What do you eat????

Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday!!

As many of you know, the daily schedule of someone from Araguaina can be very different from the schedule of someone from the United States.  Here in Araguaina, many school-aged students attend classes in the morning or in the afternoon. In both cases, the whole family is typically at home during the hours of almoço.


In the U.S., families usually are not at home during the day.  Children from fifteen to eighteen attend school from about 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. They generally have between twenty to forty minutes to eat lunch at school. Some high schools let students leave to eat lunch off-campus.  Other schools do not allow students to leave.  Parents usually have an hour to leave work, eat something, and return.

Although the types of meat and salad that are served may vary from day to day, there will almost always be a pot of rice on the stove. It seems that the Araguaina almoço consists of: rice, beans, meat, and salad. On various occasions people of all ages have told me that if they do not eat rice at least once a day, "Eu me sinto falta." American families do not typically eat rice every day. 


It's difficult for some of my friends in the U.S. to believe that I eat rice everyday. Likewise, many of my Brazilian friends ask me what I do eat because I don't eat rice very often. Because of this I have compiled a group of photos to show you some American foods.


For Breakfast

These are American pancakes. They are made with flour (farinha de trigo) and baking powder (fermento biológico em pó) The dot on top is butter. You can eat pancakes with or without it.  The eggs are nicknamed "Sunny Side Up" because the yolk looks like the sun. The meats here are bacon and sausage. Salchicha ≠ sausage. Salchicha = hotdog. 

(photo courtesy of Dennys)

This is a picture of hash browns and grits.  These are typical breakfast side dishes.  Hash browns are fried shredded potatoes and grits are made from corn. 

 

For lunch: 

 Caesar salad is a typical lunch food. It can be a main dish (prato principal) or a side dish.

For dinner:

This is a picture of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, and corn. Meat loaf is typically made from ground beef (carne moida), but it can be made from other meats, too. 

 What are your favorite Brailian foods and how to you prepare them? 

If you have any questions or comments about the foods here, e-mail me at etauft@gmail.com.  

Seneca Falls

Hey everyone! Today’s post is coming to you on Thursday and not Wednesday.  That’s because today, July 19^th, marks the beginning of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.  Seneca Falls is located in New York, so you can visit the town if you’re ever on the east coast! 

The Seneca Falls Convention is an important conference in American history.  More specifically, it is important to our country’s “Women’s Rights Movement”.  Women fought for equality with men in education, religion, suffrage (the right to vote) and other issues. These issues are talked about in a document signed at the convention called the Declaration of Sentiments.   

The cause of the Women’s Rights Movement has been taken up by many, including some men.  In my experience, however, there are three women whose stories are the most widely taught.  These women are Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony.  Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott participated heavily in the conference and were also abolitionists. An abolitionist was someone who was against slavery. In 1920, the 19^th amendment to the U.S. constitution granted women the right to vote. The amendment is nicknamed the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment”. 

Today’s post is a little more historical than my past posts.  If you have any questions/comments about Seneca Falls or you want to tell me about Brazilian history, feel free to shoot me an e-mail at etauft@gmail.com.  You can also message me or leave a comment on our Facebook page under Etauft.  Lastly, if you’d just like to do some reading on your own for practice…

·         The National Park Service has a detailed summary of the events of the Seneca Falls Convention:

http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/report-of-the-womans-rights-convention.htm

U.S. Department of the Interior

·         You can read more of the Declaration of Sentiments here:

http://www.america.gov/st/pubs-english/2005/May/20050531160341liameruoy0.2459375.html

Bereau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State

·         For a quick summary of some of the events of the U.S. Women’s Rights Movement:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html/

Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. Part of Family Education Network 

Till next time

Beach Season

Congratulations everyone! It's beach season! Now is a time for sand, sun, and bathing suits.

Some of the best beaches in the U.S. are found in Hawaii. Hawaii is the last state to become part of the union. It is made up of islands.  Hawaii is the birthplace of the current U.S . President, Barack Obama.

There are also great beaches in Florida (orange, in the southeast corner) and California (purple, in the southwest corner).

It's come to my attention that some of you might not know where these states are located. So, I've included a map courtesy of nationalatlas.gov:

Alaska isn't actually at the bottom of the country (South). It's at the top (North). As you can see from the picture it shares a border with Canada. On this map, Hawaii is more or less in its correct position.

What are some of your favorite beaches here in Brazil?

Also, I've started a group of flash cards to help you learn English gírias. Check em' out!


http://quizlet.com/12297479/cultural-exchange-flash-cards/


They come from the 5th Edition of a book called "Como O Americano Diria Isso?" I borrowed the book from Prof. Elisa. If you like the phrases, let her know! 

That's all for this week. If you need any assistance, feel free to email etauft@gmail.com or post a comment below. Happy learning!

Beach statistic found here
http://travel.usnews.com/Rankings/Best_Beaches_in_the_USA/ 7/11/12

Independence Day

Hey, everyone! What’s up? This week is a very exciting week in the United States.  That’s because this Wednesday, July 4^th, is our Independence Day.  Independence Day is one of our 11 national holidays.  Everyone has the day off from work and people love to celebrate and spend time with their friends and families.

July 4^th is a day of Barbecue (BBQ).  The machine to make barbecue is called a barbecue grill.  Typical barbecued meats are hamburgers and hot dogs, beef and pork ribs, chicken and kabobs (espetinhos).  My family grills potatoes.  We also eat spaghetti, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and deviled eggs.

When the sun goes down many families pack food and blankets and head to the nearest city to watch the fireworks show.  Some shows are small.  The fireworks last only about 15 minutes.  The rest of the evening is spent enjoying the outdoors with the other families there.  Other shows like the one in Chicago are much larger.  Over 1, 000, 000 people travel to the Chicago lakefront to watch the show.  There you can buy anything from food to toys that glow in the dark. A Via Sacra in April reminded me of a Fourth of July night.  It is illegal to buy firecrackers in my state (Illinois), but we can always see them without having to leave home. 

As a special treat, I’ve added the link to the trailer of the 1996 Film Independence Day starring Will Smith. 

Writing Prompt:

What do you usually do for Brazilian Independence Day?

If you send me an e-mail  etauft@gmail.com.br , I’ll be happy to edit your texts. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Clothing

Hello again UFT/Workshop students! Every week we will be posting somethingon the blog. Sometimes we will post games or crossword puzzles.  Other weeks we will post a video clip or a link to a website that we think is important for youto see. For example, this is the link to our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/etauft. You can also find this link on the right side of the blog. We will also describe and post pictures of experiences during U.S. holidays and our seasonal habits. Lastly, we will post short reading activities and writing prompts for you! Simply send your responses  along with your name to our email etauft@gmail.com and we'll correct  them and send them back! If you have any questions feel free to  leave a comment below. Prof. Elisa's 8th period class learned about the Zara store so our first  activity is a crossword puzzle about clothing. You can find more  crossword puzzles at the link below! See you next week!
Across 1. What do you wear on your lower body? 4. What do you wear on your head? 5. What do you wear under your pants? 7. What do some girls wear instead of pants and a shirt? 9. What do you wear on your hands? 11. What do you wear over your shirt when you go outside? 12. What do you wear on your upper body?  Down 2. What do you wear on your feet when you go outside? 3. What do you wear on your lower body on hot sunny days? 6. What holds your pants up? 8. What do you wear on cold winter days? 10. What do you wear on your feet to keep them warm?

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Welcome!

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the UFT Fulbright Program blog: 2012 edition! We're Michol and Amber and we're really excited to start to communicate with all of you outside of classes and workshops. Most of you probably know us by now but for those of you who don't, we're going to tell you a little bit about ourselves and what we're doing in the first couple of posts. Our introduction PowerPoint presentations will be here for you as well. 

Amber


Whenever I meet someone they ask the same two questions. Since you have my basic info (information) and interests below, I thought I'd answer them and one of my own.

Q (Question): Are you liking Araguaina/Brazil?
A (Answer): Yes, very much. Brazilians are genuinely good people that will share whatever they have.  I love  the food (specifically anything made with mandioca). It's hot, though.

Q: How'd you end up in Araguaina?
A: Michol and I received our placements from Fulbright. I'm learning a lot here everyday and I know that this is where I was meant to be.

Q: What do you hope to accomplish at UFT?
A: It is my goal that all our students in the Letras department be able to answer questions in class without shame or embarrassment. It is my hope that with this confidence they can volunteer responses as well.

White Elephant Christmas Party

For our last English classes, we will have a White Elephant Christmas party.  In a White Elephant Christmas party, every participant brings a wrapped gift.  The gift can be anything from something you no longer want to something you buy at the store for cheap.  It can be a joke, food, candy, toys, something useless to something very useful.   Oftentimes, my friends pick item from their house that they no longer use.  A "white elephant" is an idiom for a valuable but burdensome item which it's owner cannot dispose of.  Some people will get lucky with gifts and others will not be lucky.

To start the class, everybody draws (picks) a number from a hat.  The person who has number 1, has the first pick.  He/she chooses a present and unwraps it.

It is now the turn of the person who has number 2.  Person 2 can pick an unwrapped present or steal an already opened present.  If Person 2, steals the present, then Person 1 chooses another present.   A present cannot be immediately re-stolen after it is stolen.  The stolen present has to wait for someone else to choose or steal another present before it can be stolen again.  Presents can only be stolen 3 times.
After all the presents are opened.  Person 1 has the option to trade his/her gift with whoever he/she wants.

Do not forget to bring a present to the next class.   :)