Preposition Poem - Version 2

In 10th grade all students had to perform the preposition poem by memory with the hand gestures. Here's another version with different prepositions.

Hot Tamale Activitiy - email bordner@cityhigh.org

• Transcribe the lyrics of this video in Spanish and English
• Create a document with the lyrics in Spanish plus IMAGES of the hand movements
• Memorize and Perform it!
• Make a video of yourself performing either version of the poem
• REMIX - perform either this version or the other version to a beat/tune

Travel Channels on YouTube

When I came across La Tomatina video I started watching a lot of videos from the guy who created it, Mike Corey.

Watch the video then complete the Hot Tamale Activities - email bordner@cityhigh.org your answers

• What was your favorite image that you saw during the video? Why did you like it?
• Do you want to be like him? Explain.
• Watch some videos from his YouTube channel and summarize each video
• This video has a pop quiz on different currencies/money  - take it and tell me what you learned about the countries and their currencies.

Food Fight!

In Spain every year they have a crazy tomato-throwing food fight. Check out the video below.

Hot Tamale Activities

Watch the video then answer these questions in a new blog post

• Where is this? Find the city this is held on a map. Send me an screenshot locating where this city is on a map.
• Read about La Tomatina here  or here to find out some answers to these questions - Why do they throw tomatoes and not ? Why do they do it in August? 
• Would you ever want to experience La Tomatina? Explain.
• There are people in Pittsburgh who want to host one here. They have a Twitter account. If there was a Tomatina in Pittsburgh would you go?

Tarahumara - Born to Run

Some of you have been learning about the Tarahumara, an Ancient American culture from the North of Mexico.

As a Spanish teacher, I had never heard of them until I read a recent book about running called Born to Run. Watch the video below to learn more about the Tarahumara and their running style from the author of the book.

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Hot Tamale Activities - email your answers to bordner@cityhigh.org

• Where do they live? How long have they been down there? How have they survived this long?
• Describe their running style. What do they wear? How far do they run? What are the health effects of running?
• What is happening to them now?
• Who do you think would win between an American elite runner and a Tarahumaran?

La Policia Mexicana

A few years back Saturday Night Live did a skit all in Spanish. 

This is great practice for practicing places in the cities

Click here to watch it. 

Hot Tamale Activities

• summarize what happens in your own words
• Complete this document

el volchol

In Mexico VW beetles are called "bocho" or "vocho" (the letter b and v sound the same in Spanish). This Beetle was decorated with designs and style of the Huichol indigenous people. (Vochol is a mashup of the words bocho and huichol.) The bug is covered with over 2.7 million glass beads.

Hot Tamale Activities

• Find out more information about el volchol. How long did it take to make it? When was it made? Where has it been? What's the point of it?
• Find other images of Huichol art
• Find other examples of pop culture and art mixing together to create something different.

More Current Music

Below are three of my favorite artists/group that create Spanish music. There are Hot Tamale Activities listed under each video.

Julieta Venegas "Tuve Para Dar"

pop, electronic

• Based on the video, what do you think the main idea of the song is?
• Complete this worksheet - filling in the lyrics that are missing (you'll have to print it)
• Find the lyrics in English

Cafe Tacvba "Olita del Altamar"

rock

• This video is a "making of" click here to watch the real video.
• Find the lyrics in Spanish and English
• This video has the rock band and then 4 other indigenous males with drums and pan-flutes. Who do they represent? What does their drum say?

Ana Tijoux "Shock"

hip hop/rap

• What are these people protesting? Why?
• find articles online in English that give more details about these protests
• How does this tie into 9th grade Cult Lit class?
• Here are the lyrics in Spanish and English - Summarize the main idea of the video/lyrics

General Hot Tamale Activities

• Rank the songs in the order you like them - 1 being the one you liked the best. Explain why.
• Find and share other songs from these artists that you like
• Write a short biography about one or more of the artist

Landfill Harmonic

We've been learning about how people live in Latin America, and we explore their culture through music. Watch a trailer below of an upcoming documentary.
Landfill Harmonic movie teaser from Landfill Harmonic on Vimeo.

Hot Tamale activities (email bordner@cityhigh.org)

• How does this tie into the main idea of Calle 13's "LatinoAmerica" song?
• Read about the project here. List 5 things that surprised you from reading the article and 5 more questions you have about Cateura, Paraguay
• Would you go see this movie? Explain your answer.
• Write a letter (in English) to one of the musicians in the orchestra. 

Unstoppables

This is a documentary film about people who have lost limbs racing bikes in Spain. The documentary will follow them as they compete in the Paraplegic Olympics.

Unstoppables clip #1 (English) from black train films on Vimeo

Hot Tamale Activities (email bordner@cityhigh.org)

• If you got to interview one of these bike riders, what would you ask them?
• Do you know someone or another story about someone who has faced what seemed like an event that would ruin their lives, however they were able to overcome and achieve amazing things?
• Watch the other clips of the movie and summarize them.