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Sra. Vigeant's Spanish 3 students making licuados

 

Using the target language students learned how, wrote their
own recipes and guided one another in making banana smoothies using their recipes. Licuados or Batidos are a very common and popular part of Latino culture and diet.

 

 

Watch the VIDEO students used (Click here!)

 

Recent Article in Los Angeles "Splash Magazine"

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Cinco de Mayo

Is Mexico's Independence Day... Nope.
Wait... what? What does France have to do with it?
A quick clip from the History Channel might help.

Impress your teacher by understanding

what Cinco de Mayo really celebrates:

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¡Los licuados!

Current Events in the language department:

 

Students in Sra. Vigeant's Spanish 3 classes learned how to prepare the typical licuado or batido (milkshake) in the target language. Students researched recipes online, wrote out their recipes in Spanish using commands & current vocab and finished by guiding one another in Spanish to make them.
¡Qué divertido!

 

Click HERE for a recipe (La receta)

  

Licuado blog & Recipe.... Click HERE!



¡Las fotos!

 

 

 

 

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Brrr...Hace mucho frío.

Feliz Año Nuevo

¡Bienvenidos al 2014!

 

Feliz Día de los Reyes Magoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWVphjzFEh4

We wish you a most wonderful year.

Sra. Fernández,  Mrs. Keely, Sra.Kirby

Mrs. Turner, Srta. Vigeant

Día de los muertos         noviembre 1 y 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFt8-WdstQA&list=PL3mIkXMFq0MGiB5yM0V4Q6xs8yJ7CRQ4t check this out!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUUAgEWeYeI&list=PL3mIkXMFq0MGiB5yM0V4Q6xs8yJ7CRQ4t

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Update on Classroom Activities:

 

Students have been working on video based projects in Ms. Vigeant's Spanish 2 and 3 classes.  See below for some of the favorites:

 

 

Spanish 2, A Day in the Life of an American Student,
School Tour (We'll be sending on to students in Panama & Spain)

 

Project by: Danny Finnegan, Brysan Flint and Whit Ellingwood

 

 

Spanish 3:  Camping Videos

Project by: Hannah Fein and Dulce Reinhard

 

 

Project by: Niko Santore, Jacob Torra, Richard Astle

and Ian Stankiewicz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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With presidential politics in full flare, it is interesting to note recent activity in Puerto Rico. From the March GOP activity on the island of Puerto Rico for the primaries, to the 1st presidential visit to the island in over 50 years (2011 by President Obama). Here are a few questions for you; test your knowledge.

Are Puerto Ricans American citizens?
The answer is yes.

Since there were primaries in Puerto Rico, can Puerto Ricans vote?
The answer is no. However they do have 20 delegates which do count toward the election.

Is Puerto Rico a country?  Or Is it a state? 
The answer is niether. It is actually a commonweath, owned by the U.S..

Who governs Puerto Rico?
Both the U.S. and Puerto Rico, depending on the area of government.

Confused?  We'd like to share a few links and short video clips to help understand this relationship better.

CLICK HERE: CIA Central Intelligence Agency Factbook on Puerto Rico

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Parents & Students:

Trying to decide what courses to take next year?

Should you take another year of a language?

How do colleges really view the study of language in the admissions process? 

Click here for a variety of responses from several higher institutions.

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