Sunday, April 26, 2009

Reflection (03)

Reflection (03)
(Week 6)


Why did you choose those two activities?
I did because I would want to practice present progressive.

How did you feel working on those activities?
Nice, those were easy.

Did you work on more than two activities? Why?
No, I did because I am working in groups activities.

How can you connect your learning style with the selection of the two activities?
I think this time I just would want to practice.

Week 6: Activity 2

Week 6: Activity 2
(Module C- Vocabulary- Page 10)

  1. Germán is erasing the board.
  2. Nubia is standing up now.
  3. Mrs. Martinez is talking with Peter.
  4. Camilo is sitting on his bed.
  5. Tatiana is solving some math troubles.
  6. John is answering a test.
  7. Diane is thinking about her homework.
  8. Cesar is studying to hard.
  9. Alejandro is drawing some buildings.
  10. Juan is writting an exercise in the board.

Week 6: Activity 1

Week 6: Activity 1
(Module C- Grammar- Page 11)

Daniel Barenboim


Daniel Barenboim is sixty six years old, he is from Argentina and his occupation is pianist and conductor.
He is married with Elena Bashkirova and has two sons who are musician too.
Now he is working with the music like all his life, he is directing the Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra and many others musician groups who are pleased to be with him.



Sunday, April 19, 2009

Reflection (02)

Reflection (02)
(Week 5)

Why did you choose those two activities?
I did because those are funny and those were good exercises for me.

How did you feel working on those activities?
Very nice, the activities helped me to learn a lot.

Did you work on more than two activities? Why?
Yes I did, because I think all those activities were funny and important.

How can you connect your learning style with the selection of the two activities?
I think I can connect it because two things are funny.

Reflection (01)

Reflection (01)
(Week 4)


Why did you choose those two activities?
I did because those activities are funny.

How did you feel working on those activities?
I felt good, those were easy.

Did you work on more than two activities? Why?
No, I did all activities but those were not important for be here.

How can you connect your learning style with the selection of the two activities?
I think the only way to connect them with my learning style is because those are funny and I enjoy with those.

Week 5: Activity 4

Week 5: Activity 4
(Module B-Reading-Page 38)

Find information about another system and its parts and identify their functions, Summarize the information in graphic devides and attach then to yor portfolio along with the original text.









The human skeleton consist of more than 200 bones. A baby has 270 and an adult some 206 bones. Those are supplemented by cartilages, tendons and ligaments.

Its very big for the body, in an adult it comprises 13% of the total body weight, but this is because its function. It is protectting organs.


The smallest bone in the body is in the middle ear, it's the stape; and the biggest bone is the femur.

Week 5: Activity 3

Week 5: Activity 3
(Module B-Grammar-Page 44)

According to your ticks, answer the following questions in your notebook with complete sentences using the correct frequency adverb.

1. Do you often do the shopping?
No, I seldom do the shopping.

2. Do you make your own breakfast?
No, I seldom do my own breakfast.

3. How often do you prepare lunch?
I seldom do the lunch.

4. How often do you do the dishes?
I usually do the dishes.

5. How often do you iron your clothes?
I usually iron my clothes.

6. Do you always make your bed?
No, I usually make my bed.

7. How often do you wash the bathroom at home?
I sometimes wash the bathroom.

8. How often do you clean the house?
I seldom clean the house.

9. Do you often wash the car?
No, I never wash the car.

10. How often do you take the garbage out?
I usually take the garbage out.

Week 5: Activity 2

Week 5: Activity 2
(Module B-Grammar-Page 27)

Read the sentences and decide if the conjunction and is correctly used. Write C for correct and I for incorrect. Write in your portfolio why the sentences are incorrect.

1. Times Square is a famous place located in New York. This area is vey colorful and attractive to all public. (C)

And is being used to show addition, when it says "colorful and attractive".

2. Classical music is a type of music that entertains and relax and develops musical taste in people. (C)

And is being used to show addition, "entertains and relax and develops"

3. I love when the weather is breezy cold. (I)

And is not used in the sentence, the correct form is: I love when the weather is breezy and cold.

4. Michael Bublé is a jazz singer. He is a Canadian, a big band singer and an actor.(C)

And is used to show addition, "singer and actor"

5. Keeping a healthy diet is important both for your health and for you physical appearance. By maintaining a good diet, you can avoid heart problems obesity. (I)

And is used to show addition "health and physical appearance", but at second time it is not used. The correct way is: Keeping a healthy diet is important both for your health and for physical appearance. By maintaining a good diet, you can avoid heart problems and obesity.

Week 5: Activity 1

Week 5: Activity 1
(Module B-Reading-Page 9)

Change the followings sentences to the other voice in your notebook.

1. A physician treats people who are ill.
People who are ill are treated by a physician.

2. People's eyes are tested by an optician.
An optician tests people´s eyes.

3. A person or a team is trained by a coach.
A coach trains a person or a team.

4. An architect designs buildings and houses.
Buildings and houses are designs by an architect.

5. Wooden furniture is repaired by a carpenter.
A carpenter repairs wooden furniture.

Week 4: Activity 2

Week 4: Activity 2
(Module A-Vocabulary-Page 21)


Suppose you are doing a report about famous people. Write sentences about people nationalities, the lenguages they speak and their professions in your Portfolio. Don't forget to inlclude some pictures.




Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is American, he is 61 years old. He is an actor, businessman and politician. Currently he is the 38th Governor of California. He speaks english.





Steven Allan Spielberg
He is American, he is 62 years old; his occupation is film director, producer and screenwriter. He speaks english.




Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro is 40 years old. He is from Spain, and he is a musician and singer-songwriter. He speaks spanish.



Diego Maradona
He is from Argentina, he is 48 years old. He is a famous soccer player . And he speaks spanish.











Week 4: Activity 1



Week 4: Activity 1
(Module A-Grammar-page 7)



To develop this activity, get a picture of a group of people from the Internet. Cut it and paste it in Word, then go to your portfolio and answer the following questions about them.


1. Who is each person in the group?

This is a nice family, in the group there are five people, they are the parents, the mother Marjorie Bouvier Simpson and the father Homer J. Simpson and their kids Bartholomew J. Simpson, Elisabeth Simpson and the youngest, Margaret Simpson.

2. How old are they?

Homer is 36 years old, his wife Marge is 35 years old, their kids Barth, Lisa and Maggie are 10, 8 and 1 years old.

3. What do they do for a living?

Homer works like safety inspector in the Nuclear Central of Springfield. Marge is a lovely housewife. Lisa and Barth study at school. And Maggie just plays with her toys.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Multiple Intelligences

Multiple Intelligences

These are the results of multiple intelligences test. I agree will all things.

I love nature, the world of plants and animals and I enjoy all about them.

I enjoy writing, reading, logic and talking with people.

I like sports and music, but I do not have much knowledge about that. I need to learn more about these topics.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Angela Rodríguez, I´m nineteen years old.

I am from Bogotá, Colombia, and I have lived here all my life.


My birthday is on july 24th.
I am studying mathmatics in Universidad Nacional de Colombia. I´m in third semster, and I love my career because it´s very funny and difficult.

I am not married, but I have a great family and two cute hamsters for loving.

I like to do funny things, the nature places, the coffee and the music.