Informal Letters

Dear Students,

Thank you indeed for the efforts you are making. I am proud of you all.

Last week you wrote an informal letter about the use of cell phones in school. Now, it's time to learn how to write an informal letter. Open the file on the following link:

Informal Letters

and read the first two pages. Then write a new letter about the same topic according to the format in the file you read.

I wish you the very best,

Ahmad Amer

Greetings from Costa Rica

Warm greetings to you all from far-away Costa Rica. (What you get to see in this picture is a white-sanded beach in our Caribbean coast.)

Hello everyone! It's a pleasure to be part of your online experience with Dr. Ahmad Amer.

Now that you have become familiar with blogs and how to post comments, I want you to do the following, so we can interact through your class blog: Now that you know that I am in a far-away land in Central America, -Costa Rica-, we (your teacher, you guys, and I) can review how you make questions.

Possible topics to ask about:

1. Costa Rica's weather and natural resources
2. Teens' lifestyle in Costa Rica and Central America
3. Touristic places to visit while coming to Costa Rica

If you want to find out more information about my home country, visit the following links:

http://www.visitcostarica.com/ict/paginas/informacion.asp

http://www.tourism-costarica.com/

http://www.1costaricalink.com/eng/web/weather.htm

And because we are going to review how you make questions in English, you can use these sites to practice, too:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/form.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/form2.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/form3.htm

Well, good luck with your reading and online grammar exercises. And I expect to answer your questions soon.

Best regards from tropical Costa Rica,

Jonathan

Write 80-100 words in English on the following topic.

Dear students,

This blog is your opportunity to help you improve your writing in English.

I hope you will enjoy it.


Write 80-100 words in English on the following topic.



A month ago, your principal decided that students would not be allowed to bring cell phones to school. Write a letter to a friend abroad, telling him or her about this new rule.



You may relate to the following points:

Why cell phones are not allowed in school.

How the new rule has changed life in school.

How you and / or the other students feel about the new rule.

How the new rule has affected you.


Best,

Ahmad Amer

Learn Grammar

Dear Students,

To improve your grammar competence, I would like you to visit the following link:

http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried/grammar/grammar.html

Choose three activities. Please write 2-5 lines telling us what activities you chose and what you have learned.

Teacher Ahmad