Spanish IV 12-15-06

Spanish IV  12-15-06

• We listened to “Música navideña”


• Received packet of word puzzles pertaining to Hispanic holiday customs – may complete over the vacation, due upon return @ 2 points/page extra credit.


• Guest speaker – Peace Corps Volunteer home from Panamá for vacation.  Gave a presentation in Spanish telling us about his experiences while showing us his photos via Power Point.


• ¿Tarea? !No hay!  Que pasen los días festivos muy contentos en compañía de los suyos.

Spanish II 12-15-06

Spanish II 12-15-06

• Guest Speaker: Mr. Teschner’s nephew, a Peace Corps volunteer to Panamá, home for winter break.  Showed us a Power Point and explained his experiences in Panamá.


• Finished the video Elf, in Spanish.


• Started the holidays activity packet – may finish over winter break, for 2 points extra credit per page completed.


• ¡Felices fiestas!  ¡Nos vemos en el año nuevo! – Happy holidays!  We’ll see each other in the new year!

Spanish IV 12-14-06

Spanish IV  12-14-06

• Stamped, Reviewed and corrected WB52 & 52.


• Listened to, and sang along with, the CD Hispanic Christmas


• Projects presented today: Shawana- Madrid; Javier – La geografía de Sudamérica


• ¡No hay tarea esta noche!

Spanish II 12-14-06

Spanish II 12-14-06

• Took written Rima quiz.


• Formed our performance teams of 3 and signed up for order of presentations


• Presented the rhyme


• Reviewed & Corrected test 3A


• Continued watching Elf in Spanish.


• No homework tonight!

Spanish IV 12-13-06

Spanish IV 12-13-06

• We read the article, La Navidad en España aloud with a partner.


• We made Venn diagrams comparing traditional holiday customs between Spain and the United States.


• Returned the Oral evaluation sheets from La Cena


• Correct the Workbook assignments from last night, while discussing Amestía Internacional.


• Mónica presented her project on Costa Rica – nature


• Began watching El duende – Elf, en Español


• Tarea: WB 51 & 52 – practicing the vocabulary

Spanish II 12-13-06

Spanish II 12-13-06

• Warm-up: Pages 158-159: Listen and repeat the vocabulary in context.


• Page 159: Activities 1 & 2 – Active listening comprehension practice.


• Read pp. 160-161 aloud with a partner.


• Wrote out the answers to the comprehension questions, ¿Comprendiste? On page 161.


• Went over the answers with the whole class.


• Period 2 – corrected Act. 3, page 155.


• Periods 2 & 4 – watched some of Elf, in Spanish – of course!


• Homework – Practice for your “Rima” written and spoken test tomorrow.

Spanish IV 12-12-06

Spanish IV 12-12-06

• Warm-up: Reading about La Virgen de Guadalupe (today is her Saint’s Day) and the discovery of the reflection of Juan Diego in the pupil of her eye in the image.


• Stamped and credited the homework.


• Tomás presented his project on Los Incas.


• Victoria presented her project on Los bailes de España.


• Began reviewing the tarea: vocabulary activity 3-3.


• Tarea: Workbook Activities 3-3 & 3-4, practicing the subjunctive with impersonal expressions, on pages WB 53 & WB54

Spanish II 12-12-06

Spanish II 12-12-06

• Warm-up: Writing answers to questions in the preterite about everyday activities.


• Received credit for our Page 154-155 study systems.


• Reviewed the vocabulary from pp 154-5.


• Got new vocabulary sheet (that includes ALL of lesson 3-B: A ver si recuerdas and the regular lesson 3-B) and practiced saying the words.


• Gave extra notes over the vocabulary.


• Practiced the Directions Rhyme


• Announced the dates of the quizzes and tests for 3B: (1) Directions Rhyme- the 14th of December (2) Recognition of all of the vocabulary – January 5th

      (3) Spelling test (Production)- January 8th (4) Chapter test – January 10th.
Tarea/Homework:  Activity 3, page 155.  Practicing the verbs that end with –go in the present tense.

Spanish IV 12-11-06

Spanish IV 12-11-06

• We verified our homework packets and turned them in.


• Reviewed the vocabulary on page 80, and wrote out exercise 3-2, on page 81.


• Took notes over the uses of Impersonal Expressions with the subjunctive, indicative or the infinitive – see page 83.


• Rafael Nadal gave his project on Los Mayas.


• Listened, and sang along, to the Pancho Claus CD.


• Homework: (1) Write out exercises 3-3, text page 81 and 3-10, on page 84

Spanish II 12-11-06

Spanish II 12-11-06

• Introduced 3B- A ver si recuerdas – pp. 154 & 155:

Prepositions of place, Modes of transportation, and extra notes (apuntes) – I sent a copy of these to this blog site.
Present-tense verbs that end with”-go” in the Yo form and their equivalent en the preterite.

• Reviewed the Directions Rhyme – Find it on this Blog site.  Practiced as a whole class and in partners.  


• Verified our 3-A homework packets and turned them in.


• Period 2 -  Started watching Elf in Spanish; Period 4 listened to and sang the songs to the Pancho Claus packet as well as the traditional ones in the white song packet.


• Homework:  

1. Make a study system (fan-folds, flashcards, or long paper fold) for the vocabulary presented today.

(2) Start memorizing the Directions Rhyme for a written test and performance on Thursday.

La rima de direccion

La rima de direcciones
Izquierda, Derecha
Delante, detrás.
Cerca y lejos,
Y algo más.

Abajo, arriba,
Enfrente, encima.
Y ahora, muchachos,
Se acaba la rima.


The Directions Rhyme
To the left, to the right (hand side)
In front, behind.
Close and far,
And something more.

Below, above,
In front, on top.
And now, kids,
The rhyme is all finished (used up).

Sp. II_ Vocab._ 3B-A ver si recuerdas

El vocabulario de 3-B – A ver si recuerdas

Las preposiciones de lugar
A la (mano) derecha = to the right(-hand side)
A la (mano) izquierda = to the left(-hand side)
Al lado de = to the side of
Cerca de = close to / near to
(la cerca = the fence)
debajo de =  below/underneath of
detrás de = behind
delante de = in front of
(enfrente de = in front of
(frente a = facing)
encima de = on top of
entre = between
lejos de = far (away) from

Los medios de transporte
El autobús = the  bus
Los autobuses = the buses
(el autobús escolar = the school bus)
(Mex. – el camión, Puerto Rico – el gua gua)
el avión – the airplane (think ‘aviation’)
los aviones
el barco – the ship
la bicicleta – the bicycle
el coche – the car
(el carro, el auto, el automóvil)
el taxi
el tren = the train

Página 155 – La gramática
“Yo-go verbs” – the present tense     the preterite
Tener – tengo (I have)     tuve
Hacer- hago ( I do, I make)     hice
Poner – pongo ( I put, set, place)     puse
Traer – traigo ( I bring)     traje

Salir – salgo (I go out, I leave)     salí
Decir – digo ( I say, tell)     dije
Venir – vengo ( I come)     vine

Tarea: Study system for the above

Spanish IV 12-08-06

Spanish IV  12-08-06

• Stamped and used our homework in discussion groups comparing our answers about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


• Group discussion comparing our 2 most important Human Rights.


• Corrected/Reviewed Exam 2B


• Got our 2B homework packet cover sheets


• Began watching The Grinch in Spanish


• Homework: organize your 2B homework packet

Spanish II 12-08-06

Spanish II  12-08-06

• Stamped and corrected the homework: Review packet


• Practiced the preterite by playing Barco de Guerra with a partner.


• Took the chapter test for lesson 3A


• Period 2 copied down the cover sheet for the homework packet and then listened to Pancho Claus songs.


• Period 4 received a copy of the homework packet cover sheet and watched some Sponge Bob Square Pants Christmas Video about Procrastination.


• Homework: Organize your 3A homework packet for Monday.

Spanish II 12-07-06

Spanish II  12-07-06

• We read about open-air markets, on page 148, and then discussed it.  This information will be included in tomorrow’s test.


• We did exercises 5 & 7 in the WAVA workbook pp. 49 & 50 – practicing vocabulary and the direct object pronouns.


• Partner drill – direct object pronouns.  Using a flashcard of sentences in English we practiced saying direct pronouns.


• We took the vocabulary 3A spelling test.


• We got a white packet of review exercises for the test.  We practiced more direct object pronouns, and the preterite forms of Ser/Ir and Estar, Tener, Poder and Hacer.


• Tarea:  Complete the review packet and Study pages 152 & 153 for tomorrow’s lesson test.

Spanish IV 12-07-06

Spanish IV 12-07-06

• Compared the uses of “Calidad” and “Cualidad” + did exercise 31, page 62


• Finished correcting the 20 translation sentences from the homework on Tuesday.


• Collected the Thank you letters to our guest speaker from yesterday.


• Took 2-B test


• Got new vocabulary sheet – 3A; filled in the words on page 80.


• With our  “pulpo” partner, we read aloud the Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos – page 79


• Tarea: (1) Do activity 3-1, page 81, listing those rights that are guaranteed and those protected under the Declaración

(2) Decide which 2 rights are the most important and support your assertions with solid supports and evidence.

Spanish IV 12-06-06

Spanish IV   12-06-06

• Guest Speaker: Jesse Smith, of International Summerstays – sharing about her experiences as an exchange student to: Ecuador, Chile and Spain.


• Students to write a thank you letter to her including 3 things they learned/were surprised about & a suggestion for something to include or expand upon in future presentations.


• Paquete de repaso – el subjuntivo


• Tarea: El examen 2B & Thank you letter to Ms. Jesse Smith

Spanish II 12-06-06

Spanish II   12-06-06

• Guest Speaker: Jesse Smith, of International Summerstays – sharing about her experiences as an exchange student to: Ecuador, Chile and Spain.


• Students to write a thank you letter to her including 3 things they learned/were surprised about & a suggestion for something to include or expand upon in future presentations.


• Corrected: Prueba de recognición


• Tarea: Bonus points crossword puzzle & Study for Spelling Test tomorrow!

Spanish IV 12-05-06

Spanish IV  12-05-06

• Song by Maná, ¿Dónde jugarán los niños?


• Went over the lyrics, then listened to and watched a video of them performing the song.


• In partner groups we first did the future and then the subjunctive activities by Barbara Kuczan Nelson based on the song http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/mana/mana_splash.html


• Began correcting the translation exercises of the 20 sentences using the subjunctive – changed to a different partner group.


• Tarea: Escribe oraciones incorporando 20 vocablos de la página 60.


• ANUNCIO – Examen 2B el 7 de Diciembre

Spanish II 12-05-06

Spanish II      12-05-06

• Warm-up: Translation sentences


• Overview of Direct Objects and their pronouns (see page 138)


• DVD – Gram Activa-Direct Object Pronouns


• Took notes over how and when to use Direct Object Pronouns.


• Practiced Direct Object pronouns in Act. 13, page 139.


• Took Vocabulary Recognition Test.


• Homework/Tarea:

(1) Act. 12, page 138 – practicing Direct Object Pronouns
(2) Pink handout: vocabulary practice – matching & Translating: Present versus Preterite verbs with the vocabulary for 3A – Please write these 20 sentence pairs on another piece of paper.

Spanish IV 12-01-06

Spanish IV  12-01-06

• Warm-up: Activity 2-30, page 67: practicing the subjunctive after impersonal expressions. (Homework stamped and credited during this.)  Corrected and debriefed afterwards.


• Previewed Activity 2-31, page 68 – to complete as homework.


• Oral de pareja – practicing using the subjunctive or the indicative depending on whether something is known to exist or not.  Activity: looking for a summer home and conversing with a real estate agent.


• Debriefed oral and discussed some specialized vocabulary.


• Read aloud with a new partner, page 68 – Pollution in Mexico City, page 68.  Followed up by taking turns reading aloud for the class and with a discussion about the reading.


• Began to correct the verb list, as homework from last night.


• Tarea: Activity 31, page 68 AND work on your research project.

Spanish II 12-01-06

Spanish II  12-01-06

• WAVA page 46, Activity 1 – previewing activity for the lesson DVD


• Watched the Videohistoria 3A (Vocabulary comprehension-in context)


• Introduced Direct Object Pronouns – in period 4


• Reviewed some Irregular Preterite Verbs- first on the DVD


• Took Notes on Ser, Ir, Dar and Ver – in the preterite (see the backside of the El Preterito packet)


• Filled-in our verb grids (we used the backside of the one from lesson 2B) with the Irregular Preterite verbs: Ir, Estar, Tener, Andar, Ser, Poder, Hacer.


• Introduced the homework:

1. Use a variety of the verbs & vocabulary from 3-A to write 10 sentences ( 5 singular subjects/5 plural ones).  Answer the following questions as you write your sentences, and they will “write themselves”¿Quién?¿Qué hizo/hicieron?¿Dónde? ¿Por qué
Ex: Sofía fue de compras a la tienda de equipo deportivo para comprar zapatos de correr.
2. Complete the Lotería handout from class today.  Be sure to include BOTH the preterite verb in Spanish AND that conjugation’s meaning in English.  Ex.  Abrí / I opened.
3. Study for Vocabulary Recognition test on Tuesday.