Today was not as of an exciting day for my senior project - but I got some important work done. I had the first period of the day off and used the 20 minute advisory, so for 85 minutes I worked on the homework my teacher gave me. I started with the conjugations, which to other language students may seem like mindless drilling, but for me was really interesting. I not only remembered how to conjugate in the present, preterite past, and imperfect past but I became comfortable again with the conjugations. I jumped straight into the irregular verbs because the same verbs are irregular in Spanish. I also reviewed my notes from yesterday's class.
Next, I listened to the song Dona Canô by Daniela Mercury. My homework with the song was to identify all the famous people referenced. So from the song I wrote down Caetano Veloso, his mom, and Gil Gilberto. Caetano Veloso is a composer, singer-songwriter, write, and political activist. Gil Gilberto had the same profile and Caetano and Gil collaborated. I think Ana is going to explain some of Brazilian history in the 1960s because Caetano Veloso was a political activist during the start of Brazilian dictatorship in the 1960s.
I have some more homework to complete before tomorrow's class but already am enjoying my project. I love making connections between Spanish and Portuguese - seeing where the languages are still similar and where they have diverged.
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