Writing Prompt #6
Congrats you have a made new friend named Hector who lives in Mexico! You both have decided to be pen-pals and write letters to each other. In your composition book, translate Hector’s letter from English Spanish. Then respond to him in paragraph form using complete sentences in Spanish.Try to be creative and make something up if you wish!
Dear (Querido/a) ______,
Hello! How are you?
I am very good! My name is Hector Noche and I am from Mexico D.F. I am 17 years old and I attend high school (la secundaria). I am short, smart, and VERY (MUY) handsome. My birthday is March 20th. In (En) my family, there are (hay) 5 people. There is (hay) my mother, my father, and my twin sisters (hermanasgemelas). My mother is named SofíaNoche-Buena. She is 42 years old and her (su) birthday is April 23rd. My mom is pretty and nice. My father is Pedro Noche and his (su) birthday is February 8th. My father is tall and serious. My sisters are named Luz and Esperanza Noche. They are 12 years old and their (sus) birthday is July 4th. My sisters are silly and lazy.
What time is it right now? [2:57pm]. Right now (ahora), it is 8:13am.
Nice to meet you!
Hector
To answer Hector you MUST include the following information
(NO BULLET POINTS! ONLY PARAGRAPHS!)
- A greeting
- How you are doing today
- Your name
- Where you are from
- Your age
- Describe yourself using 3 adjectives
- Your birthday
- How many people are in your family (minimum of 4)
- Family names/ages/birthday/2 descriptions PER PERSON!
- Answer the question he asked, (use the time in the bracket).
Writing Prompt #7
Translate the 2 letters between Hazel Ojos and Santino Cruz into Spanish. Any word you do not know has been given to you in parenthesis.
Dear (Querido) Santino,
How are you? I am okay. My name is Hazel Ojos and I am from Miami, FL. Where are you from? How old are you? I am 15 years old. My birthday is February 3rd. When is your birthday? I am short, silly, and intelligent. What are you like (¿Cómoeres?)? In (En) my family, there are (hay) 7 people (personas)! There is (Hay) my mother, my father, my sister, my brother, my twin siblings (hermanosgemelos) and I. We are a *big family*! My mother is named Blu Ojos and she is 39 years old. Her (Su) birthday is September 4th. She is very (muy) pretty and nice. My father is named Orlando Ojos and he is 40 years old. His (su) birthday is August 29th. He is tall and serious. My sister is named Keisha and she is 19 years old. Her (su) birthday is December 31st. She is skinny and dark-haired. My brother is named Orlando Jr. He is 22 years old. His birthday is February 8, 2017. He is mean and lazy. My twin siblings are named (se llaman) April and Alex. They are 6 years old. Their (Sus) birthday is February 19th. They are young and blonde What is your family like (¿Cómoestufamilia?)? What time is it? [4:49pm]. Right now (ahora), it is 9:49pm.
Nice to meet you!
Hazel
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Dear (Querida) Hazel,
How are you? I am not good. My name is Santino and I am from Los Angeles, California. I am 15 year old too (también). My birthday is July 8th. I am tall, handsome, and skinny. In (En) my family, there are (hay) 3 people. My mother, my brother and I. My mother is named Celina Cruz. She is 33 years old and her (su) birthday is November 23rd. My brother is name Jorge and he is 12 years old. His (su) birthday is June 1st. Jorge is tall and nice. Right now (ahora) it is 4:49pm.
See you later!
Santino