sábado, 14 de noviembre de 2015

026 - Order of Adjectives

026 - Order of Adjectives

The Ruins of Unnecessary Adjectives - Game

Parker was quite afraid of the place, and reasonably so. It was _______________________________ and the explorers' guild decided we were the most able for such an endevour. We arrived to the site under a stormy weather and after looking around the ruins, we found _________________________. We saw _____________________________________ that told the story of a strange ritual. Brave as we used to be, we stepped into ________________________________________________ and scouted the place, task that was not easy since ________________________________________ covered ost of the site. Parker and I went around the ruins until we stopped at the sight of _____________________________________________________. It had the features of a warrior with___________________________________________. We decided to study the monument but Parker stepped into an elevated tile and pressed what seemed like a button, activating a __________________________________________________. Then we saw ___________________________________ coming down different crevices chiseled onto the rock. We ran back to the entrance as fast as we could, but in the rush Parker tripped into some rocks. The frogs jumped onto him, he was lost and I didn't want to look. I continued to the entrance, but as I moved forward I found out that I had gotten lost and didn't know my way back.



temple / ancient / huge / forgotten / a
entrance / Incan / sandstone / a/ narrow
mesmerizing / hyeroglyphs / a / hyeroglyphs / native
rocky / laberynthic /corridors / abandoned
cave / convex / an / enormous / gallery
bizarre-looking / a / humanoid-serpent / tall / statue
red / eyes / bright / Indoamerican
a / ancient / mechanic / trap / death / surprising
frogs / of / multi-colored / small / disgusting / swarm



- A forgotten huge ancient temple.
- A narrow Incan sandstone entrance.
- Weird mesmerizing native hyeroglyphs.
- Abandoned laberynthic rocky corridors.
- An enormous convex cave gallery.
- A bizarre-looking tall humanoid-serpent statue.
- Bright red Indoamerican eyes.
- A surprising ancient mechanic death trap.
- Disgusting small multi-colored swarm of frogs.

lunes, 2 de noviembre de 2015

022 - English and other languages around the world

022 - English and other languages 
around the world

Video Introduction to other Languages

Italian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg3v35MHZSE

Brazilian Portuguese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5en7I8hNtM4

French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4N46dVx9nE

Japanese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrBHiuPlT0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYiEcPEZS2U

German
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWcZGv_fWR8

Chinese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCik9yll7o8

Research Paper

Research Paper: Languages around the world.
Date: ___________ Students:___________________________________________
Language Chosen: ___________________________________________________
1 - Origins of the Language.
Where does it come from? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What countries speak that language?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Historic moments where the language spread.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 - Characteristics of the Language
Is it a vocalic language or a consonant language? Why?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Is it easy to learn? Why?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
One unique thing about the language.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
3 - Culture
Mention some famous books in that language.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Mention some famous songs in that language.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Mention a famous poem in that language.
_________________________________________________________________________________________

4 - Demonstration
Show 5 words in English and the language chosen.

 4 - Demonstration
Show 5 expressions in English and the language chosen.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 - Give your opinión on the language.
Do you like it? Do you think is relevant in the world? Why? Is it goind to spread, stay the same in its region start to disappear? Why?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________