful for the constant support they have given to me. Since I was a child, when I was sick and they stayed awake the whole night, until nowadays, in those days in which I think I don't have anyone to trust in, and they get a smile out of me.

Moreover I thanks to them for the beautiful and cosy house we have. It wouldn't be possible to have it , if my parents didn't have a job, so I am also grateful for my parents to be working.

Finally I thanks especially to my mother, for the delicious and fantastic food she cooks daily for me, before I come back from school.

So these are some of the things, I have to thank my parents for.