Gonzalo VA

In Language and Literature we were asked to search vocabulary related to natural disasters, from a couple of websites. Here is the vocabulary I picked:

Vocabulary on Devastated Places

Gonzalo Vazquez Avila – Tomas Borda

Earth tearing itself apart – Devastation – Seism – Disturbance in the ocean bed – Casualties – Flee to higher ground – Catastrophe – Unstoppable – Magnitude – Obliteration – Widespread destruction – Swept away villages – Undersea landslides – Waves pummeled local areas – Colossal.

We’ve been working with linkers in Language. One of the activities related was to create a poster with all the linkers that fit in a category, each group was assigned a category. Me and Agustin Segura worked on Exemplification.

These are all the posters made by every group:

These are a couple exercises for you to work on Exemplification:

1. My father makes the most unfair decissions, _____, he chooses where to go on vacation without consulting any of his sons!

2. People are so loud, _____ when they are excited.

3. I sometimes get nervous around certain people, _____, when I walk in the streets and someone sketchy walks past me.

4. I like domestic animals very much, horses, _____.

5. I’m going to sleep _____ a log.

6. He’s _____ savage _____ a wolf.

7. Yesterday I did a bit of running _____ stretching.

8. This day isn’t _____ the best of my life.

9. Dogs demand a lot of care, _____ cleaning and walking them.

10. So many people are lazy at school, _____ me!

You can only use ONE word twice.

The first short story we read this year in literature was one by English writer, Virginia Woolf. These following pictures are of the analysis we made in class during the reading, plus an activity assigned by Pato Chujman.