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