Recordatorio/ Friendly Reminder
Chromebook Use
Please remind your student to charge their Chromebook every night. This will help them be prepared for classes and use their time productively.
Cell Phone and Earbuds
Please remind your student that their cellphone and earbuds need to be put in their backpacks during the day. They should not be used in the halls, cafeteria, or at recess.
Thank you for your help.
7th grade/Séptimo
This month students finished the second unit: First Civilizations. We learned about how the first civilizations in Mesopotamia came to be and then each grade created their own civilization. We are beginning our unit on Ancient Egypt. Students will work on a research project and families will be invited to an exhibit at the end of January.
8th grade/Octavo
Spanish Language and Literature 1 Honors and ACP
The students have finished their presentation of their creative writing projects, based on a classic fable. We have done a small review of basic grammar issues during these two weeks and now we return to the theme of the Unit dedicated to myths and legends, for this they will carry out a comparative analysis of a classic story with a proposed narrative scheme, after the writing process they will present their work to the class.
Spanish Language and Literature 2 Honors
The students continue reading the adapted version of Miguel de Cervantes' work The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. In addition to reading comprehension, the students are researching the importance of the novel, and some of the philosophical issues that appear in said work , as well as the popular wisdom that is reflected in its sayings.
Advanced Contemporary Spanish Literature Honors(Pre AP)/ Literatura Española Contemporánea Avanzada
We are currently reading and analyzing “The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog’ by Osvaldo Dragún, a prominent Argentine playwright from the 20th century. It’s a social critique about the survival of a lower class man suffering the dehumanization process when is forced to take a job as a watchdog.
Estamos leyendo y analizando Ël hombre que se convirtió en perro¨ de Osvaldo Dragún, un prominente dramaturgo argentino del siglo XX. Es una crítica social acerca de la supervivencia de un hombre de clase baja, quien sufre el proceso de deshumanización cuando se ve obligado a trabajar de perro guardián.
CONTACT YOUR TEACHER/ CONTACTE A LOS MAESTROS
WALSH MIDDLE SCHOOL
Andrea Ramirez Franco (6-7-8 Spanish Language Arts)
aramirezfranco@framingham.k12.ma.us
Nelia Correa-Patrick (8 Spanish Language Arts)
Nely Solares ( 6 -7 Spanish Language Arts)
Glenda Espinoza (7 and 8 Spanish Language Arts)
gespinoza@framingham.k12.ma.us
Benjamin López Gómez (6 Social Studies)
blopesgomez@framingham.k12.ma.us
Mónica Viteri (7 Social Studies)
José Calixto (8 Social Studies)
FRAMINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL
Almudena Soriano (9th and 10th Spanish Language & Culture)
asorianoblazquez@framingham.k12.ma.us
Patricia Bosch De Puig (Advanced Contemporary Spanish Literature and AP Spanish Literature and Culture)
Glenda B. Espinoza. M.Ed
Secondary Dual Language Program
Department Head
Framingham Public Schools
gespinoza@framingham. k12.ma us
“Un idioma te pone en el corredor de la vida. Dos idiomas abren cada puerta en el camino”
“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way”
by Frank Smith