Project - Weather Report

Hola chicos, 

Here are the directions for our first Quarter 2 project, in case you need some weekend help.


Part I:  El arte

• Draw/color your 3-day weather report for the 3 days you will be visiting the Spanish-speaking world.
• Write the 3 days of the week in the blanks below the pictures.
• Write the city and country you are visiting.

Part II: El reporte del tiempo

• In the cloud below, write the weather report in complete Spanish sentences
• For each day in the weather report, write 2 weather vocabulary words and tell how many degrees it is there (temperature).

Part III: Los Compas de clase

• Choose 3 friends to "interview".  *(Note: it is fine to make this part up!)
• In the blank, write the name of your classmate.
• In the space next to the blank, write a sentence where they describe to you which season and weather they like / prefer.  
• The sentence structure for this part is:  Prefiero    (season)   porque me gusta   (weather)  .

Current Event: October

Happy weekend, chicos!!

A friendly reminder:  our monthly Current Event is due next Friday, October 25.  There are multiple opportunities for extra credit on this one.

1. Turn it in early!  Mon-Weds = 28/25 pts.  Thurs = 27/25 pts.
2. Bring in a Halloween or Dia de los Muertos article, and I will add 5 pts extra credit

Here are some links for popular news sites from around the world:

En español:

- http://www.lanuevacuba.com/main/

- http://www.elnacional.com.do/

- http://www.latribuna.hn/

- http://www.lavanguardia.com/index.html

In English:

- http://www.buenosairestimes.com/es/

- http://venezuelanalysis.com/

- http://www.lajerga.com/

- http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html

- http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/americas/

End of Quarter 1!!!!!

Hola chicos, padres, y tutores!

Felicidades on completing our first quarter together.  

Quarter 1 grades are due Friday, October 4.  Report cards will go home Wednesday, October 16 after Fall Break.

Have a nice break, everyone!

-Srta. Shannon

Adjectives vocabulary

Hi chicos!

Here are the vocabulary lists for adjectives.  Our quiz on adjectives is tomorrow!!!

Physical characteristics:
handsome/attractive – guapo, pretty – bonito, ugly – feo,  short  - bajo, tall – alto, fat – gordo, skinny  - flaco, dark (hair, skin) – Moreno, ojos: marrones, azules, verdes – eyes, pelirrojo – redhead, rubio – blonde, pelo lacio – straight hair, pelo rizado – curly hair

Personality:

simpático / simpática

antipático / antipática

cómico / cómica gracioso / graciosa

serio / seria estudioso / estudiosa

inteligente ambicioso / ambiciosa

talentoso / talentosa

tonto / absurdo tonta / absurda

trabajador / trabajadora

perezoso / perezosa

buen amigo / buena amiga

sociable

reservado / reservada

atlético / atlética deportista

atrevido / atrevida

artístico / artística

débil fuerte

paciente impaciente

interesante

guapo / guapa bonito / bonita

feo / fea

Extra Credit Opportunity

Hola chicos!  Here is an extra credit opportunity for over the long  weekend.  

On Monday, you can bring in a maximum of 2 of the following things:

facial tissue

hand sanitizer

Each will earn you 10 pts of extra credit (or one homework grade), but remember two maximum!!

¡Gracias, chicos!  ¡Espero que tengan un buen fin de semana largo! 

Project - Facebook Profile (La perfil de Facebook)

¡Hola, chicos!  As we discussed in class, our second project of the quarter is here.  The Facebook profile project is worth 50 points and is due on Monday, September 23.

The directions are:

You may use the Facebook page template that was given to you in class, or you may use it as a resource to create your own, more creative profile.  Feel free to create your own FB profile on blank computer paper or a posterboard.

The sections of the Facebook page are:  

Informacion personal (Personal Information)

Nombre: Name
Cumpleaños: Birthday
Origen: Origin (Where you are from)
Escuela: Your school
Sobre yo: About me 
     - In this section, you will write 2 complete Spanish sentences.  Tell how old you are, and where you live.

Sobre Mis... (About my...)

Musicas favoritas: Favorite music.  List a few of your favorite musical genres or artists (English OK)
Peliculas favoritas: Favorite movies.  List a few of your favorite movies (English OK

Caracteristicas fisicas: Physical characteristics
     - For this section, write 3 complete sentences in Spanish telling about your appearance.  Each sentence will have 2 adjectives in it.
     - The first 2 sentences should begin with, "I am".  The third sentence will begin with, "I have".

Personalidad: Personality
     - For this section, you will write 3 more complete sentences in Spanish telling about your personality.  
     - Sentence 1: Tell about how you are.  Pick 3 adjectives that describe your personality.  Sentence should begin with, "I am."
     - Sentence 2: Tell about how you are NOT.  Pick 2 adjectives that describe the opposite of your personality.  Sentence should begin with, "No soy."
     - Sentence 3: Tell about how you are SOMETIMES.  Pick 1 adjective that describes how you are on occasion   Sentence should begin with, "A veces, yo soy."

El Muro: Wall

     - On your Facebook wall, 3 friends have commented your latest status!  You say, "¡Hola!  ¿De dónde eres?  ¿Cómo eres?  ¿Qué tomas a la escuela?"
     - In the boxes below your status, pick 3 friends to comment on your questions.  In the stamp-size boxes in the top left corner of those boxes, write their names.  Then, have them answer your questions.  
     - Each person will say where they are from, describe themselves, and say what classes they take at school.
     - Your 3 friends should all be from different places.  They should pick 2 different adjectives to describe themselves, and they should take different classes at school.  Please vary up your answers!!

If you have any questions throughout the weekend, please email me at: shannonb@scsk12.org.  Below, I have attached photos of my example from today in class.

PS: DON'T FORGET YOUR TEST CORRECTIONS!  Due Monday, corrections on different sheet of paper than your test :)

Nationality info - For your pen pal!

Hola chicos!  Here is some help for our Google Voice assignment for tomorrow's homework.

For Thursday's homework, you will leave a voicemail for your pen pal on our Google Voice hotline number. Our number is:  901-300-6836

Your voicemail, just like your postcard, must include:

oYour name!

oYour nationality!

oThree of your classes you take!

oWhat time of day you take the three classes!

oA greeting & a goodbye

This voicemail needs to be 100% in Spanish!  Please don't forget to leave your name as well as your period on the message so I will know whose is whose.

Thank you, chicos!

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Below is our breakdown of nationalities of the Spanish-speaking world.  Please remember that the only form shown is singular masculine (one boy from the country).  If you are a feminine noun, or want to talk about more than one person, the endings will change accordingly :)