Thursday, August 27, 2020

Google Earth's This is School

As we start another school year, you can review previous posts about school such as Back to School Around the World, School Around the World, or How Kids Get to School.

Check out Google Earth's This is School

Create a new blog post in your Spanish Blog Portfolio (or send an email to your teacher), title it the same as this blog post, then complete two of the tasks below.
  1. Pick one of the places and describe what you see in the photo in detail. What are the decorations? How is the room set up? Describe the uniforms and school materials. What is outside school area appear?
  2. Compare two of the places with 2 similarities and 2 differences. 
  3. Is there a school that you'd prefer to attend? Explain your answer.
  4. Is there a school that you'd prefer NOT to attend? Explain your answer. 
  5. List 3 new things your learned from one of the places. 

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Famous Latinx People You Should Know

The world is full of amazing people who have a positive impact on many people's lives. 


Click here to read about 10 Inspiring Latinas Who've Made History,

or

Click here to learn about Latinx Trailblazers 

that highlights 13 Latinx cultural icons and the places that were important in their lives.

Create a new blog post in your Spanish Blog Portfolio (or send an email to your teacher), title it the same as this blog post, then complete two of the tasks below.
  1. Compare one of the people with yourself and list 2 similarities and 2 differences. 
  2. List 3 new things your learned from one of the people. 
  3. Which person was most inspiring? Explain your answer.
  4. Describe one of the locations in detail. What country/city is it? What do you see?
  5. Which person would you like to talk to? Explain your answer.

Thursday, August 6, 2020

UN Sustainable Development Goals




Create a new blog post in your Spanish Blog Portfolio (or send an email to your teacher), title it the same as this blog post, then complete two of the tasks below.
  1. Summarize the purpose of these goals in your own words.
  2. Which of the 17 goals do you think is most important? Explain your answer.
  3. Look up and briefly describe how the United Nations came about. 
  4. Describe in your own words what "sustainable" means.
  5. If there were no barrier to time nor money, which goal would you work to solve? Explain your answer.
  6. Click on this link to learn more about why each goal matters and information about each goal. 
  7. Look at the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in Spanish. List 8-10 words you understand from the Spanish images.