Thursday, May 8th.

Final Proyect

Today Mr. Jeremy told us what our exam will be. We will make a Google Doc. where we will make a translation of a romantic ballad song in Spanish, and we will edit with our groups.

Our final grade from May will be graded like this:

- The completeness of my Blog for the year ... 50%

- Oral presentation of your translated Poetry ... 30%

- In-class effort and self control ... 20%

Thursday, March 20th

Today's class Mr. Jeremy told us how we will be graded and what are the notes and the activities we need to have.
We need to have the three Opinion Pieces we have made this month, and all of the activities we have made.

50%  Blog Checklist
30%  Oral Presentation
20%  Effort Mark

Thursday, March 13th.

Today's class, we sat in a semi-circle because Mr. Jeremy told us we were going to do an oral presentation of our opinion pieces on the Oscars.

He was going to grade:
Effort                     20%
Blog Posts             50%
Oral Presentation   30%

While one of us was presenting, we had to do some activities about the bathroom vocabulary, and we had to draw some pictures Mr. Jeremy showed us.

2014 Academy Awards

The 2014 Academy Awards were presented a few days ago. Better known as the Oscars. They were presented in the Dolby Theatre. It was the 86th show. Ellen Degeneres was the hostess of the night. She hosted the show once before in 2007.This awards honor the best of cinematography every year. 

The most interesting category for me this year was ''Best Picture''. They were many great movies nominated, so it was very hard to guess to could've win. Actually, Ellen predicted the movie ''12 Years a Slave'' was going to be the winner. In the end, she was right, it won. ''12 Years a Slave'' won for '' Best Picture''. There were also other categories I enjoyed. I really loved that Jared Leto, my crush, won for ''Best Supporting Actor''. I loved his performance in ''Dallas Buyers Club''!

The movie industry is important to me personally. I really enjoy watching movies and talking about them. Some movies I've seen, have taught me many things. They've taught me I should value what I have right now. They've also taught me about the importance of life, also those who surround you and love you. Maybe, some movies are just for fun. Some of them don't have a certain teaching.

Brain Death

I recently read an article about a pregnant woman who was declared 'brain dead'. She is taking care of the baby even though she is brain dead. Her name was Robyn Benson. The doctors kept her on a ventilator until they can deliver the baby. Her husband, Dylan Benson, wanted the doctors to deliver his baby. The other case I read, was pretty much the same, but the family didn't want her to be on a life support machine. 

It is important for all members of a society to recognize important points of truth. In the first case, many people wanted to help the husband by donating money. In the second case, the woman's family wanted to disconnect her from the ventilator. If the woman is already dead, they should be taking care of the baby she is about to give life to. They shouldn't be trying to kill someone else, besides the pregnant woman. If you decide to disconnect the ventilator, you would be ruining a baby's life, whuch hasn't even started.

This is my opinion about how we should react to this case. I think this law is kind of a good thing. If this would've happened to me, I would've wanted them to deliver my baby, giving him or her a life. Maybe instead of connecting her right away, they should ask for the family's permission or the husband's permission. Some women might not want the doctors to keep using their bodies after their death. So, in my opinion, they should first get permission. Then, if they get the permission, they should take care of the baby inside the pregnant woman until they deliver them. 

Thursday, February 27th, 2014.

Today we talked about our grammar mistakes that were in our opinion pieces.

What is wrong?
- Subject Missing
- Verb Missing
- Tense Issues
- Subject verb agreement.
- Incomplete thought

We made an activity about posting an opinion
-Discuss with a three paragraph (5 sentences each) opinion piece on your blog.
-We may use the starter sentences Mr. Jeremy gave us.

Commenting on blogs

Today's class we got into groups of five. Each of us will comment on each other's blogs, about their opinion pieces about the science fair. We will comment what we like, understand, learn, etc.We will use one direct quote. At least three sentences.

FOR EXAMPLE:
-I enjoy your opinion piece!
-Your thoughts were well presented.