Spanish IV: 04-04 4-07

Sub – Mrs. Fowler

(1) Homework credit and review

Students played “Estoy pensando en una palabra” with their homework definitions while Mrs. Fowler stamped their definitions as homework.

(2) Students verified one another’s homework packets

(3) Reading circles: The bulk of the class –

Students in concentric circles, with a different “Lamina” at each station.

They had 10 minutes per station (set the timer on the desk). Everyone moved to his/her LEFT whenever you call time.

Students were to SCAN the reading and to use the pictures and the words they DO know and the CONTEXT CLUES to help them come up with their best guess for the meanings of the key words they don’t know, using the graphic organizer that they began on Tuesday :

Graphic Organizer for the “Laminas” – the teaching sheets from Mexico

Las palabras claves = Key words

Las que ya sé	Las que NO ya sé	Mi major adivinanza	El sentido verdadero
In this section you write down the words that are the MAIN IDEAS that you ALREADY KNOW	In this section you write down the MAIN IDEA words that you DON’T already know	Your best guess of the meaning based on the context clues from the reading: think about the topic, look at the pictures, and the other words around the unknown word	LATER (NOT during the reading), look up these words from the second column and verify their meaning.

(4) Tarea:

(1) Study the Vocabulario page 46, while completing exercises 2-3 & 2-3 on page 47.

(2) Exercises 2-2: Each statement includes the origin, use and effect of the item

(3) Exercise 2-3: They can number 1-6 on their paper and complete the sentence with the word from the Ampliación section of the vocabulary that is related to the word in the sentence in italics.