¡Hola, clase!
¡Hoy vamos a aprender sobre el Día de los Muertos! Primero, nosotros vamos a mirar (we will watch) algunos videos: you can choose whichever ones seem most interesting to you.
Start here con un dibujo animado, and then an overview of Día de los Muertos.
Segundo, mira mas información from Discovery Atlas or from a group of young bloggers from Mexico.
Termina (finish) with a more personal view on Día de los Muertos from some Latinos in the Boston area.
Ahora, do some reading and looking at pictures to get more specific details.
Go to the Smithsonian's Day of the Dead site to learn about the history and symbols of el Día de los Muertos. You can also make your own Day of the Dead altar here!
Ahora (now), check out some common myths about Day of the Dead, and look at pictures from National Geographic.
Still have some questions? Read this article.
Ahora, contestan las preguntas:
1) ¿Cuándo es el Día de los Muertos celebrated? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre la celebración el 1 de noviembre y la celebración el 2 de noviembre?
2) ¿De dónde viene la celebración of Día de los Muertos? ¿Quién la empezó? (Where does the Day of the Dead celebration come from? Who started celebrating it?)
3) Using tu vocabulario de emociones, describe some of las emociones that people might feel on el Día de los Muertos, and why they might feel this way.
4) ¿Qué actividades hacen para celebrar el Día de los Muertos? (What activities do people do to celebrate the Day of the Dead?)
5) List at least tres palabras nuevas (new words) you learned in español through this lesson, and what they mean en inglés.
6) Does your familia have any traditions that are similar to las actividades that happen on el Día de los Muertos? If not, how are holidays that you celebrate similar to el Día de los Muertos?
¡Disfrútalo! (Enjoy!)
11 November 2013
09 September 2013
Dia de la Independencia
El 16 de septiembre es el Dia de la Independencia en Mexico! Look at the links below to check out what el Dia de la Independencia is, and how many people will be celebrating in Mexico.
Introductory Video
Background of el Dia de la Independencia
El Grito!
Now that we've seen a little bit about what el Dia de la Independencia is about, let's learn about Mexico's flag.
Introductory Video
Background of el Dia de la Independencia
El Grito!
Now that we've seen a little bit about what el Dia de la Independencia is about, let's learn about Mexico's flag.
02 September 2013
¿Por qué aprender español? Webquest
Why is it important for people to learn to speak Spanish? The following videos and articles contain opinions and arguments about why it is good to learn Spanish. Some resources are from professionals or important figures, and others are from everyday people. Which reasons are most convincing to you?
Open a Pages document and save it as Reasons to Study Spanish. This is where you will take brief notes about why people should study foreign languages, or why they should study Spanish!
Now, watch the videos and/or read the articles below to get ideas, and type ideas in your notes!
Why it's important to learn another language in general
Benefits for the brain
More brain benefits
Delay Alzheimer's
Social benefits
Communication
Saying what you mean
Funny reasons
Famous bilinguals
Religion and culture
College preparation
Survival
Pass the time
Why it's important to learn Spanish specifically
Barack Obama's opinion
Octavio's opinion
Señora Richardson's opinion
Señora Wags' opinion
Opinions of Spanish speakers in the US
Practical Reasons
Huffington Post's Reasons
Realidades (Spanish textbook) opinions
When you finish, you can comment on this post and post a link to another video or website with reasons why it's good to learn another language. Make sure that your video/website is in English and/or Spanish, doesn't have any profanity in it, and that you only use tu primer nombre (your first name) when commenting.
Open a Pages document and save it as Reasons to Study Spanish. This is where you will take brief notes about why people should study foreign languages, or why they should study Spanish!
Now, watch the videos and/or read the articles below to get ideas, and type ideas in your notes!
Why it's important to learn another language in general
Benefits for the brain
More brain benefits
Delay Alzheimer's
Social benefits
Communication
Saying what you mean
Funny reasons
Famous bilinguals
Religion and culture
College preparation
Survival
Pass the time
Why it's important to learn Spanish specifically
Barack Obama's opinion
Octavio's opinion
Señora Richardson's opinion
Señora Wags' opinion
Opinions of Spanish speakers in the US
Practical Reasons
Huffington Post's Reasons
Realidades (Spanish textbook) opinions
When you finish, you can comment on this post and post a link to another video or website with reasons why it's good to learn another language. Make sure that your video/website is in English and/or Spanish, doesn't have any profanity in it, and that you only use tu primer nombre (your first name) when commenting.
29 August 2013
Mi Vida Loca
Hoy, we watched the first episodio of Mi Vida Loca en el club. If you'd like to do some of the review activities for the episode, or learn more about Mi Vida Loca, you can go here.
16 August 2013
Bienvenidos al club de español, y nombres españoles
As part of learning more about Spanish culture, I give students the opportunity to choose a Spanish name to use during our club. Of course, if you are more comfortable with your English name, you may use that instead. You need to decide your name by Tuesday the 27th. Here are a few links for those who are still undecided:
Spanish names for boys and Spanish names for girls, with the meanings of some of the names included.
Much more comprehensive list with names' origins: There are definitely more creative names on this long list. I'd recommend looking at the other lists first, then taking a peek here if you don't see anything you like.
Also, if you do choose a name on-line, write it down so you don't forget what it is before club! If you'd like to hear how a name is pronounced, go to Google Translate, choose Spanish to English in the language options, and copy the Spanish name into the translation box. Once you do this, clicking on the speaker that appears in the Spanish box will allow you to hear how the name is pronounced.
If you'd like to learn more about greetings and customs in Peru, you can watch the full version of travel advice for Peru here.
Spanish names for boys and Spanish names for girls, with the meanings of some of the names included.
Much more comprehensive list with names' origins: There are definitely more creative names on this long list. I'd recommend looking at the other lists first, then taking a peek here if you don't see anything you like.
Also, if you do choose a name on-line, write it down so you don't forget what it is before club! If you'd like to hear how a name is pronounced, go to Google Translate, choose Spanish to English in the language options, and copy the Spanish name into the translation box. Once you do this, clicking on the speaker that appears in the Spanish box will allow you to hear how the name is pronounced.
If you'd like to learn more about greetings and customs in Peru, you can watch the full version of travel advice for Peru here.
02 July 2013
Postres en Corea!
¡Hola everyone, y felicitaciones (congratulations) on finishing another year of school! An extra special congratulations and shout out to the 8th graders at St. Paul who graduated this year! I'm so happy for you all, and hope that you will have wonderful high school times ahead! Now that you're all finished with the school year, I'm sure you're keeping busy, studying inglés and español, right? So, ¿qué tal tu verano? How's your summer going?
Mi esposo (husband) y yo have been traveling up and down the East Coast, visiting relatives and seeing lots of sights before we head off to Corea del Sur at the end of julio. We're still doing our Korean lessons and trying to get ready, so I thought I'd share one of our adventures. A week ago, we went with una amiga coreana (a Korean friend) to a Korean bakery in Annandale, Virginia, which is almost like a Koreatown with all of the Korean shops and businesses there are there! The bakery, Shilla, was awesome. Don't believe me? Check out these delicious pastries and cakes. Mmmmmm. (The free samples they set out are a very, very good thing.)
What stole the show for us, though, was the bingsoo, which you can see here. It's a popular summer snack - shaved ice with fruit, red beans (which are sweet, not salty!), sweetened condensed milk or fruit syrup, and even pieces of chewy rice cake. Might sound a little weird at first, but it was pretty fantastic. Plus, the picture doesn't do justice to the size of the one that we had. The container is probably the size of your cabeza (head)! We shared one and couldn't finish it, but I'm sure some of you could put us to shame in that arena. The lesson: if you have the opportunity to try some bingsoo or check out a Korean bakery, definitely do!
Hopefully I'll have more info for you on life in Korea soon! For now, hope you all have a great, fun summer!
Mi esposo (husband) y yo have been traveling up and down the East Coast, visiting relatives and seeing lots of sights before we head off to Corea del Sur at the end of julio. We're still doing our Korean lessons and trying to get ready, so I thought I'd share one of our adventures. A week ago, we went with una amiga coreana (a Korean friend) to a Korean bakery in Annandale, Virginia, which is almost like a Koreatown with all of the Korean shops and businesses there are there! The bakery, Shilla, was awesome. Don't believe me? Check out these delicious pastries and cakes. Mmmmmm. (The free samples they set out are a very, very good thing.)
What stole the show for us, though, was the bingsoo, which you can see here. It's a popular summer snack - shaved ice with fruit, red beans (which are sweet, not salty!), sweetened condensed milk or fruit syrup, and even pieces of chewy rice cake. Might sound a little weird at first, but it was pretty fantastic. Plus, the picture doesn't do justice to the size of the one that we had. The container is probably the size of your cabeza (head)! We shared one and couldn't finish it, but I'm sure some of you could put us to shame in that arena. The lesson: if you have the opportunity to try some bingsoo or check out a Korean bakery, definitely do!
Hopefully I'll have more info for you on life in Korea soon! For now, hope you all have a great, fun summer!
12 March 2013
Annyeonghaseyo, Jeju-do! (안녕하세요 제주도!)
Hmm, you may be thinking looking at the title of this post... That doesn't look like español, and it definitely isn't inglés! Run out of ideas?
It's coreano, or Korean, for "Hello, Jeju!" As you might remember, I graduated in diciembre, and have just recently accepted a job... teaching inglés en el 7o grado on Jeju Island in South Korea! I'm very excited both to be going to Jeju and to be teaching inglés again after the great experience I had en el otoño (in the fall).
Where is Jeju Island, you might ask? It's a little south of mainland South Korea, and close to Japan (on the right) and China (on the left).
Jeju is also known as "the Hawaii of Korea," and you can see from these pictures that it lives up to its name...
It's coreano, or Korean, for "Hello, Jeju!" As you might remember, I graduated in diciembre, and have just recently accepted a job... teaching inglés en el 7o grado on Jeju Island in South Korea! I'm very excited both to be going to Jeju and to be teaching inglés again after the great experience I had en el otoño (in the fall).
Where is Jeju Island, you might ask? It's a little south of mainland South Korea, and close to Japan (on the right) and China (on the left).
Jeju is also known as "the Hawaii of Korea," and you can see from these pictures that it lives up to its name...
You can check out some more pictures of Jeju here.
There's also an awesome UFO restaurant... no kidding!
I'm definitely looking forward to Jeju, but will also miss all of my estudiantes fabulosos (fabulous students) en Michigan. I wish you all the best, and hope you'll keep checking the blog and leaving me comments to keep in touch and let me know how you're doing!
For now, got some preguntas (questions) about Jeju or about South Korea? Have some travel advice for me? Leave it in a comment!
12 February 2013
¡Feliz Día del Amor y la Amistad!
¡Hola a todos, y feliz día de San Valentin! For those of you who aren't lovers of the day of love (o que están tristes porque no tienen un novio/una novia), the way Valentine's Day is celebrated in many Latin countries should cheer you up a little bit. It's not just about celebrating love, but also celebrates amistad, friendship!
So, in honor of nuestros amigos, a few links for you all to enjoy and to use to let sus amigos know que son muy especiales!
Primero, who doesn't like to get una tarjeta (a card) de un amigo o una amiga? Tarjetas Zea has some very cute tarjetas en español that you can send to tus amigos por correo-e (e-mail)! If you leave your name and e-mail in the comments section, I'll even pick one out and send it to you! (Don't worry; I screen the comments so that your e-mail addy won't be published for everyone to see.)
Segundo, did you know that some countries celebrate el Día del Amor y la Amistad on a different day? ¡En Colombia, celebran el tercer (3rd) sábado en septiembre, y países como Argentina, Brazil y Uruguay celebran sus amigos en El Día del Amigo (with a different origin) el 20 de julio! The origins of El Día del Amigo son muy interesantes, so click on the link if you want to find out more.
Finalmente, I found este video en Youtube con una canción bilingüe sobre el Día del Amor y la Amistad. I don't particularly love the part of the song that's en inglés, but I think the part that's en español is kind of cute. ¿Qué opinan Ustedes? (What do you think?)
Hope you'll enjoy the links, and...
So, in honor of nuestros amigos, a few links for you all to enjoy and to use to let sus amigos know que son muy especiales!
Primero, who doesn't like to get una tarjeta (a card) de un amigo o una amiga? Tarjetas Zea has some very cute tarjetas en español that you can send to tus amigos por correo-e (e-mail)! If you leave your name and e-mail in the comments section, I'll even pick one out and send it to you! (Don't worry; I screen the comments so that your e-mail addy won't be published for everyone to see.)
Segundo, did you know that some countries celebrate el Día del Amor y la Amistad on a different day? ¡En Colombia, celebran el tercer (3rd) sábado en septiembre, y países como Argentina, Brazil y Uruguay celebran sus amigos en El Día del Amigo (with a different origin) el 20 de julio! The origins of El Día del Amigo son muy interesantes, so click on the link if you want to find out more.
Finalmente, I found este video en Youtube con una canción bilingüe sobre el Día del Amor y la Amistad. I don't particularly love the part of the song that's en inglés, but I think the part that's en español is kind of cute. ¿Qué opinan Ustedes? (What do you think?)
Hope you'll enjoy the links, and...
¡espero que tengan un Día de la Amistad muy feliz!
06 January 2013
¡Feliz Día de los Reyes!
¡Hola estudiantes de St. Paul y estudiantes de O.W. Best! Espero que hayan tenido buenas vacaciones (I hope that you've had good vacations).
Some of you might be wondering about the title of my post... ¿qué es (what is) el Día de los Reyes? Hopefully you all from St. Paul remember... It means "Kings Day," and it's a Christian holiday celebrated today (el 6 de enero) all over the world. Many Latinos, especially those who are Catholic, use today to remember when the wisemen, or kings, searched for el Niño Jesús (the baby Jesus) and brought gifts to him. Check out this article to learn more - it even has some awesome pictures of a mile-long Rosca de Reyes (remember the sweet bread we ate with the Niño Jesús in it?) in Mexico City!
Para los estudiantes de O. W. Best, this is probably my first update that you've read - ¡Bienvenidos! (Welcome!) As you may have noticed, this is my Spanish teaching blog, so you'll read and see lots of Spanish words and activities here that can help you get ready for 8th grade Spanish! I'll also try to throw in a vocab word or two for you all as well, seeing as on my vacation with my family, I heard at least four of our vocab words: ironic, inevitable, indomitable, and even macabre! Hope you'll enjoy, and that you'll comment so that we can keep in touch!
Para los estudiantes de St. Paul, ¡fue muy lindo verles de nuevo en el concierto (it was very nice to see you again at the concert)! Lo siento that I couldn't make it that night, but I'm sure you all did a wonderful job! For those of you that I didn't get to see, felicitaciones (congratulations) on your great performances and readings. I've also gotten to hablar un poco con su nueva maestra, Señora Axt. Me parece que (it seems like) ella es muy simpática e interestante. I hope that you'll like her a lot!
Since I know that students from O. W. Best are going back tomorrow, una pregunta... ¿qué hicieron durante las vacaciones? (What did you do during your vacation?) Comment at the bottom to let me know! Just remember, use your first name and last initial only please, and make sure you type in the combo of letters and numbers in the box at the bottom of the comment form so that your comment will go through!
I visited mi familia in the Washington DC area over winter break, and while there, mis amigos, mi esposo y yo fuimos a un restaurante argentino delicioso que se llama Panas, which is short for empanadas. If you've never had Argentinian food or empanadas before, I would highly recommend it!
As you can see, empanadas are fried or baked dough filled with a variety of things - ours had queso, vegetales y carne y pollo (para mi esposo, como yo soy vegetariana) and came with cuatro delicious dipping sauces. Mmmmmm. A la izquierda (on the left), you can see my drink, lulo juice, which is made from a fruit that comes from Sudamérica, and on either side of the plate, some plantain and roasted veggie skewers. The yellow "chips" in the front of the picture are plantain chips. For those of you who don't know, plantains are somewhat like bananas, but are bigger and less sweet when they are verde, or ripe, so they make great chips!
Last but not least, el 15 de diciembre, me gradué de mi programa de Maestría (I graduated from my Master's program), so I am now officially a teacher! Quiero agradecerles todos por su atención, paciencia, entusiasmo y cariño (I want to thank all of you for your attention, patience, enthusiasm, and caring). You definitely contributed to my desire to be a teacher, and showed me how fun and awesome this job can be!
Some of you might be wondering about the title of my post... ¿qué es (what is) el Día de los Reyes? Hopefully you all from St. Paul remember... It means "Kings Day," and it's a Christian holiday celebrated today (el 6 de enero) all over the world. Many Latinos, especially those who are Catholic, use today to remember when the wisemen, or kings, searched for el Niño Jesús (the baby Jesus) and brought gifts to him. Check out this article to learn more - it even has some awesome pictures of a mile-long Rosca de Reyes (remember the sweet bread we ate with the Niño Jesús in it?) in Mexico City!
Para los estudiantes de O. W. Best, this is probably my first update that you've read - ¡Bienvenidos! (Welcome!) As you may have noticed, this is my Spanish teaching blog, so you'll read and see lots of Spanish words and activities here that can help you get ready for 8th grade Spanish! I'll also try to throw in a vocab word or two for you all as well, seeing as on my vacation with my family, I heard at least four of our vocab words: ironic, inevitable, indomitable, and even macabre! Hope you'll enjoy, and that you'll comment so that we can keep in touch!
Para los estudiantes de St. Paul, ¡fue muy lindo verles de nuevo en el concierto (it was very nice to see you again at the concert)! Lo siento that I couldn't make it that night, but I'm sure you all did a wonderful job! For those of you that I didn't get to see, felicitaciones (congratulations) on your great performances and readings. I've also gotten to hablar un poco con su nueva maestra, Señora Axt. Me parece que (it seems like) ella es muy simpática e interestante. I hope that you'll like her a lot!
Since I know that students from O. W. Best are going back tomorrow, una pregunta... ¿qué hicieron durante las vacaciones? (What did you do during your vacation?) Comment at the bottom to let me know! Just remember, use your first name and last initial only please, and make sure you type in the combo of letters and numbers in the box at the bottom of the comment form so that your comment will go through!
I visited mi familia in the Washington DC area over winter break, and while there, mis amigos, mi esposo y yo fuimos a un restaurante argentino delicioso que se llama Panas, which is short for empanadas. If you've never had Argentinian food or empanadas before, I would highly recommend it!
As you can see, empanadas are fried or baked dough filled with a variety of things - ours had queso, vegetales y carne y pollo (para mi esposo, como yo soy vegetariana) and came with cuatro delicious dipping sauces. Mmmmmm. A la izquierda (on the left), you can see my drink, lulo juice, which is made from a fruit that comes from Sudamérica, and on either side of the plate, some plantain and roasted veggie skewers. The yellow "chips" in the front of the picture are plantain chips. For those of you who don't know, plantains are somewhat like bananas, but are bigger and less sweet when they are verde, or ripe, so they make great chips!
Last but not least, el 15 de diciembre, me gradué de mi programa de Maestría (I graduated from my Master's program), so I am now officially a teacher! Quiero agradecerles todos por su atención, paciencia, entusiasmo y cariño (I want to thank all of you for your attention, patience, enthusiasm, and caring). You definitely contributed to my desire to be a teacher, and showed me how fun and awesome this job can be!
¡Muchísimas gracias!
12 November 2012
¡Saludos, y Día de los Muertos!
¡Hola estudiantes! ¡Qué sorpresa más linda! (What a lovely surprise!) Gracias por tu mensaje, Julia y Lupe. Estoy contenta que estén bien, y que estén disfrutando este año en St. Paul. (I'm very happy that you all are doing well, and that you're enjoying this year at St. Paul.)
Qué pena that you haven't gotten un(a) profesor(a) de español yet. I hope that Ferndale is able to find a great one for you soon, and that you are practicing in the meantime! I'm still adding canciones to the playlist on Grooveshark for la clase de espanol, so feel free to go check them out, or leave me a comment if there are songs that you've discovered that I should add!
I was thinking about Ustedes recently en el 1 y el 2 de noviembre, el Día de los Muertos! Fui al Mexicantown para ver las ofrendas, or altars, that different people and businesses created, and had a lot of fun looking at the different sites. Compré pan de muerto, the special bread that we ate last year, and brought it to school for my language arts students to try. I also bought some tamales con queso y jalapeños muy deliciosos en La Gloria Bakery, y bebé (drank) chocolate español en el Cafe con Leche. Compré postales (postcards) de Día de los Muertos en Xochi's Gift Shop, también; pueden verlos aquí:
It's been fun teaching 7th grade language arts so far, especially since I'm getting to bring in a lot of the ideas and materials that we worked on en la clase de español, since our current unit is on immigrants! Here's a bulletin board that the class and I have created of famous immigrants from all over the world, in case you want to check it out!
Les extraño a todos (I miss you all), and am glad you wrote!
¡Gracias, y cuídense mucho (take care)!
Señora Greaves
05 September 2012
Un Año Nuevo
¡Hola estudiantes!
Ayer fue mi primer día en la escuela, and I'm guessing that the majority of you have already started school now as well. I hope that your first days back went as well as mine did, and that you'll have un año escolar maravilloso (a wonderful school year)! I've been thinking about the new ninth graders this year especially - I hope that you all like your new schools, and that you're finding solid teachers, interesting classes, and good friends.
Les extraño a todos (I miss you all), and hope you'll keep in touch. For now, though... ¡para adelante! (Onward!)
Con mejores deseos (with best wishes),
Señora Greaves
Ayer fue mi primer día en la escuela, and I'm guessing that the majority of you have already started school now as well. I hope that your first days back went as well as mine did, and that you'll have un año escolar maravilloso (a wonderful school year)! I've been thinking about the new ninth graders this year especially - I hope that you all like your new schools, and that you're finding solid teachers, interesting classes, and good friends.
Les extraño a todos (I miss you all), and hope you'll keep in touch. For now, though... ¡para adelante! (Onward!)
Con mejores deseos (with best wishes),
Señora Greaves
04 June 2012
Galletas
Hoy fue un día muy divertido. Comimos galletas, dulce de leche, manioc y torta, y tomamos refrescos de diferentes países de Latinoamérica. Unos estudiantes quieren la receta (recipe) para las galletas. La receta es de mi madre, y es muy facíl de preparar. Aquí está:
Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1/8 tsp salt
2 Tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
Mix peanut butter, sugar, butter, milk, salt, and cocoa together in a pot on the stove and bring to a boil, then cook for two minutes. Add the vanilla and the 3 cups oatmeal. Remove the mixture from heat, and then drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and let sit for two hours.
Los estudiantes del 8o grado también se graduaron hoy. ¡Felicitaciones a todos!
Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1/8 tsp salt
2 Tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
Mix peanut butter, sugar, butter, milk, salt, and cocoa together in a pot on the stove and bring to a boil, then cook for two minutes. Add the vanilla and the 3 cups oatmeal. Remove the mixture from heat, and then drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and let sit for two hours.
Los estudiantes del 8o grado también se graduaron hoy. ¡Felicitaciones a todos!
29 May 2012
Other link for "Me Gustas Tu," y Café con Leche
¡Hola a todos!
I've posted here a link for un video que los estudiantes del 7o y 8o grados escuchan: Me Gustas Tu on Youtube. ¡Disfrútalo!
I also wanted to give some more details about my post about nuestro viaje al restaurante El Comal. I realized while driving past El Comal's old location that it, too, is a red brick building with green trim. The old El Comal, which is closed, is across the street from El Zocalo and Xochimilco's. The new location is further down West Vernor, on the corner of West Vernor and Hubbard, and is on the bottom story of a two- to three-story building. The address is 3970 West Vernor. There is a yellow sign in the window now that says "Buffet," and I noticed the door open today... I'll check with Elda to see if she's now open on weekdays!
In the post, I also mentioned that there is un café down the street, across from Clark Park, that's very precioso (cute). Se llama "Café con Leche." I went there today por un café muy delicioso, and took unas fotos so that ustedes can see what it's like. Hope you'll have a chance to go sometime con amigos o familia!
Es difícil creer que casi terminamos este año (it's hard to believe that we're almost done with this year). El lunes es nuestro último día del español... ¡y el día de la fiesta! Feel free to bring comida y bebidas para compartir! (food and drinks to share!)
¡Que tengan un buen fin de semana, y hasta lunes!
I've posted here a link for un video que los estudiantes del 7o y 8o grados escuchan: Me Gustas Tu on Youtube. ¡Disfrútalo!
I also wanted to give some more details about my post about nuestro viaje al restaurante El Comal. I realized while driving past El Comal's old location that it, too, is a red brick building with green trim. The old El Comal, which is closed, is across the street from El Zocalo and Xochimilco's. The new location is further down West Vernor, on the corner of West Vernor and Hubbard, and is on the bottom story of a two- to three-story building. The address is 3970 West Vernor. There is a yellow sign in the window now that says "Buffet," and I noticed the door open today... I'll check with Elda to see if she's now open on weekdays!
In the post, I also mentioned that there is un café down the street, across from Clark Park, that's very precioso (cute). Se llama "Café con Leche." I went there today por un café muy delicioso, and took unas fotos so that ustedes can see what it's like. Hope you'll have a chance to go sometime con amigos o familia!
Es difícil creer que casi terminamos este año (it's hard to believe that we're almost done with this year). El lunes es nuestro último día del español... ¡y el día de la fiesta! Feel free to bring comida y bebidas para compartir! (food and drinks to share!)
¡Que tengan un buen fin de semana, y hasta lunes!
Evaluación
After terminas la encuesta (you finish the survey), chequea este video: Me Gustas Tú, por Manu Chao. ¡Parte de la canción está en otro idioma! Which part is it, y ¿qué lengua hablan?
Excluding the part that is not en español, try to translate one of the stanzas below by yourself or with a partner. Usan las fotos en el video to help you, y usan el diccionario if you have trouble with specific words. Post your translation (con tu nombre) as a comment for extra crédito!
1. Me gustan los aviones, me gustas tú.
Me gusta viajar, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la mañana, me gustas tú.
Me gusta el viento, me gustas tú.
Me gusta soñar, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la mar, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
2. Me gusta la moto, me gustas tú.
Me gusta correr, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la lluvia, me gustas tú.
Me gusta volver, me gustas tú.
Me gusta colombiana, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la montaña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la noche, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
3. Me gusta la cena, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la vecina, me gustas tú.
Me gusta su cocina, me gustas tú.
Me gusta camelar, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la guitarra, me gustas tú.
Me gusta el reggae, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
3. Me gusta la canela, me gustas tú.
Me gusta el fuego, me gustas tú.
Me gusta menear, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la Coruña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta Malasaña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la castaña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta Guatemala, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
23 May 2012
Los Animales
¡Hola 5o y 6o grados! Hope Ustedes are enjoying being los reyes y las reinas de la escuela while 7o y 8o grados are on their field trip esta semana!
As Ustedes know, hoy nosotros decidimos a estudiar los animales. Vamos a mirar unos videos para escuchar el nuevo vocabulario en clase:
Vocabulario: Los animales
Canción sobre los animales y sus sonidos (sounds)
Si desean practicar más con el vocabulario sobre los animales (if you want to practice more with animals vocabulary), check out the actividades en Mi Mundo en Palabras. Once you click on the link, Carlos will say hola, and then you'll see a screen with muchas planetas (planets). Haz clic on the zoo planet or the farm planet, and then choose "El Mundo de Carlos" to try some fun activitidades to practice and learn more vocabulario.
¡Hasta luego!
As Ustedes know, hoy nosotros decidimos a estudiar los animales. Vamos a mirar unos videos para escuchar el nuevo vocabulario en clase:
Vocabulario: Los animales
Canción sobre los animales y sus sonidos (sounds)
Si desean practicar más con el vocabulario sobre los animales (if you want to practice more with animals vocabulary), check out the actividades en Mi Mundo en Palabras. Once you click on the link, Carlos will say hola, and then you'll see a screen with muchas planetas (planets). Haz clic on the zoo planet or the farm planet, and then choose "El Mundo de Carlos" to try some fun activitidades to practice and learn more vocabulario.
¡Hasta luego!
18 May 2012
¡En el restaurante El Comal!
¡Hola a todos!
¡Ayer fue el viaje de los alumnos de 7o y 8o grado al restaurante El Comal en Detroit! Nos divertimos mucho, y nos gusta la comida. (We had a lot of fun, and liked the food!) It was a great follow-up to finishing el proyecto de países - it was very interesting to hear what everyone learned about the countries that they studied in their presentations, and fun to be able celebrate afterwards by sampling foods from different places in Latin America. El Comal put on a great buffet for us, providing a good spread from México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.
To give you an idea of a few of the foods that we enjoyed:
A number of us sampled empanadas de carne, huevo y papa (meat, egg, and potato empanadas) de Colombia similar to those pictured in the recipe. Algunos de los estudiantes raved about the guisado de res (beef stew) de Guatemala y México, y a otros les gustaron mucho el pollo, el arroz, los frijoles y las enchiladas. El director (principal) and a few others tried the chicharrón y yuca, or pork rinds with yuca (picture of this dish at the bottom of this blog post. If you're not familiar with yuca (or cassava), you can read more about it here.) Los alumnos also did a great job of greeting Elda and staff, ordering bebidas (drinks), and thanking Elda and telling her what they liked en español!
In case tú y tu familia would like to try out El Comal for yourselves, a map and directions are here. It's on the corner of Hubbard and West Vernor in a red brick building with green trim, with parking in back. Elda usually places a standing blackboard out front with specials, but since she just opened recently, there's no sign out front yet. El Comal was once at a different location closer to Xochimilco's and such, so don't be fooled by the old location's sign! For now, it's only open on weekends, 10 am-9 pm.
If you do end up going, I'd recommend asking if they have any pupusas, de El Salvador. (Pictures and a quick definition can be found here.) Normally, they're eaten with curtido, a picked cabbage relish. Mmm, ¡delicioso!
After you're done, I'd recommend heading down West Vernor towards Clark Park to Café con Leche for some Café Cubano (Cuban coffee - very strong and sweet), or Mexican hot chocolate!
¡Disfrútalo, y hasta lunes! (Enjoy, and until Monday!)
¡Ayer fue el viaje de los alumnos de 7o y 8o grado al restaurante El Comal en Detroit! Nos divertimos mucho, y nos gusta la comida. (We had a lot of fun, and liked the food!) It was a great follow-up to finishing el proyecto de países - it was very interesting to hear what everyone learned about the countries that they studied in their presentations, and fun to be able celebrate afterwards by sampling foods from different places in Latin America. El Comal put on a great buffet for us, providing a good spread from México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.
To give you an idea of a few of the foods that we enjoyed:
A number of us sampled empanadas de carne, huevo y papa (meat, egg, and potato empanadas) de Colombia similar to those pictured in the recipe. Algunos de los estudiantes raved about the guisado de res (beef stew) de Guatemala y México, y a otros les gustaron mucho el pollo, el arroz, los frijoles y las enchiladas. El director (principal) and a few others tried the chicharrón y yuca, or pork rinds with yuca (picture of this dish at the bottom of this blog post. If you're not familiar with yuca (or cassava), you can read more about it here.) Los alumnos also did a great job of greeting Elda and staff, ordering bebidas (drinks), and thanking Elda and telling her what they liked en español!
In case tú y tu familia would like to try out El Comal for yourselves, a map and directions are here. It's on the corner of Hubbard and West Vernor in a red brick building with green trim, with parking in back. Elda usually places a standing blackboard out front with specials, but since she just opened recently, there's no sign out front yet. El Comal was once at a different location closer to Xochimilco's and such, so don't be fooled by the old location's sign! For now, it's only open on weekends, 10 am-9 pm.
If you do end up going, I'd recommend asking if they have any pupusas, de El Salvador. (Pictures and a quick definition can be found here.) Normally, they're eaten with curtido, a picked cabbage relish. Mmm, ¡delicioso!
After you're done, I'd recommend heading down West Vernor towards Clark Park to Café con Leche for some Café Cubano (Cuban coffee - very strong and sweet), or Mexican hot chocolate!
¡Disfrútalo, y hasta lunes! (Enjoy, and until Monday!)
20 April 2012
Another resource
Another resource page for 7o y 8o grados para el proyecto del paises, for those of you who are missing some of the information you need from the websites I've already posted. This one is the CIA World Factbook, and should have accurate and updated information on each of your countries.
Make sure to keep working on getting your I-Search Chart filled in - on jueves, you'll need to have all 9 areas completed, so that you can start working on writing your report!
Make sure to keep working on getting your I-Search Chart filled in - on jueves, you'll need to have all 9 areas completed, so that you can start working on writing your report!
Pruebas (Quizzes)
¡Hola chicos!
Lately, nosotros estudiamos la familia y los verbos de -ar. Los estudiantes de 7o y 8o grados tienen una prueba el miércoles en: (7th and 8th grade have a quiz Wednesday on):
- the -ar verbs comprar, limpiar, trabajar, cocinar, jugar, escuchar, cantar, bailar, nadar, hablar, llamar y enseñar. Know the meaning of each of these verbs!
- How to conjugate -ar verbs. To review this, you may want to look back at your ¿Hablas español? worksheet. You can also check out the videos of Tonito Frito teaching -ar verbs, "O, As, A, Amos, An," or ConjugationsBack to help you review.
- Family vocabulary, such as madre, padre, hermano, hermana, abuelo, abuela, tío, tia, primo, prima, perro y gato (see La Familia worksheet to review this).
- Responding to the theme question of our unit, ¿Qué hace tu familia?
5o y 6o grados, you can start studying this information for your prueba, which will be coming up soon, and will also include los dias de la semana y los meses del año.
Also, don't forget to votar (vote) in the poll on the right side of the screen for tu canción favorita (your favorite song)!
¡Buena suerte!
Lately, nosotros estudiamos la familia y los verbos de -ar. Los estudiantes de 7o y 8o grados tienen una prueba el miércoles en: (7th and 8th grade have a quiz Wednesday on):
- the -ar verbs comprar, limpiar, trabajar, cocinar, jugar, escuchar, cantar, bailar, nadar, hablar, llamar y enseñar. Know the meaning of each of these verbs!
- How to conjugate -ar verbs. To review this, you may want to look back at your ¿Hablas español? worksheet. You can also check out the videos of Tonito Frito teaching -ar verbs, "O, As, A, Amos, An," or ConjugationsBack to help you review.
- Family vocabulary, such as madre, padre, hermano, hermana, abuelo, abuela, tío, tia, primo, prima, perro y gato (see La Familia worksheet to review this).
- Responding to the theme question of our unit, ¿Qué hace tu familia?
5o y 6o grados, you can start studying this information for your prueba, which will be coming up soon, and will also include los dias de la semana y los meses del año.
Also, don't forget to votar (vote) in the poll on the right side of the screen for tu canción favorita (your favorite song)!
¡Buena suerte!
17 April 2012
Más trabajo en el proyecto final
¡Hola chicos!
Espero que Uds hayan disfrutado las vacaciones! Recuerdan (remember) that, este jueves, your sources sheet is due, and you should have filled out ocho areas in your research chart, so make sure to use your time wisely!
Algunos estudiantes have had trouble finding exchange rate information for their países, so aquí hay unos nuevos enlaces:
XE Currency Converter
Go Currency
CampusUK Currency Converter
Si quieres escuchar música mientras trabajas, aquí hay el enlace para la lista discográfica (playlist) en Grooveshark.
Espero que Uds hayan disfrutado las vacaciones! Recuerdan (remember) that, este jueves, your sources sheet is due, and you should have filled out ocho areas in your research chart, so make sure to use your time wisely!
Algunos estudiantes have had trouble finding exchange rate information for their países, so aquí hay unos nuevos enlaces:
XE Currency Converter
Go Currency
CampusUK Currency Converter
Si quieres escuchar música mientras trabajas, aquí hay el enlace para la lista discográfica (playlist) en Grooveshark.
02 April 2012
5o y 6o grado: Verbos de -ar
Para repasar (review) los verbos con -ar:
1) Do a lesson with Tonito Frito re-teaching you about -ar verbs, or if you feel ready, do this lesson where Tonito Frito quizzes you!.
2) If you prefer to read a review of -ar and play a game, go here. You can skim through the lesson, and then click "Generate Unique Quiz" at the top or the bottom of the page to test yourself.
3) Another game that's a little easier.
4) To get a preview of what we are going to be learning with la familia (the family), you will go to the website below. When you get to the link, Carlos will say "hola" to you, and then you will see a sky filled with planets. Click on the second one in the top row: it's pink with a mom, dad, and child in it. Once you click on it, click on "El mundo de Carlos" and then "Una foto de mi familia" or "Mi tia es veterinaria." To start the activity, go to Mi Mundo.
5) Watch O, As, A, Amos, An, or ConjugationsBack, about conjugating ar verbs!
1) Do a lesson with Tonito Frito re-teaching you about -ar verbs, or if you feel ready, do this lesson where Tonito Frito quizzes you!.
2) If you prefer to read a review of -ar and play a game, go here. You can skim through the lesson, and then click "Generate Unique Quiz" at the top or the bottom of the page to test yourself.
3) Another game that's a little easier.
4) To get a preview of what we are going to be learning with la familia (the family), you will go to the website below. When you get to the link, Carlos will say "hola" to you, and then you will see a sky filled with planets. Click on the second one in the top row: it's pink with a mom, dad, and child in it. Once you click on it, click on "El mundo de Carlos" and then "Una foto de mi familia" or "Mi tia es veterinaria." To start the activity, go to Mi Mundo.
5) Watch O, As, A, Amos, An, or ConjugationsBack, about conjugating ar verbs!
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