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I created a sculpture that was inspired by using sustainable materials. I took an idea that was close to me and put the idea in effect using things that were recycled. By using materials that were already created put this type of art into perspective. 

For me, I make decisions about my work by planning. I am a natural planner, often over-thinking, so most of my ideas were hashed out before I started creating the sculpture. I selected materials that were relevant to the project. Recycled bottle caps, cardboard and paper were the focal point. In another way, I chose things that are not normally used in art outside of arts-and-crafts projects. Though I knew what I was building, the type of materials were selected and used as I began making it. 

The idea was started when I wanted to share something about my life. I chose something relatively new to my life. I found out I had a thyroid disorder at the beginning of ninth grade. It's something of a side story in my life. It's not a focal point and that's why I chose to focus on it. My work was about my personal experience with thyroid disease as well as general information about it and how it can affect a person. 

Sketches

Describing the weather conditions

 

1. Asking someone what’s the weather like.

2. When you want to ask what’s the weather like, you can say:

     ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

     -There are many ways to answer that question, they are:

Hace (mucho)…          It’s (very)…

    frio                                cold

              calor                              hot

              viento                            windy

              sol                                 sunny

              fresco                            cool

    

            Está…                It’s…

               nublado                        cloudy

               lloviendo/llueve           raining/rains

               nevando/nieva              snowing/snows

               húmedo                        humid

 

    -If you want to say mostly and partly you would say:

      mayormente                mostly

      parcialmente               partly

Basic Conversation Questions

 

1. Getting to know the new student.

2. You would use certain questions for different people such as when your trying to know someone ‘s name.

For an adult you would say ¿Cómo se llama? And when your talking to a little kid you would say ¿Cómo te llamas?

 

 -When you want to know someone’s name you can say:

¿ Cómo te llamas (tú)? / ¿Cómo se llama (Ud.)?      

 -There are three ways to say my name is, they are:

 Me llamo________

 Yo soy_________

 Mi nombre es_________

-If you want to ask someone how old are they, you can say:

 ¿Cuanto anos tienes?

-You can answer this question by saying the number in español like:

  uno

dos

tres

cuatro

cinco, ect.

 

-Then when you want to say bye to someone you can say:

 ¡Chao! 

Greetings/ Saludos

 

1. When seeing a new person and want to say hi.

  

2.  Español                                    English

    ¡Hola!                                                 Hi!

    ¡Buenos días!                            Good morning!

    ¿Qué tal?                                     How are you?

    Bein gracias!                                       Good, thank you!

   ¿Y tu?                                                 And you?

Chao                                            Bye!

¡Buenas Tardes!                      Good, evening!     

¡Buenas noches!                      Good, night or Good afternoon

 

Notice there are two explanation points, because then the person saying it can tell if it’s a statement or a question. Also, BuenOs and BuneAs , one has an O , and the others have A. That’s because the O is masculine and one is feminine.

               * Days of the week

1.     Teaching students how to write and say the days of the week.

2.     When you write the days of the week, you do not capitalize it and you use “Es” before it. Here’s how the words look:

   Es…          It’s…

          lunes.                                                           Monday.

          martes.                                                        Tuesday.

 miércoles.                                                  Wednesday.

 jueves.                                                         Thursday.

 viernes.                                   Friday.

 sábado.                                  Saturday.

 domingo.                                  Sunday.

                 Courtesy Phrases

1.     Using Buenos modales (good manners)

2.     * There are three ways to say excuse me to someone:

  -Con permisio

  -Perdón

  -Disculpe

_If your going somewhere and someone is in your way you would say “con permisio”.

_If you want to get someone’s attention you would say “disculpe”.

_When you bump someone you would say “perdon”.

* There are three type of ways to say thanks and three ways to say your 

  welcome:     

             Thanks-

                  Gracias…..Thanks.

                  Muchas gracias…..Thanks a lot.

                  Mil gracias…..Thanks a million.   

You can say certain ones of these three anytime you want to say thank you. For example:

 _Your teacher checks your homework: Gracias

_Your friend helps you with classwork you don’t understand: Muchas gracias

_Someone finds your wallet: Mil gracias

Your welcome-

     De nada

     Por nada

    No hay de qué.

* If you want to say please to someone or ask what they say, you can say:

¿Como?.....What was that?

Por favor…..Please

               * Tú vs. Ud. Questions

      Explanation to teach topic:

1.     Greeting your friends and their parents.

2.     Explanation to teach topic:

There are two type of ways to greet someone-informal and formal.

When you use informal you would use tú and when you use formal you would use usted (ud.).

When you are talking to your amigos you would use tú and when your  talking to your amigo’s parents, you would use ud.

              You would use ud. when talking to an adult to show a sign of respect.

                Example:

                Tú:

                ¿Como estás (tú)?.....How are you?

                ¿Como te llamas (tú)?....What’s your name?             

                ¿De dónde eres (tú)?....Where do you from?

                ¿Cuántos años tienes (tú)?.....How old are you?

                Ud.:

                ¿Como es (ud.)?...How are you?

                ¿Como se llama (ud.)?...What’s your name?

                ¿De dónde es (ud.)?.....Where are you from?

                ¿Cuántos años tiene (ud.)?.... How old are you?

 

     Notice how there are marking on top of certain letters. And there are two question marks, an upside down one in the front and a regular one in the back. We put two question marks or two exclamation point in front of a sentence so you would know if the sentence is a question or a statement.

                Months, Dates

                     1. Finding out cousins birthday

                     2. When you write the months you don’t capitalize it.

                          If you want to ask someone what’s today’s date, you can say:

                             ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?......What’s today’s date?

                          When you want to respond to this question you can say:

                              Hoy es el # de (mes)……. It’s the # of (month)

              

                  When you write the date you would write it like this en español:

      Number/month-

 Ex. 21/02…..the 21 of febrero/February

                -OR-

 Es el veintiuno de febrero

Tyler Creighton& Raeven Maddox

1.Explanation to Teach:

       Tyler and I are teaching people the Alphabet and teach them how to correctly pronounce them. This will help them to learn how to spell words in Spanish: A: ah, B: beh, C: seh, CH: cheh, D: deh, E: eh, F: efeh, G: heh, H: ah-cheh, I: eee, J: ho-ta, K: ka, L: eleh, LL: elleh, M: emeh, N: eneh, Ñ: enyeh, O: oh, P: peh, Q: cooooo, R: ereh, S: eseh, T: teh, U: ooo, V: veh, W: dobleh veh, X: eh-quis, Y: eee-gree-gah, Z: zetah. We will repeat them two more times so that you will have the hang of how to say it.

 

Explanation for "El Alfabeto"

In this video, you will hear how to pronounce the letters and how to spell them correctly. Later on in the video, Tyler and I will teach you how to spell our names. Afterwards, you can spell your name.

 

Script:

Tyler: Como se escribe tu nombre?

Raeven: Se escribre ereh, ah, eh, veh, eh, eneh (Raeven) Y tu?

Tyler: Se escribre teh, eee-gree-eh-gah, eleh, eh, ereh

 

2."Courtesy Phrases"

We are teaching people courtesy phrases so they can learn how to use polite manners. This will help you when someone gives you something or helps you out. We would start by teaching them simple phrases like i.e. If some one gives u something you would say Gracias (Gra-see-as)-thank you ,and they would say Denada (Dae-nad-a)-your welcome. Or If someone ask's you how are you, you would say Muy Bien (Muy-be-in) - Very Good Ytu? (E-Two)  -and you. We will repeat them until the student or whoever understands the whole concept of courtesy phrases.      

 

Script:

Raeven: !hola!

Tyler: !Hola!

Raeven: Como estas?

Tyler: !Muy Bien!  Y tu?

Raeven: Igualmente

Tyler: OK

 

   3.Numbers!

We are also teaching people how to say numbers and phone numbers. They are also useful in plenty different ways. We will start off by teaching them 1-10 i.e. uno,dos,tres,cuatro,cinco,sies,siete,ocho,nueve,diez! Then the pattern will change 1-15  i.e. once, doce, trece, catorce, quince. But after those 15 numbers the pattern changes again 16-20 i.e. diecisies, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve, diecinueve, viente. The pattern stays the same from 20-100. If you know all the ten's and mutiples of ten you will know the pattern. The pattern is Viente, Treinta, Cuarenta, Cicuenta, Sesenta, Setenta, Ochenta, Noventa, Cein. After every number u say the numbers 1-9 until you get to the next whole number. This can be used if someone ask's how old your are or if they was askin for your number.

Script

Tyler: !Hola!

Raeven: !Hola!

Tyler: Cual es tu número de teléfono ?

Raeven: Es el (dos uno cinco)/nueve ocho siete/ sies cuatro ocho tres

 

4.Weather Explanation!

We feel that everyone should know the weather. So why not teach them? We will start by teaching them how to spell the weather, and seasons. Then we will teach them how to say it. This wont be hard it will only take two lessons. Lesson 1 spelling the four seasons such as el  otoño (autumn), el invierno (winter),  

La primaver (spring) el verno( summer). We will also teach them how to spell the weather, such as frio (cold), calor ( warm), viento (windy) sol (sunny), fresco(cool). This can be useful when someone ask's you whats the weather like or how does it feel today you could answer them with a correct answer better than guess.

(Months and dates) 

Explanation to teach:

Script

Raeven: ¿Que tiempo hace?

Tyler: Hace frio

Raeven: Gracias

Tyler: Denada            

 

5. (Months and Dates)

If someone asks you when is your birthday wouldn’t you want to know? Well that’s why we are teaching them the months and the dates. This can help you in many different ways.

To say “January”, you say- enero

To say “February”, you say- febrero

To say “March”, you say- marzo

To say “April”, you say- abril

To say “May”, you say- mayo

To say “June”, you say- junio

To say “July”, you say- Julio

To say “August”- you say- augosto

To say “September”- you say septiembre

To say “October” – you say octubre

 

Script:

 

Raeven:¡Hola! 

Tyler: ¡ Hola!

Raeven: ¿Cual es la fecha de hoy?

Tyler: Hoy es el tres de noviembre

Raeven: Gracias

Tyler: Denada

 

 

 

 

 

6.Explanation to Teach:
Tyler and I are going to teach the greetings and goodbyes.

1. Greetings:

To say "good morning", you say- Buenos Días

To say "good afternoon", you say- Buenas Tardes

To say "good noches", you say- Buenas Noches

*Afternoon and Night are the only two greetings that have "as" after Buenas. (feminina) *

2. Más Saludos

To say "How are you?", you say- ¿Qué tal? or ¿Cómo va? The other way you can ask "How are you?", you ask "¿Cómo estas? (tu) or ¿Cómo esta? (formal). 

*You say estás when you are talking to a friend or a younger family member. You use está when you are talking to a teacher or the president*

To respond, you say:

Más o menos-alright

(Muy) mal. / Terríble.- Awful

¿Y tú?- And you?

¡Ay, ay, ay-Oh no!

¡Que bien!- Oh, good!

 

Explanation for Greetings:

In this video, Tyler and Raeven are going to have a conversation and say the polite and correct greetings.

 

Script:

Tyler: ¡Buenos Días Raeven!

Raeven: ¡Hola Tyler!

Tyler: ¿Cómo estás?

Raeven: Muy bien gracias. ¿Y tú?

Tyler: Más o menos

Raeven: ¡Ay, ay, ay!

Tyler: Sí

Raeven: *sigh*

Tyler: ¡Adios!

Raeven: ¡Hasta luego!

 

 

 

7. Explanation of Days of the Weeks:

Tyler and I (Raeven) are going to teach the Days of the Week:

1. Days of the Week

To say “Monday”, you say- lunes

To say “Tuesday”, you say- martes

To say “Wednesday” , you say- miércoles

To say “Thursday”, you say- jueves

To say “Friday”, - you say- viernes

To say “Saturday”, you say- sábado

To say “Sunday”, you say- domingo

*In Spanish speaking countries, their days of the week are lower case*

To ask what is today?, you ask - ¿Qué día es hoy?

 

 

Explanation for Days of the Week:

The this video, Tyler and Raeven is going to teach how to pronounce the Days of the Week and say them correctly.

 

Script:

Tyler & Raeven: lunes, martes, miérocles, jueves, viernes, sábado, y domingo. (x2)

Tyler: ¿Qué día es hoy?

Raeven: Miércoles.

Introduction:   Saying "Hi", "What is your name?", "Where are you from?", "Nice to meet you", and "Goodbye" in Spanish.

• To say "Hi" in Spanish, you say "Hola" (the "h" is always silent).

• To say "What is your name?" in Spanish, you say "Como sé llamas" or "Como te llama" ( The sé and te are formal and informal ways. Which means that you say "te llama" to a superior (someone older than you), and sé llamas to an equal or someone younger than you.) 
• When asking "where are you from?" You say "dé dondé es?" (When you see the ´over the "e", pronounce it with a long a sound.

       


 Real life application:
 You are in Barcelona, Spain and you want to say hi to someone that speaks Spanish.
 So in English, one would normally say "Hi, what is your name", or "Hi, how are you?". How ever, in Spanish, it's a bit different.
 When you meet someone for the first time...
     You may want to say:
        ¡Hola!, ¿Como sé/té llama? Which means "Hi!, What is your name?"
     They may reply:
       " ¡Hola!, Mi nombre es *Maria, ¿y tu/udsted?" Which means "Hi, my name is Maria, and you?"
       You then reply:
            Yo soy ______ (your name) or Mi nombre es or me llamo...

Saying "Please, Thank you, Your welcome, and excuse me.

Saying please in Spanish:
 When you want to be polite in Spanish, one way to express politeness is by saying please. To say please in spanish, you say "por favor".

Saying Thank you in Spanish:
  When some one helps you out. In Spanish, you say "Gracias" or "Mucho Gracias".
Saying Your welcome in Spanish: When you help someone one out, in Spanish you say "De nada","Por Nada", or "no hay de que".


Saying Excuse me in Spanish:
3 ways to say excuse me in Spanish are "Disculpe", "Con permiso", "perdon". However, in spanish, these 3 ways are used in different situations. "Disculpe" is used to get someone's attention. Con permiso is used to get past somone. And perdon is if you accidently bump into someone.

Real life application:
   Some one helps you find directions to the hotel you are staying in.
      You say, "Mucho Gracias", or just "Gracias".
   And they say "De nada"," no hay de que", or "por nada".

You bump into someone accidently, but they speak Spanish. You say "perdon". You want to get past someone without being rude, so you say "Con permiso". You want to get someone's attention in Spanish, so you say "Disculpe por favor".

  Our Benchmark will live here on our Class Blog

  -Post a link to your iWEB (it should live in Public Dropbox via Local Folder)

-Attach VIDEO (add content below as MULTIMEDIA)
 You will need to convert to FLV format via Adobe Flash Encoder.
 (All laptops have it)

-Post a link to your BLOGSPOT (it should live in Public Dropbox)

-Attach PREZI (PUBLISH and SHARE in your personal Prezi acct),
 Then post the EMBED CODE here.

-Attach KEYNOTE/POWERPOINT (add content below as MULTIMEDIA)
 You will need to EXPORT into Quicktime Movie and then convert to FLV format
 via Adobe Flash Encoder. (All laptops have it)

Here is an example of what a video (in FLV format) will look like on our class Blog

 

Asking and telling the time:

    In Spanish, you use Son la___ and Es la una.
 Son las is plural and Es la una is singular and only for 1 o'clock.

To ask the time, you say "Que hora es?" To tell the the time, you can say either Son las ____ or Es la una, (Depending on what the time is.)

In spanish or espanol to ask, whats the weather like you have to say, ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? .

There are many responses to that question.  For instant. One would be, hace frio, which means its cold. There is also calor which means hot, viento which means windy, sol which means sunny and fresco which means cool. You could add mucho which means very to those phrases. There is also esta lloviendo which means, its raining or , llueve which means, it rains. Esta nevando means its snowing, or nieva means it snows and  esta nublado means its cloudy.

To ask what day is today in Spanish you would say, ¿Que día es hoy?.  You would answer that by saying, hos día es __ or es __, you would either say lunes for Monday, martes for Tuesday, miercoles for Wednesday, jueves for Thursday, viernes for Friday, sabado for Saturday and domingo for Sunday. Also as a personal note the days in Spanish are not capitalized.

To ask ,Whats today's date? in spanish. You would have to say ¿Cual es la fecha de hoy?. To answer that you would say Hoy es el # de (mes). (Mes means month in spanish).  So for october 1 2010 you would say hoy es el uno (1) de octubre. To say the rest of the months form january to december you would say the folowing:
January = enero
February = febrero
March = marzo
April = abril
May = mayo
June = junio
August = agosto
September = septiembre
October = octubre
November = noviembre
December = diciembre

 Our Benchmark will live here on our Class Blog

-Post a link to your iWEB (it should live in Public Dropbox via Local Folder)

-Attach VIDEO (add content below as MULTIMEDIA)
 You will need to convert to FLV format via Adobe Flash Encoder.
 (All laptops have it)

-Post a link to your BLOGSPOT (it should live in Public Dropbox)

-Attach PREZI (PUBLISH and SHARE in your personal Prezi acct),
 Then post the EMBED CODE here.

-Attach KEYNOTE/POWERPOINT (add content below as MULTIMEDIA)
 You will need to EXPORT into Quicktime Movie and then convert to FLV format
 via Adobe Flash Encoder. (All laptops have it)

Here is an example of what a video (in FLV format) will look like on our class Blog

​This is the video that me, Emma Hersh, and Julia Boyer created after spending the all morning and afternoon at the voting polls in Mt. Airy. The third interview is my interview and the pictures of the two extra credit assignments (chalk and handing out papers) are at the end of the video. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I9IkGl8zEI​

This is the video that me, Emma Hersh, and Julia Boyer created after spending the all morning and afternoon at the voting polls in Mt. Airy. The third interview is my interview and the pictures of the two extra credit assignments (chalk and handing out papers) are at the end of the video. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I9IkGl8zEI​

Courtesy Phrases in spanish.

This Blog is explaining how to use polite phrases from English to Spanish. I will use English polite phrases such as
Excuse me
Thank you
How are you
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good night
And translate them to Spanish.
Excuse me-Perdon
Thank you-Gracias
How are you- ?Como estas? / ?Como esta?
Good morning-?Buenos dias?
Good afternoon-Buenas tardes
Good night-Buenas noches
Examples: I drop my wallet and someone picks it up for me, and returns it. In in English i would say thank you. In Spanish I would say Gracias.