Day+1+homework

Please fill in your portion of the table with your homework from Day 1. The assignment was as follows: Brainstorm ideas for the unit you will develop for the final project and post your ideas here. Be sure to sign in, then click on "Edit This Page" at the top. After posting, you may also comment on your colleagues' ideas by going to the "discussion" tab at the top of this page.

(Sept. 15, 2006) Hi everyone! I'm enjoying seeing the ideas posted here. Remember to go to the "discussion" tab above to post comments or see feedback related to your posting below. --Nicole
 * **Participant Name** || **Ideas for the unit that will form the basis of the final project (please post at least two ideas for unit themes)** ||
 * Kristen Clements ||  ||
 * Adriana Cruces || setting the stage for a traveling experience, learning and practicing the vocabulary.(lugage, hotels, transportation, etc) ||
 * Monica Funes ||  ||
 * Mark Loftus || Unit of study theme: 1) Ordering food & introducing people. By the end of the unit students will be able to order a complete meal in a restaurant and introduce friends and family. 2) Telling Time. By the end of the unit students will be able to tell time and say the time that daily activities occur. ||
 * Todd Oesterman || [1] Perhaps a wiki for 3rd year students to blog their post-high school plans (college, career, family, leisure, etc.). Wiki Wiki!; or maybe . . . [2] A Francophone cultural research project and presentation that mirrors our school's Sr. Project: Individual research on cultural topic of choice, learning logs written in French & 4-5 minute speech in French using visual aid. ||
 * Soledad Ramirez || 1. students will learn about going out to ear at a restaurant or 2. staying in a hotel ||
 * Paula Righello || Unit of study theme: Movies and TV shows. By the end of the unit the student will (alone or in groups of 2-3) either 1). produce and present live a themed TV spot or 2). produce and present live a themed movie scene. For either 1 or 2 the student will demonstrate mastery of unit vocabulary relating to TV shows or movies, and grammar (comparatives, superlatives, pronouns and the infinitive, ver in el pretérito) ||
 * Marie Robb || This is for my Level 2 French class. I want them to be able to talk about their day or weekend. ||
 * Diane Rodriguez || Unit of study: The community Objective: A phone conversation between friends in which one friend had a horrible weekend filled with running errands. Students will name various places in the community, name the activities they did and talk about the location of the places. Unit of study: Describing people by likes/dislikes personality and physical description Objective: The students will create a small yearbook of 5 pictures of friends and/or family including 1 of themselves. The student will describe the people in their yearbook by their name, physical appearance, personality and likes/dislikes to a partner. ||
 * Dolly Ruiz || 1. Leisure activies: students write and act out a script for the school bulletin (At Oak Ridge, the bulletin is televised by the students daily) describing upcoming events. They may chose to film themselves and present a video. 2. A birthday party: Students pretend that they are exchange students in Colombia and plan a surprise party for their host brother or sister. ||
 * Jan Sorelle ||  ||
 * Cecilia Soto ||  ||
 * Brenda Torres ||  ||
 * Kathy Ueyama || 1. Unit of study: All About Me. Objective will be that the students will be able to share with the class about themselves. They will be able to introduce themselves and share likes/dislikes as will as what hobbies they have. (Level 1) 2. Unit of study: Recycling/Environment. Students are able to talk about the importance of recycling and compare and contrast recycling practices in Japan and the U.S. ||