Spanish II 05-21-09

Español II
21 de mayo de 2009

Listening comprehension practice:
Handout Diagraming, ¿Cómo van?: 3 columns of Names, Pictures of Places and Pictures of modes of transportation. As I said who went where and how s/he got there, students connected the elements, diagramming what was said. Then they wrote out the sentences to match what they drew.

Vocabulary practice:
1. Places in the town: We used the reverse of the previous handout to review the list of 20 places typical to a town.

2. Homework corrections/review:
a. Green Vocabulary packet - re: pp. 154-155 (prepositions of place and modes of transportation.
b. Blue Practice Workbook Packet, 3B-B: Part 1 = modes of transport, part 2 = Yo-go verbs.

3. Librito: Cómo nos transportamos - Using the document camera, I showed this small book about the history of modes of transportation I bought in Mexico.

La rima: Practicing prepositions of place and directional adverbs. We practiced all together, and then in our small groups = Getting ready for our presentations tomorrow!

Golden Handout: Realidades 2, 3B pp.154-155
Review of the vocabulary and structures of this mini-lesson before we begin 3B.

Tarea:
1. Be ready for the RIMA test and oral tomorrow. Be able to write out all of the words, spelled accurately, and then say the poem with your group. Forgot your copy? See yesterday's blog posting.
2. Complete the golden handout for pp.154-155.
3. Blue handout, ¿Adónde vas?
Write 10 SENTENCES, answering the question, ¿Cuándo vas?.
Select 10 items for the list of 20 places in a city, and use a different one and a different answer to when you go there for each sentence.
To answer “Cuándo vas” you could say (a) a time of day (b) a specific day of the week (c) a month of the year or (d) a season of the year.