These are the songs that I've been playing. Most of them I heard for the first time when I got a free download of 100 songs from the Latin Alternative Music Conference that is held every July in New York.
I could keep adding more and more! Hot Tamale Activities - email bordner@cityhigh.org (Spanish 9) or akhand@cityhigh.org (Spanish 10) to your responses to the activities below.
Which song did you like the most? Explain.
For each (any) song, describe what U.S. artist they sound like.
Find music in Spanish you like on your own and share a link with us, including why you like it.
I just finished booking hotels and flights for my trip to Colombia over winter break. To celebrate and get excited I want to show you inspiring travel videos.
Hot Tamale Activities - email bordner@cityhigh.org (Spanish 9) or akhand@cityhigh.org (Spanish 10) your responses
Rewrite the facts in a cool poster form using Microsoft software or a cool website.
Which fact surprised you the most? Explain.
Below are a series of 3 short videos that were created using 2 cameras by 3 guys traveled around the world for 44 days hitting 11 countries
EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
Hot Tamale Activities - email bordner@cityhigh.org (Spanish 9) or akhand@cityhigh.org (Spanish 10) your responses
For the Learn video - describe everything you see in order. Guess where they were for each activity.
For the Move video - pick 5 places you can recognize and tell me where they are in the world and what second they show up in the video.
For the Eat video - pick 5 dishes and describe what they are. Where do you think they are eating that food? What second of the video is the dish shown?
Many students are passionate about fashion, so this post will be dedicated to fun and funky activities to practice clothing vocabulary in Spanish.
Lookbook activities - These are worksheets with photos from catalogs with prices of each article of clothing. You can print it off, complete it and hand it to an instructor. Or you can type your responses in an email to your instructor.
Star Trek style (watch the video below to see how to dress as a Treky in Spanish!)
Totto brand (watch the video below to see a video of their fashion show)
Duddi Wallace (watch the video below to see his music video. He's a rapper who lives in Spain, but is from Equatorial Guinea, a country on the continent of Africa whose official language is Spanish)
Fashion Quotes (Dichos de la moda) click here to see 5 quotes about fashion in Spanish. You can print it off, complete it and hand it to an instructor. Or you can type your responses in an email to your instructor.
translate one or more of the quotes to English.
add your own quote in Spanish using the vocabulary on the document
In 10th grade we've been learning to describe clothes in Spanish. Watch this funny Converse commercial in Spanish then complete the Hot Tamale activities below.
Hot Tamale Activities. Email bordner@cityhigh.org (Spanish 9) or akhand@cityhigh.org (Spanish 10) your responses.
Translate the words to English.
Use adjectives in Spanish to describe people who wear shoes and compare them to people who wear sneakers.
Do you like this commercial? Do you think it's funny? Explain your answer.
What type of shoes do you like? Explain your answers
In 10th grade we've been learning parts of the body. Earn Hot Tamale Points by memorizing and performing the classic children's song Head Shoulders Knees and Toes en español.
You can take a video of you performing it or say it in person to one of the instructors. You can also make a presentation (Prezi/ Google Presentation/ PPT) of the lyrics with pictures in English.
