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Catherine Nardone - my song.

Posted by Catherine Nardone in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
  • Share the first version of your refrán.

La ciudad del amor fraternal,

Una lugar único y orignal.

                          Grande esperanzas pero suenos rotos,
                          Todos carreteras ignotos.
                          Yo llamo a este casa.
    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate?
  • Our refrán is supposed to communicate that we live in the city of brotherly love, a place that's unique and original. A place where people have high hopes, but troubled dreams, where all roads are unknown. But, most of all that this is the place that we call home.
    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
  • Yes, we were happy about the first draft because of how we worded I think. It's deep, yet fun.
    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
  • I think that we would like to make it a little bit longer.
    • What was difficult about writing your refrán? 
  • The most difficult part was rhyming. We had a hard time doing that with only a limited amount of words that actually made sense with what we were trying to say and that rhymed well.

Refran

Posted by Yasmeen Brownlee in Spanish 3 - Gierke on

filadelphia es muy importante en mi vida

mejor amigos y muy actividades


What is your refrán supposed to communicate?

My Refran is supposed to communicate my feeling about philadelphia as my home as a whole.
What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
I worked on it so i know what i want to say, even though it's not complete
What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
More wording, As well as a stronger grasp of the spanish vocab and the question.
What was difficult about writing your refrán?
Before i wrote it down i wasn't sure how i was going to go about this project. Now that I wrote something it will be easier for me to revise.

Mi Refran

Posted by Tyler Morales in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
Refrán:

​Mi nombre es Aiert,
Vengo yo Nueva Jersey,
No me gusta Nueva Jersey,
Mi casa es aburrido.
    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate? 
      I come from New Jersey and it was very boring there.
    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
      I tried explaining that my house in New Jersey was boring
    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
      Make it rhyme, I couldn't think of words and find some that rhymed
    • What was difficult about writing your refrán? 
      Thinking of what to put in my refrán.

De donde vengo yo?

Posted by Katherine Hatzidais in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​refrán: 
yo soy de un lugar
donde las cosas más simples son buenos
donde el amor es profundo
donde las sonrisas son amplias


  • What is your refrán supposed to communicate? 
    My refrán is suppose to communicate that even though things can be tough, theres still a few things that remain the same. 

  • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
    I am happy about the words because I think they are strong words. 

  • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
    I would like to see if I could write it in a different way or say something even more meaningful. 

  • What was difficult about writing your refrán?  
    I think it was difficult to write something meaningful that could possibly have rhythm. 

Alysha R. Ortiz refran

Posted by Alysha Ortiz in Spanish 3 - Gierke on


-what is your refran supposed to communicate?

a donde yo vivo y que yo gusta


-what are you espically happy about with your first draft?

yo lo hice


-what would you like to improve about your refran first draft?

tratar de limpiar lo que puede ser en una canción


- what was diffcult about writing your refran?

tratando de hacer una canción

Refran- Johan sebastian rosaro

Posted by Malik Tlili in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​refrán : me llamo es rosaro:
            y el nombre de me pero es dinero


my refrán is short and it communicates with the listeners because it is simple and those are the only two things needed to know about myself "Roasaro" i am happy with the attractiveness of my refrán. it pulls listeners in and makes the song interesting. i would like to check the spelling and maybe make my refrán longer. the thing that was difficult about writing my refrán is thinking of the correct way to say what i want. 

Bethany song refran

Posted by Bethany Carter in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
Uno lado un mi familia es grande.
Uno lado un mi familia es pequeña.
Tenemos vos alto pero sabemos oír otros.
Casi todo el mundo encuentran lo confuso.
Yo crecí con ellos.

The refrán is supposed to communicate that my family is loud and confusing but for me its normal.
I like that I was able to not feel as limited by the words I could choose from.
I would like to improve the flow of it so it would be easier to sing.
The difficult part was finding the right translation in the dictionary. 

21/9: Ahorita

Posted by Ronald Jackson in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
Soy de Filadelfia
La zoo de Filadelfia
Es mi zoo favorito
¡Sí, es mi vida!

Ir al zoo todas las dias
Es qué yo gusta
Es mi casa cierto
¡Sí, tú y yo!

My refrain shows of my love for the Philadelphia Zoo.

I am happiest with the choice of words that I used in my first draft.

I would like to improve the words that I used at the end of each line. My hope is for it to eventually rhyme.

The most difficult part was trying to find words that rhyme.

Rugei & Mabintu

Posted by Rugeiatu Bah in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
  • Share the first version of your refrán.
    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate?
    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
    • What was difficult about writing your refrán?
  • Nosotros Africáno, más fuerte!
  • Nosotros  Africáno,más fuerte!
  • Nosotros  Africáno, Vamoso!
  • Africaaaaaaaaaa Nosotros Donte. Awooo!
  • Nosotros Africáno, ¿yo no oyes tu?
  • Nosotros Africáno, más fuerte!
  • Nosotros  Africáno,más fuerte!
  • Nosotrosl Africáno, Vamoso!

Nostroso
  • Share the first version of your refrán.
    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate?
    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
    • What was difficult about writing your refrán?
  • Nosotros Africáno, más fuerte!
  • Nosotros  Africáno,más fuerte!
  • Nosotros  Africáno, Vamoso!
  • Africaaaaaaaaaa Nosotros Donte. Awooo!
  • Nosotros Africáno, ¿yo no oyes tu?
  • Nosotros Africáno, más fuerte!
  • Nosotros  Africáno,más fuerte!
  • Nosotrosl Africáno, Vamoso!

Goldie Robins -Refrn

Posted by Goldie Robins in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
My Refrán:

Yo soy de Europa a los Estados Unidos
Yo soy de Pennsylvania
Soy del barrio de Filadelfia
Yo soy de.

​1) Where I come from. 
2)I am happy with having it done, and that I actually thought of one.
3) Go over to see if I made an grammar mistakes and to make sure it makes sense. 
4)It was hard to think about what to say, especially when you think in english then you don't know what to say in spanish. 

Ahorita 9/21/11

Posted by Matthew Ferry in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​Mi escuela es muy raro
Philadelphia tiene malo callea
poco es muy importante a me.
Me gusta monto mi bici.

    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate? 
      My refrán is suppose to communicate very small/brief information about me. 

    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
      Not too much.  I'm most likely going to edit, so instead of it being brief info, it has more meaning to it than that. 

    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
      Mostly everything. 

    • What was difficult about writing your refrán? 
      Finding exactly what to put into it. 

Refrn

Posted by Sean Force in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
1. My refrain is supposed to tell about where I'm from.
2. I am especially happy that I got it done finally after sitting and thinking for forever.
3. I might have liked to make it rhyme or flow a bit better.
4. Thinking of what to say in it and trying to write it in general.

Marina Pyfrom's Song

Posted by Marina Pyfrom in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​fiesta de rock! 
De dónde vengo yo
Vamos 
2X

Its a fun song. I want the refrain to be easy and simple so my audience can sing too. My chorus will set the stage for the verses. 
Yes because it is catchy which means audience can quickly catch on and sing. 
Maybe add another line into. I haven't decided yet because I kind of like it the way it already is. 
Just trying to make the lines catchy especially in spanish and just making it flow throughout the song. 

Yo escucha sirenas de la policía.
sueños ser una bailarina.
Vivo con Mi mamá .
no drama
Ella es importante y muy elegante.
Mi casa es en Filadelphia

My first verse tells a little about where I'm from but goes in more about my mother. 
I like the first too lines because the rhyme scheme and also the message. 
I wanna take more about my mom and our relationship. So there will be more lines added. 
The most difficult part is answering the question in an intelligent Spanish 3 student way. Being that our vocabulary is limited we can not say what we want to make the song great. So we have to do the best we can and hope for the best.

Yo vengo de una familia.
Me gusta que mi familia es pequeña.
Tenemos una relacion buena.
Una vez al año hay reunión
Por que tradición.

My second first talks about my family and its characteristics.
I love my second verse because the message is perfect for the essential question and its rhymes successfully. 
I think I want to make this my first verse just because It answers the question more and just simply amazing.
I had no difficulty this verse because I let my mind wonder and did not pressure myself with the rhyming. It just came to my brain and I loved it so I used it.  

Cecelia's (:

Posted by Cecelia Baez in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate? 
      - I was in a VERY lovey mood (: Communicating my lovey doveiness at a random moment.  I feel as if loving things is just my background. In my mind it's where I am from. 
    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
      - Not at all!!! lol i can only make songs like that when I am lovey. But when I am not I cannot continue the song. I was going to get into my family and love with them. BUT change of plans (:
    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
      - I would like to try and change the topic to something I can always write about rather than be a moment thing. 
    • What was difficult about writing your refrán? 
      - Just a tad. it's REALLY hard to remember how to conjugate everything and simple words. but None the less I will change my song topic to something a LOT more interesting... (:

      Me gusta que mama, 

      Usted el siente el mismo?

      Te amo papa, 

      Usted el siente el mismo?

      Tú  es el solo uno que puede me hacen sonreír.

      Yo no quiero…. perderte usted. 

      perderte usted. (:


Becca Fenton's refrain

Posted by Rebecca Fenton in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​EL REFRÁN (escribe el refrán aquí):
Amor y familia es todos lo que nietecito
Nietecito yo nosotros muy malo
Yo amor nosotros
Yo lo hacer simepre


  • Share the first version of your refrán.
    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate? 
      How the most important things are to love your family and to have love in your life.
    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
      I am happy that the refrain isn't too long but it's long enough and  I feel like it shows the true purpose of our song.
    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
      I would like to maybe go over all the spelling and tenses because I feel like we may have had some errors.
    • What was difficult about writing your refrán? 
      It was difficult because I have never written a song in spanish before and it was a new challenge. 

Leonardo-Alejandro ... Santiago (J. Pullins): El Refrn

Posted by Justin Pullins in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​El refrán para la cancion:

Infinito,
¿Dónde comienza?,
Infinito,
¿Por dónde empezar?



*What is your refrán supposed to communicate?

The refrán is supposed to state where I am now and how I got there with who and where I'm from.

*What are you especially happy about your first draft?

Nothing yet; I wrote this first draft with the full intention of eventually changing it completely.

*What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
I'd like to include more metaphors and symbolism; I think the songwriting won't be very good without it.


*What was difficult about writing your refrán?
I think the difficult part of writing the refrán was trying to write something that sounds very cool, catchy, and original.


First version

Posted by Imani Johnson in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​Yo vivo en el silencio
Pero hablan
La cuidad hablan
Yo vengo de felicidad y sonrisas.
Muchos extraños personas creas mi vida
¡Mi vida es maravillosa!
Vivo en el ciudad del amor fraternal.
Vivo en el ciudad de la calma, los jovenes, los viejos, el ciudad
De Filadefia.


1. My refrán is supposed to communicate the basics of where my group and I came from.

2. The fact that with all of our individual refráns we create a story of our backgrounds.

3. It would probably be better if each sentence could flow together and there weren't long sentences.

4. It was hard to really figure out where I'm from since I've lived in so many places, so it was really tough to put where I'm from down in a few sentences when I'm still trying to figure that out for myself.

maddie walls refrn

Posted by Madeline Walls in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​Soy de Filadelfia,
casa de mi familia.
Me encanta esta ciudad,
im am del amor

no importa si me voy
i siempre será de Filadelfia.
se aparte de mí.


1. that im from philadelphia and i love it

2. that i finished it and its in spanish and goes together.

3. i would like to have it maybe sound better out loud

4. everything i didn't know what so write i dont like writing songs especially in spanish. 

Basilio (N. Manton): EL Refrn

Posted by Nicholas Manton in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​Yo vivo en el silencio
Pero hablan
La cuidad hablan
Yo vengo de felicidad y sonrisas.
Muchos extraños personas creas mi vida
¡Mi vida es maravillosa!
Vivo en el ciudad del amor fraternal.
Vivo en el ciudad de la calma, los jovenes, los viejos, el ciudad
De Filadefia.

1. My refrain is supposed to show the many different things in which we live in.

2. I am happy with how diverse our refrains were, but they still had a little flow to them.

3. I would like to make it flow together better.

4. It was difficult to write where I'm from without being boring.

Anita Patterson - Refran

Posted by Allison Patterson in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
Refran: Vengo de Venezuela y yo vengo de Pensilvana ahora estamos junta cantando de Roxborough en donde vivimos. De día y de noche celebramos y cantamos se vaya. Ya..ya lo sabes todo en Roxborough todos son locos. Pero ahí tiempos que todos se cambian..silenció..oscuro..las calles vacías. Pero esto es Roxborough en donde vivimos.

  • Share the first version of your refrán.
    • What is your refrán supposed to communicate?
  • The refran shows what we do in Roxobrough.
    • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
  • I like the flow.
    • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
  • I would like to shorten it.
    • What was difficult about writing your refrán?
  • Keeping in tempo.

Refrn

Posted by Kimberly Parker in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
​Amor y familia es todos lo que nietecito
Nietecito yo nosotros muy malo
Yo amor nosotros
Yo lo hacer simepre

  • What is your refrán supposed to communicate? 
    The refrán is supposed to say ho much I love my family and how much I need them. 
  • What are you especially happy about with your first draft?
    I'm happy that it makes sense and fits together. 
  • What would you like to improve about your refrán first draft?
    I would like to check to see if every word is in the correct spot and spelled right. 
  • What was difficult about writing your refrán? 
    Forming sentences is really really hard for me. 

Refran

Posted by Terrance Oliveri-Wiliams in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
Estamos de dos uno cinco

Y mucho dinero

que vivimos, la respiración, y comer philly

porque esta es nuestra ciudad


Our chorus should communicate where we are from and what our city means to us. I am really happy that we actually came up with the chorus', so just in case we don't feel one of them, we can always us the other one, as long as it is approved by Srta. G. I would like to improve on the flow and rhythm to our chorus, the syllables make it hard to stay constant and keep the same tempo. The hardest part about writing the chorus was trying to make it rhyme, we didnt quite get there, but we are working on it. 

Value Family

Posted by Jermel Langley in English 2 - Block on
​“Value family because they are not always going to be there forever.” Summer time, beginning of august, playing call of duty on the new zombie map, shangri la in my living room with the lights off so I can focus on the game while on the phone with my girlfriend. My dad walks in from work hard day at work and turns on the lights, “Hey dad how was your day at work” I said. He came home very happy for some reason, with his usual three laptop bag but I didn't bother to ask, I just sank back into my game. “ Busy as always son but i only have a couple more days until till my break,”

After an hour or so of playing my video games and speaking on the phone with my girlfriend I started to feel tired and that’s when I noticed something. There they were in the kitchen my mom, sisters and my dad were playing around very loudly with a Spanish accent. I felt a little left out and couldn't really hear them that well, But I wanted to be funny, so i said something to him “Dad why you acting so hype and loud,” my dad replied “What What ! I can acted how i feel because i do what i feel you know”  right after his reply I knew he was playing because he was still speaking in the accent, I told him, “ha ha i understand but you acting real weird” then he changed his accent to imitate Scarface and replied, “look listen to me, ever day until Friday when my vacation start I'm going to come with a different accent “I thought about what he said and the only thing i kept thinking was it’s Tuesday and I’m going to have to listen to his ridiculous act for another three day’s. but then i said my thoughts out loud “This is going to be funny” he heard me say that with no problems “What’s so funny about the way I act jermel” he said this with a female voice it was by far the funniest voice i ever heard. I just had nothing to say to that so i told him “ you know what you got it.” then he started to laugh and was like okay “I'm done that was to funny” Then he yelled “Who you talking to on the phone, Tiye”  everyone always knew i was talking to tiye on the phone because i was always on the phone with her. “ Yea” then he asked this question he always asked “ how do y’all talk on the phone so much and never get bored or anything.” i just replied the same way i do any other time. “ We just talk i don’t know” but then he changed the subject and told me to tell tiye something “Yo for real tell tiye she crazy” Then i pauses the game and asked him to repeat what he said. “She crazy if she messing with you” i laughed, unpaused the game and told tiye “ My dad said your crazy because your going out with me” she replied as she laughed, but she felt awkward and said “ Ummm okay” she said this fairly slow like she didn't know what to say. “ Dad she said okay” I'm guessing he didn’t hear me because he stayed talking to my sister. I just continued to play my game and talk to tiye.

My dad was talking about how he is so happy that his vacation is coming and i was happy too because really i don't get to see him that much because he work all the time. We was supposed to have a great vacation.But not everything goes as planned.

It’s been two day’s and with one blow everything changed. Again I’m on the phone with tiye playing around with her. “ I gotchu don’t speak no words to me good bye.” I hanged up the phone to mess with her but as soon as i hanged up the phone my mom call me in the kitchen. “ Jermel come here i need to talk to you” I’m nervous because when she say that i know it’s ether I'm in trouble or somethings wrong , but as soon as i walked i realized something was terribly wrong, my mom face had tears running down them and her face was down. She started to look up at me and i said “Mom What’s wrong?” with tears poring she said “ Uncle Rif passed away”  the feeling of a very strong punch to the heart but i didn’t cry. it was weird, i said to her “ Mom what happen” she just said real fast “He stop breathing” I just  hold her until she let go and she went in her room and i went to my room. When i went to my bed I Called her to talk to her. I really didn’t have anyone to talk to because everyone always tell me i have to be strong for other people even if I’m hurt, but she didn’t answer my call so i texted her and explained that i need to talk to her I wasn’t playing around. After i sent the texted her, I call again and she answered and i told her what happen.

Later on that day i was just in my room relaxing playing my PlayStation 3 and my cousin Aquil walk in With a 76ers Jersey on and basketball short. Aquil is my uncle rif  “Yo Mel-Mel wassup” He looked like he was 6’5 “Nothin playing call of duty as always man, but how you been, you good” “Yea I’m good chillin over grammy house, you should come over sometimes.” when he said that all i thought was ever time i go to grammy house i get in soo much trouble because i act so retarded over there. I Just replied “ I Will but you know my parent be drawlin all the time” I Guessed he believed me because he looked at me as if he understand exactly what I’m talking about then he just said “ True Cuz they do be drawlin all the time ha-ha but what’s up with you and all the Lady’s” I laughed in my head because he always trying to make a joke. “Man I Have a serious relationship right now don’t laugh at me ha” then he replied ”Man I'm not going to laugh I'm in one to and I’m enjoy it.” Then he look at the game and said “Come on cuz let me trash you in this real quick” He seemed okay but i knew he was feeling hurt and sad because his father just passed and i know if my father passed i would be hurt. At this time i had so much respect for him and i kinda looked up to him. One thing that always hurt me is to have to watch my family cry and be hurt, and for my cousin to a have to watch his 5 year old brother talk about “Daddy, Daddy, where is Daddy” And His little Sister that is 14 cry her heart out because her father will not be coming home anymore. I really don’t know how he Did it but he showed me a different part of him and i will never look at him the same.

By the Night i went to talk to my dad because he always told me how close uncle rif was to him. all i asked him “Are you he okay” and he just replied “yea man” but i really didn’t  have anything to say about it to him. i really was worried for him. but i didn’t know what to do.

After the funerals Day’s later. I Reflected on everything. Everyone knows that Men always have to be strong for the Woman, but I've learned that it’s not something you learn, it’s something that comes naturally. No Matter how hurt we are as men, we will always try to keep our feeling to our self.  I can say with being a male our job is to make sure everyone Else is okay and stay strong for females in our life. It comes natural like a habit but it is something we have to do and will always do.