Saturday, November 27, 2010

Back by Popular Demand...

Hi class! You all asked me to continue blogging, so I will, a little tiny bit. I want to remind you that you can be friends with me now on Facebook. You can also email me at melodystratton AT gmail DOT COM. Plus, I'm on Skype. Email me, and I'll give you my Skype name.

For those of you who didn't make it to McDonald's, please know that I miss you and I will always be available. If you need help with anything, from English to multiplication to dealing with friends, please let me know. I care about you and I want to help you and I want to stay in touch.

Here are some of our class pics!





Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Social Studies Review Answers

Fill in the Blanks:

Council of Ministers, Senate, laws, president, departments, capital, Risaralda, judicial, Chamber, welfare, taxes, constitution, human rights, democracy, flag, economy, land

1. Colombia's government is a democracy and a welfare state.
2. The capital of Colombia is Bogota de Santa Fe.
3. Colombia is divided into 32 departments.
4. Pereira is the capital of the department Risaralda.
1. Colombia has three branches of government. The executive branch includes the President and vice-president.
5. The executive branch gets advice from the Council of Ministers.
6. The legislative branch makes laws.
2. There are two parts of the legislative branch, the Chamber and the Senate.
3. The judicial branch is the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is a group of judges who make sure that laws are fair.
4. A document called a constitution explains how Colombia's government works. It also protects human rights.
5. Human rights are things that every one should have, life a safe home, clean water, and an education.
6. To pay for things, like education, the government collects taxes on income, property, and purchases.
7. Governments choose a system of how the money and businesses will work in a country. This is called an economy.
8. A country needs to have LAND to exist because otherwise it would only be an idea.
9. A flag is a symbol of a country. The colors represent the country.

Write the word that matches each definition below.
Example: 1. I'll give you a mango if you give me a banana
Answer 1. barter and trade economy
2. The place on the map that shows what things are, like capital cities> Map Key
3. A religion that believes in more than one god: polytheistic
4. A religion that believes in only one god: monotheistic
5. What all of the first four civilizations were built near: Rivers
6. The system of money a country uses, like Colombia's peso: currency
7. Shows direction on a map: compass rose
8. Shows distance on a map: map scale
9. A person who makes maps: cartographer
10. A native Indian culture that was conquered by Hernan Cortes. It's capital city is where Mexico City is today.: Aztecs
11. When one person has all the power in the country: Dictator
12. A country that has representatives, like Ancient Rome: republic
13. People own businesses, and the government only bothers the businesses if something bad happens.: capitalism
14. People vote directly on laws. This is what Ancient Greece had.: democracy
15. Knights or kings own huge farms and poor people work on the farms. The knights take care of the poor people. This is the type of economy they had in the Middle Ages.: feudalism
16. No government or laws: anarchy
17. A person who conquered lands controlled by other cultures, like Francisco Pizarro: conquistador
18. A native Indian culture that was in Mexico before the Aztecs: Maya
19. King or queens rule. This is the type of government they had in the middle ages.: monarchy
20. A native Indian culture that built Machu Pichu and controlled modern day Peru and most of the western part of South America.: Incas
21. A disease (or plague) that killed around half of the people in Europe during the middle ages: Black Death
22. Cities and towns built in the Americas by Europeans who were trying to settle the land. An example would be Lima or Cartagena: Colony
23. A place where people live together and support themselves with agriculture. They share a common language and laws, and they try to develop new technology.: civilization
24. China and Cuba are examples of this system. The government controls all the money, businesses, and natural resources. Everyone is supposed to have the same amount of money.: communism

Answer these questions:
1. What is an election and why do we have them? An election is when people vote for someone to represent them in the government. We have them so we have leaders and people who will work for us in the government.
2. Who can vote in Colombia? People who are 18 are older and are citizens
3. How do countries, governments, laws, constitutions, and taxes help protect human rights?
Countries protect human rights by having governments that make and enforce laws that protect human rights. Constitutions promise which rights people have, and taxes help pay for things for people.
4. Why do people use maps?
To find direction or to see something in the world
5. Draw a compass rose.

6. What were the first four ancient civilizations? Describe them.
Mesopotamia: near the Tigris and Euphrates, invented math, writing, and the wheel
Ancient Egypt: near the Nile, invented papyrus, had many gods, built pyramids
Indus River Valley: Near the Indus River in India, built many cities, invented zero
Yellow River Valley: now in China, and had emperors and dynasties
7. What were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Famous sites near ancient Greece that Herodontus thought were important things for people to see, like the Pyramids of Giza and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
8. How do Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome impact the world today? (What did they do or create that we use?)
They created republics and democracies, which are still systems of government we use. Ancient Rome's language because Spanish, French, and Italian. They invented and built many famous architectural structures. The Romans controlled Europe and helped bring those places together. They built roads and water viaducts in Europe. The Greek philosophers, scientists, and writers are still considered important today.
9. What happened after the Roman Empire collapsed? The Middle Ages
10. Why did Europeans want to go to Asia? For silk and spices
11. Why did Columbus sail west from Europe? He thought he could get to Asia faster that way.
12. Why did Europeans want to conquer the Americas? God, Gold, and Glory
13. Why were Europeans able to take control of the Americas? disease, better metals, better weapons
14. Tell me about one explorer. What did he find? Where was he from? Answers will be different for each student.
15. Tell me about one colony. Where was it? Who lived there? Why was it created?
Answers will be different for each student.

Make 2 timelines.

1. One should show the periods in history we learned about: The Middle Ages, The Colonies, The Age of Discovery, The First Four Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Greece, the conquistadors, and Ancient Rome. No years.
Cro Magnon, The First Four Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, The Middle Ages, the Age of Discovery, the conquistadors, Colonies

2. Make a time line of exploration. Include Marco Polo, the Vikings, Bartholomew Dias, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, and Ferdinand Magellan on your time line. You do not need to include years.
Vikings, Marco Polo, Bartholomew Dias, Columbus, Cabot, Magellan, and Drake.

Social Studies Review

Fill in the Blanks:

Council of Ministers, Senate, laws, president, departments, capital, Risaralda, judicial, Chamber, welfare, taxes, constitution, human rights, democracy, flag, economy, land

1. Colombia's government is a ______________________________ and a ______________________ state.
2. The __________________________ of Colombia is Bogota de Santa Fe.
3. Colombia is divided into 32 _____________________________________.
4. Pereira is the capital of the department _____________________________.
1. Colombia has three branches of government. The executive branch includes the ___________________ and vice-president.
5. The executive branch gets advice from the ______________________________.
6. The legislative branch makes _________________________________.
2. There are two parts of the legislative branch, the __________________ and the ___________________.
3. The ____________________________ branch is the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is a group of judges who make sure that laws are fair.
4. A document called a __________________________________ explains how Colombia's government works. It also protects human rights.
5. _____________________________ are things that every one should have, life a safe home, clean water, and an education.
6. To pay for things, like education, the government collects _______________________ on income, property, and purchases.
7. Governments choose a system of how the money and businesses will work in a country. This is called an ___________________________.
8. A country needs to have ______________________________ to exist because otherwise it would only be an idea.
9. A _________________________ is a symbol of a country. The colors represent the country.

Write the word that matches each definition below.
Example: 1. I'll give you a mango if you give me a banana
Answer 1. barter and trade economy
2. The place on the map that shows what things are, like capital cities
3. A religion that believes in more than one god
4. A religion that believes in only one god
5. What all of the first four civilizations were built near
6. The system of money a country uses, like Colombia's peso
7. Shows direction on a map
8. Shows distance on a map
9. A person who makes maps
10. A native Indian culture that was conquered by Hernan Cortes. It's capital city is where Mexico City is today.
11. When one person has all the power in the country
12. A country that has representatives, like Ancient Rome
13. People own businesses, and the government only bothers the businesses if something bad happens.
14. People vote directly on laws. This is what Ancient Greece had.
15. Knights or kings own huge farms and poor people work on the farms. The knights take care of the poor people. This is the type of economy they had in the Middle Ages.
16. No government or laws
17. A person who conquered lands controlled by other cultures, like Francisco Pizarro
18. A native Indian culture that was in Mexico before the Aztecs
19. King or queens rule. This is the type of government they had in the middle ages.
20. A native Indian culture that built Machu Pichu and controlled modern day Peru and most of the western part of South America.
21. A disease (or plague) that killed around half of the people in Europe during the middle ages
22. Cities and towns built in the Americas by Europeans who were trying to settle the land. An example would be Lima or Cartagena
23. A place where people live together and support themselves with agriculture. They share a common language and laws, and they try to develop new technology.
24. China and Cuba are examples of this system. The government controls all the money, businesses, and natural resources. Everyone is supposed to have the same amount of money.

Answer these questions:
1. What is an election and why do we have them?
2. Who can vote in Colombia?
3. How do countries, governments, laws, constitutions, and taxes help protect human rights?
4. Why do people use maps?
5. Draw a compass rose.
6. What were the first four ancient civilizations? Describe them.
7. What were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
8. How do Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome impact the world today? (What did they do or create that we use?)
9. What happened after the Roman Empire collapsed?
10. Why did Europeans want to go to Asia?
11. Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?
12. Why did Europeans want to conquer the Americas?
13. Why were Europeans able to take control of the Americas?
14. Tell me about one explorer. What did he find? Where was he from?
15. Tell me about one colony. Where was it? Who lived there? Why was it created?

Make 2 timelines.

1. One should show the periods in history we learned about: The Middle Ages, The Colonies, The Age of Discovery, The First Four Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Greece, the conquistadors, and Ancient Rome. No years.

2. Make a time line of exploration. Include Marco Polo, the Vikings, Bartholomew Dias, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, and Ferdinand Magellan on your time line. You do not need to include years.

Know Maps:
You need to know all the continents and oceans, the countries, oceans, and the Equator in South America, and all the countries in North and Central America. You also need to be able to use maps.

Study using these maps: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B3Gs8USRVEoYYzNmZDMzZTctOGFkYy00MWEwLWE4NTUtNTkwMzU0ODAzNzdm&hl=en&authkey=CNjnpIQK

You also need to know map skills. Here are maps to help you: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B3Gs8USRVEoYZjY1OWNmNmYtMGU3OS00NDUzLWE4ZmItOTI3NWRjNTE3NTE1&hl=en&authkey=CNPd3agB

You can also use these old blog posts:
http://hoyengradoquinto.blogspot.com/2010/09/grid-map-regular-map-draw-map.html
http://hoyengradoquinto.blogspot.com/2010/06/all-about-economic-systems.html
http://hoyengradoquinto.blogspot.com/2010/06/social-studies-final-study-guide.html

DO NOT FORGET YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES POWER POINT PRESENTATION OVER A COLONY!!!!

Monday, November 15, 2010

L.A. Review Answers

Here is a link to a blogpost with the story time line: http://hoyengradoquinto.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-comprehension-review.html

This is a Venn Diagram:


The plot is what happens in the story, or the action of the story.
The conflict is the problem of the story.
The climax is the part of the story where the conflict is the worst, or most stressful point.
The resolution is the end of the story when the conflict is solved.
Characters are the people in the story.
The protagonist is the main character.
The antagonist is the person fighting the main character.
The narrator is the person telling the story.

A rhyme is like "I have a bat, you have a cat", or words that have the same sound (so bat and cat).

1. e
2. f
3. j
4. a
5. l
6. c (or conflict)
7. f
8. d
9. i
10. k

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. metaphor
4. simile
5. simile
6. simile
7. simile
8. metaphor
9. metaphor
10. simile

Punctuation answers:
1. "Miss Melody," said Sofia, "can you help me with this math homework?"
2. On November 15, 2010, I am going to Bogota, Colombia.
3. Wow! I just won a million dollars! I think I will go to Dubai.
4. Do you know where London is?
5. I want to go to Disney World, Universal Studios, and Seaworld in December.

Here are the answers to the spelling fill in the blank.
1.The time after the Middle Ages is called the Age of Discovery because many people were finding new places.
2. My brother and sister are my siblings.
3.I am learning English because it is good to speak another language.
4. Every Christmas we decorate a Christmas tree because it is a tradition.
5. Van Gogh was a painter.
6.The author of Matilda is Roald Dahl.
7.My mother is an architect, which means she designs buildings.
8. Some people believe that when you die you become a ghost.
9. They're my best friends.
10. That is their dog.
Luis Miguel plays guitar and piano. He is a musician.
11. Pollution is caused when we throw trash on the ground, put smoke in the air, or put chemicals in our rivers.
12. "HELP!" yelled Juan Luis.
13. Halloween is a holiday on October 31st.
14. When I write stories or poems I need to use my imagination and be creative.
15.Water is a valuable and renewable resource.
16.Rome and Greece were ancient civilizations.
17.There are many children in Little School.
18. I have many chores, like cleaning my room, doing my homework, and washing the dishes.
19.Mystery and realistic fiction are my favorite genres.
20.Vegetables and fruit are very nutritious.
21. Buses and trains are forms of transportation.
22.In P.E. we exercise because it is good for our bodies and our heart.
23.A person who likes to climb mountains is very adventurous.
24. In the United States, people CARVE pumpkins with scary faces for Halloween.
25.Our solar system is only one small part of the universe.

Reading Comprehension Final

Here is the link to the story you need to read: STORY FOR READING COMPREHENSION FINAL

Here is the link to the poems you need to read: Three Poems

Friday, November 12, 2010

Reading Comprehension Final

Your reading comprehension exam has 4 parts. It is on Tuesday.

PLEASE CHECK HERE ON MONDAY, I WILL HAVE THE ANSWERS AND THE STORIES AND POEMS YOU NEED TO READ!!!

The first part is reading a story and answering the questions. There are four short answer questions and 7 multiple choice questions. You will need to make a story time line, explain the plot, describe the characters, and compare two characters using a Venn Diagram. Then you will have to answer multiple choice questions about the story to see if you understood it.
You should know what these words mean: story time line, plot, conflict, climax, resolution, characters, protagonist, antagonist, and narrator.

The second part of the final you have to read three poems and answer multiple choice questions.
You need to know what a rhyme is.

You will then have to write a short paragraph about the poems.

The next part of your final is matching. There are 10 words.
a. fiction
b. simile
c. plot
d. character
e. author
f. setting
i. nonfiction
j. metaphor
k. rhyme
l. poem

Try to match them here:

1._____________ The person who writes a story or essay.
2._____________ Where and when a story takes place
3._____________ Her eyes are stars.
4._____________ A story that isn't true with characters and plot.
5._____________ Writing that describes something using short lines instead of paragraphs, and usually has rhymes and rhythm.
6._____________ The main problem of a story.
7._____________ The girl's face looked like an orange.
8._____________ Someone in a story
9._____________ Writing that is true, like an article in a newspaper.
10._____________ Two words that end in the same sound, like “book” and “look”

The last part of your final is recognizing metaphors and similies. Remember, metaphors say someone IS something, and similies say they are like something.

Try labeling these as metaphors or similes.
1. Her hair was as soft as a kitten.
2. My mother is a witch.
3. My father is a growling dog.
4. My dog is as boring as an old man.
5. My teacher is like a howling monkey.
6. The runner was as fast as a cheetah.
7. My grandmother´s face looks like dried fruit.
8. School is prison.
9. Math is like torture.
10. Potatoes are like eating dead cockroaches.

Spelling and Punctuation Final

Your spelling and punctuation final has three parts. It is on Tuesday.

Part 1 is 10 sentences that you need to correct. Please remember that in English we NEVER put a puncutation symbol like a question mark or exclamation point at the beginning of a sentence, only the end. If you put it at the beginning I will mark it wrong. That is only a Spanish form.

Here is a link to your previous punctuation quiz to help you study:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B3Gs8USRVEoYMGU2ZmJjMmUtZTIyZC00NGIxLTkwMjAtYmVhZDUzZTg2MzY2&hl=en&authkey=CL3RwqML

I will put the answers up on Monday. (No school!)

The next part of the final is spelling. You need to memorize 50 words.

Here are the spelling words you need to study:
screamed
whispered
asked
suddenly
photosynthesis
cartography
satisfaction
ecosystem
children
climate
after
yelled
author
genre
transportation
imagination
adventurous
nutritious
exercise
universe
they're
there
their
language
resource
chores
pollution
siblings
Explorer
civilization
Discovery
simile
metaphor
tradition
Writer
Literature
Painter
Musician
Architect
Photographer
Halloween
ghost
pumpkin
witch
vampire
costume
haunted
spooky
protagonist
antagonist

The last part of your final is fill-in-the-blank. 15 questions, using 1 of the 50 words from your spelling list.

Here is a practice exercise. Answers posted on Monday.
1.The time after the Middle Ages is called the Age of _____________________________ because many people were finding new places.
2. My brother and sister are my ____________________.
3.I am learning English because it is good to speak another ___________________________.
4. Every Christmas we decorate a Christmas tree because it is a __________________.
5. Van Gogh was a ___________________________.
6.The ____________________________ of Matilda is Roald Dahl.
7.My mother is an _______________________________, which means she designs buildings.
8. Some people believe that when you die you become a ______________________.
9. _______________________ my best friends.
10. That is ________________________ dog.
Luis Miguel plays guitar and piano. He is a ______________________________.
11.______________________________ is caused when we throw trash on the ground, put smoke in the air, or put chemicals in our rivers.
12. "HELP!" ________________________ Juan Luis.
13.______________________________ is a holiday on October 31st.
14. When I write stories or poems I need to use my __________________________ and be creative.
15.Water is a valuable and renewable _____________________________________.
16.Rome and Greece were ancient ______________________________.
17.There are many _____________________________ in Little School.
18. I have many _______________________ like cleaning my room, doing my homework, and washing the dishes.
19.Mystery and realistic fiction are my favorite ________________________.
20.Vegetables and fruit are very _____________________________________.
21. Buses and trains are forms of ________________________________.
22.In P.E. we _______________________________ because it is good for our bodies and our heart.
23.A person who likes to climb mountains is very ___________________________________.
24. In the United States, people care ______________________________ with scary faces for Halloween.
25.Our solar system is only one small part of the _________________________________.