Thursday, November 20, 2008

Spanish II 11-20-08

Español II
20 de octubre de 2008

• Practice numbers quizzes:
a. 1st part numbers 0-100 = students wrote in the numbers in Spanish words for the numerals listed on a half-sheet of paper. Meanwhile I collected, stamped and entered the homework.
b. 2nd part: 100 – 1.000.000 = students listed 5 different LARGE numbers, using numerals, and then exchanged with a row mate to write out the words for these numerals in Spanish.
c. Students and I wrote some large numerals on the white board, and students volunteered to come to the board to write them out.

• Homework corrections:
a. Activity 2, page 99 = ¿Cuánto cuesta(n)…? Indicating prices for various clothing ítems in Mexico City, using pesos mexicanos.
b. 2B-A & 2B-B

• ¡Juego! A game of tallying points earned from each throw of a set of 5 dice “Cómo apuntan los tantos” – Something like “Farkle”. Students played in teams of 4.

• We did a listen/repeat practice of the new vocabulary (2-B) on page 124, and we previewed the PRETERITO – past tense.

• Tarea:
1. Make flash cards for all of the vocabulary on page 124, omitting the items in both of the tables (Demonstrative adjectives and Pretérito).
2. Write out the dates in Spanish for the events listed on page 99, Activity 3. If you don’t know the date…look it up!