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1/4/12 Cultura

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Hi high beginner Spanish class!

I apologize that lesson plans weren't posted the two weeks before holiday break since I was in South America. Students had a substitute from Colombia and continued to learn about cultural aspects of the Spanish speaking world including information about Colombia and festivals celebrated throughout the region. I am now officially back on track in terms of posting lessons.

In class today, students answered the following question:

Escribe 2 cosas interesantes de las clases con Karina.
I asked students to share one interesting thing they learned.

We talked about typical elements of a letter:
* fecha (date)
* querido/querida (dear)
* sinceramente (sincerely)

Students wrote a letter to Karina (the substitute while I was gone before break) thanking her and sharing what they learned. Phrases used:

  • Gracias por... (venir/enseñar)
  • Me gustó...
  • Aprendí..
  • Fue interesante...
  • Mi festival favorito es...

We are going to review what students learned about festivals and have a quick test next week. The test will include information about our culture unit and verbs:

  • lucha libre
  • festivales
  • verbs and conjugations (ser/estar/hay/tener)

We spent the remainder of class starting our review as I asked questions about the above items.

Tarea: study information about festivals, lucha libre, ser/estar/hay/tener

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