Correction of the 1st SA

Amber ****

Street 6

England

Dear Amber,

I hope you are fine. I'm very sorry for writing back so late, but I had a bad period because of my family.
My older brother Jack told me a secret and I promised him that I wouldn't tell anyone about it, but I really had to say it to Dad, because it could have been dangerous to Jack. I only wanted the best for Jack and I was so upset when Dad shoutet at Jack and afterwards he blamed me for the chaos. I really love my brother. And I was so angry with dad. Do you want to know the best part of this story? A couple of day later I found out that Dad behaved even worse when he was a youngster! In my opinion Dad only needed to let out his anger about Mum. For some years they don't see eye to eye on many things. My dad is a pig-headed person and very often bad tempered. But I can always talk to him in a normal way. That is a big problem in our family. No one, except me, says so if something is wrong. In my opinion everyone should immediately say when they have problems with something.
But now I'll come to the end of my sad letter to my best friend.
Yours,
Zoey xoxo

November 24, 2008

Camp Sunside

Wallstreet 1

New Jersey

Dear Madam June,

Job application

I was very pleased to read about your vacancy. My name is Chantal Werle and I've heard many good things about the "Super Camps". I would like to work there, because I'm very sociable and I love children. I've been working with children since I took the matura in "BORG Götzis". Your vacancy sounds like what I was searching for. My mother is a secretary and sometimes I help her with work and I'm very good at organizing and planning events.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Chantal Werle

Speak (describe character)

The main character, Melinda Sordinho, is a very tragic person. Before the party and the thing which happened there, Melinda was a normal teenager. She had friends and was almost happy. But after Andy raped her she was not the same again. She got split up. One part of her wanted to tell everyone what happened. But the other more stronger part in her kept silent. So she seems to be a very melancholic and ironic person now. This is the reason why a new friend of Melinda's, Heather, broke up the friendship. But it seemed that Melinda don't really like her. She was only her friend, because Heather was the only person in her age who talked to her in a normal way. Rachel was Melinda's best friend in the past. But after the party she avoids her. Melinda tried to speak to her, but Rachel (who is now called Rachelle!) didn't speak to her. The only two people Melinda really liked was her lab partner David Petrakis and Mr. Freeman. When David fought against the social teacher Mr. Neck and his rassism, Melinda said to herself that David would be her hero. But she never wanted him as a boyfriend. Only as a good friend. She was too afraid of boys since the party. Mr. Freeman was Melinda's art teacher and he knew that there was something wrong with Melinda. He was always nice to her and saw big potential in her drawing. Melinda really liked him. And at the end she even told him what was on her mind. The parents of Melinda also knew that Melinda wasn't the same again but they didn't ask her what's wrong. They only said to the headmaster that it was his and the teacher's fault that Melinda was so depressive. In the end, when Melinda told what happened, her friends first didn't believe her. Rachel thought that Melinda was only jeaulous. But then all stood behind Melinda and everybody hated Andy.

Speak (book review)

“Speak” was written by Laurie Halse Andersson. Speak is her best known book. She says that the character of Melinda, the main character, came to her in a nightmare. Other novels of Andersson are: Fever 1793, Catalyst, Prom...

Melinda Sordinho used to be a normal teenager until she went to a party with their friends in the summer before school start. There she got raped by a boy called Andy. She called the police, because she didn't know what to do. Some people got arrested. Then everybody started to hate Melinda because of that. But at first she couldn't tell anybody what really happened. Her friends didn't speak to her anymore. She was all alone. She couldn't even speak to her parents because they wouldn't listen or understand anything. On the first school day a girl named Heather sat next to Melinda and started to be her friend. But after a little time Heather broke up the friendship because she wanted to stay with "cooler" friends like the Marthas and she thought that Melinda was too depressive for her. Melinda got a new lab partner, David Perkins. First it seemed that he didn't like her. But then he invited her to a little party at his house. But she couldn't go because of what happened on the party. She was too afraid. The only place she felt a little bit safe was a secret room in her school. There she had all her "tree" pictures which she painted in her art class with her favourite teacher teacher, Mr. Freeman. In the meantime Melinda's ex best friend Rachel/Rachelle had a new boyfriend: Andy. One part of Melinda told her to tell Rachel about Andy and the other part of her wanted to hurt her. But in the end she told her that Andy has raped her on the party. First Rachel didn't believe her and called her a lyer and thought Melinda was only jealous. At the prom party she broke up with Andy and told him what Melinda have told her. Andy got very angry and followed Melinda the next day in school into her secret room and started to hit her and also called her a lyer. Melinda started to scream and wanted to cut his throat with a sharp triangle of glass. but she didn't do it and opened the door. There stood Melinda's ex friend Nicole and the whole lacrosse team with a stick in each hand. The ending scene was when Melinda told Mr. Freeman what happened.

Correction of the second SA

Come and take a virtual tour with me! We are now at the bus station in the Drummer Street, which is called this way, because there was built the first Drummer store. Straight ahead you can see the Lion Yard Shopping centre, which is a popular meeting point for young people. We are now walking to the Whipple Museum. It has a history of science museum which is very interesting. But we don't have to rush because on Monday until Friday it is open from 12:30 until 4:30. And the best thingis: Entry is free. But let's move on! At the end of the Pembroke Street we turn right. On the right side you can see the very famous Corpus Christi College. It was founded in 1352 and if you want to take a rest then you can go into the nice court which is in the middle of the college. We pass St. Catherines and the King's street. At the opposite side of the Senate house there is a market with many shops like art and craft shops and stalls selling vegetables. It's a nice place to meet the people of the town and make smalltalk. At the end of Trinity street we turn into Green Street. There you can see Trinity College, which is very famous. It was founded in 1546. Now we turn left into Sidney street and at the beginning of Bridge street we turn right into Jesus lane. After a short walk we can se Wesley House, where the famous bookwriter John Wesley lived. Now he has a beautiful house in L.A. At the end of the street we turn right. Now you can see the big Grafton Shopping centre. There you can find all the things you wish! Book shops, Pet shops, Electric stores, etc... The toilets are very clean and there's even a big cinema where you can watch many different movies: Bollywood, Thriller, Comeds... But let's walk on! After a 5 minute walk down Drummer street we are at the Bus station again. I hope you've enjoyed our short trip!