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Reflexion 5/12/11
Tema: Fuerza
Hoy en clase yo lei la introducion de la autobiografia de Ricky Martin. Empezo con una cita de Gandhi hablando de la fuerza. La majoria de el tiempo el habla de buscar la fuerza de salir de el close y lo que tuvo que hacer para encontrar la manera de hacerlo. Si recomiendo el libro le sugeriera que no leyeran la introducion porque siempre repite lo mismo muchas veses. Lo que necesitas saber de la introducion es que el obtuvo la fuerza, que el decidio guardarse algunas cosas porque prefiere mantenerlas privadas y que cambio los nombres de algunas personas o no las menciono. El dedica este libro a sus dos hijos Matteo y Valentino pero no habla mucho sobre ellos tampoco. Creo que podia describir mejor como encontro una fuerza y decir menos que la encontro. El tambien hablaba sobre el destino y que lo bueno y lo malo tiene que pasar para que la vida sea completa y que la vida y la persona complete su proposito. El piensa que las dos cosas tiene partes importantes en la vida y que ahora entienede por que tuvo que pasar por las cosas que le paso en la vida.
Thursday...
First you need to know how to french braid IDK but, white girls love a french braid. You need to have these skill down & be ready for a "Hey gurl can you french my hair"
Second be ready if your a minority to have you named shorted & doubled
Ex. "Hey Rae Rae'
Working progress...
Oliver Dzierzewicz Ahorita (12/5)
1) ¿Cuántos años tenía Rigoberta cuando empezó a aprender español?
Viente
2) Qué crees: ¿Por qué no pudo aprender el español usando un libro?
Porque es muy dificil usando solamente un libro cuando una persona esta inalfabete (illiterate)
Ahora, lee:
At twenty years of age, Ms. Menchú had already lost her father, her mother and a brother as a result of the indiscriminate violence exercised by the armed forces of Guatemala in their attempts to control and suppress the indigenous people.
After growing up amid this violence and repression, Ms. Menchú decided to learn Spanish, using the language of her oppressors to fight for the rights of her people. Since then, words have been her weapon in her untiring defense of the human rights of all indigenous peoples.
Ms. Menchú states that, "We have seen repeated occupations of our land, long lines of colonists have arrived, and they remain today. In the case of my country, 65 percent of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who authorized a minority to protect an immense majority?"
Ms. Menchú also states, "Racism in our countries is a fact in that the Indian is not allowed to be a politician or aspire to being head of state. It has reached the point that 99 percent of the indigenous women have not gone to school. The indigenous are condemned to live in a situation designed to exterminate them. They receive a pittance of a salary, they neither speak nor write the language, politics dictates their situation. Is this slavery? I don't know what it's called. It is not the same as before because we are in modern times."
In 1992, Ms. Menchú won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest , as well as the first indigenous person to ever win the prize.
Responde:
3) Hay una creencia (belief) que los indígenas en la América Latina siempre son VICTIMAS y que no se organizan para luchar por sus derechos. En el caso de Rigoberta Menchú, ¿qué hizo para luchar?
Rigoberta luchar para los indigenas personas porque crea que es la esclavitud (slavery) usando los palabras no violencia.
4) Rigoberta Menchú aprendió español para luchar y defender. ¿Qué conexión ves entre los idiomas y la opresión? ¿Ves conflictos causados por los idiomas?
Cuando un grupa de personas no se un lenguaje de pais, es problem.
5) Los idiomas (language) ¿es un tema (issue) político en los estados unidos? ¿Cómo?Reflexion de 12th de Mayo
Ahorita : 12/5/11
Antes de leer
1) ¿Cuántos años tenía Rigoberta cuando empezó a aprender español?
- viente (20)
2) Qué crees: ¿Por qué no pudo aprender el español usando un libro?
-Porque ella no tiene el oportunidad a estudiar en su vida. Ella no sabe como leer un libro, solamente como habla la lengua de Quiché. Ella no permite a aprender español en el tiempo.Ahora, lee:
At twenty years of age, Ms. Menchú had already lost her father, her mother and a brother as a result of the indiscriminate violence exercised by the armed forces of Guatemala in their attempts to control and suppress the indigenous people.
After growing up amid this violence and repression, Ms. Menchú decided to learn Spanish, using the language of her oppressors to fight for the rights of her people. Since then, words have been her weapon in her untiring defense of the human rights of all indigenous peoples.
Ms. Menchú states that, "We have seen repeated occupations of our land, long lines of colonists have arrived, and they remain today. In the case of my country, 65 percent of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who authorized a minority to protect an immense majority?"
Ms. Menchú also states, "Racism in our countries is a fact in that the Indian is not allowed to be a politician or aspire to being head of state. It has reached the point that 99 percent of the indigenous women have not gone to school. The indigenous are condemned to live in a situation designed to exterminate them. They receive a pittance of a salary, they neither speak nor write the language, politics dictates their situation. Is this slavery? I don't know what it's called. It is not the same as before because we are in modern times."
In 1992, Ms. Menchú won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest , as well as the first indigenous person to ever win the prize.
Responde:
3) Hay una creencia (belief) que los indígenas en la América Latina siempre son VICTIMAS y que no se organizan para luchar por sus derechos. En el caso de Rigoberta Menchú, ¿qué hizo para luchar?
- Uso sus palabras.
4) Rigoberta Menchú aprendió español para luchar y defender. ¿Qué conexión ves entre los idiomas y la opresión? ¿Ves conflictos causados por los idiomas?
-Porque hay era muchas idiomas, era una mezcla de culturas. Las culturas tienen problemas comprenden las idiomas.
- Muchas perosnas hablan idiomas differentes en los estados unidos, asi que el facto que el idioma nacional es inglés, los estados unidos son mezcla de idiomas.
Ahorita
B. Pon en orden las películas según cuanto interés tienes en verla.
1) El Norte
2) Voces Inocentes
3) La Boca del Lobo
4) Romero
El Norte:
Guatemala
Los soldados de Guatemala atacan a los Mayas
Podemos observar violasion de los articulos 1 y 5
Si, creo que voy a gustar.Ahorita 12/5/11
2) Ella era analfabeta.
3) Usó sus palabras y el español para luchar.
4) Los opresores hablaban español, pero los indígenas no lo hablaron. Podrían controlar el país sin los opiniones de los indígenas.
5) Sí porque hay muchos latinos en este país que no hablan inglés, solo español. Es discriminación no usar los dos idiomas.
Ahorita
Antes de leer
1) ¿Cuántos años tenía Rigoberta cuando empezó a aprender español?
Tiene 23 anos.
2) Qué crees: ¿Por qué no pudo aprender el español usando un libro?
estaba demasiado acostumbrado a ingles y el estilo de idioma.
Ahora, lee:
At twenty years of age, Ms. Menchú had already lost her father, her mother and a brother as a result of the indiscriminate violence exercised by the armed forces of Guatemala in their attempts to control and suppress the indigenous people.
After growing up amid this violence and repression, Ms. Menchú decided to learn Spanish, using the language of her oppressors to fight for the rights of her people. Since then, words have been her weapon in her untiring defense of the human rights of all indigenous peoples.
E1 CLASE 13/05/11
At our luncheon today, you are required to get a video of yourself tasting a food or a drink item. To make the video more interesting, you should make use of expressions like:
In the following situations, what expression could you start off with and what could you follow up with? Use the vocabulary on the hoja de papel for Sazón.
example: You take a bite of la carne asada and it has too much salt.
¡Qué asco! Es demasiado salada
- You taste the quesillo and it has too much sugar for your taste.
- You drink the jugo de guanaba. You like it but it's like nothing you've ever tasted before. It's a little strange.
- You take a bite of the arroz con pollo and it's spectacular.
- You taste the tequeños and you think it's way too greasy.
- You're surprised at how delicious the pernil is.
- How will you greet the owners?
- What will you say when they serve you a dish?
- What will you say if they say "Gracias" to you?
- What will you say to get their attention?
- If you ask them for something, what phrase should come at the end of it?
E4 TAREA 12/05/11 (A), 13/05/11 (D)
2. ¿Crees que es importante saber que tenemos los 30 derechos humanos universales?
3. Si todos supiéramos nuestros 30 derechos humanos universales, ¿crees que lo sociedad sería diferente?
E4 CLASE 12/05/11 (A) 13/05/11 (D)
- El Norte y ve el avance (trailer) aquí
- Romero
- Voces Inocentes y ve el avance aquí
- La Boca del Lobo
Differences are what make people different
Practice makes perfect
Span Letter
Vacationing in Delaware again this year!
Last summer and two summers before that, my family was invited to my mom's friend's beach house on Rehoboth Beach for a few days.
I swear, this is the most ideal place to get away from reality and spend a little time focusing on de-stressing.
And we get to go again this summer!
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!
Here are a few pictures from last year!
Capstone Blogs
For my capstone I decided to do a series of blog post. These blog posts represent big themes I see throughout a freshman drama class. As I am student teaching and interacting with these students I write about big themes that I see happening and how these tools can be used outside the classroom. I decided to do this for my benchmark because drama has affected my life in a tremendous way and I know that a lot of budget cuts across the nation has lead to cuts in art programs such as drama. By blogging about what I see and the incredible growth I see in my students as a person and as a performer I hope to make people think twice about art programs and there significance to a student’s learning.
I remember the very first drama class green stream had. Their first task was to imagine that they were eating an orange. Seems easy enough, right? But there’s more to it than that. You have to imagine the shape, how it feels to dig your nail in to it’s skin and start to peel it and even how you eat it. A lot of thought goes into this. A lot of imagination goes into this.
I remember Mr. Kay saying to his class that we as a society have labeled imagination as a bad thing after a certain point. After a certain period in a child’s life making up new worlds and imagine things seem immature. But we tend to forget that everything that’s around us was once imagined. From the house you live in to plane in the sky before it was created it was imagined.As I am writing this I’m thinking about what imagination is. I can’t really define it though. When I looked it up on oxford dictionary “the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses”. I agree with most of this definition. Except when it says that the new ideas, images and concepts are not present to the senses. Because every time I see my kids come up with new scenes and act them out on stage I can see what they’ve been imagining. See the detail that goes into it. I can see their creation.
Voice
I’m a pretty timid person. Over time though being up on stage has allowed my voice to flourish. I’ve noticed kids are pretty loud in drama class because of its looser format. Until they get on stage that is. Some people become quieter and some people use the same voice they would use to talk to one person.
As we know in our society our voice is extremely important. If you don’t speak your mind when you should people will ignore you. And that goes for acting as well. If my eyes start to wonder away from an actor’s performance that means that they’re not doing a good job of keeping my attention. We want people to notice us, to listen and grasp what we are saying. And that’s where drama comes in. We show kids how to project there voice and add purposeful movements to it so they can be noticed on stage.
For the first half of the semester the kids weren’t even allowed to use their voices. They had to learned how to engage their audience with purposeful movements. Once they were able to master the skills needed to keep their audience engage they were allowed to use their voices. At first it was hard for them to put everything together. But eventually they learned the art of storytelling. Which will help them throughout all their classes and make what they say more meaningful. Because sometimes we take our voices for granted; letting anything come out our mouths or we lock our voices up assuming what we say will not be important enough. I’ve seen the transformations with my own eyes. Someone who walks through those drama room doors and is super timid and has major stage fright hears the supportive claps of their peers and applies the knowledge that they’ve learned end up more outgoing. And I’m not saying that it’s a drastic change but it’s still great to see them come out of their shells.Overcoming Stage Fright
This year I’ve learned that stage fright comes in all shapes and sizes. I thought that people who usually have stage fright are people who are timid. But this year I met a guy who is extremely outgoing and has a huge personality but has major stage fright. I wasn’t expecting him to say that he had stage fright when he first got up on stage and it was a huge shock to me. I was wondering how someone who has such a presence off the stage could be so scared to be on the stage. Then I realized that being on stage is a whole different ball game. Having people fixated on what your doing or saying can be nerve racking for anyone. Luckily though in this drama class we give constant encouragement. Mr. Kay makes a point of it to clap for whoever comes of stage and whenever they leave the stage. At the end of all performances students are asked if they want to give shout-outs to any of their peers. These techniques help give students confidence and praise. Once you realize that most people are rooting for you rather than judging you it easier to let stage fright fade away. So hopefully the skills we teach and the encouragement we give will kids concur stage fright on and off the stage.
Stress Reliever
SLA is not your average high school. We don’t have AP classes because every class we have is already at an AP level. We have what is called “Benchmark Season” which is when every student is working on 4 benchmarks for there 4 four major classes. These projects are usually worth at least 20% of your grade and need to show what you’ve learned over the course of the quarter. Needless to say it can get pretty stressful around here. So when kids come to drama they leave their stressors at the door. We play various improv games and let them make up their own scenes with few requirements attached to them. Because in the end we know that this is the place for them to have fun, relax a little but still learn a lot. When talking to my students about what they’ve learned throughout the year and how it has affected them I sensed a feeling of relief from them. A feeling of relief that at least they have these classes like drama, art and music that aren’t about straight up learning facts and figures but teach you just as much anyway. Because the truth is what we learn in our Math, Science, History and English classes is great and interesting and it’s great to show what we’ve learned but it’s also great to take a step back and just learn great skill as well. Sometimes in the mist of it all we forget to laugh, to have fun. And here at SLA we do a great job of balancing the two.
Contrary to popular belief...
Quote
Six Word Story
Schelduled Life
Graduation-33days
Cruise-45days
All of which I have to spend money on.
Prom-
I need my clutch and my jewelry. Plus, hair and getting its done.
Graduation-
I need a dress and some shoes and other minor things.
Cruise-
I need like everything in life, clothes, shoes, accessories, EVERYTHING!
so yea, thats my life and that just up unitil the end of next month.!
Family
E4 AHORITA 12/05/11 (A, D)
Antes de leer
1) ¿Cuántos años tenía Rigoberta cuando empezó a aprender español?
2) Qué crees: ¿Por qué no pudo aprender el español usando un libro?
Ahora, lee:
At twenty years of age, Ms. Menchú had already lost her father, her mother and a brother as a result of the indiscriminate violence exercised by the armed forces of Guatemala in their attempts to control and suppress the indigenous people.
After growing up amid this violence and repression, Ms. Menchú decided to learn Spanish, using the language of her oppressors to fight for the rights of her people. Since then, words have been her weapon in her untiring defense of the human rights of all indigenous peoples.
Ms. Menchú states that, "We have seen repeated occupations of our land, long lines of colonists have arrived, and they remain today. In the case of my country, 65 percent of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who authorized a minority to protect an immense majority?"
Ms. Menchú also states, "Racism in our countries is a fact in that the Indian is not allowed to be a politician or aspire to being head of state. It has reached the point that 99 percent of the indigenous women have not gone to school. The indigenous are condemned to live in a situation designed to exterminate them. They receive a pittance of a salary, they neither speak nor write the language, politics dictates their situation. Is this slavery? I don't know what it's called. It is not the same as before because we are in modern times."
In 1992, Ms. Menchú won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest , as well as the first indigenous person to ever win the prize.
Responde:
3) Hay una creencia (belief) que los indígenas en la América Latina siempre son VICTIMAS y que no se organizan para luchar por sus derechos. En el caso de Rigoberta Menchú, ¿qué hizo para luchar?
4) Rigoberta Menchú aprendió español para luchar y defender. ¿Qué conexión ves entre los idiomas y la opresión? ¿Ves conflictos causados por los idiomas?
5) Los idiomas (language) ¿es un tema (issue) político en los estados unidos? ¿Cómo?
The Jitters
Tequeos
Tiene: Queso Blanco,won-ton rollo, y guacamole
Viene con: guacamole y salsa de cóctel
Es bueno para: Vegetaranos y los niños
Predicción: sabrosa