Spanish IV 02-07-08

Spanish IV 02-07-08

• Warm-up: Buscapalabras = Students worked on a word search puzzle of the professions vocabulary while I checked in their homework – Rough draft of the second half of their Escudo project composition.
• Revisited the article we had read with partners earlier – page 3 ¡Hagamos conexiones! Students took turns reading aloud and then we went over the follow-up questions about their future career plans (P-2, page 4).
• Reviewed typical grammatical and word-choice errors students have made in the past on their escudos, and talked about some techniques to avoid making them.
• We clarified expectations about presenting tomorrow:
1. You’ll be able to read your composition to us.
2. Please be practiced and so familiar with it that you pronounce your new vocabulary well.
3. You can interact with the projected image of your Escudo as you are explaining it to us.
4. Make good use of eye contact with the audience during your presentation.
• Editing circles on the second half of the rough draft: I projected a list of items to look for and, as we did yesterday, each member of the circle took a particular trait to look for in everyone else’s compositions. S/he underlined anything that might be questionable for his/her category and then signed the bottom as one of the editors.
• Tarea: Be ready to present with your composition (typed, double-spaced, 12 point font) and completed personal coat of arms/shield.