Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Español II
31 de marzo de 2009


1. Vocabulary practice, page 70. Students played another round of “Memoria” working with a different partner than yesterday’s game.

2. New vocabulary handout – Quia page with a practice site – go to this link to get your own list and/ or to play the games to practice – NOTE: Please correct my typo of “Las calcetines” to “LOS calcetines”; ALSO please ADD “Acabar de + infinitivo at the bottom of the list to mean “To just have …”
<http://www.quia.com/jg/1215707list.html>

3. Homework Correction/Review:
Activity 1, page 70 = what to wear to various places/occasions.
Review of the vocabulary fill-in sheet, page 70 & extras

4. Page 71 = Verb expressions that include 2 VERBS: 1st one = conjugated, 2nd one in its infinitive form. We practiced using the expressions on the bottom of the QUIA list, using personal examples and practicing alternating with questions and answers with our seat partners and as a whole class.

5. Everyone wrote out Activity 3, page 71, while working with a partner, looking for at least 3 – 4 opportunities to use these 2 verb expressions found in the box on page 71 & on our QUIA vocabulary sheets.

6. TAREA –
White Two-sided Handout: 2A-A (re: page 70) & 2A-B (re: page 71)

Spanish IV 03-31-09

Español IV
31 de marzo de 2009

1. Vocabulary practice, page 25. Green Handout: students used as a "self-test" and then used their books to complete the items they didn't know. Also included is an exercise practicing the "tricksters" under the !Cuidado! section.

2. Homework Correction/Review:
(a) Activity 17 - review of conjugations in the Imperfecto
(b) Actividad 23 - comprehension questions about the reading on page 24: What are the elements of a short story as compared to an anecdote and/or a novel.
(c) Actividad 25 - application of vocabulary in context.

3. Students began creating personal time lines to include 6-8 important life events applying the preterite (above the line) for identifying the event and the imperfect (below the line) for including supporting details. SAVE THESE FOR NEXT MONDAY'S ACTIVITY, PLEASE.

4. We began reviewing 1A exam answers, but we ran short of time...Mil disculpas, estudiantes.

5. TAREA -
Students were to pick up one of the workbook packets before leaving - tonight they are to complete:
Actividad 1-8 "La leyenda del chico y el lobo", WB 32 - page number
Actividad 1-10 - Preterit vs. imperfect "La bola de cristal"

Monday, March 30, 2009

Spanish II 03-30-09

Español II
30 de marzo de 2009


1. Introduced the CUERPO HUMANO - using picture flashcards, we reviewed the parts of the body. NEW YELLOW packet of 3 pages of picture cards. I gave the words, students copied them and repeated. Several special notes - get from a classmate/ study buddy.

2. We played "Simona Dice" - sort of - to practice the new vocabulary.

3. Pages 2 & 3 of the Picture Flashcards packet: LA ROPA Y LOS ACESORIOS - Clothing and Accessories. Several more extra notes here, too.

4. Page 70 - in text book - Notice how the words are arranged in the graphic organizer at the top of the page: Body Part (red) with clothing associated/the covers that body part(s).

5. We played Memoria - flashcard Concentration game with partner.

TAREA:
1. Green Vocabulary Handout: ACCURATELY fill-in the SPANISH for the ENGLISH word provided.
2. Write out ACT. 1, page 70 - COMPLETE SENTENCES, por favor.

Spanish IV 03-30-09

Español IV
30 de marzo de 2009

1. Partner oral: re - Las vacaciones - using 5 questions projected from the document camera as a starting off point. Debriefed as a whole class afterward.

2. Introduced the vocabulary for lesson 1-B, page 25. Went over pronunciations, meanings, word roots/associations.

3. Working with a different partner, read aloud the interview with Enrique Jaramillo Levi on page 24, referring to the vocabulary on page 25. After, we debriefed the main points of the reading as a whole class.

4. Review of the IMPERFECTO - pages 20-21: Forms and Uses.

5. Went to B K Nelson's site @ Colby College, and began the Ricitos de Oro #1 exercise, selecting the Preterite or the Imperfect as needed by the context.

Tarea:
1. Activities 23 & 25 on textbook page 26.
2. Activity 17, on pg. 22

Friday, March 20, 2009

Spanish II 03-20-09

Español II
20 de marzo de 2009


Reward for filling the bottle with marbles:
30 minutes playing the games in Spanish in small groups.

• Shared food:
1. I made Chocolate Mexicano para la mesa.
2. Several students brought in food to share.

• We finished watching La Era de Hielo, II (Ice Age II – en español).


Tarea: Please use the break to get caught up on your rest and return ready to work hard.

Spanish IV 03-20-09

Español IV
20 de marzo de 2009


¿Quién Soy Yo? Review game – overview of the three short stories. Each student got the name of one of the characters in each of the three stories, and then circulated asking questions of the other students to determine their identity.

• We debriefed the characters and their significance to the stories once all had discovered their identities.

• Students took the Lesson 1-A test: vocabulary from the lesson and comprehension questions about the stories.

• Reward for filling the bottle with marbles: Shared food and watched the first 27 minutes of Eloise Va a la Escuela – recycling much of the school related vocabulary we had in our last lesson.

Tarea: Please use the break to get caught up on your rest and return ready to work hard.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Spanish II 03-19-09

Español II
19 de marzo de 2009

1. I collected the students’ packets – a collection of the homework for this lesson, 1B.

2. ESTOY PENSANDO EN UNA PALABRA: We played this vocabulary review game where one person talks all round the word, and the other identifies which one it is on their piece of paper with the key words written in a random manner.

3. We took the Lesson 1B exam. Many who finished early read from the collection of books and magazines in Spanish in the classroom.

4. We briefly did some organizing for our Food and Fun Friday - Cultural Activities earned by filling the marbles in our class' bottle: We'll have 30 minutes playing the games I have in Spanish ( Several Board Games: Scrabble, other word games, Monopoly, A Farkle-like game, etc.). I'll provide Mexican Hot Chocolate, and others are invited to bring in things to share, too.

Tarea:
If you’d like to play the “spinners” game, please bring some wrapped candy to play with. Also, if you’d like please bring something appropriate to share with others. I always appreciate hot cups, napkins and/or paper towels, small paper plates.

Spanish IV 03-19-09

Español IV
19 de marzo de 2009


1. Took the PRETERITE TEST: Meanings of the VERBS of the UNIT and CONJUGATIONS in the PRETERITE.

2. I shared several book purchased in Mexico that are examples of the genre of narrations featured in this chapter: Jokes; Fables and Legends.

3. I read a brief legend aloud, as I showed the illustration and script to the class under the document camera.

4. ESTOY PENSANDO EN UNA PALABRA: We played this vocabulary review game where one person talks all round the word, and the other identifies which one it is on their piece of paper with the key words written in a random manner.

5. We reviewed the second half of the folk tale, Juan Bobo, and went over the answers to the comprehension questions written as homework.

6. We briefly did some organizing for our Food and Fun Friday - Cultural Activities earned by filling the marbles in our class' bottle: We'll have 30 minutes playing the games in Spanish (Scrabble, Monopoly, A Farkle-like game, etc. I'll provide Mexican Hot Chocolate, and others are invited to bring in things to share, too.

Tarea:
Test tomorrow: 1-A Vocabulary and comprehension questions about our three short stories (1) La abeja haragana (2) Iztaccíhuatl y Popocatépetl (3) Juan Bobo

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Spanish II - Cover Sheet: Tareas 1B

Nombre: _________________________
Fecha de hoy: _18/III/09_ Hora:________
Fecha límite: _19 de marzo de 2009__

Tareas 1B

Scoring on Assignments in Packet:
4 pts = Stamped & STUDENT accurately corrected

2 pts = Not stamp but accurately completed or
Stamped but NOT corrected.
2 pts. = Trabajo en clase

Tarea: Sello Puntos

1. Your OWN vocabulary sheet for pp.42-43 El molcajete + /04
Lugares; Actividades; Deportes;
Forms of Ir; al & del;
+ 6 verbs in purple box on pg. 43

2. White handout – Agua de horchata + / 04
bottom section “Traduzca” re: pp. 42-43

3. Green Handout – A ver si recuerdas
a. 1B-A Agua de horchata + / 04
b. 1B-B Agua or Pan Dulce + / 04

4. Actividad 4, page 50
(Which Word fits the blank? = 10 ans.) Agua or Pan Dulce + / 04

5. Actividad 5, page 50
(Which vocab. described? = 5 ans.) Chocolate Caliente + / 04

6. Actividad 8, page 52.
a. Part 1 = 3 sentences each about
3 different activities you do
(9 sentences in all) Chocolate Caliente + / 04

b. Part 2 = Interview 3 students En clase + / 02

c. Part 3 =
Write up info from interviews NO HAY SELLO + / 04

7.1st set of 2 Vocabulary fans
re: pg. 68
5-7 words ea. fan
X 8 repeats Eng/Span. Agua or Pan + / 04

8. 2nd set of 2 MORE Vocab. fans re: pg. 68
5-7 words each fan
X 8 repeats Eng/Span. Chocolate Caliente + / 04

9. WAVA Workbook
(Take the pages out of your book)
a. Listening Exercises 5 & 6
(pg. 18) No sello-en clase + / 02

b. Listening Exercises 7, 8 & 9
(pp.19-20) No sello – en clase + / 02


Total: + / 46

Spanish II 03-18-09

Español II
18 de marzo de 2009


• We formed groups of 4’s and then standing in small circles, each student shared his/her 1B Project with the others in the group. Each group then selected their “ESTRELLA” and this person then shared their artwork under the document camera as they selected 3 of their items to read aloud to us. I am VERY HAPPY with your good work - ¡Muchísimas gracias, estudiantes!

• We continued with our LISTENING COMPREHENSION exercises using our WAVA workbooks and the CD that goes with them. We completed exercises 7, 8 & 9, pp. 19-20.

• Partner Oral practice: Communicative Activity #2, practicing asking and answering questions about how long you have been involved in various extracurricular activities.

• Fondos Culturales – We went through the chapter and practiced scanning for gist, and then discussed this cultural background information about the free time activities: Sports, Clubs, Art, Music and Dance. See pages: 51, 54, 55, 59 & 61.

• 1B Tareas Packet Cover Sheet: I distributed this GREEN handout and we verified what each of the assignments is and what stamp was used to indicate completion on time.

• Tarea:
1. Complete your Tareas 1B packet, studying the assignments as you compile your work.
2. Re-read the Fondos Culturales indicated above.
3. STUDY for 1B Lesson exam – remember to use the REPASO on pages 68-69.

Spanish IV 03-18-09

Español IV
18 de marzo de 2009

• Big review of irregularities in El PRETERITO – In preparation of our PRETERITE TEST TOMORROW.
1. Handout: 2-sided verb grid with Spelling Changers on one side, and other irregulars on the reverse. Students completed, like a “pre-test” while I checked-in homework and returned papers.
2. We went over the answers to the verbs on the grid, and I augmented with phonetics/spelling rules in Spanish that play into these verbs, and what resources students have to review these on their own.
3. We went to the verb practice site www.conjuguemos.com where I demonstrated how students can sign in, create an account and send their results to me. Next I showed them how to select a verb tense and set-up the review game.
4. Projecting the game from the computer site, each student took a turn at the conjugation game, while the rest of the class wrote out the same answers as the person at the keyboard.

• Oral : Lupe and Héctor presented their situation oral

• Review of homework:
1. Meanings of the verbs from the chapter
2. Folk Tale Juan Bobo, part 1.

• Juan Bobo, part II – introduced the specialized vocabulary

• Tarea:
1. Preterite Exam – Know the meanings and conjugations of the verbs from the chapter, as well as the basic verbs (packet El PRETERITO and the pages in text – 13-16)
2. EXTRA CREDIT OPTION: Take the 5 minute test at www.conjuguemos.com and complete a MINIMUM of 60 verbs @ 80% - or better-within the time limit. Send it to me, following the instructions at the site, at Tigard High (school code 893)
3. Finish Reading Juan Bobo, Parte II, and complete the ¿Comprendió Ud? Questions (#’s 16-23)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Spanish II 03-17-09

Español II
17 de marzo de 2009

• Warm-up: Two-sided Gold Handout – 1B-6: Saber or Conocer (Which word for to know best fits?) and 1B-7 ( Using the Hace + time+que+verb structure to express How long?)

• I distributed the handouts for the 1B project for tomorrow – see yesterday’s separate blog entry. Students had some in-class work time on the project today.

• We took the 1B vocabulary test today.

• WAVA Workbook – Listening Comprehension exercises 5 & 6, page 18.

• Tarea:
1. Complete the 1B project for tomorrow – 6 small visuals each with a minimum of 2 sentences incorporating the vocabulary and structures from the lesson. Be sure to check your work against the criteria.
2. If not yet completed, have one of your parents/guardians sign your progress report.

Spanish IV 03-17-09

Español IV
17 de marzo de 2009

• Students worked with a partner reading through the creation legend of Iztaccíhuatal y Popocatépetl – 2 mountains in Mexico, while I checked in homework and returned papers.
• Students completed the graphic organizer at the end of the story indicating the major plot elements in a cause and effect relationship.
• We debriefed the story, and the exercise, in a whole class discussion.
• We corrected the homework: Crossword puzzle for the vocabulary on pp.10-11 in the text, and the Irregular Preterite Verb grid – reviewing –IR stem-changers in the preterite.
• Ricardito and Pablo presented their oral.
• I distributed the folk tale, Juan Bobo, and began reading the first part, and acting out some of it as we went along.
• Tarea:
1. Complete the rest of Parte 1 Juan Bobo AND answer the comprehension questions for this section, ¿Comprendió Ud.? – parte I.
2. If not yet completed, have one of your parents/guardians sign your progress report.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Spanish II - Proyecto 1B

Español II Proyecto 1B -Mis actividades e intereses
Fecha límite: __18 de marzo de 2009__

1. Each square has a picture in the top part, and minimum 2-3 sentences in the bottom part, so 6 illustrations total.

2. Pictures can be computer graphics, cut-outs from magazines, or your own drawings.

3. To include:
(1) Hobbies
(2) Extracurricular activities: sports, clubs, things you like to do
(3) Family and friends

• Write 2-3 complete sentences for each graphic.
Vary the type of information you use for each drawing.
Careful not to use a “fill-in” formula for each sentence nor each graphic.

• It can be really about you, or pretend.

• Demonstrate you know the study points of the lesson (from pages 42 – 68) in your textbook as well as other knowledge you have:
a. Lesson 1B vocabulary
b. Comparisons
c. Saber + infinitive
d. Saber
e. Conocer
f. Hace + time expressions + que + verb

4. GRADING: Neatness and accuracy counts! Color makes it more interesting!
12 points: ACCURACY in use of: Verbs, Use of Spanish, Spelling
6 points: Completed task: Minimum of 2 sentences per graphic.
6 points: Neatness, clarity; PRIDE IN PRODUCT

Be ready to show your pictures and read your text aloud to a small group.
A few STARS will be asked to share with the whole class!

EXAMPLE of sentences:
¡Me gusta mucho nadar! Soy miembro* del equipo de natación, y participo en un club de natación también. Hace ocho años que sé nadar. Nado más en el verano que en el invierno. ¡La natación es fabulosa!

* Remember - The ending on Miembro never changes to an "a" = un/una miembro

Spanish II 03-16-09

Español II
16 de marzo de 2009

• Working with a partner, students completed a vocabulary crossword puzzle while I checked in their 1B Flashcards (p.68). Once all work checked in, we went over the answers together. The definitions in Spanish are a good practice for the reading comprehension/recognition part of the Vocabulary Test Tomorrow.
• Memoria: with a different partner, students played this vocabulary game, like Concentration – stating the meanings of the words as they flipped over the cue cards.
• We took notes over “formula” for asking and answering questions about how long someone has done an activiy. The formula is: “Hace + amount of time + que + verb in form of person doing the activity” See page 58.
• Practiced the above “formula” asking and answering questions using a selection of people, verbs and objects/information.
• Wrote out Activity 18, page 58, stating the indicated people have been doing the activities pictured for the amount of time given for each of the six examples.
• Anuncios:
1. Vocabulary Test, page 68 = Tuesday (3/17): Recognition from Definitions in Spanish – like Act. 5, page 50 (homework last week) AND Spelling test – English definitions → Meanings in Spanish, ACCURATELY spelled.
2. Lesson Project – Wednesday (3/18) = Handout tomorrow in class. 6 small visuals, each with 2-3 sentences incorporating the vocabulary and grammar topics from the lesson. (See separate blog entry)
3. Lesson 1B TEST = Thursday (3/19)
• Tarea:
1. STUDY: Vocabulary Test tomorrow – see above
2. Bring WAVA workbook tomorrow.
3. Progress Reports signed by parents who did not attend conferences.

Spanish IV 03-16-09

Español IV
16 de marzo de 2009

• Partners read aloud the second part of the Fábula, “La abeja haragana” while I checked off their homework.
• We reviewed the answers to the comprehension questions about the short story.
• Reviewed the uses of the Pretérito – pages 13 & 14, text book – giving examples of the 5 study points about usage.
• I distributed the WORKBOOK packet for this chapter (1-A)
• Working with a partner, students practiced their reading for contextual clues by completing the “ghost story” in Exercise 1-1, in their workbook packet, while referring to the vocabulary on page 10.
• We had a the shortened period –AM Assembly, so we put the last two orals off until tomorrow.
• Anuncios:
1. Preterite conjugations and verb meanings test = Thursday (3/19)
2. Lesson 1A test: Vocabulary and Short Stories = Friday (3/20)
• Tarea:
1. Complete the crossword puzzle AND be sure you know the meanings of the BLUE verb list = both handouts given in class today.
2. Verb grid handout = complete the missing conjugations – See page 15 (irregular preterites).
3. Progress Reports signed by parents who did not attend conferences.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Spanish II 03-12-09

Español II
12 de marzo de 2009

• We reviewed Saber and Conocer – see page 56.
1. We watched the Gram Activa
2. Actividades 15 & 16.

• We reviewed Making Comparisons = Yellow Packet:
1. Those of Equality (just as --- as; just as much/many --- as)
2. Those of Inequality ( taller/less tall)

• Went over last week’s tests = Today was the deadline to make these up:
1. 1A Vocabulary Quiz
2. Stem-changing Verbs Quiz
3. Lesson 1A Test

• I announced Lesson 1B test for Thursday, March 19, 2009 = If you KNOW you will be out of class, PLEASE make an appointment to take this BEFORE you leave.
• Tarea:
1. Make flashcards for ALL of page 68 / 1B (green) Vocabulary handout
2. STUDY – come back to class really KNOWING the vocabulary.

Spanish IV 03-12-09

Español IV
12 de marzo de 2009

• Students shared their jokes in groups of 4, and then selected one to share with the whole class. We had lots of good examples of “juegos de la palabras”.

• Students turned in their letter of interest final and process packets – those who were ready today (as requested) will get some PUNTOS EXTRA, and the others have until Monday still for full credit.

• We continued with our orals: Partner Job Interview Situations – we only have a couple left to complete on Monday (due to absences).

• We reviewed vocabulary for La abeja haragana – using the interactive QUIA game I created for the class.

• Tarea:
1. Finish reading the short story, La abeja haragana. (Parte I & II)
2. Complete the comprehension questions for both parts: ¿Comprendió Ud.?
3. Practice the vocabulary for the story.

Spanish II 03-11-09

I was out of class giving the Spanish IB Oral Exams today. Here's a summary of the plans I left with our nice substitute teacher, Miss Gergen:

1.Check in the homework (1) Act. 5 – page 50, (2) Act. 8, part 1, - page 52, (3) 2 “fan folds” of vocabulary : 5-7 English/Spanish word sets X’s a total of 8 columns

2. Partner oral/vocabulary practice:
• Ask them to take open their notebooks to their partner appointment sheet
(2 girls where absent in period 4 – please give their appointment sheets to them.
• BLUE Partner Orals:
Partner A has to ask her/his questions in Spanish to Partner B to get the answers and vice versa.
• Have students move back to their chairs, and debrief as a class, by asking a couple of the questions from each side.

3. Reviewing last night’s homework:
A. Activity 5, page 50 ¿Quién es?: Write out the vocabulary word/phrase that is described by each sentence. Call on someone to read the definition, and ask the whole class ¿Cuál vocablo es?
B. Activity 8 (part 1), page 52: Students were to THREE ACTIVITIES from those in the purple bordered box and write A SENTENCE IN SPANISH about EACH of them. Connect them together to make a little paragraph. Now we’re ready for PART 2, page 52. They each circulate, taking to 3 other students (one at a time) according to the model. They’ll do part 3 as homework tonight. – but don’t tell them yet, so they don’t try to do it on the sly/side.

4. Comparisons
• Review what we did yesterday in the Yellow Packet – (Comparisons of Equality).
Have students complete Actividad 10 – page 53 in their text books. Have them write out the whole sentence on a piece of paper, letting them know you will be collecting it. I want them to write out the whole sentence because I want them to internalize this “formula” for making equal comparisons. Circulate and help them while they work, and then go over the answers together once done.

5. Continue with ICE AGE – the counter minutes for each class is on the Post-it Notes on the outside of the case. Stop about 5 minutes before end of class to introduce the HWK.

Tarea: Activity 8, page 52, Part 3.

Spanish IV 03-11-09

I was out of class today giving the IB Spanish Oral Exams. Here's a summary of the plans I left with Miss Gergen, our nice substitute teacher:
1. El Pretérito
• Using your book, open to page 13, and also distribute the packet: EL PRETERITO. Go over the FIVE points on pages 13-14 and compare those to the uses indicated on the handout packet.
• Review the frequent time expressions from the packet – have them quiz each other with a seat partner to verify if they still remember the meanings of these. Debrief as a whole group and see if anyone needs refreshing on any of them.
• Have a brief discussion about why these time expressions would indicate the preterite based on the study points 1-5 in the text.
Do activity 1-8: Ask students to write out the verbs they think would fit in the “espacios en blanco” and then go over it together.

2. Editing Circles:
• Have them get out their rough drafts for their Cartas de solicitud/cover letters AND their Handouts For Editing:
1. Sugerencias redactoras – Put mine under the doc. camera to have them check they have numbered their items as I have done mine.
These numbered items will be their JOBS in the editing circles.
2. Lista Para Revisar Su Composición
• Group them in 3’s = Divide the jobs amongst themselves.
• Everyone reads everyone else’s paper, editing by ONLY UNDERLINING items they want the author to reconsider, and writing the number of the type of error it might be. Once done editing that particular paper, each editor is PRINT his/her name at the bottom AND write the number(s) of their job.

3. Story Packet: La abeja haragana

• Distribute the packets, and the vocabulary list, as they complete their editing. Ask them to be sure and go over the introduction about the author.
• They are to take turns reading Parte 1 aloud to one another, and then helping each other understand the story.
They are to complete:
1. The comprehension questions at the end of Parte 1 ¿Comprendió Ud.? (I) = page 339. Ask them to please WRITE THE ANSWERS ON A NEW PIECE OF PAPER – NOT IN THE PACKET.
2. Estructuras gramaticales – page 166, for Parte I (#’s 1-6). These answers they MAY WRITE in the packet (I’ve taken this from the workbook that went with the text that I took the story from – that’s why the numbers don’t line up.)
Tarea – Español IV:
1. Be ready to tell an appropriate joke in Spanish – they need to turn in a printed copy of it, too. If they got it at a website, I’d like that address on it as well.
2. Type their final cover letter, and be ready to turn it in with ALL of the PROCESS steps documented: Template, Rough, Evidence of Editing Circles, Final Copy – Typed; Double Spaced, Spelling in Spanish Counts.
3. Any of today’s class work they didn’t finish in class.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Spanish II 03-10-09

Español II
10 de marzo de 2009


• Period 4 made partner appointments; Period 2 got together with their 8:30 appointment and took turns reading aloud the script to Video Historia, pages 48-49, while I checked in homework.

• Partners worked together to find the answers to the comprehension questions, Actividad 3 – page 49, and then wrote them out. If they finished before the group, they were to practice vocabulary (pg. 68) with each other.

• We then watched the Video Historia acted out on the DVD that goes with the book.

• I gave a quick introduction/review of the concepts of Comparisons of Adjectives:
1. Unequal comparisons = taller/shorter than, older/younger than
2. Equal comparisons = Just as tall as, Just as much as, Just as many as
3. Superlatives = The tallest of the group.
See text page 53 – the box “Gramática” at the top of the page.

• We focused on “Equal Comparisons” =
1. We watched the GramActiva and did the oral practices with it.
2. New PACKET: Comparison of Adjectives (Amarillo)
We worked through the first section on Expressing Equality (pp. 174-175)

Corrected tarea: Activity 4 – vocabulary (p.50) and 1B-B (Ir and Ir a infinitive)

• I gave Extra Credit Points to those who attended Careers Night.

Tarea:
1. Activity 5, page 50: Write out the vocabulary word/phrase that is described by each sentence.
2. Activity 8 (part 1), page 52: Select THREE ACTIVITIES that you do (from those in the purple bordered box) and write A SENTENCE IN SPANISH about EACH of them. Connect them together to make a little paragraph.
3. 2 MORE Vocabulary FANS – see yesterday’s blog if you need reminding how to do these. DO NOT REPEAT the words you practiced yesterday.

Spanish IV 03-10-09

Español IV
10 de marzo de 2009

• I organized the class members into working teams each with the job of tracking a different element of the conversation – based on our handout from last week – for the partner orals we began today.
• Students got together with their “Escultor” partner to select a situation, warm-up, brainstorm possible questions and vocabulary for their situation.
• I made a list of partners – giving each pair a number 1-15 and listed which situation each pair selected.
• We rolled the dice (in turns of 1 die, 2 and then 3 dice) to select which group would present next. Then setting the timer for 6 minutes each, we had several teams present. I am very proud of how well those who today did – I’m asking all of you to take a big risk, and you all really rose to it. ¡Felicidades!
• I reviewed the Editing sheets:
Sugerencias Redactores, and how it will work tomorrow in our editing circles.
• Tarea:
Please be sure to return tomorrow with your ROUGH draft of your letter of interest/cover letter for your resume to use in the editing circle activity in class.

Monday, March 09, 2009

Español II
09 de marzo de 2009


Warm-up: 5 sentences to translate from English to Spanish practicing the structures: To go to a place and to be going to do something (see page 45). Students wrote these out as I checked in homework, and then we went over the answers together.

• Homework corrections:

1. Green worksheet 1B-A (review vocabulary)
2. White handout, Traduzca

• New vocabulary - Lesson 1B:

1. New Quia Vocabulary list – re: pages 45-46, 47-48, 68.
2. Organized the words on pp. 45-46 into one of four categories:
(a) los deportes (b) las artes (c) los clubes (d) los pasatiempos

Pronunciation practice: Vocabulary pp. 45-46 – First reading along with the CD to see and hear the words in context, then students practiced pronouncing the new vocabulary.

Tarea:
1. Green handout 1B-B (backside of the one due today) practicing our two formulas with the verb “IR” – see page 45. To go to a place; To be going to do something.
2. Read Actividad 4, page 50, and write down the best option of the two words in the parenthesis after each blank.
3. Make TWO of the vocabulary fans, like we did in the last lesson. Select two groups of words to work on.

Remember these details about making the vocabulary fans:
a. Select no less than 5 and no more than 7 words TO LEARN for EACH FAN.
b. Make 8 side-by-side columns.
c. You are going to write your words in the columns – LEAVE LOTS OF WHITE SPACE AROUND EACH WORD.
d. In one column write each of the words you want to learn in SPANISH.
e. In the next column, write the ENGLISH MEANING directly next to its Spanish equivalent.
f. Fold back the first column, and see if you can write the Spanish from the English cue.
g. Repeat – alternating the Spanish/English/Spanish/English, etc.

Spanish IV 03-09-09

Español IV
09 de marzo de 2009


• Hoja Azul: New vocabulary list, Lección 1-A(primera parte) – page 10:
Students filled-in the Spanish for the English provided while I check off cover letter outline and rough draft – homework due today.

• We went over the words on the vocabulary, Amplicación and ¡Cuidado! – page 11. I gave tips, notes and some synonyms in Spanish for several of the items on their blue handout.

• Working with their “Bailarina” partner, students read the “article” on page 9 focusing on THREE types of traditional narrations: The joke The fable, and the legend.

• Actividad 1-2, page 11: Reading comprehension exercise based on page 9.

• We reviewed the reading together, as a whole class – and I explained any problematic sections; and then we went over the exercise to verify their answers.

• We pushed the partner orals back to tomorrow – we had quite a few absences, and the previous activities took much longer than I had planned…Were people sleepy due to the time change?

ANUNCIO: Prepare a “clean joke” in Spanish for class on Thursday.

Tarea:
1. Practice for your oral – REMEMBER to bring back your rough draft AND your resume tomorrow.
2. Begin studying the new vocabulary.
3. Look for a good (clean) joke in Spanish for Thursday.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Spanish II 03-05-09

Español II
5 de marzo de 2009

• I collected and stamped the homework.

• Warm-up: Pre-test for 1B A ver si recuerdas – pages 42 & 43 in the book.

• Whole class review of the “mini-lesson” pre-test – Get notes from a friend.
Theme = Our free time:
1. Places to go
2. Activities to do there
3. Sports
4. More free-time actions (verbs)

• Verb “Ir” = to go: forms and special uses – see top of page 43.

• Period 2 went to the lab to enter their FORECASTING requests for next year.

• Periods 2 & 4 = Watched some of “La era del hielo 2” – Ice Age 2 – The Melt down = In Spanish, como no, with English subtitles.

• Tarea:
1. Complete the “Traduzca al español” section at the bottom of the warm-up handout.
2. Green Handout: Practice Workbook 1B-A (vocabulary on page 42, text)

Spanish IV 03-05-09

Español IV
5 de marzo de 2009

• I asked for any students who hadn’t yet turned in their documentation for their writing process for the three paragraph essay due last Monday, to please do so today. (Outline/prewriting handout; Rough Draft, Evidence of Peer Editing).
I also want to (1) give them credit for their in-class work with the substitute last
week and (2) I need to see evidence of their writing process for this last essay.

• We then had a frank discussion about what is “getting help” and “using resources” versus what is “cheating”. To clarify what “help” looks like, I referred them to the guidelines for peer editing, (See Sp IV Blog, 2-27-09) where it states that an editor DOES NOT CHANGE THE AUTHOR’S WORDS, but gives a hint to the type of error the author may have committed, and also, the “Bienvenidos a la clase de español/ Syllabus handout”. I had this discussion because:
1. I have been getting some papers, or significant portions of papers, that are obviously (really undeniably) written in English and then “pushed through” an automatic translator. I had students read aloud the passage in the syllabus stating that this is cheating and results in an automatic 0 on the assignment as well as other serious consequences.
2. Some students are obviously seeking “help” from Spanish speakers who are very much more proficient than themselves, and then having these “helpers” rewrite large sections of the author’s original work. Then the author types up the “helper’s” rewrites and submits that new work under his/her own name. This is also representing someone else’s work as your own; or “cheating”.

• I want to use this as a learning opportunity, and asked anyone who felt I might be talking about his/her work, please see me after class, and we would discuss how to fix the problem this time – with the understanding the natural consequences would follow any future infractions. I explained that in the university setting this would be cause for expulsion, with no refund of tuition.

• I introduced the Essay: Letter of Interest for a prospective job (Use a REAL company and a REAL person who would receive such a letter. See Handout: Escribe una carta que sera leída. We went through the sample letter on one side of the handout and then over the letter template on the other. We decided to apply our writing process to this assignment, and so have adjusted the deadlines. Monday you and editing circle skills to this task. So INSTEAD of the FINAL being due on Monday, you will have done your: Outline (letter template) and rough draft.

• We used the rest of today for more oral situations practice; this time in concentric (inside/outside) circles where every station had one of the 6 situations we’ll use on Monday and Tuesday for the 50 Point Oral Exam.
• Tarea: Outline (letter template) and rough draft due.

Spanish IV 03-05-09

Español IV
5 de marzo de 2009

• I asked for any students who hadn’t yet turned in their documentation for their writing process for the three paragraph essay due last Monday, to please do so today. (Outline/prewriting handout; Rough Draft, Evidence of Peer Editing).
I also want to (1) give them credit for their in-class work with the substitute last
week and (2) I need to see evidence of their writing process for this last essay.

• We then had a frank discussion about what is “getting help” and “using resources” versus what is “cheating”. To clarify what “help” looks like, I referred them to the guidelines for peer editing, (See Sp IV Blog, 2-27-09) where it states that an editor DOES NOT CHANGE THE AUTHOR’S WORDS, but gives a hint to the type of error the author may have committed, and also, the “Bienvenidos a la clase de español/ Syllabus handout”. I had this discussion because:
1. I have been getting some papers, or significant portions of papers, that are obviously (really undeniably) written in English and then “pushed through” an automatic translator. I had students read aloud the passage in the syllabus stating that this is cheating and results in an automatic 0 on the assignment as well as other serious consequences.
2. Some students are obviously seeking “help” from Spanish speakers who are very much more proficient than themselves, and then having these “helpers” rewrite large sections of the author’s original work. Then the author types up the “helper’s” rewrites and submits that new work under his/her own name. This is also representing someone else’s work as your own; or “cheating”.

• I want to use this as a learning opportunity, and asked anyone who felt I might be talking about his/her work, please see me after class, and we would discuss how to fix the problem this time – with the understanding the natural consequences would follow any future infractions. I explained that in the university setting this would be cause for expulsion, with no refund of tuition.

• I introduced the letter of interest in a prospective job essay – Handout: Escribe una carta que sera leída. We went through the sample letter on one side of the handout and then over the letter template on the other. We decided to apply our writing process to this assignment, and so have adjusted the deadlines. Monday you and editing circle skills to this task. So INSTEAD of the FINAL being due on Monday, you will have your: Outline (letter template) and rough draft due.

• We used the rest of today for more oral situations practice; this time in concentric (inside/outside) circles where every station had one of the 6 situations we’ll use on Monday and Tuesday for the 50 Point Oral Exam.
• Tarea: Outline (letter template) and rough draft due.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Spanish II 03-04-09

Español II
04 de marzo de 2009

• Period 4: I stamped and credited completed Activity 12, page 14 in WAVA, and then we went over the answers.
• Introduced the new “mini” lesson: 1B - A ver si recuerdas, pp. 42 – 43.
• “Power Review” – a little study time prior to Lesson 1A Exam.
• Collected the 1A Homework packets.
• Took 1A exam.
• Period 2 watched 15 minutes of “La edad del hielo – 2” – Ice Age in Spanish with English subtitles.

Tarea:
Write your own vocabulary/study sheet for pages 42-43.
Include:
1. All three boxes on page 42
2. The forms and meanings of the verb “IR” – page 43.
3. Special meaning of “Ir + a + infinitive” – pg. 43
4. Al + del = pg 43
5. the meanings of the 6 verbs in the purple bordered box on page 43.

Spanish IV 03-04-09

Español IV
04 de marzo de 2009

Practice day for tomorrow’s Oral Exam!
• I stamped and credited completed resumes.
• Scoring Sheet Handout for the oral = job interviews.
Each person wants to be sure to include:
(a) Keep the conversation moving in Spanish
(b) Polite use of Spanish and appropriate to the context of the conversation.
(c) 20 examples of thematic vocabulary (university/world of work)
(d) 10 questions (5 of which are open-ended)
(e) Appropriate opener and closing.
• Handout: the elements of the conversation + Training on what they are.
• Special focus on the 4 kinds of questions.
• Shared 6 Conversation Situation re: Job Interviews
• Triad practice “Round Robin” jobs:
(b) Interviewer
(c) Interviewee
(d) Note taker – capturing examples of the different elements of the conversation

Tarea: Prep for your oral!

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Spanish II 03-03-09

Español II
03 de marzo de 2009

• Played the JUEGO – see page 28, in groups of 3’s, practicing stem-changing verb conjugation.

• Corrected the homework in WAVA, Activity 14, page 13. = Stem-changing verbs and sentence writing.

• We took our two short quizzes:
1. Selected items from page 40.
2. Stem-changing verbs – page 27

• We worked through Activity 12, page 14 = WAVA workbook, practicing the Affirmative and Negative expressions on page 31.

• BLUE handout: Homework packet for 1A. We went through each item to verify them and which stamp those who completed the work on time had received.


• Tarea:
1. Organize your homework packet in the same order as the work appears on the list. Number 1 = the first page behind the blue cover sheet.

2. Study for our Lesson 1A Exam tomorrow:
(a) Vocabulary, page 40,
(b) STEM-CHANGING VERBS – page 27,
(c) Affirmative/Negative words, pg 31
(d) Uses of “Para”, page 24

Spanish IV 03-03-09

Español IV
03 de marzo de 2009

• Read the article, “Cómo contestar en una entrevista” with our “diseñador de ropa” partner. We debriefed the article as a whole class afterwards.

• Rotating Partner Orals – today we used the questions in the article we just read.

• I introduced Resume (El Currículo) writing – 2 Handouts - Each of them are templates for resume writing: One en español, el otro en ingles. Instead of work experience, if you haven’t yet had a paying job, we talked about other workplace skills you’ve learned through:
1. Babysitting
2. Yard Work
3. Holding Leadership Office
4. Holding a Club Office
5. Working on a Club committee
6. Volunteer Work

• Reviewed the corrections on last week’s exam – The deadline for make-ups was yesterday.

• We began a vocabulary review game: The Word Wall – La pared de palabras.

• Tarea:
1. If you didn’t complete last night’s, you may do so tonight as there was some confusion AND I forgot to add your own vocabulary list based on the 20 Most Asked Auestions in an Interview handout.
2. Write your own “Currículo” en español, following the Spanish template.

Monday, March 02, 2009

Spanish II 03-02-09

Español II
02 de marzo de 2009

• WAVA workbook – Listening Exercises 6, 7 8 & 9 = pages 10 & 11. Practicing listening comprehension combining the vocabulary and the grammatical structures of the lesson.

• Homework correction:
1. Period 2 = We completed (together) Activity 10, page 12. Period 4 had already done and corrected this last week.
2. Per. 2 & 4 = Yellow Practice workbook packet: 1A-8 = crossword of vocabulary on page 40; 1A-9 = Organizador – more vocabulary practice.

• I announced the Lesson 1A EXAMEN (pp. 14-40) that was originally scheduled for tomorrow RESCHDULED for WEDNESDAY. We will have 2 short quizzes tomorrow:
1. Selected vocabulary items (p. 40)
2. Stem-changing verbs (pg. 27).

• Juego – We played a game to practice the Stem-changing Verbs. Similar to game on page 28, except we did an abbreviated all-class version.

• Vocabulary Game: Word Wall with “the alphabet ball” – randomly select a letter, and students write in a vocabulary word that begins with that letter.

• Tarea:
1. Page 13 – WAVA workbook packet = 3 sentences for each picture (15 in all). Read the instructions to figure out the details.
2. Vocabulary and Stem-changing verb quizzes tomorrow – see above.

Spanish IV 03-02-09

Español IV
02 de marzo de 2009

• Warm-up: 2 more of the “Twenty Most-Frequently Asked Questions in Job Interviews”. Students wrote out answers while I checked in homework. Later we debriefed their answers and filled-in/reviewed any vocabulary needed.

• Rotating Conversation Partners – practicing how to greet a prospective job applicant for an interview, and then posing more of these questions.

• I announced that on THURSDAY there will be an ORAL exam – Job Interview Questions.

• Handout: Las 20 Preguntas Más Comunes en Entrevistas de Trabajo – these are the 20 questions we have been using this past week.

• I returned the corrected Escudos compositions, and then asked students to check my comments against the Sugerencias Redactores list – the most common errors.

• Tarea:
1. Go over your Escudo composition and indicate on your Sugerencias Redactores what comments I made to you about which areas indicated. KEEP this for future review.
2. PRACTICE the questions – re: ORAL EXAM on Thursday.