Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Journal Entry #6

Write a narrative paragraph about an unforgettable experience in your life. This could be an earthquake like in the story on page 24 or it could be something different like your first dating experience. Be sure to use time order signals.

An Unforgettable Experience

I joined the volunteer students to celebrate the Vietnamese Women’s Day that is an unforgettable experience in my student life. The Vietnamese Women’s Day is a Vietnamese holiday to celebrate the brilliant exploits of Vietnamese women during the wars and that is the first time I joined a volunteer activity. Through this activity, I learnt many things about the works to hold a ceremony as well as about life and brilliant exploits of Vietnamese women during the wars. Preparations begin a month before this day. First, the government appeals to volunteer, especially students from the colleges and universities to help prepare parts of the day like the posters, the plays, the songs, the gifts, etc. Next the volunteers are divided into many groups with specific tasks. I was divided into the group to be responsible about the posters that show the brief life story of these women and the information about the ceremony. Soon, they start work. Two days before the Vietnamese Women’s Day, these posters are hung up on the trees in the city. On this day, the ceremony is held in the center park and includes many activities. First, a play celebrates the brief life story of one of these women. Then songs about their lives will be sung by the volunteer students and many famous singers. Finally, the government will give to the women who are still alive. Later the ceremony ends, everybody can look at the posters and pictures about their life stories and brilliant exploits of Vietnamese women.

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