Activities completed in the Club - Part 2

 Weeks 7-9:  The students learned how to dance salsa, merengue, and bachata, made empanadas or pastelillos, and played Scrabble in Spanish.  Students provided the food donations.  During our dance classes, nobody wanted to dance, but I managed to get one of the students to dance with me, which was extremely funny.  During week 8, we made pastelillos, and students were asked to follow the food preparation protocol, which is washing their hands, and putting on hair restrainers, gloves, and aprons.  They were having fun and they were completely embarrassed about it.  In the end, everything was worth it.  During the week 9, nobody beat me at Scrabble.  I won every single game, even when they used dictionaries, Siri, Google Translate, and other people who also spoke Spanish over the phone. 

Weeks 10-12:  We tie-dye some white T-shirts.  Students had fun although this is not a so-called Hispanic/Latino activity.  We also made arroz con dulce in the school as I was explaining the process to make it.  Students provided the materials for this although some of them do not like it.  On our last meetings of the year, we made a coquito drink and watched the movie Coco.  I explained the process of the coquito and all of them loved it.  I shared my recipe, so they were able to prepare it at home during the Christmas season.  They also bring some popcorn, snacks, and soda for it.  We discussed the movie and it.