Sussex Academy Spanish students savor sweet lessons

Students in Cameron Smith’s AP Spanish language class at Sussex Academy enjoyed a series of sweet and savory lessons while working on a unit on recipes.

In the unit, students learn about Latin American cuisine and study grammatically how to follow formal and informal commands, Smith said. It’s a listening and reading activity, he said, in which students have to navigate and adapt to issues that arise.

On different days, students followed Spanish directions to make flour tortillas, guacamole and sweet plantains, and invited other classes and staff to try their creations.

Smith said the activity also prepares students for an upcoming field trip to a Mexican restaurant in Philadelphia, where they will meet and learn about successful immigrants whose restaurants they have studied. Anyone interested in supporting the initiative is asked to contact Smith at 302-856-3636 or cameron.smith@saas.k12.de.us.