Spanish IV 10-08-08

Español IV
8 de octubre de 2008

• Period 1: Completed their last oral interview presentation and then turned in their scoring sheets. Period 3: We gave Amita a pass on today as she returned from her trip so late last night. Tomorrow Amita y Damita will present.
• I organized student into teams of 4, and they practiced professions, and materials typically needed for those professions, by playing a Go Fish-style card game.
• Due to some confusion about my expectations about in-class work– many students in Period 1 had not completed the comprehension questions from Monday’s article. These will be completed in class tomorrow, along with the paragraph response to the article. As Period 1 was getting an extra day, I felt it was fair for Period 3 to also have the extension on the assignment.
• Period 3 “visited” some more regions with the DVD, ¡Viva México!
• Tarea:
Final typed copy of letter of interest to a real employer. Use single spacing for address headings, but in the body of the letter please change to double spacing at 12 point font. Please choose a font that is easy for my tired old eyes to read. ¡Mil gracias, estudiantes!
NOTE: I alerted the students that I will be looking especially for correct usage of Ser/Estar AND accurate word choice. We discussed these items yesterday in class, and briefly reviewed techniques for checking your word choice.