Read Pages 24 - 30 as a class

1. What event does Gloria describe as her most difficult time? Why was it difficult? Look on page 26.
On page 26 Gloria was aloud to Leave the hospital to go back to her home.

2. How many weeks after Gloria got out of the hospital passed before she started to work on her music again? Was her music a source of comfort?
It was a few weeks after Gloria left the hospital she started to work on her mucis. When she was working on her music she thought it helped her get thought her difficult time.

3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again?
Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music in March of 1992. Also there played there music in many cities in the United States and around the world.

4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)
Estefan see herself this way "I'm an example of a Cuban American who's different from my mother and others of the generation... "

5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal?
The one think the I had to overcome when I was little was my speach. I had a very hard time when I was little to say some words. the tools and skills that helped me to overcome my speach problem.
The tools that I had would be that I has someone to help me when I was little to help me with my speach and work on it so it would be better then it was. The skills that I got out of this was to sound out words so I know what it spells and then to learn how to say it.

Vocabulary Worlds

1.I fell down on the sidewalk and I disconnected my arm.

2.I attach two sticks together by a rope.

3. You have to follow a procedure for an exam.

4. Some people can be prejudice.

5. I meet a Latina girl at my old school.

6. In my science class we made a mixture of chemicals.

7. My friend and I got the highest achievement award in our cosmetology class.

8. I seen a performance at Stamford High School.

9. I convince my friend that I was a spy.

10. I had alot of determination to get better

Journal # 2 for Miss. S

Alot of people don't think I would listen to this type of music. I listen to different types of music. The type of music I listen to the most would be rock, metal and screamo. The reason why I listen to this type of music is because I was brought up with that type of music through out my life because of my mom dad and my three older brothers, I find it better then listen to rap and country and I love how the music flows. Some of my favorite bands would be Alexis On Fire, Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against, Rammstein and etc that type of stuff. So that's are all on my reasons I like to listen my type of music :)

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 10 – 19

1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States?
Went there got there they found out that cubes was not aloud to enter the new city. Cubans have faced prejudice and mistreatment in the United States because of their background Gloria mom found a sigh on one of the apartments. It said"Co children, no pets, no Cubans."

2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home?
Gloria always consider Miami to be home to her.

3. When was the first time Gloria performed?
Glorica first time performing when she went to a wedding and a group call the Miami Latin Boys asked her to sing a few song there.

4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why?
The three different type of music they have are Son, Rumba, and Danzon.

I type of music i would listen to for these three would be Rumba. The reason why I picked this is because it is more danging music and it sounds more outgoing and fun.

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 1 -9

1. Who is Gloria Estefan?
Gloria Estefan is a famous singer.

2. What part of Gloria was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990?
She injured her lower back.

3. Have you ever broken a bone? If yes which bone? If no what do you think your life would be like if you had to wear a cast on your arm for eight weeks?
It would be have to cop with a cast on my arm. I would have to work around it to complete my task.

4. Estefan had to make a choice between having a surgery to correct her broken bones or have her entire body in a cast for six months. Which choice would you have made and why?
I would have choice the same one as her. My reason why is that you have do more things then having a FULL cast on your body. Also you can take showers.

5. Estefan and her parents were considered to be exiles, they moved to the United States in the Late 1950’s and early 1960’s? Why did they move?
They moved because they don't like how the Cuban government was like.

6. Who is the Author of this book?
Fernando Gonzalez

What I'm Doing This Weekend :)

This weekend is going to be fun, exiting, and gruelling all at the some time . The thing I'm doing this weekend is a CHEER LEADING COMPERTISON in Mississauga! We have that hole weekend planed out. Tonight I'm sleeping over my friends house ( Wyatt ). His mom is driving us there. On Saturday moring at 9: 15 we are going to be arriving at the school ( Stamford High School ). We are all meeting there before we leave to go to Mississauga. We will all be meet in Mississauga at the Hershey Factory. Then at 1 pm with will be performing. I am going to be so nerves. Then after performing we are going to go to a Hotel room. I'm with one of my best friend ( Wyatt ). the next gay we will be going back the Hershey Factory for the awards there to see who got what. after all of that we will be heading back to the Niagara Falls to go home.

My weekend is going to be very busy but it is worth it.

Reading Comprehension Pages 37-47

1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to?
Subway art is art the they put up in the tunnels to make it look nice and show charactor to the tunnel

2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations?
I have never bin in a subway, but I think it would be nice to see art work in a subway stations and in the tunnel. It will make that subway station different from the other station that they have around the area.

3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems?
They use an automatic signaling from the central contron.

4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?

To gain there expericen with the trains they, have been driving similar traind.

5. When do they test the first Red Line train?

There drive the new train in the train yard trackess to test them.