SEMANA 9: DEL 1 PRIMERO AL 5 DE OCTURBRE (WEEK 9: FROM OCTOBER 1 TO 5 2012)

Let’s keep celebrating the Hispanic Heritage Month(Sep. 15 to Oct. 15) and honoring the contributions that Latinos have made to America. Also it is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico declared its independence on September 16, and Chile on September 18.

As we all know Hispanic-Americans has made significant contributions to the development of this country and these contributions have made mark in politics, public service, the entertainment industry, sports,  science and much more.


In the field of Public Service, Sonia Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , serving since August 2009. She is the first Hispanic Justice, and its third female. Judge Sonia Sotomayor has arguably  lived the American dream. She has born to a Puerto Rican family and grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx.

In the world of entertainment, Gloria Estefan is an example of many. She is a Cuban American singer, songwriter and actress.

Please keep reading in this link: A very interesting site about the Hispanic Heritage Month History in the United States:
http://crs.org/united-states/hispanic-heritage-month/
or visit any of the following links to explore more about this celebration:
1. PBS is also celebration http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/Hispanic-Heritage-Month-2011.axpx
2. This site has a lot of information: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hhm1.html
3. This site has a lot of resources about famous Hispanic people to explorfe:
http://www.biography.com/hispanic-heritage/index.jsp
4. Interesting essay: Hispanic contributions to USA: http://www.hispaniccontributions.org/pmanager_E.asp?pid=home_E
5. More famous Hispanic people: http://www.hispanic-culture-online.com/famous-spanish-people.html 
6. http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/dod2.htm

Una mirada para esta semana / A look to the activities for this week

We will continue working on "Zona de Cultura"

***As part of the celebration of the Hispanic Heritaga Month, we will be hosting for one day a group of dancers from Colombia. They will dance typical Colombian dances to us on October 10. I hope most of you have the opportunity to see them.  

 7th grade class (No-Heritage class): 1st period
We will be correcting our test 1 on Monday. We will go over some contributions of Hispanic communities.  Also we will be discussing in group work about Puerto Rico. And finally we will start our project #2 Brochure: Puerto Rico.
Tarea/Hw: Graphic Organizer about Contributions of Hispanic Communities

7th grade Heritage class: 2nd period

We will be correcting our test 1 on Monday. We will go over some contributions of Hispanic communities.  Also we will be discussing in group work about Puerto Rico. And finally we will start our project #2 Brochure: Puerto Rico.
Tarea/Hw: Graphic Organizer about Contributions of Hispanic Communities

8th grade Heritage class: 3rd period
We will be correcting our test 1 on Monday. We will go over some contributions of Hispanic communities.  Also we will be discussing in group work about Argentina. And finally we will start our project #2 Brochure: Argentina. We will also be working on preparing our acts for the assembly.
Tarea/Hw: Graphic Organizer about Contributions of Hispanic Communities
8th grade class (No-Heritage class): 5th period
We will be correcting our test 1 on Monday. We will go over some contributions of Hispanic communities.  Also we will be discussing in group work about Argentina. And finally we will start our project #2 Brochure: Argentina. We will also be working on preparing our acts for the assembly.
Tarea/Hw: Graphic Organizer about Contributions of Hispanic Communities
6th grade Heritage class: 6th period
 We will be correcting our test 1 on Monday. We will go over some contributions of Hispanic communities.  Also we will be discussing in group work about Spain. And finally we will start our project #2 Brochure: Spain. We will also be working on preparing our acts for the assembly.
Tarea/Hw: Graphic Organizer about Contributions of Hispanic Communities

Noticias:  News
* Tarea: For all : Graphic Organizer about contributions of Hispanic communities
* Portfolio checking: next week
* No quiz on

* We will be starting organizing our acts for the Assembly about Hispanic Heritage Celebration

PARA RECORDAR - TO REMEMBER: 
* Quizzes: los miércoles (on Wednesdays)
** Tarea (HW): los viernes (on Fridays)
*** Tutoria: los miércoles  a las 7:45am- 8:30am

Please be kind to each other and don't forget to protect animals, they need us.

Espero que tengan una buena semana

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           Have a great week