¡Qué frío! Espero que gozen la nieve.
I hope you already finished your work from Monday and Wednesday, and memorized verses on page 65 and 70. Today you must continue on Lesson 9.
Read bottom of page 72 and do Actividad 1, 2 y 3.
Read page 74 about telling time in Spanish, and do Actividad 4, 5, 6 y 7.
Remember that we state the hour and the minutes up to the half past the hour on the clock. After half past the hour we subtract the minutes left till the next hour, so we state the next coming hour first and then say how many minutes less with the word "menos".
Examples: 1:00 - Es la una en punto 2:25 - Son las dos y veinticinco
3:30 - Son las tres y media 3:35 - Son las cuatro menos veinticinco
9:45 - Son las diez menos quince / Son las diez menos cuarto
Call me at 829-2869, if you have any questions.
Costa Rica Research: We need to get ready for our mission's trip to Costa Rica. As such we must do some research. Please read up on the following topics on Costa Rica:
government - type of goverment, history of Costa Rica from pre-colonization to present, present day President and cabinet members
monetary designations and the rate of exchange for every dollar, manufacture of goods, agricultural products, imports and exports
population make-up,
flora and fauna (geographical features and animals), climate (weather)
holidays, religious activities,
education and any other cultural information you can gather.
You can choose on what two topics you want to become an expert, let me know by Monday, January 11th and then come ready to share your information gathering to educate us all by Friday, January 22nd. This will give you two weeks to gather information to share.
We will also distribute some Costa Rican recipes so that we may try some out before the trip.
¡Buen trabajo muchachos!