PERSONAL ENRICHMENT: Use Spanish for personal
PROJECT: COMMUNITIES and
CONNECTIONS
enjoyment and enrichment.
In order to deepen your skills and
understanding of the Spanish language and
cultures and to apply your learning outside of
the traditional classroom setting, choose
activities to pursue during the quarter.
Document and report your insights to the class
at the end of the quarter.
COMMUNITIES
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Use Spanish both within and
work, or pleasure.
 watch Univision on a regular basis
 read magazines in Spanish
 listen to music in Spanish (may borrow CDs from Mrs.
Hendrickson)
 watch movies in Spanish (see list)
 watch movies in English about Hispanic people and/or cultures
(see list)
 TECHNOLOGY: read on-line magazines, news, other
information
beyond the school setting.
Understanding: Deepen your understanding of other cultures
Service: Provide service to your school and community through
through various avenues such as cuisine, sports, theatre, dance,
and art.
 cook Hispanic cuisine. EVIDENCE: Share with the class and
describe the ingredients and cultural background in Spanish,
share with your family and ask them to comment
 eat in Hispanic restaurant(s). EVIDENCE: Speak Spanish
with the wait staff and / or each other and describe the
experience. OR Describe the menu and what you ate with
comments
 learn / teach dances such as salsa, merengue, cumbia, etc.
 read about a sport and/or sports figures in Hispanic countries
 go to concerts, plays with Hispanic themes
 learn about Hispanic artists: their life and their art (may want
to coordinate with the art program)
 other . . .
such activities as tutoring, teaching, translating, interpreting, and
assisting speakers of other languages. EVIDENCE: Document
when you meet and what you taught with comments about the
experience
 tutor an ELL (English Language Learner) student in MHS,
MMS or an elementary school
 act as teacher’s aide for a Spanish teacher at MHS
 tutor a first or second year Spanish student
 tutor an adult who wants to learn English (See Literacy Council
Director, at Ludlow Library)
 give private lessons to younger children in Spanish
 act as a resource for a local business or organization to do
limited translation
 TECHNOLOGY: conduct web searches and organize
information related to the Spanish language and/or cultures
 TECHNOLOGY: work with a Spanish teacher to find
information and/or create materials using technology
 other . . .
Communication: Exchange information with people locally and
around the world through avenues such as pen pals, E-mail,
video, speeches, and publications
 correspond in Spanish and in English with a pen pal or E-pal in
another country
 other . . .
Media: Students will use various media in Spanish for study,
Further Learning: Learn more about languages and cultures.
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have conversations in Spanish outside of class. EVIDENCE:
Keep track of when, how long, with whom, what you discussed
keep a journal in Spanish
write original compositions and/or poetry in Spanish
create illustrations with the language and/or culture
study Spanish grammar
read literature, magazines, short stories in Spanish
This one is wide open! Come up with your own ideas . . . .
CONNECTIONS
ACROSS DISCIPLINES: Reinforce and further your
knowledge of other disciplines through Spanish.
Speaking and Writing: Use topics and skills from other school
subjects to discuss and/or write in Spanish.
Reading and Listening: Read material, listen to, and/or watch
programs in Spanish on topics from other classes.
Accessing Resources: Access resources in Spanish on topics
being discussed or researched in other classes.
ADDED PERSPECTIVE: Acquire information and recognize
the distinctive viewpoints that are available only through a
language and its cultures.
Popular Media: Read, view, listen to, and talk about subjects
contained in popular media from other countries in order to gain a
perspective on other cultures.
Accessing Resources: Access information in Spanish in order
to gain greater insight about Hispanic and American cultures.
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reflect about stories and/or issues from other classes such as
“Literature of Minorities”
give presentations in Spanish class about issues from other
classes such as “International Studies”, “AP History”,
“International Foods”, “International Business”, etc.
find and perform compositions from Hispanic composers in
band, and chorus . . .
i.e. speeches by Fidel Castro at the time of the Cuban missile
crisis
writings by Isabel Allende in Spanish for a literature class
excerpts from Don Quijote de la Mancha for “World Literature”
other . . .
MOVIES: Movies in the Monroe High School collection must be viewed in school. Check the public library for
availability of other movies to check out. Please check the rating of the movies and consult with your parents as
to whether it is appropriate for you to view movies with an “R” rating!
MOVIES IN SPANISH:
RESTAURANTES
EVIDENCE: List phrases you
understand, words you want to
remember . . .
Aladdín
EVIDENCE: Go beyond eating and
making a poster. Include one or more of
the following:
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Describe food
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Research cuisine
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Speak Spanish with each other. . . . with the
wait staff
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Invite a native speaker
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Summarize your conversations (Did you
need certain phrases? Learn new phrases?
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Tape record your conversation?
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Bring a dictionary!
El rey león
La bella y la bestia
La sirenita
Harry Potter
Other movies with soundtrack in Spanish . ..
De eso no se habla
Buena Vista Social Club
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Butterfly (La Lengua de las Mariposas)
La Historia Oficial
La Valentina (see Mrs. Hendrickson)
Men with guns (Hombres armadas)
Don Juan de Marco
María full of grace
Motorcycle diaries
Pan’s labyrinth
Valentín
Under the Same Moon
MOVIES IN ENGLISH
EVIDENCE: Comment on insights into culture,
themes of the movie; research and comment on the
historical / political context . . .
Evita
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
Mi Familia / My Family
Tortilla Soup
The Milagro Beanfield War
Havana
For Love or Country
Frida
Missing
The House of Spirits
The Perez Family
Cuban Blood
Real Women Have Curves
Spanglish
Dirty Dancing Havana Nights
Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Babel
El Cid
Man of La Mancha
Gran Torino
En Madison . . .
La Hacienda
Mi Cocina
Pasqual’s (Southwestern U.S. food)
El Dorado (Southwestern U.S. food)
Casa de Lara
El Pastor
Café Costa Rica
141 S. Butler St., 356-9830 (catering: 442-3544)
11:30 am-2:30 pm and 5:30-10 pm daily
En Janesville . . .
Los Pinos Mexican Restaurant
En Freeport . . .
En Beloit . . .
En Rockford . . .
Don Pablo’s Mexican Kitchen
En Monroe . . .
Fiesta Cancún
LITERATURA
Isabel Allende: House of Spirits, Eva
Luna, The Stories of Eva Luna,
Daughter of Fortune, Zorro, The Infinite Plan
Sandra Cisneros: House on Mango Street, Woman
Howling Creek, Caramelo
Esmeralda Santiago: When I was Puerto Rican
Julia Alvarez: How the García Girls Lost Their
Accents
Cristina García: Dreaming in Cuban
Gabriel García Márquez: 100 Years of Solitude, Love
in the Time of Cholera
Miguel Cervantes: Don Quijote
Barbara Kingsolver: The Lacuna
and much more . . .