Spanish Conversation & Culture

con la Señora Matić (“MA-teach”) en el salón 300

Día #1 (el lunes, 29 de agosto de dos mil once)

¡Bienvenidos!(Welcome)

Please sit wherever you would like!

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¡Bienvenidos!(Welcome)

Necessary materials: las placas (license plates or name tents), las encuestas (questionnaires), marcadores (markers) provided in las cajitas (class supply boxes), & cuadernos (binders)

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Content Objective #1: ¡Firmen la lista!

Language Objectives:Sign your name, and pass it on!

Give me the clipboard at the end of class.

3(Sign the list!)

Content Objective #2: ¡Lean y escriban!

Language Objectives:Read, write, listen, speak, sing,

and participate actively!

La encuesta y la placa

4(Read & write!)

(Read & fill out the Questionnaire and the “License

Plate”!)

Content Objective #3: ¡Salúdense!

Language Objectives:Read, write, listen, speak, sing,

and participate actively!

Lo más importante:

¡Escuchar y participar!

5(Greet each

other!)

♫ “La canción de los ‘Buenos días’” ♫

¡Buenos días! ¡Buenos días! ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás?

Muy bien, gracias. Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y usted? ¿Y usted?

= persona A

= persona B

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Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

Your nombre legal or “legal name” (also

referred to as your “real name”) is the one you

would use to enroll in school, and the one on

any official documents such as your birth

certificate, passport, and/or emergency

medical forms.

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Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

¿Cuál es tu nombre legal? What is your legal name? .

Turn to your partner and share this information orally.

Now write it on your placa(“License Plate”) in Section #1.

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Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

You may have un apodo or “a nickname”.

This is sometimes a shortened version of your

nombre legal, or it may be the name your

family members, friends, or people who

know you very well use for you.

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Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

¿Tienes un apodo? Do you have a nickname? .

Turn to your partner and share this information orally.

Now write it on your Encuesta (Questionnaire)!

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Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

In Spanish-speaking countries, los apodos

are very commonly used and they are

sometimes based on where the person is from,

an obvious physical characteristic, a play on

words with their real name, a term of affection,

or any other source.

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Ejemplos de algunos apodos:(Examples of some nicknames)

Amor

Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

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CabezónCosteña

GorditaJuancho

Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

In this class, we will choose and use

los nombres hispanos

to increase our familiarity and comfort level

with “Hispanic or Latino names”, to practice

our pronunciation as often as possible, and for

fun!

This is your chance to choose your identity!

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Los nombres: legales, apodos e hispanos

Open the black binder to the page with

los nombres hispanos

and choose your brand new

Spanish-speaking identity for the semester!(Select a second and third option as well, in case someone else

chooses the name you wanted before you are randomly called on in class!)

As soon as I’ve confirmed the name you will use in this

class, write it on your placa (“License Plate”).

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Content Objective #4: ¡Preséntense!

(Introduce yourselves!)

Fuentes de datos citadas(Sources of information cited)

http://www.escapedtoperu.com/english/peruvian-nicknames.htm http://www.edarling.es/noticias-para-solteros/apodos-carinosos-relaciones-amorosas http://amigosguanacos.blogspot.com/2007/09/los-apodos.html http://autorneto.com/referencia/noticias-mundiales/gente/todos-tenemos-un-

sobrenombre-o-apodo-%C2%BFno/ http://www.lavozdeuman.com/reportaje_i.asp?ix=68 http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/opinion/31163 http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/penpals/stats.php3?Pays=XSA (nombres,

pasatiempos, edades, idiomas, pen pals de Sudamérica) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtoD6eXt9M0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33GWCsgmwbM (difícil) http://juanvaldez.com/#/inicio/

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