Tuesday, June 25
The day started with as much excitement as when the
Miami Heat won the championships.
Everybody woke up saying how much fun the market would be. We had classes for two hours in the morning
and then, at eleven o’clock, we went to the Tianguis
market. This was one of the largest
markets I have seen in my life. There
were three parts to the market, including things from small trinkets to big
house appliances. Some of the things
that I (Sunjin Kim) bought were baseball caps, soccer jerseys, soccer balls, Beats
(a brand of headphones), sombreros, and cacahuates con chile (chile powder
covered peanuts). Some of the things
that Griffin Shapiro got were candies, portable stereos in the shape of a car,
and gifts for his family. It was a long
and bumpy 30 minute ride to the market.
Once we got there, it was a race to see who could find, bargain, and buy
the Beats. This was important because
they were real Beats and cost only 70 pesos (about 6 dollars).
Lately, in school, we (Sunjin Kim) have been reviewing
definite articles. Before this, we
learned about the preterite tense. We
have also been learning about the differences between preterite and imperfect
tenses. Griffin Shapiro’s class has been
learning the future and present perfect tense.
Later on, at about four o’clock, we went to our
school for a mask contest. We were
originally going to go to “Casa Ayuda” the orphanage for the contest, but it
was raining. As we walked in, we were briefed
on how we would be graded for the mask contest:
four points for the mask design, three points for the history of the
mask (we had to write a short paragraph on the history of the mask), three
points for creativity. Our (Sunjin Kim)
mask design was a “diablo” (devil) and Griffin’s group’s was a “torero”
(bullfighter).
While I was doing my homework, I (Sunjin Kim) heard
Ms. Carbonaro tell all of us to come to the gate. I went and saw a lady who had walked all the
way from the mountains with “garambulla” (little fruits that look like blueberries
that grow on cacti). She asked for 100
pesos and we all pitched in ten pesos to buy them. We will later on use them to make really
yummy ice cream for dessert.
-Sunjin Kim and Griffin Shapiro
Martes, 25 de junio
El día empezó con mucha emoción. Nos despertamos pensando
en lo divertido que iba a ser la visita al mercado. Nosotros tomamos clases por
dos horas y entonces fuimos al mercado. Era un mercado grandísimo. Había tres
partes en el mercado. Unas cosas que yo, Sunjin Kim, compré eran sombreros,
jerseys, pelotas, Beats, gorras, y
cacahuates. Griffin compró dulces, estéreos, y regalos para su familia.
Tardamos mucho en llegar al mercado. Cuando llegamos, nosotros queríamos comprar
los Beats porque costaban solomente setenta pesos.
En la escuela, nosotros (Sunjin Kim) estudiamos los
artículos definidos y el pretérito. La
clase de Griffin estudió el futuro y el presente perfecto.
A las cuatro, regresamos a nuestra escuela para un
concurso de máscaras. Cuando llegamos, los maestros nos dijeron que nuestras
notas en el concurso de mascáras consistían en tres partes: la máscara, la historia de la máscara, y la
creatividad. La máscara del equipo de Sunjin era un diablo y la máscara del
equipo de Griffin era un torero.
Cuando estaba haciendo la tarea, oí a la Sra.
Carbonaro y fui a la puerta. Vi a una
mujer que vino de las montañas con garambullas. Las garambullas costaban 100
pesos y nosotros le dimos 10 pesos cada uno. Las garambullas son para hacer un helado.
-Sunjin Kim y Griffin Shapiro
