2012 4th 9 weeks exam:

http://quizlet.com/398404/buen-viaje-level-2-chapter-1-train-travel-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/433611/buen-viaje-level-2-chapter-2-restaurante-flash-cards/

Chapter 9 Vocab Study

http://quizlet.com/2215211/buen-viaje-1-chapter-9-beach-flash-cards/

CHAPTER 8 - LA SALUD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHGgAbJ9Lk4 Ser vs. Estar explanation
http://quizlet.com/1855170/chapter-8-vocab-flash-cards/ Quizlet Ch. 8 vocab

Spanish 2 3rd 9 weeks project


Introduction: You and your partner have been asked to serve as a travel agents. You must provide your customers with a detailed trip to a Spanish speaking country.
Process: You must provide information about your country, research flights, hotels, restaurants, shopping, activities, and tours to attractions for your customers. All of this should be put into a presentation (style of your choice). You will create a "booklet/brochure" with the following:
1. Typed Itinerary of all events and activities (air, hotel, restaurants, tours, shopping, anythings about this trip should be on here with general times)
2. Typed page of facts about the country- to include capital, currency, basic weather info, geography, religion, major historical events (with information on native civilizations), popular foods, cultural information.
3. Detail of costs.
4. A typed list of important phrases the customers will need to know to be able to speak to the locals.

5. Create an engaging presentation with visuals to your audience as their travel agent. This can be live in class or a video- we will discuss more in class.

Resources
http://sparkenthusiasm.com/countries_and_hispanic_culture.html

North America
external image mexico.gif Mexico
Islands
external image cuba.gif Cuba external image domrepub.gif Dominican Republicexternal image pr.gifPuerto Rico

Europe
external image spain.gif Spain
Central America

external image belize.gif Belizeexternal image costaric.gif Costa Ricaexternal image elsalv.gif El Salvador


external image guatemla.gif Guatemalaexternal image honduras.gif Hondurasexternal image nicragua.gif Nicaragua


external image panama.gif Panama
South America
external image argentin.gifArgentinaexternal image bolivia.gifBoliviaexternal image chile.gif Chile


external image colombia.gif Colombia external image ecuador.gifEcuadorexternal image paraguay.gifParaguay



external image peru.gif Peruexternal image uruguay.gif Uruguayexternal image venezuel.gif Venezuela

Travel Websites

http://www.expedia.com/

http://www.orbitz.com/

http://www.travelocity.com/

Currency:

http://www.xe.com

Country Research:

These are some helpful websites:
This site has links to ALL Spanish-Speaking countries with the flags: http://www.school.eb.com/hispanic_heritage/browse?browseId=251024
This site has links to the continents in three languages Spanish, English and Portuguese:http://www.latinworld.com/regions/index.html
This site has pictures and facts about South America : **http://www.travel-amazing-southamerica.com/**
This site contains info on culture, foods, etc.: **http://www.donquijote.org/culture/**
Spain : **http://www.spain.info/**
This site has World Facts on every country, such as population, altitude, etc. h**//ttps://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook///**
More facts on countries: http://www.kidinfo.com/Geography/The_World.html
Even more facts http://lanic.utexas.edu/
Good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
More Facts on countries: http://www.kidinfo.com/Geography/The_World.html
Another good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Country reports: http://www.countryreports.org/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Broken down by country:
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/hintz/webquest/sdhindex.html#resources
http://www.travelchannel.com/



4/7/11 Assignment.Part 1- Vamos a compras.

You are going shopping today. You have a worksheet which describes your job. You are a gift basket maker. You can visit the following websites to find the items you need. El Corte Ingles is in Spain- so they will use Euros; The Hiper Lider (aka Walmart) is in Chile- so they use pesos.
Cover- The front pages describes what your clients want you to buy to make their gift basket.
Page 1 - Read the directions carefully. Examples of questions- De qué color; A cúanto necesita?, Que talla?
Page 2 - List the information about the items. List the price in Euros or pesos. If you want to know how much it is in American dollars visit:
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Page 3- There will surely be some words you do not know. List 5 new words you learned. http://www.spanishdict.com/ is a great website to look up words.
Stores you can go shopping at:
http://www.elcorteingles.es/
http://www.lider.cl/wps/wcm/connect/liderhome/Lider

If you finish early practice you vocabulary at quizlet:
http://quizlet.com/499497/buen-viaje-level-2-chapter-4-shopping-flash-cards/
Practice you verbs:
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/pret_imp.php


Chapter 10 Links to practice verbs and explore different cultural websites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf7yEus4FwA Preterite AR verbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i2GrTjDKFc Preterite ER verbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8kMZSFBrWI Preterite IR Verbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiZV9ciAFtQ Preterite SER & IR

http://www.quia.com/jg/1242469.html Game to practice vocabulary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKVCov-XFXw Picasso's Guernica seen in 3-D style

http://www.museodelprado.es/ Visit the famous El Prado museum

http://zachary-jones.com/spanish/obras-de-arte-espanol-y-latinoamericano View tons of works of art by famous Latin American and Spanish artists.


Famous Spanish Artists: Picasso and Dali

Your task today is to view the following power points and using the internet, find answers to my questions. Please know that I am most interested in you exploring and learning something new, there are not any concrete right answers. I am looking to see that you are exploring with an open mind to learn about art and culture.
Find a "definition" or explanation in your own words what the following mean as they pertain to art.
Cubism, Realism, Surrealism, Aesthetics,Subjective
Questions about Picasso Powerpoint:
1. What do you think makes a painting beautiful; what makes it interesting. Is the painting Guernica beautiful? Is it art?
2. What are your thoughts on Picasso's paintings. Do you like them? If so what do you like or not like about them.



*alternate website "school accessible" for the Guernica video:
http://www.hdfest.com/experimental/picassosguernica.html

Questions about Dali Power point:
1. What type of art is Dali famous for?
2. What do you think of his paintings? What did you like or not like about his art? Give a detailed answer.
3. Have you ever had a dream that was very strange and did not make any sense? Could you relate Dali's paintings to dreams?
4. Is there anyone famous today that reminds of you Dali's eccentric style?


ABOVE THERE IS A LINK TO THE PRADO MUSEUM IN MADRID, SPAIN. CLICK ON THE LINK AND SEE HOW MANY VOCABULARY WORDS YOU CAN LOCATE.

WANT TO EXPERIENCE A COUPLE OF ROOMS INSIDE THE PRADO; WANT TO SEE INSIDE THE ROYAL PALACE OF MADRID?
http://madrid.arounder.com/it
GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND CLICK "HIGHLIGHTS" AND YOU CAN TAKE A 3-D TOUR OF THE ROOMS.