Second draft: Description of an event.

It all started when I was in Brazil four years ago. My mom and I decided to go to “Santos”, a beach near to Sao Paulo, where my uncle has a flat very close to the beach. My uncle told me that it was an incredible beach, so I was very excited and fascinated.

                It turned out to be a nightmare. The day that we arrived to Santos, I ran to the beach for sunbath, like always I didn’t use sunscreen because according to me and my stupid theory that I consider myself brunette, I’ve always thought that  sun never burns in a heavy way on me. So there I was, very relaxed, until I fell asleep. After two hours, I woke up and I realized that it was time for lunch, so I went to the flat, where my mother was cooking. At the moment that I entered to the kitchen my mom was in shock; “Valen, you’re insolated!” she yell.

                That night, was the worst ever. I cried like a baby, I couldn’t sleep at all, my skin hurt so bad that my mom didn’t know what to do. After that night, my mother ran to the drugstore and she bought me “Caladril”, a cream that is use for burns and itching. In the end, the few next days were also a nightmare. I couldn’t take long showers, despite it was hot. I had to spend all my holidays with a towel over my chest, and not to mention that wearing clothes was hell.

                All in all, since then I’ve been in love of “Caladril”, and I learned that every time that I go to the beach I must use sunscreen. I think that without my mother’s help, I wouldn’t be able to survive to that awful summer.

Valentina Álvarez.
Hi, here's the link of my informative speech about "Technology in the future".


http://my.brainshark.com/Technology-in-the-future-689626727

First draft: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

Sciences and humanities: both important.

            Sciences and humanities are both ancient and great traditions. Both are vital and necessary elements of a balanced education. That much should be a statement of the obvious. It is only when we focus on their different strengths that we enter into an interesting and different discussion. Some people, over time, have been saying that sciences and math are more difficult than humanities-based courses; therefore people should focus on becoming scientists, preferably, doctors.

            This is not true. There is not a winner in this contest between humanities and sciences. The two areas are very different, but it’s possible to have one without the other.

            Every English student can say this with experience; in every first student years, they had to do a lot of research on internet and books, because English is all about vocabulary, words, sentences, reading, etc. So, without the knowledge on how to do a power point presentation or a brainshark video, our studies on English wouldn’t be complete. With all the advances in technology, we must have a basic knowledge.

            At the end, as time passes by, we are all going to increase our abilities on sciences, as also in humanities. As future teachers, we will have to be able to make good presentations, schedules, and all that has to do with teach to students. All in all, it’s impossible to have sciences without humanities. For me, nowadays, are both important, obviously I know and use more humanities than sciences, and without sciences I wouldn’t be a complete and an advanced student.