6th Grade Essay ~ La familia

When learning a language, it is usually easier to understand it, either in written or spoken form, than it is to actually produce the language yourself.  In order to really grow in the language, you have to push yourself (or be...gently nudged...by your teacher) to speak and write. Last week our 6th graders created some remarkable family tree posters.

(Seriously--isn't this Harry Potter family tree by Trey M. awesome?)

This week, they are using those posters as the basis for an essay on their family members. Each essay must contain the following information for a grandfather, grandmother, parents, siblings, aunt, uncle and cousins according to the poster you created last week:

•     Name using the verb llamarse
•     Where they are from
•     Relationship to you
•     Age (don’t forget to use tener!)
•     Physical description (at least two adjectives)
•     Personality description (at least two adjectives)

·    They may type or hand write the essay, but it should be double-spaced, and include any appropriate accent marks. Remember: mi = my. Mí = me (the object of a preposition). Page 83 of our textbook contains several adjectives that may be helpful, too.  I can't wait to read more about your families!

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