Español IV 30 de octubre de 2009

Español IV
30 de octubre de 2009

1. Text book, page 19: Los juglares - students read this article about medieval minstrals in Spain and modern day ones in Argentina, and then we had a discussion about storytelling traditions.

2. Period 2 - We had a discussion about Red Ribbon Week.

3. Period 2 - Reviewed the Estructuras exercise of special uses of the infinitive; period 4 corrected this yesterday.

4. Period 4 - Choose new partners - everyone was here today! Period 2 chose theirs earlier in the week.

5. Working with a new partner, students reviewed the 4 legends we have been studying this week, using their homework questions. Later we went over all of the legends together as a class.

6. Día de los chistes. Students shared their jokes with the class and I shared the Halloween treats I made for them.

Tarea:
1. ANNOUNCED the Lesson 1A exams for next week:
Wednesday = MOSTLY the preterite, some vocabulary recognitions and knowledge of the special verbs for the lesson.
Friday = All of the stories read in this lesson, all of the vocabulary (verbs in workbook & text book AND the vocabulary from pp. 10 & 11), and more preterite.

2. Crossword - vocabulary practice.

3. Verb grid - preterite practice.