jueves el 10 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Tomaron la evaluación de la geografía.
• You took the geography assessment.
• Trabajaron en sus DPs y leyeron The Great Taco War
• You worked on your DPs and read The Great Taco War

Tarea:

• Finish reading The Great Taco War & annotate as you read.  Think about the question: "What is authentic when it comes to food?"
• Finish updating your DP.  Here are the guidelines. It MUST BE UPDATED BY BOC TOMORROW!

miércoles el 9 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Repasamos la geografía con un juego.
• We reviewed geography with a game.
• Trabajaron en sus DPs.
• You all worked on your DPs.

Tarea:

• Study for the geography assessment tomorrow.  
• See these links for practice activities.  
• Here is a link to the exact assessment you will be doing tomorrow.
• DP updates are due on Friday.

martes el 8 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos Jeopardía para practicar la geografía.
• We played jeopardy to practice geography.
• Trabajaron en sus DPs y estudiaron para la evaluación de geografía
• You worked on your DPs (see this blog post for expectations) and studied for the assessment on geography

Tarea:

• Keep studying geography for the assessment on Thursday!

DP Update Guidelines

Otra vez, es hora de mantener sus DPs:


Here are the expectations for your DPs for "La Poesía de la Comida"


Title: La Poesía de la Comida (1 punto)
Explanation of the Project/Explicación del Trabajo: 3-5 sentences in English explaining what this project has included so far (2 points)
Recipe/Receta: In English and Spanish - formatted in an aesthetically pleasing manner (3 puntos)
Ode/Oda: In English and Spanish - formatted in an aesthetically pleasing manner (3 puntos)
Reflection/Reflexión: In English - 6+ sentences - you may consider the following questions or others (6 puntos):

• What did you learn from translating the recipe?
• What did you learn from writing your ode?
• What did you learn about your country (where your recipe came from)?
• What did you think about your dish? How was the process of cooking?
• What would you do differently next time with any piece of this project?
• What are you proud of?

Repaso para la geografía

Repaso para la geografía:

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm
• http://www.maps.com/games/quiz-latin.aspx
• http://www.purposegames.com
• http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/geography_games/south_america/south-america-jigsaw.html
• http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/geography_south_america.htm
• http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/geography_central_america.htm

Don't forget España and México, as they won't be on any of these games!

For nationalities, I suggest making flashcards.

miércoles el 2 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Repasamos la geografía
• We did geography review
• Armamos el aula para la exposición
• We set up the classroom for exhibition

Tarea:

• Cocina! Cook your dish.  Bring it in for exhibition tomorrow night (please avoid bringing it to school during the day unless you have to).

martes el 1 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos este juego para practicar la geografía.
• We played this game to practice geography.
• Leyeron sus odas para la clase.
• You all read your odes for the class.

Tarea:

• READ YOUR ODES 20-30 times!! Seriously.  Start cooking tonight if your dish takes a lot of preparation.