Saturday, November 12, 2011

12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

     On Thursday, November 10th 2011 the Twelfth Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.  The Latin Grammy Awards event is organized by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. It is to honor the best artists from all over the world that have recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese.  There are different awards such as: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.
     Some of the people that were at the awards were Shakira, Sofia Vergara, Usher and Romeo Santos,Prince Royce, Mana, and Pit Bull.  One of my favorite was Shakira who performed a few of her songs.  She arrived in a dazzling gold dress and looked stunning.  Sofia Vergara looked incredible in her silver long dress.  Shakira's amazing performance made the Latin Grammy awards unforgettable.


Vocabulary:

  1. Organize-to put things into order or put together an event
  2. Academy-a private school or instruction center
  3. Artist-performs as a singer in the performing arts
  4. Record-a song recorded by a singer/artist
  5. Album-consists of many songs such as a CD
  6. Stunning-to look beautiful
Grammar Point:
Ajectives are words that describe the noun or pronoun that we are talking about.  For example, in the paragraph above I mentioned Shakira's "dazzling gold dress".  'Dazzling' and 'gold' are describing how Shakira's dress is.

Grammar Activity:
In the paragraph above about the Latin Grammy Awards, try to find as all of the adjectives used and underline or circle them.  Can you think of another adjective that could replaced the ones I used?

Cloze Activity:
Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word.
  1. I wanted to ______________ a party for my friend because it was her birthday.
  2. My cousin looked ______________ in the dress she bought for her wedding.
  3. I have always dreamed of having a ____________ since I like to sing and hope to be famous one day.
  4. I want to go to a music ______________ and practice my singing.
  5. I love Romeo's new __________ because of the amazing songs he has on it.
  6. I like all different kinds of _____________ from different genres of music.