What I learned about UNIT 6?

Disasters and Emergencies was te topic for this Unit. I learned the meaning of some words to describe disasters, it would be very useful to know the History of disasters in the world. Also I learned new grammar about "Indirect speech".I studied things like: When you report what someone said, but without quoting the exact words, use indirect speech. Do not use quotation marks when I write indirect speech.In indirect speech, an imperative becomes an infinitive. Make changes in pronouns and time expressions in indirect speech to preserve the speaker's original meaning.Also I leranes about how we sould use say and tell.Say is used with direct and indirect speech.Say is most often used without a personal object.If we want to put a personal object after say, we use to.Tell is used when we mention the listener.In the class we prepared an exposicion about "Prepare for an emergency" and I learned that: Be prepared to use what you have on hand to make it on your own for at least three days, maybe longer. While there are many things that might make you more comfortable, think first about fresh water, food and clean air. Put together two kits. In one, put everything needed to stay where you are and make it on your own. The other should be a portable version you can take with you if you have to get away. Also in the class we talked about how we should describe natural disasters. I think that this last unit was very important to my personal life, because I am a teacher of Natural Disaters and this information could be very important to my career. BIBLIOGRAPHY: http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/tellsay.html
http://bepreparedcalifornia.ca.gov/EPO/BePrepared/IndividualsAndFamilies/Prepare+an+Emergency+Supply+Kit.htm

What I learned about UNIT 5?

In this unit we learned about the holidays in some countries. For example in Mexico people celebrate with mariachis. In China New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar.Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī or "Eve of the Passing Year". Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Historically, Thanksgiving began as a tradition of celebrating the harvest of the year. Also I learned that Carnival in Brazil is very colorful and is a party atmosphere in the midst of a grand parade.Finally, The Eid al-Fitr is a religious holiday of the Islamic tradition. It covers the first three days of Shawwal, and signifies the end of Ramadan.
Also I learned about adjective clauses with object relative pronouns. An adjective clause does not express a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone as a sentence. To avoid writing a fragment, you must connect each adjective clause to a main clause. I learned about reflexive pronouns, too. A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is preceded by the noun or pronoun to which it refers (its antecedent) within the same clause.
I learned it through the explanation of my classmates, my teacher's explanation and the information found on the internet. With my classmates, in groups explain about each holiday in different parts of the world. With the help of a teacher present during the class was very easy to understand about Thanksgiving in U.S.A.
These topics were very important for my life, if I traveled to another country I'm sure would have a chance to talk about holidays, a foreigner and thus improve my pronunciation.

Bibliography:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adjectiveclause.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_pronoun

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