Writing a news article - "Student expelled from college due to lude behaviour"

A private college in the city of São Paulo called Uniban decided to expel one of its students for lude behaviour. The student is a twenty year old girl named Geyse Arrruda. On October the twenty second, the student went to her class wearing a mini pink dress, which called her colleagues' attention. After a while, what started as a simple joke became a riot, for around 700 students booed Geyse as she walked on the corridor of the college, and also some students attempted to hurt her. The riot only came to an end after the police arrival. The members of the college board decided on the student's expelling for her inappropriate behaviour and also her scandalous way of dressing.

Describing my relationship with a family member

Since my departure from my mother's home, things haven't been the same between me and her. I notice that now she doesn't have the same care as she used to have when I lived there. Anyway, it's not that she doesn't treat me as her son anymore, it's not that at all! But we as their children know when something is not right. It has been almost three years since I left home to live my own life in my own apartment, and to teel you the truth, it was quite difficult at the beginning. However, I have to say that thing are pretty good between us now, and that is what matters to me right now!

Paraphrasing someone famous

"The whole idea of geisha is a great metaphor for being an entertainer, because on one hand you're privileged, but on the other hand you're a prisoner". By Madonna.
Madonna points out the two sides of being a very famous artist like her. These two sides have advantages and disadvantages. The advantages might be the fortune, the money whereas the disadvantages could be the lack of privacy, the constant pursuing by the paparazzi, etc.

Persuasive writing

Writing English in a virtual space like a blog can be very beneficial to students' writing proficiency. According to Marcuschi (2004), students feel more challenged when they know that their compositions are not going to be read only by their teachers, but also by their classmates and everybody else that access the blog. Their writing will be exposed in the world wide web. Some people say that they feel embarrassed for writing in a place where everybody will see what they wrote, however students claim that when they have the chance to interact over the internet with other English speakers, they learn a great deal of vocabulary and expand their overall knowledge about the language. In conclusion, when students have the chance to relate with the language in an authentic way, they benefit more than those who don't.

What did you think of posting your compositions in this space?

I would like my dear students to answer on this last topic about your impressions on having to write your compositions in a blog. Please, leave your comments, and if you want to give any kind of suggestion about anything, this is the time and space. I want to say thanks to all the students who collaborated and accessed this blog and for all the participation in the classroom, if it wasn't for your enthusiasm and sense of humour, our Saturday afternoons wouldn't be so great!!!
Sincerely grateful!!!
J. Neto

The similarities and differences between me and my older brother

I have an older brother that is a lot different than me in fashion and in taste for clothes in general!! Our sisters say that I am the one with the best taste for clothes. First of all, my brother has a long straight hair, unlike me, for my hair is really short. He likes to wear a fanny pack around his waist, and I just think that this kind of accessory is so out of style and a little bit corny too. He is totally into wearing tennis shoes all the time, and even when he is at home, he doesn't like to wear flip flops. I just think that wearing shoes all the time is just terrible for your feet, for they need to breath too!!! Well, it seems that I and my brother don't have anything in common, but we actually like to dress casually most of the time, even when the occasion requires a little bit of formality, we always try to wear something with a touch of informality.

My spending habits

I am usually very careful with my expenses, for before getting paid I am already doing the calculation of all I am supposed to pay in a month. After calculating all my monthly expenses I see what I have left, and then I also try to predict how much money I am going to spend on a certain month. Some people might ask: "How is it possible?" Well, you just need to consider if in a particular month there will be some bills related to something like buying birthday gifts for relatives, or if you will need to travel to spend a weekend in a place on leisure or business. Anyway, I consider myself the kind of person who doesn't like to spend too much money on things that are not useful or things that are not going to be necessary for me, but once in a while it feels really good to treat myself with something nice, just to make sure that my money is not just for paying bills, but also to do whatever I want and whenever I want too.