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You are in wonderful,hot, and sunny Spain. But everyone speaks Spanish! You are going to be there for a while because you need to know when the markets open; so you need to find out the days of the week. Here is a quick easy chart.

The first thing you need know before you can speak Spanish is how to say your greetings. You can’t just talk to someone in Spanish unless you know your greetings! This is why I wrote this topic. The first thing you need to know is how to say hello, and Good morning/afternoon/evening, in Spanish. Then, you will learn to say, “how are you?” to someone, and how to reply back. Lastly, you will learn how to say your goodbyes in Spanish.

Now this is an example of how say proper greetings in spanish to a friend. 

1. The project was about My Make a wish for when i had blood cancer.

2. I don't know how to answer that i really didn't use any.

3. I learned that you can relive the past with photographs.

4. I was proud of myself when i finish my voice over and descirption

5. I would change the design

6. I did enjoy this because i got to see old pictures of the good old days. 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12879970/mike%20myers%20spanish%20project.flv

Reflection

·       Explain this project in your own words.  (the mission, etc.)

The mission of this project was to talk about what we did over the summer  using past tense.

·       How did you apply the SLA core values to your project?

I think I applied the SLA core values by asking my friends for help, helping them with their project, and asking my teacher for help.

·       What did you learn through completing this project?

I learned how to say what I did last summer. I learned how to tell the reader/ viewer what I did.

·       Think back to your process in completing this project.  Did you have any major break-throughs or a moment where everything started clicking?  Or maybe instead everything fell apart?

At first I thought it was going to be cake. I started lacking but then I realize that it wasn’t as easy as I thought.

·       If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?

I would do a collage which is what I was going to originally do but I ran out of time.

·       Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?

I did at first but then after a while it started to annoy me because I started overthinking about it. By the end I liked it again.

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/My%20First%20Project%20-%20Medium.m4v?w=7f2d59fd

​Reflection: 

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1) ​El tema central de la novela que leí es "popularidad"


2) "Como se difine poplaridad en la segundaria"

Ejemplos (3):

1- pg 14 ,

"Annie la facil lo hizo otra vez."

-qué sucedió?

-salió con ese vago de Rick Andover"

2-  pg45, 

"había tardado casi dos semanas para conseguir que Skip la invitara, ya que el muchacho era de los años superiores y aseguraba que jamás saldría con una chica del curso de chica" 

3- pg 86,

"Suzanne Devlin es atractiva, talentosa, inteligente, y sofisticada- señaló Jessica."

- ¿Cual es el tema central de la novela?
    Familia y libertad.
- Concentrando en el tema, ¿hay una pregunta de investigación como una pregunta esencial que corresponde a la novela?
    ¿Si familia no era importante, la vida de uno puede ser diferente?
    ¿Familia te puede ayudar ganar la libertad?
- ¿Cuáles son tres ejemplos de la novela que corresponden a la pregunta de investigación?  Escribe las citas directas con los números de la página.

-​La tema central de la novela es amor, come vives su vida, y la contra entre dos vidas como dos personalidades.
-Es posible a sali una vida y hacer una nueva personalidad? Como vives su vida? Es posible cambiar?
-Ejemplos: pg 50, pg 40, pg 36

​The next step in my quest to secure funding for Amtrak was to learn about my representatives. A constituent of the 1st district of New Jersey, I am represented in the federal government by Representative Rob Andrews, Senator Robert Menendez, and Senator Frank Lautenberg. While all have been in support of railroads in the past, Sen. Lautenberg is the national railroad advocate (which greatly helps my cause).

Lautenberg, the chair of the Senate's Surface Transportation subcommittee, has always been in favor of railroad transportation throughout the United States. In fact, for his efforts to support railroads, the Secaucus Junction train station (a large transfer station serving three quarters of all NJ Transit trains) was renamed the "Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction Station." Lautenberg's focus on railroads comes partly from his background, since his immigrant family often traveled on trains, but also comes from his work as Executive Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. His efforts to support railroads are widely supported, since many North Jersey and Central Jersey residents use NJ Transit to commute to work in New York City. Overall, it will be easy to get Senator Lautenberg to support Amtrak Funding.

Senator Menendez, while not an outspoken rail advocate, does support railroads. He has voted in favor of Amtrak in every rail-based election since his inauguration. While this support often comes from pressure by Sen. Lautenberg, it will still be easy to get him to support rail funding.

Lastly, Rep. Rob Andrews has been a partial railroad advocate. While he personally wants to support railroads, many South Jersey residents don't. This is most likely the result of a lack railroad transportation in South Jersey (with only the PATCO, Atlantic City Line, and River Line). However, Rep. Andrews has been supporting the proposed Camden-Glassboro line. If the state bill passes, he can certainly support an Amtrak bill without any negative campaigning from his constituents.

Overall, my representatives will be easy to work with and will hopefully support my efforts to increase rail funding.

Revolving door: When a elective official to leave his position as a means to transfer into a position to work as a lobbyist the same goes for the versa. This can be called a form of corruption. This is an issue because of the information passed through using this method.

Ex.

Laurence Lessig called people to challenge the presidential candidates to promise that they will only appoint FCC commissioners who promise not to work for those who have regulated for at least 5 years after their term is over. He issued that call-to-action after the GAO found that the FCC is providing information to lobbyist about upcoming meeting agenda. Basically FCC members were lobbying information a week before its public announcement.

David E. Jeremiah: 
While serving on the Defense Policy Board, which advises the Secretary of Defense (Donald H. Rumsfeld at the time) on military strategy, was hired by Boeing Company as a consultant while it was seeking Pentagon approval for a $20 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers. "An internal Boeing e-mail message indicated that the men, Adm. David Jeremiah, a retired vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a member of five corporate boards, and Gen. Ronald Fogleman, who retired from the Air Force, were to lobby Mr. Rumsfeld's office." 

Gill, Kathy. "The Revolving Door(and what can we do about it)."About.com. about.com/guide, Oct/18/07. Web. 24 Oct 2011. <http://uspolitics.about.com/b/2007/10/18/the-revolving-door-and-what-we-can-do-about-it.htm>.

 

Ronald

Rugei 

Alysa 

Keiasha

​http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2196173/Screen%20Shot%202011-10-24%20at%208.16.23%20PM.png

Reflection

What grade would you assign yourself for each category?

	Exceeds Expectations 20-19	Meets Expectations 18-16	Approaches Expectations 15-13	Does Not Meet Expectations 12-1
Design	19
Knowledge		18
Application	20
Presentation	19
Process	20

TOTAL:      96     

Strengths of your process or product	Weaknesses of your process or product
* Grammar * Having all my things done on time	* The pronunciation

How did you apply the SLA core values to your project?

Throughout this project I did use the five SLA core values. Inquiry is the act of asking for information. Throughout this project I went to my peers and asked for certain words. Researching is the act of investigation. I investigated old photos from the past. Collaboration is the act of working with someone to create something. While peer editing, I did collaborate with my peers. I am presenting my project through imovie. It is neatly edited and done.  I have and continue to reflect on the work that I have done.

What did you learn about Spanish through completing this project?

I learned how to use the pretérito tense. I also learned new words just as “meido” and phrases such as “we left”.

What did you change about your final project based on peer feedback?  What did you change based on Srta. G’s feedback?

I made a lot of agreement and grammatical errors. Those were the main things that I had to change. As for sentence structure, it remained mainly the same.

If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?

I would have used more pictures. I don’t have many pictures. However, I would have spent more time figuring out how to work with pictures.

Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?

I enjoyed this project because it allowed me to look back on past summers and think of all the things that I have actually done. Also, this project allowed me to use imovie. Editing this project was fun.

Do you have any suggestions for me if I do this same project next year?

I do not have any suggestions for you if you do the same project next school year.

This is the link to my blog with the video.

This is the link to my school tube video.

​Topic #2-

 

Asking and telling time-

 

Title- Don’t be late

 

Your going to need to know how to tell time and how to say it so here is a way im going to help you. It might take a while because you’re new to it but remember your going to be a pro very soon. Practice makes perfect!

 

(*Es la una – 1:00

*Son las (__hour__) – hour:00

*Es la una y cinco – Five minutes past.

*Menos cinco - :45

*Y media-Half past)

 

*Here are so way to say times in words:

 

Al mediodía – at noon

 

A la medianoche – at midnight

 

Alrededor de – around

 

De día - day

 

Durante el día – during the day

 

A tiempo – on time

 

En punto – on the dot

 

Trade – late

 

temprano – early

This is Emalyn asking Alexis the time so she isen't late for her meeting, but it sees that she is running a little behind... ¡AY, Díos Mío! 



Here is Emalyn's lección on phone numbers.
Here is her lección on courtesy.
Here is her lección on the days of the week.

Manners are important in any language, and Español is no exception. Here are a few words you should know in order to show respect and gratitude. 

Now that you know the words, let’s go over in which situations you use them. Con Permiso is used when you are asking someone to move out of your way. Disculpe is used to try to get someone’s attention. Lastly, Perdón is used to apologize if you accidentally knock into someone.

This is an example of a real life situation, when Alexis bumped into her class-mate Emalyn, knocking down her book. 

This is the timeline of Symone S., Nick M., Yasmeen B., Imani J., and Justin P. Hope you find it informative and enjoyable.