The Century Plant or Maguey (Agave americana) is an agave originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant. It has since naturalised in many regions and grows wild in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.If the flower stem is cut without flowering, a sweet liquid called agua miel ("honey water") gathers in the heart of the plant. This may be fermented to produce the drink called pulque, which may then be distilled to produce mezcal. The leaves also yield fibers, known as pita, which are suitable for making rope, matting, coarse cloth and are used for embroidery of leather in a technique known as piteado. Both pulque and maguey fibre were important to the economy of pre-Columbian Mexico. Production continues today to a much lesser extent. Agave syrup (also called agave nectar) has recently been marketed as a healthful natural sugar substitute.

Tequila is made from a different species, Agave tequilana (also called)

This family is shaped by more than 120 species(kinds), between(among) which stand out Agave potatorum Zucc, Amarilidáceas (Tobalá) and the Agave angustifolia Haw (sword).Our country is the center of origin of the family Agavaceae, to which eight kinds(genres) belong(concern), between(among) them the kind(genre) Agave. Of 273 described species(kinds) of this family, which is distributed in the American continent - from North Dakota, EUA, up to Bolivia and Paraguay - in Mexico one finds the major diversity with 205 species(kinds), of which, 151 are endemic. The richest conditions(states) in number of species(kinds) are Oaxaca, Chihuahua, Sonorous, Coahuila, Durango and Straw hat.

http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/publicaciones/publi_reinos/flora/maguey/maguey.htm

UNDERSTAND FICTION: Read pages 17-21 and SQP3R

What is fiction?
What is plot?
What is character?
What is setting?
What is theme?

Predictions
*Fiction is a kind of storys that are not real. You can write things that are maybe true but are most of the times exagerate things.
*Plot is how we can writte the story in the correct orden and to know where is the correct place for the importans things.
*Character are the people or animals and some times the more impotant object.
*Setting is where and when the story takes place.
*Theme is the leasson we get at the end of the story.

Correct answers
*Fiction is writing that comes from writer's imagination. It can be inspired by actual events or completely made up.
*Plot is the sequence of events in a story.
*Character is the people, animals or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.
*Setting is the time and place in which the action of the stiry happens.
*Theme is the meaning, moral, or message about life that the writer conveys to the reader.

FIRST WORK !!!
A.- Describe the characters and each of their motivations

*The girl was is a new girl that just arrive to a new city. She was nervious but many things motive her to be there like a cute guy she just meet at the supermarker was inespected but there he was. At the moment her eyes see that guy she just fall in love. That guy motivet her without know she try to go often to the super market hoping he will be there.
Another character is a guy. Is the one we just talk about he was in his first day of work. he saw the beautiful girl with red hair he wast nervious for manything that he let the mayonese fall. He get motivaited that he always was looking at the door waiting that girl will appear again.

B.-Write predictions you thought of, while reading the story and explain which one became true. Make connections to your own life.

* At the begining before i read it i was thinking maybe it will be about a girl and a boy and that was correct but the story has another story. I was thinking maybe can be about their realitionship and that they cheat on each other but not i was wnong. The story i most about how they meet.
*If that happen to me i will not do that i know as a fact i will go with the guy that i fall in love with and maybe no tell him i am in love with him but to ask him if he want to go for a icecream or something to meet better but all the people think different. Maybe that girl was so nervious that she couldnt go and talk with the guy.

C.- Write a synthesis of the story in your BLOG

The story is about a girl thats just arrive to a new town everithing was new for her. At the first days she was always at her room so sad thinking in her old house and the town of her childwood. Everything star to change when he meet a guy that work at the supper market everything change she was motivated to be there hopping to se the guy again. The guy was hoping maybe one thay he will see that girl with a beautiful red hear.The days pass she go to the market but the guy was no there teal one days they see each other again. Both do like if they dont know them. The days pass and they dont know anything about the other the dont see them for a wile. One day they see each other at the movie theater but everything was different now the beautiful girl was wuth a guy and the boy waqs with a beautiful girl they do like they haven see each other before but the loves was steal there.

RAYMOND'S RUN!!

A) Summarize the events. (Write the plot in a cause effect sequence)

*The story is about a girl named Hazel Elizabeth how has a brother named Raymond. He's brother is bigger than her but she see him as her little brother for the desable he has.
Elizabeth is better good runner. She is always compitting with another girl named Gretchen. Gretchen always laugh about Raymond. Elizabeth is the fastter girl in the wirld hes brother also run but not so well fot the problem. Both of them enter to the race of may. It gets the casualitty that they were running at the same time. They star to run she thought to stop to see Raymond's raise but she think better to finish the rics.They were not sure who won but Elizabeth will be sure don't matter what she will help his brother to be better. At the end they said Elizabeth was the onw who won the raise.

B.- Explain the conflict and the attitute toward disabled people presented in the story

In the story are ppresented differents problems one of them is Raymond problem he was sick of of the head. Her sisster Elizabeth always need to look after him. He need special attentions and averything afect him more than a normal person. Many people luaght about him like Gretchen the enemy of Elizabeth. Elizabeth was a berry good runner but she always compit with Grace always trying to get the first place. Elizabeth was one of the fasters or maybe was the fastter but Gretchen always want to be better than Elizabeth.