Easter at the Zoo - by Ilka

Last weekend was Easter. I was in Berlin at my aunt's. On Friday we went to the zoo, there we saw Knut. In the enclosure next to Knut was a brown bear. A little boy was standing in front of us near the brown bear and said to his mum: "Why has Knut become so brown?"

Jonas (11) - English

I am Jonas, I'm 11 years old. My hobbies are: football, table tennis, riding my bike, computer games, and I play the trumpet. I have two rabbits and a brother. I come here to learn English because my teacher in school is never there.

Vacances linguistiques - par Johanna

Pendant mes prochaines vacances d'été, j'irai en Angleterre avec ma copine pour apprendre l'anglais. Nous habiterons chez des familles anglaises. Je m'amuserai à la plage. Nous visiterons les vieux châteaux et les vieilles églises. Le séjour durera deux semaines et demie. Nous voyagerons en bus et nous prendrons le ferry.
Je suis heureuse de pouvoir y aller.

Boys' and Girls' Day - by Peter

If I was to organize a Boys' and Girls' Day at our company, I would show the kids the process of developing a new road construction machine.
I would start with a short presentation about the company I work for. Then, after breakfast, we would go to the construction area. Here is the first step of development. It's not so interesting for the kids because there is just a lot of computers. Then we would go to the production department, starting with the steel construction. There are a lot of machines and it's very interesting. When the tour is finished, I would ask the boys and girls what was interesting for them and if they want to look at the workplace once more. I would allocate the kids to their workplaces and pick them up at 2.00 pm.
In the end I would hand out some giveaways - and that's it!

Mi pueblo - por Daniel

Vivo en un pueblo pequeño. No hay ruido y hay pocos coches. Tiene sólo mil habitantes. Tiene un pequeño parque y una escuela. En mi pueblo no hay muchos turistas. Hay dos mercados y un mercado biológico. Es un lugar muy tranquilo y no hay muchas actividades.
Daniel

Pirates of the Atlantic - by Patrick

Patrick had to study for a test using the Simple Past and "pirates" vocab, here's what he worked out:

One day a sailing ship left the harbour of New York. On the ship was a rich family from Long Island. After a few hours, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, they could see a thunderstorm coming up at the horizon. Sharks were everywhere around the boat. Suddenly a ship approached. When it was quite near, they could see a skull on the flag flying from the mast. It was the "Witch of the Waves", the most feared ship in the world. Only the most terrifying pirates were on it. The family was scared by them. The pirates entered their sailing ship and kidnapped their eldest daughter. She was a beautiful girl with long blonde hair. Then they stole their money. They took the girl with them to an unknown island which you couldn't find on any map. On this island, there was a treasure in a cave 500 metres below the ground which was guarded by poisonous snakes.
The girl had to put up with the situation and she fell in love with the captain. They got married on the island and together they went on to rob many ships and got richer and richer.

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