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Hey guys wsssssupppppp??

How was your weekend? Mine was perfect! And lucky me has an extra day off tomorrow!

Last Friday I went to ANNO in Almere Stad and had drinks with friends from the gym where I used to work out. It wasn't really a special occasion, just a get together with friends.

Saturday I again had drinks, this time at Le Baron. After the drinks I went to the movie "Savages", which means something like wild people. It was a really good movie, I would recomment it to you if you were a little bit older... Well, maybe you can ask your parents if you can watch it.

I just went through your blogs and I had a blast reading them. Some of you really know how to write a short text! My compliments!! Other obviously had some struggles creating a cohesive text, but you'll learn how to this year. Unfortunately, I still couln't read all your blogs, so I hope to fix that next lesson. I made a grid where I can fill in what you wrote. This way I can keep track on what work you have done.

I have thought about how I will grade and correct your work. I have an idea, but I like to hear what you think I should be doing. Great teacher eh??

I think it will be good if I share some personal information with you too. In every blog I will write something about myself. Let's begin where it all started. I was born in Amsterdam on November 24 1989 at the Slotervaartziekenhuis. I lived with my parents in a flat. I didn't have brothers or sisters (I still haven't) but we did have a cat. Because my parents did not want to live in a neighbourhood with much traffic and little space to play we moved to Almere when I was 3 years old. Curious what happened next? Read my next blog.

Take care and see you Tuesday,

Mike

Meester Mike's first blog!!

What's up ladies and champs!

Welcome to my first ever blog! It took some time to find a good place to write blogs and then it took me a while to find out how everything works... I think I'm getting old...

Anyhow, this blog is meant for you to improve your writing skills. I will read all your blogs but I will not check them on spelling, grammar and such. It could be possible that in class I will read a blog with you and mention some errors. Your blogs will be graded.You may think "Why do I have to write blogs?" I'll explain. When talking about the speaking skill teachers can say that in order to reach accuracy you first need to have achieved fluency. So if you want to be perfect you have to practice first. We will apply this to the writing skill.

You can blog about anything you like. Examples are school, sports, free time, work, hobbies, animals. Also you can write about things that happened in the past (when you were young) or things that happen in your private life. I'd like to read something that's more private once in a while. Of course, if you think your private life is none of my business, you can blog about regular stuff. Your blog, your rules. Your blog must contain about 220-270 words. You can type your blog here and then copy paste is to Word (to count your words). Do not write your blog in Word (because of spelling check).

Apart from me and the persons you invite to your blog, no one will read them (you have to have the right settings about privacy).

I hope you will like this as much as I do, and I also hope this will become a success. Be sure to visit my blog for updates as well!!

If you have questions, just send me an e-mail.

Take care,

meester Mike