CONEXIONES CULTURALES - Every week you must complete one of the following activities, complete the online form found on my website under the “Conexiones Culturales” tab. It will be due each Wednesday by 11:59 PM. Each week you must choose a different activity. YOU MAY NOT REPEAT ACTIVITIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Listen to Spanish-language radio (Pandora or batanga) for one hour (music) or 30 minutes (talk). 2. Do a clozeline activity (fill in the blanks) for one of the songs here: http://zachary- jones.com/zambombazo/category/musica/ 3. Play a video game in Spanish for one hour. 4. Read and listen to an article on Veinte Mundos: http://www.veintemundos.com/en/library/ 5. Watch Spanish television for one hour. ( or Telemundo are both free on on public airwaves.) 6. Watch MTVTres for one hour. 7. Change your facebook language to Spanish and play on Facebook for an hour. 8. Read a Spanish-language magazine for 30 minutes (may be online). Suggestions: http://www.elgancho.es/index.php http://tuenlinea.esmas.com/ http://caras.esmas.com/ http://www.veintemundos.com/en/library/ http://peopleenespanol.com/ 9. Read/listen to Spanish news on line for 30 minutes. Suggestions: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ (BBC Mundo) http://mexico.cnn.com/ http://www.unonoticias.com/Home 10. Browse one or more corporate Spanish-language websites for 45 minutes, such as: McDonald’s http://www.mcdonalds.com.mx/ Harry Potter http://www.harrypotterla.com/ Major League Baseball http://mlb.mlb.com/es/index.jsp?c_id=ml 11. Read a book in Spanish for 30 minutes 12. Change your cell phone or mp3/ipod player’s language to Spanish for an entire week. 13. Read the directions in Spanish of seven items in your house (e.g. detergent). 14. Read the last 50 tweets using a Twitter hashtag (#) for a Latin-American country or city. 15. Read the last 30 tweets using a Twitter hashtag and a word in Spanish. 16. Read the last 30 Spanish-language tweets by one or more Spanish-speaking artists or politicians on Twitter, such as Natalia Lafourcade, , Chocquibtown or 17. Read an article about a famous Latino musician or politician in Spanish on Wikipedia. 18. Watch 3 videoclips on sports and 3 videoclips on current news on Univision.com. 19. Compile a list of 30 words involving the profession you hope to have, on 3×5 cards for your review. 20. Explore the Spanish-language section of Barnes & Noble (music, kids’ books, and/or adult books) for 30 minutes and find two things you would like to own. 21. Conversar (o ‘chatear’) en español con alguien por 30 minutos. 22. Explore iTunes Latino store and iTunes essentials for 30 minutes & find 2 albums or 5 songs you would like to own. 23. Using post-it notes, post-it 10 items in your house that you don’t know the word for and leave it there for a week, then report to me from memory what all the items were. 24. Complete a song on lyricstraining.com. and bring me the results. 25. Go to a Latino restaurant and using your phone, or flipvideo camera, record the meal/food/decorations with your commentary in Spanish. 26. Do one of the activities having to do with commercials in Spanish here: http://zachary- jones.com/zambombazo/category/publicidad/ 27. Find a commercial in Spanish. Transcribe it (write the close captioning of it in Spanish) and email it to me with a link. If it is good, I will use it for class. 28. Watch a movie in Spanish. 29. Download the app “Memorize Words Lite” “MemWrdsLT” and play for at 30 minutes over the week. 30. Go to a Spanish language grocery store. Look at the brands there and the different things sold. Spend at least 30 minutes shopping. 31. Learn the most common Spanish verbs. Spend at least 30 minutes on the site. Play at least 1 game. http://quizlet.com/711933/100-most-common-spanish-verbs-flash-cards/ 32. Explore one of the following Spanish Department stores. Spend at least 30 minutes on this activity. a. El Corte Ingles: http://www.elcorteingles.es/ b. Liverpool: http://www.liverpool.com.mx/tienda/home.jsp c. Cemaco: http://www.cemaco.com/ 33. Text/Chat online with someone in Spanish for 30 minutes. 34. Browse the Kindle store/Barnes & Noble/Etc. stores in Spanish for 30 minutes and identify 2 items from the store you would like to own. (Please note, you do not have to purchase the items. You just have to identify them.) 35. Play Conjuguemos for 30 minutes at the following link: a. http://avancemos.conjuguemos.com/html/conjugator_cumulative132.html#top b. You will need to set the “Choose pronoun” section to “All but vosotros” since we are not studying that form. Also, you will set the timer to 1- 5 minutes. You should be able to do about 10 verbs correctly in 1 minute and more if you are a super star. (My best one was 29, if you want to try to beat that! ) 36. Have another idea/suggestion? Please see me OR email me [email protected] for approval before completing it.

TAREA SEMANAL NOMBRE:______

FECHA:______

I did activity number / Yo hice la actividad número______

Two things I learned were / Dos cosas que aprendí son:

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I had problems with / Tuve problemas con:

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I, ______, certify that my son/daughter did the activity. (parent signature)

*This is due EVERY Wednesday, whether the student has been absent or not.

TAREA SEMANAL NOMBRE:______

FECHA:______

I did activity number / Yo hice la actividad número______

Two things I learned were / Dos cosas que aprendí son:

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I had problems with / Tuve problemas con:

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I, ______, certify that my son/daughter did the activity. (parent signature)

*This is due EVERY Wednesday, whether the student has been absent or not.