Sp II 04-28-06

Sp II 04-28-06

• Warm-up: Vocabulary and sentence writing practice: Handout from A practicar – pages 54 and 55.


• Reviewed and corrected Both 3A Repaso de verbos – 20 sentences in the present and preterite (white handout) AND 3A translation tarea #1-10 (blue handout).


• Big review of irregular preterite.


• Played Verb Battleship using: ir, estar, poder, haver, ver, dar, buscar, pagar and almorzar.


• Per. 4- Played Quia wordsearch with the 3A vocabulary.


• Tarea: study for vocabulary production test on Monday+ must know the meanings and spelling for the 3A vocabulary items.

Sp IV 04-28-06

Sp IV 04-28-06

• Verb tense review – Spinners Game; conjugating in multiple tenses with a variety of subjects and the verbs from 2B


• Corrected WB 46 & 47 – reviewing when to use subjunctive, indicative or the infinitive


• Shared experiences while at college in Mexico


• Continued with our Future presentations. – Chela y Esperanza


• Tarea – work on your project Annotated Bibliography

Sp II 04-27-06

Sp II 04-27-06

• Quia vocabulary review


• Took vocabulary recognition test, pp 128, 129, 152


• Read “Fondo Cultural” page 135, and answered the questions.


• Big review of Direct Objects and their Pronouns: What are they?  How do we find them in the sentence?  When do we use them?  Where do they go in the sentence?


• Added “Hacer” in the preterite to our verb grids


• Tarea: Blue sheet- 3A translation tarea – See below

3A translation tarea     nombre
     fecha
     período

1. When did you go to the doctor?


2. Did you mail that letter?


3. I had to go to the store to buy milk.


4. She couldn’t go to the movies with us.


5. Did you return the books to the library?


6. I cashed my check at the bank.


7. I bought toothpaste at the pharmacy.


8. What did you do yesterday?


9. We had to wait an hour for the bus.


10. Did you invite him to the party?

Sp IV 04-27-06

Sp IV 04-27-06

• Activities 30 & 31, text pages 67 & 68


• Checked off homework, and gave Daily Points


• Corrected/Reviewed Page 1 & 2 of the “Huge Enormous Verb Sheet”


• Continued with the future presentations – Josué, Constanza, y Carlos.


• Tarea: WB 46 & 47

Sp II 04-26-06

Sp II 04-26-06

• Collected, stamped & credited Daily work/ Homework


• Warm-up: handout A practicar Ex.3A-1A & 1B, 3A-2: vocabulary in context practice.


• Corrected warm-up


• Watched A Primera Vista on the DVD


• Read pp 132-133 aloud with a partner.


• Wrote out the answers to Actividad 3, ¿Comprendiste?, then reviewed them.


• Introduced Direct Object Pronouns – GramActiva, and we did some practices with them.  See pages 138-139.


• Reviewed some irregular verbs in the preterite – GramActiva + corrections on the verb grid for homework.  See pages 140 + 142.


• In period 4, we began correcting the 3-A Verb Review Sheet from last night.


• Tarea : STUDY for vocabulary recognition test tomorrow!

Pink flashcard sets made available to those who wanted them.

Sp IV 04-26-06

Sp IV 04-26-06

• Credited and stamped your 15 sentences using 5 tenses.


• Practiced vocabulary in context with exercises 24, 25 & 27, on pages 61 & 62.


• Introduced / reviewed the present subjunctive – see pages 64-67


• Began the Nuestros futuros presentations: Elena Rosa, Gael, y Elena went today.


• Received a packet, Huge, Enormous Verb Review


• Homework – Study the 1st page of the packet and complete the next two pages of exercises.  Puntos extra= 3rd page of exercises.

Sp II 04-25-06

Sp II  04-25-06

• Comunicación, back page of A ver si recuerdas packet – row partners


• Verbs review – Preliminar through 2B – mapache partner


• Conjugation review 2B – tiburón partner


• Reviewed answers


• Went over vocabulary 3A– filled in extras that weren’t in the book (apuntes)

Tarea:

1. Preterite verb grid: On back side, label: Irregulares del pretérito

Ir, Ser, tener, estar, andar, poder
(2) Handout: Práctica de verbos 3A- write matching exercise on handout, but write the sentences in the present y preterite on a separate piece of paper.

Sp IV 04-25-06

Sp IV 04-25-06

• Reviewed verbs- meanings


• Reviewed conjugations: presente, preterito, imperfecto, futuro, condicional


• Played Lotería – 5 tenses


• Introduced the Research project


• Check out this site for research links:

http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/rsummit/spanish/index.htm

• Tarea:


• Annotated Bibilography –

       turn in before the end of next week (el 5 de mayo)
2. Para mañana – Write 15 bilingual sentences –
       3 per each of the tenses we practiced today + vocabulario 60

Sp II 04-24-06_#2

Sp II 04-24-06

• Got stamps for homework = white A ver si recuerdas packet


• Got points for study system – pp 128-129


• Warm-up – Page 129 – review telling time and Act 3 & 4


• Reviewed Time and warm-up Activities


• Introduced Chapter 3A- pages 128, read Fondo Cultural re: Buenos Aires


• Overview of goals for the chapter 3A


• Listened to Primera Vista- pp 130-131 and did activities 1 & 2


• Got a new vocabulary list and wrote down the dates of the tests for this lesson:

Las fechas importantes:
La prueba de recognición:__el 27_;
La prueba de producción: __el 1 de mayo__;
El examen del capítulo __el 4 de mayo___;
El paquete de tareas: ____el 5 de mayo___

• Showed a good vocabulary practice sites:

http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/rsummit/spanish/r23ajigsaw.swf
http://www.quia.com/jg/392954.html

• Tarea: complete new vocab. sheet

Sp IV 04-24-06

Sp IV 04-24-06

• Turned-in Future composition – rough draft credit


• Explained more about how to write/present


• Signed-up for presentation dates (Tues. – Fri. this week)


• Reviewed the Future & the Conditional – continued on with the notes from the Power Point.


• Translation practice- using the future and/or the conditional


• Got a Lotería handout – 5 tenses review ( presente, pretérito, imperfecto, futuro, condicional)


• Tarea:      (1) Final copy of composition – typed, please.

     (2) Lotería- bilingual answers.

Sp II 04-24-06

Sp II 04-24-06

• Got stamps for homework = white A ver si recuerdas packet


• Got points for study system – pp 128-129


• Warm-up – Page 129 – review telling time and Act 3 & 4


• Reviewed Time and warm-up Activities


• Introduced Chapter 3A- pages 128, read Fondo Cultural re: Buenos Aires


• Overview of goals for the chapter 3A


• Listened to Primera Vista- pp 130-131 and did activities 1 & 2


• Got a new vocabulary list and wrote down the dates of the tests for this lesson:

Las fechas importantes:
La prueba de recognición:__el 27_;
La prueba de producción: __el 1 de mayo__;
El examen del capítulo __el 4 de mayo___;
El paquete de tareas: ____el 5 de mayo___

• Showed a good vocabulary practice sites:

http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/rsummit/spanish/r23ajigsaw.swf
http://www.quia.com/jg/392954.html

• Tarea: complete new vocab. sheet

Sp II 04-21-06

Sp II 04-21-06

• Exchanged homework packets with a partner and verified points earned. Then turned-in the packets.


• (Period 3) Reviewed the Vocabulary 2B test


• Lección 3A- A ver si recuerdas – Pre-lesson for 3A – Household chores per room in the house & places to go in town.


• Text page 126 – Extra vocabulary notes  


• Reviewed “time expressions” common to the preterite


• Introduced some of the irregular preterite verbs – see white packet El pretérito-


• Activities 1 & 2, page 126


• Homework (Tarea)      (1) Study system for 126 + notes

     (2) White packet: 3A – A ver si recuerdas

Sp IV 04-21-06

Sp IV 04-21-06

• Read predictions about the future, page 59, with “Chiles” partner, and completed exercise 2-21, page 61.  Turned it in.


• Listed the cognates in the article on page 59, with “Puesta del sol” partner.


• Orally recapped the article, using the list of cognates, with “Bellas Arts” partner.


• Reviewed Act. 2-21 as a whole class.


• Continued taking notes over the Conditional – re: Power Point


• Tarea:  Write a three-paragraph (minimum) composition about the future of another classmate, or yourself. Include a logical cause and effect scheme, while including interesting things that will happen during the next 5, 10 and 20 years.

Please remember to keep the humor appropriate.

Sp II 04-20-06

Sp II 04-20-06

• Period 3: Corrected pages 45-47 of the yellow workbook packet


• Per. 3 & 4: Took Lesson 2B examination: 65 points


• Received cover sheet for homework packet 2B


• Tarea: Organize your 2B homework packet and have ready for class tomorrow.

Sp IV 04-20-06

Sp IV 04-20-06

• Corrected Homework 2A packets and turned them in


• Partner vocabulary page 60 practice – Estoy pensando en una palabra


• Same as above, but as a whole class


• Dramitas- presented all groups for the “Hagamos una fiesta” oral


• ¿Tarea? – Not tonight!

Sp II 04-19-06

Sp II 04-19-06

• Warm-up – Sentence creation and translation sheet using the preterite and the 2B vocabulary.


• Wrote more sentences based on class members and their activities.


• Corrected yellow packet, pp 45-47 (period 4)


• Played “pass the white board” conjugation games – preterite


• Conjugation practice site, http://conjuguemos.com


• Suggested students register – THS registration number is: 893


• Homework: study for the 2B examination tomorrow

Sp IV 04-19-06

Sp IV 04-19-06

• Warm-up: Translation sentences


• Corrections: Tarea de repaso


• Exam 2-A


• Received cover sheet for homework packet, new vocabulary list, and an example of all of the verb tenses.


• Tarea:      (1) Organize homework packet for 2A

     (2) Write definitions in Spanish for 15 of the new vocabulary items
     (3) Be ready to perform your “dramita”

Sp II 04-18-06

Sp II 04-18-06

• Read page 120 – La parranda;


• Interviewed our partner about family gatherings;


• wrote up the partners responses.


• Reviewed Demonstrative Adjectives – blue packet – we worked through the packet with 2 different partners


• Corrected the packet as a whole class.


• Period 4 – reviewed test 2A


• Tarea: STUDY:


• Practice Regular preterite – until you are SOLID- can conjugate accurately without hesitation


• Review vocabulary: pages 98-99 & 124

Sp IV 04-18-06

Sp IV 04-18-06

• Vamos a conversar – pg. 54 – Texto


• Debrief – ecological problems and possible solutions


• A escuchar – page 58 + written and oral activities


• Oral practice - ¡La fiesta! – Plan and practice a situation were you are negotiating with your partner the details of a party you are planning.  Be sure to include:


• the purpose for the gathering


• the date – use your calendars to negotiate this


• the place


• the food you’ll serve


• the activities you’ll do


• the guests

Tarea:  

1. Tarea de repaso – review sheet of 2ª


2. Study for tomorrow’s test: 2-A  El futuro, Ser-Estar-Haber, vocabulary, Essay question(s) – la contaminación y el futuro

Sp IV 04-13-06

Sp IV 04-13-06

• Began watching movie “Ni de aquí, ni de allá”


• Prepared our desayuno


• Orales con Doña Marta – la bisabuela de Gael


• Tarea: Estudia – examen el Miércoles sobre 2A

Sp IV 04-17-06

Sp IV 04-17-06

• Reviewed participation grades – how to earn good ones ☺: Received a chart to keep track of points earned during the quarter.


• Reviewed the future tense- played “lotería”


• Organized into new oral partners – theme “México”


• Partner oral – ¡Planeamos una fiesta!


• Tarea: (1) write 2 goals for the new quarter:

1. participation grade

2- overall grade.
                  (2) WB 45
          (3) Texto – page 54:
1 - read about Costa Rica’s environmental movement;
2 - Answer the questions in “vamos a comparar”

Sp II 04-17-06

Sp II 04-17-06

• Reviewed Participation Grades


• Received NEW hall passes for this quarter


• Introduced/reviewed Demonstrative Adjectives – GramActiva DVD


• Act. 19 & 22 in textbook


• Reviewed 2A test


• Reviewed what would be on Thursday’s test.

Tarea
(1)Write 2 Goals with Action Plans
(2) Pages 45 & 46 in yellow packet
(3) Studying for 2A test :

• Regular preterite verbs


• Spelling changes –car, -gar,-zar


• This, these, that, those = demonstrative adjectives


• Vocabulary – pp. 98 & 99 (a ver si recuerdas) & page 124

Action Plan- what you will do to make sure you reach your goal

Goal 1: My participation grade for this quarter.


Goal 2: My overall letter grade for this quarter.

Signed off by (1) You = commit you to it

1. By parent/guardian


2. Turn in Mañana

Sp II 04-13-06

Sp II 04-13-06

• Took test – vocabulary production 2A


• Calculated our participation grades


• Tarea: yellow workbook packet, pp 43 & 44 (47-crossword)

Sp II 04-12-06

Sp II 04-12-06

• Warm up: Activities 4 & 5, page 106 – Vocabulary practice


• Homework correction – Reviewed vocabulary & the preterite tense


• Reviewed Verb grids in the Preterite


• Took notes over –car, -gar, -zar verbs in the preterite and how they change their spellings in the “yo” form – see the notes in the box on page 110: right-hand column.


• Showed the vocabulary games on line at http://www.quia.com/jg/378888.html


• Homework:     (1) Practice for vocabulary test on page 124 tomorrow

     (2) Complete the next two pages in the yellow workbook packet,
         pages 41 & 42

Sp IV 04-12-06

Sp IV 04-12-06

• Warm-up: Text page 57, Oral Activities

                Act. 19 (pairs) – guess a famous person
                Act 20 (groups of 3) – debate future conditions

• Debrief:  Warm-up


• Corrected Homework – el futuro


• Introduced – el condicional – notes


• Planned “un desayuno” for tomorrow


• Tarea:      (1) Prep the Lotería-irregulars of the future tense

     (2) Prep the calendar – starting with Monday, April 17th.
     (3) Complete the verbs in the chart exercise, Convirtamos los verbos
     (4) Bring the items you said you would for our desayuno.

Sp IV 04-11-06

Sp IV 04-11-06

• Crossword, vocabulario 2-A  Completed alone, or with a partner


• Reviewed vocabulario, and the answers for the Crucigrama.


• Corrected homework – more vocabulary practice & Ser, Estar, Haber


• Continued with our overview and note-taking on the Future and it’s uses.


• Tarea: (1) WB 43-44, Ex. 7

                 (2) Text pg. 56, Ex. 15

Sp II 04-11-06

Sp II 04-11-06

• Read “Fondo Cultural” pg. 109 re: clothing and shoe sizes in Spanish-speaking countries


• Wrote 3 questions based on reading and asked/answered them with a neighbor


• Checked off study systems for vocabulary 2A, & corrected the homework


• Watched “GramActiva” DVD re: the preterite


• Got a packet on the preterite, took notes about forming the preterite and the meanings of common time expressions used with the preterite.


• Practiced forming the regular preterite-ball toss game


• Started our verb grid- homework.


• Homework:

1. Exercise 13, page 110


2. Verb grid with these 10 verbs: mirar, aprender, escribir, comprar, buscar, pagar, almorzar, hablar, comer, vivir.

Sp II 04-10-06

Sp II 04-10-06

• Warm-up: Read the Fondo Cultural- page 100


• Go over the new chapter (2B) objectives on page 101


• Listen and read pages 102-103


• Listening comprehension- Activities 1 &2, pg. 102


• Watched Videohistoria (pp 103-104)


• Practiced vocabulary – new list & picture flashcards


• Announced tests for this lesson: Vocabulary=4/13; Lesson=4/20


• Introduced the Regular Preterite – past tense (see page 110)


• Homework: (1) Study system for all items on new vocabulary list

                          (2) Handout 2B-B
                          (3) Yellow workbook packet – first page, Ex. A & B

Sp IV 04-10-06

Sp IV 04-10-06

• Practiced vocabulary 2A – sentence completion


• Stamped and corrected homework – Ser/Estar


• Ser & Estar on-line practices: Conexiones & BK Nelson sites


• Began review of the Futuro.


• Homework: WB 43, ex. 5 & 6

Sp IV 04-10-06

Sp IV 04-10-06

• Practiced vocabulary 2A – sentence completion


• Stamped and corrected homework – Ser/Estar


• Ser & Estar on-line practices: Conexiones & BK Nelson sites


• Began review of the Futuro.


• Homework: WB 43, ex. 5 & 6

Sp II 04-07-06

Sp II 04-07-06

• Peer corrected homework packets 2A


• Received review vocabulary list for 2B- pg. 98


• Wrote small paragraph re: shopping


• Partner oral practice: page 98 ex. 2


• Practiced shopping vocabulary: http://www.quia.com/jg/378878.html


• Reviewed numbers: 0-200,000 see page 99


• Learned how to ask and answer when we were born


• Juegos en Español: Scrabble, Monopoly, Pick Two, etc.


• Homework: Worksheet 2B-A

Sp IV 04-07-06

Sp IV 04-07-06

• Warm-up: 20 questions with partners, trying to guess famous people


• Reviewed “Ser & Estar” while correcting homework


• Continued on with packet


• 30 minutes- juegos en Español: Scrabble, Pick Two, Mil Hitos, Monopoly, etc.


• Homework: finish the Ser/Estar packet

Sp II 04-06-06

Sp. II 04-06-06

• Took exam 2A today: Fill-in vocabulary (28 pts); Reading Comprehension and Grammar (35 pts); Composition (40 pts).


• Copied the cover sheet for the packet of homework from 2A (see below)


• Homework: organize homework 2A packet and have ready for the beginning of class tomorrow.

La portada del paquete de tareas para Lección _2-A _

Sp IV 04-06-06

Sp IV 04-06-06

• Warm-up: pge. 52, Exercise 2-8 (Ser, Estar, Haber)


• Reviewed pages 58-59 of Ser/Estar packet from yesterday


• Corrected WB 42, last night’s homework


• Finished the Shadow Stories! (:>)


• Tarea: complete page 60 in the Ser/Estar packet

Sp II 04-05-06

Sp II 04-05-06  Substitute = Mrs. Fowler

• Warm-up: practice quizzes re: clothes & body


• Repaso 2A handout- scrambled sentences & translations


• Reviewed “To Be” (Ser, Estar) with a packet– Active note taking on study points (numbered items) = underline the key concepts.


• Practiced study points in packet by completing the exercises – reviewed answers


• Reviewed expressing possession, in general


• Reviewed “stressed” possessives – stating possession emphatically= it’s mine!


• Packet of study notes & exercises on expressing possession – worked through material in same manner as with the Ser/Estar packet


• Homework – STUDY for 2A test tomorrow.

Sp IV 04-05-06

Sp IV 04-05-06 – Substitute=Mrs. Fowler

• Corrected WB 41


• Took notes on uses of Ser & Estar – text pp. 49-51

Pay special attention to Ser + the passive voice (p.50)
AND meaning differences of adjectives with Ser & Estar (p. 51)

• Compared “rules” for Ser & Estar with study points in white packet

      on uses of Ser & Estar

• Worked through packet exercises


• Started Group Oral, ¿A quiénes invitamos a cenar?


• Homework:      (1) Notes over uses of “Haber” – text pages 51-52

(2) WB 42 – both exercises using Ser + Estar

Sp IV 04-03-2006

Sp IV 04-03-2006-04-03

• 3-way orals re: las vacaciones- one recorder, two speakers.  Focused on Oregon Oral Assessment chart


• Turned in final copy of composition


• Continued with shadow stories


• Got new vocabulary sheet for 2A-page 46


• Tarea: complete list then select 20 vocabulary items to include in a story.

Study Guide-Sp II Test on 4-06-06

Español II
Repaso para el examen 2-A = el 6 de abril

Vocabulario – Página 96

• la ropa = clothing


• el cuerpo humano = the human body


• artículos del tocador = grooming articles

Structure (grammar)

• Reflexive verbs – meaning & uses


• Ser & Estar – meanings & uses


• Stressed possessives = como adjetivo y como pronombre

  adj – Es el libro mío  
  pronouns – el mío

Son canicas nuestras.  (adjetivo)
Son nuestras.   (pronombre)

Sp IV 04-04-2006

Sp IV 04-04-2006

• Partners read their homework stories aloud to each other


• Using the vocabulary sheets, partners read page 45 aloud


• Reviewed vocabulary as a whole class


• Reviewed pages 45 & 47 as a class


• Did exercise 2-1, page 47


• Continued with Shadow Stories


• Homework: (1) Workbook page 41, ex. 1 & 2

                          (2) Text. Page 47, ex. 2-3

Sp II 04-04-2006

Sp II 04-04-2006

• Copied down the study guide for test 2A on Thursday and took notes over things to remember for each of the structures covered.


• Group practice-practiced the vocabulary and reflexive verbs by acting out various scenarios re: getting ready


• Reviewed and corrected last night’s homework.


• Took notes on the past homework in the WAVA workbook as we corrected pages 31, 32 & 33


• Reviewed last unit test


• Homework: (1) complete the pink workbook 2A packet –page 31

                          (2) write out WAVA page 34