Question of the Day – 11.19.14

• United States Regional Differences in Accents• Which one sounds more like your family?• How accurate do you think these are?• How long do you think these regional differences will continue to be so

clear?

WEDNESDAY – 11.19.14•Unit 3: CULTURE - Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7• Language – Unit 3, Session 2

• PowerPoint is on ANGEL• Toponymy – Slides to follow

• Dying Languages of the World• Wall Street Journal – October, 2010• Endangered Languages Story Map• Article of the Day• Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages• New York Times – April 28, 2010

• Spanish Toponyms in the United States• Activity / Map

Spanish Term (Translation) Name of Place in U.S.

Relative Location

Example: rio (river) Rio Grande A river that is on the southern border of the U.S. and the northern border of Mexico

amarillo (yellow)

arroyo (brook, dry stream bed)

blanco (white)

boca (mouth estuary)

colorado (reddish brown)

costa (coast)

grande (big)

laguna (lagoon)

los, las (the)

mesa (high table)

nevada (snowfall)

paso (pass)

pueblo (town, village)

sierra (mountain)

vegas (fertile lowland, plain) Span

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Discussion Questions Following Spanish Toponyms Activity

• Are the place names you located on the map clustered or dispersed?•What patterns do you observe on the map

that you created?•Why do you think those patterns exist?