Writing task - cultura 25pts Theme:Celebraciones y festividades

Paragraph 1

*Choose 1 cultural topic from topic ideas below. Utilize vocabulary & grammar to write a paragraph in Spanish ( 5-7 sentences)

*Be sure to include: who celebrates, when is it celebrated, what is it, where is it celebrated, & how is it celebrated.

*Explore the general ways to express what you like about this celebration and some important key phrases in Spanish as well as characteristics of that celebration.

Paragraph 2

* Write a reflection in English (5-7 sentences). Be sure to include any ideas or thoughts you couldn't express in Spanish.

Be sure to submit your own writing and thoughts. If Schoology or Mrs. Rucker detects plagiarism or use of translation services; it will result in a zero for the writing portion. The only online tool you can utilize is wordreference. com and only to look up a word.

Topic ideas

*el día de los muertos

* Frida Kahlo ( art)

*el mes de herencia hispana ( Hispanic heritage month)

*los cumpleaños

* la comida/ la parrilla

*school customs, uniforms, schedules.

Match each topic to the audience who would be most receptive to the topic. the audience is stay-at-home moms who are 30 to 40 years old. they are college-educated women who live in the suburbs. the audience is a group of male college students getting ready to graduate from college. they attend a large university in a big city. the audience is blue-collar workers who are 30 to 50 years old. they work in the steel industry in a small, rural community. the audience is retired men and women who are 70 to 80 years old. they live in a retirement community, and many of them have several grandchildren who live far away. the audience is a group of students getting ready to sign up for seventh-grade classes. they come from a wide range of intellectual levels, but many of the students travel extensively with their families. using a social networking website to connect with friends and family arrowright advantages of joining a labor union arrowright home schooling reform arrowright how to prepare for a job interview arrowright the importance of studying a foreign language arrowright reset

—mi padre, juan, tiene una hermana en cuba. ella es sandra. ellos tienen el pelo —¿cómo es sandra? —es

Which of the following would fit these sentences? 1. es importante comer de grupos de comidas cada dia2. estoy (with you); los guisantes son saludables3. en una ensalada tomates no hay muchas grasasword bank: 1. la salud, 2. bien, 3. lechuga, 4. comida, 5. que si, 6. todas, 7. prefieres, 8. de acuerdo