In a spanish christmas they don’t belive in santa claus .They belive that the 3 wiseman.Kids leave there shoes out side and believe that the 3 wiseman will come and fill there shoes up with presents.Most people in Spain go to Midnight Mass or ’La Misa Del Gallo’ (The Mass of the Rooster). It is called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born. Most families eat their main Christmas meal on Christmas Eve before the service. The traditional Spanish Christmas
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In this article “Spare the Rod‚ Spoil the Parenting”‚ written by Leonard Pitts‚ Jr. is based upon what is considered corporal punishment; what’s right and what’s gone too far. Leonard expresses the idea that without punishment towards children‚ they can develop into untamable brats. Using his humorous sarcasm and entertaining message he gets the point across that child rearing is ok and not abuse. Showing uniformed parents/adults that rearing does keep the little ones in line making them learn and
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The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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Spanish Translations ! El Obelisco Macho - situated in the Malecon ‚ this obelisk commemorates the change of the temporary name of the city of Santo Domingo to Trajillo La Avenida George Washington ‚ el Malecon‚ runs across the coast on one side there’s the craibbean sea and on the other theres santo Domingo’s buildings. Santo Domingo - the capital of the Dominican Republic was founded in 1496 by Cristobal Colon’s brother --> Bartolome Colon El Merengue - national dance of the country
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of Spain’s new found riches did not help to solve their underlying national problem of bankruptcy. It caused inflation‚ and Spain was left practically bankrupt from which it took hundreds of years to recover from which was extremely bad for Spain. Spanish exploration was positive in the short term but in the long term was very damaging and was not the financial solution Spain thought it was. Spain’s ‘looting’ of the Americas at the start of their exploration of the new world‚ beginning with Columbus
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and Useful Cognates and False Cognates 1. Select the response that best answers the question. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the Spanish language and used in the English language? A. El poncho B. El sándwich C. El champú D. El zíper 2. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the English language and used in the Spanish language? A. El poncho B. El sándwich C. La salsa D. La piñata 3. Identify the cognate in the following passage. Hola‚ Silvia. ¿Dónde estás
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& uncles; the other is the one that your cousins‚ siblings‚ and you have come to known as yours. Do you take the new step and start a new culture different from your family’s roots‚ or make adapt to both cultures? Growing up my family was very Spanish dominant speaking; actually I don’t believe ever hearing anyone speaking English when I was a young boy. Both my grandparents had emigrated from Mexico and settled in Edinburg‚ where they started their family there. My mother was born a United States
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Background Although it seems strange‚ languages do have sex‚ with Spanish and Arabic being the most sexist languages‚ while Finnish is the least sexist. This is because most of the languages do not have neutral terms that allow us to name something without associating it with the masculine or feminine‚ such as “the” in English‚ Spanish instead has “el” and “la” which gives rise to the fact that in practice the masculine is used as a synonym of the universal‚ which contributes to perpetuate discrimination
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Ferdinand Magellan Expedition Ferdinand Magellan‚ a Portuguese in the service of the Spanish crown‚ was looking for a westward route to theto the Spice Islands of Indonesia. On March 16‚ 1521‚ Magellan’s expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines. He was the first European to reach the islands. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly with Magellan and embraced Christianity‚ but their enemy‚ Lapu-Lapu was not. Humabon wanted Magellan to kill Lapu-Lapu while Magellan wanted to convert Lapu-Lapu
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Class: Spanish II Dates: August 13 - 26 Review Unit Tuesday/Wednesday 13/14: Journal 1: ¿Cual fue la experiencia más importante que te pasó durante el verano? Descríbela usando al menos siete oraciones. Classwork: How to be a Spanish II student: Units—journals‚ vocab quizzes‚ homework on vhl site‚ skits‚ study guide‚ test. Speaking/Listening‚ F errors‚ Pet peeves—IDK‚ Yawning‚ Putting head down. Most important—dots. Get on Edmodo Page. Pass out question sheets
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