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Hi Guys,
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I have some pretty good new information to share, but not right yet.
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"For me this is my life now and I wouldn´t trade it for anything."

Hi guys, sorry for taking so long to update my website, but life has been pretty frantic lately.

The class today is a motivational class for advanced students based on Michael J. Fox´s life. It´s a very interesting and touching story, about how he dealt with Parkinson´s and how he´d transformed this difficult experience into a great book.

I would start the class by putting this quote on the blackboard: "For me now this is my life and I wouldn´t trade it for anything." (this is a sentence he uses during the interview)

Then I´d ask the students if they have been through any difficult moments lately (this is a very tricky question, because it can lead to tears and stuff like this, so please mind the students you´re teaching and feel if this is an appropriate topic to approach).

I´d do the reading part after this conversation to help the students to understand the topic better, then I´d move on to the listening activities

These are the sites:

http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/an-interview-with-michael-j-fox/article177195.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/parkinsons/view/fox.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGeMX_h67mI

Enjoy!