General Reflection

In general, I think that I have learnt many things such as the uses of comma, what I have to do before to start a paragraph, how I have to organize my ideas and give them coherence, etc. I really appreciate those teachings.

I have good and bad moments, some difficults to invent, create, write, improve ideas about the themes but finally I found the right ways for express myself.

So, I liked to do the essays and this portfolio because I have improved my grammar, the order of my ideas, and my vocabulary when I have to write something.

Sometimes, I realized that it's not so difficult that I thought. I just only had to have patience to write my works.

Oktapodi

This story is about two octopuses that lived in a really bored fish tank. But it didn’t matter for them because the only important thing was the love that they had each other.

One day, a thin man visited the fish store in which the octopuses were. This man needed one of two octopuses, so he bought it. The fish store’s worker took the pink octopus with a yellow glove, weighed it, and finally he gave it to the man.

In this moment the orange octopus feels completely sad and it was afraid because he thought that his lovely girlfriend wasn’t with him never again.

The man left the place with the octopus and got into the car, and all that it had been watched for the orange octopus. He refused to lose his girlfriend, and he decided to get out of the fins tank and follow the car to save his girlfriend.

The orange octopus clung strongly to the back of the car and for the next minutes he fought in different ways with the man who tries to fight and drive the car at the same time. To each instant, the man was angrier until inadvertently strikes a cement railing.

While the man was unconscious from a blow to his head, the octopuses escaped. When the man woke could see them running away from him, so he started to chase them in his car. Octopuses jumped and swam in the pools of houses down the street trying to reach the sea.

Octopuses were a leap of their liberty but the man managed to catch them. He fought hitting them against the roof of the car and they defended themselves by throwing ink. Suddenly, the man lost octopuses because they became entangled with a clothes line. This man was so angry that he did not realize that the street was coming to an end. Finally he fell to the sea with his car.

Octopuses that were still in the clothes line could be together again but a seagull arrived and took the orange octopus taking him away. The purple octopus could not allow it, so she held onto the balconies of the houses, took impulse to follow and went to rescue her beloved boyfriend...

Reflection:

It was very fun to write about this story but it wasn't easy too. When I watched the video I thought: "I can´t describe and narrate it. It's impossible!" But finally, I can do it. I had many problems to order the ideas in my mind because I knew what I had to write but I didn't know how I had to write it. The vocabulary was another problem for me. I wanted to use more complicated words to extend my own vocabulary. I think that I used the correct words. 

I really love redact this story, and I really love the octopuses too. 

The Holiday In The Year That I Most Like Is Christmas

Christmas is a very special day for me. I never celebrate this holiday with my family. When I think about that, I fell really sad. I have only had one Christmas in my life, and it is a very nice memory. That day was beautiful with colors and lights everywhere, and I had a really good time with my friends. I like Christmas because the date remind me that day. When Christmas is soon, all love, peace, and happiness that I feel is extremely comfortable. Although Christmas is on summer in Chile, and I hate summer, it is still my favorite holiday. I do not like for gifts, I love Christmas for its beauty, and all kinds of good feelings that it produces. Christmas is the best day of the year for me.

Reflection:

It was not difficult for me to choose this theme because it is something that I feel and it's easy for me to explain my feelings. My problem was that I had many ideas and I didn't know specifically what I had to use, and because of that I made many mistakes in grammar and writing. 

Sister

I want to talk about my big sister. Her name is Alejandra, but I call her: Janny. She is overweight and tall but she is very good-looking and she knows that. She is in her 30s but she feels like a teenager. She has round and brown eyes. She has long, wavy and brown hair not so different from me, except for the color. Her skin is tanned for the sun. She has many freckles and moles more than me. Her smile is very beautiful. I love it when she smiles.

In terms of personality, my sister is extremely affectionate because she gives many hugs and kisses to me and her children all the time. She makes plans very quickly to solve day-to-day problems and that is a proof of  her cleverness and intelligence. When I left the house of my parents, she was the first person who offered me a place to live, so I think she’s too generous. Also she is estremely honest. She never lies to me and doesn’t hide the truth. She is very loyal. I can't remember one occasion in which she has betrayed me.  Little things can affect her so much and that makes her very sensitive. And finally I think that she is a humorous person. She can make laugh her friends and her family all the time.

Reflection:

Well, this is my descriptive writing. Before this class, I didn't know how to describe a person. I describe in the basic form without many details but now I pay attention to everything around me. 

I really love writing and learn this helps me so much.  

Night

I choose the night because is the moment of the day in which I am more relaxed. The night is quiet and I can feel the silence. I can be alone with myself. Also, at night I do different things such as watching TV, spending time with my family, surfing the internet and listening to music. In this part of the day is when there are colder and I love feeling cold. Also, and this is the most important thing, I can be at home where I sleep or just take a break, and I love that. I love the night.

Reflection:
I think that it is a very good paragraph in terms of ideas's order and grammar. But also it is a basic paragraph and the vocabulary doesn't have much difficult.
It is pretty good for being the first paragraph.

Introduction

In this e-portfolio, I show you my works during the term. I enjoyed to write them. I had some difficulties with the texts, in most of the cases because I didn't have much vocabulary. It was my achilles' heel. However, it was very funny create those paragraphs. Along of time I learned how describe, narrate, explain any kind of different things, and it helped me to express myself in a really good way. I don't have a perfect grammar but I don't make much errors. That was reflected in my work.
Anyway I learnt to improve a little bit more about my ideas and my grammar. I learnt new meanings and expand my vocabulary.
I hope that you enjoy it reading them so much as I did writing them