viernes, 13 de abril de 2012

Workshop#4

Complete your own graphic organizer about a favorite place.

-approaching the park.
It's a hot but very fresh day. I can see the people going to the park too.

-beside the park.
I can smell the fresh air and hear the sound of the little kids playing with their pets.

-at the park.
It's full of people and animals playing and having fun.

martes, 3 de abril de 2012

Workbook#1

Write the sentences using the adverbs clauses of time in parentheses. Be sure to add commas after the adverb clauses of time when the come before the main clauses.

(Whenever we travel) Whenever we travel I have to take pictures.

(Until we finish) We sang a song until we finish the project.

(Before I eat) Before I eat I pray with my family.

lunes, 2 de abril de 2012

Workshop#2

Conceptual mapping
Make a chart about the reading "Light"

Light

Electromagnetic waves are a form of energy that can travel through space.

There are tree kinds of objects:
-opaque: you cannot see through it.
-transparent: the light is allowed to pass through.
-translucent: only some light passes through.

There are tow kinds of reflection:
-regular reflection: all the rays are reflected at the same angle.
-diffuse reflection: each ray is reflected at a different angle.

There are four kinds of mirror:
-plane mirror: has a flat surface.
-curved mirror: behave as though they were many little flat mirrors.
-concave mirror: enlarge the image.
-convex mirror: let you see a large distance.

Workshop#3

Describe your bedroom. Use sensory details to describe it.

My bedroom isn't too big, but i feel very comfortable in there. I have i big bed and a small glass desk and a wood floor. I can hear the sound of the birds in the morning and the kids playing in the park. My cotton blankets and pillows are very soft and fluffy. Most of the time my room smells like my perfumes.

K-W-L-H chart

Make K-W-L-H chart and complete the coloms

K (what i know?)
When light is reflected on water you can see rainbow colors

W (what do i want to know?)
The speed of light


L (what did i learn?)
Light travels from the sun to the earth in waves

H (how did i learn it?)
From an article

viernes, 23 de marzo de 2012

Test #1

Part I. Literary words. Choose the words or words that best complete each sentence or answer each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter on the space provided.
1. The use of words that imitate sounds is called:    D     .
A. Repetition            B. Setting                   C. Imagery                 D. Onomatopoeia
2. Which of the following sentences uses onomatopoeia?    D     .
A.  "Help! Help! Help!" cries the boy, but no on can hear him.
B. The train passes by quickly as the train children watch.
C. The sounds of the train's wheels make the children laugh
D. The clackety-clack of the train's wheels awakens the boy.
3. Th words splash sounds like the noise made by someone who is:     C    .
A. Eating a cracker                           B. Singing a song       
C. Jumping into the water              D. Throwing a book on the floor
4. The use of a word more than once is called:     B    .
A. Onomatopoeia       B. Repetition             C. Setting                           D. Imagery
5. The sentence the girl really, really, really, really likes to go to the park uses repetition to show:    A   .
A. That the park is pretty                                  B. How much the girl enjoys the park   
C. That the girl does not know many words    D. That the girl hears many sounds in the park.
6. After walking three miles, the boy walked slower and slower and slower uses repetition to show:  A   .
A. How tired the boy is                                          B. How far the boy walked
C. How strong the boy is                                       D. How far the boy could walk tree miles
Part II. Academic words, Choose the correct word for each definition. Circle the letter of the correct answer. 
7.   D    : someone who writes a book, story, article, or play.
A. Tradition                B. Culture             C. Text             D. Author
8.   D    : The art, literature, music, beliefs, and practices of a particular group of people
A. Storytelling             B. Company         C. Text             D. Culture
9.   D   : The words in a printed piece of writing.
A. Author                   B. Myth                C. Tradition      D. Text
10.   A   : A belief custom, or way of doing something that has existed for a long time.
A. Tradition                B. Author             C. Text             D. Story


Part II. Word Study. Choose the word that creates a compound word when combined with the word in bold type. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
11. Any               A. One                      B. Mower           C. Plane          D. School
12. Tooth            A. Cycle                    B. Body              C. Brush          D. Thing
13. Grand           A. Brush                    B. Body              C. Thing          D. Father
14. Air                A. Motor                   B. Plane               C. one             D. butter
15. Motor           A, cycle                     B. school              C. shine           D. one
16. Lawn            A. thing                      B. school             C. mower        D.one
17. Grass            A. grape                    B. thing                C. hopper        D.school
18. Rain              A. coat                      B. one                   C. thing           D. body
19. Fresh            A. tomato                  B. thing                C. cool           D. fruit
20. Sun               A. cup                       B. thing                C. shine           D. one


Part IV. Reading: Choose the phrases that best complete each item or answer each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
A. "Grandmother Spider Brings The Sun"
21. Wolf was tired of the darkness because   D   .
A. He didn't like talking to other animals all time
B. Coyote was always cheating and stealing from others
C. He wanted to sit in the sun and fl its warmth on his fur
D. Other animals kept bumping into him and asking for directions
22. What did coyote think they should do?    A   .
A. Steal a piece of the sun            B. make a sun of their own
C. learn how to see in the dark        D. do just what wolf suggested 
23. Possum planned to get to the other side of the world by   B    .
A. Driving    B. digging a tunnel    C. swimming     D. taking a train
24. According to this myth, Grandmother Spider carried the sun in a    D   .
A. shawl     B.leather pouch    C. boot     D.clay bowl 
25. Since that time, a spider spins a web so that its center is like the    A   .
A. sun     B. bowl       C. world      D. moon


Part V. Underline the onomatopoeia, explain what kind of sound it is and the verse's meaning.
SOUNDS OF PUBERTY -Jacinta Ramayah
Empty stomachs that growl
and rumble with gnawing hunger,
throats that cough and croak
and thirst for a squirt of water

Plop, glug and pong og sewers
buzz of houseflies and drones,
low lub-dud of weak hearts
snap and crack of broken bones.

The creak of dilapidated walls
and rattle of  crumbling doors
the thump of termited-windows
tottering on ramshackle floors.

Clinking coins and rustling notes
out of our pockets, may one day
stamp out sickness and poverty
and make suffering fade away.

1. growl and rumble: sound of the stomach when someone is hungry
2. cough and croak: sound that makes the throats
3. plop, glug and pong: sound of the sewer
4. buzz: sound that makes some insects like houseflies.
5. lub-dub: sound of the beats of the heart
6. snap and crack: sound of the bones when someone break them
7. creak: sound of the dilapidated walls
8. thump: sound of the termited-windows
9. Clinking: sound of the coins when they fall down

Part VI. Circle the repetition and explain the meaning of it in the poem.
WITHOUT YOU-Khawaab Khan
without you
my mid stops thinking...
without you
my lips stop speaking...
without you
my night are sleepless...


without you
my eyes stop hearing...
without you
my ears stops hearing...
without you
my heart beats in distress...


without you
i feel incomplete, Darling!


1. without you: it means that the author miss someone and really loves that person.
2. stop: stop doing something that you do normally.
3. my: means that something belong to someone.



miércoles, 21 de marzo de 2012

Grammar practice #2

Grammar practice
instructions: write a sentence with the following time expressions (14 points)


1. after: She brushes her teeth after dinner every day
.
2. before: Ana taught me to pray before eat, juts like her mom did with her.


3. until: On my family, we don't eat until everyone is on the table.


4. whenever: Whenever I fail in a exam, my mom take off the internet of my computer


5. while: While I'm reading a book, I play my favorite song on my computer.