"“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” - Maximilian Robespierre Aim: What impact did the Reign of Terror have on France? Homework: Due Tuesday October 14th - French Revolution DBQ with annotation and follow up questions on each document - Enlightenment Philosopher paragraph - Study notes on French Revolution [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/French-Revolution-DBQ.pdf"] … [Read more...]

Aim: What strategies can we use to memorize the vocabulary? Do Now: Write 1 adjective that describes you and 1 that doesn't from yesterday's vocabulary. Then ask 2 people around you and do the same for them. Use page 70 if you need to. ¿Cómo eres? Person                                          Es                                      No es 1. 2. 3. HOMEWORK#6 You have to describe 5 people.  These could be friends, family members, movie characters or celebrities.  For each you are going to say 1 quality that describes them and one that doesn't.  Remember that you have to write it as a sentence. Example: Eddy Murphy - El es gracioso.  El no es  perezoso. … [Read more...]

Aim: How do we describe ourselves and others?   Do Now: Copy / TRANSLATE and put a check next to the cognates Adjectives                                                 Mas vocabulario artistico                       ordenado                  ¿Cómo eres? atrevido                       paciente                   yo soy bueno                          perezoso                  chica deportista                    reservado                 chico desordenado               serio                         él estudioso                     simpatico                ella gracioso                       sociable                  es impaciente                   talentoso inteligente                   … [Read more...]

"“Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!” - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Aim: How do we respond to and analyze DBQ's? Homework: Due Tuesday October 14th - French Revolution DBQ with annotation and follow up questions on each document - Enlightenment Philosopher paragraph - Study notes on French Revolution [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/French-Revolution-DBQ.pdf"] … [Read more...]

Cognates Worksheet Today we learned all about cognates and completed the following activity... Aim: How can cognates help us in understanding Spanish better? Do Now: How much Spanish you can undertand this far? Do you think you can translate a whole paragraph? I bet you can! Translate the following paragraph in your notebook. Hola, Me llamo Sonia. Me gusta escuchar música. Me gusta tocar el piano. También me gusta usar la computadora y montar bicicleta. Finalmente, me gusta mucho ver televisión, hablar por teléfono y comer chocolate. Once you are done, underline the words that were easiest to translate. [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Cognates-Worksheet1.docx"] For more information on … [Read more...]