17 marzo - Día de San Patricio

Español II

We learned about the connection between Mexico and Ireland through listening to an Irish ballad.  Then we did a pair exercises to make up excuses for not being able to do something with a peer. We practiced briefly with the reflexive verbs.

Español III

Today we reviewed homework, then we practiced more with the preterite and the imperfect.  We then heard about the connection between Mexico and Ireland by listening to an Irish ballad.  We learned about what Allentown used to be like, then worked on mini-presentations about what Allentown is like now (using the present tense) and the changes to Allentown (preterite tense).