POST 1: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Hello everybody and welcome to your first blog session.
Today you are expected to write your auto biography. Please follow the instructions carefully and have a look at my sample post below to get inspired. You may upload a picture if you like.

Make sure you include the following:

- Birth info
- Studies info (elementary/high school/ univ)
- Family info
- Hobbies
- Others...

Remember to write at least 120 words and make comments on three of your classmates posts and also on your teacher's.

Who am I?

Let me tell you a little about myself. I was born in Santiago, Chile, and grew up in Santiago, in the Patronato neighbourhood. 

After I finished my wonderful kindergarten days, I went to Rafael Sanhueza Lizardi School, where I became a book worm, and then to Arturo Alessandri Palma High School, where I made some very good friends and developed my liking of English.  As a result of that, I studied to become a teacher of English at Universidad de Chile (some light years ago) and after some further study in London, I took my master degree in Education in 2007 at UMCE and received my degree from there 4 years later. 

I´m the fifth oldest of a large family of seven children (and probably the gray sheep!)
I have a lot of hobbies, for example, I like drawing and painting; listening to music, singing karaoke and playing the guitar.   I also love reading (and used to write embarrasingly lousy poems) and watching movies (especially dramas and good comedies).  When I have time, I enjoy having long conversations with my friends over a coffee or some delicious food; plus a long etcetera. But what I like the most is travelling, so I’ve already been to quite a few countries. 

Five years ago I moved to a new flat near the university, and currently I am a teacher and campus coordinator at Universidad de Chile. I really enjoy working there. 

Timeline vocabulary

Use the vocabulary to write sentences in the past

1.      be born in (year, city)      

I was born in Concepción, Chile, in 1985.  

My brother Antonio was born                

2.      grow up in      --> I grew up in  

3.      start primary school    --> I started primary school in 1998 (Ingresé a)

4.      get my first pet

5.      go to ............ high school

6.      start university

7.      join .......... (a club/an institution)

8.      win .......... (a game/a competition)

9.      be elected (president of ........)

10.   be chosen (best classmate)

11.   travel to ............. for the first time

12.   kiss someone for the first time

13.   finish  (high school)

14.   take a course on ..................

15.   learn how to ...................

16.   move to ....................

17. participate in a (painting) contest

BLOG WRITING PREPARATION EXERCISES:

Choosing the right word

Put one of the words below from the menu into the corresponding blank space. Be careful; there are extra words.

interested      went      on      interesting      major      had      go      graduated      was     in

1.       I was born ______ July 25th.

2.       I ______ to school near my house during my childhood.

3.       I ______ from high school when I ______ eighteen.

4.       I decided to ______ in Biology because I am really ______ in how life forms.

Sentence Word Order

Unscramble the words to create a correct sentence.

1.       poetry, write, I, really, to, love .

_____________________________________________________

2.       grew up, with, I, a, sisters, brother, two, and .

_____________________________________________________

3.       was, moved, I, 12, another, to, city, we, when .

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Proofreading & Editing

Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Each sentence has one mistake.

1.       Name my mother is Griselda.

2.       I chose study at the University of Chile because it is a good university.

3.       In my free time, I like play the guitar.

4.       I born in 2001.

5.       I study Chemistry before I changed to Psychology.

USEFUL SENTENCES:

Studies

When I was .. 5 ... (years old) ...

After that, ...

Before I finished high school...  / After I finished high school ...

, and then I ...

In 2005, I ...

Family

I want to tell you something about my family.

There are  are (five) of us in my family.

My family consists of my ....., my ...... , and myself. 

My family is a small family with   (three) people:

I am the oldest  / the second oldest / the third oldest/ the youngest / the baby brother

Hobbies

In my free time I...

I like...  /  I love...

I´m crazy about...

I enjoy ..........ing  (reading/posting memes/etc.)

My favourite thing to do (on weekends/in summer/on a rainy day /etc) is ...

I collect...

I like to read things like ...

I´m interested in ..............ing,

I’m into...   =    I’m very interested in...

 For me, .................ing is the best thing in the world.

I like to to spend time listening to...  / reading about... / etc