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Hello!
Welcome!
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let's
blog!
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Links to
our blog
BLOG_EFL
(Wed, 30 July 2003)
[bloglab]
(25 Aug. 2003)
Edblogger
Praxis (EFL/ESL Link List, 20 Aug. 2003)
[zaptlogs]
(26 Aug. 2003)
Useful pages
Dictionary
Picture
Dictionary
Irregular
verbs
Pronunciation
A-H
Pronunciation
I-P
Pronunciation
Q-Z
Self-study
S.Pres.
& Pres. Cont.
Your work
School
in our grandparents' days
Sports
(dialogs)
Pair
dialogues
I'm
starving! (dialogs)
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What is a
Blog (or a Weblog)?
A blog
is an online diary or log.
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What
is "let's blog!"? It
is a two-way ( )
communication tool:
from me to you and from you to me. It
is our way of talking in English outside of class. It
is a fun way for you to practice English away from school. |
Everything
you send me will be on this page! Our
blog will include fun and interesting activities, readings and
exercises from the Internet that you can do at home when you feel like it (= quando te apetecer).
You can also send me your suggestions of activities! I will publish
them on this page. So.
. . when you have a 
suggestion, or something 
you would like to tell us, please click on the email icon on the right
(the bottle). Don't forget to start your message with
"Hello" or "Hi" and to include your name and class
(7A, 7B, 7C) at the end! I
will not publish anonymous messages! Remember:
We are in this together! With
your participation, this
blog can be great fun! Send
in you first message right away and I will put it on this page
immediately!
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Interesting
pages
Jogo do 24
Photos:
1+2,
3+4,
5+6
Intriguing
page
Student
work
Student
Recipes
(9th grade, 2001-02)
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Blog archive
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first
activity:
'Decode'
my message!
Find the
"mystery words" behind the symbols (top left)!
The first
student to send me a message with the correct words
will get a
prize next class! Get to work!! Hurry up!!!
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Here's the presentation I gave on Let's blog! at the TESOL 2004 Conference in Long Beach, California, on 2 April 2004.
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10Aug04 |
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Friends make a
difference, or the effects of a long lasting and great Teacher-Student
friendship!
Let me show you some
messages I exchanged with from three former students from our school.
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31Jan04 |
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Subject: Why Dutch?
Hello Teacher, How are
you?
I hope that everything is
OK!
Teacher I have to ask you
a favor....
Why English people say
Holand to refer the country but Dutch, about people?
It's my english homework,
and I can find any info about that!
So, I hope that you could
light me up about that!!! :)
Today (Saturday) I'll go
to BTL (bolsa de turismo de lisboa), so if you go there, say something!
Kisses and hugs from me,
Ana Teresa and Filipa
Bernardo
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24Jan04 |
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Subject: Re:
Why Dutch?
Dear former students
and Friends,
I haven't got a clue about
it! I always took it for granted!!! :-)
However, I'm doing a few
searches and will send you any links that may be useful.
I'm really happy that you
contacted me for help. :-)
Hugs,
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
P.S. - May I put this up
on the Blog7 page as a very healthy example of Teacher-Student contact?
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An hour later. . .
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Subject: Why
Dutch? A possible answer
Dear Bernardo, Ana
Teresa and Filipa,
I think I have found the
answer. Take a look at this encyclopedia entry!
Let me know if this
enough. Don't forget to click on the links.
I won't be at BTL. I'm
doing an online training workshop and will be extremely busy for 6
weeks!
Beijinhos to the three of
you,
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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Subject: Re: Why
Dutch? A possible answer
Dear Teacher
Thank you, really thank
you, that website helped us a lot!
I wish very good luck for
your workshop and of course that you can use this conctact in your blog!
Kisses and hugs from your
students
Bernardo, Teresa and
Filipa
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25Jan04 |
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Subject: Re:
Why Dutch? A possible answer
Dear Bernardo, Ana
Teresa and Filipa,
I'm very glad that the
site was useful! Hurrah for the Internet!!!
I will certainly update
Blog7
with these messages we
have exchanged. It will show my students from last year that they can
ask for help and I will do everything to help them.
Why don't you send them a
message and motivate them to send messages and interact?
Hugs and kisses from you
former teacher and friend,
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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Here is a message from
Bernardo sent to all my former students who may still read this blog! I
hope that some of you still
come and take an occasional look. If so, why not follow Bernardo's advice?
And why not send him a message through me? I will post it here!
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Subject: About
blog...
The Blog is a very
useful way of communication, because we can get help from there for our
especial needs....
And that happened to me a
week ago with this blog (Profª Teresa was my teacher 3 years ago),
because I had a question about Dutch people...
The next day, while I was
checking my e-mail, voilá, it was there! The answer I needed for my
work....
So kids, use the blog, not
just for fun, also to learn and cooperate!
(Do you think that's ok?)
kisses Bernardo
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30Jan04 |
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Subject: Re:
About blog...
Thanks for this very
useful piece of advice to colleagues of yours. "Learning and
cooperating" are certainly two basic ideas that we all - students
and teachers - need to keep in mind.
As you see, Bernardo,
nobody has sent any messages for quite some time. 
But your message from last weekend and this one will soon be up on
the page. 
Have a great weekend!
A kiss from your good
friend to you, Filipa and Ana Teresa,
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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Hello everyone!
Happy New Year! May all
your wishes come true.
Hope you will send in
more messages this year. I'm still waiting for that chat. You only need to
say the date and time.
Heath, peace and
happiness,
Your 7th grade English
teacher,
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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5Jan04 |
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Hi everyone!
It's Christmas time
again! Time does fly, doesn't it?
Did you know that 2004 is
a leap year? This means that it will have 366 days and there will be
twenty-nine days in February. Does it also mean one more day of school?!
What will you be doing
over the holidays? Staying at home? Travelling? How will you celebrate
Christmas? What about New Year's Eve?
Why don't you send a
message and tell us about your plans?
I wish you all a
very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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18Dec03
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Subject:
hello
hi teacher...I´m sorry
but i´m don´t writte any more because i don´t go very much to see my
e-mail.
How are you?i like very much my inglish teacher.
bey bey
catarina menezes
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6Nov03 |
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Re: hello
Hi, Catarina!
How nice to hear from you
again!
Why don't you see email so
much any more? Please do and send a message now and then, all right?
I'm glad you like your
English teacher. BTW, how is English going this year? If ou need any
extra help, count on me!
Let's see if we can chat
one of these days!
A kiss,
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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Subject: The blog
is carry on......or not?
I am sorry for writting
so late but I have to say that it is not my fault...
I had asked to Ana
Carolina to talk with 8ºA but she was always forgeting, then we enter
to the exams' epoch and I forgot to insiste with her...
But, two days ago she told
me that she had talked with her colleagues(aleluia). They say that they
don't want to continue with the blog =(.
This afternoon, Cláudia
and I saw Alexandre (he was in our class on 5th and 6th grades, now
he is in 8ºB) and we asked him to talk with his colleagues. He told us
that he will do that...(we hope so).
And, I have to tell you
that: I have not talked with my classe! I know that is crime and is
absolutely MY FAULT! I will talk with them the soon as I can, I
promise you!
Well, there isn't just bad
news. I have already received two tests (geography and mathematics) and
I have M.Bom just like Jing and Lin. Ana Cláudia and
Mariana I'm not sure but I know that they have good grades.
We've already done our
English test... It was so EEEEAAAASSSSSYYYYY!!!!! Maybe it's because
it's the first test of the year. But I'm sure that I will have a great
grade(I hope that this sentence would not sound a little vain!). Have I
told you that you were right? Our English teacher is very nice and a
good teacher but I don't like her pronunciation (I don't know why)
but I'm learning the maximum that I can.
I have nothing more to
say, except one thing: How are your classes with the students of the 5th
grade?
Best wishes from
Joana
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3Nov03 |
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Re:
The blog is carry on......or
not?
It was very nice to talk
to you and Ana Cláudia earlier today at school.
Of course the blog is on!
But I need some of you to help me keep it going. You know, we don't need
a lot of people. If we have about a dozen regular participants,
who will send a short message regularly on anything they feel
like, we'll keep in touch and keep our project going at the
same time. I'd love that! And don't forget to talk to your class - I'm
sure your English teacher will give you a few minutes.
And. . . we still
have to plan when our first chat will be. Why
don't you think about it as soon as your tests are over?
Congrats on your results! What
else could I expect?
My classes are going great
and I think my students are enjoying them. Next week we start using
computers for English, but they don't know yet. It's going to be a
surprise!
Hope to hear from you very
soon. And try to get your friends to write! I miss you all!
A kiss,
Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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4Nov03 |
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Hi everyone!
I've been going over
papers and found a leaflet (= panfleto) about the Portuguese Museum
of Bread that I visited with my family during the summer holidays.
It's in Serra da Estrela, quite close to Seia. It's interesting to visit
and the restaurant/bar has a veranda with a fabulous view of the valley.
Click on the link
above and take a virtual visit of the museum. If you want to see me
and my younger son, Miguel, buying a "broa" at the Traditional
Grocer's Shop - I'm "so young" that I remember a very similar
grocer's shop in Parede! - click
here. Weren't those nice looking grocer's shops? Visiting it
brought back good memories of my childhood!
Enjoy! And let me know
your impressions!
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