Spanish IV 02-27-09

Spanish IV -
I was out of the class today, still at professional meetings. Here's a summary of the activities I left with the substitute for you:


Warm- up: Answering questions, as we did yesterday - Our 3rd group of 5 commonly asked questions in job interviews. After given time to write answers, students to offer their answers.

Reading. Working with their “Mecánica” partner, students read, and work through the second half of the “Herramientas” Article and Bosquejo, taking turns reading this aloud to each other, and trying to figure out what it means. Reading Goal: Second ½ of the article today with the vocabulary tips under the document camera for reference.


Writing Circle. Divide the class into groups of 4: Each student takes one of the rough drafts of the Three Paragraph Essay from their partners. Each decides what editing jobs s/he is best suited for – based on the list of “Sugerencias Redactoras” – give each item a number.
Then everyone begins to read each other’s work. Note: the editor just UNDERLINES something s/he wants the author to reconsider AND write the NUMBER of the type of error it may represent – the editor DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING on the author’s paper. Once done reading/editing it is important that each editor SIGNS the bottom of the page AND writes the NUMBER of the items s/he edited for.

Time permitting: Play “Elijimos Una Profesión” – cards and directions for the “Go Fish” card game in the folder. There should be at least 4 people in each game.

Tarea: Typed Final Copy of 3-paragraph essay – Double Spaced.