Friday, November 22nd, 2019

Wow! Time has passed really fast... today was our final formal class. Not many students arrived, but with those who went, we made a little practice on how people after a play used to gather (do they do it still?) in the foyer. I was Louis XIV. I did not know who to choose at the beginning; however, Erick helped me, so I selected that persona. I have to say that it was kind of funny because as I could see, some classmates took their character seriously. But... in general it was hilarious.

Well... it seems the final days in these classrooms approach... it's been five years... wow, time flies fast...

Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

This day we touched a very important topic: theater in El Salvador. First, we saw a video made by UCA. In this short documentary, the people involved expressed they felt sorry (as I interpreted) because of the very few promotion to theater performances or arts in general, by those who should care; in fact, one "bachillerato" in this field was eliminated back in the 1995 if I'm not wrong. This affects significantly the future generations of arts in our country, since people do not own a diploma which could support them if the planned to study abroad. A classmate shared the experiences of an acquaintance. He said the woman had to leave the country to continue and develop as an actress. His participation made me remember the play I went to see: Mamá. The actress had to leave El Salvador and study in Russia. Maybe someday, our authorities will care and realize that art is fundamental for a society.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

Quiz time: The Elephant Man

Friday, November 8th, 2019

Theater time (and no classes)!!

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019

   This Tuesday, the teacher explained how he is going to evaluate us. The first one was about Nonfiction story (done); the second one... the Summary Charts (done); the third, it was a quiz about "A Matter of Chance"; the fourth until ninth we have not done them yet (in one of them we have to crate an orignal Realistic Fiction Story and then record it and upload it to YouTube); also, we have to go the theater and make a report. The two final tasks are this Journal and the attendance and participation (oops). That is all.

Friday, October 25th, 2019

This Friday, the teacher continued explaining the main differences between realistic fiction and nonfiction. After that, we made groups of two people. My partner, again, was Luis. The activity was individual indeed. We had to write a story, either about our life, someone else we admire or an important event. It had to be something real; nonfiction to be specific. My story was about "Mallinalli" (I do not really know her name; in fact, she had many names). To be honest, I had a hard time while getting the ideas and writing... what a shame!

October 22nd, 2019

Today we talked about some topics related to real world issues and ourselves. My partner was Luis Osegueda. We answered the questions... the first one was about our favorite singer or band; the second was about how are favorite dish is cooked; then we moved into a local or foreign tragedy; next, we shared some movie titles  that were based in real life; finally, we went through some important moments in our childhool, teenage years... up to now. This activities' main objective was (I guess) to make us see the difference between fiction literature, realistic fiction  and nonfiction literature.