Sunday, February 26, 2012

BOOK HOMEWORK 1 FOR EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE

Check the whole unit one, see the video on the CD, listen to the conversations, language focus, pronunciation, and reading. You are going to be asked about everything in class next Wednesday February 29.

BOOK HOMEWORK 1 FOR TENTH GRADE

From page 4 in your book,
1. Answer the question about Yellowstone.
2. What are researchers studying?
3. Answer the question about Sacagawea
4. What was the discovery in the North Atlantic?
5. Answer the question about Oaxaca.
6. Answer the question about Nazca.
7. Answer the question about the Andes.


Answer all these questions in your notebook and be ready to respond them orally in class.

BOOK HOMEWORK 1 FOR ELEVENTH GRADE

From page 4 in your book,
1. Answer the question about Sabinas in Mexico.
2. Answer the question about Amelia Earhart.
3. What is the story on the Caribbean about?
4. Answer the question about Peru.
5. What is bahian samba?
6. What is the story on the cyclist about.
Answer all these question in your notebook and be ready to answer them orally in class.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Democracy 4

Democracy 4

Look up the meaning of these words:
Democracy:
Law:
Justice:
On the Web and write them in your notebook.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice

Read and analyze
Some people say that Colombia needs a Peace Ministry instead of a Defense Ministry.

A serious proposal is now making its way through Congress. We have a Defense ministry, an Environment Ministry, an Interior Ministry and a Mines and Energy Ministry. Why not a Peace Ministry? The idea is not new. In fact it was first proposed by George Washington long time ago.
The new ministry would be responsible for advising the President on how to solve both home and abroad conflicts without violence. Even more than that, the Ministry of Peace would address root causes of violence and offer solutions, thereby producing a systemic change in Colombian culture. Proponents say promoting peace is practical both financially and diplomatically. Critics charge that creating yet another ministry is a waste of money.
CBS network


Ireland
Joe Campbell, MBM peace worker in Northern Ireland, recently received an urgent call from the police in Portadown, a small town outside of Belfast.
Summer is marching season there, and a group of Protestant loyalists were preparing to march through the Catholic community, beating drums to remind everyone within earshot of a 300-year-old battle in which a Protestant army defeated a Catholic one. These marches take place every year.
In Canada, the equivalent would be marching through Montreal every year to remember the defeat of the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
"Come quick," the police said. "The Catholics are preparing to riot."
So Joe called a friend and off they went, reviewing their mediation training in the car as they approached the site of the conflict. For hours they shuttled between the Catholic homeowners, the Protestant marchers and the police. Everyone was tense, but eventually a solution emerged.
The marchers would march, but they had to do so in silence. Everyone was relieved, said Joe. Better yet, everyone felt that they had won. The mediation had worked! Hope had proved itself stronger than violence.
Joe Campbell and his friend were praised in the Irish media for their role in helping to build a better future. One is possible - even in places where the darkness seems greatest.

Copy the passage in your notebook. Study it  and be ready to answer questions, orally, in class.


Questionary


1. Who first proposed a Peace Ministry?
2. What would this ministry be responsible of?
3. What do proponents of this ministry say?
4. What do critics say?
5. What is Summer in Ireland?
6. Why do protestants march through the catholic community?




And with all the other questionaries be ready to be asked about them too.

E-MAIL TO ASK FOR HELP

To all my G.M.S.F. students this is the e mail where you can ask for help, if you need it, in your English learning process.
gmsfenglishhomeworks@gmail.com

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TO ALL MY DEAR STUDENTS AT G.M.S.F.

You have to start learning how to conjugate, orally, the verbs in the simple and continuous tenses.
I Already upload the first 4 actions that you have to begin with. Get up, take a shower, floss my teeth, brush my teeth.
You have to practice them in the chart that you know.


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