Why do I want to be a vet?

When I was a child I imagined about the many professions to do when I grown up. I thought to become a fireman, a doctor or a lawyer. In highschool, I have to make a decision about my future studies. In my family, my father and brother studied engineering, so they told a lot of good things about that career. But since I was a child I like the idea to become a vet. I remember a book that I read about the animal world that I like a lot. Also I remember watched many animals tv programs as a child, like Steve Irwin`s shows and others from Animal planet.  I decide to be a vet, becouse I want to help animals that need care, and teach to the people about the animal world and the important of a good animal care.
In the university I had the opportunity to work with animals and learn about their basical treatment and study about the general characteristics of the animal world, and thats great, becouse is wath i like to study and it`s not boring to me.
I want to study medicine in exotics animals or conservation medicine. In the future I want to work in a zoo, with animals that you can`t see everyday, or travel around the country helping to endangered animals. But it doesn`t bother me the idea to work with small animals.

My timeline

1. My birth, Febrary 24 th, 1994: I was born in Estacion central, in Hospital del profesor clinic. I was the second son in my family, my older brother was born in 1992.

2.My sister`s birth, April, 1999 : She was born in the same Hospital that me. It was weird to become an older brother

3.My first bike: I remember that was a yellow bike. When I started to rode I falled a lot. But with time and with a little help of my brother I finally could rode without fall.

4.First day of primary school, March, 2000: I remember few things about my first day of class. The school it`s called El Prado, and it was near to my house in Pudahuel.

5.My first pet, 2004: My first pet was a dog called Barry, it was a Beagle. He lived with us for two
years, and we had to give him to other family.

6.My first travel out of Chile, 2006: With my family we went to Brazil for the vacations. It`s the first time that I travelled in plane too, I was nervous. We stay in there for one week.

7.When i moved to La Florida, 2008: Since I was born I lived in the same house in Pudahuel. My father want to move to a bigger house, so he decide to move to La Florida where we still live.
 
8.First day of high school, March, 2008: I was move to La Florida, and I was to a new school called Siglo XXI. In there I met my best friends, and finish my high school in 2011.

9.My first guitar: I saw a friend playing the guitar and I wanted to do something similar. My father bought me a red fender guitar when i learn my first song.

10.In 2010 with my classmates went to Bariloche, Argentina. It was the first time that I spent a long time with them. We had a lot of fun, we tourist around Bariloche, played paintball, enter to a chocolate factory. Later we went to Puerto Varas to finish our tour.
 
11.My graduation, 2011: I finished high school with all my friends, and we had to decide what to do next, study or work.

12.My first day art the veterinary school. 2014: In 2012 I decided to study engineering. After of one and a half years studing I realized that I want to study veterinary. I had a good score in the PSU test, that made me enter to study veterinary in Universidad de Chile.

Animals life cycles.

CHAPTER 1
1. Complete the sentences.
1. Animals that have no backbone are invertebrates.
2. Most invertebrates are very small.
3. The biggest group of invertebrates is the arthropods.
4. 95% of the animal species in the worls are invertabrates.
5. Animals that have a backbone are vertebrates.

2. Complete the chart.

Invetebrates
Arthropods - spiders.
Mollusk - snail.
Sponges- sponge. 
Cnidarians- jellyfish.
Echinoderms- starfish.
Flatworms- ocean flatworm.
Roundworms- threadworm. 
Annelids- earthworm.

Vertebrates.
Fish- tuna fish
Amphibians- frog.
Reptiles - snake.
Birds- hummingbirds.
Mammals- lion.

3.Match.

1.Animals that eat plants and animals. OMNIVORES
2.When a sperm joins with an egg. FERTILIZATION.
3.Animals that have a backbone. VERTEBRATES.
4.Animals that produce sperm. MALES.
5.Animalsthat eat plants. HERBIVORES.
6.An important group of invertabrates. ARTHROPODS.
7.An important group of vertebrates. REPTILES.
8.Animals that eat other animals. CARNIVORES.
9.Animals that produce eggs. FEMALES.
10.Animals that have no backbone. INVERTEBRATES.

4.Answer the questions. 
1.How do scientists put animals into groups?
When the animals are the same in many ways. 
2.Why are people dangerous to animals?
Becouse they hunt them and destroy their environment.
3. How long a galapagos tortoise life for?
They live for 150 years.
4. How long does a mayfly usally life for?
They live for a few hours. 
5.Do birds and reptiles give birth to baby animals?
No. They lay eggs.
6.How do mammals care for their babys?
Feed them milk. Someones stay with their babies for many years.

 Chapter 6. 

1.Find and write the words.
1. Turtle
2.Lizard
3. Snake
4. Crocodile

2. Match. Then write sentences.
1. If a predator cacthes a lizard, the lizard can break off its tail.
2. Moitor lizard fight for a mate.
3. To find a mate, crocodiles blow bubbles in the water.
4. When a snake grows, its old skin comes off.
5. Alligators make a nest from mud and leaves.

3. Circle the correct words. 
1. Reptiles are coll-blooded.
2. Their skin is covered with scales.
3. The stinkopot turtle makes a horrible smell from its legs.
4. Some whiptail lizards can produce young without a mating.

4. Write true or false.
1. The famele Nile crocodile carries her babies to water inside her mouth. True
2. Sloughing is when snakes lose their old skin. True
3. Pythons lay their eggs and then they leave them. False.
4. Alligators don`t eat for weeks when they are keeping their eggs safe. True.

5. Order the words.
1. Most reptiles hatch from eggs.
2. Chameleons can change color.
3.Alligators lay their eggs in a nest.
4. Snakes find their mates by smell.

Chapter 8.

1.Find and write the mammals. Then write the numbers.
1.polar bear
2.anteater
3.giraffe
4.person
5.leopard
6.kangaroo
7.shrew
8.elephant

7 Its gestation time its only two weeks.
1 Its dig a den in the snow so its babies will be warm.
6 Its grow in its mother`s pouch for up a year after it is born.
8 Its stay close to its mother untill it`s ten years old.
2 It carrie its babies on its back for the first year.
5 It makes mark on trees when it`s looking for a mate.
3 It fights with its neck with other males when it`s ready to mate.
4 You are one!

2.Circle the correct word.
1.The gestation time for shrews is 2 weeks.
2. Baby kangaroos are only 5 centimeters long when they are born.
3. When mammals breeds, the females usually choose a mate.
4. All mammals produce milk to feed their babies.
5. Mammals have fur or hair.

3.Complete the sentences.
1.When babies grow inside the mother`s body, it`s called gestation.
2. Inside the mother`s body, baby mammals get food and oxygem from the placenta.
3. Koalas and kangaroos are marsupials.
4. The places where animals live are called habitats.

4. Complete the charts with animals of the book.
Insect: butterfl, fireflies.
Other invertebraste: snail, starfish.
Mammals: giraffe, koala.
Birds: satin, cuckoo.
Fish: shark, stickleback
Amphibians: frog, salamander.
Reptiles: snake, crocodile, alligator, lizard.

  

A song I like

One of my favorites songs is "Here comes the sun" of the band The Beatles, written by George Harrison. What i like about this song is how George (first guitar of The Beatles) play the acoustic guitar, it`s a joyful melody. The lyrics of the song talk about how the bad things go away and how good it`s feel fine again. When George wrote this song, he was living unlikely times, one day he saw the sun rising for the first time in spring, as soon as he saw this, he wrote "Here comes the sun".

 

I like to hear it all the time, when I`m sad or happy, because always remind me happy things and I feel fine. Other reason why I like this song is because I love to play it with my friends, I play the guitar and they sing, we have a lot of fun doing that.

Continuous Assessment 1 (CA 1) > Webquest 1

Act 01.
According to the results, what is your favorite dog breed's name?
Polish Lowland Sheepdog

Vocabulary.

Sprinter: To go at top speed, as in running, cycling, etc.

Jogger: A person who runs at a jog trot over some distance for exercise, usually regularly.

Breed: A lineage or race. A kind, sort, or group.

To hunt: To seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport.

Laid-back approach: Relaxed in style, character, or behaviour; easy-going and unhurried.

Watchdog: A dog kept to guard property.

Grooming: To make or keep (clothes, appearance, etc) clean and tidy. To rub down, clean, and smarten (a horse, dog, etc).
Couch potato: A lazy person whose recreation consists chiefly of watching television and videos.
Trainable: To guide or teach (to do something), as by subjecting to various exercises or experiences.
Tricks: A simple feat learned by an animal or person.
Weather: The day-to-day meteorological conditions, esp temperature, cloudiness, and rainfall, affecting a specific place.
Able:  Having the necessary power, resources, skill, time, opportunity, etc, to do something.

Act 02.
 Select 3 TV shows that attract your attention. In one or two lines for each show, tell me why you would like to watch these shows.

My cat from hell: It`s sound like a funny show, I imagine the cats that show like gansters or really bad cats.
My extreme animal phobia: It would be so funny to see someone afraid to common animals like little dogs or hamster, and see their reactions (like me with the bees). 
Turtleman takes Manhattan: My first impression about the title of this show is like a vintage horror movie film. Then I read about the show and is nothing in common with my first impression.

Dogs 101. English Bulldogs. 
 This video start showing differents impressions of people about the English Bulldog. Then talk about the power of the dog, that can take down a bull and for that it was prohibit.Talk about the fisics characteristics, is a dog with fighter attributes. Talk about the general characteristics for maintaining. Better keep in cold places, short life span, it`s important to clean the wrinkles, they are herd to train and it`s great for families. 
 

What`s my opinion about?

Science fiction films?
In my opinion I think that scince fiction films are good. I like star wars, indiana jones, the lord of the rings movies and others of the style, becouse they are entertaining to see, the special effects are good and in the cinema we have the option to see them in 3D, thats is a better way to see them.

Facebook?
I believe that actually people spend more time in network than social life. I dont think that is bad to have a facebook page, but spend all the day in it is dangerous. We need to moderate the time we spend on internet.

Organ donation?
I dont have any problems with that. I think people have fear to be an organ donator. Personally, I think that if we can save a life donating our organs, we must do it.

Same sex relationships?
I think that we all have the right to choose with whom wants to be. I dont have problems with same sex relationships or marriage. However, there are people that dont like or accept the same sex relationships, and hate the idea of they can be together, I think they must mature and realize that theirs opinion hurts some people.

Fast food restaurants? 
I like fast food, but some places are disgustings. I pref
fer to order delivery food and eat in my home. But some places are fine. I think theres no problem to eat fast food, the problem are the condition and amount of food we eat. I`d suggest that we have to eat well, health, and in clean places.

Who am I? (My Autobiography)

I`m Alvaro Donoso Campos. i was born in Santiago, Chile. In elementary school i studied at Colegio El Prado in Pudahuel, later, i finish elementary school in Colegio Alicante. In high school i studied at Colegio Nueva Era Siglo XXI in La Florida.
I studied enginnering for one year in USACH, but later I dicide to quit the career and study veterinary. Actually
I start to study veterinary science at Universidad de Chile.
I live with my father, Fernando, and my two brothers, Gonzalo (the oldest one) and Carolina (my little sister), in La Florida. In the weekends i visit my mother, Carolina. My brother study enginnering in USACH, my sister is in high school, my father work as enginner, and my mother works in Isapre Fundacion.
When I`m bored, I used to play the guitar, play some video games or listen music. My favorites bands are, Ramones, The Beatles and The Smashing Pumpkings.