Hi Catherine! I liked your beginning so I used Entri because of its simplicity. Here is the link: http://entri.co/gIrPfL

I chose 1B, 2D and 3D. Simon always thought Grandma was normal. It was only when his friend Lucy laughed as he told her about riding around the world on a dolphin that he began to suspect that there was something fishy going on and decided to investigate. It turned out that Grandma was....

Hi Sneza!
Thanks for your contirbution to my story. Yes, I agree, Entri is simple to use. I've added some more to the story. Let's hope someone else picks up the thread!

1B, 2C, 3A
Teacher Donahue was very happy with his life in his hometown called Evolandia. Evolandia was a small island located in the middle of the ocean.
One day, he decided to explore other worlds so with hat and coat as his only baggage, he headed to the borderline.

Ha-ha! Can´t wait to read more about this baby detective.

I love stories with animals. Are there going to be any human beings in this story?

Great start! I'm curious about what that day was like.

I chose 1D,2C,3D."I will try again and again" said the dog to himself,almost drowned after a risky journey." I will never give up.She is my beloved" continued the dog,who was no one but prince Dave,the prince of The Dream land,a far away island.A witch has cast a spell on him,turning him into a dog and took his sweetheart to a castle in the sea.He,the dog,decided to visit his friend to help him find a wizard who could reverse the spell and turn him into a dolphin so that he could rescue his beloved .

Hello,
I have chosen picture 1C – 2B- 3C
My story-starter is as follows:

He was no doubt the greatest child star that ever lived. He was traveling all over Europe playing music by the time he was six. Because of his constant travels, he eventually learned to speak fifteen different languages. He wrote his first sonata for the piano when he was four and composed his first opera when he was twelve! 

Hi, Carmen! I've read your reflection on week 2. I like it. I would like to thank you for discovering the new tool for me - looseleaves. Great! :) Thank you.

Great idea and very nice prezi! Thank you! :)

Yes, yes... II did all the tasks for week 2 and ready to start up week three... yaaaaaaaaaaaaay

http://eslfirstaid.wikispaces.com/Class+Digital+Tools

These are my reflections of the course until now..

1A-2C-3B: The war between the elves Djiva, protecting the secret of the island, and their foes Luthou was irresolute..The latter were set to destroy each and everyone of the Djiva so as to gain access to their most desirable loot..For this reason they had incorporated every sly trick including involvement of humans which was preposterous according to the ancient laws of Laurelia, their home...

1C 2D 3A
The trip to Gramm's beach house takes four hours, four hours strapped in this car seat, four long hours with nothing to see and nothing to do except stare out the car window. If only there were a door in my room, a door directly to the beach...

1C, 2B, 3C
A young 3-year-old boy named Charlie was spending a Saturday afternoon with his whole family. The adults were talking for hours, enjoying delicious meals and drinking fine wine. They were not paying much attention to Charlie, so no one noticed when he left the house and entered a school bus.

Nice beginning and what a beautiful metaphors!!

Dear Ola,
I checked your reflections for week 1 and 2.
I noticed that your lesson plan in week 1 is similar to mine.
You just copy and paste.

You can apply it, but we need some extra suggestions from you.
Thanks for sharing!
Azhar Youssef
Egypt

Hi there,
My comment about one of the writing tool: Writing Prompt tool as far as my choice for writing my starter is concerned:
It is a good tool. I loved playing with it, especially as ELL teachers are always looking for writing prompts. I liked very much the variety in genre and content it supplies ELT/ELL/EFL/ESL teachers to ignite/motivate their earners. I have just bookmarked it!!

bit late bit here it goes:

1C 2A 3B

A baby boy sat staring into the distance. He was strapped in and had no idea where he was going, but he knew one thing, he was tired of running. He wasn’t going to fall asleep, he wasn’t going to dream about the long, narrow, winding road leading to an abandoned washing machine. And he certainly wasn’t going to dream about the creature that lived in it.

1D, 2D, 3D

Dolphins, I tell you. They always win these games. Why do dogs always end up come up second best? We can swim, too you know. I thought this would be MY race... If it weren't for that one big wave, I could have beaten Dolphin #5. You see, I just needed to...

1A, 2D, 3D

On my island legend says that a tropical witch of the mangrove stalks young lovers who frequent our coconut tree strewn beaches, she hates their happiness and lures the young men to her underworld in the sea where they are forced to participate in death defying matches and mindless races in order to regain their freedom. unfortunately many never return and the loved ones they leave behind on land pine away with grief as a result of their mysterious disappearance

love the suspense created here. now i will be looking at my washing machine funny when i pass by

Hi everyone
I love the fact that in our 'classroom' every link is hyperlinked. So we can copy them and create a mini digitool resource list, for instance, on a Word document that is easily accessible. Since I teach an advanced writing course for EFL learners, I LOVED this week. I got so many wonderful ideas. I checked out every writing tool and wrote a mini review.

• BubbleUs Brainstorming made simple
o Love the ease of making cluster maps
• Entri Get feedback on rough drafts / Jot down ideas and share through Twitter
o Have to get back to it
• Google Docs Collaborative writing
o Have to get back to it
• LiveTyping Collaborative writing
o I ENTERED A STORY HERE That Darm Parrot password: thatdarmparrot
• MixedInk Collaborative writing for groups
• Novlet Collaborative writing of nonlinear stories
o Great site to read…and write chapters to ongoing stories
• ThinkFree Online Virtual office / Edit documents in your web browser
o Registration seemed difficult
• TypeWithMe Collaborative writing two thumbs up; easy and straightforward to use
o http://willyou.typewith.me/p/Just_a_Peek
• WriteBoard Sharable web-based documents
o easy enough
• Zoho Writer Online word processor - create, connect, collaborate
o could not change out of Spanish instructions

I imagine that somewhere I could have changed the Spanish isntructions...but after all, I want my student to have to read the instructions in English to have authentic practice, not to fall back on an immediate crutch. I will be checking out all the presentation styles for many days to come.

I love this course! Ellen

1C, 2B, 3D

The baby looked with astonishment to all people gathered in the dining room. –What are they talking about? Rubbish, as always, I suppose. Nevermind, I will continue dreaming about my dolphin ride in the big deep ocean. Being a baby is definitely the best period of one’s life!

1D, 2A, 3C

Dexter lived in the suburbs of Kent. One day, he came out to play and started wandering around, curious about what the neighborhood could offer. He walked for awhile and stopped at the butcher´s, probably wondering whether he would catch a break. Suddenly, a bus stopped next to him and a man came out.

Hello everyone,

I have finally chosen and below written a response.
My choices are 1a 2a 3d.



Since I was 16, I have dreamt of being a water nymph. As a nymph I could move from water to land with ease. I could communicate with people and aquatic animals.
Yesterday, on my 25th birthday I had to wonder about my dreams. I had fallen asleep in my bed and awoke on the beach near my house…

Andrea,

Nice start. Another good beginning. Makes me wonder what will happen next!

My choices were 1A,2C and 3C.

This is my story starter.

Stella was a very unhappy tree spirit. She could not understand why this was so. She lived on a beautiful tropical island. The weather was always fine. The wooded area where she lived had beautiful birds, luscious fruits and many kinds of animals.But this was not enough for her.
Stella would look wistfully at the children who came with their families to holiday on their island. She hid carefully and listened to them. Stella wanted to know about all the things the children talked about. She hungered to touch one of their books..

Wow!!! Azhar, funny. I imagines myself in that guy's shoes. Running madly along a narrow street is exactly what I would do! Ok, because I relate to the character you created, here's an ending for your starter:

Inside the bus, there was a woman behind the wheel and the man who had grabbed me. They looked familiar but I didn't think about it. Instead, I started wondering where that bus was taking us. After awhile, I recognized the place. It was the street where I used to study. My old school, where I studied all my life, was at its very end. I remembered! The lady who was driving the bus was Mrs. Elliot and the man was the janitor! Mr. Cooper. I hadn't seen them since I left, eight..., ten years ago. Even so, they still remembered me.

Hello Everyone,
I am very sorry, I have been really very busy at school and have missed much, but I am still going to do all the tasks. Hopefully, someone will support me. Otherwise, I will ask my students to help me. :)

Task 1. I have chosen 1B 2A 3D.
Here is my story starter:

Brian has been living in this quiet street for ten years now, since that terrible car crash which changed his life so dramatically. He seldom leaves home, as every time he looks in the mirror, he sees an ugly old man. It hurts him to think that Mary ...

Task 4
Here are my example of using Web2.0 tools for fact-based research projects:
http://photopeach.com/album/wkabh4
http://www.flipsnack.com/my-flipping-books/details?flip=dda874f8352825a60de32d8a7eq57653

And here is my students' collaboration project about famous places in Moscow:
http://looseleaves.me/3P/Famous-buildings-in-Moscow-.html