Discovering the Laurentians

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The Laurentians or Laurentides is a Quebec region, it has been named as four season destination. I  really believe that too. 

What happens when you live in Canada? You would discover the same places several times because each place offers different views depending on each season. That means if you go in the summer time you won't see the same landscape that you will see if you go in the fall. That is what happened to me.What happens when you live in Canada? You would discover the same places several times because each place offers different views depending on each season. That means if you go in the summer time you won't see the same landscape that you will see if you go in the fall. That is what happened to me.

Look at Lac Morency in the Laurentians region two summers ago. That summer we spent time kayaking, hiking and playing tennis. It was a perfect gift from Mother Nature after a long and cold winter.

This year we decided to go in the fall season to have the same opportunity to enjoy it, to have another perspective of this place. The result was just spectacular.

Walking through the woods gave me again the opportunity to spend time recharging energy with each step in the magical fall colours.

However, this time we decided to go up to the North of Lac Morency, to the Mont-Tremblant area, which has been named the #1 ski resort in Eastern North America by Ski Magazine for the last 18 years. Believe it or not, it was for me finally a dream come true. My expectations were not disappointed; the place is gorgeous.

You never know when will be the next time I will set my eyes on this place.

Self-assessment: 
It has been a great opportunity to express in English my vacations in this area, but I spent a few hours trying to do it nice an clear.

Reflections:
When I finish my text,  I believed  it was a good one however it was corrected a lot. I have to work more in prepositions and practice to improve my writing skills.

1. Listen to a class presentation to take notes of the main ideas and supporting details in order to prepare for an exam.

Listen to this audio clip, and outline using logical main points as well as sub points

                                                      How to prepare for an exam

1.  Some of the reasons we have so much trouble remembering things for a test even we study
   - We Get Nervous
   - We don't often leave our self time to prepare for a test


2. Some thing that we can do to reduce  anxiety during testing:
   - Practice some emergency Technics to reduce anxiety
       - Take deep breaths
       - Count backwards until 20
       - Doing visualizations, imaging things peaceful to be calm and relax


3.- Specific things parents can do to help the kids to be prepared for a test
     1.- Teach them good testing habits
     2.- Sleeping well
     3.- Eating well
     4.- Dealing with stress effectively
     5.- Organizing study time. Built in the schedule 30 minutes each night preparing for the test

4.- High School cramming the information
     - Problem with that is we can overwhelm our brain
     - Some times is too much information to really effectively keep track up
     - What we really we need to know for that test
     -  Place some limits that really you need to retain



Self-assessment: 
It was necessary to hear many times the audio to be able to create a list with the principal points.


Reflections:
I must to do more exercises like this to improve my listening but most important how to write down the ideas listened.