Spanish II 09-24-08

Español II
24 de Septiembre de 2008

• We started the new unit (1) with lesson “A”. Starting on the “Photo Opener” – pp. 16 -17, I read the “Fondo Cultural” aloud to the students and they responded to oral comprehension questions about it. Page 16: We reviewed the goals for the lesson.
• I distributed the new vocabulary list – note the Quia address on the upper right-hand side of the sheet for review & practice games on this vocabulary. It is www.quia.com/jg/1160513.html
• Students listened, and then repeated, the new words for lesson 1-A.
• While reading along in their textbooks, students listened to the CD of the vocabulary presentation on pp.18 and 19. Students also completed the interactive comprehension activities 1 & 2.
• Next, students first listened to the script for the “Videohistoria”, on pages 20 & 21. Following this, students worked with their “seat partners” taking turns reading the script aloud to each other. The last step with this script was watching the DVD of the “Videohistoria”, projected onto the large screen of the Smart Board.
• I read large flashcard of definitions in Spanish of several of the new vocabulary, and then held the cards up for all to see. Students then scanned their vocabulary sheets and guessed which item I was describing.
• We reviewed the special expressions with the verb “Tener” that we introduced yesterday. I added yet another one, “Tener razón = to be correct, right”. We then corrected the yellow handout, “La Pesadilla de Jaime”, reviewing the meanings. As I said the item, the students acted out its meaning.
• Next, we corrected the blue homework sheet from yesterday, reviewing the mini-lesson on pages 14-15.
• I distributed a new packet (pink) for lesson 1A.
• Tarea:
Complete the exercises 1A-1 & 1A-2 (first two pages in the pink packet) – practicing our new vocabulary.
Note: The second half of 1A-2 is a challenge. If you can’t figure out where the words in the “word bank” go, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT! We’ll do it together tomorrow in class. Thanks for doing the upper half of the page.