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Every week, for the remainder of the school year, you must complete one of the following activities, ll out the tarea semanal sheet, and have a parent sign it. This assignment is due every TUESDAY at the beginning of class. Listen to a Spanish-language radio (http://pandora.com or http://batanga.com) for 30 minutes. Complete a cloze activity (ll in the blanks) for one of the songs found here: (http://zachary- jones.com/zambombazo/category/musica/). Watch a Spanish telenovela or TV show for 30 minutes (with parental permission). *Start and end a conversation in Spanish on http://edmodo.com (download the free app for your phone!) by making a wall post and responding to my replies. *Create a 30 second animated avatar using any vocabulary learned in class on http://voki.com. Post the embed link (as well as your script) onto your class Edmodo wall (script = paragraph). *Create a free 10-paneled cartoon in Spanish using http://goanimate.com. Post the embed link (as well as your script) onto your class Edmodo wall (script = paragraph). *Sign up for and conduct the class Bienvenida. *Take part in one Friday Cheer. Change your Facebook language to Spanish and play on Facebook for 30 minutes. Analyze the Why It Pays To Be Bilingual infographic on http://zoom.it/8OiR and write about some of the most surprising facts you discovered. Change your cell phone/iPod/other electronic devices language to Spanish for two days. Find three household items (laundry detergent, Windex, etc.) and read the instructions/warning labels found on the back aloud to a parent or sibling. *Download the free iPhone app Learn Spanish - Mindsnacks and complete 3 challenges OR master at least 20 items. Read about a famous Latino musician or artist on http://wikipedia.org. *Go to a Latino restaurant with a friend. Using your phone or a camera, record a video of your meal along with your commentary in Spanish. If you send the video to my e-mail, maybe Ill show your video to the class. :) *Draw something that represents at least 3 words or phrases from our current chapter. Must be a neat and colorful full-page illustration. *What is your FAVORITE WORD OR PHRASE in Spanish? Create a full-page illustration that represents your favorite phrase. Make sure it is neat and colorful. Watch 3 episodes of Mi Vida Loca Spanish (for beginners) Mystery Drama (http://bbc.co.uk/ languages/spanish/mividaloca/). Watch a movie with the language set to Spanish. Teach at least 5 Spanish phrases or a song in Spanish to someone else (any age). In your paragraph, tell me who you taught, what you taught, and whether or not your lesson was a success. Complete a song in Spanish on http://lyricstraining.com and bring me the results. On YouTube, look up ve Latino music artists you may have heard about (Shakira, Juanes, Prince Royce, Caf Tacvba, Zo, Los Rakas, Hello Seahorse!, Chino y Nacho, Romeo Santos, Man, Reik, etc.) Watch one music video per artist and write about which songs you liked and disliked. Listen to and comment on music from around the world! On YouTube, look up the following videos: FRENCH (Sexion DAssaut, A Bout DSoue: (http://bit.ly/kLgrjP), TURKISH (Tarkan, Simarik: http://bit.ly/afrxJz), JAPANESE (Utada Hikaru, Passion: http://bit.ly/cILbKX), INDIAN (A. R. Rahman, Jai Ho: http://bit.ly/933vsK), ITALIAN (Tiziano Ferro, La Dierenza Tra Me e Te: http://bit.ly/ ujbQdS).
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Analyze the What Are The Hardest Languages To Learn? infographic (http://zoom.it/O4KL) and write about some of the most surprising facts you discovered. *Complete a Conjugarte activity (ask me for a worksheet). *Using Post-It Notes and a Spanish-English dictionary, label 10 items in your house (that you already dont know in Spanish). Leave the Post-It Notes on for a week. Then, from memory, recite the words to me in Spanish. Have another idea or suggestion? See or e-mail me (srta.barragan@gmail.com) for approval. Instrucciones:
1. 2. Indicate which activity you have chosen by placing a checkmark next to it. After completing the activity, write a brief paragraph in English on the back of this page (minimum of 4 complete sentences) in which you reect upon the activity you chose. a. You can describe your thoughts on the activity before you completed it, or what you ultimately liked about it, what you disliked about it, the words in Spanish you understood from it, what you had diculty with, what you learned from it, etc. I must see clear evidence that the task has been completed in order for you to get full points on the assignment. b. For activities marked with an asterisk (*), no paragraph is necessary. You must choose a dierent activity every week. After doing 10 dierent activities, you can choose an activity you have done once before.

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Todo sobre mi tarea semanal _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

I, ___________________________, certify that ___________________________ has completed his/her (parent signature) (name of student) Spanish activity this week.

Source: http://musicuentos.blogspot.com (@SECottrell) and http://cultyciv.blogspot.com (@karacjacobs)