Parece que hoy en día todo el mundo considera que “las tecnologías actuales son necesarias para el bienestar de la humanidad”, pero algunas organizaciones “verdes” no están de acuerdo. Escriba un artículo para el periódico de su colegio, dando su opinión sobre el tema. Escriba entre 250 y 400 palabras.

Words should be taken from text.

If you write anything that's not a direct quote from the text, it is incorrect.

Rule #2: Quotes

All answers are from the text from the specified areas.

If you write any answer that's not within the specified lines/paragraphs from the text, it is incorrect.

Rule #3: Chronological Answers

All answers are chronological.

#1's answer will come before #2's. If you are confident in one of your answers, this can reduce the number of possibilites.

Rule #4: Noun/Verb/Adjective Agreements

More of a general rule.

Don't forget to make sure that your chosen phrase/word makes sense grammatically! There are exceptions.

Rule #5: No "Trick" Paragraphs

All paragraphs will somehow give hints to/have an answer.

The IB won't have a paragraph that does not help you answer a question.

Each of the three parts of the IO format can be split into further sections. They are organized chronologically and are as follows:

Presentation (2-3 minutes)

1. Description of Photo

2. Relate to First Theme (which is given)

3. Talk about why it relates to first theme (in context of Latin American culture)

4. Introduce Second Theme (you choose)

5. Short sentence explaining why it relates to second Theme

We ONLY talk about photo.

Conversation Pt.1 (3-4 minutes)

1. A conversation between Professor and Student: The Professor asks more general questions about Latin American Culture in the context of the Second Theme.

2. Questions are "why" and "how", not "who/what" or "yes/no".

We now start transitioning AWAY from the original photo.

Conversation Pt.2 (4-5 minutes)

1. A conversation between Professor and Student: Professor asks questions about your life and culture, which could include a possible comparison to Latin American culture.

There are NO MORE references to the photo.

Latin American Aspects

• Soccer: Soccer is a huge part of Spanish culture. Talk about Nationalism, World Cups, community, etc...

• Importance of Family: Families in Spain stop school and work in the middle of the day to have lunch together.

Your Life

• SOCCER IS MY LIFE. I play every day and I love watching games, especially Spanish.

• I also eat lunch and dinner with my family (when possible).

Complex Verb Phrases

• Encantaría, no pienso que + subjuntivo, es importante que + subjuntivo, he jugado, entrenaba

Idiomatic Expressions

• Estar muerto de cansancio, menos mal (thank goodness), desde el punto de vista de, se mire por donde se mire

I chose Holidays, Religion, and Traditions.

Latin American Aspects

• La fiesta de San Juan - June 24th, celebrates the prophet John the Baptist.

• Los Sanfermines - the enclosure, it's a week-long celebration

• Eat 12 grapes for new years

Your Life

• Christmas: My family values it also because of religion.

• I eat 12 chickpeas for the New Year!

Complex Verb Phrases

• Amenizaba, idolotra, me comporte, se infiltró, lideró

Idiomatic Expressions

• Para ser sincero, por todas partes, desde el punto de vista de, asimismo, fuera del país

I chose Technology and Artistic Expression.

Latin American Aspects

• Zacua Coupe - An electric car made in Mexico. It can reach a max speed of 96 km/hr.

• Clic Ecuada - A program and innovation that helps classrooms by monitoring the emotions of students.

• La Sagrada Familia Iglesia en Barcelona – created by Antoni Guadí, a beautiful architectural and religious creation.

Your Life

• Electric Car - great for environemnt.

• I go to a church and see beautiful architecure. It's incomparable to that in Spain, however.

Complex Verb Phrases

• Me encantaría ser testigo , deseo que mi familia y yo vayamos, se pensaría que es imposible que…, para esculpir esto…, hay mucho grabados (engraving)

Idiomatic Expressions

• Hacer un papel, sin fronteras, la cadena de televisión, el arte por el arte, ganar Madrid, los pros y los contras, hacer gala (show off), al aire libre (outdoors)

I chose Climate Change.

Latin American Aspects

• Climate Change: Costa Rica to make 96% energy sustainable.

• Impact of Ecotourism: Countries like Mexico have lost more than 50% of their forests as a result of exports.

Your Life

• Talk about your environmental class and desire to study it.

• It's fascinating how Costa Rica is doing this -- you want to do the same.

Complex Verb Phrases

• Es fascinante que costa rica asegure, trataría de convencer mi gobierno, me encantaría viajar, como un niño, me encantaba ver los animales, vuelen las aves

Idiomatic Expressions

• Dar saltos, para todos los gustos, tener mala cara, el siguiente paso (next step), a lo largo de (along), dar la bienvenida (to welcome)

I chose Education/Community and the Working Force.

Latin American Aspects

• Students return to house to have lunch with family in middle of day.

• Many stores are family-owned and employ their own children rather than others to save money, especially with big corporations selling products for cheaper.

Your Life

• My school does not have this family meal thing, but I wish we did!

• I haven't worked yet, but I'm sad that many stores have to close due to these big companies!

Complex Verb Phrases

• El trabajo de niños desanima , estoy alegre de que las tiendas pertenzcan a las familias, no pienso que las familias deban avergonzarse de (ashamed of), en el pasado siempre me esforzaba en, estuve alegre de que tuviera motivos para…

Idiomatic Expressions

• por todas partes, desde el punto de vista de, de lutima generación, chuparse los dedos, al fin y al cabo, además de (apart from), al alcance de (within reach), hacersa la boca agua, estar harto de (to be fed up wth) hace un rato (a while ago), dar hambre/sed, darle asco (not to stand somthing)