1)History was my favourite subject in my academic year and I have learned so many things from the history books I read and learned from teachers related to history and they were so interesting that I later did my graduation majoring History.

Learning about the past history is something that gives us real knowledge about our country, the world and about the human race. I read History in my grade 7 and found it very interesting. This subject taught us about the past of your world, how the social and economic condition was and how the world has been shaped by the different events throughout the time. After that, I become so interested in this subject that I started reading books on History from different writers. There is a famous saying that "to shape the future you must know the past" and history teaches us that. I had been lucky to have some great teachers who have a tremendous way of explaining the topics of History. To me, other subjects like literature and Math were also interesting but I felt a different passion on History.

After I finished my school, I took History as my major and that has greatly influenced me the way I look at the world and to the past and future. Reading and learning history was like travelling through time and generations that excited me so much.

2)Would your students benefit from participation in a study group? Are you too busy to organize and supervise study groups for students in your courses? I’m guessing the answer to both questions is yes. If so, here are some ways teachers can encourage and support student efforts to study together without being “in charge” of the study groups.

Promote study groups – First, include a list of reasons why students should join study groups in the syllabus or on the course website. Maybe there’s a short podcast available in which you talk about the usefulness of study groups. Better yet, if you’ve got some students who studied together in a previous course, ask them to make some comments about their experiences. Second, talk regularly in class about study groups. You can repeat all the benefits, suggest activities that involve good group study strategies, or propose some things they could study together (like problems they could solve, questions they could discuss). You also can solicit feedback from study groups in class or mention content you discussed with a group during office hours.

Make study groups an option – Encourage students to organize their own groups, but offer to help with the process. Nudge them with reminders, such as “Send me an email if you’re interested in being part of a study group.” Have study groups “register” their members, and then report on meeting times and activities. Suggest study activities for the group (ideas like those offered in the next item). Invite the group to meet with you during office hours or to send questions electronically. Offer registered study groups that report regular meetings a bonus point incentive depending on the average of their individual test grades. Let all students know that joining a study group is an option throughout the course.

Demonstrate the value of a study group – Too often when students study together, it’s pretty much a waste of time. If they’re reviewing for a test, they talk about how it can’t possibly be that hard and thereby relieve themselves of the need to study. Or they “go over” their notes, reading what they’ve written but never with any discussion. Group studying is too often accompanied by eating, texting, and regular side conversations.

In order for students to get the most value from their study sessions, you’ll need to help them come up with a different set of strategies. You can do so by holding a review session and asking students to form potential study groups (it’s up to them if they want to meet as a group more often). Give the groups tasks like these: 1) For three minutes everybody reviews their notes and lists five things they think will be on the test and then for five minutes they share lists and create a group list of the items most often mentioned. During the exam debrief, students revisit their list of things they expected to see on the exam. Were those things on the exam? 2) Everybody takes three minutes and writes a question about some content they don’t understand or wish they understood better. The group devotes a specified amount of time to each question, looking for relevant content in their notes and the text. 3) The group has 20 minutes to make one crib sheet that everyone in that group can use during the exam.

Offer proof that study groups improve performance – Compare the scores, points, or grades of those working in study groups with those who aren’t. These are data which should be collected across several sections of the course.

Define study groups broadly – Students tend to think of study groups for exam preparation, but that isn’t the only kind of student collaboration that promotes learning. If there are regularly assigned readings for the course, students can get together to discuss the reading. Again you might let them do this first in class with a good set of prompts so they see how dialogue can enrich and deepen their understanding of the assigned material. Readings are easily discussed in virtual environments, which means the group doesn’t have to find a time when everybody can meet. If various writing assignments are required in the course, students can form peer editing groups. Rubrics, checklists, and prompts can help them get beyond superficial feedback (“you might need a comma here”) to the kind of helpful critique that improves the writing.

I usually get up at 5:30 in the morning. After washing my face and brushing my teeth, I do morning exercises for fifteen minutes. Then I have breakfast with Mum and Dad at 6:15 and leave home for school at 6:30. My classes start at 7:00 and end at 11:15. After that I go home, and have lunch with my family at 12:00. After lunch I usually have a short rest. I study my lessons , read books, and do homework from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. I often play badminton with my friends on the ground at 4:30. I come back home and have dinner at 6:00 p.m. After dinner, I often watch the news on TV for thirty minutes. Then I prepare for the new lessons and go to bed at 10:30 p.m

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1. The weather is fine , but Thu is still bringing a raincoat with her.

=> Although________the weather is fine, Thu is still bringing a raincoat with her__________

2. "Do your homework , son", said the mother.

=> The mother told__her son to do his homework_

3. No other members in thr class are as tall as Lucie is.

=> Lucie is the___tallest members in the class__

4. When was the last time you watched an action movie?

=> When did___you last see an action movie?

4. "What time does your class start?" she asked her son.

-> She asked__her son what time his class started__

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1. The weather is fine , but Thu is still bringing a raincoat with her.

=> Although______the weather is fine , thu is still bringing raincoat with her.____________

2. "Do your homework , son", said the mother.

=> The mother told____her son to do his homework_______

3. No other members in thr class are as tall as Lucie is.

=> Lucie is the______tallest student in her class_________

4. When was the last time you watched an action movie?

=> When did______you last watch an action movie__________

4. "What time does your class start?" she asked her son.

-> She asked______what time her son's class starts ____________

II. Imagine that you have recently visited a place of interest . In about 80 - 100 words, write a paragraph about your trip. Your paragraph may include:

When and where you went

How you got there

Who you went with

What the place was like

What you did there

Your impression of the place

The National Day 2/9 is the speacial day of our country. All of people are joyful, glad and have a lot of exciting plans like as : visitting Uncle’s Ho moselium, going to the movie theater or places of entertainment ... I just had a interesting trip in the Bat Trang pottery village on that day. But It must took two hours to go from here to there, therefore that juorney really made me very tired. We leaved at 6.30 am. It may be quite early. Because when we arrived there, a few stores still hadn’t opened yet. Finally we decided to go to the pottery nearly. Making pottery is the work which requires cleverness and creation. At the first time when I have seen the potters rotate the throwing and make potteries by their hand, I did think that it’s very simple to put the clay body on the turntable of throwing then control of your hand cleverly to create the shape you want. but I were wrong, in fact, if you‘re only careless a little your pottery’ll be out of shape. What a pity! I also tried to make a cup myself and it had never finished.
In the pottery, I sudden heard a sound “ Hi! Are you PTIT?” I looked up realizing that sound of Leo( another member of ELFs). That is real a interesting amazement in my trip. We had talked to each other happily.
After an hour, we went to paint statues. There were a lot of people like this art game. I must tried so much to get a sit and choose a statue I like best. Almost people concentraded all their mind on painting so much that they didn’t know everything around them. I chose a lovely frog. It seems to be quite like the one in my inventory of our forum. I painted it as carefullly as posssible. How hard the choice of colours was!. Eventualy, I made up my mind to paint the body’s frog in the green; the feet and hands in yellow, the mounth in red; the cheek in white and had more some red dots. Wao! I thought it was very cute!. I like it so much!. If you see it, you ‘ll certainly like it as me.
When we came back the the Bat Trang pottery market. There were a lot of people there. Most of the stores always crowed with buyers. The ceramic wares there were very plentiful and multiform which attractted the attention of domestic customs as well as international customs. With me the imperessional potteries were ceramic pictures, vases, bracelets, belt, ear-ring…and a lot of art statues which I had never seen before. There were many cute and lovely ceramic wares suitable of the girls. So It seems the girls like shopping there rather than the boys. I also bought a few lovely things made me pleasure. Speacial I bought a vase and a bundle of beautiful-decorated chopticks for my mother . I ‘m sure she ‘ll like it.
About 2 pm, we took a bus and come back home. That was a wonderful day. I’ll remember that interesting trip forever.

Topic 5 ;At first when I thought of purchasing a house, I wanted one that was neither too far nor too near a town. If it was too far, I may feel lonely and then, there was the question of transport. Finally, I chose an elevated, land enabling easy drainage and firm. The site is spacious allowing ground for the house and a decent big garden. I wanted an elegant look for the house I intended to build.

Topic 4 :

My house in the future will be a nice house on the ocean. There will have many tall trees and blue sea around my house. Special, in my future house, there will two floors with many room , modern equipment , many hi-tech robots to do the housework and a big sport yard on the second floors to play many sports. My future house will be a very beautiful and very quite.

hehe nhầm một tí

Bỏ chữ a ở câu cuối đi nhá

This travel guide is for people who want to visit Ha Long Bay, one of the seven natural wonders in the world. Ha Long Bay is located in Quang Ninh province which is in the north of Vietnam. It is nearly 200km from Hanoi. So it takes you about 4 hours by car. You can also travel there in a coach or even in a helicopter on Saturday. The best season to visit Ha Long is in summer when the weather is warm and sunny. Ha Long Bay has many beautiful caves and islands; therefore, you must take a boat trip to enjoy the view here. You certainly must take pictures to remember the trip better, too. If you are an active person, you must do the water sports here swimming, sailing, and windsurfing. One more thing, you must try the seafood here because it is incredibly fresh and delicious. With this travel guide, I hope that you will have a wonderful time here in the number one natural wonder of Vietnam.

This travel guide is for people who want to visit Ha Long Bay, one of the seven natural wonders in the world. Ha Long Bay is located in Quang Ninh province which is in the north of Vietnam. It is nearly 200km from Hanoi. So it takes you about 4 hours by car. You can also travel there in a coach or even in a helicopter on Saturday. The best season to visit Ha Long is in summer when the weather is warm and sunny. Ha Long Bay has many beautiful caves and islands; therefore, you must take a boat trip to enjoy the view here. You certainly must take pictures to remember the trip better, too. If you are an active person, you must do the water sports here swimming, sailing, and wind surfing. One more thing, you must try the seafood here because it is incredibly fresh and delicious. With this travel guide, I hope that you will have a wonderful time here in the number one natural wonder of Vietnam.

 - Where you went

 - Why you choose that place

 - What it was .

 - And who you would recommend that place to and why.

Last summer, I went to Da Lat City on a trip and I enjoyed it very much. I went there on the 30th of May and I stayed there for about 3 days. During the holiday, I did a lot of fun things like visiting the Strawberry Garden, eating delicious dishes, and going hiking with my dad on a mountain. I enjoyed the holiday at Da Lat City not just because I had an amazing time there, but I had a family bonding too. I love the trip very much.

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Talk about the Tet holiday in your country.
You should say:

- When it takes place?

=>Tuesday, February 1

. My family usually has a day off on the 28th of the New Year, so my parents often go to buy peach branches and kumquat trees on this day.

- Why it takes place?

=>Lunar New Year is a typical Tet holiday and depends on each country

- What the people do during this festival?

It is said that on the 1st of the Father's Day, the 2nd of the Mother's Day, and the 3rd of the Teacher's New Year, but in my place, all of my relatives celebrate in one day. Thus, my parents have time to congratulate colleagues and superiors

- and explain why this festival is important to you?

BECAUSE Every evening on the 30th of Tet, my whole family gathers around a pot of banh chung to chat and welcome the New Year's Eve moment, watch fireworks and pray for a peaceful new year. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I wore new clothes with my parents to wish them New Year's Eve, and received lucky money from grandparents and uncles at the beginning of the year. Those are very happy moments, I hope every New Year my family is as happy and warm as that

All of the special holidays in my country, I like Tet the most. Tet is an occasion to everyone get together in warm atmosphere. Before Tet holiday, Everyone prepares many things and decorates their house. I plant a lot of flowers in front of my house and buy many things such as clothes, foods. Besides, most of the streets also are decorated beautifully with colorful lights and flowers. During Tet, I spends more time on visiting my relatives, friends and colleagues. Especially, I give to each other the best wishes for the new year. Tet is an opportunity for children receive lucky money. There is a funny thing that people try to avoid argument or saying any bad things at Tet. I love Tet holiday!

In my country, the Tet holiday is a lovely cultural event. This day is for senior parents who have children and grandkids who live far away; it is a day when family gather, there are crackling fireworks, and youngsters play. People frequently visit their relatives to wish Tet, and everyone is dressed in lovely ao dai. Children are given fortunate money by grownups, who wish them well. As a result, Tet is a holiday that I like and holds great significance for myself and many others.

Tham khảo

Dear Hannah,

    There I was, taking a long-overdue holiday... staying in a luxurious hotel with a picturesque landscape spanning every direction from the balcony...

    Well... I'm not one to turn down a challenge, so I got directions, rented a bike, and started cruisin' the coast

  I was determined to reach my destination, though, and it was worth it. Just as the sun was setting. The beach came into view. Sunlight danced across the sea and the grains of sand glistened like white crystals 

      It was calling my name, so I leaned my bike against a palm tree and walked to the water's edge. Dipping my toes into the clear cool water, I sat on the shore. I watched crescent môn appeared from behind the shadows. 

    Looking forward to hearing from you

Hey Hannah!

I hope you're doing well. It's great to catch up with you. I wanted to share all the exciting details about my last holiday.

I went to the beautiful island of Bali in Indonesia. It was absolutely stunning! The beaches were pristine, and the lush greenery all around was breathtaking. I spent my days exploring the vibrant local markets, indulging in delicious Balinese cuisine, and soaking up the sun on the stunning beaches. I even had the opportunity to try out some surfing lessons, which was quite an adventure!

The highlight of my trip was definitely visiting the iconic Uluwatu Temple and witnessing the breathtaking sunset from there. The traditional dance performance at the temple was mesmerizing too.

Now, I'm eager to hear about your last holiday! Where did you go, and what did you do there? I'm sure you had an amazing time as well. Let's catch up soon and share our travel stories.

Take care and talk to you soon!

Warm regards,
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