AVISO A PADRES DE FAMILIA EN RELACIÓN AL FIN DE CURSOS

ESTIMADOS ALUMNOS / PADRES DE FAMILIA,

AQUELLOS QUE NO HAYAN PODIDO ASISTIR AL OPEN HOUSE, PUEDEN RECOGER SUS CALIFICACIONES FINALES EN DIRECCIÓN, PREGUNTEN POR LOS RESULTADOS DEL GRUPO 12 DE COMUNICATIVO I, PROFESOR LUIS JAIME GUERRA. AHI LES PUEDEN ORIENTAR TAMBIEN EN RELACIÓN A LA RE-INSCRIPCIÓN DEL ALUMNO.

SALUDOS

OPEN HOUSE

ESTIMADOS PAPÁS Y ALUMNOS :

ESTE SÁBADO 20 DE JUNIO SERÁ NUESTRA ÚLTIMA SESIÓN EN LA QUE CELEBRAMOS EL OPEN HOUSE. SE LES HACE A LOS PADRES UNA ATENTA INVITACIÓN A PARTIR DE LAS 10 A.M. PARA CONOCER EL RESULTADO FINAL DE LOS ALUMNOS. LOS ALUMNOS POR SU PARTE TENDRÁN QUE LLEGAR EN EL MISMO HORARIO DE COSTUMBRE PARA PREPARAR LO NECESARIO PARA RECIBIR A SUS PAPÁS.

PARA ESTA CLASE LOS ALUMNOS LLEVARÁN A CABO UN SPEECH UTILIZANDO COMO HERRAMIENTA UNA PRESENTACIÓN EN FILMINAS Y ALGÚN PLATILLO RELEVANTE AL TEMA ESCOGIDO. ESTA ACTIVIDAD ES EN EQUIPO.

¡¡¡TODOS LOS ALUMNOS DEBEN PARTICIPAR!!!

EN SEGUIDA TENDREMOS UN CONVIVIO CON LO ANTERIOR, MIENTRAS EL PROFESOR HACE ENTREGA DE LOS RESULTADOS, MISMOS QUE PODEMOS VER CON DETALLE SI ASÍ LO DESEAN. 

UNA VEZ QUE EL PAPÁ / MAMÁ HAYA RECOGIDO LOS RESULTADOS, SE LES PIDE A LOS ALUMNOS RECOGER SU MATERIAL Y DEJAR EN ORDEN SU ESPACIO PARA PODER RETIRARSE.

SALUDOS CORDIALES,

JAIME

hoogdalem@gmail.com

Tasks for the remaining 2 weeks...

Jun. 06: NO CLASS (CIDEB is closed due the admission tests)
Jun. 13: Essay (10% of your final grade): On either a book review or your personal view towards the swine flu.
Jun. 13: Your homework for this session is the Reading Comprehension Questions Part 1 and 2 from "Origin of the English Words".
Jun. 13: Study the lesson's vocabulary for Quiz No. 9 and 10.
Jun. 20: Open House Activity... The final activity is in teams of 3 people. Choose your partners wisely.

Chicos, la semana siguiente tengo que reportar calificaciones finales. Por eso, la actividad especial para rescatar algunos puntos será la misma del Open House. Como la exposición es el día 20, voy a pedirles que me hagan llegar sus filminas ENTRE SEMANA (due date: June 18th) voy a evaluar el contenido de las filminas en función de:

1) la creatividad 

2) cómo reintepretaron la información de sus fuentes. NO VOY A TOMAR EN CUENTA COPY PASTE DE WIKIPEDIA NI OTRAS FUENTES. Quiero la información redactada en sus propias palabras.

La cantidad de puntos por su esfuerzo será a juicio del profesor, tomando en cuenta también su desempeño INDIVIDUAL a lo largo del semestre y no estará sujeto a discusión, pues ultimadamente no es obligación mía darles este tipo de oportunidades. Suerte.

THERE ARE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING EACH OF THESE TASKS. FOLLOW THE RULES.

You have 2 weeks to start with these tasks. No excuses.

regards,

Jaime

May 16th: TASKS FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS

Dear Students,

There's no class this May 23th, we are back until May 30th. My advice for you is to use the time wisely. You already know the up-coming activities and may already start with them:

1) Essay (10% of your final grade), Due date: June 13th

Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 paragraph. 1 page introduction, at least 2 page body, and 1 page conclusion.

Topic: you have two options for choice:

• Read a Book in English and make a review that includes some facts about the author, a summary, your opinion, and explain why did you choose this book. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COPY A SUMMARY FROM THE INTERNET.


• "My own personal view/opinion about the swine flu". Prior writing your essay, watch a movie about diseases (Outbreak, Resident Evil, I'm Legend, The Happening, Quarantine (Rec), 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, etc.). Describe in 1 or 2 paragraph the plot or main ideas of the movie. The paper is not about the movie, but about your opinion! Here are some hints for you to fill the paper: How was this disease (influenza) originated? How are the events in the movie similar/different from those that are happening in our country? How do I feel in relation to the sanitary measures? In what extent do I believe in this disease? Have the authorities made a good work to prevent the infection spread or are they exagerating? What do I think about other countries' views towards us? Do I believe that somehow the events in the movie could happen? EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING, WHETER YOU BELIEVE OR NOT YOU NEED TO JUSTIFY WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT INFLUENZA.

Whether the topic you choose AVOID SENSELESS CONTENT TO FILL THE PAGES!

2) Prepare your 2m speech with a power point presentation. Include in a slide all the vocabulary that we need to know prior your presentation. You'll explain to the audience the definitions. Due date: May 30th.

3) Homework, besides your speech, your homework is to send your plan to my e-mail address. Please, only 1 person per team!


Questions? Write me an email.



Regards,



Jaime

May 9th: Let them decide!

Dear students,

This is the homework from our last class on May 9th.

1) Prepare a 2m speech with a powerpoint presentation.

- Include a slide with your vocabulary highlights, you'll explain to the audience your list of unusual terms.

- Do not read it!

- Topic: Extreme or unusual sports

Due date: May 16th.

2) Prepare for your 8th Quiz.

a) The political staff members usually consist of:

Campaign manager: will coordinate the team effort, overall performance, and campaign's operations. Besides the candidate, the campaign manager is the most visible leader.

Consultant: will advise campaigns on virtually all of their activities. Ads are usually designed by them.

Activits: are the "foot soldiers" loyal to the cause, perform volunteer activities such as canvassing door to door or making phone calls on behalf of a campaign.

Candidate: is the indidvidual who seeks or is in nomination for an office, prize, or honor.

Identify the common association of colors and symbols:

Red: socialism and/or communism.

Yellow: liberalism, capitalism, and judaism.

Black: anarchism or fascism

Blue: conservatism

Light Blue: peace, United Nations

Gray: liberalism during the 19th century

Brown: nazism

Green: environmentalism

Orange: nationalism, populism

White: pacifism (peace)

Purple: monarchism

Liberalism: emphasizes the individual rights (such as freedom of though and speech; limitations on power of government; and the right on private property.

Conservatism: support for traditions and values.

Capitalism: economic system in which wealth and the means of producing wealth are privately owned.

Socialism: grows out of capitalism it is the first form of a new society.

Communism: is a further development or "higher" stage of socialism.

Fascism: advocates the creation of a single-party  state and promotes the unification and expansion of influence, power or control of their nation

Anarchism: considers the state as oppresive and undesirable and should be abolished.

Environmentalism:  concerned for the conservation and improvement of the environment.

9-MAYO: AVISO IMPORTANTE

Buenas Tardes Maestros y Personal Admón.-R

Reciban un cordial saludo, y a su vez me permito informarles lo siguiente: Por indicaciones del Director del CIDEB el Dr. Socorro Guajardo González, y con el visto bueno del Rector de la UANL el Ing. José A. Treviño González este sábado 9 de mayo regresamos a clases como estaba previsto en nuestro calendario. Por lo cual se les pide que difundan e informen del mismo a sus estudiantes y sus padres de familia vía email.

Las indicaciones a seguir al entrar al edificio del CIDEB serán las siguientes:

*Maestros y alumnos deberán portar cubre bocas.

*Todos deberán lavarse las manos antes de entrar al edificio.

*Los estudiantes deberán tener el menor contacto posible con sus compañeros.

* Los estudiantes no podrán compartir, ni prestar sus útiles escolares: lápices, sacapuntas, plumas, borrador, libros, libretas etc.

*Maestros y Personal Admón. deberán de prestar especial atención los estudiantes que presente cualquier síntoma de influenza A(H1N1) {So far most people who have contracted the new A (H1N1) virus have experienced influenza-like symptoms (such as sore throat, cough, runny nose, fever, malaise, headache, joint/muscle pain)} y en caso de detectar a alguien con un síntoma, deberán hablarles a sus padres para que pasen por él lo antes posible.

Al respecto, les solicito compartir la información con sus estudiantes, así como con los padres y madres de familia para su conocimiento, difusión y cumplimiento en sus respectivos ámbitos de responsabilidad.

Sin otro particular por ahora, y agradeciendo de antemano la seriedad y profesionalismo con los que difundirán, supervisarán y acompañarán el cumplimiento de las medidas señaladas en los materiales oficiales anexos, quedo como siempre a su disposición y les envío nuestros mejores deseos de salud y bienestar para ustedes, para sus seres queridos, y para el alumnado a su cargo.

Atentamente,

Lic. Mónica Denise Molina Estrada
Coordinadora del Departamento de Extensión
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Educación Bilingüe
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónAve. Lázaro Cardenas Ote. s/n Unidad Mederos C.P. 64930Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Estimados alumnos,

Recuerden traer su material (marcadores, tijeras, pegamento, revistas o periódico) para participar en la actividad de la campaña electoral. Hágamos el esfuerzo por seguir las indicaciones ya mencionadas.

**No  olviden que tenemos dos tareas: los ejercicios 1 y 2 de las hojas que les entregué el sábado y documentarse para la actividad que arriba menciono.

**No olviden estudiar para el quiz #7 sobre el vocabulario de "Visual Media" que ya conocen: media, nevertheless, household, disatissfied, furthermore, channel surf, advertising, entre otras.

Gracias.

Apr. 04: Famous People

Dear students,

We're back from vacations on April 25th. Please notice:

1) 2nd Parent's Meeting: 12 to 12.30 

2) Quiz #6 based on the vocabulary of this lesson: blockbuster, box office hit, cast, director, leading role, plot, soundtrack, stunt and stuntman/woman, predictable, hilarious, thriller, action-packed, achievement and other related to this lesson.

3) ATTENTION. There is no Written Homework, but I need you in turn to prepare for this class' activity based on marketing and advertising. Please, read or watch the news and keep up-to-date regarding the political (electoral) campaigns in the city. Learn about:

1.- What are the main concerns of the people?

2.- Who are the representatives? for governor? for the city's mayor?

3.- What ideas do the candidates want to share with the voters?

4.- Share opinions. Ask your relatives and discuss the information above, with them. 

With this information you are ready to think:

"If I were the City's Major (Alcalde de Monterrey) how will I solve the people's concerns? What will I propose ti improve on each of the following: Security, Investment, Health, Education, and Environment."

During class, we would make our own campaign and discuss the plans to choose among students the "School's Mayor". Bring markers, scissors, etc. anything you want to develop nice posters to support your Party and representative.

4) If you missed this class, ask someone for the definitions or look them around the net or your English Dictionary. People that missed ANY of the classes before will have the pending quizzes the same class. No excuses. STUDY!

Regards,

Jim