7th graders
Book Report

For the Month of November-december 2010
Book: "The adventure of the creeping man"
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Pgs: 11

Sir arthur Conan Doyle
Was a Scottish physician and writer, he born on May 22nd, 1859 and died on July 7th, 1930. He wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories. He used to write about crime fiction, science fiction and adventures novels.

Instructions:

1) Go the following link:

http://files1-christoph-ender.de/Sherlock_Holmes/pdf-latex-a4-1/cree.pdf

2) It is going to open in pdf format, save it in your PC files.
4) Read it.
5) When finish, Make the Book Report (use the Book Report format that is at the end of the Creative Writing section of your book)
6) Send it to the following mails:

7A: To Miss Ale Avalos: aleavalosugarte@gmail.com

7B: To Miss Monica Maldonado: tchrmonica@gmail.com

7) Date to deliver: before November 30th, 2010

Notes:
Remember that in your bimonthly exams there will be some comprehension questions about the book.

8th Graders
Book Report

Book: "The Undergroung City"
By: Jules Verne
Pgs: 205

Jules Verne
Was born in 1828 in France and died in 1905, he was a French Novelist who help pioneer the science-fiction as we enjoy today, Verne wrote about earth, space, air and underwater travel before all of these were possible to humankind. He is the Second most translated author of all time.

Instructions:
1)Go to the following link:

http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/26981/

2)click on the arrow. Download The Underground city
3)click on the tab: Press to download
4)As you read, make your own new/unknown words glossary
5)Write your Book Report (use the format that is at the end of the Creative writing section of your book) and attach the glossary in the same document.
5)Send it to Miss Francis email:

francismaranon@gmail.com

Notes:
The book has 19 chapters, so you are going to read the book as follows:

October: Chapters 1,2,3
November - December: Chapters: 4 to7
January -February: Chapters: 8 to 11
March - April: Chapters: 12 to 15
May - June: Chapters 16 to 19

Date to deliver: before November 29th 2010

Remember that in your bimonthly exam there will be Comprehension questions about the book.

1st Semester
High School
Book Report

Book: "The House of the Seven Gables"
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
No. pages: 141

Nathaniel Hawthorne:
Was born in 1804 in Salem, Mass USA and died in in 1864, He was a Novelist, Short Story Writer, Custom House worker and United States Consul. His novels belong to the Literary movement Dark Romanticism.



Instructions:
1) go to the following link:

http://manybooks.net/titles/hawthornenetext937gabl10.html

2) download the file in pdf format according the instructions
3) Read it
4) Make your own new/unknown words glossary as you read
5) Write a Book Report in the format given in class including your glossary
6) Send it to my email:

aleavalosugarte@gmail.com

Notes:
You are going to read the book as follows and will send the Book Report via email

October: Chapters 1 to 8

November Chapters 9 to 15
December: Chapters 16 to 21

Remember that in your exams I'm going to ask some questions about the book and the read chapters until that period.

9th Graders
Book Report

for February 25th, 2011 (before 2:00 pm)
Movie: "Abraham Lilcoln " part 1 to10
By: Discovery Education

Abraham Lilcoln was the 16th presiedent of the United States. Historians says that he was the best American president ever. He was assasinated in the Ford Theater.


Intructions: To watch the movies...
1) go youtube and acces the following link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv6TWHph6sY&feature=related

2) This is the Video part 1
3) Follow the next videos up to10

4) Write your Movie Report (use the Movie Report format I gave you),
5) Send it to my mail:

aleavalosugarte@gmail.com

4) I'll make comprehension questions about it in your bimonthly exam.

List of Irregular Verbs

INFINITIVE	PAST	PARTICIPLE	SPANISH
arise	arose	arisen	levantarse, surgir
be	was / were	been	ser, estar
be born	was / were born	been born	nacer
bear	bore	born	llevar, soportar
beat	beat	beaten	batir, golpear
become	became	become	llegar a ser, convertirse
begin	began	begun	empezar
bend	bent	bent	doblar
bet	bet betted	bet betted	apostar
bid	bid	bid	pujar, ofertar
bite	bit	bitten bit	morder
bleed	bled	bled	sangrar
blow	blew	blown	soplar
break	broke	broken	romper
breed	bred	bred	criar, educar
bring	brought	brought	traer
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	retransmitir, difundir
build	built	built	construir
burn	burnt burned	burnt burned	quemar, arder
burst	burst	burst	reventar, estallar
buy	bought	bought	comprar
can *	could	(been able to)	poder
cast	cast	cast	fundir, tirar
catch	caught	caught	atrapar, coger
choose	chose	chosen	elegir
cling	clung	clung	aferrarse, adherirse
come	came	come	venir
cost	cost	cost	costar
creep	crept	crept	arrastrarse, reptar
cut	cut	cut	cortar
deal	dealt	dealt	tratar
dig	dug	dug	cavar
do	did	done	hacer
draw	drew	drawn	dibujar
dream	dreamt dreamed	dreamt dreamed	soñar
drink	drank	drunk	beber
drive	drove	driven	conducir
dwell	dwelt dwelled	dwelt dwelled	residir
eat	ate	eaten	comer
fall	fell	fallen	caer(se)
feed	fed	fed	dar de comer, alimentar
feel	felt	felt	sentir, palpar
fight	fought	fought	luchar, pelear(se)
find	found	found	encontrar
flee	fled	fled	huir
fling	flung	flung	lanzar
fly	flew	flown	volar
forbid	forbade	forbidden	prohibir
forget	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
forgive	forgave	forgiven	perdonar
forsake	forsook	forsaken	abandonar
freeze	froze	frozen	congelar
get	got	got	obtener, conseguir, llegar
get up	got up	got up	levantarse
give	gave	given	dar
go	went	gone	ir
grind	ground	ground	moler, triturar
grow	grew	grown	crecer, cultivar
hang	hung hanged **	hung hanged **	colgar, estar colgado colgar ** (a una persona)
have	had	had	tener
hear	heard	heard	oír
hide	hid	hid	esconder
hit	hit	hit	golpear
hold	held	held	sostener, agarrar
hurt	hurt	hurt	herir, doler
keep	kept	kept	mantener, guardar
kneel	knelt	knelt	arrodillarse
knit	knit	knitten	unir
know	knew	known	saber, conocer
lay	laid	laid	poner
lead	led	led	guiar, dirigir
lean	leant leaned	leant leaned	inclinarse, apoyarse
leap	leapt	leapt	saltar
learn	learnt learned	learnt learned	aprender
leave	left	left	marcharse, abandonar
lend	lent	lent	prestar
let	let	let	permitir, dejar, alquilar
lie	lay	lay	yacer, estar tumbado
light	lit	lit	iluminar, encender
lose	lost	lost	perder
make	made	made	hacer
mean	meant	meant	significar, querer decir
meet	met	met	encontrar(se con), conocer (1ª vez)
mow	mowed	mowed mown	segar
put	put	put	poner
pay	paid	paid	pagar
quit	quit quitted	quit quitted	parar, dejar
read	read	read	leer
rend	rent	rent	partir, despedazar
rid	rid	rid	librar
ride	rode	ridden	montar, cabalgar
ring	rang	rung	sonar, tocar el timbre
rise	rose	risen	alzar, levantar
run	ran	run	correr
saw	sawed	sawn sawed	serrar
say	said	said	decir
see	saw	seen	ver
seek	sought	sought	buscar
sell	sold	sold	vender
send	sent	sent	enviar
set	set	set	poner, colocar
sew	sewed	sewn sewed	coser
shake	shook	shaken	sacudir, agitar
shed	shed	shed	derramar
shine	shone	shone	brillar
shoe	shod	shod	herrar
shoot	shot	shot	disparar
show	showed	shown	mostrar
shrink	shrank	shrunk	encoger
shut	shut	shut	cerrar
sing	sang	sung	cantar
sink	sank	sunk	hundirse
sit	sat	sat	sentarse, estar sentado
slay	slew	slain	matar
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
slide	slid	slid	deslizarse, resbalar
sling	slung	slung	tirar
slit	slit	slit	rajar
smell	smelt smelled	smelt smelled	oler
sow	sowed	sown sowed	sembrar
speak	spoke	spoken	hablr
speed	sped speeded	sped speeded	acelerar
spell	spelt spelled	spelt spelled	deletrear
spend	spent	spent	pasar (tiempo) gastar (dinero)
spill	spilt spilled	spilt spilled	derramar
spin	spun	spun	hilar, girar
spit	spat	spat	escupir
split	split	split	dividir, partir
spoil	spoilt	spoilt	estropear, mimar
spread	spread	spread	esparcir, untar
spring	sprang	sprung	saltar, brotar
stand	stood	stood	estar o ponerse de pie
steal	stole	stolen	robar
stick	stuck	stuck	pegar, adherir
sting	stung	stung	picar
stink	stank	stunk	apestar, oler mal
stride	strode	stridden	andar a zancadas
string	strung	strung	atar con cuerda
strive	strove	striven	esforzarse, ingeniárselas
swear	swore	sworn	jurar
sweep	swept	swept	barrer
swell	swelled	swollen swelled	hinchar(se)
swim	swam	swum	nadar
swing	swung	swung	balancearse, columpiarse
take	took	taken	tomar, llevar
teach	taught	taught	enseñar
tear	tore	torn	rasgar
tell	told	told	contar, decir
think	thought	thought	pensar
throw	threw	thrown	lanzar, arrojar
thrust	thrust	thrust	meter, empujar
tread	trod	trodden trod	pisar
understand	understood	understood	comprender
wake	woke	woken	despertar
wear	wore	worn	llevar puesto
weave	wove	woven	tejer
weep	wept	wept	llorar, sollozar
wet	wet wetted	wet wetted	mojar
win	won	won	ganar
wind	wound	wound	dar cuerda, enrollar
wring	wrung	wrung	retorcer
write	wrote	written	escribir

* Can is not an infinitive. It is a present.

** The meaning of the regular form is different to the meaning of the irregular forms. Check a dictionary.