Español IV 20 de noviembre de 2009

Español IV
20 de noviembre de 2009

1.Warm-up:/Precaliento : ¿Cómo se dice “to become”?– Handout with activities on the reverse.

2. Homework (from yesterday) corrections: workbook packet pages 32 & 34 = WB32 practices the vocabulary (p.25 in book) & WB34 the preterite verus the imperfect (p.32 in book).

3. Short story, “Cuéntame un cuento” - pp. 37 – 41 in textbook. Students worked with their “Acueducto de Segovia” partner taking turns reading this aloud, interpreting it, and completing the activity 42, on page 41.

4. Class in a discussion, using the activity 43 on page 41.

NOTE: This story sometimes is a challenge as it is science fiction, and it has a “story within the story”. BUT…at a certain point we should realize that the “father” and the main character in the “story within the story” are one in the same, and the father is dreaming about the collective memory of the Earth’s destruction and humanity’s need to flee to outer space to survive.

5. Time remaining? – ¿Qué recuerdas de tu infancia? Have students share childhood memories, in Spanish (:>).

Tarea/Homework:
1. Remember to KEEP ALL of your their process papers for your project – For Monday write your rough draft of your SECOND paragraph where you now start to set the plot in motion.

2. Updated assignment sheet for their project: Cuando yo era niño. Please know when I use the term “conflict” I simply mean some complication/problem that needs to be resolved. I often hear about students getting lost at the mall, or parents “forgetting them” in the restroom of a service station, or NOT wanting to take a picture with Santa, etc.

3. “Transitional Expressions” - Study front and complete activities on the reverse. REMEMBER: BOTH of today’s extra handouts – “To Become” AND “Transitional Expressions” could be very helpful in your project.