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Dia de los muertos: Extra Credit (Day of the Dead)

Hola,
 
As a school we will be working on an altar to celebrate Day of the Dead. This is 100% OPTIONAL. Students who wish to participate can bring the following for extra credit:
 
1. A framed picture of a loved one who has passed.
2. A battery operated candle. (I suggest bringing in a tea light but any is fine as long as it is battery operated).
3. An object or symbol that represents that person. 
 
This are some of my suggestions:
1. Bring a copy of the original photo
2. DO NOT bring the original object or symbol. I gave students the example if their Grandpa passed and loved to play baseball, do not bring the baseball he played but a random baseball that symbolizes him.
 
If you have any questions, please email me. The extra credit is due this Friday 10/25.

Prueba 3: Los Países

Students will have their test on the countries and their capitals on Monday, October 7th. 

Los Países Proyecto

These are the instructions for the project coming up. It will be due on October 7th. These are the details by grade level. 
 
For 6th grade: 
You will be assigned a country that you will be researching. For this project you will need to research the following:

The country and capital
The geographic location
The typical food
Important tourist attractions
2 interesting facts about that country
1 famous person from that country

What you need:
You are going to need a tissue box. If you would like to donate some tissue boxes to others, that is optional. Tissue boxes must be rectangular and not squared. Tissue box does not have to be full.

On the top of the box you will write the country and capital.
On 1/ 4 of the box you will add the important tourist attractions
On 2/4 of the box you will add the typical food
On 3/4 of the box you will add two interesting facts
On 4/4 of the box you will add 1 famous person from that country
On the bottom of the box you will add the map of the country (geographic location) and identify the capital and some important cities.

This WILL be presented to the class.

EXTRA CREDIT:
If you would like to receive extra credit, you can bring food from the country that you were assigned. If you are planning on bringing food please bring enough for everyone in order to receive the extra credit. Please make sure to provide your peers with utensils and plates if they need it.
 
For 7th grade: 
You will be assigned a country that you will be researching. For this project you will need to research the following:

The country and capital
The geographic location
Sports
The climate
The typical food
Important tourist attractions
3 interesting facts about that country
1 famous person from that country

What you will do:
You will be making a powerpoint which includes all of your research. This is a breakdown of what each slide should include...

Slide 1: Cover slide including the name of your country as well as your name
Slide 2: The capital of the country
Slide 3: Where on the map it is located and some important cities
Slide 4: Information about major sports played
Slide 5: The climate *be sure to include vocabulary we have used in the past like soleado or nublado
Slide 6: Information about typical food eaten
Slide 7: Information about important tourist attractions
Slide 8: 3 interesting facts
Slide 9: 1 famous person biography
Slide 10: Work cited

This WILL be presented to the class.

EXTRA CREDIT:
If you would like to receive extra credit, you can bring food from the country that you were assigned. If you are planning on bringing food please bring enough for everyone in order to receive the extra credit. Please make sure to provide your peers with utensils and plates if they need it.

Google Classroom

Students have joined Google Classroom! Here are the codes for each class...
 
Period 1: jl9ql7
Period 3: gx6xvl
Period 4: pizzmj
Period 5: l7iyw4z
Period 6: 5j3dj3s
Period 7: aesomr

Prueba 2 on Friday

This is a friendly reminder that ALL students have a test on Friday! Students will be tested on their vocab words from Tema 1: La escuela!