viernes, 30 de abril

If you take at the important dates to the left you will see a few things related to the essay response to Cohen. Everyone has the essay, as well as some articles on Immigration from the Southern Law Council and the Graphic Organizer that is due on Monday, May 10. Students will turn the G.O. into a rough draft for Tuesday, May 11. We will have peer editing and then students will turn in their final on Friday, May 14. If students have ANY questions over their DC break and need help: contact me!!

Have a safe trip! See you all May 10th!

jueves, 29 de abril

Today students finished their Aztec myth presentations. We then dived into talking about May 1st - Día de los trabajadores - International Labor. With immigration hot in the news, we focused our discussion on jobs and why certain ones are more respected and better paid.We also talked about the recent immigration law was passed in Arizona and a little bit of the history of the Border Control to put it in context. The students ranked there 25 Jobs and then tried to think of the five most important jobs needed in society. For homework, students are to read an essay on immigration by Richard Cohen and start to think about whether or not they agree with his thesis (or parts of his arguments). Students will use this to write an reaction and share their own opinion. It will be exciting to see what they come up with!

martes, 27 de abril

Finally, we had a full day of class! Students took the Aztec Quiz and had 20 minutes to prepare for their myth presentations. The first group presented today and the other two will present during reading and work time on Thursday.

Leading up to DC, we will talk about May 1 - International Labor as well as immigration and some of the current legislation that has passed in Arizona. Students will be completed a graphic organizer over the DC break to prepare for an essay in response to an article on immigration. Students will be able to form and opinion statement and defend their opinion. More information as well as rubrics and all to come.

Homework: Students were given a refresher on articles and verb conjugation. Complete for Thursday!

martes, 20 de abril

Students are working in class on a piece of Teatro Azteca - an Aztec myth that they are turning into a play. They are working in groups of three. They will be presenting on Tuesday, April 27. Please look below at the previous for quiz answers for Tuesday as well!

lunes, 19 de abril

We covered MUCHO today! We then end of Don Quijote, we are started our final unit in Spanish entitled Celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world. With CRCT and the DC trip, we will be getting into a Quinceañera unit in May along with stem-changing verbs. This week; however, we will do a short unit on Aztec Mythology and Folklore and next week we will do another lesson from ¡Viva la Causa! on immigration (both related to my background in Chicano Studies).

For those who need a review from today here is a breakdown of some of the gods and important figures:

Huitzilopochtli - warrior sun god, hummingbird good, required sacrifices to help him win in battle

Quetzalcoatl - creator of humans, represented by the feathered serpent

Tláloc - rain god (has goggles), child sacrifices were performed in his name as the tears would bring rain

La Virgen de Guadalupe - dark-skinned, Nahuatl-speaking apparition of the Virgin Mary who came to Juan Diego, and old Aztec man bringing together the Aztec religion with the Catholic religion of the conquering

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Tenochititlan - Aztec city what is now Mexico City

Aztlán - homeland of the Mexica, who immigrated to what is now Mexico City to form the Aztec Empire

Also, here is the Aztec Timeline as well as the story of Popo & Izta.

Please remember, we have quiz on this information on Tuesday, April 27 (spelling will not be important!)

I also shared pictures from my trip to Mexico City of the Basilica of the Virgin de Guadalupe, Tenochitilan, and Teotihuacan.

jueves, 15 de abril

We watched Don Quijote today in class, comparing it to the book we read as well as making comparisons between the imaginary world in Don Qujiote's head to reality.

Remember that the final draft of Don Quijote, la historia sigue is due tomorrow. Don't forget your name and date on the front! As always, I'm available by phone if you have any questions!

Peace,

Laura

lunes, 12 de abril

Welcome back! Today we jumped right back in to Don Quijote. We completed the book today in class which was very exciting! Our first book in Spanish! Congrats to Hati & Ariel for getting the phrase of the week right! They each earned a peso!

Here's what's coming up this week:

Tue - Don Quijote, La Historia Sigue 1st Draft Due - Peer Editing

Wed - Students may turn in a 2nd draft to me for editing

Thu - Students will watch an animated version of Don Quijote, comparing and contrasting the book to the movie

Fri - Final draft of the students' versions of Don Quijote

As always, I am available for questions after school. Tutorial is Tuesday at 4. Have a great week!

Paz,

Profe Laura