Español I: Mi propio cuento corto
Storybird: instrucciones para el programa
storybird.com.
For storybird, your username is senmentz and your password is espanoluno
It seems that these work better on Internet Explorer rather than Mozilla Firefox.
You can look at my sample stories if you like.
1. Once you log in, you will click on “create new storybird.”
2. Storybird= either get inspired by art, or choose based on theme. All the art is done for you!
3. You will save your work with your PERIOD NUMBER, YOUR name and your PARTNER’s name so that I know it’s yours.
4. DO NOT CLICK PUBLISH. Also, don’t accidentally pay for an actual book to be printed and sent to you. Unless you plan to pay for it. Kthanx.
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El proyecto: ENTIRELY IN SPANISH!
You can be as creative as you like: your requirements are as follows.
1. Each pair of pages will include a picture and at least ONE full sentence in SPANISH.
2. Each sentence must include a subject and verb, conjugated correctly. (2 verbs, first one gets conjugated)
3. Your book will have a minimum of 5 different pages with sentences, which will probably become 10 pages total.
4. Your book should have a minimum of 8 complete sentences IN SPANISH. More than 8 is encouraged!
5. You must include at least one –AR verb, one –ER verb, and one –IR verb.
6. You must include one sentence using the verb IR which means “to go.” (forms start with voy…)
7. You must include at least ONE example of adjective agreement ( -os/-as stay together!)
8. You must include at least ONE GUSTA sentence.
9. You must include at least ONE ESTAR sentence (for location and feelings).
10. You must include at least ONE COMPARISON (as __as, more than, less than, etc)
11. Your story must make some sort of sense (it must have a plot of some sort).
12. You may use wordreference.com to help you. You may not use Google translator for sentences, only one-word lookups. SEE NEXT PAGE!
13. You may not plagiarize. THIS ENTIRE STORY WILL BE IN PRESENT TENSE (He goes, she studies, they like) NOT PAST because you HAVE NOT LEARNED THAT YET.
~Possible things I can write about :~
Family members…… friends and personalities/characteristics …… food ….. school…… activities people like ….. animals… age…..
How to NOT plagiarize, NOT make a fool of yourself, and get a GOOD GRADE!
This project is to show what you know and what you learned, NOT whether you can copy-paste Spanish translations into a document.
There is nothing wrong with using online dictionaries, as long as you use them correctly.
Let’s discuss some good ways to look up words:
Going to wordreference.com for INDIVIDUAL / SMALL PHRASE lookups.
Make sure you are searching English to Spanish.
Here are your results:
Seems easy enough. But what about if I want to look up a word that could also be a verb?
Here’s an example. Sink = where you wash hands, also what the Titanic did in the ocean.
Here is the problem with google translate:
Hundirse = to sink in the water like a boat.
Not quite what you were looking for.
Let’s see what happens with wordreference.com
If you want to look up a verb, like “hit,”