WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM

INSTITUTO SAN CRISTOBAL II

WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM Authors: 4th COM Editor: Ms Patricia Maceda

2011

Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM

INSTITUTO SAN CRISTOBAL

WRITING PORTFOLIO 4th COM

Authors: 4th COM Editor: Ms Patricia Maceda

2011 4TH COM

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As students we often read stories, articles, essays and a whole variety of texts. And from time to time, we are asked to produce some kind of written work which is painfully read by our teacher who is ready to dissect it in the search of mistakes, and only occasionally reluctantly read by some of our classmates as part of some kind of peer correction activity. And then, most of our production ends up being lost and forgotten in some dusty folder.

It is as part of a desperate fight for the recovery of these pieces of work that this portfolio was thought. Therefore, you will find the very best work produced by senior 4 students at Institute San Cristobal this year in these pages. Throughout the present year students worked in the production of different pieces of writing in English as a foreign language. Here is a selection of the best pieces, which were not only selected but also improved and edited ad hoc in order to be included in this collection.

Most of the students have presented their work under a pen name, so the challenge for you as a reader is to recognize some writer by his or her style. In order to help you most of the students have included a short biography, although you should be aware of the fact that many biographies are not true to reality. As most of the work is fictional, any similarity with reality, we must say, is a mere coincidence. Besides, we do apologize for any information that may not be accurate, and we do hope you enjoy reading our work as much as we have enjoyed writing, editing and publishing it.

Any comment that will help us improve on our future work will be most welcomed.

The editor

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CONTENTS 1. Tatiana’s Life ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 2. What an Amazing Country! .………………………………………………………………………… 4 3. My Flat Is Lonely! ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 4. When I’m Looking for a Partner I Have No Mercy ……………………………………….. 5 5. Thank You, Ice Cream, for My New Flatmate ………………………………………………. 6 6. Manolo’s Search ……………………………………………………………………………………. 6 7. A Flatmate From Hell ………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 8. Looking For a New Flatmate ………………………………………………………………………. 8 9. Puerto Madero (A Mystery Behind the Popular Town) ………………………………. 8 10. The Best Will Win ……………………………………………………………………………………… 9 11. Novak’s Life ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 12. Music and Art Everyday ……..……………………………………………………………………….. 11 13. Looking for a Nice Place to Live …………………………………………………………………… 11 14. Someone Who Wants to Live with Me on Holidays? ……………………………………. 12 15. Jenny’s Flat (mate) ………………………………………………………………………………………. 12 16. When a Partner is Sick ……………………………………………………………………….… 14 17. My Life, my World ……………………………………………………………………………………… 14 18. No Place Like Home! ………………………………..………………………………..………………… 15 19. One Love One Flatmate …………………………………………………………….……………….. 15 20. An Ugly Nose! …………………………………………………………………………….………………. 16 21. The Best Flatmate ………………………………………………………………………………………… 16 22. The Bad Flatmate …………………………………………………………………………………………. 17 23. The Story of a Happy Woman due to Her Work …………………………………………… 17 24. Would You Like to Be My New Flatmate? …………………………………………………….. 18 25. More Than a Flatmate, She Is a Sister …………………………………………………………… 18 26. The Flatmate Quest ………………………………………………………………………………………. 19 27. My Crazy Life ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19 28. Letters to Sophie: a Girl in Coma ………………………………………………………………….. 20 29. Life Behind Football: Knowing a Star ……………………………………………………………. 21 30. The Last Day …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21 31. A Biography ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 22 32. This Is My Life ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23 33. All the Things I’ll Never Change …………………………………………………………………… 23

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My name is Sofia Marengo I am 16 years old. I am an only child. I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I go to San Cristobal school.

Tatiana´s Life I am writing about one girl called Tatiana Rampas. She is dancer, she dances jazz and hip hop. She is fifteen years old. She goes to normal 4.

Tatiana started dance lessons when she was four years old. Tatiana has lots of friends, but few people are her best friends. Her best friends are two, Mariana and Juliet. She met these girls at primary school.

Tatiana has two brothers, one, called Nicolas, who is 22 years old, and Brian, who is 14 years old. His parents are Martina and Pablo. And she has one dog, which is called Roman.

She would like to dance on Broadway, or have a major role in any work, or a musical.

Tatiana has a great ability to learn the choreography very quickly. She is always the center of attention when she dances.

She would like to be an accountant because she likes numbers and she is very organized with things. She likes pop music, some rock and roll, but never hears what folklore is.

Nothing more to say about Tatiana, just a great person and very quiet too. ∞ What an Amazing Country!

I am 16 years old. I was born in Argentina on January 23th in 1995. Now I study at secondary school. I like watching terror films and swimming. I have three sisters and a nephew. I’m considered a sincere person.

I live in Argentina, Buenos Aires. My country has beautiful places you can visit. In the north you can find the Iguazú falls, with its crystalline water, different types of animals, it’s a paradise. In the south you can find Bariloche city with its snowcapped mountains and its delicious chocolate.

I live in San Cristóbal neighborhood in a house next to the supermarket, in front of the bank, a couple of streets from the school, a park, a pharmacy and a hospital. My house has stairs, in the living room there are a fireplace, bookshelves, big blinds and a coffee table. The bathroom has a bath tab. There is a spacious kitchen with table and chairs. The floor is parquet. There is a playground with a tree and flowers. I like studying in silence because I need concentration. I like listening to the radio in my free time and to rest. I like cooking, but I don’t do it very well. I like going dancing and to the cinema. I’m very tidy and quiet. I don’t like loud noise. I need a person that is quiet, tidy, cooks well, helps me with the housework and is respectful. I don’t do any sports and I don’t work. When I finish secondary school I would like to study medicine because I think this is an interesting career, and when I finish the medicine course I would go and help people in other countries or in a different part of my country.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM I want a good relationship with my flatmate I was born in Buenos Aires, Capital Federal in 1988. I’m 29 years old. I live in Boedo, I like playing football with my friends on Tuesday night and studying Economics in the UBA on Wednesday and Friday in the afternoon.

My flat is lonely!

I'm looking for a flatmate. I am nice, funny and knack. I like football and listening to much music. I like watching TV, especially sports channels. I don't like smoking. I haven't any problem with living with animals although a dog is better. I like parties at night.

I live in a flat. My flat is very big, it is spacious and comfortable. It has got a large garden. It has six bedrooms, two bathrooms and too many windows. It has two study - rooms, a play - room, a terrace with a volleyball net and a big living - room with LCD and "home teather" to watch football matches. I am a San Lorenzo fan.

I'm Alexis Hurtado, I'm twenty - nine years old, my home telephone is 4945 - 6162 and my cell number is 154-646-566.

Des Troyer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He´s 16 years old and has a brilliant future.

He started writing when he was 10 years old. Presently, he is finishing high school with good marks. He is a good boy.

∞ When I´m Looking for a Partner I Have No Mercy Hello, I’m Des, I’m 18 years old and I need a flatmate because the rent is too exensive for me. The flat is in Bariloche, in the very centre of the city. It’s located in a very popular street, there is always some movement. The flat is cramped and bright enought. I have a lot of furniture, organized in all the space of the flat.

I’m a non-smoker, I love metal music.The T.V is not on much. I’m very neat and tidy, I hate desorganization. I love pets, if you don’t, stop reading this. I live cooking, if you don’t cook, it’s not a problem.I love parties and bringhing friends to my flat, so you need to be a party lover. I’m single, so you need to be single.

I’m chosing a new partner because the last one was a disaster. He is totally different from me. He doesn’t clean, he spits on the floor, smokes 4 or 5 cigarretes a day in front of my face.

Well, if you have got all what I’m asking for, all you got to do is call the number below and speak with me.

I’m waiting for your call!

Des

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM I am Adele Kutcher and I am 17 years old. I live in Parque Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, Argentina. I study at San Cristóbal high school. I like to cook and sleep. I love listening to music and practicing volleyball, but I hate Heavy Metal. I don’t match much TV and I like to play with animals, for example dogs.

Thank you, Ice Cream, for My New Flatmate.

I want to tell you the store of my best friend, and flatmate, Joseph Cyrus. We met last summer. He was in Mar del Plata on vacations, like me, but he was planning to come to study to the UBA, in Buenos Aires. I was eating ice-cream on the beach, while talking with my sister, when he appeared from nowhere and made me drop the ice-cream, and of course, making me mad as hell. He offered me to buy another one and tried to calm me down. He finally achieved his goal making me laugh with a joke. We started talking and we realized that we had a lot in common, obviously, we became friends instantly. We hanged out all the week, but he had to come back to Venezuela, and I had to go to Buenos Aires too. He promised that he would be back, and that he would be officially in Argentina.

He did COME back, and after a few months, we finally bought our flat. It’s big, it has two floors, a play room and like six rooms. But it’s ours!

The best is, that we are studying together. We might fight sometimes, but he’s the best friend you could get. ∞ My name is Lopez Julio. I was born in 1995 in Argentina. I was baptized in 1997. I started kinder garten in 1998 in San Cristobal. I live in Argentina. My favourite sport is volleyball. My hobby is to play volleyball in Centro Galicia club. I have got two brothers. I like going to Mar de Ajo in summer.

I like playing video games and going out with my friends. I live with my mother, my father, my brother, my sister and my dog.

Manolo´s Search Manolo is 18 and is from San Cristobal, in BA. Manolo studies architecture. He likes dogs and has two at home. He needs a flatmate because the flat is very expensive. He likes watching TV and playing in the pc. He likes animals. He doesn´t listen to cumbia. He lives in a flat in San Cristobal.

It´s not a touristic area but it´s near the touristic centre of Buenos Aires. He doesn´t cook. He plays volleyball in the club Galicia. He has a girlfriend and he goes with her to the cinema. She is 25 and is from Avellaneda, in Buenos Aires. She plays volleyball in Ferro and plays tennis. She has two cats and two dogs. Manolo works in the Abasto shopping centre and his girlfriend works in the hotel Santa Maria with her family. He likes driving his car. He is honest and nice. He doesn´t take drugs.

He has a very original personality. He doesn´t have his father because he died in his birthday in October 1999. He is a good boy. ∞

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM I was born on 14th February in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I'm a student from San Cristóbal Institute.

I'm really interested in anything related to arts.

A Flatmate From Hell I wasn't sure or having a flatmate but I really needed it so I put an advertisement in the newspaper and waited. As the day went by I was still waiting for an answer and one Monday it came, it was from a girl called Sheryl she was from a little town that I can't remember the name. I called her for an interview and she was very nice and polite or that was what she seemed to be like. She was the only person who answered my advertisement so I accepted her, she moved with me two weeks later. The first weeks were very comfortable and I felt like she wasn't with me because she was always out or in her bedroom focused on her studies. she wanted to be a doctor and she worked in a shop with a friend on Saturdays. So the first month we were fine but then the problems started, she was on vacations and because of that she was at home all day. She used the telephone at least nine hours every day apparently she was arguing with her boyfriend and every time she finished the conversation she cried and I was always there so I couldn't leave her like that. I comforted her. That happened for weeks. Then she started the university again but something wasn't ok, she was rarer than before. One day a friend told me: "Congratulations, you make a beautiful couple". I didn't understand, I thought it was a joke so I continued my day but four friends said something like that, I was very confused so I asked why they said that and according to them I was dating my flatmate and she had told them that. When I got home I asked why she said that I was her boyfriend and she answered that I was the love of her life and we would be always together. I told her she was wrong but she didn't even listen to me so I wanted to leave the flat but she locked the door, hit me and then everything was black. When I woke up I was tied to a chair and there was dinner on the table with flowers and candles, and there was a note: " I'll come back in 10, don't miss me, love you". I was too scared and I don't know how but I could run away to a hospital and I stayed there for three days. The second day a letter was in my room and it said: " Dear Mark, I'm very sory to hear that you have a lot of pain because you fell from the stairs. I miss you so much and I'll be at home when you get better. I hope the doctors and nurses are looking after you well at hospital.

Best wishes Sheryl " She was mad and I was very scared. Then the police came into my room and told me that Sheryl had run away from a shrink one year before.

Sky.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM My name is Helen Watson. I'm seventeen years old. I live in Buenos Aires with my dad, mom and two sisters. My birthday is in September. I like watching TV and listening to music. I haven't got a pet.

Looking For a New Flatmate My name is Helen Watson. I'm from Buenos Aires and I live in the neighborhood of San Cristobal.

I need a new flatmate because the previous flatmate got her arm broken when he fell down the stairs. I'm very sad and very lonely.

I need a new flatmate who likes animals, who is very tidy and a non-smoker.

I'm very tidy in my bedroom and in my house. My home is an apartment with a small balcony with flowers. It is very little and it has three bedrooms, a bathroom and a small garden. In my living room I have a big TV, a rug, two coffee tables, an armchair and a bookshelf.

In my free time I like going to the cinema with my friends, listening to POP music, playing the guitar and sleeping in my bed. I'm a non-smoker. I study photography in Buenos Aires. I prefer somebody the same age and with similar interests.

I hope to find a perfect flatmate.

Love, Helen Watson! ∞ I was born on 29th January in 1995 in Buenos Aires. I have lived with my parents and my sister. I spent my childhood in Mi Grupito garden and my primary and secondary school in the San Cristóbal Institute.

I studied accounting and other languages.

Puerto Madero A Mystery Behind the Popular Town There is a big house in a popular neighborhood. This is located in Puerto Madero. It has a beautiful view of the river, it’s very big and spacious.

In this place a person used to live with his wife and his daughter. Puerto Madero was called “Lostville” because the people used to disappear with no reason at all.

The family used to go for a walk all weekends, they were a happy family but many people hated them without reason at all, specially the father. Apparently, the man seemed to be very mysterious.

On a Monday the girl went to school and never came back to her house. The man and his wife looked for her in hospitals, schools and parks but simply their daughter had disappeared.

Two weeks later, the man’s wife was murdered while she was sleeping. The man was not in the house he had told his wife that he had to work.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM The following day, police officers went to the man’s house to ask him about the strange cases. Police officers could not find anything. No clue to clarify the mystery. Only one policeman realized that the man was too quiet but he did not care.

Two weeks later, the man appeared dead too. It was not a homicide, he hanged himself.

Near him, there was a letter.

The letter said: I have a serious problem. I have a clutter in my mind. I am two people at the same time, I’m good and bad, I’m light and darkness, I’m Jekyll and Hyde.

I never wanted to hurt anyone. However, the schizophrenia was stronger than me. I kidnapped all the missing people. I killed them and my own daughter and wife too. I am so regretful and I know I cannot turn back the time. Because of this I cannot keep with this life.

Sorry…

Ramón Buchenauer The man’s body disappeared. Noone could find it. People were not wrong: the man was strange and weird.

This was the end of the man and it is the end of this legend. People say that they have heard him. Somebody says that they saw him but nobody knows what happened with his body.

Nowadays the house has been sold to a teen who was looking for a flatmate. She does not know anything and she will not ever know.

Laial Pink ∞ I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 18 th, 1995. Today I am 16 years old. I like listening to music and playing the guitar. I try to be a good student and help people. My favorite subjects are physics, P.E. and history. I want to be a doctor and travel abroad.

The Best Will Win Hello, I´m Diego, I´m 28 years old. I’m a medical student at U.B.A. University. I need a fratmate because the rent is so expensive. The house is in San Cristobal neighborhood, it´s a semi-detached house in the Buenos Aires suburbs. The house is big, with two big bedrooms with enough space. It has a swimming pool and a play room. If you have some friends we can do an American pool or ping-pong championship. I like rock and roll and hard rock music. I don´t smoke, I am obsessed with tidiness and order. If you have a pet, it´s not a problem because I love animals, specially dogs.

I´m looking for a partner and a friend to help me with the housework. I’m studying medicine at the university. If you like the human body you could see movies about this with me. But if you want to live with me, you must obey my rules.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM I have a flatmate, who is called Johnny. He is bad with me and always makes a mess at home. Also he drinks alcohol and smokes every day, and he likes playing the drums at midnight. I hate him. I want him out of my house right now. If you are better than my “friend” please call me, please. I need a flatmate, not a tenant. He never washes his clothes and his cupboard is a mess. I am waiting for your call, I need help. You know: “the best will win”.

Contact:  4941-0000  1500-000-000  VegasD@yahoo.com.ar  U$s 1500 per month The house inside

Diego Vegas ∞ Hello, my name is Novak. I live in San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. I live with my mother, my father, my brother and my grandma. This summer I went to Pinamar with my family and friends.

Novak´s Life I started kindergarten in 1999 and then, I started primary school in 2001 at a school called Inmaculada Concepción and I began secondary school in 2008 in San Cristóbal.

I have a dog, she is a boxer and her name is Brenda, I also have a cat and two birds.

My hobby is to swim and play tennis with my friends. After school I practise every day. I am at a high performance academy of tennis. It is on 5575 Figueroa Alcorta Avenue. I have a very hard training. I stay there for three hours every day. I started to train when I was ten. Last year I reached a quarter final of a tournament. This year, in August, I won my first tournament in the Y.M.C.A. of B.A. My actual trainer is Diego Cristín. He was born in Argentina. He was 150° of the world and he also was a sparring in the Davis´ Cup. He started to train me last year. He is teaching me a lot of new things. He made me improve my drive. Now we are working on the drop shot and the slice.

I think I have made a fantastic progress, and I want to progress more and more.

I was born in Argentina, Buenos Aires in 1995. I live with my mother Delia, my father Eduardo and my sister Rocio. I have been at San Cristobal’s school since 2008 and I will be a public accountant and a jazz dance teacher.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM Music and Art Everyday Carol Sanez was born in 1992, in Argentina. She has got a sister and a brother, and her parents are Monica and Alberto Sanez.

Carol is a ballerina. She has studied dance since 1996. Millions of people see Carol’s choreographies and they love them.

Carol’s day usually starts when she gets up and listens to classical music. Her alarm clock normally goes off at 8am. Her dance class starts at 10am, and she needs to be at the studio at 9:45am. She arrives at the studio at about half past nine, and she always goes to the café for breakfast. She has an orange juice and some toast, and she starts her dance class.

First, she waits for her dance teacher Gallery. When Gallery arrives, they begin warming up and continue with the choreography that Carol will present in the theater at the end of the month.

At 1pm, Carol finishes. Then, she goes back home after her class. When she arrives at home, she has lunch.

In the afternoon, Carol goes to the gym. And, in the evening she has dinner at 9pm, and she goes to bed at 11pm, because the next day she has a new dance class, as everyday. Her week is very complicated, but, at weekends she goes dancing and to the cinema with her friends.

Her routine is stressful, but, she loves it, because she loves dancing. ∞ My name is Valentina. I was borm on July 13th, 1995 in Buenos Aires. I live with my mum, dad and little brother. I go to San Cristobal Institute. I love playing volleyball and going to the cinema. My favourite subject is maths; and my favourite band is maroon five; and my favourite T.V. programme is Tom and Jerry.

LOOKING FOR A NICE PLACE TO LIVE My name is Valentina. I'm sixteen years old. I'm from Buenos Aires; in Argentina. I live alone and I am searching for a flatmate to live with for four years. My apartment is too big for me but it's beautiful. It has got five rooms; two are big with white walls and three are small but they have got big windows and a balcony. There is a nice kitchen and two bathrooms. My bedroom is next to the dining room. In the living room there is a big sofa; a desk; a computer and a play station! I really love listening to music too. I have got lots of CDs at home. I also like playing with my little brother when he visits me; when we are bored we watch DVDs. I'm a hard working and sociable person. I don't smoke and I do some exerceses in the morning; then I go to school. At weekends I go to a club and play tennis or volleyball. I love going to the cinema or dancing on Saturdays. There are lots of things to do in my neighborbhood. My house is between a supermarket and a restaurant.

There is a huge park opposite my house where I have picnics in summer. There is a post office, two cinemas, clothes shops, cafés and a club. I would like to live with a friendly and quiet person. contacc: valentina.....

mobile: 15-68.......

Valentina.

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Someone Who Wants to Live with Me on Holidays?

My name is Maria José. I´m twenty years old and I live in Recoleta, Buenos Aires. But I´m from Colonia, Uruguay.

I´m a student, and I go to university every night because in the morning I work at an office. I get up at 6.00 a.m. I have breakfast and I go to work by car. My car is a Ford and it´s big and very comfortable for me. When I come back home at 2.00 p.m I have dinner and then I study for the day.

Before going away to university I do the purchases for the house. I have a shower and then I go to university by bus.

I live alone and am waiting for someone who wants to spend the holidays with me. This house is a calm place to relax. It´s very big, but it´s a beauty. It has four rooms, one is for a pair and the other three are for children. There is a living-room. It has two baths, a beautiful kitchen and a court so that children play.

I would want to find this person rapidly and to be able to spend our time together well.

For more information to be contacted: Home Telephone: (011) 4579-9516

Mobile: (011) 156-784161 ∞

Agu Gio was born in Buenos Aires in 1995.

She loves to write and draw. She likes Japanese stuff, especially, Manga and Anime. She’s also a fan of international pop, Katy Perry over all.

Her friends are the most important thing in her life, and that’s why anytime she writes she dedicates what she does to them.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM Jenny’s Flat (mate) Today wasn't the best day for me…

I was going to meet my flatmate.

Yeah, my flatmate.

Ugh, Why so upset, you may ask?

Well, being honest, it’s not that I’m reaaaaally excited about having a flatmate.

You know, I actually enjoyed being alone in my flat. It’s kind of messy, but I loved it. It’s pretty spacious, and it’s actually made for 4 people, or even 5. My dad bought this flat when I graduated from school, as a gift, but with the promise that I’d get a job soon.

Truth is, that I didn’t have any job yet.

And I’m already in the second year of college.

My dad got tired of waiting for me and yelled at me that I had to choose between two things: Having a flatmate (That he would choose) or selling my, spacious, messy, beautiful and lonely flat.

I panicked.

I mean, I didn’t want to live with my parents again, but A FLATMATE!? Someone I don’t know living with me…?

I had no choice. It was having a stranger in my flat or living with my parents again. I think it’s pretty obvious what I answered to my dad. Obviously, after crying and begging him to give me a few months to get a job And here I am, watching tv, waiting for this… person to come.

Oh dad, I’ll kill you if you got an old man, or an hysterical teenager, or— The door bell interrupted my thoughts.

Well, it actually didn’t, it just changed them to something like: “OH GOD, OH GOD, OH GOD HE’S HERE OH MY GOD KSJDHFJSSGKJ WHAT AM I GOING TO DO OH GOD, OH GOD--!”

So I tried to calm down.

Well I tried, I never said I succeeded.

Even though, I stood up, ready to face my destiny.

Really dad, the meaning of your love for me is behind that door. ~ The End ~ Message from the author: Jenny’s flatmate was a gorgeous exchange student who became her boyfriend after a few months. They are now married, waiting for their first kid… And they still live in the same flat. Oh, and by the way. The flatmate stuff was her father’s idea only because he wanted her to be happy with a man that deserved her. He thought that she was getting really into her studies and had no time for social life. He actually was really proud of her daughter. ∞

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM I was born in Buenos Aires on 9th June in 1995. I live with my mother, father and sister. I have got a pet, which is a dog. My favorite subjet is math. In my free time, I like going out with friends, watching tv and singing songs.

When a Partner is Sick My friend Lucas has had lung cancer. He is my best friend. When I knew he was sick, I got very sad.

At the moment Lucas is hospitalised and his mother is visiting him in hospital. We at school are organizing a fund-rising event to pay for the operation. The doctor said the operation will last for five hours and it will cost $50000” His mother can´t pay for the operation, she has got $10000 and his family have got $30000. Next week, the school will hold the event with famous actor to help pay for the operation.

Cancer is a very difficult sickness because cancer hasn’t got a cure but you could treat the sickness, and the operation costs $50000. When Lucas finishes his operation we will be expecting his recovery and him to be in school.

A few months later, the operation was a success, when Lucas came to his house his family and friends were waiting for him. After the operation Lucas was skinny and bald because of the treatment. His mom thanked the school board with a dinner.

Lucas is recovering at home, and before going to school he will have to have some medical studies done. At the moment, Lucas is grateful for his healing, and his mother is grateful to the doctor. Now, Lucas receives help in the hospital to be a doctor, with a specialization in cancer. ∞ My name is Lucia Gomez. I am 17 years old. I live in Argentina. My birthday is on 24 th September. I go to high school at Institute San Cristobal. My hobbies are playing volleyball and dancing with my friends. My favourite colour is violet. I like to go out with friends, I love them very much!

My Life, my World…

My name is Juan Perez. I am 18 years old and my birthday is on 8th March. I live in Argentina but I was born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. I went to school at Institute Santa Cruz last year. I live with my family, and also my pet, which is a cat. Its name is Pelusa. I have friends from the neighborhood.

They are Federico, Fabio, Gaston and Julian. My favourite colour is blue and my room is all blue. I have a girlfriend, whose name is Marta. I love her so much! I would like to live with my girlfriend in Chile and have a son. My family is integraded by my father Luis Perez, my mother Luisa Perez and my sister Juana Perez. My father is fifty years old and he works in a graphic company. My mother is forty-five years old and she works with my father. My sister is fifteen years old and she studies at Institute Medalla Milagrosa. I work in a shopping centre and I like it. My activity on Tuesday and Thursday is to go to the gym. On Wednesday I go to English classes with my friend Julian. My hobbies are to play football and to sing. This is my life! ∞

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM My name is Magalí. I´m 17 years old. Mi birthday is on September 25th. I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I live in Capital Federal. My favourite hobby is listening to music and I´m a Boca Juniors fan. I like pasta, rice and asado so much! I will be a professional nutritionist.

No Place Like Home!

My home is very spacious, it has got 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a dining room and a kitchen. I live with my friend Veronica. The living room and dining room are very big and the kitchen is too cramped and I do not cook much because I’m not good at it. Also I have a big table in the dining room where sometimes I eat with my family and friends. I have a balcony where I have many plants. I have 3 TVs; one in the kitchen, another in my bedroom and the last one in the living room. I have many pictures in all the house and one computer in my room and notebook too. Also I have a medium-size garden and a mini swimming pool, I love swimming! In short, I love my house and there is no place like home!

∞ ONE LOVE ONE FLATMATE I’m Carmela Dove and I am Sixteen years old. I was born in Parque Patricios – Argentina.

My hobby is doing Taekwondo twice a week. I study at Institute San Cristobal.

I have loved Atlethic Huracan of Parque Patricios since 1994.

MY NAME IS ALFREDINA PRUNE GALAXIA AND I AM LOOKING FOR A FLATMATE. THE CONDITION FOR HIM OR HER IS NOT TO SMOKE , ANY TOXIC SUBSTANCE , BECAUSE I HAVE OLD HISTORIES , BAD HISTORIES … WITH MY EX FLATMATE . HE SMOKED ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES , HE SMOKED MARIHUANA EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHTS.EVERYDAY I SAID TO HIM , THE POLICE WOULD COME TO MY HOUSE , HE DIDN’T HEAR ME , BUT ONE DAY IN NOVEMBER , THE POLICE CAME HERE AND ARRESTED US BOTH . AT THAT MOMENT . I WAS TERRIFIED , I DON’T SMOKE !!!. BUT EIGHT HOURS LATER I WENT TO PRISON IN D EVOTO… YES, IT IS A BAD EXPERIENCE , I DON’T WANT TO REPEAT IT .

WELL , MY NEXT FLATMATE WILL HAVE A GOOD PRESENCE, HE WILL LOVE PARTIES AND HE OR SHE HASN ’T GOT BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND , I DON’T LIKE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE DUE TO JELLOUSY OR ANYTHING SIMILAR .

THEY WILL LOVE MUSIC AS REGGAETON, CUMBIA, ETC. AND HATE ROCK AND ROLL, METAL, TANGO, RAP, HIPHOP, ETC. I AM VERY TIDY , I CLEAN MY BEDROOM EVERYDAY . I HATE PINK AND ORANGE , BUT I LOVE FUCSIA AND YELLOW .

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM My Name is Paachi Green. I was born on 1st July, 1994 in Argentina, Buenos Aires at the British Hospital. At this moment I live in San Cristobal .My parents are Gladys and Luis and my two sisters Debora and Anahi. I have three dogs, whose names are Morena, Luna and Teddy.I love them !

An Ugly Nose!

Dear Paula, It's been a while since the last time I wrote to you.I hope everything is ok for you. I’m writing to tell you what happened to me and my nose. A few weeks ago, I had my nose done. You're probably wondering right now why I had a nose job. Well, as you know I'm not a very confident person because I have always felt very ugly and people called me names like ’’big nose’’ or ‘’Pinocchio’’. So I wanted to look beautiful for the girls who used to call me ‘’horrible’’. When the day came, I went to the hospital and can you believe that when I went to the hospital the doctors laughed at me? It was terrible! However, I was there and I couldn’t say no. After the surgery, they gave me a mirror and I realized that I looked like Micheal Jackson after his nose job. I wanted to wake up from this nightmare, but it was real, it was happening. I told the doctors about it and they told me that it actually looked good but I know that it looked worse .Anyway, I was wondering if you could give me some advices and tell me about some doctors who can change the look of my little nose!

Kisses Carlos ∞ I was born in Peru on October 20th in 1994. I live in Argentina. I go to San Cristobal School. My hobby is practising martial arts. I like reading and playing football with friends. I like going dancing with my friends, watching movies at the cinema and playing computer games.

The Best Flatmate My old flatmate is Lucia who is 17, she is from Catamarca Argentina. She studies at the normal 8 school. Lucia wants to be a doctor when she grows up. She likes to read romantic novels and detective stories. She loves watching romantic and horror movies, while eating popcorn on the sofa. She is obsessed with cleanliness and order. She is not good at cooking. She loves dogs, but what she loves most is parrots. I had a parrot. She practiced karate at a club in San Juan street, and she was orange belt. She likes quiet classical music. Her mother lives in Catamarca, her father abandoned her when she was young. Her mom said he left because of problems with her mom, but that was because he loved her. She came to the capital to enter a medical school and be able to get a degree to work. She likes to play chess, and she is an expert playing. She loves buying clothes. I bought blue shirts just because it was her favorite colour. She is looking at the newspaper every day and drinks coffee with milk. She is a great friend, a great person so I will miss her.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM I’m Henry J, a young 16-year-old writer. I was born in Quilmes, Argentina. My hobbies are gaming and writing. In the future I want to be a system engineer.

The Bad Flatmate Last year I was looking for a flatmate from 16 to 18 years old, who liked heavy metal, played videogames with me, and doesn’t drink or smoke.

I knew a guy called Thomas; he had everything that I mentioned. He answered my advertisement because he said he liked the area and the center of Buenos Aires.

The problem with this guy was he didn’t like animals. After a few months of living together, I found a little dog on the street and I brought it into my home, he didn’t like the idea and he made me choose between him and the dog. I could not pay the rent by myself so I had to hide that dog on the wardrobe into a box and stay with Thomas. That was the beginning. In the advertisement it said “I like animals” so I disagreed with a person who doesn’t like a little poor street dog in his house, also, it’s my house too. Two weeks after this episode, he found the dog on that wardrobe and he kicked it out of the house. When I came in, he told me the situation and I went and slept in a hotel. He called me after two or three hours and asked me to come back. I accepted. Three months later, after thinking, I decided to stop paying the rent and I went to my parents’ house until I have sufficient funds to rent a house by myself. I heard that Thomas is in jail for killing a dog with poison. He seems to be the perfect guy but, nothing is perfect. ∞ My name is Matilda Gimenez. I was born in Argentina in 1994. I studied in Paul Groussac´s primary school, in this school I learned English and French. I have three sisters and one brother. I´ve studied in San Cristobal´s school since 2008.

The Story of a Happy Woman due to her Work

My name is Silvia Magalí Sosa. I was born in Chaco in 1968. When I was nineteen years old, I travelled to Buenos Aires, alone to find work. I have four daughters and one son. I like cleaning my house and listening to music.

I work in a children´s home, I like my work a lot because they give me lots of love. I feel a great pleasure to do so, to help and give affection to disadvantaged children´s by their families.

The truth is these children´s stories are very hard and painful.

The first day at work was very difficult for me when I saw them. It was difficult to focus only on the job and put my heart into it.

The individual stories of these children are so cruel that you will be involved with them all.

With a two-year-olf baby I suffered a lot because she wanted to be in my arms all the time.

Thanks god she was adopted by very good parents, and I know she is happy and so am I.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM I have worked in the children´s home since 2008. Now, I have new friends and they are my co-workers. I like to come and be happy. That's what I like about my job. I'm happy when I'm there. ∞ I’m Carla. I’m 16 years old and I’m from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I study in San Cristobal school and I live with my mother without any brothers or sisters.

Would You Like to Be My New Flatmate?

I don’t share a flat with anybody and I’m a student. I’m an untidy person. I’m quiet and I don’t like cooking or cleaning. I like animals but I don’t have any pets because I always forget looking after them. I enjoy going out with my friends all the time and I love heavy metal music.

I don’t watch TV much and now I’m looking for a new flate mate, preferably of the same age and similar interests.

I like parties a lot; I give a party every week with my friends or my family. Sometimes I leave my clothes on the floor, so I prefer a woman flatmate, because I wouldn’t have problems with my privacy. I like take-away so I spend a lot of money buying food. I work all day in a restaurant so I arrive home very late.

I’m looking for a flatmate who is polite with my family, because they visit me every weekend. I’m a non-smoker so I prefer someone who doesn’t smoke either. ∞ I was born in Buenos Aires on August 31st in 1994. I live in Balvanera. I go to a High school in San Cristobal. My hobbies are listening to music and writing. My place in the world is the beach in Quequen. I dream to be a journalist.

More Than a Flatmate, She Is a Sister My name is Jacky Sparragos. I rent a big room in a flat in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires. I live with my flatmate, Amy Lee. She is from China. We are both 22 years old and we are students. She studies medicine and I study journalism. My dream is to work in Clarin.

Our appartment is on the 15th floor of a high rise building.

In Puerto Madero we can find the bridge of the woman. At night my flatmate and I sit down in the balcony to see the cityscape.

We are far away from home but when we are together we have fun. She can juggle, I studied a few years at the circus, so we complement each other very well and We sometimes prepare shows, and we laugh a lot.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM Another thing we like to share is watching movies at night. We sit on the couch with a bucket of popcorn and watch a romantic movie, a comedy or a horror film! Those are our favorite ones, but we get a little afraid.

Apart from being my flatmate Amy Lee is my best friend and I can share everything that happens to me, good and bad, with her.

We both live far from our homes and our families, but she's like my sister.

J.S. ∞ My name is Eduardo Lopez. I live in Manhattan and I´m 42. I live in a nice flat alone but I can´t afford it, so that is why I´m looking for a flatmate. I work at CliMa S.A as a cleaner 13 hours per day. I like reading and watching TV. The Flatmate Quest.

I´m looking for a flatmate. I live in a nice neighbourhood with a beautiful view to the ocean. The flat is big, I´m sure you will like it. The flat is in a touristic area, so you won´t have any trouble with transportation. There are taxis and buses everywhere.

It is very illuminated, the floor is covered with a rug. It has three rooms: a bathroom, a giant living-room, and a kitchen-dinning room. All the flat has a high roof. In the living-room you have a couch in front of a giant TV screen. If you like videogames, here you have 4 PS3´s, 2 Wii´s and one Xbox, so you won´t get bored.

The bad thing about the flat is the fact that it has no bedrooms. We´ll have to sleep in the living-room... I hope that´s not a problem for you.

I´m looking for an active flatmate who likes sports and playing videogames. I want him to cook three days per week at least. I like every kind of food, so don´t worry. I hate smokers, so I´m not looking for one. As for the music taste, as long as you use headphones, you can listen to whatever you want. I have a cute cat in the flat, so I hope you like pets. ∞ I am Fran Rus. I am seventeen years old and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have got three brothers, Agustin (20), Facundo (17) and Thiago (7). I speak Spanish and English. In the future, I am going to be a personal trainer.

My Crazy Life Hello! I am Stefler Perotti. I am 20 years old and I live in Rome, Italy. I have two sisters called Samantha and Ernestine. They are a little bigger than me and living with their husbands. When we 4TH COM

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM were kids we played all day in the park next to our parents, Robert and Julia. I have a girlfriend named Camilla. She is beautiful and I love her. We fell in love three years ago and we have lived together for 1 year. I met her at a concert and we started to see each other in theaters, parks, even on the beach. Since then we fell in love and we have not been separated until the present day.

In my free time I like to play football and basketball. I love sports. I always go to nightclubs and I love drinking and being with women. On weekends I often get together with friends and I go to the stadium to watch our favorite team, Lazio.

I finished high school two years ago and I am studying medicine at the School of Rome.

Also I work with my father in the company on weekends and on the week I am a paperboy.

In the future I want to be a prestigious doctor married with my beautiful girlfriend and have many children. I want to have a big house and live my crazy life. ∞ I was born on September 28th in the French Hospital in Buenos Aires. I did the primary in San Cristobal Institute. I continue there attending high school. In the future I'm going to study to be an accountant. Also I will get married and start a family.

Letters to Sophie: a Girl in Coma Dear Sophie's family: I am very sorry to hear that Sophie is in a coma. I really hope you are feeling better about her and remember that my family and I are always with you.

In the office we are all in a state of shock because of the news. We all miss her and her happiness.

Also we want to tell you that we're organizing a praying reunion for her. Her real friends are in negation and her partners are sad. On my part, I don't have anyone to talk to. I miss her so much. I can't wait for her to feel better and not having the life-support machine. I believe that the brain operation will not be successful, because it is very risky for her and her life is at risk. In the neighbourhood everybody is sad because she was so happy and enjoyed her life so much and she made her neighbours happy.

Until the day that she feels better I will be praying for her. I hope the doctors and nurses are looking for the cure or the resolution of her problem. At work we all hope she gets well soon.

Best wishes for you,

Debora Lasandia

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM My name is David Sosa, I was born in Buenos Aires in 1995. I live with my parents and my sister, I also go to San Cristobal school, where I have made many friends. I have a pet, which is a dog and whose name is Firulais and it is a Pitbull. I love playing football and playing very well.

Life Behind Football: Knowing a Star Sam Radcliff is an excellent football player. He plays football for an important club called USA STARS. Every morning Sam takes his breakfast and drives to Ronald´s house, his football partner, and they go to the club to practice with the team. Every day, they play football for 2 hours, have a break and after that they continue with the exercises in the gym. Finally Sam takes a shower and goes to university. He is studying medicine. He goes to university three times a week; on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. When he arrives home, he makes the housework. Sam cleans the apartment and also buys some food.

On weekends, he is free. He can do whatever he wants. He usually travells to Kentucky, where he is from, to visit his parents and brothers. When he goes to his town, he always arrives on Friday night so he meets his school friends and they go dancing.

On Saturday he has breakfast with his family and stays at home sharing time with his brothers. Sometimes he visits his grandparents and has dinner with them. When Sunday arrives he spends the day playing football and having a good time with friends and in the evening he takes the train and returns to Ohio. ∞ I am Freddy Fletcher, I´m a student, I´m only sixteen years old and I would like to be a great biochemist. In the future I will study and reach my dreams. I have a lot of dreams to accomplish, but I need to study to acquire new information in my life.

The Last Day. Everything started on a rainy Friday; Aaron Ramsey was worried about his friend, Thomas Cleverley, who was in a coma. Aaron decided to write a letter to his friend’s father, David Cleverley.

This was the letter: Dear David Cleverley: I feel extremely bad with this situation, I am really worried about this, and I need information regarding Thomas´s health. I am really frightened, he is very young to die, but as people say, “Only the good die young”. I really miss him, I need him, I have always enjoyed talking with Thomas .He is a perfect person.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM Now, I want to say to you some words of hope because I think this situation will get better and he will be the joyful person he has been. I am anxious, please, give me some news about Thomas, I really love him.

I am sure that he`ll recover, if not, I will die of sadness. Please, take care of him in hospital, he must live, I don´t want to go on with my life without him.

I´m looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Aaron

After he had written the letter Aaron Ramsey felt something on his skin, he shivered and felt a strange presence, he was scared because he thought there was a ghost in the house.

He could see shadows everywhere and heard noises upstairs. Aaron´s heart started beating fast. He wanted to shout but he couldn´t. Suddenly, a voice asked for help, and he was able to recognize Thomas. Ramsey was desperate because he couldn´t believe what was happening.

Immediately, he felt a sensation of relief but on the other hand he became worried because he couldn´t understand what his friend wanted. He listened carefully to the voice and what he heard was:-“Let me leave”.

All of a sudden Aaron, without thinking, took his cell phone and dialed his friend´s father´s number: -“He is dying”, - said the father- “If he lives he will be a vegetable all his life”.

-“Let him die”. - Said Ramsey- “He asked me to let him leave”. - And he hung up.

Five minutes later Thomas said “thank you” and he vanished into the air while telling “See you soon”.

It was Friday, It was raining heavily, Aaron was driving fast to the hospital, the fog was thick so he couldn´t see, “See you soon” he remembered, something was coming towards him, although he tried, he couldn´t slow down but he heard again and again in his mind his friend’s voice telling him “See you soon”. What did Thomas want to say? ...

Freddy Fletcher

∞ A Biography My name is Joatta, and my second name is Nick. I am 17 years old. My birthday is on July, 14th. I live with my mother, my father and my dog. I like pizza, and ice-cream. I like playing all the time. I don’t work. My mother is 47 years old, and my father is 46 years old. My father works everyday.

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WRITING PORTFOLIO 4TH COM This Is My Life I was born in 1994, in Monserrat, Buenos Aires, I am sixteen years old. I live in an appartment. My family is integraded by: my father who is fourty-five years old, my mother who is fourty-seven years old, my cat who is five months old and my brother.

My father's name is Alberto, my mother's name is Monica, my cat's name is cata and my brother's name is Mateo. I started kindergarten when I was 5 years old, in Sagrado Corazon's school.

My appartament is beatiful but it is very small, it has two bedrooms and one bathroom and two pets, a cat and a fish and I like listening to music. This house is traditional in the suburbs; I have a play station and a very big TV. But I need silence to study. My university hours are from 08:00 am to 15:30 pm. I like cooking and I’m clean.

I like music and dancing and I hope to find the perfect boy to live with. I would like the boy to have green eyes. I play volleyball with my friends and my brother likes playing football and he is 18 years old. I like sleeping and I have got a dog too, he is very beautiful.

In my free time I go to the cinema with my friends, then I do my homework. I go to school by bus and then I come back walking and sometime I play handball too. I like studying history because it's my future.

To concluded this Biography my passion are boys for I love them. ∞ Cila was born on October 28th, in 1994. She's studying at Institute San Cristóbal High School. She lives in Buenos Aires, with her mother, brother and father.

All the Things I'll Never Change Hi, my name is Rosie. I'm twenty years old. I don't know who I am, really. But I'll tell you something, I can't live with other people. I can't explain it, but my personality is very strange, so people don't understand me.

I have never had a boyfriend, but I fell in love... twice? I don't know. I don't have good luck with boys. And my friends can't live with me, 'cause they live so far away.

Anyway, sometimes I'm a solitary person, sometimes not. It depends on the day, and my humour. When I was a child, I was lonely most of the day, so one day, I imagined a friend. She was so cute, I really miss her. But then I grew up, and obviously, now she's gone.

When I started High School, I was a rebel, so I didn't like studying so much. I preferred going to parties, drinking and dancing, with all my friends.

But now it's different. I go to the University, I'm studying law, and I like it! Maybe, one day, I'll be a famous lawyer.

And maybe, I'll find that special person, who understands me, and loves my way.

I'm jealous, hysterical, emotional, impatient, compulsive, irresponsable, and a little unsociable, but I'm not perfect, and I can't change. Love me, or hate me.

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