Maestra Thurber-Brown: June 2009

Spanish II -period 4_06-17-09

Terminaron con la clase y voy a extrañarlos - que tengan mucha diversión sobre el verano y nos vemos en el otoño.
Cariños,
Maestra

Spanish II - period 2_06-17-09

El último día de español antes del examen final mañana - espero que todos salgan super bien en el examen. Diviértense durante el verano.
Cariños,
Maestra

Spanish IV PHOTO 06-17-09

El último día de clase antes del examen final mañana - gracias por ser una clase tan linda, estudiantes.
Cariños,
Maestra

Spanish II 06-17-09

Español II
17 de junio de 2009

Block 2:
I took the class photo - for my "wall of fame" (:>)

Review games: see yesterday's post -4A & 4B Review Sites.
(1) www.conjuguemos.com
A. the preterite
B. the imperfecto

2) www.quia.com
Vocabulary 4A

Block 4:
Examen final

Spanish IV 06-17-09

Español IV
17 de junio de 2009

Students turned in their extra credit hall passes, and I will also accept them tomorrow.

I took our class' photo to add to my "wall of fame"

We reviewed our last exam (3B_- make-up deadline has passed, and we really couldn't wait any longer!

Partners worked together on answering the comprehension questions to the story, "Una familia inolvidable", and then we reviewed the answers together.

Review games: We practiced various verb tense conjugations with www.conjuguemos.com and writing on small white boards, and trading off with their partners.

Spanish II Review Unit 4 for Final Exam

Español II Lessons 4A and 4B Review Web Sites
Lesson 4A

Vocabulario
A ver si recuerdas
http://www.quia.com/jg/1275121.html

4A– page 208
http://www.quia.com/jg/1275152.html

El imperfecto
Regular –AR verbs
http://www.quia.com/cz/53688.html?AP_rand=1343669118

Challenge Board (like Jeopardy) with Estar, Tener, Vivir, Ir & Ser
http://www.quia.com/cb/38205.html

Challenge Board– conjugating in the imperfect (harder than the one above this)
http://www.quia.com/cb/88632.html

Indirect Object Pronouns
http://www.quia.com/rr/226636.html

Lesson 4B
Vocabulario página 234
http://www.quia.com/jg/1160504.html

El pretérito versus el imperfecto

Concepts over when to use the Preterite Versus the Imperfect
http://www.quia.com/pop/79860.html

¡Superhombre! – Select the verb and get feedback about your answer
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/superhombre.php

Spanish II 06-16-09

Español II
16 de junio de 2009

Final exam review games: Units 1, 2 & 3

We used www.conjuguemos.com to review:
(1) Stem-changing Verbs (1A)
(2) Reflexive Verbs (2B)
(3) Preterite Verbs (2B & 3A)

We used www.quia.com to review:
(1)Vocabulary 1B - school and extracurricular activities
(2)Vocabulary 2A - daily routine
(3)Vocabulary 3A - chores and errands

Tarea:
Period 2: Review Unit 3
Period 4: Review EVERYTHING = Your final exam is TOMMORROW

Spanish IV 06-16-09

Español IV
16 de junio de 2009

JUEGO de repaso - los verbos como gustar: Los oraciones fracturadas. Working with a partner, pairs worked through "fractured" sentences to create the translation of the prompt in English.

We reviewed the vocabulary of professions/university - from our first lesson in the course.

Cajas de cartón, parte 2: We reviewed the story while correcting the comprehension questions completed as homework for today.

I shared my ropa quatemalteca: falda, cinturón y huipil + cuentas de bodas = similar to the clothing 'Rosa' wore in San Pedro in El norte.

In new pairs, students read aloud the short autobiographic story, "Una familia inolvidable".

We began the first 15 minutes of a video about the history of Oregon's population of people with Mexican heritage.

Tarea:
Using the Sp. IV post for review - go through the review for the first two units of the course: Preliminar and Unidad 1A & UB

Spanish II Unit 3 Review Sites

Realidades 2 – Lección 3 – Review Web Sites

3A Vocabulario:
A ver si recuerdas
http://www.quia.com/jg/1386652.html
Page 152 – lesson 3A
http://www.quia.com/jg/1160512.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1160502.html

Preterite Practice:
www.conjuguemos.com → Log in → Spanish Verbs → Irregular Preterite Verbs → select: Ir, Ser, Dar, Ver, Tener, Estar, Poder, Hacer
Irregular Preterites Ser, Ir, Hacer, + Regular preterite and –car, - gar, -zar verbs http://www.quia.com/cb/453438.html
Irregular Preterites Dar, Ir, Tener, Estar, Poder, Hacer
http://www.quia.com/cb/126028.html
Irregular “UV” and “U” Group verbs in the Preterite
http://www.quia.com/jg/260458list.html

Direct Object Pronouns:
http://www.quia.com/rr/62652.html

3B Vocabulario:
A ver si recuerdas
http://www.quia.com/jg/1386654.html
Page 180 – Lesson 3B
http://www.quia.com/jg/1160503.html

El progresivo presente
Compare regular present tense with the progressive
http://www.quia.com/rr/108663.html
Use the progressive with household chores
http://www.quia.com/pop/107774.html

Affirmative and Negative Tú Commands
Yo- go verbs and their tú command forms
http://www.quia.com/pop/123634.html?AP_rand=915832857
Pair up affirmative and negative tú commands
http://www.quia.com/jg/293778.html

Spanish II 06-15-09

Español II
15 de junio de 2009

Pruebas de práctica = Practice quizzes reviewing for the final
(1) Basic present tense verb conjugation
(2) Expression of possession
(3) Ser versus Estar

Vocabulary review games
Para empezar - Nationalities, etc. See separate blog post - 2 previous to this one.

1B Vocabulary - see review sheet/blog post

We watched a few more minutes of Los increíbles, es español.

Tarea:
Study Unit 3 - see Green Review Sheet

Spanish IV 06-15-09

Español IV
15 de junio de 2009

We watched the OPB program, Oregon Experience "Los braceros" (30 minutes).

We reviewed the first part of the short story, "Cajas de cartón" and reviewed the comprehension questions done as homework.

Working in groups of 2's or 3's, students read the second half of the short story aloud to one another, and began working on the comprehension questions for this section.

I showed the blog entry I put together for them to review for the final - see the post just prior to this.

Tarea:
1. Complete the questions for Cajas de cartón: ?Qué pasó? - segunda parte.
2. STUDY for the final exam.

Spanish IV - Study Sites for Final Exam Practice

Español IV
Sitios de repaso para el examen final
Note: You'll have to copy and paste the URL into your server.
Diviertate

Los nombres de los compañeros de la clase
http://www.quia.com/jg/1652006.html

Preliminar - El vocabulario:
Las profesiones
http://www.quia.com/jg/700337.html
Para solicitar un trabajo
http://www.quia.com/jg/1172820list.html

Preliminar - Las estructuras:
Los sustantivos y adjetivos – la concordancia, El presente indicativo,
El presente perfecto, El futuro
Repaso – Preliminar – los verbos con irregularidades en el presente
http://www.quia.com/jg/517674list.html
Los artículos definidos e indefinidos
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/articulos1.php
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/articulos.php
Los plurales de sustantivos y adjetivos
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/adjectives_and_nouns.php
El futuro
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635164.html
www.conjuguemos.com → log-in → Spanish Verbs → Future Tense (all verbs)
Presente Perfecto – Los irregulares
http://www.quia.com/ba/120013.html
The perfect tenses
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/perfects.php

Unidad 1: La narración
1A- El vocabulario: páginas 10-11
http://www.quia.com/jg/949784.html
1B- El vocabulario: página 25
http://www.quia.com/jg/1342961.html
La abeja haragana
http://www.quia.com/jg/1213055.html

Las estructuras: El pasado – El pretérito y el imperfecto
www.conjuguemos.com → log-in → Spanish Verbs → Preterit Tense (all verbs)
El pretérito versus el imperfecto – cuentitos
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/pret_imp.php
La historia de Juan
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/juan/index.html
Qué miedo pasé
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/quemiedopase.php

Unidad 2: El progreso y la tecnología
2A – El vocabulario: página 46
http://www.quia.com/jg/1254682.html
2B – El vocabulario: página 60 = El progreso y los verbos que indican el subjuntivo
http://www.quia.com/jg/1386264.html

Las estructuras:
Ser-Estar-Haber, El subjuntivo presente, El futuro y el condicional/potencial
Ser or estar
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635156.html
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ser_estar.php
El condicional
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635174.html
El futuro o el condicional
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635172.html
El subjuntivo: Los deseos y/o esperanzas
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635160.html?AP_rand=1036774223
El subjuntivo (+-car, -gar, -zar verbs)
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635159.html
El subjuntivo versus el infinitivo
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635169.html
El subjuntivo: expressions that cause/do not cause the subjunctive
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635163.html

Unidad 3: Los derechos humanos
3A – El vocabulario: página 80
http://www.quia.com/jg/1257256.html
Película: La historia oficial
http://www.quia.com/rr/67635.html
Nota: hay dos pregunta(s) errónea(s)
(1) Vieja amiga de Gaby (de Alicia) que vuelve de exilio - Ana (2)Los alumnos dicen que la historia está escrita por los asesinos. -Falso Cierto
3B – El vocabulario: página 89
http://www.quia.com/jg/833593list.html

Las estructuras: Mas subjuntivo, Los pronombres de los objetos directos e indirectos, los verbos como gustar
El subjuntivo
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/subj_pres.php
Direct Object Pronouns
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635145.html
Indirect Object Pronouns
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635150.html
Los verbos como gustar
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/gustar2.php

Para empezar -Realidades 2_nationalities, verbs, places and how often

Review site on Quia
http://www.quia.com/fc/598359.html

Spanish II 06-12-09

Español II
12 de junio de 2009

Examen Oral - Mi niñez: Partner assessment as we did with the preterite. We did 8 question rounds: Everyone interviewed 4 other students and were interviewed by yet another 4 students. I am so impressed and pleased with how well everyone did !Felicidades, estudiantes!

Unit 4 Project Presentations:
4A project - ?Cómo eras tú de niño/a? - This is the project students prepared over last weekend. I selected a variety of them to be shared with the whole class, showing their visuals under the document camera.

4B partner project - Había una vez stories.
Student pairs each told half of the story they developed and illustrated over the past two days; again, using the document camera to share their illustrations.

Final Exam Review: Using some of the sites from the Lessons 1A & 1B Review, we practiced vocabulary and Affirmative/Negative words.

Lessons 2A & 2B Review sheet distributed to period 2 (period 4 got it earlier).

Tarea:
STUDY for the FINAL = Review BOTH Units 1 & 2

Spanish IV 06-12-09

Español IV
12 de junio de 2009

Lectura de parejas, página 99: Rigoberta Menchú

Correcciones y Repaso - Tareas de anoche y de anteayer:
(a) Tarea 3B + oraciones para traducir
(b) Tarea de repaso

Examen 3B (60 puntos)

Presentacion: Cory Hobbs - Ex-estudiante mío, ahora estudiante de la Universidad de Portlandia, y sus experiencias en España como estudiante de intercambio este año.

Tarea:
1. Lean la primera parte de Cajas de cartón.
2. Contestar las preguntas de comprensión, ?Qué pasó?

Spanish II - Unit 2 Review Sites

Unit 2 Review Web Sites
Because there are so many links, I haven't embedded them into the titles as I sometimes do, so you will have to copy the link address and paste it into your server.

2A Vocabulario
http://www.quia.com/jg/1160510.html

Ser versus Estar
http://www.quia.com/rr/246896.html

Reflexive Verbs
http://www.quia.com/jg/1395603.html
http://www.quia.com/hm/359960.html

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2B Vocabulario
http://www.quia.com/jg/1160501.html

Regular Preterites
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/chart_pret.php
www.conjuguemos.com Log in →Select Spanish Verbs →Preterite Tense Regular Verbs

Demonstrative Adjectives
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/demostrativos.php

Spanish II 06-11-09

Español II
11 de junio de 2009

Practice for the ORAL EXAM TOMORROW: Asking and Answering questions about our childhood. We did "rotating partners" where those in the "odd numbered" seats move up to the next highest odd numbered seat after each turn. We traded off with the even and odd numbered pairs asking and answering the questions.

Partner Work Time = Finishing up our 4B Story Projects in the past tenses - "Había Una Vez".

We watched a little more of Los Increíbles in Spanish at the end of the period.

Tarea:
1. Oral Test - Entrevista acerca de la niñez questions.
2. Final exam prep = Review Unit 2 - see separate Blog post for practice sites.

Spanish IV 06-11-09

Español IV
11 de junio de 2009

Precaliento: El Norte Question Groups convened and warm-up together, prepping for their oral. Meanwhile I collected the 3B Tarea - sentence translation homework and stamped it.

El NORTE Panel Discussion Oral - This took the rest of the period - each of the groups represented each of the 6 discussion questions. The panel presented their thoughts and elicited questions from the group too.

Tarea:
1. 3B Test tomorrow
2. Tarea de Repaso 3b Packet - to help you prepare for the test.

Spanish II 06-10-09

Español II
10 de junio de 2009

1. Warm-up: Five more questions from the 15 about our childhood - preparing for the oral on Friday. We wrote out answers and then we went over them together.

2. Homework correction & Preterite versus Imperfecto review: using our handouts we justified our answers to ACTIVITY 10, page 219.

3. Partner Oral practice: We practiced asking and answering the questions for Friday.

4. Partner "Once Upon a Time" Story project - Partners needed to come up with the script for a 6 paneled story (cartoon) incorporating elements for BOTH the Preterite and Imperfecto. Once story was completed, the pair could begin on their illustrations. Materials were turned-in at the end of class, and we can have some time tomorrow to finish them up.

Tarea:
1. Practice for Friday's Oral.
2. Review Unidad 1 - see separate post for websites.

Spanish IV 06-10-09

Español IV
10 de junio de 2009

El Norte:
1. Repaso - los materiales y tareas sobre El NORTE
2. Nos organizamos en grupos pequeños - cada grupo recibió UNA de las preguntas preparadas como tarea anoche.
3. Los grupos trabajaron en prepararse para la presentación oral mañana.
4. Yo pasé por los grupos dando crédito por los trabajos completos.

Objetos/Complimentos Directos e Indirectos:
1. "Pruebita de práctica" - hoja azul
2. "Prueba 3B" - también como una práctica
3. Empezamos a la hoja blanca "Tarea 3B"

Tarea:
1. Prepárate para el oral mañana
2. Termina la hoja blanca "Tarea 3B" - traduciendo las oraciones.

Spanish II 06-09-09

Español II
9 de junio de 2009

Reminder: Orals on Friday - Entrevista acerca de la niñez (green handout with questions about your childhood - using El Imperfecto).

Encuesta (Survey) - White Handout
1. Students copied the 5 questions from the Entrevista handout (mentioned above) I selected onto the first section of the handout.
2. Then they wrote out their own answers to the questions.
3. Next they circulated and asked/answered the questions with up to 4 other classmates.
4. Last, students wrote up their "findings" - looking for 3 plurals (we/they) forms of the verbs they could use when others had similar answers to each other or with the student.
5. I collected these once all had enough time to complete them.

Homework Review/Corrections:
We went over the answers to Activities 3,4 & 6 in the text book.

More Past-Tense Practice:
We watched the Gram Activa, see page 219, about:
(a) Using the IMPERFECTO to describe people and places in the past.
(b) Using the IMPERFECTO to talk about actions that were going on when something else happened - We use the PRETERITO for this second action.
We practiced with a couple of exercises included in the video.

We read the Fondo Cultural, on page 216, about the Basque region in Spain, and one of their holidays.

I handed out materials to help students start studying for the final exam:
(1) Green packet - "How to Study for Your Final" - 9 study strategies AND a chapter-by-chapter list of all of the topics and their reference pages in your textbook.
(2) White packet - Unit 1 review: all of the vocabulary, grammar and cultural points in both lessons in this unit, along with an extra review sheet of stem-changing verbs in the present tense.

Tarea:
1. Activity 10, page 219: Read the story about "Semana Santa" completing the blanks with either the PRETERITO or the IMPERFECTO of the verb in parenthesis. DON'T JUST 'GUESS AND GO'- Use your handouts and THINK about the context, then DECIDE WHICH ONE TO USE. Double check you are conjugation the verb correctly.

2. USE THE REVIEW FOR UNIT 1: be sure you KNOW ALL OF THE VOCABULARY and the STEM-CHANGING VERBS, as well as the other grammar for this unit.

Spanish IV 06-09-09

Español IV
09 de junio de 2009

Lectura: Las arpilleras, página 86
Discusión sobre las artesanías de arpilleras y bordados en los Estados Unidos.

Repaso (Una vez más):
Los pronombres indirectos y los verbos como gustar
Estudien las páginas 110-110

Correcciones - La tarea (La hoja dorada de dos lados)- Más práctica con los objetos directos, indirectos, la "a" personal y los verbos como gustar.

Repaso: El Norte - Terminamos con el paquete de tareas blancas y empezamos con el dorado.

Tarea:
Hoja Blanca - Las preguntas para la discusión sobre El Norte = prepara respuestas.

Spanish II 06-08-09

Español II
08 de junio de 2009

New Unit 4 vocabulary and grammar overview packet (azul) - students filled in the meanings of the words on the vocabulary lists for 4A & 4B while I checked-in their 4A Projects, due today.
4A is review, while Vocabulary 4B is new.

I also gave some notes over additional terms:
El día festivo = el día feriado
El/la bebé = el nene/la nena
Charlar = platicar (en México)
Había = "Hay" in the past
Había una vez/Erase una vez = "Once upon a time..."

I "previewed"/introduced the topics and structures of lesson 4B:
A) Using the PLURAL REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS for Reciprocal Actions
B) Using the IMPERFECTO for the descriptive past
C) Using BOTH the PRETERITO and the IMPERFECTO together in the past.

Vocabulary in context practice:
Text pages 212-213 -Listening/Reading/Repeating

Preterite Versus Imperfecto:
We made a "T-Chart" listing examples of these verbs from page 213 and discussed WHY they were used and WHAT they would mean in English.
We used our TWO reference handouts: EL PRETERITO and EL IMPERFECTO

We watched the Video Historia (see pages 214-215) about a boy's trip to a Basque Festival and his childhood memories about attending the same festival.

Proyectos:
I divided the class into small groups and each member of the group shared his/her project with the others. Then they turned in their projects in a group set.

Tarea:
All of these practice using the vocabulary in context.
Activity 3 on page 215 = Answer the questions based on the Video Historia
Activity 4 on page 216 = Reading across the line, which word doesn't belong with the group?
Activity 6 on page 217 = Using the words in the purple edged boxes, read the sentences and fill-in the word that makes the most sense.

Spanish IV 06-08-09

Español IV
08 de junio de 2009

Lectura, página 88
y la actividad 3-16, página 90 -
Reading about Myrka Dellanos' trip to Honduras after "Huracán Mitch".

Review of Object Pronouns:
1. Correction of homework -
(a) Bosquejo/sentences on the reverse
(b) 3-32, pp. 101 - 102: Los verbos como gustar y los pronombres indirectos.
(I'm giving this extra credit: even though I wrote it on the board in class on Friday I did omit it from the blog post).

2. Song: El cumpleaños de Timoteo - Students listened and filled in the blanks with the objects and their pronouns, practicing DOUBLE OBJECT PRONOUNS.
Then they sang it a couple of times, taking turns on the “Call” or the “Response” sections.

3. El norte:
We began reviewing the WHITE packet completed as homework from last week.

ANUNCIO:
I pushed out the dates for the 3B Test and the El Norte orals:
NOW...
Oral = el jueves, 11 de junio
3B Test = el viernes, 12 de junio*
*Those leaving early will take their final exam on Friday NOT the 3B test - the information is already in the final.

Tarea:
Handout: Hoja dorada - 3B Tarea #1 (dos lados) -
Indirect Object Pronouns AND the Verbs Like "Gustar".

Spanish II: 4A Project

4A Project Criteria:

1.At least 2 sentences/different verbs in the imperfect
for EACH of the 5 categories.
Minimum of 10 different imperfect verbs.
• What were you like as a child?
• What toys you used to play with/games you used to play.
• What you most liked to do as a child.
• What you had to do.
• What you weren’t allowed to do.

2.At least one visual for each of the 5 general categories.

3. No writing on the visual –
Visual NO LARGER THAN a regular sheet of paper (8 ½ X 11).

4. Please write your sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

Spanish II 06-05-09

Español II
5 de junio de 2009

Review of INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS - See page 199 in your textbook.
We did ACTIVIDAD 22, page 199.

Correcciones de la tarea: -
4A-8: Crucigrama (review of vocabulary)

We took PRUEBA 4A (20 points):
Vocabulary from page 208 + conjugations of the IMPERFECTO
We corrected the quiz right after taking it.

Period 4 reviewed the PREGUNTAS using the IMPERFECTO:
Entrevista acerca de la niñez
Period 2 did this the other day.

Tarea:
I introduced the 4A Project (30 points)due on MONDAY.
Handout: Green 1/2 sheet with specific instructions.
Look on page 205 for a similar project, but be sure to follow the specific ones I gave you.

Spanish IV 06-05-09

Español IV
05 de junio de 2009

Practice vocabulary quiz - page 89.

Correcciones = El crucigrama 3B

Los proyectos:
Paco - Barcelona

Review of OBJECT PRONOUNS - See pages 94-101 in your textbook
+ Handouts
(a) Blue - "Object Pronouns" = We went over the notes and did the exercises.
(b) Bosquejo de los pronombres de objetos/complimentos
+ Activity 3-23, page 95-96.

ANUNCIOS:
(1) Oral re: El Norte - el martes, 9 de junio
(2) Examen 3B - el miércoles, 10 de junio

Tarea:
Complete the exercises on the reverse of the "Bosquejo de los pronombres" handout.

Spanish II 06-04-09

Español II
4 de junio de 2009

1. SENIORS LAST DAY - We took a few minutes at the beginning of the class to celebrate our graduation classmates, before they were excused to take their final exam.

2. Wrote out answers to questions about our childhood - Communicative Activity 4A-1 - while I checked in homework.

3. Partnered up with our "10:30 AM Appointment" and asked and answered questions about our childhoods, practicing the vocabulary and with the imperfecto past tense.

4. We corrected last night's homework in the WAVA workbook (pp. 74 & 75) = more vocabulary and imperfecto practice.

5. Listening comprehension practice: WAVA Workbook Activities 5 & 6, in period 2 - period 4 also did Activity 7), pages 70-71.

6. Reviewed the INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS - I introduced them yesterday. We watched the Gram Activa DVD, and then read the write-up in the textbook on page 199.

7. We continued on watching a little more of movie the Los Increíbles, en español.

Tarea:
1. Actividad 4A-8 (green packet)practicing your vocabulary while completing the crossword puzzle.
2. Study for your 4A Quiz tomorrow: selected items from the VOCABULARY (p.208) AND conjugations in the IMPERFECTO - both regulars AND irregulars.

Spanish IV 06-04-09

Español IV
04 de junio de 2009

El último día para los Seniors -
Los celebramos un poco antes de que sufrieron sus exámenes.

Los proyectos:
Felipe: Buenos Aires
Raúl: La emigración y la inmigración - México y Los EE.UU.

Práctica del vocabulario:
1. Juego de definiciones
2. Juego de lotería: El gobierno - continuamos donde nos dejamos el juego antes.

Tarea:
Crucigrama 3B = Hoja azul

Spanish II 06-03-09

Español II
03 de junio de 2009

1. Partner practice while I checked-in homework

2. Took, and then corrected, the quiz over the time expressions for the IMPERFECTO.

3. Corrections/Review:
a. 4A-3 & 4, homework due yesterday: practicing the vocabulary.
b. 4A-5 & 6, homework due today: vocabulary and Imperfecto conjugation practices.
c. Reviewed the 3A test (make-up are finally done!)

4. Quick vocabulary practice with seat partner.

5. New handout: Entrevista acerca de la niñez - We went over these interview questions about our childhoods.

6. We were able to watch a little more of Los Increíbles in both classes.

Tarea:
1. WAVA workbook - pages 74 & 75: Practicing the vocabulary in Actividad 10, and the Imperfecto in Actividad 11.
2. STUDY for Friday's quiz over the vocabulary and the forms of the imperfecto.

Spanish IV 06--03-09

Español IV
03 de junio de 2009

Los proyectos:
Joaquín: La música folklórica de España
Mateo: La guerra peninsular

La película:
Terminamos con El norte

Tarea:
1.Complete the first El norte packet - finish the comprehension questions.
2.Complete the following items in the SECOND El norte packet:
(a) Tarea #1: questions 1-5 at the BOTTOM of the page (el significado simbólico)
(b) Tarea #2: questions 5-10; 14 & 15.
(c) Tarea #3: questions 4, 10, 12, 14, 20, 21 AND Simbolos de la muerte, la esperanza/el futuro/nuevos empiezo; los contrastes.

Spanish II 06-02-09

Español II
02 de junio de 2009

Práctica del vocabulario:
1. Activity 4, page 190 - Write out sentencing talking about if you had these toys as a child. ADD AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE DESCRIBING IT, OR AN ALTERNATE TOY IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE ONE(S) PICTURED.
I checked in homework as students wrote out their sentences.

2. Activity 5 = We grouped into partners by small dinosaurios y ranas and then we shared with each other about the toys we had.

3. We practiced the vocabulary at the QUIA site for 4A Vocabulary, and played the Flash Card game.

Estructuras:
El IMPERFECTO = Read the Gramática on page 194, The imperfect tense: regular verbs. Pay close attention to all of the examples and notes with bullets.

We reviewed our green handout, El imperfecto:
1. Time expressions indicating the imperfecto (see separate blog post) = Quiz tomorrow.
2. Forms:Conjugations(also in text on page 194 & 196)
3. Drill game writing conjugations: Go www.conjuguemos.com to practice.
Select "Spanish Verbs", then "The Imperfect Tense". Scroll down and select "All Verb", "All Pronouns", Then scroll back up and select "Start".

ANUNCIO: Quiz on Friday = 4A Vocabulary and Imperfecto conjugations and meanings.

Tarea:
1. QUIZ on TIME MARKER EXPRESSIONS FOR THE IMPERFECTO
2. Practice Workbook Packet: 4A-5 & 6, pp.77 & 78 (practicing the IMPERFECTO)

Spanish IV 06-02-09

Español IV
02 de junio de 2009

Me entregaron las tareas de anoche:
WB56 3-7
El párrafo basado en WB56 3-8

Proyectos:
Manolo: España
Tomas: La comida de España (!Qué rico!)

La pelicula:
El norte, Estamos en el tercer acto

Tarea:
Paquete: El norte
1. Complete the vocabulary exercises
2. Complete the comprehension questions up to this point in the movie.

El Imperfecto - Time Expressions

Time marker expressions for the imperfecto:

1. Expressions for habitual actions, or when we’re talking about what we used to do.
Some examples are:

Generalmente = Generally
Por lo general = In general
A menudo = Often
De vez en cuando = From time to time, Every once in a while, Every now and again
Muchas veces = Many times
Todos los días = Every day
Todas las noches = Every night
Frecuentemente = Frequently
Con frecuencia = With frequency
Cada noche = Each night
Los sábados = On Saturdays
Siempre = Always

2. Expressions for talking about actions in progress in the past.
Some examples are:

Mientras = While
Cuando = When (as a synonym for ‘mientras’)

Spanish II 06-01-09

Español II
Primero de junio de 2009

Homework:
I collected the personal vocabulary lists from page 208

Vocabulary Practice:
1. A ver si recuerdas - pp. 182-183-Una celebración:
Review of family titles over 3 generations
Food, Table settings, Decorations and Party Activities.

2. A primera vista (pp. 186 & 187) and Video Historia (pp. 188-189)
Vocabulary practice in context.
Period 4: Activity 3, page 189

El IMPERFECTO: THE GENERAL PAST
HANDOUT: El imperfecto Keep this as a "READY REFERENCE" - it goes over the TIME EXPRESSION, USES and FORMS of this VERB Tense.

ANUNCIO:
Learn the Time Expressions for the Imperfecto for a QUIZ on WEDNESDAY - see a separate blog post if you don't have the handout/notes.

Period 4: 4A Quia vocabulary page

Tarea:
Complete 4A-3 & 4B-4 in the the "PRACTICE WORKBOOK" packet, pages 75 & 76.

Spanish IV 06-01-09

Español IV
Primero de junio de 2009

I collected the TAREA: DEFINICIONES

Los proyectos:
Martín: Los San Fermines

El norte:
We finished the first act "Arturo Xuncax", and are well into the second act, "México" - Enrique has just found 'Raimundo Gutierrez'

I handed out the WORKBOOK PACKET for this new unit, Segunda parte de la lección 3 (3B).

Tarea:
Workbook packet, WB 56: Actividades 3-7 & 3-8 (un párrafo)

Maestra Thurber-Brown

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Spanish II Review Unit 4 for Final Exam

Spanish II 06-16-09

Spanish IV 06-16-09

Monday, June 15, 2009

Spanish II Unit 3 Review Sites

Spanish II 06-15-09

Spanish IV 06-15-09

Spanish IV - Study Sites for Final Exam Practice

Para empezar -Realidades 2_nationalities, verbs, places and how often

Friday, June 12, 2009

Spanish II 06-12-09

Spanish IV 06-12-09

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Spanish II - Unit 2 Review Sites

Spanish II 06-11-09

Spanish IV 06-11-09

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Spanish II Unit 1 Review Web Sites

Spanish II 06-10-09

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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Spanish II 06-09-09

Spanish IV 06-09-09

Monday, June 08, 2009

Spanish II 06-08-09

Spanish IV 06-08-09

Friday, June 05, 2009

Spanish II: 4A Project

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Thursday, June 04, 2009

Spanish II 06-04-09

Spanish IV 06-04-09

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Spanish II 06-03-09

Spanish IV 06--03-09

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Spanish II 06-02-09

Spanish IV 06-02-09

Monday, June 01, 2009

El Imperfecto - Time Expressions

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