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With the idea of portraying an art project made out of bottle caps and showing what we as humans do with our trash was hard to come up with as an idea. First I started to draw in my sketchbook trying to figure out how I can make a three divisional art piece show all the factors that I want. I was then able to start the project by using only recycled materials.

            The way I start is different from most people. I like to have an idea then sketch it out once. Then start making different pieces of it and whatever piece turns out the best I work with and build the art piece from it. As I started to work I chose only the recyclable materials. Any thing I had access to that I felt would be of some use I incorporated it in to my project. Along with the things I remembered I made a bottle cap poster. To help collect them so they cold are used in the project, so I found a way to include them.

            My idea came to when me when I first received this project. I automatically thought about the ocean we destroy by all the trash that it encounters over an extensive period of time. Whenever I go places I love to look at the water it’s one of my favorite things to do. I find it to be very pretty and extremely relaxing. So I decided to show people what we’re doing to the water slowly but surely.

Weather Conditions!

In Spanish we use Hace and Esta’ meaning it’s to say the weather.

Hace is used when saying how it feels or looks. Esta’ is used when telling what the weather is doing. These are the ways to say different weather conditions.

Frio= cold

Calor=hot

Viento=windy

Sol=sunny

Fresco=cool

Those are the terms in which hace should  be placed in front of

Example- hace frio=its cold

Nevando= snowing

Lloviendo= raining

Nublado=cloudy

Those terms should be said with esta.

For example Esta’ lloviendo

(P.S. Philadelphia’s Margaret and Orthodox Station needs a clean up, badly)

1.     What motivated you to come out and vote?
He voted because he is a committee-person.

2.      What would you like to see changed in our political system?.

He really didn’t want to change anything, just to keep the democrats vote up.

3.     Do you vote in every election (How regularly do you vote?)
Votes every election.

4.     Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?
No

5.      Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning? Radio, TV, Print, Internet, other.

Television

6.     What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?
The Obama campaign.

7.     Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating?
Yes.

8.     What changed do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?

He wants to help the Democratic Party to get back in.

9.     What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?.

Helps to keep the Democratic party in.

10.  Did you learn about voting in school? If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?
Yes.

I am going to show the basic way of greeting anyone, whether it is an adult or an amigo.

Region-

Questions I’ll ask

¿De donde eres?-Where are you from

I’ll show them what this means

Soy de______-I’m from

Soy de______ pero vivo en ________-I’m from ____ but I live in 

Yo también-Me too

What I’m going to do

I’m going to show a map of Spain, Mexico, and other spanish speaking countries, and I’m going to say where this place is and give examples.

Questions I’ll ask

¿Que Tal?- How are you?

¿Y tu?-And you?

I’ll show them what this means

Mui Bien-Very good

¡Hola!-Hello

Buenas dias-Good Morning

Buenas Tardes-Good Afternoon

Buenos Noches-Good Evening

What I’m going to do

I’m going to start a conversation with someone, then if they don’t understand it, then I’ll explain it on the board. Then, I’ll start to make conversations with random people in the class.

Weather

Questions

¿Qué tiempo hace?-What’s the weather like?

I’ll show what this means

Hace(mcuho) frio, calor, viento, sol, fresco- It’s cold, hot, windy, cool

Esta lloviendo, llueve, nevando, nublado- It’s raining, it rains, It’s 

snowing, it snows

What I’m going to do 

Below are a few lists of Greetings in Spanish translated to English. The Spanish word is on the left and the English translation is on the right.

(1). ¡Hola!.................................................Hello!

(2). ¡Buenos dias!.....................................Good morning!

(3). ¡Buenas dias!.....................................Good afternoon!

(4). ¡Buenas noches!................................Good evening/night!

* Notice that when you say "good morning" & "good evening" in Spanish you say "buenAS" instead of "buenOS".The differrence between the three is that there is one masculine and two feminine. In Spanish the things that are masculine end with an o and the things that a feminine end with an o. BuenOS is masculine and buenAS is feminine.

* In English when using exclamation marks you use them at the end of an sentence. In Spanish you use an exclamation mark in the beginning and in the end. The exclamation mark in the beginning is upside-down. An upside down exclamation mark looks like this: "¡ ". The reason for this upside down exclamation mark is that when you are reading in the Spanish language you automatically know from the beginning that this phrease/sentence is going to be said with emotion.

(5).¿Que tal?.........................................How are you?

(6). ¿Cómo val?....................................How are you?

(7). ¿Cómo estás tú?( Informal)...........How are you?

(8) ¿Cómo está usted? ( formal).............How are you?

(9) Muy bien gracias.............................Very well, thanks.

(10) Más o menos..................................Alright.

(11) Muy mal/ Terrible.......................... Awful/ Terrible

(12) ¿Y Tú ( informal).......................... And you?

(13) ¿Y Usted ( formal)..........................And you?

(14) ¡Ay,ay,ay!........................................Oh, no!

(15) ¡Que bien!.......................................Oh, good!

* In English when using question marks you use them at the end of the sentence. In Spanish you would use question marks in the beginning and ends of the sentences. Like the exclamation mark the question mark also has to be upside down in the beginning. an upside down question mark looks like this: "¿". The reason for this upside down is that when you begin to read a sentence in spanish you can automatically tell from the very beginning that a question is being asked.

Script

Informal

(SLA Hallway, standing)

D: ¡Ay, ay, ay!

(Tina enters)

D: ¡Hola! ¡Buenos días!

T: ¡Buenos días!

D: ¿Qué tal?

T: Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?

D: Estoy muy mal.

T: ¡Ay, ay, ay!

D: ¡Adíos!

T: ¡Adíos!

Formal:

(SLA Ballroom, standing)

T: ¡Buenas noches!

D: ¡Buenas noches!

T: ¿Cómo está?

D: Bien, gracias. ¿Y Usted?

T: Más o menos.

D: ¡Hasta pronto!

T: ¡Hasta pronto!

In order to get someones number in Spanish you need to know:

*The Numbers in Spanish

*How to ask "What's you number?"

* How to break up and separate the Numbers.

To ask someone for there number in Spanish you say: Cual es tu numero de telefono? This mean "What is your phone Number?"

Numbers:

The second most important thing that you need to know is how to break up the numbers when getting someone's number. 

Example: (215)-872-3452

In Spanish you would break the numbers up like this: (2 / 15)-8 / 72- 34 / 52

so you would say:  Dos(2) /Quince(15)- Ocho (8) / Setenta y dos(72)- Treinta y cuatro(34)- Cincuenta y dos(52)

Try a couple on your own:

215-333-6790

267-897-0234

Don't forget to break up the number.