Today in class we practiced the Spanish alphabet with the song below. Feel free to listen at home to practice at home!
video
La Sagrada Familia
La Sagrada Familia (“Sacred Family”) is a massive, highly unusual Roman Catholic basilica in Barcelona, Spain. Construction on the the Sagrada Familia began in 1882, and it is still unfinished! The architect, Antoni Gaudí, died in 1926, but construction has continued since his death, following the detailed plans that he left behind. Gaudí was inspired by nature, and his designs reflect the shapes one might see in the natural world. The Sagrada Familia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the most popular tourist destination in Spain, and receives about 3 million visitors every year.
After your class on Thursday, you will visit the links and videos posted below to answer the following questions. Update: please complete these questions for homework Thursday night. Do not do the question on another Gaudí design, as it says to do on the bottom of your paper; just complete the nine questions here.
For a virtual tour of the interior of the Sagrada Familia, click here.
To read about the history of the cathedral and some of the symbolism in the design, click here.
For a map to Barcelona’s metro system, click here.
For some information about visiting this popular site, click here.
For some other little-known facts about the Sagrada Familia, click here.
Below, watch this rendering of what the future additions to the Sagrada Familia will look like. Remember, it is already huge! What you see added during this video is what has not been built yet!
- In what year will the Sagrada Familia (hopefully!) be finished?
- What do the 12 towers on the Sagrada Familia represent?
- Gaudí was inspired by nature when he designed the Sagrada Familia. What do the pillars inside the main nave of the cathedral look like to you?
- What are some other unusual creatures that you can see on the towers of the Sagrada Familia?
- What are some other famous buildings designed by Gaudí?
- To get from the Sants Estació to the Sagrada Familia, which subway line would you have to take?
- What are the hours that the Sagrada Familia is open to the public?
- How much does a ticket to the Sagrada Familia cost?
- How can you avoid waiting in line for hours to see the Sagrada Familia?
Selena
This week 7th grade learned a song by Selena, “Cómo la Flor.” Selena was a Mexican-American singer who sang in both English and Spanish, becoming one of the first “crossover” artists. She was known as the Queen of Tejano music, a style of music typically popular along the Mexico-U.S. border, but which gained wider popularity thanks to her. Selena passed away twenty years ago at the age of 23. Because the twentieth anniversary of her death was in March, and her birthday is April 16th, there will be a music festival in her honor called “Festival de la Flor” in Corpus Christi this April.
Below, you can watch a video on CNN México about Selena.
If you click on the link below, you will find a list of twenty facts about Selena in Spanish. Can you learn any new information about her?
CNN México: 2o datos de Selena Quintanilla a 20 años de su muerte
Here, you can listen to “Como la Flor” with the lyrics in Spanish and English, which we learned in class today.
Jesse y Joy- “Espacio Sideral” (2007)
Jesse y Joy es un grupo de pop-folk alternativo. Son hermanos de México. Ganaron unos premios Grammy Latino: “Best New Artist” (2007), “Best Contemporary Pop Album” (2012), “Record of the Year” (2012), y “Song of the Year” (2012).
Aquí está su sitio y biografía: http://jesseyjoy.com/home/index.php/es/biografia
En clase cantamos su canción “Espacio Sideral,” del disco “Esta es mi vida.”
Letras:
Quisiera darte el mundo entero,
La luna, el cielo, el sol y el mar
Regalarte las estrellas en una caja de cristal. caja- box
Llevarte al espacio Sideral
Y volar como lo hace Superman. volar- to fly
Quisiera ser un super héroe
Y protegerte contra el mal, proteger- to protect
Regalarte la vía láctea en un plato de cereal. vía láctea- Milky Way
Llevarte al espacio sideral
Y volar como lo hace Superman.
Me tienes tan debilitada debilitado (adj.)- weakened
Todas mis fuerzas se me van si estas aquí
Y mis poderes no son nada poder (n.)- power
Me siento tan normal, tan frágil, tan real
Me elevas al espacio sideral… elevar- to lift, raise
Tal como lo hace Superman…
Quisiera hacerte un gran poema
Y usar el cielo de papel,
Tomar las nubes como crema nubes- clouds
Y hornearte un super pastel. hornear- to bake
Llevarte al espacio sideral
Y volar como lo hace Superman.
Me tienes tan debilitada
Todas mis fuerzas se me van si estas aquí
Y mis poderes no son nada
Me siento tan normal, tan frágil, tan real
Me elevas al espacio sideral…
Me tienes tan enamorada
Todas mis fuerzas se me van si estás aquí
Y mis poderes no son nada
Me siento tan normal, tan frágil, tan real
Me siento tan normal, tan frágil, tan real
Me elevas al espacio Sideral…
Tal como lo hace Superman…
7th Grade Homework 11.21.14
A reminder that extra-credit flash cards on the new vocab list are due on Monday. This is worth 1% added to your final grade. You do not have to do the “Vocabulario Extra” at the end of the list, although you may if you’d like to. Here’s a video of some of the vocab in this chapter:
If you did not finish your crossword puzzle in class on Friday, please finish this at home and bring it in completed on Monday.
7th Grade Homework and Sample Video 11.5.14
This week, your homework is to complete the tic-tac-toe activity by Thursday, November 13th. You must complete three of the assignments on the board, and they must be in a straight line (either vertical, horizontal, or diagonal). If you choose to do the short video option on animoto.com, I have included a sample above of the kind of thing that you can do.
| Creativo: Escribir (poema)Write a poem about someone you know, describing them in Spanish. Your poem does not have to rhyme, but must be at least ten lines long. | Gramática: Tú eres el maestroMake a 20-question grammar quiz on noun/adjective agreement, as well as an answer key. You do not need to type it, but it must be neat. Your questions may be multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank or another style of your choice. You must hand in your quiz and the answer key together. | Creativo: EscribirPick a photo of a person or people. It can be a photo of your own or something you find online. Write paragraph about the photo, describing the appearance, clothing, and personalities of the people in the picture. Print out the picture and attach it to the paragraph to turn in. |
| Gramática: Online Quia quizLog into Quia and complete the grammar quiz assigned under the 7th grade Spanish class. There is no time limit, and you will have three chances to get your best possible score. You may also use your notebook while you take the quiz. NOTE: this is for a homework grade just like the other tic-tac toe assignments, NOT a quiz grade. | Creativo: ArteThis is a drawing assignment. If you choose this option, I will give you three descriptions of people for you to draw and illustrate in color.
If you would like to access the descriptions online, they are on DropBox here. |
Vocabulario: Tú eres el maestroMake a 20-question vocab quiz and answer key. You do not need to type it, but it must be neat. Your questions may be multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, or another style of your choice. You must hand in your quiz and the answer key together. |
| Vocabulario / Creativo: VideoFor this assignment, go to animoto.com to make a 30-second video of some of the vocabulary on this list (about 6 words). You can sign up for the free membership, create your video by selecting style and music, upload pictures of the vocabulary and enter the vocab words in the captions. When you click “produce” to finalize your video online, email the link to me (hsheldon@lisbonschool.org). If this is not possible, you may do it as a PowerPoint instead. | Vocabulario: Online Quia quizLog into Quia and complete the vocab quiz assigned under the 7th grade Spanish class. There is no time limit, and you will have three chances to get your best possible score. You may also use your notebook while you take the quiz. NOTE: this is for a homework grade just like the other tic-tac toe assignments, NOT a quiz grade | Gramática: Libro de textoDo textbook activities:p. 58 Actividad 11 (Write out the question and the responses)
p. 59 Actividad 14 (Write at least two things for each person pictured) The textbook pages are available on Dropbox here. |