1. Agenda -Review of culture (2 nd, 6 th and 7 th ) and vocabulary -MI VIDA LOCA!!!: Spain (2 nd ) -Note-taking: Meses y Estaciones (Months and Seasons)

2. Warm-up: FICHAS!!! Find the following dates and write them up: –Idependence day –Christmas –New Years Eve –Your birthday –St Patrick’s Day

3. Study guide for QUIZ!!! 2 nd, 6 th and 7 th period México: -The capital of México is_____________________ -The two most important indigenous tribes: _______________________________________ -Name of the most famous pyramid:______________________________ El Salvador: -It is the largest/smallest country in Central America -It is surrounded by _______________________________________ -The capital of El Salvador is_________________________________ Guatemala: -The capital of Guatemala is____________________________________ -The _________________________ was the most important empire in Guatemala in Pre-Columbian America. -The city of ____________________________ is famous for its old colonial architecture.

4. Spain: – The capital of Spain is______________________ – The ____________________ invaded Spain for 700 years – The most famous Spanish novel is called__________________________________ BONUS: – How many people speak Spanish in the world? – What is a common way to greet in Latin-America, and that is not common in the US?

5. Vocabulary practice Pop UP!!!! (5 minutes to study)

6. A little more… -Videos de España:¡Mi vida loca! http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/ep01/

7. Los meses: no capital letters either!!! enero febrero marzo abril mayo junio enero febrero marzo abril mayo junio julio agosto septiembre octubre noviembre diciembre

8. 23 de enero de 2010 DAY de MONTH de YEAR Notice that the first letter of the month is not a CAPITAL LETTER

9. Es el 1º de enero de 2010 * It is always ES EL…. The question is: ¿Qué día es hoy? Or ¿Qué fecha es hoy? The only day that you are require to put the little “o” on top id the FIRST of the month, because we refer of it as el PRIMERO

10. Las estaciones

11. La Primavera

12. El Invierno

13. El Verano

14. El Otoño

15. The majority of the seasons in South America are REVERSED than what we have here. Ex: When we are in Summer, they are in Winter. Because of the seasons, children go to school in a different period of time. Schools usually start at the end of February or beginning of March and end in the middle of December. Christmas happens to be in the beginning of the Summer, so we have a VERY HOT SEASON!!

16. Because Latin America is big, our seasons are very different everywhere. In the tropic, Spring time is like here in GA: very humid and rainy, but in places such as Chile, the Spring time is warm and dry, with a very dry Summer.