This document provides a list of 26 activities for students to complete every other week to practice Spanish outside of class. The activities include listening to Spanish radio, watching Spanish-language TV shows, changing electronic device languages to Spanish, going to Latino restaurants and markets to practice conversational Spanish, playing educational Spanish phone apps, reading Spanish instructions and labels, analyzing infographics about bilingualism, and more. Students must fill out a form for each completed activity, have a parent sign off, and turn it in every other Friday.

1. TAREA QUINCENAL!
Every other week, for the remainder of the school year, you must complete one of the following activities, fill out
the “tarea quincenal” sheet, and have a parent sign it. This assignment is due every other FRIDAY at the beginning of
class.
1. Listen to a Spanish-language radio (http://pandora.com or http://batanga.com) for 30 minutes.
2. Complete a cloze activity (fill in the blanks) for one of the songs found here: (http://zachary-
jones.com/zambombazo/category/musica/). You have to click on the activity link…
3. Watch a Spanish telenovela or TV show for 30 minutes (with parental permission).
4. Go to ‘Tienda’ (La Perla/ La Roca/ La Espreanza Tienda Mexicana/ there are many here) and purchase something, be
sure to speak to the clerk in Spanish.
5. *Create a 30 second animated avatar using any vocabulary learned in class on http://voki.com. Post the embed link (as
well as your script) to the blog post about this assignment.
6. *Create a free 10 paneled cartoon in Spanish using http://goanimate.com. Post the embed link (as well as your scrip)
onto the blog post about this assignment.
7. Change your Facebook language to Spanish and play on Facebook for 30 minutes.
8. Analyze the “Why It Pays To Be Bilingual” infographic on http://zoom.it/8OiR and write about some of the most
surprising facts you discovered.
9. Change your cell phone/iPod/other electronic device’s language to Spanish for two days.
10. Find three household items (laundry detergent, Windex, etc.) and read the instructions/warning labels found on the
back aloud to a parent or sibling.
11. *Download the free iPhone app “Learn Spanish- Mindsnacks” and complete 3 challenges OR master at least 20 items.
12. *Download the free iPhone app “4 fotos mas 1 palabra” and pass at least 1 level. There are a few different apps that
are similar, choose which ever one you want…
13. *Download the free iPhone app “Duolingo – learn language for free” and complete at least 2 lessons.
14. Read about a famous Latino musician or artist on http://wikipedia.org.
15. Go to a Latino restaurant with a friend and order your food in Spanish and talk to the waiter in Spanish. Have the
waiter to sign your receipt confirming you spoke in Spanish.
16. *Go to a Latino restaurant with a friend. Using your phone or a camera, record a video of your meal along with your
commentary in Spanish. Send the video to my e-mail, maybe I’ll show your video to the class. :)
17. *Draw something that represents at least 3 words or phrases from our current unit. Must be neat and colorful full-
page illustration.
18. *What is your FAVORITE WORD OR PHRASE in Spanish? Create a full-page illustration that represents your favorite
phrase. Make sure it is neat and colorful.
19.Watch 3 episodes of “Mi Vida Loca” Spanish (for beginners) Mystery Drama
(http://bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/).
20. Watch a movie with the language set to Spanish.
21. Teach at least 5 Spanish phrases or a song in Spanish to someone else (any age). In your paragraph, te4ll me who
you taught, what you taught, and whether or not your lesson was a success.
22.Complete a song in Spanish on http://lyricstraining.com and bring me the results.
23. On YouTube, look up five Latino music artists you may have heard about (Shakira, Juanes, Prince Royce, Café Tacvba,
Zoé, Los Rakas, Hello Seahorse!, Chino y Nacho, Romeo Santos, Maná, Reik, etc.) Watch one music video per artist
and write about which songs you liked and disliked.
24.Listen to and comment on music from around the world! On YouTube, look up the following videos: FRENCH (Sexion
D’Assaut, “A Bout D’Souffle”: (http://bit.ly/kLgrjP), TURKISH (Tarkan, “Simarik”: http://bit.ly/afrxJz), JAPANESE
(Utada Hikaru, “Passion”: http://bit.ly/cILbKX), INDIAN (A. R. Rahman, “Jai Ho”: http://bit.ly/933vsK), ITALIAN
(Tiziano Ferro, “La Differenza Tra Me e Te”: http://bit.ly/ujbQdS).
25. Analyze the “What Are The Hardest Languages To Learn?” infographic (http://zoom.it/O4KL) and write about some of
the most surprising facts you discovered.
26. *Using Post-It Notes and a Spanish-English dictionary, label 10 items in your house (that you already don’t know in
Spanish). Leave the Post-It Notes on for a week. Then, from memory, recite the words to me in Spanish.
Have another idea or suggestion? See or e-mail me (ms.orbik@gmail.com) for approval.
Source: http://senoritabarragan.com/2012/03/25/homework-idea-tareas-semanales/