Summer Homework #1 by Peggy Sutton https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp Please share some of your summer plans. Write 5-10 sentences about your plans for summer 2021. en-us 2021-06-09 16:33:50 UTC 2026-03-25 00:30:56 UTC hello@padlet.com JOSE LUIS https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1601500192 I don't have any plans for summer yet. I will have several visits at home, at the end of June a friend will come from Panama. In July we will have another friend  from Spain ( Canary Island ) and finally in september my brother in law. I like to host, I enjoy it. This year i don' t feel comfortable to travel yet. Probably, we can go somewhere near NY ( Fire Island, Westhampton Beach etc.. ) 

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Jose Luis, 
It sounds like a wonderful summer, even without traveling to faraway places! And how nice to be able to host friends and family again! 

CORRECTIONS:
In the U.S., we always pluralize the Canary Islands (notice the "s" on the end). 

You wrote: "This year I don't feel comfortable to travel yet." It should be "This year, I don't feel comfortable traveling yet." We think "travel" is a verb but in this case it's actually a gerund (a verb that acts as a noun). "Traveling" is something you're doing - and that makes it a noun. It's something - a "thing." 

I hope that makes sense and is helpful! ]]> 2021-06-11 16:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1601500192 Svetlana (Lana):) https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1602103742 First of all,  I have to say that summer is my favorite season. I love warmth, sunshine and green trees and  blossoms over around. Sun makes  me feel  energized, smiling, more happier, ready to any action likely creating something  new, recognizing new places, people, meeting more often with my close people and enjoy summer time,  be helpful for somebody and doing something useful for worldwide (for example, picking  up garbage outside).  
So, I am continuing  attending our class, recognizing  new businesses, educational programs, time to time picking  up garbage on the beach and enjoying  perfect weather and going to travel to new parts of the country. 
I wish all participants of our class enjoy every moment of life regarding of weather!   

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Svetlana,
I love summer, too! I can't wait to sink my toes in the sand and walk barefoot on the grass. I want to try "grounding" - something Magda taught us about in her end of semester presentation! Check out her slides if you have a chance (go to the Discussion Board page and click on Class 2A Final Presentations)! I love that you clean your local beaches - that's a wonderful way to give back to your community and help nature as well!

CORRECTIONS: 
You wrote "I love warmth, sunshine and green trees and  blossoms over around." While I understand your meaning - "blossoms" is not the word you want here. It should be "flowers." And by "over around" - I think you meant "everywhere."

The sun makes you smile and it makes you feel energized (me too!). But - we don't say "more happier." This has to with superlatives and something called the "gradability of adjectives." Basically, adjectives like "happy" have degrees. For example, "happy, happier and happiest." So, you might say "The summer sun makes me happier." Or -  "Sunshine makes me happier." 
I appreciate the feelings and understand the ideas between "...ready to any action..." and "...picking up garbage outside)." but that has some ungrammatical language in it. 

I'll  just focus on a few: If you say "ready to any action" - you're missing a verb. In this case, it's "take" - "ready to take any action." 
I think you meant "like creating something new..." "Likely" is a word but I think you meant "like" (did you mean "such as creating something new"?). 
Finally - you used "recognizing new places" and "recognizing new businesses" - I'm not sure what you mean? I think "recognizing" is the wrong word. Try to look up the word in a Belarusian-English dictionary and see if you can find a different word. I'm curious to know what word you meant!

I hope the feedback is helpful!]]> 2021-06-12 00:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1602103742 Jesús España https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1602457646
  • This summer I will assist to Summer class on line, at the New School Tesol, with teacher Peggy and Trung, under the direction of Teacher Roshii. Two days per week
  • My grandson visits us by three weeks. We have made a tour plan in order to show him many important places of New York.
  • One of the places that we will visit would be Statue of Liberty, taken Staten Island Ferry  near to Whitehall Street, in NYC.
  • We have been organizing a trip to the beach at Coney Island in Brooklyn or Long Beach in Long Island. Also, we are looking for an Airbnb not so expensive near the beach.
  • This summer I will continue studying advanced Microsoft courses,  new application techniques in statistics and project management and learning how to draw face
  • As usual, I will take pictures to New York city from Weehawken city. I love the view of NYC, from here, any time.

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    Jesus,
    You've got a busy summer ahead of you! With the ESL and Microsoft classes, it's good to see you're also trying to fit in some fun and relaxation!

    I'll give feedback for each of your six sentences.

    CORRECTIONS:
    1. You wrote: "This summer I will assist to Summer class on line..."
    The verb 'assist' is called a 'false friend' for French and Spanish speakers (and possibly speakers of other Romance languages). In French (assister) and Spanish (asistir), the meaning is 'to attend.' In English, 'to assist'  means 'to help.' Also, in both French and Spanish, the preposition "a" (with an accent that I cannot add on Padlet!) is added after the verb. But in English, we don't say "attend to." So, when you wrote "...I will assist to..." you made a mistake with both the verb and the preposition. This is a very common mistake. We often 'bring' the knowledge of our first language with us as we speak or write in the second (or third, etc.) language.

    2. You wrote: "My grandson visits us by three weeks."
    I'm not sure what you mean here? Is your grandson coming to visit you in three weeks? Or, will he stay with you for that amount of time? Will he visit you for three weeks? Notice the preposition being used in my examples: "for."

    3. You wrote: "One of the places that we will visit would be Statue of Liberty, taken Staten Island Ferry..."
    You correctly used the future tense "will" but followed it by using "would." I think you chose "would" because "will" sounds very certain and "would" feels less certain? I suggest either saying "One of the places we plan to visit" or "hope to visit" or "would like to visit." Saying "we will visit" isn't wrong because the listener/reader understands that you meant "these are the plans we have." But the other choices are probably easier for you to work with.
    Also - notice the tense of "taken." Should it be a past participle?  And don't forget the articles - "the Statue of Liberty" and "the Staten Island Ferry."

    4. You wrote: "Also, we are looking for an Airbnb not so expensive near the beach."
    Since "not so expensive" is about the Airbnb - it needs to come before the noun. If you take away the "not so" and just write "an Airbnb inexpensive" - you'll see why it's wrong. In English, the modifier (in this case, the adjective) goes before the noun: "an inexpensive Airbnb." Or, as you wrote it - "a not so expensive Airbnb."

    5. You wrote: "...and learning how to draw face"
    Will you be learning how to draw faces with a Microsoft application? Sounds interesting. In this case, you would either say "learning how to draw faces" or "how to draw a face." You could either make it singular or plural but if it's one face - you need an article.

    6.  You wrote: "As usual, I will take pictures to New York city from Weehawken city. I love the view of NYC, from here, any time."
    If you're taking pictures to somewhere - that means you are transporting the pictures. If you're taking pictures of something - that means you're taking photos. In this case, the preposition you use changes the meaning of what you're doing. 

    I hope these corrections are helpful! 
       
    ]]>     2021-06-12 12:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1602457646     https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1603565394 Beatriz
    I will take  a vacation in August. The summer in Madrid is too hot, I don't like it  because I have an atopic skin and the hot weather isn't good for me. I prefer the winter.
     I'm going to travel to Barcelona  to visit my sister in law.
    My daugther Ari will come with me only for afew days because she works every weekend. But we can do it! Other week, we are going to visit her  best friend in Valencia and them we are going to Empuria Brava Beach to visit my nephew, he works like a barman attendant at the beach.
    This summer looks grateful and amazing!

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    Beatriz,
    I'm sorry to hear that your skin condition is worsened by the hot weather. That can certainly take some of the joy out of your summertime activities. But those do sound like really great trips! And, however brief they might be, the trips with your daughter promise to be very special, especially in this time of COVID (or post-COVID, depending on how Spain is doing these days). The chance to visit your nephew at the beach sounds like it will be a lot of fun! I'll focus on several items from your paragraph. I hope you'll find my feedback helpful!

    CORRECTIONS:
    You wrote: "I don't like it  because I have an atopic skin and ..."
    There's a word missing from the phrase: we would normally say "...an atopic skin condition.

    Be careful of spelling errors: "My daugther Ari will come with me only for afew days. (daughter) (a few days).

    "Other week, we are going to visit..."  I wonder if you meant "Another week..."? "Other week" is not a standard English expression for starting a phrase.

    You wrote: "...we are going to visit her  best friend in Valencia and them we are going..."  Look out for typos - "them" should be "then."

    Finally, you wrote:
    "... Empuria Brava Beach to visit my nephew, he works like a barman attendant at the beach.
    This summer looks grateful and amazing!"

    "he works as a bartender at the beach..." ("like" and "as" can be hard to distinguish).

    This sentence might work better as: "...and then we're going to Empuria Brava Beach, because my nephew works there as a bartender..." It feels a little more natural to use a contraction (we're) and I re-wrote it so the word "beach" only appears once. I always encourage students to use contractions more often when speaking and writing - it's something native speakers and fluent speakers of English do a lot! For example, read my comments here - you'll find many contractions.   

    In "This summer looks grateful and amazing." This is a word choice error: the word "grateful" means "thankful." I'm curious about the choice of "looks" here. Did you mean "This summer looks like it will be amazing."? 

    I hope the feedback is helpful!]]>     2021-06-13 18:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1603565394     Kati https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1608545885 In July i will go to visit my cousin  just for the weekend, because i dont have summer vacation but i hope enjoy the weekend spending time whit my family.

    This summer in Mexico city it was so hot since last sunday      it´s raining all the time, for mi is better i dont like the hots days.
    if the rain stop i will go with my dog ​​this sunday at the park and take some delicious food out of the house, or maybe we will stay at the home because this weekend its fathers day in mexico, and the restaurants are full

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    Kati,
    Since it's now July, I wonder if you've already visited your cousin? If so, I hope it was a great weekend!

    I would love to know more about Mexico City! It's been very hot and very rainy in NYC so far this summer so I can relate to what you're saying. How does your dog feel about walking in the rain? My dog doesn't like it :)

    CORRECTIONS:
    My first note is to say that I understood everything you wrote - you successfully communicated your ideas. That's important! 

    You wrote: "...i dont have summer vacation but i hope enjoy the weekend spending time whit my family." 
    I want to remind you to use a capital "I" when you write in the first person. 
    I was glad to see the contraction "don't" - but don't forget to use an apostrophe between the "n" and the "t". 
    When you wrote "i hope enjoy" - there's something missing. When you write or say "I hope" and then follow it with another verb, that verb needs to be in the infinitive form - it needs to have "to" in front. So - "I hope to enjoy..."
    -spelling: with 

    When you wrote: "This summer in Mexico city it was so hot since last sunday it´s raining all the time..."
    This summer it was so hot -> that needs a different verb form. You might not have learned it yet. It's called present perfect. I'll talk about it in an upcoming class. I'll just say this - the summer is happening right now. It's in the present not the past. You used "was" and that's a past tense verb form. If you use the present perfect form, it would be: "This summer in Mexico City has been so hot. Since last Sunday, it's been raining all the time..." "has been" is in the present perfect (has/have + past participle). ("It's been raining" is a different form).

    You wrote: "...since last sunday it's raining all the time, for mi is better i dont like the hots days." Notice that the "s" in Sunday needs to be capitalized. 
    You're missing the pronoun "it" when you wrote "for mi is better" - "For me, it is better..." or "For me it's better..." (what's better? the fact that it's raining all the time).
    Also - unlike Spanish, we don't need to have agreement between subjects/objects and the adjectives that describe them - so, "hot days" not "hots days" in "I don't like the hot days."

    Finally - you wrote: "...if the rain stop i will go with my dog ​​this sunday at the park." 
    Rain is a singular noun so it takes a singular verb form: "stops." 
    And - you will go with your dog TO the park, not at the park. That's one of those Spanish-English mistakes that everyone makes. It's very hard to know which preposition to use (for me, a similar difficulty in Spanish is often "por" or "para"). So - the corrected sentence is: "...if the rain stops, I'll go with my dog to the park this Sunday."

    I hope the corrections are helpful! ]]>     2021-06-15 21:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1608545885     Jisun jjsunnyj https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1608854909 Honestly speaking, I don't know yet. Because our family still be careful to covid. I have two sons, 4 years and 7 years old. They still can't get a vaccine and lots of people not wearing a mask. I know CDC said people who have vaccinated don't need to wear a mask. My husband and I try to wear a mask even though fully vaccinated. 

    The good thing is I live in Connecticut.  Beach is only taking 15mintes from my house. Beach belongs to the town so not very crowded. We often went to beach last summer. 

    Our family went to Legoland NY 2times.  It required a mask so I feel a little bit more comfortable than another place. Must be we will go often. 

    Maybe we are going to Maine national park.  But it is just brainstorming we don't have a specific plan. 

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    Jisun,
    It's so difficult to know what to do or not do when it comes to COVID. I hope your summer has been going better at this point.

    Having a beach nearby is wonderful! I went to the beach when I was in California visiting my parents. It felt great!

    CORRECTIONS:
    I applaud your use of contractions in your writing and speaking and encourage you to keep it up! 
    So, in that last paragraph, you wrote: "Maybe we are going to Maine national park.  But it is just brainstorming we don't have a specific plan."
    You can use "Maybe we'll go to Maine National Park" - notice I've changed it to the future tense and I've used a contraction. 
    Then you wrote: "But it is..." You can use "But it's..." and that would sound more natural. 

    You wrote: "Honestly speaking, I don't know yet. Because our family still be careful to covid. I have two sons, 4 years and 7 years old. They still can't get a vaccine and lots of people not wearing a mask." 
    A few things about that paragraph. First, I understood it all, so take heart! Second, it would help if you connected those sentences: 
    "Honestly speaking, I don't know yet because our family still be careful to covid. I have two sons, 4 years and 7 years old and they still can't get a vaccine and lots of people not wearing a mask." 
    Third, "our family still be careful" - you need a verb for what your family is doing. So, "our family is still being careful." Excellent work in knowing to use "still be careful" - in that case "being" is a gerund. I would read a little about gerunds to try to understand when they're used. Fourth, this sentence is similar but you correctly used the gerund! "and lots of people not wearing a mask." You needed a plural verb (are) after the subject "lots of people..." So: "lots of people are not wearing a mask." Do you see the parallel with "our family is still being careful."? Both sentences have the same structure with a verb and a gerund. 

    You needed a subject and a verb when you wrote: "My husband and I try to wear a mask even though fully vaccinated."
    "...even though we are fully vaccinated."

    When you wrote: "The good thing is I live in Connecticut.  Beach is only taking 15mintes from my house. Beach belongs to the town so not very crowded. We often went to beach last summer." 
    I'm going to correct it - see if you can find the difference and why my version is a little different:
    The good thing is I live in Connecticut. The beach is only 15 minutes from my house. The beach belongs to the town so it's not very crowded. We often went to the beach last summer. 

    You wrote: "Must be we will go often." That's a little confusing and it's non-standard English. We do say "Maybe we will go often" but not "Must be we well go often."

    You wrote: "But it is just brainstorming we don't have a specific plan."
    But this is just brainstorming - we don't have...
    OR
    But I'm just brainstorming
    OR
    But we're just brainstorming 

    I hope that's helpful. 

    Thanks Peggy!! It help a lot!! See you. ]]>     2021-06-16 01:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1608854909     Angela https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1609204888 I'm gonging to work during this summer and visit colleges that my daughter is applying to near California.It is going to be a good chance for me know about colleges. My husband will go to Indiana state for a business trip in the summer. I would like to go with him to see there. I've never been Indiana, but I have to work.

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    Angela,
    I'm sure it'll be tough to balance your work commitments with the school visits but that's so great! How exciting to be able to see your daughter taking her first steps into adulthood! Those college visits were a major milestone for me and my family. I still remember the experience - the memory is so vivid. I was excited and very nervous at the same time. 

    I'm sorry you won't be able to visit Indiana with your husband. Hopefully, you'll get the chance to go somewhere else with him. 

    CORRECTIONS:
    I'm a little unsure about where the colleges are? Are they in California near where you live? Or are they in another state, near California (like, Oregon)?

    You wrote: "I'm gonging to work during this summer and visit colleges that my daughter is applying to near California."
    Spelling error: going

    You wrote: "It is going to be a good chance for me know about colleges." 
    You need to make "know" into an infinitive "to know" as in "It is going to be a good chance for me to know..." 
    -Word choice: I would also change "to know" - into "to learn"  
    I also recommend using more a contractions in your writing and speaking - it will sound more natural and authentic. 
    So: It's going to be a good chance for me to learn about colleges.
     
    Another word for "chance" is "opportunity" - "It's going to be a good opportunity for me to learn about colleges."

    You wrote: "My husband will go to Indiana state for a business trip in the summer. I would like to go with him to see there. I've never been Indiana, but I have to work."
    A few corrections are needed here: you don't need to use the word "state" since Indiana is a state. Also, when we use "Indiana State" - that usually means the university, Indiana State University in Terre Haute. For example, "Michigan State" means the university called Michigan State (and should not to be confused with the University of Michigan - a different university!). Not every state has a college or university with the name "state" after it - but Indiana does.
    So - you would write: "My husband will go to Indiana for a business trip in the summer."
    Then - "I would like to go with him to see there." 
    "...to see there." is not standard English. 
    Here's my suggestion: 
    I'd like to go with him since I've never been there but I have to work.

    You wrote: I've never been Indiana, but I have to work.

    -Don't forget the preposition "to" "I've never been to Indiana" 

    I hope that's helpful!]]>     2021-06-16 04:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1609204888     Ileana https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1610318581 I am planning to spend a few days on the beach in Acapulco with my family. It will be the first time for my daughter  playing with sand and the sea so i hope she enjoys the experience.  

    I have a lot of work so I do not think I will have many days off but I think that I can planning something different to share time with my family. 

    To be honest, I am not used to make different plans for the summer but I think  it will change as soon as Ivana, my daughter, start to go to school. 

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    Ileana,
    I wonder if you've gone to Acapulco already? A few days on the beach in Acapulco sounds wonderful! All the more so because it's your daughter's very first time! How exciting - the first time a child does something like that can be so memorable. I remember the first time my nephew had ice cream. We have a photo of it!

    CORRECTIONS:
    I understood most of what you wrote - so, that's great!

    You wrote: "It will be the first time for my daughter  playing with sand and the sea so i hope she enjoys the experience."
    "...playing with sand and the sea." I wasn't sure if you meant "first time for my daughter playing with sand" or "playing in the sand and the ocean..."? In the U.S. - we don't tend to use the word sea as often as we use ocean. The sea has a more poetic sound to it: "playing in the sea." In everyday conversation, we'd say "playing in the ocean." To "play with sand" is a little different than "to play in the sand." Both are correct but they have slightly different meanings. A child  could play with a friend in the sand (or on the beach). Or - two children could play with sand (to make a sand castle, for example). Does that make sense?

    You wrote: "I have a lot of work so I do not think I will have many days off but I think that I can planning something different to share time with my family."
    First - try using more contractions. Like this: I don't think I'll have many days off. Native speakers use contractions a lot - in writing and speaking. Some writing (legal documents and academic writing) is more formal and then contractions aren't used as often. But - try to use them more often! It's an easy way to sound more fluent.

    "...I think that I can planning something different to share time with my family." 
    When we use "can" - we don't use the present progressive (verb+ing) to follow it. After "I can" you need the base form of the verb - in this case, plan. "I think that I can plan something different..." I would add "in order to" share time with my family. "In order to" is a useful connecting phrase.

    You wrote: "To be honest, I am not used to make different plans for the summer but I think  it will change as soon as Ivana, my daughter, start to go to school."

    When we say "used to" or "not used to" the next verb is always in the -ing form (called a gerund). So: To be honest, I'm not used to making plans for the summer..."
    I'm not sure why you used "different" in this sentence?
    "but I think it will change..." 
    I cannot tell you the reason (grammatically) - but "it" needs to be "that" - as in "but I think that will change...". You were correct to represent the idea "not used to making plans" with a noun (it), so that was well done. But - "it" needs to be "that."

    You wrote: "...will change as soon as Ivana, my daughter, start to go to school." 
    If I write "Ivana start to go to school" - do you notice an error? Look at the verb "start." I start, you start, he starts, she starts, we start, you (pl) start, they start. So - Ivana starts. 

    I hope that's helpful!]]>     2021-06-16 16:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1610318581     Diana https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1610414764 I have not thougt about that so maybe I will not do anything different, only stay with my family and spend time in the house 

    Also in the following months I return to work at the office so I have to prepare myself haha 

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    Diana,
    A few weeks have passed since this Padlet was posted. Did you make any plans? Have you done anything different than you did last summer? I'm planning to visit friends and family in the New York area. What about you?

    CORRECTIONS:
    -spelling (thought)

    I suggest you use more contractions in your writing and speaking. In casual conversation it's more common for native speakers. So, it's an easy way to sound more fluent! For example, you wrote: "I have not thought about that" You can use: "I haven't thought about that" 
    And you wrote: "...maybe I will not do anything different." 
    You can use a contraction here: "maybe I won't do anything different."

    Hope that's helpful!]]>     2021-06-16 16:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1610414764     Zaki https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1611341531 I’m traveling to LA next week, It is a city that I don‘t know so I am excited for the trip.
    After my trip I will be working a lot tryign to make my bussiness healthy again because of the bad pandemic year.
    I have a bussines trip in July so I will go out again for one weekend an then I will go to the beach in August with my family.
    And I think that is all for now about my summer plans.

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    Zaki,
    I'm so sorry that the pandemic has hurt your business. It sounds like you're working hard to get things back on track.

    I hope the trip to L.A. went well. Have you already taken your July business trip?

    It's great that you've added some time for relaxation to your summer. I hope it'll be restful and fun!

    CORRECTIONS:
    As with almost everyone else in class - I recommend that you use more contractions in your speaking and writing. We don't use them as much in formal business writing, legal documents and academic writing but in everyday conversations, native speakers use contractions a lot! They will help you to sound more fluent.

    You wrote: "I’m traveling to LA next week, It is a city that I don‘t know so I am excited for the trip."
    The first word has a contraction "I'm" and so was "don't" - that's great! How about this - "It's a city that I don't know so I'm excited for the trip.

    Next you wrote: "After my trip I will be working a lot tryign to make my bussiness..."
    -spelling: trying and business
    "I will be working a lot..." is correct but "I'll be working" sounds more natural.

    You wrote: "I have a bussines trip in July so I will go out again..." 
    - spelling: business
    -adverb: "so I'll go away again..." We say "go out" for things like "Let's go out to dinner" or "I go out to California twice a year to visit my parents."
    You wrote: "...for one weekend an then I will go to the beach in August with my family.
    And I think that is all for now about my summer plans."
    -spelling: and
    -contraction: then I'll go to the beach...
    -contraction: I think that's all for now about my summer plans.

    I hope that's helpful!]]>     2021-06-17 02:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1611341531     Magda mcorridore https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1612409266 For this summer I still have no plans. My family will arrive from Venezuela at the end of June and I hope to finally find them a new home before they arrive.

    However, I would like to go to the beach with David for a few days, we have talked to go to San Sebastian, although we have nothing concrete.

    Among my plans is to continue with the English classes, the Finance course that I started a couple of months ago and I am considering enrolling in a Python + AI programming course.

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    Magda,
    I hope your family is now settled in and that you were able to find a comfortable home for them. That sounds very challenging for everyone. I'm sure they're very grateful to have your help in their transition to a new life in Spain.

    It sounds like you're taking a lot of classes this summer. I hope you'll have a chance to get away to San Sebastian or another place! I need a rest just reading about all that work!

    CORRECTIONS:
    I think I made this note on everyone's Padlet - your writing and speaking will flow more naturally and sound more authentic and fluent if you use contractions more often.

    For example, you wrote:
    "However, I would like to go to the beach with David for a few days, we have talked to go to San Sebastian, although we have nothing concrete."
    - I'd like to go to the beach
    -we've talked about going
    Notice - we use a preposition (about) after the verb. For example: "Let's talk about this next week." 
    The word "going" looks like a verb but in this case - it's a gerund.

    Last contraction suggestion:
    "I'm considering enrolling..."

    I hope that's helpful! ]]>     2021-06-17 14:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1612409266     Elba elbaarraiz45 https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1635903512 Summer
    Here in Madrid, summer means vacation for most of the people. I don't know yet what will I do. But I would like to spend some days in Estepona a little city ubicated near Marbella in the south of Spain. 
    In this moment Estepona is a very special place for me, because my son is living there. Besides that, is a pintoresque city, with narrow streets decorated with colorful flowers. It's a place where the tourists can enjoy delicious meals in a variety of restaurants with european style.
    I like sun and beach, so I'll be happy there in Estepona, where every day are sunny, and in summe,r there is sunlight until 10:30 pm, so I could walk and drink some wine or cup of beer nearby the beach.

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    Elba,
    Southern Spain has so many charming cities, villages and towns - I was able to visit Granada, Cordoba and Sevilla in 2007. I've never heard of Estepona but it sounds lovely and now I want to go there! I hope you get to visit your son and enjoy the beach - including a late evening stroll after a glass of wine or some beer! Sounds heavenly! 

    CORRECTIONS:
    You wrote: "I don't know yet what will I do. 
    -Syntax (word order) - "I don't know yet what I will do." If you write "what will I do?" - that's a question. For example: What will you do this summer? Notice the order (wh- question; future form; subject; main verb).

    As with everyone else on this Padlet, your writing (and your speaking) will sound more authentic and fluent if you add more contractions.

    A few examples:   
    "I don't know yet what will I do. But I would like to spend some..."
    You used "don't" - that's great!
    You could also write:
    "I don't know yet what I'll do but I'd like to spend some..."

    You wrote: "Here in Madrid, summer means vacation for most of the people."
    - summer means vacation for most people. (you don't need "of the" here)

    "But I would like to spend some days in Estepona a little city ubicated near Marbella in the south of Spain."

    -what is "ubicated"? I think you meant "located"?

    You wrote: "Besides that, is a pintoresque city, with narrow streets decorated with colorful flowers."
    -"Besides that, is a..." You need a subject here: Besides that, it is (or,  with the contraction: "it's a picturesque city...")
    -spelling: picturesque 

    You wrote: "I like sun and beach, so I'll be happy there in Estepona..."

    Sometimes, we don't use articles "Sun and sand are my two favorite things in the world!" If you were saying it as part of a list: "I like sun, sand and siestas when I'm on vacation!" - that works. But in your sentence, "I like sun and beach" - you need "the" for both (the sun and the beach).

    You wrote: "where every day are sunny," 
    -every is a singular adjective - it's one of a group, like "each." So, it should say "every day is sunny,"

    You wrote: "and in summe,r there is sunlight until 10:30 pm, so I could walk and drink some wine or cup of beer nearby the beach."
    -spelling: summer
    -another chance for a contraction "there's sunlight until..."
    -"wine or cup of beer nearby the beach." This sentence could be written a few different ways:
    "so I could walk and drink some wine or beer near the beach."
    OR
    "so I could walk and drink some wine or a beer near the beach."
    OR
    "so I could walk and drink some wine or a glass/mug/bottle of beer near the beach."

    I think you'll have a great time in Estapona! Hope the notes are helpful!]]>     2021-07-03 21:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/suttp258/8p2zoqxjr5f6itsp/wish/1635903512