listening comprehension

Students arrived and received a Guía de ocio and responded to questions about the guide.

Students listened to the attached recording where a daughter and mother talk about their hobbies. Students received attached worksheet with pictures/drawings depicting the different hobbies. As they listened, students had to put an A or B next to each picture/drawing depending on whether the daughter (A) or mother (B) described the hobby.

Listen to the attached auditory exercise about Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

Download the attached Tour por Cartagena de Indias document which has pictures of the places you will "see" on your tour. As you listen to the guide taking you around Cartagena, put the photos in order of the places you visit.

The transcript is also attached.

Students completed attached do now activity describing animals they know the names for in Spanish.

Students received attached handout with photos of various common animals. We listened to someone describing and explaining the different animals. Students were to write down the name of the animal in Spanish as well as write down any other information they heard. Ej.: Los patos viven en la granja y en los parques de Denver, Colorado, etc.

Tarea: no hay

For do now activity, students translated three sentences (all vocabulary used in last class text):

My best friend is nice.
Denver is the capital of Colorado.
My name is __________ and I am from ___________.

Tour of Buenos Aires:
Students received attached handout including photos of places in Buenos Aires. Taught/reviewed vocabulary:
primero -- first
después -- later/after
luego -- later/then
calle -- street
edificio -- building
vamos a visitar -- we are going to visit

Using the photos, students put the tour in order from 1-13.

Primero, vamos a visitar a dos personas importantes en la historia de Argentina.
1. Carlos Gardel era cantante de tango muy importante.
2. Eva Peron o Evita era la esposa de Presidente Juan Peron.
3. Despues vamos a visitar la casa del presidente: la Casa Rosada.
4. Luego, vamos a visitar la zona que se llama La Boca. En la Boca, las casas tienen diferentes colores interesantes.
5. Después, vamos a visitar el cementario de Recoleta, donde están enterradas muchas personas muertas de Argentina.
6. Luego, vamos a ver arte en el museo Malba.
7. Después, es necesario descansar y comer helado. En Buenos Aires, el helado es delicioso. Es muy similar al helado de Italia.
8. Luego, vamos a visitar los parques de Palermo. En el mapa de Buenos Aires, hay mucho espacio verde donde están los parques.
9. Después, vamos a ver una calle super grande cerca del centro.
10. En Buenos Aires hay mucho grafiti.
11. Luego, vamos a visitar una calle peatonal se llama Florida.
12. En la calle Florida, hay dos personas bailando tango.
13. Finalmente, vamos a visitar un monumento similar al monumento famoso en Washington D.C.

Went over answers and saw if students remembered details about the text (¿Cómo se llama el cantante de tango?)

Tarea: review all homework, handouts, and do now activities related to our unit about cities (DF, Cusco, y Buenos Aires).