Recording Assignments – 2001

* all individual assignments should be between 2-3 minutes long and pair assignment should double this time.

1) Individual. Prepare a short paragraph on a famous Hispanic person and record the passage but omitting the name of the person. Say as much as you can about the person so someone else who listens to your description can have enough information to guess who you are talking about. Make sure you refer to your book for ideas, vocabulary and pertinent grammatical structures for the chapter.

2) In pairs you have to create the following dialogue:
One of you traveled on a time machine and got deposited into today’s world coming from the beginning of the 20^th century. Together talk about how things have changed, how things are better/worse, why, compare now with yester years. Include as much vocabulary and grammar structures from the chapter as possible.

3) Individual. Pick one of the kid’s stories listed on page 36 of your “Lectura and redacción” book and in your own words tell me what the story is about. You will use PHOTOSTORY to create and animate your story to share with everyone else in the class. Make sure you tell the whole story from beginning to end. (Ask for help in the lab if you don’t know how to work the program)

4) In pairs talk about the value of the indigenous cultures and whether these groups should continue fighting for the maintenance of their customs or if they should try to integrate themselves to the dominant culture. Think of yourself as a parent of a Native American (south American) culture with your child in the schools today. Again include as much vocabulary and grammar structures from the chapter as possible.

5) Individual It’s been said a lot that America is a “melting pot”, a mixture of cultures. What do you think it’s more beneficial, to be a homogeneous group or heterogeneous group? You have to convince the audience of your opinion so record this segment as a persuasive speech. You are welcome to use photostory here too if you think visuals would help prove your point.

6) Individual. Watch the movie “La Historia Oficial” and imagine that you are Alicia at the end of the movie. How do you feel? What are you going to do next?