3rd Period Matrix- 12/7

-Students practiced their conversational skills with each other. They practiced how to say, “It's nice to meet you”, by saying either mucho gusto or encantado/a.
-Students answered comprehension questions on the Velázquez biography (see attachment)
-We went through the second page of the most commonly used verbs in Spanish. Together, we conjugated them according to the subject of the sentence (see attachment)
-We discussed one of Velazquez's most influential paintings, called “Las Meninas”. We pointed out the different people in the painting and clever ways that Velazquez placed them (see attachment)
-We also looked at Picasso's versions of the same painting. In his life, he painted 44 versions of Las Meninas, all which look strangely different from the original.
-Students were given homework on the most commonly used verbs. It is due next class period, Friday 12/9 (see attachment for assignment)