Cinco De Mayo Project

Cinco De Mayo Project:
Due Date: May 3, 2010 -- No exceptions
***Please read the instructions and guidelines of this project


1. Create a poster board of what Cinco de Mayo represent to you. – Your own perspective of this Mexican Holiday.

2. The last day to turn in the project is May 3, 2010. I will not give you more time to finish it. Starting April 23, 2010 --- to --- May 3, 2010, gives you10 days to work on the poster board.


3. I am only asking for a very unique and decorative poster board on Cinco De Mayo

4. I will pick the best ones to present on May 4th EACPA celebration.

5. This will count 50% of your grade.

The History behind Cinco de Mayo

The information below was copied from the website: www.wikipidia.com. if you would like any more information you can go to that site.

HISTORY:
In 1861, Benito Juarez stopped making interest payments to countries that Mexico owed money to. In response, France[11] attacked Mexico to force payment of this debt. France decided that it would try to take over and occupy Mexico.[12] France was successful at first in its invasion; however, on May 5, 1862, at the city of Puebla, Mexican forces were able to defeat an attack by the larger French army. In the Battle of Puebla, the Mexicans were led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. Although the Mexican army was victorious over the French at Puebla, the victory only delayed the French advance on Mexico City. A year later, the French occupied Mexico. The French occupying forces placed Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico on the throne of Mexico in 1864. The French, under pressure from the United States, eventually withdrew in 1866-1867. Maximilian was deposed by President Benito Juarez and executed, five years after the Battle of Puebla.

The Battle of Puebla was important for at least two reasons. First, although considerably outnumbered, the Mexicans defeated a much better-equipped French army. "This battle was significant in that the 4,000 Mexican soldiers were greatly outnumbered by the well-equipped French army of 8,000 that had not been defeated for almost 50 years."[13][14] Second, it was significant because since the Battle of Puebla no country in the Americas has been invaded by an army from another continent.

OVERVIEW:
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.

Cinco de Mayo is not "an obligatory federal holiday" in Mexico, but rather a holiday that can be observed voluntarily. While Cinco de Mayo has limited significance nationwide in Mexico, the date is observed in the United States (also voluntarily) and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day,[8] which actually is September 16the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.

Homework for April 21, 2010

We are celebrating EARTH DAY this whole week. EARTH DAY is on Thursday, April 22.

Vocabulary to study and use for the next two days:

1. Air -- Aire
2. Animals -- Animales
3. Clean -- Limpio
4. Conservation -- Conservacion
5. Earth -- Tierra
6. Ecosystem -- Ecosistema
7. Energy -- Energia
8. Fuel -- Combustible
9. Landfills -- Vertederos
10. Litter -- Basura
11. Oceans -- Oceanos
12. Oxygen -- Oxigeno
13. Ozone -- Ozono
14. Plants -- Plantas
15. Pollution -- Contaminacion
16. Preserve -- Conserva/Conservacion
17. Rainfores -- Selva / Pluviselva
18. Wetlands -- Pantanos
19. World -- Mundo
20. Waste -- Desperdicios

The first 20 words are for the homework; the crossword puzzle.
other vocabulary

1. Extinct -- Desaparecido
2. Habitat -- Ambiente
3. Home -- Casa / Hogar
4. People -- Gente
5. Recycle -- Reciclar
6. Resource -- Recurso
7. Reuse -- Reutilizacion
8. Volunteer -- voluntario
9. Water -- Agua
10. River - Rio
11. Sea -- Mar
12. Lake -- lago
13. Pond -- laguna
14. Creek -- Arollo
15. Swamp -- Pantano

Most of the vocabulary words are COGNATES.

***COGNATE: words that are similar in spanish and english and have the same definition and root.

Be very carefull with the false congnates.

***FALSE COGNATES: are pairs of words in the same or different languages that are similar in form and meaning but have different roots. That is, they appear to be, or are sometimes considered, cognates, when in fact they are not. Even if false cognates lack a common root, there may still be an indirect connection between them.
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End of second six weeks

Monday was the close of the second six weeks. Report cards will go out on Wednesday and the new and last cycle started Tuesday after 12:00 pm.

1. Wednesday, April 21, 2010, is the Ice Cream Party for all the students who had perfect attendance on this past six weeks.

2. Thursday, April 22, 2010, is the field trip for the students who made the A/B honor roll this past six weeks.

3. Friday, April 23, 2010, is the field trip for all of the students who are in the soccer team. (The Soccer Team trip)

4. Saturday, April 24, 2010, is ADVENTURE DAY for the ALL of the students. On Saturday, the students get to participate in activities that will released some stress due to TAKS. All Students are invited, but not required. In order to attend, make sure the permission slip has been signed by a parent or legal guardian.

5. Starting next week: April 27-28 the TAKS will be conducted at EACPA for all the Six (6th) graders. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU, YOU ALL WILL DO GREAT!

10 Action Words = Verbs

1. Saltar - to jump
2. Sostener - to hold
3. Lanzar -- to throw
4. Trotar -- To jog
5. Caminar -- To Walk
6. Tomar -- to take / to drink
7. Agarrar - to grab
8. Correr - to run
9. Atrapar -- to catch
10. Rodar -- to roll


using the endings given in class, conjugate each action word using the T- Chart.
Endings for the (-ar): -o, -as, -a, -amos, -ais, -an
(-er): -o, -es, -e, -emos, -eis, -en
(-ir): -o, -es, -e, -emos, -eis, -en

the verb endings for -er, and -ir are the same.

Examples: habl{ar} - to talk: hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, hablais, hablan
Com{er} - to eat: como, comes, come, comemos, comeis, comen
Viv{ir} - to live: vivo, vives, vive, vivemos, viveis, viven

Mexican Alpabeth

*** image taken from google images

Six weeks Exam Review

The six weeks Exam will be on Monday, April 12th.


The following is a list for students to review and highlight on their notebooks for easy findings. The students are allow to use their notes on the exam.

1. SER and ESTAR: know the three rules, which verb is permanent, which verb is temporary and the translation in english.
2. Comprar & Querer: Make sure you know the action verbs for both verbs
3. Ir & Platicar: Make sure you know the action verbs for both verbs
4. Subject Pronoun: What are the 6 subject pronouns
5. All 10 Articles: Identify the Denite and Indefine articles and also their translation
6. Singular & Plural: how do you identify a singular word from a Plural words
7. Clothing Vocabulary: Study the worksheet with the vocabulary and the notes takeng in class
8. Body Parts vocabulary: Study the packet given in class and the notes taken in class
9. Making basic sentences: study the subject pronun the action verbs and all vocabulary given in class
10. Action Verbs: make sure you know how to make a T-chart and remember that the action verb always goes on the right of the T-Chart
11. Greetings and goodbyes: study the greeting and goodbyes given at the beginning of sememster
12. The Mexican Alphabet: Study the extra 4 letter of the alphabeth and know to write examples for each letter
13. Days of the week. remember that Saturday and Wednesday in Spanish have accent marks.
14. Months of the year: Study the months and know their spelling
16. School Supplies Vocabulary: given at beginning of semester -- study vocabulary
17. Going Shopping Vocabulary: given at beginning of semester -- study vocabulary
18. Gender Words: idnetify the ending of a feminine word and a masculine word.
19. Masculine endings & Feminine endings: A,U ending are feminine and O, E, I are endings for maculine words
20. Difference between Vosotros and Nosotros: I want to know how to used the two words, not their translations. Remember that Vosotros means everyone else excluding yourself; Nosotros means everyone including yourself.
21. What is Adjective? Describes a noun
22. What is a noun? person, place or thing
23. how do you identify singular and plural words? Plural words are identify by adding an (S) to the end of the word to make it more than just one thing, place or thng. In order to make it singular--remove the (S).

*** SPELLING IS VERY IMPORTANT. I WILL LOOK AT SPELLING--SINCE YOU ARE USING THE NOTES AND WORKSHEETS DONE IN CLASS OR FOR HOMEWORK...YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SPELL ALL WORDS.

Important Information

April 16 is the end of th six weeks -- report cards will go out to the parents
April 12 is the last day to turn in any past due homework, any presentaions from cycle one.
**April 12 is the six weeks exam --- see notes on next blog
April 14 --- grades are due to submit to gradebook

April 10 -- Saturday tutoring and Service Learning trip
April 17 --- last saturday of tutoring.
April 24 -- Adventure day with the UT Counselors 8- 12:30 all students are invited.

April 27-28 TASK
April 26-27 LAT test

If you have any questions regarding the information email me at lmartinez@swkey.org