WEBQUEST

Go to this website and read each of the 11 stories and answer the questions below. http://apps.npr.org/borderland/#_/to-the-border
Write answers on your own paper and turn in when finished.

Immigration Webquest

Story 1: Just Getting There

1. Who lives at La Posada Providencia Shelter?

2. Where is the shelter?

3. How much money did the route to the U.S. cost Saraa?

4. How many countries did she have to go through?

5. Who are “connection men”?

6. What happened to Saraa’s youngest sister?

7. Why is she staying at La Posada?

8. Where are some of the other asylum seekers from? (name 5)

9. What does a person have to do in order to receive political asylum in the U.S.?

10. What is the percentage of asylum applications that are accepted every year?

11. What do you think will happen to Saraa and her husband if she has her baby while in asylum? Will her baby be a U.S. citizen if she is in asylum?

Story 2: Why the Border is where it is

1. in 1821, which current U.S. states were formerly part of Mexico?

2. When did Mexico gain independence from Spain?

3. When was Texas created?

4. When did the Gadsen Purchase take place?

Story 3: Fence Facts

1. How long is the border?

2. Why is only 1/3 of the border fenced?

3. What is on the fence?

4. Where is there a portion of fence designed to stop vehicles? What does it look like?

5. What was the point of the first government-sponsored fence?

6. Who was the President when the amount of fencing and the number of border patrol agents began to expand?

7. What did the Secure Fence Act require?

Story 4: What’s it Like?

1. What are the differences in opinion of Cmdr. Robert Harris and former agent Dob Cunningham?

2. What does Ulises Elias find beneficial about being near the border?

3. What is Tohono O’odham Nation?

4. Would you, as a U.S. citizen like to live near the border? Why or why not?

Story 5: Empty Houses

1. Is the homicide rate in Juarez going up or down?

2. Why were/are so many murders being committed?

3. Why did people abandon their homes?

4. Describe the look of the homes in the photos.

5. The words “se vende” are spray painted on lots of the homes. What does it mean?

Story 6: Junior

1. Where does Junior live?

2. What happened in 2010?

3. Why did Junior’s mom move back to Mexico?

4. Why did he stay?

5. Who does he live with?

6. What does Junior worry about?

Story 7: Snack Time

1. Where does the word “tostilocos” come from?

2. Where did tostilocos originate?

3. What are the 9 ingredients?

4. Would you try it or maybe a variation of it?

5. Do you make a mix of something that other people think is gross/good? What is it? (I like to eat Reese’s cups on cheese pizza)

Story 8: Toothbrushes

1. Why are things left behind at the border?

2. What do a lot of undocumented immigrants assume is a good way to avoid detection?

3. Why would they think this, in your opinion?

4. Why wouldn’t a person trying to cross the rough terrain wear hiking boots?

5. What do they wear instead?

6. Why is it more dangerous for women to attempt to cross?

Story 9: Apprehension

1. What is the fence like along Hidalgo, TX?

2. What were some of the things the author could see from on top of the wall?

3. How many unaccompanied minors were picked up at the border in 2012?

4. What were the border patrol agents doing in the woods?

5. Describe the detainees.

6. Why were the Border Patrol agents held up in taking the detainees to the station?

Story 10: Wanna buy a hammock?

1. Who are the vendors trying to sell things to?

2. How much money does one vendor say he can make in a day?

3. Name some of the things they sell.

Story 11: Palabras/Words

1. What can the use of English or Spanish along the border reveal about a person?

2. What are all the terms for migrants who cross the border without permission?

3. What do you call someone who lives in the U.S. or was born in the U.S. that has Mexican ancestry?

Since you started the webquest:

1. How many vehicles crossed the border legally?

2. How many pedestrians have crossed legally?

3. How many people have been detained for illegal entry?

4. How many pounds of marijuana have been seized?

5. How many ounces of cocaine have been seized?

WEATHER PROJECT

WEATHER PROJECT!! DUE 4/17!!!
Pronóstico del tiempo:

Your group will create a 5-7 day weather forecast for a city in a Spanish-speaking country. This needs to be filmed and edited and uploaded to a google drive, shared with me on google, or put on youtube AT LEAST the day before it’s due to make sure it works properly. Here are the steps to making a successful project:

Step 1 – assign roles to everyone in the group, including who will be filming and editing and posting

Step 2 – write a draft of your script for the forecast of the city you chose. Use actual weather conditions for that area (look it up) and remember that their forecasts are likely in Celsius.

Step 3 – film the forecast, doing your best NOT to rely on the script while you film. (i.e,; don’t stare down reading a piece of paper while on film – make cue cards if need be)

Step 4 – edit and post to google docs, share with me, or upload to youtube
example video
example video 2 (good idea, but they have poor pronunciation and grammar)

REQUIREMENTS:

-          5-7 day forecast of actual weather conditions (you need some variety so elaborate a little – not every day is hot and sunny)

-          Needs to be at least 3 minutes in length

-          Those appearing on screen must speak clearly and look at the camera – just like the real news

-          Props and visual aids (a map)

-          Completely in Spanish with correct pronunciation of vocab words

-          Equal participation of all group members

-          Do NOT type a forecast into google translate and hope that it comes out right. USE THE VOCAB FROM CLASS. DO NOT TRY TO GO FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH --> JUST WORK IN SPANISH!!! IT WILL SOUND BASIC!!!! 

  

-          Scoring Guide

5 (exceeds)  4(meets)  3(almost meets)  2 (emerging)  Content  Thorough information, more than asked for  All information covered  Missing some information  Information Lacking  Presentation  Confident speaking presence  Overall acceptable speaking presence  Some Problems with speaking volume or professionalism  Multiple problems with speaking presence  Grammar  Perfect accuracy at intermediate grammar  Some grammar mistakes       but comprehensible  Major grammar mistakes that hinder understanding  Very difficult to comprehend  Creativity and visual/creative products  Very neatly done, and creative idea for project- a trend setter! Visual(s) are creative and neat.  Meets requirement and is done with care.  Sloppy or issues with technology; could have spent       more time.  Visuals not entirely complete.  Very messy and not done with care.  Missing visuals.  No visual aids = 0

ER/IR verbs and weather

This week we are working on conjugating regular ER and IR verbs in the present tense and learning some weather vocabulary. As always, quiz Friday!
er/ir verbs quizlet
quizlet on weather terms
http://studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/juster.htm Follow this link to do some verb drills for ER and IR verbs. Click "generate unique quiz" and leave out vosotros form. On the left side, there is a menu so you can choose "Just ER verbs" or "Just IR verbs" to practice.

TEST FRIDAY!

EXAMEN EL VIERNES!!

Don't forget we have a test Friday!! The test will cover:
question words
AR verbs and conjugation
colors
clothing (including materials and prints)
shopping vocab (costs, can I help you, preferences, etc.)