SAUNDERS SUB PLANS- 7 de febrero del 2011
Block 1: Writing your personal paragraph for your family tree project
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Do Now
- The paragraph below is an example of the paragraph you will need to do for your project about yourself. Your class work for today is to write your own personal paragraph about yourself. You will find a checklist in your project packet. For those of you that have misplaced your packets or did not receive one because of the snow day, you can locate personal paragraph requirements on my website. Before you write your own paragraph, let’s read an example and then answer the questions that follow. I have included a couple of helpful websites to help you as you write your paragraph today in class.
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¡Hola! Me llamo Ana y tengo quince años. Soy una persona abierta, cómoda, fiel y honesta. No soy muy alta pero no soy alto y tengo pelo rubio y ojos marrones. Soy de Guatemala pero ahora vivo en Nueva York. Hay cinco personas en mi familia. Mi madre se llama María y mi padre se llama José. Tienen cuarentaicinco anos. También tengo una hermana y un hermano. Mi hermana mayor se llama Carmen. Ella tiene dieciocho anos y ella es alta y cariñosa. Mi hermano menor se llama Víctor. Él es bajo, cómico y un poco antipático. A mí me gusta jugar tenis, escuchar a la música de bachata y estar con mis amigos. Cuando yo estoy con mis amigos, estoy feliz. Cuando no estoy con mis amigos, estoy triste. A mí no gustan las personas ignorantes ni ilógicas. Me gusta tener personas buenas en mi vida que son trabajadores porque yo quiero ser la mejor persona que puedo ser.
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Questions about the content:
- Who is this paragraph about?
- How old is Ana?
- What kind of person is she?
- How does she look?
- Where is she from and where does she live now?
- How many people are in her family?
- What are her parents’ names and ages?
- How many siblings does Ana have?
- What are their names and how old are they?
- Who is Carmen and how does Ana describe her?
- Who is Victor and how does Ana describe him?
- What are the 3 things that Ana says she likes?
- How does Ana feel when she is with her friends?
- How does Ana feel when she is not with her friends?
- What does Ana say she does not like?
Here is today’s agenda for you:
1. Do Now: ( 10 mins)
- Paragraph and Questions
2. Write your paragraph about yourself for your project in your project packet or a separate piece of paper. (15 mins)
- Use the example from today’s do now to help you structure your own paragraph. You should feel free to include additional information, but please make sure that you do now have less than 10 sentences.
- All 10 sentences must be original. You may not use an online translator to translate complete sentences. It is VERY obvious when students do this. Any students suspected of cheating in this manner will not only have to redo the work, but will be asked to do additional sentences.
- You may use the computer to look up additional vocabulary words. I have posted 2 links on my webpage that have additional adjectives that you may want to use to describe yourself or your family members.
3. Type your paragraph: (15 mins)
- Once you have written your personal paragraph, please present it to your teacher and then you will be able to log onto to type your paragraph. You may e-mail these to yourself at the end of class. I will ask to see these completed for tomorrow.
4. Sketch your project on a separate piece of paper: (5-10 mins)
- This paper will be collected at the end of class, but I would like to see your plans for your project. This will also help you begin to think about how you plan to present your family to us on paper. Remember, this is an important project and a great way for you to share the important people of your live.
5. Homework:
Projects will be due this Thursday, you will have time in class on Wednesday to work on your project so bring any materials you might need to work on your project. For example you may want to bring the poster and construction paper. Anything you planned to use to create your project. I will provide scissors and glue.
6. When you finish:
- After you have complete your Project Sketch and your Personal Paragraph, you may visit my website to play any of the practice exercises or practice alphabet, numbers, colors, days of the week, months of the year…. It is never too late to take these tests and in fact you will be required to say them before the end of the year
If you have any questions, please e-mail me at:asaunders@prospecthillacademy.org
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Block 2: Finish your personal paragraph and use PowerPoint to type-up a family tree
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Do Now: Complete your personal paragraph and save and e-mail it to yourself.
Lesson on Creating Family Trees on PowerPoint the following videos. These videos will help walk you through the process of creating a family tree using PowerPoint. If you are a tech-savvy person, you may need to check-in with other classmates to make sure they understand what to do.
Create a Family Tree Using Power Point: The family tree you create on power point should be of all the family members you intend to include in this project. Once you have completed this you will need to e-mail this to me at: asaunders@prospecthillacademy.org.
WHEN YOU ARE DONE:
Once you complete your personal paragraph rough draft, finish typing your personal paragraph and email me your family tree PowerPoint, you may use the remainder of class time to use my website to do practice games or listen to the karaoke songs I have included. YOU MAY ONLY VISIT WEBSITES FROM MY WEBPAGE. As always, you are not permitted to go on to YouTube to listen to music of your choice.
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