Sunday, March 25, 2012

Emails by our Elementary A students


Hi Michael,
Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. I am from Libya. I am twelve years old. Yes, I have. I have one sister and two brothers. I like to draw and paint pictures. I like pizza.
I want to ask you about your favourite food? Oh, really, how old are you?


Ahed Nasser

Bazine - libyanfood . blogspot. com 
Hi Michael,
Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. I'm from Libya. I'm 18 years old. Yes, I've got three sisters but I haven't got any brothers. My favourite hobby is playing football. My favourite food is bazine. I like playing tennis.
What about you? Where are you from? How old are you?


Your friend,
Tariq Shaker


Hi Michael,
Thank you for your email.
I'll answer your questions. I am from Libya and I am 27 years old. I have got 3 brothers and 6 sisters and my favourite hobby is reading. My favourite food is pizza and I like swimming and walking especially in the seaside.
I have a question for you Michael. What type of sport do you like?


Enas Ahlab


Hi,
Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. I'm from Libya. I'm nineteen years old. I've got four sisters but I haven't got any brothers. My favourite hobby is listening to music. My favourite food is Italian. I like all sports.
What about you. Where are you from?


Your friend,
Ahmed Beleid


Dear Michael,
Couscous -  ummobaidahcooks . blogspot . com

Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. 
I'm from Libya. I'm 31 years old. Yes, I have got two brothers and three sisters. I like reading. It's my favourite hobby and couscous is my favourite food. I like football.
Well Michael, what about you? Where are you from? How old are you? Have you got any brothers and sisters?


Regards,
Hatem Altaher


Hi Michael,
Thank yo ufor your email. I'll answer your questions. I'm from Libya. I'm eighteen years old. I've got one brother. His name's Mohamed and one sister, her name's Yasmin. My favourite hobby is reading and watching TV. My favourite food is pizza. About sport, I like swimming and watching tennis matches.
I want to ask you. How old are you?


Sondos Abdallah


Hi Michael,
Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. I'm from Libya. I'm 19 years old. I have two sisters and one brother. Reading books is my favourite hobby, pizza is my favourite food and I like playing golf.
What is your favourite hobby? How old are you?
Nice to meet you Michael.


Masara Elgadri


Hi Michael,
Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. I'm from Libya and I'm 21. Yes, I have got two brothers and I have one sister. And you, have you got any brothers and sisters?
My favourite hobby is anything about editing music, and you?
My favourite food is pizza. I love pizza, and you? What is your favourite food? 
I like basketball. And you? What type of sports do you like?
OK, nice to meet you Michael.


Your friend,
Ehab Altaher


osban - (c) Sammy Naas
Hi Michael,


Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. I'm from Libya. I'm 16. I've got one brother and three sisters. I like to play football. My favourite food is osban. I like basketball.
How old are you?


Your friend,
Ahmed  Al-Dernawi



Hi Michael,
Thank you for your email. I'll answer your questions. I'm 17. I've got 2 brothers and 1 sister. I like to play football. My favourite food is pizza. 


Do you like to play football? What is your favourite food?


Ayman Kara





Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Our Favourite Things

The Elementary A class has been learning about capitalization and punctuation. In class they wrote paragraphs about their favourite things. 

My favourite thing is my laptop. It's one year old. It's black. It's new and big. It's got a good camera, Internet and nice programs. It's made in Japan. I love it.
Sondos Abdullah


My favourite thing is my computer. It's four years old. It's black and grey. It's old but it's fast. It's big and it's also easy to use. It's got a CD player, DVD player, lots of music and games. I love my computer.
Ehab AboDeib


My favourite thing is my camera. It's one year old. It's silver and it's very fast. It takes very good photos. It's digital and it has got a zoom lens and a place for extra memory. It uses four batteries and takes panorama photos and videos too. I love my camera.
Ahmed Mustafa Al-Dernawi

My favourite thing is my computer. It's five years old. It's black and it's very fast. It has got good Internet and it is very big - it's quite old.
Ayman Kara


My favourite thing is my computer. It's two years old. It's big, very fast and it isn't old. It's got a place for extra memory. I love my computer.


My favourite thing is my dress. It's one year old. It's short and very good. It's got a beautiful bow. It's a pink colour. I really like it.
Ahed Nasser


My favourite thing is my laptop. It's two years old. It's grey and it's good and very easy to use. It's got a DVD player, email and music. My laptop is very important to me and I love it.
Masara Elgadri


My favourite thing is my laptop. It's about two years old. It's pink and it's very fast. It's got email, Facebook, Nimbuzz, music, photos and it's beautiful. I love my laptop.
Mawada Abukhres


My favourite thing is my computer. It's a Dell. It's two years old. It's silver and it isn't slow - it's very fast. It's very easy to use and it has got a DVD, Bluetooth, WiFi, and it's heavy duty. I love my computer.
Hatem AlTaher


My favourite thing is my laptop. I've had it for three years. It's a Toshiba and it's colour is grey. It's slow, beautiful and has a lot of viruses! It's got a lot of music because that is very important to me.
Ahmed Beleid


My favourite thing is my laptop. It's two years old. It's black and it's very fast. It's small. It's got a camera, three games, music and movies that are very important to me. 
Tarik Shaker


My favourite thing is my old laptop. It's four years old. It's grey. It's old and fast. It has got Internet, email, Facebook and music. It's very important to me and I love it.
Marwa Shneba



Friday, March 02, 2012

There were thirty cakes!

We had an end of course party on February 29th. The students had a cake baking contest. 

There were thirty cakes!


The students voted for their favourite cakes. Prizes were given for the top five cakes.

  • First place: Nora Bader
  • Second place: Mahmud Belhaj
  • Third place: Dania Asokni
  • Fourth place: Najwa Sheeta
  • Fifth place: Alaa Abd El-Samad

Special thanks to Mr. Tarek Benrewin and Cambridge University Press for donating three dictionaries that were given as prizes.

Thursday, March 01, 2012

English courses beginning the first week of March

Please register before February 29, 2012.
English (all levels) and Spanish (beginner & elementary)