Spanish II 10-09-08

Español II
09 de octubre de 2008

• I reviewed recommended study strategies today – now that we are learning all new material, some students need to up their daily study habit – or perhaps begin one. We used the Spanish Study Skills handout from the first week of class as our basis, and I augmented it with some more specific strategies/techniques. Students are to begin practicing these this weekend.
• We also reviewed the alphabet (again) as well as higher numbers so as to be able to dictate our names and phone numbers to one another for STUDY BUDDIES. Students now have a ½ blue sheet of paper with MY HOME PHONE number and had the opportunity to get up to 3 other students’ home phone/cell/email information as well as the best time to contact them.
• We continued on with our DVD, Globe Trekker, on Central America.
• Tarea: Using the vocabulary on page 68:
(1) Make a VOCABULARY LIST – Study tip: Start using the “fan-fold method” shown today in class to drill/learn these words.
(2) Make FLASH CARDS. Study tip: Start a recycle/review system shown today. File your cards from the previous two lessons and begin reviewing them in small “chunks” – one “chunk” per day- and keep at it until you have them down “cold” –which means you can say AND spell the word in Spanish quickly and accurately.