Period 7. Webquest

In the following link you will find the project you have to do during the following days.
All the information about it is on Blackboard.

Enjoy, Buena suerte.

http://www.greenville.k12.mi.us/webpages/edewind/spanish.cfm?subpage=1326546

Period 5. Activity 03/25

Here there is a link with a cool video about tourism in New York.
Have you ever been to the Big Apple?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9yqNodA6nI

Periods 1-4. Project.

Spring break in Wilmington.

Spring break is coming and I am sure that you all are very excited for these vacation days we all need.
Since we have been studying entertainment let's do a project on the different ways of entertainment that we can find in Wilmington for this break to come.
Here you are going to find a couple of websites that can be useful when looking for information about activities in our city.
These are only some resources, in blackboard you are going to find a complete explanation as much as some materials you are going to need to develop this project.

Good luck, and be ready to present it on Thursday March 28th.

       

http://inwilmingtonde.com/

http://www.visitdelaware.com/

Here you have an example of a Spanish website. It has information about Madrid.
You will find useful vocabulary to use in your project.

http://kedin.es/

Period 5. Webquest

We are talking about travels in this unit.
It is your time to prepare a small project.
Click on the link below, you will find a webquest, a guided activity which will explain you how to prepare a project that you will present to me.

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/HodgesSpring2005/KrystalWilkins/index.htm

Good luck!!!

03/15. Period 5.

Hi.

As a way to finish our review on dates, let's look for some important information.
Can you write the dates in Spanish for these important days?

Independence Day in the US
Halloween
Mexican National celebration
Spanish National celebration
Christmas Day

Have a great weekend!!!

03/14. Periods 1-4.

Today we have been talking about activities we do in our free time and people who work in these fields.
Can you make a list of your five favorite movies and tell me who works in these movies?
Don't worry, just in case you don't remember who is in these movies I am giving you a link where you can find information about any movie you may think about.

http://www.imdb.com/

03/08. Periods 1-4.

Good morning.

Today we are going to review all the contents in unit 8 and the learning map as well.
Don't forget to study this weekend, we will have a test next Tuesday.

If you have finished today's activities you can take a look at this website.
This is a BBC link to learn foreign languages for free.
At the bottom of the page you have a test to grade your knowledge of Spanish.
Are you a beginner???
I think it s a good idea to try to do it, now that we have been studying Spanish for more than six months let's see where we are!!!
Have a nice weekend.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/

03/08. Period 7.

Hi guys!

Today we have gone deep in the study of the verb "ir" to go, in English.
Once that you have finished your worksheet click on the link below.
You will find a formal explanation about how this verb works, you will also find some examples.
You can listen to some sentences, you can also record your voice and get a feedback about how Spanish you sound.

Have a great three days weekend!!!

http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/resources/spanish_verb_ir.php

03/08. Period 5.

Today we are going to review about the different transportation we can use to travel from one city to another one.
Do you remember the different ways of transportation we studied?

We are going to plan a trip for Spring Break. Our destiny...... Florida. Orlando must be a beautiful city, and you and your family would really like to go there.

1. I want you to take a look at the following websites. I want you to tell me how you can go to Orlando. I want you to try to book a plane, bus and train to go there. I also want you to calculate how much time would it take to go there by car, and how much it would cost.

          http://www.amtrak.com/home
          http://www.greyhound.com/
          http://www.kayak.com/
          http://fuelcostcalculator.aaa.com/

      2. Now take a look at the following website. Make a list of the things that we should visit in Orlando. Do you remember how to say "you should" in Spanish?

http://www.visitorlando.com/EN-CA/
   

     3. Finally look for data about the natural environment in Florida. Make a list of some highlights in the landscape of this beautiful state.

 

03/07 Period. Giving directions

Scavenger Hunt.

We are going to do a virtual tour around Wilmington. Here you have a map of the city.
I am going to give you several directions, follow them to get to several places in the city.
Then go to the comments of this post and write the names of the places where you have arrived.
Remember, we are always going to start our tour in our school, Howard High School.

1. Siga todo recto por 12th St.
    Tuerza a la derecha en N Washington St.
    Pase el puente.
    Tuerza a la izquierda en W 18th St.
    Tuerza a la izquierda en Stadium Dr.
    ¿Donde está?

2. Siga todo recto por 12th St.
   Tuerza a la izquierda en N King St.
   Tuerza a la derecha en W 5th St.
   Tuerza a la izquierda en N Tatnall St.
   Tuerza a la izquierda en W Front St.
   Siga todo recto 5 calles.
   ¿Donde está?

3. Siga todo recto por E 12th.
   Gire a la izquierda en N. Washington St.
   Gire a la izquierda en W 9th St.
   Pase los semáforos.
   Gire a la derecha en N King St.
   ¿Donde está?

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=es&ll=39.755769,-75.543795&spn=0.037149,0.070982&t=m&z=14

Finally you are going to pick one place in the city.
You have to write the directions to get there.
Ready, set, go!!!

Mi tienda favorita

¿Cual es tu tienda favorita?
Me encanta H&M, es una tienda de ropa muy grande.
Esta tienda está en Europa y América. Su ropa es barata y tiene estilos formal y casual.
 H&M tiene mucha ropa, camisetas, pantalones, abrigos, zapatos, jeans... Pero me encantan los jeans.
Me gustan mucho los jeans azules. El color azul es mi favorito.
Tambien me gustan mucho las chaquetas, tengo una chaqueta negra de la talla mediana que me queda muy bien.

  


Now you. I want you to answer to the question in the comments section.

¿Cual es tu tienda de ropa favorita?

Zara, ropa española

Hello.
Today I want you to discover the largest Spanish clothing retailer, which by the way, is the largest retailer in the world. Zara.
This is the website, it is updated every two weeks with new items and collections. Take a look!

http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/home/es/es

I want you to take a look at it, look at the sections. Hombre, mujer, zapatos, pantalones, etc.
I want you to write a short paragraph giving your opinion about this store. Do you like it? What style does it have? Is it expensive? What clothes do you like? And which ones you don't?
Write your paragraph in the comments of this post so that I can read it to grade it and everyone else can read your opinions and learn from your great Spanish!!!

3/06 Period 5

You are asked to write a short paragraph about your city.
This paragraph is going to be included in your school's newspaper and this is addressed to the Spanish speaking community in your area.
You are asked to give information about tourism in your city.
You should give the following information.

• The best and worst restaurant
• The best and worst mall
• The best and worst club.

You also want to give information about two historical landmarks in Wilmington, The Plublic Library and Howard High School.
You want to compare them, using the comparatives you know.
Here there are a couple of websites where you can search for some information.

http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/260

http://www.inwilmingtonde.com/places/place.php?p=183

Write your paragraph in the comments to this post and ti will be published!!!

03/05/2013. Periods 1-4

Click in the following link and you will find a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SE21mngt2s

Work on this video, watch it several times and try to write a transcription of what these people say.
Is there anything different from the things we have studied in the classroom?

Then, once that you have worked in the video, prepare with your partner a role play like the one you have just seen. You are going to pretend that one is the costumer and the other one a client.
Act it out!

Period 5. Wilmington and its landmarks.

Here you have the website to visit Wilmington.
Take a look at it, pick one of the landmarks that appear in the site.
Describe the place, explain where it is and how to get there from the school.
And, enjoy the visit to the website, sometimes we don't realize of the beautiful places that surround us.

http://www.visitwilmingtonde.com/

Periods 1-4. Graphic organizer for complements

Hello guys!
Here you are going to find a jpeg file that you can downlad.

Download the picture and use educreations to fill the blank spaces with the names of the complements we have just studied. In every blank space you will write the name of a complement or of a clothing item that you use for this part of the body.

Well, most of you did a good job. I know that some people tried to send me what they did, but this is the only file I got on my email.
Kamilah Dobson's work!!!