Friday, November 10, 2017

FINAL EXAM


Hi girls .

This is your final exam.

You will have your exam next FRIDAY november 17th

It has two parts:

1. Dictation of the vocabulary words of  " The Giving Tree" ( 50 words, 1 point each).

2. Writing sentences ( the teacher will give you 15  proverbs  vocabulary words  and  you chose 5 more vocabulary words and make sentences, the total is 20 sentences from proverbs.YOU CAN NOT USE THE WORDS THE TEACHER GAVE YOU for the five sentences.

- The teacher will give you 19 vocabulary words from "The Giving Tree" and then you must write another 5 sentences, the total is 24 sentences from "The Giving Tree".YOU CAN NOT USE THE WORDS THE TEACHER GAVE YOU to write the five sentences."

3. Matching

Match vocabulary words from both topics. (english to spanish and english to english).

12 words form the proverbs ( 6  english to spanish and 6 english to english)

From " The Giving Tree" 45
10 words  english to spanish.
35 words english to english.

total 57 words.

Summarizing written part.
 writing sentences    
  44 
 matching   
 57
 total points
 101



STUDY HARD. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE FOR PASSING  THE COURSE.

Friday, November 3, 2017

Story Rubric

Short Story Rubric


1
2
3
4
5
Key Phrases/ Vocabulary
Student did not follow the rules for writing the short story.
The beginning, middle and end of story are not clear; student used one or two key phrases and vocabulary words.
The beginning, middle and end of story is somewhat clear; student used some phrases and at most 7 of the vocabulary words.
The beginning, middle and end of story is mostly clear; student used the phrases and at most 9 of the vocabulary words.
The beginning, middle and end of story is very clear, student used all of the phrases and 10 or more of the vocabulary words.
Presentation Appearance
&
Grammar
No presentation.
The presentation was not creative or have related information (vocabulary words not underlined, no pictures.) Grammar was horrible.
The presentation was basic and okay. It was a little creative, but not much effort was used.
There were a some grammar errors
Student made a Power Point or handmade book and it was well done.
There were one or two grammar errors.
Student followed directions. Story is organized and easy to understand. It is clear that a lot of effort was put into it.  There are no obvious grammar errors.
Preparation
And Pronunciation of Story
¨Bonus¨
Student read directly from notes, and it was obvious they did not prepare/practice at all.
The teacher could not understand anything.
Student did not memorize information and did not prepare much/at all.

The teacher could understand one or two words, but not enough to follow.
Student had about half of the information memorized and appeared to have prepared a little.

The teacher could understand some words.
Student had most information memorized and it was clear that they had prepared.

The teacher could understand most of the words.
Student had all information memorized; flow and expression was great.

The teacher could understand everything.


Wednesday, November 1, 2017

RULES FOR WRITING SHORT STORY

RULES FOR WRITING YOUR SHORT STORY

Your story must be divided into three parts.

1.Begining
2.Middle (something happened , transition of the story)
3. The end  (the conclusion)
4. YOU HAVE TO USE, IN YOUR STORY, AT LEAST 10 WORDS FROM THE PROVERBS AND THE GIVING TREE LESSONS.

You must write a minimum of 10 pages with pictures in power point or a handmade book.

Your story must be written in past tense (she/he said/did/would/was/went/gone/were).

To help make writing your short story easier for you, we suggest you use the following structure:

Subject + verb (past)+complement, connector (and, however, but, so,….)
She ate a big hamburger however she was not satisfied,……. And she…….

1. Begin your story with :   Once upon a time there was…………….. or
Once there was.

2. In the middle of your story you can use these expressions.
-But time went by…………
-After that………
Days, months ,years later……..

3. You can conclude your story with one of these expressions :

 and they  lived happily/ horribly  ever after.

And…………….were happy.

And ………….was happy/sad. 

You can send your work to my e- mail:  robinsondurango@gmail.com

Thursday, October 19, 2017

TALENT SHOW

TALENT SHOW


Hi girls.

This is the chance for having extra grades in english. This is Edgar´s activity


Buenos días compañeros no olviden estar animando a nuestras  estudiantes para que se inscriban para participar en el primer show de talentos de la institución a realizarse en el mes de noviembre, la inscripción se hará a mas tardar hasta el 31 de octubre de 2017 ya sea por medio de los directores de grupo, por de la siguiente survey, o con migo. 

Ah por ahora los incentivos serán Académicos. 
 
Encuesta d inscripcion a el Fisrt Talento SHow

Thursday, October 12, 2017

EXAM (READING ALOUD)

EXAM

Hi girls

Remember for next class you have to read aloud the short story "THE GIVING TREE". You will have a grade for that.


This is the rubric for the exam

Thursday, October 5, 2017

EVALUATION OF THE NATIVE FORMERS PROGRAM

EVALUATION OF THE NATIVE FORMERS PROGRAM

Hi girls.

The Ministry of Education is evaluating the Native Formers program in the english class.

They sent me this link for doing a survey.

Please open it and answer the questions. 

Thank you for your help.



Friday, September 29, 2017

Monday, August 28, 2017

pronunciation link

Hi girls. Remember to use this link for pronunciation

http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/

video Rubric

Presentation Rubric


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2
3
4
5
Pronunciation (What was understood)
The teacher could not understand anything.
The teacher could understand one or two words, but not enough to follow.
The teacher could understand some words.
The teacher could understand most of the words.
The teacher could understand everything.
Time
Student did not stay within the time frame.
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Student stayed within the time frame.
Key Phrases/ Vocabulary
Student did not follow the job´s outline.
Student used one or two key phrases from the outline.
_____
______
Student used all key phrase from the job´s outline
Presentation Appearance
No presentation.
The presentation was not creative or have related information (proverb, not set design/costume o )
The presentation was basic and okay. It was a little creative, but not much effort was used.
Student made a video and it was well done.
Student followed instructions on introducing the film and produced a good film. It is organize and the costume and scenery made it easy to understand. It is clear that a lot of effort was put into it.  
Preparation
Student read directly from notes, and it was obvious they did not prepare/practice at all.
Student did not memorize information and did not prepare much/at all.
Student had about half of the information memorized and appeared to have prepared a little.
Student had most information memorized and it was clear that they had prepared.
Student had all information memorized; flow and expression was great.


Sunday, August 27, 2017

video work

Directions:
A. Write your own proverb for living life.
B. In a group of four (4), create/make a skit showing how to use your favorite proverb in a real life situation .

1. Each group should have a director, at least two (2) actors, a costume/set designer and a camera woman.

Everyone in the group should help write the script.
Example:

Dialog Page
Directions: Write your movie dialog following this example. At least two (2) actors in your movie must speak.

Title: ´´Where´s Robinson?´´
Scene Location: 6:00 a.m. Classroom

Danielle: Good morning. Let´s start. Take out your dictionary. Class president, please help me with the dictionary check.

Student: Where´s Robinson?
Danielle: Umm. He´s having breakfast.
Scene Location: Kitchen. Robison is cooking breakfast. At 6:10 Robinson is eating arepas; 10 minutes later he´s drinking chocolate; 6:45 he´s eating an egg; at 7:05 a.m. he´s sleeping.
Scene location: 7:30 a.m. Classroom. Robinson walks into class.
Danielle: Robinson, you made it. Class finishes in 20 minutes!
Robinson: Well, better late than never.


The skit must be at least 3 minutes long.
Write your name your job paper!!!!

2. Each person in your group must explain how she did her job to the class.


3. Show/present skit to class

a.Director´s job

The name/title of the skit is _________________________________
I gave it that name because______________________________________
The skit takes place in (for example school)__________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________happen in our skit because_____________________________________________________

Example:

Hello. My is Danielle. I am the director for this skit. The title of the skit is ¨Where is Robinson¨. I named it ¨Where is Robinson¨ because he is always late for class. Danielle is in the classroom, teaching while Robinson is in the kitchen having breakfast and wasting time.

b.Set/Costume Designer´s job

I used ___________________ style of (clothes, furniture, etc.) in the skit because ________________________________________________________
___________________________________________ will use/wear these __________________________ because _______________________________

Example:
Hello my name is Danielle. I am the set/costume designer. The skit is set in the classroom and school kitchen. The skit is in the school because the characters are the students and the teachers.

c.The Actor´s job

My character´s name is _Robinson My character is an english teacher.
He/she is __30 years old. His/her attitude is always late at work _ because_he hates his job and he is always wasiting time.

Hello. My name is Danielle. I am an actor in this skit. My character is a teacher from the USA. Her attitude is very serious.

d.The Camera Person´s job

The skit is ______ minutes long. I used a __________________ to shoot the skit. I used a wide/narrow angle. I shot the skit in black and white/color because ________________________

Example¨
Hello. My name is Danielle. I am the camera person for this skit. The skit is 3 minutes long. I used my camera phone to shoot this movie. I used wide and close up angles. I  shot the skit in color because the skit is funny.

Friday, August 11, 2017

HOMEWORK


Write one sentence for each of the fifty four (54) vocabulary  words.

This homework is going to be graded next monday before the exam,

Study hard. 

Good luck.

YOU CAN DO IT!

PROVERBS EXAM

PROVERBS EXAM

Hi girls.

These are the points for the exam.

1. Pronunciation 10 pictures, you have to pronunce the words.
2. Write the vocabulary word for the picture (spelling). 54 words.
3. Write one sentence for each of the following words,

CATCH      COME     GO     BUILD       THINK      SPEAK       DRINK      SOW     REAP   LEAD

DO               CAN       CRY      WANT     MAKE.

PLUS

Choose five more vocabulary words (not the verbs) from the vocabulary list and write one sentence for each word.

4. Matching.
a. Match the english vocabulary to the spanish equivalent.
b. Match the english word with the correct english definition.
Example : COME
a. to move away
b. to move forward / toward   X
c. go away

BONUS POINT.

Translate into spanish or english two proverbs. (the teacher will choose them).