My mother’s name is Maria Magdalena. She is 52 years old, and she has black hair and brown eyes the same as mine. Her first name, Maria, has a Catholic meaning. In my city, it is very common custom to use the names Maria for woman. My mother’s birthplace was Medan, a tropical city in North Sumatera that is close to Aceh province. Now my mother’s home is in Denpasar, and she is a teacher in a primary school.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
I will tell you something about my mother. My mother’s name is Diana. She is from Bekasi, but she has lived in Demak, her husband’s city for 23 years. She is a tender woman. For example, when my sister and I are sleeping, she comes into our room, no matter what the hour, and she kisses us. She does the same thing every night.
My mother helps people wherever they need her. One day, a poor boy came to our home with a big wound on his arm, and my mother cured him. However, when she gets angry, she really does.
Last year, my brother broke a living room lamp, and she made him buy a new one with his own money. Right now she is living in a small town with my father and her children.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
The most important person in my life is my father. He has been the example for me to develop my social and professional life. In my social life, he shows me how to be with people and what behavior I need to have in different situations. For example, I talk or behave differently with a director of a company than with a worker. My father could not study in school, but he has a lot of experience. He is a good worker with high responsibilities in his work. He also taught me that the most important responsibilities are to my work and my family.
My father was a very good baseball player when he was young. He likes all sports, and he taught me to play sports with a clear mind. My father is an average person. However, he has been the biggest person for me.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
My mother is very thrifty, and that is very important for our family happiness. If my mother wants to buy something, usually she checks the prices from several places before she decides where she wants to shop. Sometimes the difference of the price is not too much, but she likes to spend her time bargaining. By doing that, my mother saves some of her daily expenses.
On special occasions, like birthdays, my mother can make a special party without asking for additional money from my father. When my father is not at home, my mother can solve unexpected problems by using her savings from daily expenses. For example, sometimes our family needs extra money to go to the doctor or to buy medicine. My mother’s thrifty ways are helpful for all of my family.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
My best friend is named Mirza, and he is also my cousin. Mirza and I are at the same age, but he is taller than I am. He has dark, curly hair and blue eyes. We study together in Kindergarten, elementary school and now in junior high school. We spend much time together, talking about problems in ourlives. We never have a fight. We always try to help each other. In junior high school, we enjoy playing a basket ball as an extra curricula activity. Mirza is also a good guitar player. Now, he practices playing guitar everyday because he wants to be a musician.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
My city, Huanzu, is a famous and beautiful city in China, and it is famous all over the world. It is set between the river and West Lake. Several hills spread around West Lake, and some mountains stand by the river. These give the city many beautiful scenes, and so Huanzu is famous for its beauty. It is beautiful in the spring when the trees bud green and the peach trees flower with their red blossoms. It is beautiful in the fall when the leaves turn yellow and red. And it is beautiful in the winter when the snow gives white clothes to the mountains. So Huanzu is beautiful all year. It is beautiful when the sunshine is bright because the hills make shadows in the lake. It is beautiful when the rain falls and makes the frogs rise from the lake. My city is always beautiful.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
Soba is a small town in my country, Sudan. It is 15 kilometers from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The Nile River flows through Soba. That makes the town green and beautiful. Most of the pople in Soba works as farmers or fishermen. The Nile is very important in their lives. A small market in Soba sells food to the people who cannot go to the market in the capital.
In Soba, a small hospital and a pharmacy gives medicine to the people without money. About 50 percent of the people in Soba work in the hospital. The youth club in Soba gives the youth a place to meet every night except Friday.
Friday is a holy day in Soba, so the people go to the mosque, and they say their prayers. The people in Soba love their town. They are very happy because Soba is crowded with beautiful things.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
Alexandria is the second biggest city in my country, Egypt, and I live in this city. It is a beautiful city, and people there are very kind and polite. Tourists like to visit my city because it is on the sea. When I walk down the Kornash, the largest street, I see the beautiful blue sea and sky, and the beautiful green grass and trees. In the spring, the flowers grow in many colors: yellow, red, and blue. The most beautiful scene is the white birds. In the winter, a very big flock of birds migrates to this place. I watch them while they skillfully fish from the sea. The birds watch the fish, and they wait patiently for a long time. When the fish come to the surface, they fly quickly and catch them. In the fall, the city looks like a very old man because the leaves of the trees fall from the trees. That is my city, and I think it is the most beautiful city in the world.
(Adapted from Basic Writing)
Hi everybody.. how’s your life today? it’s good, isn’t it.
Now we are going to learn about letter. we have two activities for today.
first, you have to answer the question from
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=643
send your answer to your English Teacher’s email address (imti_wannabe@yahoo.com). Don’t forget to fill in the subject with your full name_exercise (Example: Imtinanika Syahara_exercise)
second, you have to write a letter to your teacher. choose one of the topic below!
1. your last vacation
2. your plan for the next vacation
3. introducing yourself and your family.
4. your opinion about your school.
5. your plan to face the final exam (perhaps you can share some tips)
you should write your letter at least four paragraphs / consist of 30 – 40 sentences. Don’t forget to fill in the subject with your full name_letter. (example: Imtinanika Syahara_letter) send your letter to your teacher’s email address (imti_wannabe@yahoo.com).
Good Luck!
English Teacher
Dear friend,
How is your life doing? I hope you will always be fine there. By the way, where are you going this weekend? Do you have a plan? Actually if you don’t have a plan, I want you to come with me to my parents’ house in Bogor. If you don’t mind, I want to introduce you with my family there. What do you think about that? Don’t worry it will be nice weekend for sure.
I have waited for long time to spend my weekend in Bogor. It has been so long time I don’t go there. I miss my lovely family so much. I want to see them for sure. Well let me tell you about my parents today. Do you know how much I miss them? They are always in my mind. Even I can imagine their physical shape as well.
My mother with her chubby cheeks always smiles at me. Her big eyes are very nice, round and brown. I like to see her big eyes when she laughs because they will be narrow like Japanese eyes. She will try to untidy my hair though she is shorter than me when I don’t tidy my bed before going to school. I miss to hug her fat body. It makes me feel warm and happy. As a moslem, my mother always wears her veil. I miss to see her with her favorite brown veil. She is really beautiful.
I miss my father as well. His strong tall body always carries me on his back when I was little kid. I like to pinch his pointed nose when I want to play with him. Actually my father also has beautiful eyes like my mother, but he has to wear his glasses everyday because he has trouble with his eyes since he was child. My mother always says that we are like twins. Straight short hair with oval face and beauty spot on our stomachs are the similarity. He is the most handsome father for me.
My parents are the best ever parents in the world. I love them so much. My biggest ambition is I want to make them be proud of having a son like me. I want to make them happy. Hmm.. I don’t know how much I miss them. I can’t wait to see them.. I hope you can join with me. I am sure you will enjoy there because I have a large garden with a lot of fruits and a big fish pond. We can spend our time by fishing there. I want you to reply this letter as soon as possible so I can tell you where we should meet. Don’t try to refuse it OK! This is a good opportunity to miss. See you.
Your friend,
Dude
imtiwannabe 