1 - Writing

Knowing how to write in english is very important because it opens you to a lot of new content! And there are several ways to improve your writing.

You can start by making notes in english instead of Portuguese, for exemple, when you go to the supermarket, try to make a list of what you need to buy in english. Writing can help you visualize word and its meaning. Many times when I couldn’t remember a word I needed, I would think back to when I wrote it down, and I would picture the word in my notebook. It’s a great way to practice writing and a useful way to remember new words too!

These exercises helped me to improve my writing and comprehension in english.

Exercise 1 – A Rush of Adrenaline

In this exercise we were asked to make a text about a moment that we felt a rush of adrenaline. I didn’t remember a lot of “rush of adrenaline” moments in my life, but I remember one that was very fun.

The Water Park

At the beginning of the year, I felt a rush of adrenaline that I will never forget. My girlfriend and I were on vacations in Minas Gerais, because it’s where my parents live. We wanted to do something new and funny, so we decided to go to a water park called “Thermas Dos Laranjais”. This water park is one of the biggest in Brazil. At first, we needed to make a 2 hours travel to get there, once it was in another town. But then, when we got there, it has a huge line to enter the place. It wasn´t a great time waiting in the line. But, when we entered the water park it was amazing! If I thought that the line was huge, I didn´t know what was waiting for me inside. The park was magnificent; it was impossible to see where it ends. The park itself was a rush of adrenaline, but it wasn´t just it. The park has the seventh largest toboggan in the world, named Everest, and, of course, we went to it. Its height is 30 meters! You need to climb like ten stairs to get to the top. When we reached there, I felt a rush of adrenaline. From the top you can see almost all the park, the view is amazing. The park has 260.000 square meters and has so many toboggans and pools! But, when I prepared to slide down, I got another rush of adrenaline, a different one. I was scared and excited at the same time. At the beginning I thought I would die, not literally, but then it was very cool! I don’t know when we will return, but I wish we would, because it was a great experience! Anyway, if we return, I´m going to have my reencounter with the Everest!

First, I really liked this exercise, because the teacher made it in pairs, so the students need to correct each other’s text. I made this exercise with my friend and we had fun correcting each other mistakes, it was a good way to improve my writing.

When I made this text about a rush of adrenaline I wanted to put some feelings in it, I wanted the people to feel what I was feeling that time and the way I wrote it can change everything. That’s why I liked this activity. It kind of obligates you to put some emotions in the paper.

            Exercise 2 – What Happiness is...

In this exercise the teacher told us to make a text about happiness according to some images that represents different kind of happiness. What is happiness for you? What makes you happy?

Activity – Hapiness is...

Hapiness is accomplishing a dream. But, you can’t be happy only for

accomplishing it. Happiness is also each step you make towards it!

Happiness isn’t being happy all the time; because sometimes is

impossible to be happy! We need to face defeat in our lives, so we

can become better learning with it.

In my opinion, the secret of Happiness is never give up! Ever! Even

if you tried and tried again but you don’t succeed, don’t give up! You

can always learn something new when you face failure.

Of course it’s not easy to overcome from failure, that’s why people

don’t succeed! They fail and then they give up. Don’t be like that,

believe in yourself, have faith and you can succeed and be happy.

This exercise makes me feel good, because I thought about things that makes me happy. It’s always nice to have some reflection about happiness, because it makes you set your priorities, it makes me thinking about what can I do to improve my life and make it better than yesterday.