Pre-AP SPANISH 3 → 2nd & 3rd

Agenda del día → Hoy es lunes, 23 de mayo de 2016.

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A. Argentina Vacation Travel Video Guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7y0xRIuGP0

Travel video about destination ArgentinaArgentina is the second largest country in South America and a captivating land of tango, adventure and breathtaking nature. Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and the most European city in South America with buildings that are reminiscent of bygone times. The mighty Plaza De Mayo is the historic heart of the city, along with the presidential palace, the Casa Rosada and the Catedral Metropolitana.

Today the tango is performed in each corner of the city and in the nineteenth century poor immigrants from Italy and Spain settled in Buenos Aires. This explains the fiery temperament and deep melancholy that is expressed by the dances and is evident with each flick of the leg. We visit an estanzia, a feudal residence of the beef barons who once settled on the endless plains of the pampas and who built their farmhouses according to the rustic designs of the nobility.

From Salta Station we begin a fascinating train journey on the Tren A Las Nubes, the “train into the clouds",.which will climb to more than three thousand metres above sea level along one of the highest railroads in the world. The Los Glaciares National Park is a mixture of lakes, glaciers, mountains and untouched wilderness yet despite the harsh climate the local vegetation captivates due to its diversity. Our journey comes to an end. From north to south, through cities and pampas to glaciers and mountains, Argentina is a dream destination come true!

Agenda del día → Hoy es martes, 24 de mayo de 2016.

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A. MOVIE: “Sweet 15" 1st part → Marta Delacruz is a 15-year old American girl of Mexican heritage in Sweer 15. She is eagerly planning her “quinceañera”. In Latin American tradition, a young girl celebrates her 15th birthday with a mass and a gala party- the quinceañera. The custom of symbolically entering adulthood can be traced as far as the Aztec civilization.

As part of the requirement for receiving the quinceañera mass. Marta must do some volunteer work. She chooses to work in the church’s amnesty office. While going through files in the office. Marta discovers that her father is an immigrant seeking amnesty.

Marta comes to realize that growing up means more than an expensive and lavish quinceañera.

Agenda del día → Hoy es miércoles, 25 de mayo de 2016.

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A. MOVIE: “Sweet 15" 2nd part → Responde las siguientes preguntas en español:

1. How does Marta feel about her Mexican heritage at the beginning of the story, and how do her feelings change?

2. Why do the girls shout, “Immigration!” and laugh?3. How does Marta feel when she sees the places her father had

worked before?4. Why doesn’t Marta’s father want her to help him with the

amnesty process?5. How do Marta’s parents feel about her in the beginning of the

story? At the end?

Agenda del día → Hoy es jueves, 26 de mayo de 2016.

8th grade End of Year Awards Assembly

Agenda del día → Hoy es viernes, 27 de mayo de 2016.

CMS FUN DAY