Feb 4
CW: Unit 2 Test
HW:  Vocab notecards p 148 and 152

Feb 5
CW:  Shopping vocabulary 
HW:  wkbk 103-104

Feb 7
CW:  Stem Changing Irregular Verbs 
HW:  wkbk 105-106
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Feb 11
CW:  Irregular Verb Practice,  
HW:  wkbk 107-108

Feb 12
CW:  boot verb worksheet, El Verbo IR
HW:  wkbk 109-110

 Feb 14
CW:  Review for Quiz
HW:  wkbk 111-112

 Feb 18
CW:  Quiz Desasio 1
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Cultura Diaria

Guatemalan Traditional Clothing
Traditional garments are made on looms. 
A traditional outfit can cost eight times more than a normal article of clothing. 
Most Huipiles are made by women and can take from 3-8 months to make.

El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday which takes place on November 1st and 2nd.  This days remembers the lives of people who have passed away.

Alfredo Galvez
A famous Guatemalan painter who used perspective in his painting, “Tejedoras de Atitlan” (1946)
Perspective is a tool used to make a two-dimensional artwork appear to have depth.
The size of a person was sometimes used to show someone’s level of importance, not distance 

Chichicastenango
This is one of the largest outdoor markets in Latin America.
A wide variety of goods are bought and sold here. 
It is most famous for its handicrafts, textiles and leather products.

Peru
In 1866, the Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries formed villages of indigenous peoples in Peru:  One of these was The Iquitos.
There were 200 inhabitants in 1840, but the “rubber boom” increased the population greatly.
 Iquitos became known as the Capital of the Amazon in Peru.
Today they have a population of nearly 400,000.

El Maíz
The word maize comes from the Taino language. 
The Spanish adopted the name when they discovered it in the Caribbean during the first voyage of Columbus. 
It has been cultivated in Peru for over 3,000 years and is a part of many typical Peruvian dishes.
Corn is the main ingredient of chica morada, a very popular drink.