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ESL NewsletterLevels 4-7Spring 2009
Volume 1, Issue 1Spring 2009 Term III 
Hi, my name isNorma Arreola andmy favorite holidayis Mother’s day. Wecelebrate mother’sday on May 10
th
 and the secondSunday of May. Onthe 10
th
becauseI’m from Mexicoand we celebratethis holiday on thisday. I also celebratemother’s day on thesecond weekend of May because we arehere the USA. Thelast time I cele-brated mother’s day was last May in At-lanta, Georgia. Ispent this day withmy husband, mytwo year-old daugh-ter, my older sisterand my mother. Ialways spend thisday with my hus-band and mydaughter. I love toeat at Olive Garden,an Italian restau-rant, so we alwaysgo there on thisday. This holiday isvery special for mebecause I get lots of presents and myfamily makes mefeel like a queen.During the nextone, we are going tobe at home, but forsure we are going tomy favorite restau-rant.
Written by Norma Arreola 
My Birthday 
byHector Giron
El Dia de la Familia 
by Karina
2 My Anniversary 
 by Ofelia Salazar
Christmas 
byCarlos Reyes
3 Christmas 
byGustavo Lopez
New Year’s Day 
by Juan Ramon
4 Christmas 
bySvetlana Alenina
Christmas 
byRosa Hernandez
5 New Year’s Day 
by Thanh Tran
Christmas 
by Erica Lozada 6
New Year’s Day 
by Co Truong
Christmas 
byElvia Rodriguez
 
7Christmas byElena BuelnaEl Dia del Niño byGuisela Acosta8
 
Inside this issue:
 
My Favorite Holiday
Special points of interest:
Read about our newpresident Mr. BarakObama on pages 12-13.
This holiday is very special  for me because I get lots of  presents and my family makes me feel like a queen.
 Thanksgiving byAdan Perez
 
9
Instructor: Eli Dinamarca Clarke 
Writing aboutMy Country
9
Using Comicsin the ESL Classroom
14 
Read about ourclass and theinstructor
18 
 
My Birthday by Hector Giron
My favoriteholiday is mybirthday. InMexico, I cele-brate my birth-day on thenight of Sep-tember 12
th
. Thelast time I cele-brated my birthday waslast September and I was in Oceanside,California. I spentthis holiday withmy friends andmy girlfriend. Fordinner, we ate po-zole and salad.We always haveMexican music. Icelebrate another yearGod has given me. I alsoget lots of presents andbecause is Mexican In-dependence’s month.For my next birthday, Imay go visit my familyback in Mexico
.
ate tuna salad, greensalad, beef with hot-pepers, roast beef andbroiled fish. As a des-sert, we ate pico degallo (salad fruit). Ispent this last holidaywith my family: mycousins, my mom , mydad , my aunts, my un-cles, my sisters andbrothers and mygrandparents. This dayis very special for mebecause that day allmy family gets to-gether. For this holidayI’ll go to Mexico whitmy parents.
El Dia de la FamiliaBy Karina Sandoval
My Favorite Holiday isEl Dia de la Familia(The day od the Fam-ily). The celebration ofmy favorite holiday isthe first of March. Thelast time I celebratedthis holiday was onMarch 1th 2008. We
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My favorite holiday is my birthday.
 
on the night December24
th
. I feel happy onthis day
.
My Favorite Holiday isChristmas. My wholefamily gets together andgive presents. We spendour money on presents,cards, food and drinks.We celebrate Christmas
My Favorite holidayis my anniversary.We celebrate our an-niversary on Febru-ary 18th. We cele-brated our anniver-sary last February(2008). I spent thisday with my hus-band and we ate deli-cious food. In themorning, we ategrilled fish with saladand rice. My hus-band loves dessert,so I made him a flan. This day is very spe-cial because we re-member the moment we got married. Forour next anniversary, we might stay here inOceanside andmaybe we will go to arestaurant and watch a movie afterthat.
My Anniversaryby Ofelia SalazarChristmas Dayby Carlos Reyes
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3
We spend our money on  presents, cards, food and drinks.
 This day is veryspecial because we rememberthe moment wegot married.
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