Children's Book Project
For this project we made a children's book all in spanish with what we have learned this year. I Enjoyed making this book because it shows what I have come to know over this year. I hadn't really taken any spanish classes that I learned anything in. This was my first real spanish class and I think I learned a lot over the past year. I was really surprised I had written the most out of our class. If I could go back the only thing I would change would be starting on my graphics for my book sooner. I worked a lot on the writing and not as much on the graphics. I think that I could have improved my book by creating better graphics.
I had to read this book to my family as part of my exhibition. The rest of the class went to some local elementary schools to read to some younger bilingual kids. I wasn’t able to go read because I was at the international science fair the same week they went to go read to the little kids. So i wasn’t able to read to any native spanish speakers. I read it to my family and they know some spanish but not a lot. My older brother took spanish classes so he understood most of it but he has been out of practice. I think it would have been really cool to get to go read to kids who are bilingual.
I had to read this book to my family as part of my exhibition. The rest of the class went to some local elementary schools to read to some younger bilingual kids. I wasn’t able to go read because I was at the international science fair the same week they went to go read to the little kids. So i wasn’t able to read to any native spanish speakers. I read it to my family and they know some spanish but not a lot. My older brother took spanish classes so he understood most of it but he has been out of practice. I think it would have been really cool to get to go read to kids who are bilingual.
Family Tree
Day of the dead "Dia de los Muertos"
In this project I started off not really knowing anything about “day of the dead.” I knew some but very, very little and that was because of a Spanish class I had in the past. I knew they had an ofrenda that they make, the decorated skulls that they make.
In this project I learned lots about their culture, why they do it.
I think we did a cool representation of it when we did it. I think that when we did this project we all learned lots. I think that it was a fun first project. I feel that I definitely know more about day of the dead after this project. I think that we should try to do more projects like this. In this project we learned that they have day of the dead as a celebration because they think the dead will be sad if they mourn over their death rather than celebrating the life that they had. We did a bunch of research to get ready for the project. We used a web-quest thing that we were given and we were told to fill it out. I think that was actually kind of interesting.
For the exhibition I was welcoming people at the door. I think it went good. I learned that face painting can be a pain in the butt to get off. The only thing I would change about the exhibition its self would be making the space a little bigger. It was nice but it was crowded in there. I will definitely take things away from this project. I don’t really think there is one specific thing I will take away. I think this project went really well in general. We definitely should do more projects like this.
In this project I learned lots about their culture, why they do it.
I think we did a cool representation of it when we did it. I think that when we did this project we all learned lots. I think that it was a fun first project. I feel that I definitely know more about day of the dead after this project. I think that we should try to do more projects like this. In this project we learned that they have day of the dead as a celebration because they think the dead will be sad if they mourn over their death rather than celebrating the life that they had. We did a bunch of research to get ready for the project. We used a web-quest thing that we were given and we were told to fill it out. I think that was actually kind of interesting.
For the exhibition I was welcoming people at the door. I think it went good. I learned that face painting can be a pain in the butt to get off. The only thing I would change about the exhibition its self would be making the space a little bigger. It was nice but it was crowded in there. I will definitely take things away from this project. I don’t really think there is one specific thing I will take away. I think this project went really well in general. We definitely should do more projects like this.