THIS MIDTERM'S FIT TO PRINT; SPANISH CLASS WRITES WHAT IT KNOWS.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Rather than cramming for a midterm exam Noun 1. midterm exam - an examination administered in the middle of an academic term midterm examination, midterm exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a , students in the Advanced Placement Spanish class at Royal High School spent the past two weeks creating their own newspaper - writing news, sports and even weather stories, but in a language not their own. ``It's a little more interesting than a test,'' said Annie Man Annie Man (born July 20, 1976) is an actress from Hong Kong. She started her career in television series in 1993 at the tender age of 16 at ATV. After spending 6 years at ATV, Annie transferred to the biggest television broadcasting company in Hong Kong--TVB in 2000. , 16. ``It's not all book work. It really does review everything you learn and make you use it. It's also more fun because tests are never fun.'' The students said translating the stories from English to Spanish was the easy part. More difficult was getting the stories, photographs and illustrations to fit onto the pages. ``That's what took the most time,'' said 17-year-old Yury Amaya. ``We had to put all our separate things into one thing.'' ``And it had to make sense at the same time,'' Meaghan Holden chimed in. ``That was hard.'' For the project, teacher Joan Davidson divided her class into groups of four to six, with each team responsible for producing one section of the newspaper - from editorial and light features to national and international news. The students were given two weeks to complete their projects, writing a total of eight articles for their own section. Many of the articles were serious journalism, dealing with the upcoming presidential election, the trade relationship between Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. and Iran, and global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . Others drew chuckles from the class as they invoked the names of various classmates Classmates can refer to either:
``This is much more valuable because it really does allow them to draw on all of the skills,'' Davidson said of the newspaper. ``Most of these kids have been taking Spanish for four years and this puts all of what they learned to practice.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative edition only) Cirina Bernardino, left, reads an original news story in front of his Advanced Placement Spanish class at Royal High School. (2 -- color in Simi edition only) Royal High School teacher Joan Davidson smiles during one of her student group's presentation for AP Spanish. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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