LA LENGUA DE LAS MARIPOSAS

Escribe una reacción en español a la película “La lengua de las mariposas”.  Aquí hay algunas sugerencias para escribir tu reacción:

Describe las emociones que te sentías.  Si no te sentías ningunas emociones ¿Por qué no?  ¿Te gusta la película?  ¿Por qué? o ¿Por qué no? ¿Cuál es tu parte favorita de la película?  (Escribe un mínimo de 5 oraciones.)

 Write a reaction in Spanish to the movie “La lengua de las mariposas”.  Here are some suggestions in order for you to write your reaction:Describe the emotions you felt.  If you didn’t feel any emotions, Why not?  Do you like the movie?  Why or why not?  Which was your favorite part of the movie?  (Write a minimum of 5 sentences.) Please use Microsoft Word to write your response so that you can write accents and tildes.  Cut and paste your response to this blog.  If you need help with making Spanish characters, please see me for a handout at school.    

Flying the Flag

Go to www.notesfromspain.com and in the search engine type “flying the flag”.  Listen to this podcast of Ben and Marina talking about the Spanish flag.  Write a thorough response in English to the following questions.  Please use complete sentences.  You may also respond to each other’s comments.  (Just a reminder, this is a class blog and needs to be treated seriously as a school assignment.  Any inappropriate comments will be handled according to the SMCC handbook.)   This assignment is due Tuesday January 29 2008. 

According to Ben and Marina, why does the Spanish flag offend some Spaniards?  (You can answer this question from one of two different points of view.)  Marina says that Spaniards would never hang a Spanish flag outside of their homes.  Why is that?  How do others perceive those who do fly the Spanish flag?  At what soccer games does Ben mention that there are often Spanish flags flying as a representation of support for Franco’s ideals?  How is this type of cultural information helpful to people who plan on traveling?  (The question of cultural information is relevant when traveling to any foreign country, not just Spain.)