¿Dónde vamos de vacaciones?

¡Bienvenidos a la biblioteca!

• Go to World Factbook, TimeforKids.com, or LonelyPlanet.com or another site to research countries

• Use CULTURE GRAMS to learn more about the COUNTRY your student is from!

• Use ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA’s People and Culture section to find out more about PEOPLE, DAILY LIFE, SCHOOL, & CLOTHING, or HOUSING, FOOD, and SPORTS!
• There’s even a cool section on Capoeira!

• Use the AROUND THE WORLD section of TIME FOR KIDS.COM to find out more about small snippits of that student’s life!!

• Use other awesome MPLS site --> students --> student resources --> learning resources!

LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

Capítulo 8A - Las vacaciones
Capítulo 8B - Other vacation words

ALSO:

Several Common Spanish Verbs

School-Related Common Verbs

Comprehensive List of Common Spanish Verbs

EL PROYECTO DEL VIAJE

¡Hola hola, clase!  You can do it!  ¡Sí se puede!  ¡Aquí está la presentación de hoy! 

• Calentamiento
• ¡Saquen ustedes el vocabulario nuevo!
• Take out the NEW VOCAB SHEET from the FRONT!
• Then, use the next 5 minutes to finish them up!
• Then, start thinking; 
• Who would you want to work with?
• What country would you like to work on?
• With WHICH STUDENTS would you get the MOST DONE on a project?
• Where are your NOTES on conjugating verbs?
• Work time: PRIORITIES
• FINISH YOUR VOCAB SHEET!
• Then, once you SHOW IT to Ms. Williams,
• GET AN iPAD and you may start researching places to go in the countries you might like to choose!!
• Go to World Factbook, TimeforKids.com, or LonelyPlanet.com or another site to research countries
• REMEMBER: 
  • We’re going to be doing a BROCHURE and PRESENTATION for a trip to a SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRY!
• You can work with up to 3 other people.
• You can do a VIDEO, or you can do a live presentation with Google Slides (PPT) or Prezi to back you up. 
• You only need to say about 3 sentences in Spanish, EACH.
• Decide, please, who is going to have each TRABAJO:
• BROCHURE editor (spelling, formatting, making sure everything’s legible and makes sense)
• PRESENTATION editor (spelling, formatting, making sure everything’s legible and smooth)
• BROCHURE director (making sure each team member has written their part; overall design.)
• PRESENTATION director (making sure each team member has written their part; overall design.)
• THEN, make sure that your team has all decided:
• WHICH COUNTRIES DO YOU WANT?  (TOP 3!)
• (there are 21, + the United States!)
• 1. México
• 2. Guatemala
• 3. Dominican Republic (La república dominicana - next to Haiti, which has some Spanish speaking parts)
• 4. Colombia
• 5. Puerto Rico
• 6. Perú
• 7. Spain / España
• 8. IN AFRICA: Equatorial Guinea
• 9. Venezuela
• 10. Argentina
• 11. Ecuador
• 12. Bolivia
• 13. Chile
• 14. Nicaragua
• 15. Costa Rica
• 16.El Salvador
• 17. Panamá
• 18. Cuba
• 19. Honduras 
• 20. Paraguay 
• 21.  Uruguay
• NOT: PORTUGAL y BRAZIL → they speak PORTUGUESE! 
• Once you have decided HOW you will present, who will do which job, WHICH COUNTRIES DO YOU WANT (TOP 3!), and picked a SPANISH-BASED AGENCY NAME, you can go to the following link:  
• tinyurl.com/PropuestadelGrupo
• First-come, first served based on completion!
• • Here’s who has which country so far!

La tarea:  SAM: Please finish up the new vocab sheet -- Ch. 8A and 8B (vacation vocab) --> here is the PDF of Chapter 8A, and the PDF of Chapter 8B, and get your PROPOSAL IN, as well!!

LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

Capítulo 8A - Las vacaciones
Capítulo 8B - Other vacation words

ALSO:

Several Common Spanish Verbs

School-Related Common Verbs

Comprehensive List of Common Spanish Verbs