summary

This book is about a teenager who belongs to a poor family. Billy has a difficult life, his life at the school is not easy and he works because money is never enough in home. The mother and the elder brother Jud are Billy’s family. The father left the family long time ago, the mother is not able to guide the family and the elder brother has his owns problems. Billy feels lonely and there is no adult in charge of him. Billy is 15 years old and he knows his poor situation but he has a passion he wants to domesticate a specific hawk. Oneday Billy found a nest and he adopts a hawk. This issue become an important thing in Billy’s life. In addition Billy feels that domesticate this hawk is a mission and this situation will change his life.

checking blogs

To check others blogs was a good task. At the beginning I thought to check English grammar mistakes is too difficult for me. Finally I could see very clear the grammar structure mistakes . This issue produces more self confidence in my learning process. This positive effect is great for students, and it is totally creative.
The reader can know a little bit about the people behind the blogs. Consequently the activity is more attractive because the student is doing something in real life. Activities which involves real life are more attractive because they have a clear objective.

Checking

Cristina:
I could understand her message very well but she has a lot of grammar mistakes and it is normal in her level because some time ago I had the same mistakes, for example the excessive use of to, missing words and grammar order. Finally I think she is going to improve a lot in her English learning because she is happy and this means she has a lot of motivation in learning a new language.

Hector:
I think he can express his ideas in English very well he has grammar mistakes but he is going to improve his level very fast because he feels happy and his self confidence in his learning process is clear.