Summer+Spanish

= = = = = = = = = = = ¡Hola! Summer...time to relax, travel, spend time with friends and family, read some good books…. and keep up with your language skills! These assignments are intended to maintain your exposure to the language and to use what you already know for some fun activities that you get to choose! = = = =You may also read books and articles that you find yourself or listen to music that you may find. Some of the things are review and others may use vocabulary and grammar that you haven’t learned yet….that’s ok! Try to get the main ideas of the sites, articles or videos. = = = =Try to spend at least 20 minutes each week doing a variety of activities. The more variety you have, the more skills you will develop. These sheets will bedueto your level II teacher on the first Friday we are back in school. These will be the first grades of the year, so it will benefit you in many ways to complete them! If you would like to email/share your logs with your Spanish teacher, you can do that but you will have to wait until you know who it is. = = = =Here is the log sheet you will need to fill out: [|Log Sheet] = = = = = =Below are links to sites and ideas that are helpful for your summer Spanish work. =

=1. Change your cell phone language to Spanish for an entire week. Write a short explanation of the words you learned and how the experience was. =

=2. Go to the public library (or any book store) and check out children's books in Spanish. Complete you log. =

=3. Have a conversation in Siri. Write a summary of what you talked about and the questions you asked. =

=4. Watch television in Spanish and summarize the program. (try Hulu latino) =

=5. Go to Spanish Listening and watch some videos. =

=6. Create a WeSpeak account. (Make sure you have your parents permission first.) Find a Spanish speaking person to chat with. Reflect on your experience. =

=7. Complete some songs on Lyrics Training =

=8. Read a newspaper or magazine article in Spanish. Spanish Newspapers =

=9. Follow a famous Spanish person on Twitter. Read their Tweets. What have they been talking about? =

=10. Download Duolingo. Complete some levels. =

=11. Read an article from a magazine =

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Super Pop =

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">People En Español =

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">ESPN Deportes =

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">12. Go to BBC listening and do some activities. BBC Listening =

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">13. Play a game of Ruzzle or Trivia Crack in Spanish. =

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">14. Play Fotos y Palabras in Spanish (Free download in Spanish) =