Science Leadership Academy @ Center City

Conversation

Posted by Wendy Tepoz-Pacio in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 2:12 pm

I talk to this girl, i told her that i need help in my spanish and she told me she would help me and she would be my personal teach and we can talk on skype.
I would love to know more about her, she sounds fun and interesting. We are going to fix a schedule for us to be on the same time and talk to each other and she can teach me more spanish than i already know.

JAVIER0:

Posted by Cecelia Baez in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Interview:

¿Cuál es tu nombre?

: Mi nombre Javier. Javier Moya.

¿En qué ciudad vive?

: Vivo en Caracas. Caracas, Venezuela.

¿Cuál es tu color favorito?

: Mi color favorito es el rosa.

¿Cuál es tu deporte favorito?

:practico polo acuatico , artes marciales mixtas y ajedrez. creo q mi favorito es el MMA

¿Tiene alguna habilidad?

:soy muy bueno en los deportes

¿Tiene hermanos? ¿Cuántos?

:tengo una hermana mayor

¿Cuál es su trabajo?

:no trabajo

- ¿Cuáles son las tres cosas que los padres esperan de sus hijos cuando crezcan?

:normalmente siempre esperan que estudien, tengan buena conducta y formen su propia familia

- ¿Cuáles son los tres problemas crecientes en la que viven?

:los principales problemas son la delincuencia,el desempleo y la inflacion

he corrected my question: cuales son los tres principales problemas de su sociedad

- ¿Cómo es el comportamiento de los niños de su

generación diferentes a los hijos de la nueva generación?

: He responded in english… They have sex, do drugs, party, and drink. When he was younger, he never did any of that.

I learned:

I learned a few slang terms, q is the same thing as saying que. Ksas is the same thing as saying casa.

I compared parts of our lives, we have the same values, but parents values there are revolved more around money. Everything seems the same. He doesn't have a job though, so I wonder how he survives. Where he lives people lose their virginity at age 20 or older. But recently teenagers have been having babies and he finds it weird. He said it's hard trying to go to a university full time and hopefully work. People become really stressed and rarely have time for anything. he makes about 50-60 bucks a day off of playing poker, but that's his only income. LIfe their doesn't sound too different for life for some people in America.

Negative Space

Posted by Haneef Nelson in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 1:11 pm

What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it)

- The negative space is the dark space around the picture.

Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?

-In my cut out I saw my negative space by looking at the dark spaces and in my stool drawing I saw negative space in the empty spaces like where there was empty space between the chairs.

Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

- It helps them figure out what exactly what they need to draw.

Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not

-Yes because it easier for me to see what I'm drawing.

Bryanna's Negative Space

Posted by Bryanna Jones in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:53 pm

A. What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it)

Negative space is the space between object/parts in a picture

B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?

In my cut out I found my negative space by separating my darker areas on my paper to my light areas. Then using construction paper to mimic that outline. Once I did that I just placed the cut out pieces on one side and the whole pieces on the other. On my chair drawing I just found the space in between the chairs, stool, and caution sign.

C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

It helps the artist determine what perspective the picture needs to be drawn from. (bird’s eye, eye level, and worm’s eye

D. Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not

Seeing negative space enhances the drawing by bring out the details and thing that should be seen as 3 dimensional can be enhanced

Audrey's negative and positive space art.

Posted by Audrey Pham in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:47 pm

What is a Negative Space?
A negative space is the background of a color that makes the art stand out. For example, such as in my art below, if you look at the right side the negative space is the blue outline and positive space is the green.

Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?
I figured out negative when I understood how the color in the background makes the shadow of the art work stand out. In my stool drawing, I noticed when I shade in the shadows between the stools' legs, it makes the stool pop out and make itself notice that it's a stool.

Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?
So the artist will be able to let their viewers see the subject of the entire work better.

Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not?

Yes, seeing the negative space does enhance the drawing. Because when the negative space enhances, the positive space shows up. And the positive space is the object/SUBJECT of the entire art work.

(Do you notice how I am missing a root of the tree on the left side of the drawing? lol, oops.)

Positive & Negative Reflection

Posted by Wendy Tepoz-Pacio in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:37 pm

What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it)

- Negative space is a dark space around the image.

Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?

-In my cut out i saw my negative space by looking at the dark spaces.

Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

- It helps them to see just the pictures and not the dark spaces around.

Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not

-yes because it easier for the drawing to stand out.

True Negative Space

Posted by True Black in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:33 pm

A. What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it) Negative spacing is the spacing between the object you are drawing. The area around the thing you are drawing creates the art for you.

B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing? I found the negative spacing in the cut out using the paper. I didn't really see the negative space in the stool drawing.

C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space? It could help an artist if they can see negative space because it will become easier to draw because the background will create some of the drawing.

D. Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not Seeing negative space does help drawing because it can put more definition in a drawing.

Peter & Nadir's Negative Space

Posted by Nadir Meeks in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:29 pm

Negative Space Reflection.

Posted by Ashley Spells in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:15 pm

A. What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it)

- negative space is spaces between , or around an object.

B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?

-The way i found negative space is listening to what ms. hull said. she said that we have to use everything and it had to be those to colors.

C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

-it helps an artist to see whats there. which parts are important and what you should really focus on.

D. Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not

- i think it does enhance drawing because it makes the picture look more interesting.

Negative and Positive Space

Posted by Bailey Britton in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:14 pm

A. What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it)
Negative Space is when you shade in the blank parts of your drawing, usually where nothing is. Like in a drawing of a chair, in between the legs would be shaded, and that is considered negative spave.

B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?

I found negative space in my stool drawing, by shading in the parts of the stool that have nothing there, like in between the legs of the stool. I found negative space in my cut out because I saw the dark parts of the bird, and I cut them out, because that is what you had to trace, and cut out to make the cut out.

C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

It helps an artist to see negative space, because it helps the artist tell which part of the drawing is real, and can be touched, and what part is just air.
D. Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not?
Yes, seeing negative space enhances drawings, because they look more professional, and it helps the person looking at the drawing, to see what is air, and what is not.

Negative Space - Angelina Pingitore

Posted by Angelina Pingitore in Art - 9 - Hull on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:11 pm

Negative space is part of a image were space surrounds an object in a image

How I found my Negative space is seeing the dark parts on my cut out and using it as a shadow.

It helps the artist because it is easer to see the dark space as not part of the image and as a shadow .

Yes because it is easer to draw seeing the negative space it makes your image "pop"

¿Qué es la vida diaria?

Posted by Sabrina Stewart-McDonald in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 11:56 am

I went on sharedtalk and talked to someone named Alexander Tropa. He lives in Argentina and is 17 years old. I mainly asked him about his daily life, which is quite like the life here, and then we had an interesting conversation about Facebook, but that was mainly in English, so I didn't include most of it.

Bromas en Español

Posted by Malik Tlili in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 11:35 am

Post-Conversation

· I spoke with 2 persons originating from Spain on the language learning website. One named Karl Relher and the other named David Suarez.

· I haven’t asked so many questions about the person’s life rather than the language. I focused on learning how to say a few quality jokes in Spanish as well as learn the types of jokes are used.

· This conversation benefited me in many ways. I tended to think about what type of conversation I will most likely have in the future and humor is my field of interest. Knowing jokes in Spanish will be an icebreaker for meeting new people.

· I did not think I would find quality jokes from these conversations but they turned out to be pretty funny.

· I would need to improve on asking what I want to know with proper grammar. It seems that many of the people were confused of what I was asking for. Conversation Partners:

Sierra Dinvil's blog post :]

Posted by Sierra Dinvil in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:24 am

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I chose to speak with my best friend Prisilla Nieves. I chose to speak with her because she's really good at explaining Spanish concepts to me. Also she is fluent in Spanish.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned a lot about her family background and history. Things that I would not have known if it wasn't for this project. Also, I learned how to be more polite in conversation.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
Since I know Prisilla so well, she was really easy to communicate with and easy to understand. She was able to clarify concepts that I misunderstood and to explain things to me from her perspective (so one who speaks spanish on a daily basis)
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I did well with using spanish throughout the entire conversation (except for when I need her to explain something). I didn't think I would be capable of doing so.
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
I need to improve on knowing when to use certain words to be more polite instead of the ones that I use already.

First blog post

Posted by Allison Patterson in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:22 am

Pre-Conversation:

What will your topic of conversation be?

My topic will be whether the criminal activities that are portrayed to be a major part of the Spanish community are truly as bad as they seem.

What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner? (This will be useful to have on hand if you get nervous and
What country are you from?
Are there a lot of criminal problems there?
Are the problems isolated to one area?
Are the problems as bad as they are portrayed?
Do you feel your country is safe?
How do you anticipate your partner will respond to your questions?
I anticipate them being open to speaking about their country.

What are you looking forward to about this conversation?
I'm really looking forward to learning about many countries.
What are you nervous about?
I'm nervous that they will feel offended by my topic.
- Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
- For my first post I spoke to Natale Sanchez because she was from Puerto Rico and is a native Spanish speaker.
- What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
- I learned that there is a wall in the city between the drug area and the normal area.
- How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
- the interview helped me learn about one of the countries.
- What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
- I talked about how the drugs are seen comparison to how they are.
- What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again I need to work on keeping conversation. to Find Conversation Partners:

My Attempt to Converse Without Word Reference

Posted by Jennifer Wright in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:17 am

How can I maintain a conversation and communicate my ideas without having to use Word Reference to look up words to use?

Pre:

¿Qué tal?

¿Donde vive?

¿Como está el tiempo?

¿Como está la comida?

I'm nervous to just simply not use word reference. I rely on it so much because there are so many words I just don't know. This is going to be very difficult for me.

Post:

Frazer-Ireland pero vive en Londres

Javier- Spain

I had a good time with who I talked with. Frazer was really cool because he lived in London and I had just visited. If I messed up a bit he didn't mind since he spoke English. Javier was cool because he would correct me nicely, whereas I've had some people correct me sort of meanly. I learned that they both loved paella, which funnily enough I first tried in London.

This helped me a lot. It was sort of nice not having to rely on the dictionary. It was difficult but it forced me to only rely on the knowledge I have. My grammar of course still needs improvement and just generally expanding my vocab but doing this I'm already learning words.

Danny Wirt

Posted by Daniel Wirt in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:13 am

Ruben R.

Who did I speak to and why did I choose that person?

I spoke to Ruben R. He lives in Spain and I talked to him through sharetalk. I found it to be an easy way to communicate, and he is 17 so he is my age which made it easier to talk to him.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I learned that Ruben is trying to learn english because he finds that learning other languages are useful. I also found out that he likes Real Madrid and his favorite player is Benzema. He also found it to be weird that I take a class for spanish.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
I feel as though this interaction with Ruben was helpful in a sense that we are both trying to learn different languages, and we shared a common interest, soccer.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

I guess what I did well was being able to interact with him without using much english. I used a little english since he is obviously trying to learn as well, but for the most part i used spanish.

What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

There was one instance where i had said something that could have been said a different way, and he explained to me that it is different, which was nice because it was like he is aiding me in my process of learning a new language.

Proyecto de Conversacion

Posted by Morgan Marant in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:02 am

Javier Marquez 43- Bogota spain

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?

I spoke with Javier Marquez from Bogota Spain. I chose to speak with him because he seemed pretty good at English and Spanish so he could help me with both.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I learned that he is from Spain and he likes an artist named Pablo. Their music is pretty col and I enjoyed the interaction.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

I became more confident and he helped improve my grammar.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

I improved in learning the culture and grammar.
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)rc

My grammar could be a little better. When I asked about music he said it was "es" instead of "son"

GOOOOOOOOAL

Posted by Pauline Garcia in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:51 am

To be honest, I didn't chat with anyone in live mocha or any other sites with chatting things. I did this because I know that if use the chatting method, I will be tempted to copy paste it in google translate. So I decided to speak to a person. Just like the Verizon telemarketer. It was really funny and lets say a bit awkward but he helped me a lot and he was really patient with me.

I didn't chat with anyone but I talked to my boyfriend who can speak fluently in Spanish and English. It was hilarious at first because we dont know what to talk about in Spanish. But then when we started to speak, it went on and on and on. It was actually nice because I know that if I chat with people and I don't know what they are talking about, I have the tendency to go to Google Translate to figure it out. But when we were talking, I dont have my computer with me and I cant translate it. So I have lets say a good practice with him because I actually learn more than just reading it. It was a nice practice to me because he also helped me with some vocabularies and helped me structure the sentence properly. It was also not awkward because I already know him and we don have to break the ice or some sort of thing. However, it was really hard and awkward when I started to talk to his mom. His mom cannot speak in English and only speak fluent and old Spanish. I'm still like a toddler when I speak Spanish and she speak really fast and use vocabularies that I dont even know of. It was hard but we kind of manage to communicate. I was really nice :)

About the skills that I want to improve on, I guess I'm almost there. I'm not a master already but I noticed that little by little, I'm getting there. The skills that I need to improve on is not an over night kind of development. I still need a lot of practice. I still stutter and have some hard time trying to find the right word but I noticed that I dont use english words as much as I used to. So kudos for that!

Who did I speak with and why did I chose that person?

- I spoke with my boyfriend because it was easier for me than talking to a random stranger and being all awkward.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

- We pretty much talked about the weather and food. He likes rainy weather because it makes him sleepy. I also learned how to structure my sentences the right way.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
- This helped me a lot because the conversation was not awkward and it was easy to talk about. The vocabularies that I needed to the conversation is already well known, so yea. It was pretty nice.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
- The not stuttering and spacing out. I actually did well on that. I use my hands to express what I want to say too much though but I think that's fine.

Blog Post

Posted by Vincent Russell in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:49 am

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?

I spoke with Belén Belli, because she is around my age (19) and I thought it would make a good conversation
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I learned about her taste in music and different ways of phrasing what I wanted to say ( correctly).
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

It worked out pretty well, my goal was to keep a conversation going and it was pretty nice.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

Ask questions and make comments to keep up the conversation, always have something to talk about.
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)rc

Phrasing basically, and using the wrong words, as you can see in the chat.

Proyecto de Conversación

Posted by Breeanna Noi in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:47 am

Carlos N. from Spain

Who did I speak to and why did I choose that person?

I spoke to Carlos N. who lives in Spain from ShareTalk because I was just looking to speak to someone my age and he happened to be the only person online in my age group.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I learned that Carlos was a typical Philly kind of kid. He went to school and would just hang out with friends, but he's more studious that a majority of the city.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

I don't think it really seemed helpful because I can't carry out conversations fluidly with strangers. In a way, I asked so many questions, it seemed like I was an online surveyor telemarketer person.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

I guess the thing I did well was ask a lot of questions, I just couldn't make small talk out of it.

What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

The one thing I need to work on it making it flow well like an actual conversation rather than just saying "De donde eres?" then waiting for their response only to reply with another question.

Proyecto de Conversation (First Week)

Posted by Marley Utzig in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:41 am

First Week: 4/20/12

Iraidia

Philadelphia, US

Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner

I spoke with Iraidia because I wanted to talk to someone I was comfortable with to start this project off.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I did not learn much about her, but she tried to teach me some common words like cuál is what, and maybe is quizá.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

This interaction helped make me a tiny bit more relaxed with the language and also taught me some new words.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

One of my goals was confidence and working with a friend who was good at Spanish helped. I still have a lot of work to do and Iraidia was teasing me kindly about my use of the Spanish language since it is still quite choppy. I need to talk to more people outside of school because I will be speaking to people I can learn more about.

Proyecto de Coversacion 1

Posted by Manna-Symone Middlebrooks in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:29 am

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with girl from Barcelona, Spain. I chose to speak with her at random. She was the first name to appear on the list when I logged onto SharedTalk.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
In this conversation I learned that she enjoys the same type of music as me and she also likes to vist the tourist locations in Barcelona.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
My goal was to improve my ability to respond quickly and maintain the flow of conversation. Talking with Kathlyn, I found it easy to keep up with what she was saying. She spoke in a way that felt normal for me.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I did well with being able to reply without hesitation and finding things to talk about .
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

I think I need to work on not relying so much on WordRefrence. I used it a lot and it slowed the conversation at times.

CSheridan; El Proyecto de Conversación

Posted by Cyndilynn Sheridan in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 1:40 am

Cyndi Lynn Sheridan
El 23 de Abril
D - Español 3

Antes de Conversación:

What will your topic of conversation be?
My topic will most likely be about animals and their habitats.

What are you looking forward to about this conversation?
I am really looking forward to enhancing my spanish speaking abilities, and understanding what the culture is like in different countries.

What are your nervous about?
I am really nervous that my grammar and spelling will be inaccurate.

Después de Conversación:

Who did you speak with and why did you choose them?
I honestly spoke with a random native speaker on the internet.

What did you learn about them?
I learned that the two people I talked with both liked animals and both of their favorite ones were dogs.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your goal?
This interaction increased my confidence with speaking spanish.

What did you do well according to your goals?
One thing that I did well according to my goals was keeping a conversation going.

What specifically do you need to improve on?
I specifically need to improve on my conjugating.

Grammar

Posted by Imani Johnson in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 1:10 am

I've assigned myself to multiple people that matched the description of the people that I wanted to socialize with and could help me out properly on the website Conversation Exchange. Luckily I chose people who get on the site regularly and responded back to me quickly but many of them required for me to have skype which doesn't work well on my computer. So I had to ask to either do email or ichat. Not many of them were able to get back to me except for 2. Edward, and Kleber. For both people, they help me out with my Spanish and I help them improve their English. So it's kind of like a win-win situation.

For the conversations that I had with both of them were mainly introductory things and helping out with little things. Below is the first screenshot I took of Edward and I's first conversation. The second is a screenshot of the email Kleber and I are sending each other.