Delarosa's Period 1

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Realidades: Level 1




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Molinaro's Classes

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Spanish. Language & Culture.
(Spanish grammar exercises.)


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Sra. López: Español 1 para Hispano-hablantes

Abre el Internet browser y pon cada una de las siguientes direcciones para tomar las mini pruebitas del repaso de gramática.

Cuando termines cada actividad, “Send it to be graded," copy the results, and paste them into a Word document.  When you are finished taking all mini-tests, print the results and turn in your paper.

Querer, Saber en Pretérito 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/394382.html

Pretérito 
http://www.quia.com/cb/88632.html

Pretérito vs. Imperfecto 
http://www.quia.com/cz/215003.html?AP_rand=1217321429 

http://www.quia.com/cz/314439.html?AP_rand=1900322504

Futuro 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/925657.html

Condicional 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/925658.html

Presente
http://www.quia.com/cb/540152.html 

Ms. Orejarena's class (ESL 2A & 2B)

Welcome to the library!!!

Today you will be researching the country where you were born, using books and the internet.

Try these databases online:

• Culture Grams
• Select your country from the drop down menu. 
• World Book Encyclopedia Online.
• Encyclopedias are a good place to get basic information about a topic.
• Encyclopdia Britannica Online.
• Try the Spanish translator button! It lets you see what the word means in Spanish.
• More advanced reading:
• Culture Grams
• Britannica Online
• World Book

Search for books in the Birmingham Library by clicking HERE.

(We have taken out some relevant books, which are on the table next to the computers.)

Orejarena's Class - Latin Authors

Suggested links:

• Literary Reference Center
• Search by author's name and then scroll down to see LOTS of info. (Biography, analysis, summaries of major works, etc.)
• This information is not free (You can't access it from home.), but you can email it to yourself at home.  Click on "email."
• The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
• Use this to look up poems or short biographies of your author.  (If he/she wrote poems!)
• Biography Resource Center
• For biographical information!
• Britannica Online (Encyclopedia)
• Look up your author, and then...On the right, there will be a box that says: "Expand Your Research."  Click on those links for articles and websites.

Search for books in the Birmingham Library here.

Mr. Silva's 5th Period

webmd -- Search by name of drug.

drugfree.org  (not sure if this has info. about specific drugs)

Anabolic-Androgenic specifically

Dineilli's Classes

Fo' shizzle.

Here are a few ways to find information on your topics:

1.  BOOKS! 
in da hizzle.

There are some World War II books on the table behind you.  Check the title, table of contents, and index for your assigned topic or related topics.  (E.g., Navajo Code Talkers, Rosie the Riveter.)

You can also search for more books in the Birmingham Library.

2.  DATABASES!
databizzle.

Library databases contain information from published works. (E.g., magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedias.)  They cost lots of $$$$ to use, and can only be accessed at school!

• ABC-CLIO.  Social studies.

• Facts on File.  Click on American Indian History, American Women's History, African-American History, or American History.

• Salem Press.  History.

• More databases are available with your public library card:  Go to the Los Angeles Public Library's Teen Homework Help site.

3.  WEBSITES!
just a few of many possibizzle.

• African Americans
• African American Freedom Fighters
• Tuskegee Airmen Inc.
• African Americans in WWII (The History Place - pictures.)
• Native American Soldiers
• Official Website of the Navajo Code Talkers
• Native Americans in WWII. "The United States never broke a treaty with a foreign government and never kept one with the Indians." --Will Rogers
• Native Americans in the US Military
• American Women
• Women and World War II  (Created by a student at the University of San Diego.)
• Partners in Winning the War:  American Women in World War II.  (National Women's History Museum.)
• Women Veterans of WWII (Yes, the women fought too!)
• Mexican Americans
• Mexican American WWII Veterans
• Saving Private Jose
• Mexican Americans in World War II (Latino Philidelphia.)
• Zoot Suit Riots. (PBS.)
• World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights (Book - on Google Books.)
• Manhattan Project
• Manhattan Project: An Interactive History (US Dept. of Energy.)
• Manhattan Project Worker Talks to Students (newspaper article)
• Japanese Americans
• Children of the Camps (PBS.)
• Exploring the Japanese American Internment (National Asian American Telecommunications Association.)