Reported speech

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Dracula's play

Role playing

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HAPPY WINTER HOLIDAYS!!!

Jonhy's Letter by Tomás Lerer

Mina,
Hello!!!, I'm here in the Castle Dracula. This place is very strange... The Count is very strange too, he is tall, with red lips, white face and white hair. He always goes out at the morning and I'm alone here all day, but It's good, because I go to the library and read some very interesting books. The last week, I was shaving when suddenly the Count appeared (but I couldn't see him in the mirror), so I cut myself and his eyes shone with red fire (Why???).
Yesterday, three women wanted to kiss me, but Dracula appeared and he said: -Get back, he is mine!-. He always comes back at evening, and he asks me a lot about England.
Well, I miss you!!! I love you!!!
Bye...
Johny

jonny's letter by den umaschi and clari unter

Dear Mina, my love:

I want to say the terrible things that are happening in the castle. By the day i sit in the library to wait to Count Dracula, he is never at the castle, but he always apears at night. That's very strange!

I wanted to leave but the Count always have a reason for me to stay.

One day I was shaving with my mirror and Count Dracula came into the room, I didn't see him in my mirror, it was so strange!

Love you, and say a prayer for me please. I hope i get home soon.

Jonny

Johny's letter. By Stefi Roitman and Cindy Belter

Dear Mina:

I'm here at the Dracula's castle and I'm very afraid and I'll tell you why.
When I arrived, some people told me about vampires and you probably asking why I'm telling you this.
When I came to the castle, the count had the aspect of vampire because he has sharp and white teeth and very red lips. At that moment, I didn't realised but it called my atention.

Today, while I was shaving, suddenly the count appeared. I really scared because I didn't see him in the mirror. I turned around and saw him . I cut myself and Dracula was very exciting when he saw the blood. His eyes were very big and his lips red.

I want to escape and I've just made a plan.
I'll try to steal the count's key, I'm going to take it while he is sleeping.

I'm afraid because here my days are count if i'm won't do the plan very soon.

You don't have to worry.
I hope I'll be home soon.

I love you and miss you a lot.

Yours,

John Harker.

Dracula

We have been reading this story. Imagine Jonathan has the possibily of writing to Mina . Write his email to her. You may include images.

Jonathan letter , (by G.B.)

Dear Mina:
I ´m in te castle of Dracula, this is a strange castle, strange things happened here.
I´m a prisoner on The Castle Of Dracula! The count have been lockes all the doors so i tried to leave from the window but is locked to!.
I don´t now what to do . Ther is a library is one of the poor doors that are unlocked well in these room i pased all the day reading books of vampires, so i have more information before him. Well all the morning he leave and put in the table a letter.
Mina i´m very scared plis save me but don´t came in the nigth.

See you.
Jonathan.

jonathan´s letter, by solana and camila

my love, Mina:

I ´m in te castle of Dracula, this is a strange castle, strange things happened here. I miss you a lot and i want to see you in London soon.
The first day the Count had prepared me a dinner, then he asked me if i want to stay here in a beddroom that he has in the castle.
Now i´m a prisoner of Dracula´s castle, i want to scape but he always leave in the morning and he locked the wooden door, and the others are always locked . He started to ask me about London and all nights i answer his questions but he has more and more questions about it.
The papers were all signs and there is all prepare to leave, but he won´t me to leave.
I need your help soon. As you recive the letter please answer me, i´m very scared.

Right you soon, Jonathan.

Jonathan's letter. By Damian, Santiago and Ezequiel

Minna,
I need help. I'm a prisioner of the Count Dracula in his castle. Be careful because Dracula is a vampire and he is probably to go there to bite some people so please call the police and try to tell to Lucy. I'm going to arrived there as long as I can. I'm going to write you more to let you know more. I've to finish this letter becouse I' m afraid of Count Dracula because I get to know that he is a vampire. I'm going to advise you when I go back to London.
I'm sending an image off Dracula to you. I have to go. Count Dracula is going to came in some minutes. Please, rescue me.
Best wishes. Love.
Jonathan.

Jonathan Write (Mauricio y Matías)

Dear Mina,

This is an emergency, I'm a prisioner in Count Dracula's Castle. Strange things happened here ! I can't leave beacause Dracula locked all the dors and the windows, so I read books of Vampires to have information about Dracula.

I never seen Dracula in the day, so I supose that he is slepping. Came in the day with the police.

Don't trust in nobody in Transylvania. All most the people are Vampires so be careful.


DON'T CAME IN THE NIGHT PLEASE, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

I love you,

Jonahtan

Post date: If someone send a letter with my name saying others thinks about Count Dracula is him.

Johny's letter. By Stefi Roitman and Cindy Belter

Dear Mina:

I'm here at the Dracula's castle and I'm very afraid and I'll tell you why.
When I arrived, some people told me about vampires and you probably asking why I'm telling you this.
When I came to the castle, the count had the aspect of vampire because he has sharp and white teeth and very red lips. At that moment, I didn't realised but it called my atention.

Today, while I was shaving, suddenly the count appeared. I really scared because I didn't see him in the mirror. I turned around and saw him . I cut myself and Dracula was very exciting when he saw the blood. His eyes were very big and his lips red.

I want to escape and I've just made a plan.
I'll try to steal the count's key, I'm going to take it while he is sleeping.

I'm afraid because here my days are count if i'm won't do the plan very soon.

You don't have to worry.
I hope I'll be home soon.

I love you and miss you a lot.

Yours,

John Harker.

An email

Imagine you are Ellen MacArthur or Dennis Tito . Write to a friend while travelling.
( 120-150 words)

Card of a friend ( sorry becouse the late) Ignacio Nieto

I have known my friend Ramiro for a long time . we first meet at school in march 2004I thougth that he liked the same things than me like playing football and sayling. I join with him all the days i can becouse is veru funny having a good time with him. hHe is a very good friend and he helps me in all my problems he is with me when i need him. When i change school we cut comunication becouse i couldnt see him very much. but now all mondays and all thursdays i go to the other school to visit him and all my other friends. In fact i think he is a very good person and the best friend i never had .


Ignacio Nieto

My best friend Luciano

I have known my friend, Luciano, since I was born. We both play football so we have going together to the club.

The last week we went to the cinema. it was great !!! The movie called: X-Men ant it was an action movie. I still haven't seen Superman 2 but we're going to see it next week. I'm very happy.

The last year we went to the beach. We played tennis and football, we swam at the sea, we walk along the beach. We took a lot of photos and had a lot of fun.

Now we are seeing all the weeks.

My friend Joaquin

I met Joaquin when I was nine at school. He is a good personand a very good friend. We played computer games, footbaal in the park and we studyied togheter. Joaquin´s fotherplays violin, we went to see his musical shows.
Last year I went whit Joaquin and the rest of the class to Cordoba. We spent a beautiful week. Joaquin and I loved swiming in the pool and ate a lot of chocolate everyday.
In january Joaquin and his mother moved to Bariloche and I ´ve never seen him again but we´vewritten e-mails and chated in the mesenger.
It´s probably that in the next holiday Joaquin will come back to Buenos Aires and sure we will spend a lot of times togheter.

My friend Priscila

I have known my friend Priscila for a long time. We first met when we were very very young.
We both found out that we both liked joking and do crazy and funny things. We started to trust our secrets and soon became best friends.

I remember, in first grade her parents invited me to go with them to their club. It was great! I spent such a good time. It was fun, I remember that we went to a trip and to the pool too. It was very nice!

In second grade my family and I move to Israel till last year,I was really happy when i saw Priscila again. She was so different, physically and mentally.Now we still are best friends because we still tell our secrets and still like joking and making funny things.When we are together we always laugh, she is a great person and a loyal friend. To me it´s very important a friend like this, someone I know that I can trust.

Written by Cindy Belter

best frien by mauricio kreimberg

i know mi friend ezequiel por a long time. the first time that i saw was at school in kinder garden , 9 years ago.we have many things for example :we play basketball ,football , tennis ,we listened music, watch tv, play with the playstation and tell some secrets of as.yesterday we met in my house to do all the things that we like , exept listening to music because my mp4 was not working.2 years ago my family and his family went toguether to uruguay, colonia , and there we became best friends.the thing that i liked inmy holiDAYWAS THE FOOTBALL BEACH.NOW WE CONTINUO BEEN BEST FRIEND AND WE ARE IN OR TOGHETER.I AM HAPPY TO BE YOUR FRIEND.

An e-mail by Axel and Santiago

Dear Manolo :
I'm writing you from Brasil .... Can you belive it !! :-) Here, people is very friendly.When I arrived to the hotel , which is great , a lot of people offered help me.
The weather hasn't been very sunny, althouhgt , I have done lot of trips and I have known a lot of nice people.While I was climbing a little mountain , I fell down and hurt my knee .... but I'm OK now. Before that I had been to a wonderfull museum about Brazilian's History. The place is great.
I'm leaving in the couple of days. I'm going to go to Machu-pichu. If I had time, I would buy you some souvenirs.
Please write me back as soon as you can. Tell me about you , how's work and your girlfriend. I'll write too.

Best wishes!!
Ellen

CARD : Ignacio Nieto Camila Arcuschin

Hello Dennis


I am talking to you from Alaska becouse a friend invited me to a mountian expirience . I have to tell you something that happened recently , an hour ago . I broke my leg climbing a mountain . The weather here is very cold and the landscape here is incredible. the trees and the snow are helping me to get better and helthier . I am feeling very good here :-) lol becouse i dont have any preocupation and mainly i dont work here. I will write you again in a week or maibe in two weeks becous i am doing a lot of things so i am very busy now . see you Dennis

Igui!!
PD: I will take you a gift write me a card that says what you want.

E-Mail - Tomy, Dami and Eze

Hi!

Guess where I'm writing from - a beautiful island in the middle of the ocean!. Arrived here on Wednesday, it's a great place, with a lot of trees, a wonderful beach and excelent people. The weather is really good, with a lot of sun. :-P I'm feeling very well, this place is spectacular!.
When I arrived here on Wednesday, I forgot my camera on the boat, but luckily I found it in the sand yesterday! Have had a lot of fun here, only Saturday was boring because the weather was bad and I had to stay in my hotel.
Have to finish - I'm going to go to the park now. I'm going to stay here in Calaki (that's the name of the island) for another three days, then I'm off to Rome. I'll write you again in a week.

Love

Ellen

Email from Denise Umaschi and Clarisa Unterberger

Hi!
I'm writting you from Argentina in my new notebook. I arrived here last thursday. My boat have broken a side and they are repairing it so i am coming back next monday. It is so beautiful and i am having a great time. The weather is good but today at morning was raining. I have bought you a present, i think you are going to like it. There are a lot of buildings and parks.
I went to Iguazu and it was exciting, i met there Nico Cassab with his girlfriend Pamela Anderson. We went to a restaurant, and we ate a lot!
Have to finish- I'm going to see an argentinian film, somebody told me that they are really bad, but i don't care.
I think that then i am going to spend a week in La Pampa and then i will come back to the Britain. I'll write you again in the next two days.
Love Ellen MacArthur

An email, by sol and caro

Hi !
i'm writing from a romantic café in Miami. I travelled for two months in my boat to rest in Paris.
Yesterday the excurcion was incredible, in addition i did a lot of sports with other people and i did a lot of new friends.
The weather's hot and sunshine :) ,i love going to the sea. I know that you wanted to be in my place ;) .
Outside we can see a lot of palms and a lot of shopping malls, this is the best part :D, this is the best place i never thought.


Have to finish because i'm using soo much time the computer and there is many people waiting for it. i´m going to go to the shopping mall and i ´ll buy everything there! :P
if i´ve a little of time i will write you again, if not sorry.

Love
Ellen

Writing Number 2 by Lautaro, Mauricio and Matias

Hi, Robert how are you ?

I'm writing you from Argentina, can you believe it ??. I arrived here on Saturday at 6 o'clock.
This country is fabulous, there are so many people ! I'm having a great time.
The next week I'm going to the field of Boca Juniors ! Its Fantastic ! :-)
Now I'm at the Hotel writing to you, before the lunch. I've bought many present for you, there are a Boca Junior's T-Shirt, a ball, Nike's trousers, racket of Nalbandian and many things more beautifuls !
This morning happened something bad to me... While I was walking at the centre of Buenos Aires a robber stoled me my wallet, my jacket, the celphone and my watch, I'm very sad :-(.
I called the police but nobody pay me atention. I'm thinking the next week I'll write to you again, when I'm going to be at the United States.
Bye !!!

Dennis Tito

MY FRIEND DAMIAN

I have known my friend Damian since 1998. We first met at the club. We found out taht we like listening "Las Pastillas Del Abuelo", "La Vela Puerca" and Callejeros.
We played football at CISSAB one year ago. We are in the same group of CISSAB too.
One year ago we did the ORT course to enter the same school. In December we went to the same graduation trip too.
Now we go to the 2ªI division and we study in the same class of english. We play the guitar in the same rock band.
In the summers we alwas meet in my house or in his house, or in CISSAB.
So Damian and me have been friends for a long time and we do a lot of things in the same places.

I have know my frien Hector for a long time.We first met the frist day of school eleven years ago.Iinvited him to my home, we played with my toys then we became best friends.Our families became friends.We like the same PC games and music.Althoughhe goes to other school, we continue seeing at the weekend.Hector likes very much Biology, History and he like drawing about science fiction and cars.Sometimes we go to the shoppin to play video games after that we like do something.Frequently we talk by phone to tell us something that happends during the week in the school.He disslike the opera and he like eat chocolate icecream and he like alf.

My friend: Candela

I have known my friend Candela for a long time. We met at the school, in primary, when we were six years old.

One day i was in Punta del Este with my mother's family, and my father called me and told me that when i arrived in Buenos Aires we will go to Villa La Angostura and i told him that i didn't want to go alone with him and he told me that if i want to say to Candela if she want to come with us.

The travel was incredible we went to the beach,we went to the river to swam, and one thing of that place was incredible,the water was blue. We went down town and we bought a lot of presents for all her family.

Also we went to the super market and we bought a lot of things too.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE !

My friend Felicitas.

I have known my friend Felicitas for a long time. We first met at the first day of school in 1st grade. I invited her home and since then we have been best friends. We had a lot of rows but we are still friends. I have been to her house a lot of times since we are friends. When I go to her house we have a lot of fun. We stay awake up to late. We love taking photos. When it is summer we go to her swimming pool and then we sunbathe. On weekends we go to the shopping mall. Sometimes we go to the cinema or sometimes we eat something there. Now we are studying in different high schools so we don't see each other every day like before but we try to meet up at weekends.

My friend Danchu

I have known my friend Danchu since 1997. We first met at Bialik Devoto school. From the beginning of the kindergarden, we took well. We decided to be best friends for ever.

We share a lot of things. For example, we both like dancing. We go to jazz classes on Monday and Friday and with the coach and another girls, prepare dances to show in shows or in tournaments. Also we like singing, at least under the shower. But one day we will make a show with all of what we like.

She goes to Hacoaj and i go to Sosiego but we both have many friends in common. We love taking photos, be together and go on vacations together too but it isn't frequent.

Written by Stefi Roitman

Writing : My friend Leandro

I have known my friend Leandro since I was 7. We first met when we were in first grade. We went to primary school together and we stiil go out sometimes.

I like him because his honest and funny, he's also very talkative, as I am.
When we finished first grade I invited him to spend a week in Cordoba with my parents and my brothers.There we did a lot of things.Once we were climbing a mountain when Leandro fall down, he hurt a little but it was sort of funny.

Leandro and I have done a lot of crazy things, but the craziest we did happened last year.We were at Leandro's house and suddenly we started to play football in underwearin the terrace, can you belive it !!!

Anyway, we're very good friends and we'll keep doing crazy things.

My friend Lautaro

I have known my friend Lautaro for a long time. We first met at kindergarten twelve years ago. We found out that we both liked football and basketball, so I invited Lautaro to my place. We played football, basketball and computer games. We had a lot of fun!.

Three years ago, I met him again, I moved to his school and we became friends again!. We went to a lot of different places with the school and I went to his house many times!.

Last year we went to the Asociación Argentina de Cultura Inglesa, we made the first part of the KET, then we went to a McDonalds™. There we had breakfast (coke and a cheese and jam sandwich), we used some computers and we went to a music shop (Musimundo™).

Then we came back to the AACI and we made the other two parts of the exam.

On December we went to Cordoba with the school, It was a wonderful trip and we had a lot of fun!!!. Then we came back to Bs.As., we finished primary school and now we usually meet in the MSN. We like chatting about our lives, secondary school, new friends and sports. I think we will be friends for ever.

MI FRIEN ALAN

I have known Ala since I born. He is an excelent friend and it is like my brother. We first met in our club, CISSAB. We have many things in common, like football and many sports and music, of course.
I went many times to his house and he came to mine.
When I was ten I went with my family and his family to Villa Gesell and we play on the beach or in our houses a lot!
He lives near my house so it is easy to see him. We play in the same footbasll time(foto) and we go every week to our club with other friends like Ezequiel and Maxi. We have never fight and I like to see him.
Well, he is a very good friend and we send an e-mail when we can´t meet.

my friend Carolina:

My friend carolina:

I have known Caro for 11 years.we first met at the kinder garden. she asked me if i wanted to be her best friend and i agreed. we lived in the same street, but i moved seven years ago.we goes to the same school since the kinder garden. we speak every day but we are very different in our tastes. She practice gymnastics and i play hockey.we´ll go to the same gym together.Last year we used to go to the cinema on fridays, but now we don`t go.teo years ago we went on holidat together. we spent two weeks in brazilian it was wonderful.we enjoy all the time that we are together. In addition, if someone has a problem we help ourselves.

My friend Dana

I have known my friend Dana for a long time. We first met at Hacoaj when we were little, but we started being friends when we were 10 years old. We found out that we both like ecology, music and photography.

One day i went to her house and we invented a dessert, this one included banana, dulce de leche, mendicrim and chocolate, it was delicious.

In 2007 my family invited Dana to go on holiday with us. We spent a month in Punta del Este. We took a lot of photos and we ate a lot! It was great.

We are now on high school and it's difficult to see each other every week, but we talk on the phone and we write emails to each other.

Welcome!

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here's our first proyect. Think of a person you've known for a long time. Write about him/her. Include a picture.