Monday, November 28, 2011

History of the English Language

Have you ever wondered how we ended up speaking English? Check out this video to get the answer!

Monday, October 24, 2011

In this class...



I like to think this is a great code of conduct for a house or classroom.
Hot Tamale Activity

  • Create your own "code of conduct" and explain why you believe in behaving like that.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Keep working hard

http://icanread.tumblr.com/post/11312275253

I'm a MEX


What commercial is this a parody of?
Is it funny, why or why not?
Is it realistic? 
What does if make you think/feel?
What questions does this make you ask?

Funny Spanish videos on the internet


Here are a few other videos that are funny to check out. 
Cedric speaks Spanish!



Hot Tamale Activities - respond to bordner@cityhigh.org
  • Summarize what happens in each video. Which one was more funny? Why?
  • Translate 3 of the Spanish phrases to English.
  • Why do you think the show is titled "¿Qué hora es?"
  • Write a scene/script like one of these videos. 
  • What topics/vocab were they talking about?
  • Do you like the song? Explain. What would you add to the song?
  • Come up with your own song!

300... and counting


What movie is the a parody of?
Is it funny, why or why not?
Is it realistic? 
What does if make you think/feel?
What questions does this make you ask?

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

el mapa mas "cool"

We've been working a lot with geography in class. Click here to see the COOLest map ever!
It's a map of Spanish speaking countries with the different ways they say COOL in slang. You can go to google translate, type in the word you want to learn to say, then click listen to see how it sounds!