La Llorona:
Book Summary:
In the book La Llorona, the main character Laney goes away to a soccer camp in Mazatlan, Mexico. Along the way, she meets two new friends Jake and Desi. The three become excellent friends; they hang out together, eat together, and play soccer together. One day Laney sees a very handsome young man at the camp; his name is Luis. Jake and Desi warn Laney that this boy is a snob and player, but she doesn't listen. Laney and Luis begin to hang out and become boyfriend and girlfriend. Desi and Laney get in a big fight over all of this and stop talking. While Laney and Luis are together, Laney begins to have very crazy nightmares. She hears a crying woman in the wind and begins to hear, "my kids, my kids" these nightmares become very real. One night after one of her nightmares, she goes into the cafeteria to tell her boyfriend Luis, and he is with another girl. Because she no longer has friends at the camp, she goes to her great aunt and tells her about her nightmares. Her great aunt tells her the story of the Llorona and explains that the Llorna visits young woman who put her boyfriend over her friends and family. Laney then realized what she had done and goes to apologize to Desi.
Class Reflection:
Spanish 4 has been a little bit different for me than for others. Because I went to Colombia last year, I feel that I was ahead of many other kids. the class was pretty easy for me. The biggest thing I took away from the class was hearing and talking in Spanish once a week. I can definitely feel myself losing the language, but this Spanish class helped a lot. Because I learned the language just by being put in a situation where I had to speak it, I learned conversational Spanish, but I struggle with vocab. I plan to take Spanish in college and return to Colombia or another Spanish-speaking country to continue my language education.
In the book La Llorona, the main character Laney goes away to a soccer camp in Mazatlan, Mexico. Along the way, she meets two new friends Jake and Desi. The three become excellent friends; they hang out together, eat together, and play soccer together. One day Laney sees a very handsome young man at the camp; his name is Luis. Jake and Desi warn Laney that this boy is a snob and player, but she doesn't listen. Laney and Luis begin to hang out and become boyfriend and girlfriend. Desi and Laney get in a big fight over all of this and stop talking. While Laney and Luis are together, Laney begins to have very crazy nightmares. She hears a crying woman in the wind and begins to hear, "my kids, my kids" these nightmares become very real. One night after one of her nightmares, she goes into the cafeteria to tell her boyfriend Luis, and he is with another girl. Because she no longer has friends at the camp, she goes to her great aunt and tells her about her nightmares. Her great aunt tells her the story of the Llorona and explains that the Llorna visits young woman who put her boyfriend over her friends and family. Laney then realized what she had done and goes to apologize to Desi.
Class Reflection:
Spanish 4 has been a little bit different for me than for others. Because I went to Colombia last year, I feel that I was ahead of many other kids. the class was pretty easy for me. The biggest thing I took away from the class was hearing and talking in Spanish once a week. I can definitely feel myself losing the language, but this Spanish class helped a lot. Because I learned the language just by being put in a situation where I had to speak it, I learned conversational Spanish, but I struggle with vocab. I plan to take Spanish in college and return to Colombia or another Spanish-speaking country to continue my language education.