The Barber Whose Uncle had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger

Read the William Saroyan´s story The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger. Don´t concentrate on the vocabulary you don´t know. Just read for the content and - more importantly - for fun! On your blog, post the answer the questions attached to the text by December 5th. The grade fro this post has 100% value. Have fun reading William Saroyan.

Refuse an invitation

Your next task is the following:
1)Write an INFORMAL invitation to an event of your choice to your friend. (150 words)
2)Write an Informal reply. You can either agree to come or refuse to attend. (150 words)
Use at least 5 expressions we learnt in lesson 7.

Deadline: Wednesday 1st October 10pm
Value: 80%

What does your blog look like?

Make your blog "Your blog." Add more details about yourself in "Settings" and "Layout."

(By the time you publish your first post next week, you have to fill in "description" in "settings" and "about me" in "layout")

The problem that bothers me (criteria)

Similarly to last year, each of you has to choose a topic for a speech asignment for this semester. This time, the general theme witll be "The problem that bothers me."

These are the criteria of a successful speech:

1) Choose your topic carefully – it has to be interesting for your listeners and at the same time you have to be able to talk about it for 8 minutes.

2) Before your speech, write your “new vocabulary” on the board (don´t write too many)

3) Your speech has to be 8 minutes long.

4) Use appropriate vocabulary.

5) Don’t make too many grammar mistakes (2-3 is acceptable).

6) Speak fluently.

7) Speak, don’t read.

Your first writing task

Hi everybody. Your first task is to write a paper called "My fears and hopes for the next year."
a) write a text of 300 words.
b) the paper has to be posted on your blog by 6pm, September 9th
c) pay attention to the structure of the text - I suggest you first write a paragraph or two about your fears then a paragraph or two about your hopes. At the end of your paper, conclude with a summarizing note.
d) try to make the text as enjoyable for the reader as possible.

Good luck in your blogging!