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FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH

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Trebucq, Lucrecia

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Assignment 1: Informative, analytical and argumentative

Is TV harmful?

Im not in favour or against the use of television. My opinion or position towards this

topic is neutral because I find some positive and negative aspects to the use of

television. Im in favour of television because it a is good source of recreation and

information, and an excellent way of staying update with everyday news. Therefore,

Im in favour of television even though I must admit there are many programs that are

showed or displayed on television that I do not approve. Nowadays television plays an

important role not only in social life for spreading information but also in every day

life of a person. It plays a significant role in many lives and can affect our mind easy.

To star with, television is a good way of relaxing and entertainment. Its offer you a

variety of programs that appeal to people of all ages, that you can use dependant on

your preferences. There is nothing better than coming back from school an lay down

in your bed to watch a beat of TV. There are some cartoons programs for kids, soup

operas for old people, quizzes programs for middle aged, music channels for teenagers

like the famous MTV that not only have music but also reality shows films for all

ages. These entertain and relax too.

Also, television is a good source of education and information. For instance there are

plenty of educative shows or programs, such as Discovery Channel and Animal Planet

that are appealing not only to growing up but also kids that are entertained while being

educated. As for information there many channels such as CNN, that keeps you incontact with international news all day long and also local news as well.

One the other hand, there are also programs that can be consider bad influence,

especially for young ones. For instance there is plenty of sex and violence in daily

shows that may portrait an image of behaviour that is far for being the normal one.

This is because the mentality of young people is still in the process of information and

so they are very vulnerable to the violence and stereotypes promoted by TV. Also

other problem clearly shown is that Television is mostly directed to films and shows

that have commercial purposes but little cultural value. We can also say that as the

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result from people abusing of television it has affect many families relationship by

reducing conversation and also have an impact in the health. People spend more time

watching TV than being outside doing exercise or just having a good time in open

areas.

Also many people abuse their time in front of the TV, specially kids and teenagers and

because of this they leave aside their obligations and outdoors time.

To conclude, in my opinion television is not good or bad. Its just TV. It depends on

the use that each one gives to their time in front of the TV.

This argumentative piece provides a wide array of ideas, which are portrayed

quite well through simple vocabulary and structures. Language errors do not

affect meaning greatly. I allot it 20 out of 40 points.

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Assignment 2: Imaginative, descriptive and/or narrative

TRANSPARENT

Why can't we mix two colors and get one?

Why can't we all have the same color in our mind?

We should enjoy life with the same sound,

No differences in love, be all connected

Be one peopleall blind,

Feel feelings fullywithout discrimination.

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Why do we compare ourselves with others?

We are all different without differences.

Why do we discriminate colors?

God wanted to create a funny world,

Mixing colors, sounds, SO...

Why do we underminehis work?

Who do we think we are?

We should think transparent, why not?

Let's make Transparent a verb..

Transparent your mind,

Transparent your heart,

Transparent your life,

Give your life a good transparent smile

Analysis of the poem

To start with, when I wrote this poem I was going through an awful moment in my life.

I was dizzy about the discrimination I was feeling it not only in my country but also in

the whole world.

I was inspired in the picture of two little babies that were holding their hands, one of

them was a black skin baby and the other one was a white skin baby. What I realized in

that photograph was that the only ones that do not discriminate are the babies. I start

thinking a lot why this could be like that. I think that babies dont differentiate the

differences between colors. They dont live in the world of colors. But when we start

growing it seems to be a human trait to dislike and distrust anyone we perceive as being

"different. It is also said that people think that what they believe and how they live or

they are it is the only way of living a enjoying life and others way are strange or not

good.

Childrens start discriminating because they copy what adults says, think or act. Its

normally for a kid to try to imitate a model for their life. So if an adult acts in a different

way in front of others religion, skin color, language, etc., f course they will think that isnormal and they will do it.

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My poem is called TRANSPARENT. I named it like that because this word for me was

full of meanings. TRANPARENT means no differences. That is also the color the babies

have in the picture.

What I try to transmit in my poem is that it would be a better world if we could live

without colors for discrimination. I talk about God also, because when he creates the

world I think he didnt want to create the word discrimination.

I define my poem as a picture, as an image that I want to show to the world. Every word

I used in my poem I think it a lot. And I believe that I could get the results I wanted. I

reflect the ways we can avoid discrimination, repeating constantly the word transparent

that gives the idea of connection, colors, love, creation, no differences, etc.

The phrase I most like in my poem is Be one people all blind this can be hard to

understand maybe, but for me is ironic. People means more than one person, but Iused Be ONE people all blind, without identifying colors for discrimination. Then I

asked a question to my self... Why do we discriminate colors? Who says that green is

better than red, or that white is better than black? ... Who?

To conclude, I think that if we could learn to appreciate others by what they are as

individuals, I believe the world would be a much better place.

This is a very nice poem, with creative techniques put to good use. The explanation ofthese devices employed is extensive, though blurred, at times, by inconsistentparagraphing and sentence structure. 24 out of 40 points.

Assig nment 3 : Reading and writing

Love Letter to the Earth

Love Letter to the Earth is an amazingly deep reply written by the Indian chief of

USA which mainly deals with the importance of land and every single creature that

lives in it. The offer was made by the great chief in Washington in which the white

man wants to buy the red mans land.

Throughout the letter many important and significant ideas can be seen. These ideas

conveyed by the writer in this letter clearly show the close connection that the natives

have with whole environment. So much so that we get to know some principles that

rules their philosophy such as considering the land sacred.

The sensational images Every shinning pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in

the dark woods, every cleaning and humming insect is holy in the memory and

experience of my people support the way of thinking and living of the Indian peoplewhere their culture obviously conserves and protects nature as their own home.

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Another important consideration that should be taken into account is the place their

ancestors occupy in their lives. We can infer that previous generations are considered to

be extremely important. To depict this, the author resorts to simple but deep

expressions: the shinning water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water,

but the blood of our ancestors. The red men respect their ancestors and admire their

wisdom and experience.

However, the letter also deals with the way the white man interacts with nature which is

clearly the most important part of this letter. The white man does not behave like the redman at all as regards this matter. The author makes some descriptions that show how

careless the white man is. In the image The sights of your cities pains eyes of the red

man we can see that the white man destroys and mistreats the land when building

blocks of flats where perhaps there used to be a beautiful forest or the home of many

wild animals.

Finally, the writer wants to give some pieces of advice so as to make the white man

aware of the importance of nature and every living thing in it. The white man violently

destroys and kills as if he were the owner of the land but he should understand that he is

only another simple creature on it.

In conclusion, I think the message given by this letter is extremely simple but absolutely

important. The letter successfully transmits the red mans ideas about nature due to the

use of symbolic metaphors that reinforce the profound respect towards the land and

their ancestors. Besides it shows his urge to change the white mans attitude not only

regarding the land but also the way they teach to their children its respects and

preservation.

The candidate has analysed many ideas expressed in the letter, with clarity and

precision, though she has not related them to her own. 6 points out of 10.

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