THIS IS IT !

Good morning people! Today is very special for me...
It's my last day as a WISE UP teacher and I've decided to post about it! I have been their teacher for more than 3 years and I've never hidden from anyone the most beautiful and the most terrible moments there! It was not always easy, there were days I thought I would kill someone, but I ended up solving most of the problems and overcoming bizarre situations. There were also fantastic days, most of them with fantastic workmates, friends who helped me, teased me and also annoyed me (it's sometimes necessary, I know). I'll never forget the training with many teachers and my future friends Louie, Dani (in Puerto Rico now, married and happy) and Chris (this one has vanished somehow, he's maybe back to his Netherlands), or the day I was hired...Throughout the years, I've met various teachers who were part of my routine, some of those were memorable, like Carol, Little Carol, Victor, Cinthia... some were even better, like Henry, Erica, Beatrix, Walter, Jackie... and some are more than special, like Fran (my sis!), Sann (my nephew!), Sam, Louie (my good brother!), Letícia, Tereza, Rafael, Lulu (my niece!), Sandra, Nathalia and Laís!


Jamais esqueceria das muitas outras pessoas que passaram pela Wise Up e que me ajudaram, com coisas pequenas e grandes, tais como as meninas da recepção, administração e operacional: Danne Levy, Raquel, Priscila, Yanna, Bete, Lud, Lidiane, Cláudia (vulgo Cráudia), Mayra, Helena, Patrícia e Cristina. Além delas, ressalto com enorme prazer a amizade, a camaradagem e os papos de futebol com o grande Ale!


Agradeço também ao franqueado, Jorge Américo, o já folclórico "J", pela oportunidade que me foi dada, sou grato e não me esquecerei.


Para fechar com chave de ouro (with golden keys, como já diria minha coordenadora), exibo em primeira mão o vídeo da entrega das minhas últimas provas corrigidas na WISE UP! Espero que gostem, take a look:

Não vou dizer que é um "até breve", pois se tomei a decisão de sair, foi para me dedicar aos meus projetos pessoais e profissionais, mas vou dizer que Niterói é uma cidade pequena, que não me custará muito passar para um "oi" e para marcar uma cerveja, ou pizza, aqui e acolá.


Thank you for everything,
stay tuned to THE TIME OUT PROJECT, I will be here full time!


Cheers, abraços,


Gustavo Caldas Brito

ONE FOR THE REAL ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDENTS or TEACHERS...

Woody Allen is one of my biggest inspirations, not so much for his personal life but his PROFESSIONAL success!
So, nothing better than using him to test you guys with a very challenging LISTENING activity:
Watch and PAY ATTENTION to the video. Try to LISTEN to it for at least 3 times, but, BEFOR you do that, read the questions below, so you can focus on what you have to answer!
1)How does he describe his wife?
2)Why did he describe her that way?
3)Why did he say it was also his fault that they got divorced?
4)When they were deciding their lives they had 2 options. What were these options?
5)Why did they choose what they have chosen?
6)What would they need to prove to get a divorce in NY?
7)What did he convince her to do?

Remember that LISTENING is like PHYSICAL EXERCISE...There's no point in doing it once in 3 weeks...IT MUST BE DONE EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!


Good luck and Keep visiting us!

DESCRIBING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Hello people!
Today I have a SPECIAL exercise for BASIC 1 students:


DESCRIBING A NEIGHBORHOOD!


Pay attention: I am going to DESCRIBE the NEIGHBORHOOD using PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE!

In my neighborhood THERE IS a POST OFFICE NEXT TO the FIRE STATION. There is a HOSPITAL BEHIND the SCHOOL and a POLICE STATION IN FRONT OF the BLUE HOUSE. There is a LIBRARY NEAR the SCHOOL too!

I used 4 PREPOSITIONS: NEXT TO - BEHIND - IN FRONT OF - NEAR

Now, THINK about YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD and WRITE a SIMILAR DESCRIPTION, using the 4 PREPOSITIONS!

It is an excellent PRACTICE for TESTS!

Send your DESCRIPTIONS to the email, I correct them:

thetimeoutproject2011@gmail.com

STUDY and HAVE FUN!

thank you FRAN and SANN!

Good evening everybody!
Tonight is a very different night. Our blog is going under reconfiguration, we are preparing a lot of nice surprises for you to enjoy in 2012 and we expect you to stay with us next year!


2012 brings a lot of changes and with big changes come big responsibilities and big losses too...


You may have noticed that our co-authors, FRAN SARTOR and SANN WYLL, no longer have their photos here. It doesn't mean they're not co-authors anymore, it just means they're going to participate in our posts less frequently, sometimes, now and then, whenever they have the time to it! ;)


FRAN has her personal projects and many different activities going on. As the author of the TIME OUT PROJECT, I was feeling bad for making her even busier than she is, so now, as an occasional co-author, she'll have more time to produce and will not feel pressured to deliver! hehehehehe!


SANN is a young teacher at WISE UP and his professional and personal obligations keep him busy for most of the time. He's also dedicating his time to professional growth and I felt it would be unfair of me to demand posts or videos from him when he is in such an important moment of his life....I am sure that, as an occasional partner, his productions and posts will be even better, because they'll be produced whenever he can and not under pressure!!!!ahahaha!


FRAN and SANN are much more than co-authors for me, they're my SISTER and my NEPHEW, my good friends and brilliant co-workers! I hope they keep producing here with me, posting videos, sharing ideas and making me feel lucky to have them onboard!


Thank you guys, I hope we can record many CHRONICLES FROM MY KITCHEN with FRAN SARTOR and CHRONICLES FROM MY SHAVING CREAM with SANN WYLL in 2012!


CHEERS!


GUSTAVO CALDAS BRITO