LEVEL+IA

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On this page you will find information and activities that relate to the first level of the Spanish I program.

[|Take me to the textbook!]  [|Practice activities]  Click on the links below to access vocabulary lists and grammar capsules. We have just taken the exam for Capitulo 3. Tomorrow we will begin Capitulo 4 with an introduction to Costa Rica - its rich geography, animal life, customs, traditions and philosophy known as **//pura vida.//** The title of Chapter Four is __//La vida escolar//__ (school life) and will include vocabulary and grammar to talk about what we have and what we need within the context of school, the verbs tener, venir, hacer, poner, saber and many more. We will tackle the conjugation of regular -er and -ir verbs now that we have mastered -ar verbs. I've got links to sites about some of the most interesting things in Costa Rica. Keep checking in for more cool stuff to come.

On Thursday 3/5 we answer questions about CR from the text. Here are those questions:

This is the vocabulary list 4.2 which was distributed on Monday the 30th of March. The new vocabulary, to be distributed on Monday 3/9 is provided here in 2 separate lists entitled 4.1.1 and 4.1.2:

PURA VIDA  This first link is a bit documentary-like (and the man's voice is annoying) but there are great snakes, bugs, frogs, and spiders. It also explains the Tico catch phrase that you see and hear all over the country: "Pura Vida" - pure life. [|Documentary'ish - PURA VIDA and Wildlife]  CAPUCHIN - CARA BLANCA  [|Check out these Capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica]

HOWLER MONKEY  [|Check out these Howler monkeys] <span style="background-color: #fff200; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 252%; text-align: left;"> [|More Howlers]

RANDOM BIRDS, MONKEYS, AND OTHER CREATURES

[|Quetzal and Monkey Family to Enya music] [|Slide Show of Quetzal and Hummingbirds -still shots]

OTHER COOL STUFF [|Surfing in Costa Rica] <span style="background-color: #fff200; color: #0cb61d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 252%; text-align: left;"> [|Zip lining thru the canopy near arenal] [|[[http://www.metacafe.com/watch/392784/arenal_volcano_funk_groove/|Arenal Volcano Funk Groove] - [|The best video clips are here]">arenal]] [|ARENAL to Evanescence] My PowerPoint presentation of a trip to Costa Rica

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