Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Spanish IV 01-20-09

Español IV
20 de enero de 2009

• Stamped the homework while students worked in partners, reading page 88 and completing the comprehension activity 3-18, page 89.
• Reviewed homework, 3-11 – page 84, practicing the use of subjunctive after certain impersonal expressions.
• Period 3 – we went over the vocabulary on page 89.
• Period 1 – we watched the inauguration of President Obama on a live feed AP video link.
• Period 3 – we began our movie, El Norte – about the human rights abuses of the Maya in Guatemala in the 1980’s.

Tarea –
Period 1 & 3 = Still need to do your background information on Guatemala?
Check out this website:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/guatemala.htm
Period 3 (period 1 hasn’t had the background practice, yet):
1. Activities 3-18 & 3-19, page 90.
2. El norte packet, Tarea #1