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Students matched up the following cooking verbs:

Cocinar to bake
preparar to open
cortar to cook
abrir to put
poner tu cut
mezclar to prepare
hornear to mix

Students were given back their test that we took last week. The test seemed to be tough for most students. We went over vocabulary that students were missing. Their homework is to correct mistakes using their notes.

Students have been paired up in groups and have chosen a country that they will spend the majority of the next quarter studying. Our first theme is food, and students brought in a dish/drink/desert from their country they would like to make. We went to the computer lab and students filled out the attached worksheet sharing information they learned about typical food from their country.

Tarea: complete food worksheet (if they didn't in class) and correct test.

Students defined following cooking verbs:
¿Qué quiere decir?

1.Cocinar ________________
2.mezclar ________________
3.calentar ________________
4.añadir ________________
5.hornear ________________
6.abrir ǂ cerrar ________________
7.tapar ________________
8.batir ________________
9.poner ________________
10.prender ǂ apagar ________________

In groups, students read the attached text about Latin American Cuisine and answered questions on second page. Anything they didn't finish in the given time is homework.

Most recipes are written using commands (cook over low heat, put in the oven, add flour). I presented conjugation for usted commands in Spanish:
Step 1: conjugate the infinitive verb to yo conjugation
Step 2: drop the o ending
Step 3: add -e for ar verbs or -a for er/ir verbs

ej. cocine, mezcle, añada, ponga

Tarea: students need to rewrite their two final recipes (medialunas and dulce de leche) in their own words using the verbs above. They will need to simplify their recipe as much as possible so that everyone in class understands the steps.

Students took the attached test about food. If your students was not in class today, please have him/her take the test and bring it in Wednesday.

Tarea: no hay