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We missed you, Beatriz. This is an example of writing for your homework:

Next summer I am finally going to travel to Italy. And I say finally because it is a very old dream. I first thought about it when I studied art history in university and fell in love with Michael Angelo, Giorgone, Brunelleschi and some other Italian artists.

I wish I could spend a whole year in Italy travelling slowly from town to town but that´s not possible, so I´ll have to be happy with a two-week trip. Italy is expensive and that´s all I can afford, so I need to choose the cities that I want to visit. I am definitely going to spend a few days in Venice, where I´ll try to see Giorgones´s paintings. Florence is also on my list. I´m going to catch a train from Venice to Florence, I have heard it´s a beatiful journey. The problem is that once in Florence I don´t know much time I´ll need to see everything I want to see. Unfortunately I am travelling in July, like everybody else. That means I´ll probably have to stand in lines for hours to enter the most important museums. So depending on that, I might visit other places, like Pisa or Siena, which seem very interesting too.

I really hope I´ll enjoy Italy as much as I have enjoyed it in my dreams. 

You need to write about a trip you have been dreaming with for a very long time and finally  are going to take. You must make an effort to use all the different future forms we have studied. 

During the class today we were listening to a dialogue between tow women who were discussing where and how to meet together to talk about their project. Students had to fill in a chart with the various activities the talkers were doing on Friday and Saturday. Later they had to plan their own conversation and role played it. 

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Here is the example for the writing:

I wish I had more free time. I take classes all day, and I have a part time job in the evening. At home I spend my time studying and doing chores around the house. I would like to have more time to read and go out with my friends.

As you can see in the example, you begin by stating your wish. Then you explain the way things are right now, which is the reason why you came up with that wish. Finally you explain your wish in more detail.

 

Write about 2 or 3 wishes.

Gerund phrases as subjecs:

Example:  overcoming dangers as a family was one of the rewards.

Working as a phone operator must be boring.

Learning to control the students was hard at first.

Write 3 sentences using gerund phrases as subjects.

In our class today we were working on the text Dreams Can Come True. Students had to write questions about the text, questions that could be answered by reading the text. 

Reminder: when we use an auxiliary  the subject must go between the auxiliary and the verb.