Hard to believe the year is just about half done. Here is what we have been up to lately:
Spanish 1: Students have learned how to talk about various activities that they or their classmates may do at school or at home. They were very excited to start working on constructing piñatas. So far, there are many layers of papier mache. Can you guess what they will end up being?
Spanish 2: Students have been learning about traveling by plane. They are researching tourist sites in Puerto Rico, a country that could eventually become our 51st state. They also took time out from work to learn about Christmas customs in Hispanic countries and to sing some seasonal songs. They decorated in Spanish style and are working on putting the finishing touches on their gift requests to the 3 Reyes Magos.
Spanish 3: Students have been working on how to express their wishes and desires. We had a great discussion about Disney princesses and role-played various characters from Cinderella all discussing what they wanted/demanded/suggested that Cinderella do. We also discussed our ideal Prince Charmings and what we would expect from them. And with a class of al females, there were no guys to tell us that our expectations were unreasonable.
Spanish 4: Students have started the unit on immigration. We are watching the video "Which Way Home", reading the novel (in Spanish) "Enrique's Journey", and listening to a lot of great music that deals with issues surrrounding immigration. We have had some great discussions based on Gaby Moreno's "Ave que Emigra" and Ricardo Arjona's "Mojado". And Spanish 4 students also took a break to do a small Christmas poem project in which they had to write a poem about a seasonal symbol and present it while dressed as the symbol. Can you guess what these students wrote about?
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