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A visit to Little Rock, Arkansas

Hello Last week I had the opportunity to visit the capital city of the state of Arkansas, which is Little Rock. This trip was very interesting for many reasons. First I went to a very big school in the middle of the city called Little Rock Central High School. This school retells a very interesting history about how black people fight for their rights years ago. It also known as one of the famous school in the entire state and nation because of the different events had happen on it. It was so impressive for me when I heard the history behind those walls and how bad some people in the past suffered. I also visited a foundation called HEIFER INTERNATIONAL  who helps poor people by giving them a cow, a goat, a hen or a pig, in order to make them grow as a business member of a community.  I attended to Bill Clinton Library, which was my favorite place of the entire trip because I could realize different things this president did for his nation, and the variety of activiti...

The Public Library of Fayetteville

Public Library of Fayetteville WOW!!!!! Today I had the great opportunity to visit the Public Library of Fayetteville. It was a really good experience, because this library has different sections to be involve with and I didn't know where to go. I loved the way it is so organized and how  people there trying to give us a very nice welcome. I also watched a puppet show with a lot of kids in it, and one thing that really calls my attention about it was how parents are nice involved with their kids in order to make them feel so excited and happy and sharing time with them. My favorite part of the library was the KIDS AREA , because for me as teacher is so important to give my students the space they need to develop their own personality, instead of giving them commands and make them feel like robots. This library is AWESOME, and of course it is because the way they treated us and let us feel like we are in our own country and our own space. It was just wonderful. Regards; Bol...

Different types of grammar activities

What are activities? Sometimes I think activities are just to have fun, but in real life they aren't exclusively for that. I have learned that activities might include a set of items I didn't realize they were to.  One of the thing which really calls my attention is the different kinds of activities that exist according to teacher Matthew's class.  In his class he mentioned 3 types of GRAMMAR activities that are new for me, or maybe I used to use them, but without any distinction. These activities are:    a. Mechanical: In this kind of activity teacher used to have control of the entire class (teacher centered) and doesn't let the children participate fluently.    b. Manipulative: Teacher still controlling the class but, he/she allows students to do certain assessment under his/her supervision.    c. Communicative:This activity is the better one, because it is focus on students, in order to let them feel comfortable and be participating a...