In class we read a little bit about the country of Argentina. Then some
of you viewed a DVD where we were lead on a tour of the countries’
highlights. Now we are going to take a look at a news article from a
Scholastic publication.
Iván Topor, a teenager from Buenos Aires, Argentina was
interviewed for this article in ¿Qué Tal? Magazine. In his country a lot
of people can trace their ancestors back to Italy or Spain. Because of
this a lot of people say they feel like they are in Europe when they are
in Buenos Aires. In this capitol city a lot of people from different
religious backgrounds live together, just like where we live. Below he
shares what Easter means to him.
La Pascua en Argentina
En Argentina la Pascua es una fiesta importante. En las provincias
de Argentina la Semana Santa es un tiempo religioso; hay procesiones y
misas. Si no eres católico o religioso, es una buena época para conocer
estas tradiciones.
Pero a mí estas fiestas me gustan porque ¡me gusta mucho el
chocolate! Durante estas fiestas comemos mucho chocolate; tortas,
golosinas, roscas de Pascua, huevos de chocolate, gallinas de chocolate,
etc.
Todos los años faltamos al colegio por la semana de Pascua y nos
quedamos con nuestras familias para celebrar. Yo, por mi parte, veo a
mis amigos y vamos al cine o jugamos al fútbol. ¿Y ustedes? ¿Qué
hacen durante la semana de Pascua?
There are several COGNATES in the above article; words that look like and
sound like words in English and do mean the same thing. On the lines
below write down at least four cognates that you can find and define them
in English:
There are also some words in the above article that are NOT cognates, but
we learned what they meant sometime during Spanish class. Now find at
least four words in Spanish that you understand and write them down
below with an English definition.
Did you understand some of what was said? Can you put into your own
words what you thought Iván might be sharing with you?
Now go ahead and read the translation of this article in English:
Easter in Argentina
In Argentina Easter is an important holiday. In the provinces
throughout Argentina, Holy Week is a religious time when there are
processions and masses. Even if you are not Catholic or religious it’s a
good time to get to know these traditions in my country.
I really like this holiday because I love chocolate! During this
holiday we eat a lot of chocolate: cakes, candy, Easter bread,
chocolate eggs, chocolate hens, etc.
Every year we stay home from school during the week before
Easter and spend time celebrating with our families. I, for my part,
see my friends and we go to the movie theatre or play soccer together.
What about you? What do you do the week before Easter?
Please answer the following questions in complete sentences in English:
1. Do you and your family celebrate Easter?
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2.
If you DO celebrate Easter, what are some things that your family does?
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3. If you do NOT celebrate Easter, do you celebrate something else or do
something else?
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4. Do you like chocolate? Señora Stapulionis sure does and wishes she could
go to Argentina to try their chocolate Easter goodies! How about you?
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