Nopal

Name: Nopal Scientific Name: Opuntia ficus-indica

Nopales are a vegetable made from the young stem segments of prickly pear, carefully peeled to remove the spines. They are particularly common in their native Mexico. Farmed nopales are most often of the species Opuntia ficus-indica, although the pads of almost all Opuntia species are edible.
Nopales are generally sold fresh, bottled, or canned, less often dried, to prepare nopalitos. They have a light, slightly tart flavor, and a crisp, mucilanginous texture.
Nopales are commonly used in Mexican cuisine in dishes such as huevos con nopales (eggs with nopal), "carne con nopales" (meat with nopal) or "tacos de nopales." Nopales are also an important ingredient in New Mexican cuisine, and are gaining popularity elsewhere in the United States.

Health benefits

Nopales are very rich in insoluble and especially soluble dietary fiber. They are also rich in vitamins (especially vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin K, but also riboflavin and vitamin B6) and minerals (especially magnesium, potassium, and manganese, but also iron and copper). Nopales have a high calcium content, but the nutrient is not biologically available because it is present as calcium oxalate, which is neither highly soluble nor easily absorbed through the intestinal wall. Addition of nopales also reduces the glycemic effect of a mixed meal. Nopales are low carbohydrate and may help in the treatment of diabetes. Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family and its health benefits are It may be that certain species are effective and useful in diabetes while others are not but this needs to be clarified with further research before recommending its use. Furthermore, when buying nopal in the market, it is impossible to know which species one is buying and therefore whether or not it is useful in treating diabetes.
Indian Fig Opuntia (and probably others) might have a reducing effect on alcohol hangover by inhibiting the production of inflammatory mediators. Studies have yielded differing results, with some studies witnessing significant reductions in nausea, dry mouth, and loss of appetite as well as less risk of a severe hangover, while others witnessing no compelling evidence for effects on alcohol hangover.
The gel-like sap of prickly pears can be used as hair conditioner.
In Mexico and the Southwest, its pulp and juice have been used to treat a numerous amount of maladies such as wounds and inflammations of the digestive and urinary tracts.

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia#Medical_uses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nopal

Stop the sun

Read pages 17-21 and SQP3R in your BLOG.





QUESTIONS:


1.- What is fiction?


2.- What are the key forms of fiction?


3.- What is plot?


4.- How do we represent the plot?


5.- What is a character?


6.- What is setting?


7.- What is theme?


8.- How do we apply the reading fiction strategies?





PREDICT:





Fiction: Is a story that can be based on something real or the author just take it from his imagination.





Keys of fiction: I think that is the novel.





Plot: Is the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and the solution.





How do we represent the plot: We represent it like a mountain that first start with the rising action then at the top of the mountain is the climax, after that comes the falling action and it ends in the solution.





Character: Is a person, animal or a living thing that the author creat.





Setting: Is the place where the story takes place.





Theme: Is what the story will be about.





How do we apply the strategies: Are steps that help us to understand better the story.

















ANSWERS:



Fiction: Is writing that comes from a writer's imagination.

Key forms of fiction: Short story and novel.

Plot: The sequence of events in a story.

How do we represent the plot?: With the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action resolution.

Character: Are the people, animals or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.

Setting: Is the time and place in wich the action of the story happens.

Theme: Is the meaning, moral or message about that th writer conveys to the reader.

Applying Strategies: Connect, Question, Predict and visualize

Raymond's Run

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

Cause Effect

1.- She has a disable brother She was always taking care of him.

2.- She has to be always with him. Everybody say bad things of him only because he

wasn't okey.

3.- She was a little girl with skinny They called her Squeaky.

arms.

4.- She wants to run in the fifty yard She wants to win the first place medal.

dash.

5.- Gretchen say that she will win Squeaky don't like that because, she said she was

the first place medal. the fastest.

6.- Her brother made mischieves. She has to apologyize with the people, because he

was disturbing them.

7.- Mary Louise used to be Squeaky's Mary Louise said bad things about Squeaky.

friend. Now is Greatchen's friend.

8.- It was the May Day at the park. Everybody has new cloth. Except Squeaky, she

hasn't money to afford a new dress.

9.- It was the day of the race. Squeaky and Greatchen wants to win the race.

10.- They were very close. Squeaky couldn't see who won.

11.- Raymond start waving Squeaky Squeaky doesnt know why.

very happy.

12.- They announced the winner. Squeaky had won.

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

In the story the people didn't respect Raymond, they don't understand the he is a human and he has feelings. They looked at him like if he was something strange. They were like dicriminating him. The society is not prepared to treated someone like Raymond, I don't know why the people is like this. They treated him like if he was a bad person, when he is not! This definetly has to change, because if we were in Raymond's place we wouldn't like to be treat in that way.

Checkouts

A.- Describe the characters and each of their motivations.

*The girl was sad because she was going to leave in Cincinatti. When she moved she passed all the day in a room. When she went to the grocery store he saw a bagboy an she fell completely in love with him. She smiles to him and he get nervous. They never talked each other. He also liked the girl, he was always paying attention the door, beacuse maybe the girl would come. The girl returned like fou weeks after and she acts like if she haven't seen him and the boy neither. They NEVER talked, they only look a each other. I think they acted liked that because they were ashamed, maybe it was the first time they get it love. I think that they sholud talked and maye if they talked they can have a date.

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

When I saw the pictures of the story I inferred that the story would be about a boy and a girl that would get in love and that they will date. I was correct when I thought that they will fell in love.

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

The story is about a girl who will moved to Cincinatti and she don't want to. When she moved to Cincinatti, all the day she passed it in a room. One day she went to a grocery store and she saw a bagboy, she smiles to him and he get nervous. At that moment she fell in love. The boy also liked her. Four weeks later she returned to the store, she saw him but, she pretend that she didn't saw him. The boy was turning to the door, so when the girl comes he can see her. They looked at each other, but they didn't talk. The time passed, the girl has a date with another boy and he also has a date. One day the saw each other in the movie theater, but each one went with their dates.