end of the year

wow! can you believe it we are in the last month of school! So here is the schedule of all the events that will be happening in class. You have no excuses for not having things on time. workbooks: start brining them on April 28th, you will need chapters 4A AND 4B of sections 1 and 2 if you decide to tear out the pages. April 29-30 will be Chapter 4A vocabulary quiz . May 6th progress reports May 7th world language party 7-11 pm $25.00 if want to attend see Ms Almora. May 10-11 practice final exam, this will be the closest thing to a study guide you will receive. Be here on those days or make up the test the following Monday during morning tutoring. Yes, the practice final will be for a grade. THere will be mini quizzes throughout the remainder of the year, some will be unannounced so be prepared for por quizzes beginning next week. :)may 12th those of you that are invited is the World Language Honor Society at 7 pm ceremony. rough draft 4A May 17 due. There will be no rough draft turned in for chapter 4B, but must be included in the final book project. Chapter 4A test may 14-15. MYP progress reports and book due on 25-26 may at the beginning of YOUR class period!!! No LATE PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED! Final book project: Must turn in 1. all rough drafts completed (if you did them), 2. the book with all chapters 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B 3. memory book pages- include minimum 5 fotos of different events in your life, holidays, family reunions, school activities, etc. underneath each picture describe the events in SPanish using the imperfect tense. Explain why it is your favorite or why it is important, what happened at that event. descriptions should be a minimum of 4 sentences We have the progress report activities to complete for your last MYP of the year: 26 April: reading comprehensions 28 April: continue speaking activities final Exam schedule:June 3- period 5, June 4 periods 2 and 6, June 7 periods 3 and 7, June 8 p eriod 4 and 8, June 9 period 1 (early dismissal on June 7-9 @2:30) Buena Suerte!!!!!

Month of April

Welcome back from Spring Break!! So this week we are working on the new chapter 3B. Today in class you did the videohistoria portion. Please remeber to bring your workbooks to class. If you misplaced it get the copies done for the chapter before coming to class, come prepared. If I have to give you an alternate assignment because you were not prepared for class then expect to be docked a letter grade for the alternate work you have to do and another consequence is falling behind on the work. Enjoy the Fair, those of you going on the 8th. I will be at a workshop for the next few days I will see you Monday 12 April. I should not be missing after this. Work due on Monday 12/13 April (this is all the worksheets I assigned today and yesterday) 3B-A 3B-B 3B-1 3B-2 (on the day I see you). Rough drafrts due: on the 16 of April by 330pm no excuses and whether I see you or not, you can always email it to me as an attachment. All parts due vocab and grammar Test: for chapter 3A and 3B combined on 15/16 April. YES I know that 15 April is early release we still have to work and the work for that day is taking a test. Be prepared! Start studying now!!!! Mercado is on the 19/20th of this month our country by majority vote in the periods that did vote is Mexico. Plan accordingly. We will have to create a passport for Mexico I will give you instrucctions next week. You will be receiving a grade for it. No you may not use the one from last year! New one New Info. period 4!!! your fiesta you earned for having the highest grades on the past two tests is Monday the 12 April bring whatever you signed up for. :) Next competition will be for the test of the 15/16 of this month let's see which class wins this time!!!!! See you MOnday. BE GOOD FOR THE SUB OR PAY THE CONSEQUENCES.

Upcoming events March 2010

The fashion show was a success in those periods that did it. Great job!!!! I will be assessing the speakers and those that did not speak during the fashion show will have an opportunity before MYP progress reports in May. I will start hand picking a few of you every chapter to participate in interviews or conversations to recieve your grades. Rough drafts 2B due no later than 12 March at 3:30 pm. Remember that after that it will be considered LATE! And I am not accepting any late work that is more than 48 hours passed due. preterito quiz The past tense quiz is this week! After Wednesday so plan accordingly. It will be short and it is things you saw last year since it was a review. Chapter 2B test the test is 15/16 March. Remember this is tentative since it will be AFTER the science FCAT date. So plan accordingly. WORKBOOKS: bring them! we will be starting the new chapter and on Monday and Tuesday we will be doing listening exercises so you will need these pages. BE PREPARED this week we will be working in between FCAT and afterwards!!!!!

Chicano movement

Hello clase, I am putting a few links on here for you to look at for info for your homework before the movie next week.

El preterito

We will be working this week on the past tense. Here are the notes from class for those that missed last week. Some of the notes are in the present and then the past so you see the difference from what you know already and the new material. lEl pasado lAyer lAnoche lAntenoche lAnteayer lEl mes pasado lLa semana pasada Hablar lPresente lYo hablo lTú hablas lÉl habla lElla/Usted habla lNosotros hablamos lEllos hablan lEllas hablan Ustedes hablan lPretérito lYo hablé lTú hablaste lÉl habló lElla habló lUsted habló lNosotros hablamos lEllos hablaron lEllas hablaron Ustedes hablaron comer lPresente lYo como lTú comes lÉl come lElla/Usted come Nosotros comemos lEllos comen lEllas comen lUstedes comen lPretérito lYo comí lTú comiste lÉl comió lElla comió lUsted comió lNosotros comimos lEllos comieron lEllas com ieron lUstedes comieron Salir- to go out lPresente lYo salgo lTú sales lÉl sale lElla/Usted sale l Nosotros sale lEllos salen lEllas salen Ustedes salen lPretérito lYo salí lTú saliste lÉl salió lElla salió lUsted salió lNosotros salimos lEllos salieron lEllas salieron Ustedes salieron ir- to go lPresente lYo voy lTú vas lÉl va lElla/Usted va l Nosotros vamos lEllos van lEllas van lUstedes van lPretérito lYo fui lTú fuiste lÉl fue lElla fue lUsted fue lNosotros fuimos lEllos fueron lEllas fueron Ustedes fueron Ser: to be lPresente lYo soy lTú eres lÉl es lElla es lUsted es lNosotros somos lEllos son lEllas son lUstedes son lPretérito lYo fui lTú fuiste lÉl fue lElla fue lUsted fue lNosotros fuimos lEllos fueron lEllas fueron lUstedes fueron hacer- to do, to make lPresente lYo hago lTú haces lÉl hace lElla/Usted hace l Nosotros hacemos lEllos hacen lEllas hacen Ustedes hacen lPretérito lYo hice lTú hiciste lÉl hizo lElla hizo lUsted hizo lNosotros hicimos lEllos hicieron lEllas hicieron lUstedes hicieron Dar- to give lPresente lYo doy lTú das lÉl/ella/ud. da lNosotros damos lEllos/ellas/uds dan lPretérito lYo di lTú diste lÉl/ella/ud dio lNosotros dimos lEllos/ellas/uds dieron

fashion project

Here is the project in case you did not have time to write it down. Clothing Store Group Project # Members in group 3-4 Description of Project: We are opening a new mall and to attract the community to come the owners have decided to start placing ads in the newspaper from the specialty/ novelty stores located in the new mall. Your store has also created a catalog/ flyers for customers with the prices of your sale items. The owners have also advertised a fashion show for the weekend before the grand opening of the mall to give the potential customer a preview of what they will see in the stores. The project will have 3 parts: 10/11 Feb 05 1. The specialty store, come up with a name in your group. You will create an ad to put in the newspaper. This will be an in class assignment. The ads will be bilingual ads so the information will need to be in Spanish and in English. You may have to separate ads or put the information all on one ad. Example: botas especial por $49.99 (Boots special) genuine leather All colors Selected styles 2. Catalog: 18/19 Feb 05 - will consist of a. drawings of outfits b. cut outs of magazines or c. of the internet (must sight where got it on a separate paper) - should be specific: only containing the type of clothing from your specialty store - will also need accessories for your specialty store (example: shoe store, purses, stockings, etc) - will need to include prices and label the items in Spanish, and what colors you offer them in 3. Fashion show: 02/03 March - create 3 outfits from scratch or from what you already have at home. - Each member will be responsible for bringing one of the items of clothing you will need for the outfits you are creating (example: helmets, skateboard, etc) - All props and clothing must be in the classroom the day prior to the show in a bag and labeled. - You will need 1 or 2 members of the group to be the models - You will need an announcer to describe the clothing the model is wearing (in Spanish)

19 january 2010 week

This is a very short week! I will be posting grades for midterms and the essays on the 18th or before, no earlier than Sunday. This week we will continue to do the reading comprehension for those classes that have not done so already. This is part of the IB progress report grade. It will be a grade for 3rd nine weeks. Remember that Tuesday and Wednesday (19/20 jan) your daily routine projects are due. You will be presenting them in class. For those of you who opted not to do the presentation on the painter or were absent you will have to speak longer in order to receive your IB speaking grade. Be prepared to answer questions in Spanish. The daily routine project will be worth 2 grades (equal to a test grade). You will also be having a chapter test the week of the 25th of January be ready. Since we are finishing the chapter you can start working on the rough drafts for chapter 2A, they will be due on the end of the week of Feb. 1st. Plan ahead. We will also be choosing our groups for the magazine project that will be due towards the end of Feb. remember that it can be a group or an individual project it is up to you. Come to class prepared with your workbooks you will be needing them! Have a great few days off. All grades and late work has been inputted as of this morning (17 Jan 10). I have also posted your midterm grades. Makeup for the test will be this Tuesday afterschool or in the morning!