Date: 31.12.08.

Hello Chuck,
What's up? I hope you're doing fine without me…oh, and tell your sister I miss her. is there any snow now in New-York? and what's up at school?
Do you know what happened to me a few days ago?
Well…I was watching TV when my brother suddenly jumped on the couch and changed channel, I wanted to kill him, and suddenly I saw a scene which reminded me something very frightening that happened to me a few year(s) ago.

I was 13 years old, and I went on a trip with some cousins and their friends.
We slept in cute little wooden houses, and it felt like we were in a village. Only my cabbage(את כתבת : כרוב) was very far from the others. When we got there we found out that there were so many animals there, a lot of cats, and a lot of dogs! .

On the third and last night I was a little bored, and I wanted to go to be with my friends…the only problem was that I was so far from them, and between me and them there was a...large field of dry thorns…I went out from my cabbage(ww.) and went to my friend, as it got dark..., it started to get cold, two hours later I couldn't stand the cold and went to bring me a jacket. I started to walk and I was so frightened, the filed now looked darker, scarier, and longer. Suddenly, I saw a big white Labrador dog. I stopped and went to her, she was thrilled to see that someone were(gr.) paying attention to her. I kept going but she followed me, and to tell you the truth, I was glad that she was with me. It made me feel so good, like she was protecting me.

Well, eventually I took my jacket and went back to my friend with my new bodyguard. She was so cute, and I was so sad to leave her, I wanted to take here(sp.) with me, but my mom didn't allow me.

Whenever I see a white Labrador I remember her, and the good feeling she gave me. Ever since then, I have tried to convince my mom to bring me a dog. I really hope that someday she will get tired of me and will bring me a dog. Hoping to see you very soon,

yours,
Hofit Levy
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This is much better. Well done!
Daphna

A Leap Year.

My exhibition is about leap year, but before I'll(gr.) start to talk about the Leap Year, I must explain to you why it is happening(gr. - happens)
Well, there are three options for counting the year
One option is the Sidereal Year:

This is the time that gets(ww.) the earth orbiting the sun.
The sidereal year is made up of 12 months of 30 or 31 days. (which)
Sum(s) up of(to) 365 days(a year).

The second option is the Moon-Year.

The moon year is made up of 12 months of 29 or 30 days, (summing up to).
Sum up of 354 days. (a year).

The third option is the reason for the leap year .
This is the Jewish way for the calendar(phr.):
This calendar is the combination of the other two options I just wrote about.
Because of this combination we need to balance the calendar, so, we add 10 more days every year ...or what's happening at the leap year(phr. - or, as a whole month every 3 years, as it is done on a leap year)
Add one month every 3 years. Every month is the time the moon is orbiting the earth.

So like we talked about(As I mentioned before,), the leap year is the time when we add one more mounth for(ww. - to) the year, this is the time when we balance the Sidereal year with the Moon-year. The extra month that we add to the leap year is the Adar..(month).
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the reason for this is becase(מיותר) the difference between the ancient calendar and the modern calendar of today; the difference is the names of the months, and the order of the months.
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In the ancient times there were no names for the months, they were called "month 1" "month 2" atc(etc. or and so on). In the ancient calendar the first month was the spring month, in Hebrew "Nisan", and the first holy day was the(מיותר) Passover in Hebrew "Pesah", and the last month was "Adar" not "Ellul"…so that’s why every leap year they added another is Adar, and not Ellul.
And this is also the best way to make sure that the(מיותר) Passover and Nosan will be in the spring. - Your explanation is very messy and not very clear. You'll have to go over it again.


http://he.wikipedia.org/
http://lib.cet.ac.il/Pages/item.asp?item=6168

Italy

I would like to talk about Italy.
This place looks like heaven. There are beautiful green fields, amazing lakes, wonderful trees and flowers, small houses, big hostels and unbelievable decorations on the hostels. The whole place seems like a dream, and behind the beautiful view there are the great Dolomites mountains. The flag of Italy is made from 3 colors:
the red symbolizes the blood that was spilled during the wars of all the blood that spilled while the wars there.

The white symbolize all the snow at the dolomites.

The green symbolize all the green fields.

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I've been in Italy three months ago with my mom. Italy is located in southern Europe, it also shares it's northern Alpines with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.
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There are so many things to see there. Like Verona – the town of Romeo and Juliet. Venice - "the city on water" - its true, the whole city is really on the water, the trains built on the water, the buildings are all on the water, and the people there don't have cars they have boats! The Dolomites – ,the huge and amazing mountains, are so high and cold that even at the hottest season there, it is still snowing. The pizzas and spaghetties are truly like a gourmet meal.
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To sum up, I think that my trip to Italy was a gift from god, it was unforgettable and I had so much fun.

Italy is so special and beautiful and unique and you should defiantly visit there too.

second writting assignment

I'm writing about my cousin Yuval. She has beautiful green eyes and long light brown hair. She was born on August 9th 1996. she has a little brother-Aviv, and a little sister-Mor.

I think she is special because she is such an amazing person .She always helps me and advises me. Also, when she needs my help or advice I'm always there for her. We spend hours on the phone together. We eat dinner together, goingon holidays and trips together. We are practically like sisters. She has a lovely character - she always helps people when they need here, she is kind, she is smart, she is friendly, and she is caring.

Her hobbies are going out with friends, dancing, singing, and playing basketball and volleyball. She is the captain of the basketball and volleyball team. she loves

wathcing movies, like comody, drama and romantic.

To sum up, I think I'm lucky to have her as my cousin and I'm happy to know her.she is a very spaciel and unic person and everyone who knows her can tell the same thing.I love her so much.

First Writing Assignment

Me, Myself And I

My name is Hofit levy, I'm 15 years old, I have brown hair and brown eyes. I have no brothers, and I like it. and My hobbies are: Horses- I have been riding horses for 4 years , I also like listening to music - espacially Rock and Punk...my favorite band is Simple Plan, this is a rock-punk band.

I'm supposed to write what I doing In my spare time, but lately I don't have much spare time. I have lots of assignments, it's hard to keep up but I'm fine. before I had so many assignments I usually spend most of my time in front of the TV. I prefer science fiction series mostly, espacially-"Smallville" it's about superman as a teenager.

In the holidays I spend most of my time with my family, we go on vacations, to parks, zoos, hotels, and museums. I usually speak with my friend on the phone, or maybe we just go to the park and talk about everything.

The things I like about school are the breaks and meeting my friends, and also the lessons with the funny teachers, like Kobi- last year he told us he is the israely spiderman, and superman is his best friend. The things I don't like are the home work, the assignments, the papers, and the tests. The subject I love the most is chemistry. It's because of the fact that you can take two materials that separately are not dangerous, but when you put them together, you can blow them up.

. And because I'm doing well in this subject.

My expatations is to have alot of fun in this year and get good scores.

to sumup I think that I'm a very cool person and I'm enjoying been myself and have such a cool life

Hofit

I took this picture when I was in a guest room with my family and friends