Spanish IV 09-24

Español IV
24 de Septiembre de 2008

• Warm-up: Sentence translations recycling the vocabulary about computers/technology on page 6 AND academia on page 7.
• Students completed a personal inventory survey regarding their personal qualities/traits, their skills, the types of activities they like to do, and what they would value most in a job. Following this the students interviewed their “el escultor” partner asking open-ended questions based on the survey (similar to those used in job interviews) to draw out more information about the person.
• While in their pairs, students compared their answers on the warm-up sentences as well as their answers on the homework Act. 10.
• Next, as a whole class, we corrected the warm-up, taking notes on some “language traps” with word choice; confirmed the corrections of Act. 10 (page 7) = matching definitions with academia vocabulary. I suggested to the students that they follow this format from now on for vocabulary flash cards: Write the word(s) to learn on one side and then a definition in Spanish on the reverse side.
• Tarea:
Find a REAL place in the area where you would like to work/volunteer. Write a convincing paragraph about how your skills/preferences indicated on the personal inventory survey could be applied in this work setting. Those who took the guidelines handout promised to bring it back tomorrow for our editing circles I have planned for their paragraphs.