Friday, March 11, 2011

viernes el 11 de marzo

Guiding Question:  How does the same story look from different perspectives?
Learning Objective: Students will analyze the fake twister updates from last class to review standards-based grading

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

miercoles el 9 de marzo

Guiding Question: How does the same story look from different perspectives
Learning Objective: Students will make up fake status postings for the different characters from the Piratas book based off of the latest chapter.



  1. Go to www.classtools.net
  2. Click "Twister" (4th choice under Templates on the right side)
  3. Enter the character's name(s) for the username    (For Raquel I typed Raquel/Santiago)
  4. Enter Real Name: put a description of the type of picture you would like the generator to pick (For Raquel I typed in "Pirate girl")
  5. Enter a tweet that would be an appropriate status from that person's perspective IN SPANISH
  6. Enter the date given at the beginning of the chapter.
  7. click submit and preview your tweet
  8. Use the back button to go and edit/adjust your Real Name entry if you want the generator to pick a different picture.
  9. When you are satisfied with your product click save as PDF (at the bottom)
  10. Attach the PDF file of your tweet to an email an submit it to crivera@summit.k12.co.us (USE YOUR GROUPWISE EMAIL ACCOUNT!) 
  11. You must turn in at least 2 tweets from 2 different characters

Character choices are:
Raquel 
Henry Morgan 
Antonio Medina
Felipe
El pirata cruel -- for this one you will make a prediction about this character and what he observes and plans to do.  


Helpful phrases:
Estoy + emotion -- I am + emotion
Estoy en + location -- I am on/in + location
Voy a -- I am going...