Friday, April 12, 2013

Blog Post 11: Reflection

I liked "The president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson" the best because in American Culture this is good to know.

I would like learn more about important presidents in United States.

Blog Post 10: 3/12/2013 Presentation about a famous person

Today I did a presentation about a famous person in my country Colombia. He is Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize 1982.

I think mi presentation went very good, because, the slides was simple bat completes. Also I put a nice pictures of the famous person (Gabo). all time I had eye contact with the people. my voice was good, high and clearly. Also I didn't look the notes all the time. I think I need to improve my pronunciation.

Alvaro Uribe Velez

  1. he was a president in Colombia in two terms (2002-2010)
  2. He was born in Medellin, Colombia at July, 4 of 1952
  3. in his government, he wanted to improve three things: peace, economy, and education.

Pele

  1. He was a soccer player
  2. He was born in Brazil
  3. Years ago he was the best soccer player all over the world.

King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz

  1. He was the best King in the history of the Kingdom.
  2. He was born in Riyadh in 1906
  3. He was a great man, he lived a simple life.

Friday, April 5, 2013

"Blog Post 9 Tomas Jefferson 4/5/2013"

Today I read the story about Tomas Jefferson. I learned that he was the third president of the United States of America. Also, he was president for two terms.

I think the Declaration of Independence is very important because it protect the human rights and said that all people are born with certain unalienable rights.