Converting YouTube to AVI

1. Open YouTube and find the video you want to convert.
2. Open KEEPVID in another window or tab.
3. Copy the URL address from YouTube and paste it into the KeepVid site.
4. You can chose AVI or MP4 to play in class.

Día de Acción de Gracias

Os deseo un Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias. Si queréis hacer un tarea extra durante las vacaciones podéis entrevistar un familiar sobre su experiencia viviendo bajo un regime como el de Trujillo. Podéis escribirlo o hacer un video y presentarlo cuando regresemos.

I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. If you would like to do extra credit during the vacation you can interview a family member about living under a regime like the Trujillo regime. You can write it or take video and present it in class when we return.

If you would like to share with your family some of our class research on Trujillo here are the two videos and one song we looked at in our classroom stations. You will need access to YouTube to see them.

Era Gloriosa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weFmRXJ3kOs

24 de octubre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weFmRXJ3kOs

Entrevista

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLcqPMVKzYY

¡Feliz regreso a clases!

Bienvenidos estudiantes. Después de un verano de terremotos y huracanes regresamos a nuestras clases. Estoy muy emocionada por ser su profesora este año. Tendremos mucho por hacer. Investigaremos el tema de inmigración, leeremos cuentos hispanos y veremos películas de habla hispana. Finalmente, usaremos este blog para escribir y reflexionar sobre varios temas. Espero que utilicemos este blog para comunicar conmigo y con sus compañeros de clase. ¡Les deseo un buen año escolar!

¿Cuál es tu canción favorita de Spring Break España?

Encuesta de la Clase
¡Mandad un mensaje de texto al numero que corresponde a tu favorita!

Películas buenas

Peliculas de Terror

El Orfanato 

Bajo la Sal
The Devils Backbone

Comédias

Te Busco

El Crimen Ferpecto
Fresa y Chocolate

Drama

Motorcycle Diaries

El Método

Webquest La Republica Dominicana

Post a summary of your findings as a comment to this post! Remember to include your group members names.


Here are some resources to get you started:


Dominican Republic: http://dominicanrepublic.com/index.php 
Google Search Engine: www.google.com
The CIA World Factbook: www.cia.gov
Infoplease: www.infoplease.com/
FactMonster: www.factmonster.com
Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org
US State Department: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1103.html 
Immigration: http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu-Dr/Dominican-Americans.html
Geography: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/dominican-republic-guide/

Modelo de árbol genealógico

New Quia Information

Hola estudiantes!

I have updated our Quia website and so everyone will have new usernames and new passwords. Over the break I will be adding new assignments. If anyone would like to do any extra credit work please email me at profesorawardnyc@gmail.com and I can email mail you the information.

¡Disfrutad de las vacaciones!
Señora Ward

Mi árbol de familia en español (Family Tree)

Part 1 to your Project is to create a family tree. You can use your own family or a celebrity/cartoon family. This project must be completed entirely in Spanish. There should be three levels to your tree, grandparent, parent and you with all your siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles. You can also add pets if you like. You must also use possessive adjectives to reflect that this is YOUR family. Your completed project should be no larger than 11x17 inches so that it can fit on our class bullentin board. You will be graded on creativity so be sure to add pictures and lots of color!

Immigration Project

The final piece to your project on Immigration is a letter written to me describing what you have learned about Immigration. The letter must be in a letter format and include a minimum of three paragraphs with the following information:

1. What you learned from this unit.
2. The vocabulary you learned.
3. What you liked or disliked about this unit or how this unit changed your thoughts on immigration.

The letter should be attached to all your immigration work with the Checklist on top with your name and date.

This is due, January 6th. Points will be deducted for lateness.

Holiday Tarea

Choose one of the following. This assignment is due Jan 6 and will be part of your Final Project.

Si eres un artista.

______	Design a movie poster for one of the movies we saw in class (30 days, Balseros, or Under the Same Moon). The poster should have the names of the main characters and a sentence in English which reflects the main idea of the movie.
______	Or, make a collage of images of immigration (i.e. border crossing signs, faces of immigrants, Dream Act supports, etc.) This can be the cover to your final project.

Si eres un journalista.

______	Interview a relative or friend who is an immigrant about his or her experience. Ask 10 questions which address the who, what, where, when, why and how of this person´s immigrant experience.

Si eres un escritor.

______	Write a review of one of the movies we saw in class. (30 days, Balseros, or Under the Same Moon.) Give a summary of the plot and summarize what you liked or disliked about the film and whether or not you would recommend it.

Si eres un técnico.

______	Design a Powerpoint slide show highlighting one of the movies or key points to the Dream Act.
______	Or, complete the Holiday Activity on Quia.com