Introduction

Introduction 

Hello all and welcome to my blog for CEIP Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio! For my first post, I will be giving you a little information about, well, me! :) Since this will all be in English, It serves as not only an introduction but also vocabulary exposure and English comprehension practice. Enjoy! 

Hello everyone! My full name is Juliet Elisabeth Shelton. My first name is Juliet. My last name is Shelton.  I am so looking forward to being your language and cultural assistant this year, and to all the learning and growing we will surely do! 

I am from a small town in California called Half Moon Bay. Half Moon Bay is about 40 minutes south of San Francisco. I was born in San Francisco but moved to Half Moon Bay when I was less than a year old. Half Moon Bay is a lovely little coastal town known for pumpkins and surfing. 

My family is made up of my dad, Harold, my mom, Yvette, my older sister, Emilia, and my younger sister, Annaliese. My dad works in finance and loves monkeys, my mom works at a doctors office and loves all animals. Annaliese is almost 18 and applying to colleges in the United States this year. Emilia is 25 and studying Law at UC Hastings. My family loves music, animals, camping, and going to the theater!  

I went to school at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.   
At LMU I majored in Philosophy and Theater Arts, I also minored in Studio Arts. In the United States, a minor is like a smaller major.  It is my hope to eventually pursue a Ph.D. in Philosophy and become a university professor but this may be way down the line! 

Some of my hobbies include painting, singing, yoga, rock climbing, hiking, running, photography, reading, and writing. One of my favorite things about the United States is our National parks. Here are some pictures I took at my favorite national park, Yosemite. 

 

Painting is one of my favorite hobbies. Here are pictures of a few paintings I have made. 

 

My favorite medium to paint in is oil paints. I like painting surrealistic art, art that has elements of reality and elements of fantasy. 

Thank you for reading my first blog post! I hope you enjoyed learning a little about me while practicing English reading and vocabulary. Below I have included a list of the Spanish translations of all the words in dark blue so you can check to see if you understood this post's key terms. Please feel free to reach out to me via my email at juliet.shelton@gmail.com if you have any questions or if you would simply like to chat! Have a great weekend. 

This blog post's key terms

first name - nombre de pila

last name - apellido

pumpkins - calabazas

surfing - surfeando

finance - finanzas

monkeys - monos

doctors office -oficina del doctor 

animals - animales

colleges - colegios

law - derecho

music - musica

camping - cámping

theater - teatro

philosophy - filosofía

theater arts - artes teatrales 

painting - pintuando

singing - cantando

yoga - yoga

rockclimbing - escalada en roca

hiking  -exursionismo

running - corriendo

photography - fotografía

reading - leyendo

writing - escribiendo

surrealistic -surrealista 

reality - realidad

fantasy - fantasía