Español II el 30 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 30 de noviembre de 2010

1. Fondo cultural - Qué talla uso? - page 109: Read about how shoes sized vary between Spain and Mexico and then calculated our own shoe size in Spain.

2. Demonstrative Adjectives: Reviewed our memory poem and the forms we learned yesterday. NEW PACKET - we worked through the first two pages, completing Practices A, B & C and EXERCISES A & B.

3. "Adjectives as Nouns" - see page 116. We reviewed 3 of the parts of speech (las partes de la oración): Articles (definite/indefinite), Nouns and Adjectives (descriptive ones). Then practiced avoiding repeating the same noun a second time by just using its article and adjective ("the red one" or "a blue one").
TRIVIA: Cómo se dice "Noun" en español?

4. WAVA - Listening exercise 7: el pretérito - What pranks did these teenagers admit to having been the most "daring" thing they have ever done? Based on the drawings, students made predictions about what they were going to hear to before listening to the exercise.

5. Homework Review:
a. Crossword - vocabulary 2B
b. Lotería - Regular -Ir & -Er verbs: We played the game students had prepared beforehand. I gave the English and students practiced the Spanish equivalent.

Tarea:
1. WAVA Packet - page 44, Activity 12. Describe what ALICIA sees going on in the park using Este, Ese, Aquel from HER perspective (she's the girl sitting under the tree).
2. Workbook - page 45: More practice with "Aquel" - Part A also use the stressed possessives from our last lesson - "Aquel libro es mío". Part B - Say which article of clothing you prefer using Este/Ese/Aquel for the item indicated by the arrow.

Español IV el 30 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 30 de noviembre de 2010

1. Lectura: El callejón de los enamorados - pg. 30
2. Práctica del vocabulario - mini vocabulary "quiz" - the tricksters from yesterday's practice.
3. Guía de estudios - Examen 1B para el jueves: Half-page handout with the same information as yesterday's blog.
4. Correcciones de la tarea: Reviewed the answers of the vocabulary translation sentences.
TRIVIA: Cuál es la diferencia entre "aflición" y "afición"
5. Cúentame un cuento - pp 38-41: continued on, and completed, the short story in chapter 1B.
6. Exposiciones - continued on presenting our childhood stories.

Tarea:
Handout - Tarea de repaso - Partes I, II y III

Español II el 29 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 29 de noviembre de 2010

1. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
a. I showed examples and reviewed what we touched on last Monday.
b. Blue 2-page handout: explanation & picture flashcards.
c. Worked on clarifying the difference between an adjective and a pronoun.
d. Mnemonic device poem - Students copied this on the back of their blue handout:
"This" and "These" both have "T"s; "That" and "Those" no "T" shows; Far away? Begins with "A"; I don't know ends with "O". This & These = Este/a & Estos/as; That & Those = Ese/a & Esos/as; That one over there & Those ones over there = Aquel/Aquella & Aquellos/as.
e. Text page 114 & Gram Activa DVD
f. Text Activity 19, page 114 = Working with a partner, students read this dialogue between a brother & sister, filling-in the correct form of "Aquel" - then writing them down. Last, we "performed" these for the class.

2. Vocabulary Flash Cards Review - Partner drill and then we went through about half of the vocabulary on page 124 using my big flashcards.

3. Listening Comprehension - WAVA - NEW White Packet: Activities 5 & 6.

4. El pretérito:
a. Corrections of Activity 13, page 110 - Homework for last Wednesday.
b. Preterite Flash Cards Sentences - using the cards we made in class last Wednesday, we continued with this 'put it all together' activity building short sentences in the past tense.

Tarea:
1. Crucigrama 2B - Blue handout practicing vocabulary on page 124.
2. Lotería -Ir & -Er Verbs in the Preterite: Bilingual answers - Write the English Past Tense equivalent for the Spanish Verbs you select. EXAMPLE: Aprendí/I learned

Español IV el 29 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 29 de noviembre de 2010

1. Proyectos:
a. Students organized their project papers into packets, including their presentation number, and turned them in - (many did this last Wednesday - Check the blog for 11/24/10 for the list of papers for the packet.)
b. Listening Response Handouts: Students filled-in the names of the students in their presentational order.

2. Flashcards Vocabulary Review - page 25

3. Cuéntame un cuento - textbook pages 37-41:
a. I introduced the author - see page 37
b. Working with a partner students FIRST looked at exercise 42, page 41 to help them get oriented to this science-fiction short story, THEN took turns reading the story aloud.
c. I then began reading the story aloud to the whole class, adding comments/interpretations. I read the first half of the story - stopping after line 81. We'll continue tomorrow.

4. ANUNCIO - Lesson 1B Test on Thursday: el 2 de diciembre. Pages 24-41
a. Readings: pp. 24, pg. 30, pg. 31, 37-41
b. Vocabulary pg. 25: INCLUDING the Cuidado = Dejar, Dejar + infinitivo, Dejar + de + infinitivo
c. Grammar: El pretérito versus el imperfecto - pp. 27-33

5. Las exposiciones - we started presenting our projects - while students spoke others completed their response handouts.

Tarea:
1. Vocabulary Translation Sentences Handout.
2. Study for Thursday's Lesson 1B test

Español II el 24 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 24 de noviembre de 2010

I. Preterite Conjugation Flashcards game.
Each student got a set of:
A. Subject Pronouns
B. Verb Stems - Regular AND Spelling-changers for verbs ending in -car, gar, -zar
C. Preterite Verb Endings - Ar verbs
D. Preterite Verb Endings - Er & -Ir verbs
E. Paper clips
F. 3 Snack-size baggies: one each for (1)Subject pronouns (2)Verb stems (3)Verb endings

Students cut out and organized their cards while I checked-in homework.

We played 6 rounds of "sentence building" using our cards to form simple sentences in the preterite. WANT MORE VERB CONJUGATION PRACTICE? Go to the web site www.conjuguemos.com and then log-in as a student. In the left-hand column of the next screen select "Spanish Verbs". Next select "Regular Preterite". I recommend you don't do the 5-Minute Timed Test to begin with, but once you're getting really good...GO FOR IT!

II. Homework Corrections: Workbook pp. 42 & 44 - vocabulary and PRETERITE - Double Check your YO spelling-changers on the bottom of page 44. Remember those "-car, -gar, -zar" verbs in yo.

III. Lotería de comida enlatada - Gracias por todas las donaciones de comida, We divided into teams and played "Canned Food Bingo". Thanks for all of the wonderful food donated to our classroom's Food Bank Barrel!

Tarea: HAVE A SAFE, RESTFUL AND WONDERFUL "Día de la acción de gracias" - I hope you get to spend time with those who love you and come back ready to work hard next week!

Español IV el 24 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 24 de noviembre de 2010

I. PROYECTO: Cuando era niño -
A.Organized all the process papers into a packet to turn-in:
1. Grading Sheet
2. Typed Final Draft
3. Rough Draft - all 6 paragraphs
4. Outline
5. Story Map
Note - Due to yesterday's snow day, some students believed they would have an extra day and weren't prepared. Those who were turned-in their materials today will earn some extra points. Everyone else will still get full "On-Time" credit for having their materials ready to turn-in on Monday (11/29/10).

B. Students selected the order of their presentations. I filled-in those who were absent. ALL SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PRESENT ON MONDAY.

II. Lotería de comidas enlatadas - Gracias por todas las donaciones de comida, We divided into teams and played "Canned Food Bingo". Thanks for all of the wonderful food donated to our classroom's Food Bank Barrel!

III. Numbers game - similar to Farkel, but in Spanish - Cómo apuntan los tantos

Tarea:
1. Be ready to present your childhood anecdote.
2. Have your process papers packet ready to turn-in, if you didn't do so today. See guidelines in item "I" above.
HAVE A SAFE, RESTFUL AND WONDERFUL "Día de la acción de gracias"

Español II el 22 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 22 de noviembre de 2010

Actividad 4, page 106 - three parts:
A. Dictation: Students wrote down the five recorded statements; I read them through one more time (3 repetitions) - Expressions about clothing preferences.
B. Translated the sentences
C. Referring to the drawing at the bottom of the page, students identified who would say each of the statements.

Homework Review: Workbook pages 40-41: Vocabulary Practice.

Preterite Time Expressions "Quiz" - students copied the English expressions and wrote down their Spanish equivalents - Reviewed together and students scored own work - turned-in. Good feedback on how effectively the student is studying.

Homework & Preterite conjugations review: Corrections on the Preterite Verb Grid.

Began Actividad 13, page 110.

Tarea:
1. Complete Actividad 13, page 110 (started in class)
2. Workbook 42 - vocabulary practice
3. Workbook 44 - preterite practice.
4. BRING CANNED FOOD for WEDNESDAY - Canned Food Bingo!(en español)

Español IV el 22 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 22 de noviembre de 2010

Transitional Expressions - We completed the exercise on the handout students picked this up after Friday's quiz. Great expressions to use on your project for sequencing events; compare/contrast ideas; expressing cause and effect in your story.
a. Exercise and b. Partner Oral

To become = HANDOUT: Is it "volverse", "ponerse", "hacerse", "llegar a ser", a "reflexive verb"; "transformar en" or "convertirse a"????
a. Explanations and b. exercises.

Workbook Packet - WB37-38: Reading and interview/discussion about the major works of literature AND exercise - Which author wrote what?

Project: Quality Expectations - handout.

In-class work time on paragraphs 4-6.

Tarea:
1. Complete your rough draft for the project (all 6 paragraphs done)
2. BRING CANNED FOOD for WEDNESDAY - Canned Food Bingo!(en español)

Español II el 19 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 19 de noviembre de 2010

1. Introduction to: Capítulo 2B - pp.100-101:
a. Fondo Cultural - La Infanta Margarita: I gave some historical background to the Hapsburgs and the Spanish Throne - why she was the Princesa de Austria, and also about Diego Velázquez - the painter of her portrait shown here. Check out her beautifully painted velvet dress!
b. Los objetivos - see the chapter objectives on page 101

2. Vocabulario en contexto:
a. Pages 102-103: Looking at the drawings and then listening/repeating highlighted vocabulary. Next, comprehension Activities 1 & 2 - page 103.
b. Video Historia, pages 104-105
Watched the Video, Read script aloud with a partner, then answered the comprehension questions on page 105 - last we reviewed these questions all together.

3. I gave a "quick preview" to demonstrative adjectives (this/these; that/those; that one over there/ those ones over there) - students noticed them in the reading.

4. El PRETERITO -
a. NEW STUDY/REFERENCE packet - quick overview, Focused on (1)Uses of the preterite (2) time expressions implying the use of the preterite (3) Regular endings (4)Spelling changers for YO in verbs ending with -ar (-car, -gar, -zar). Students took notes over phonetic spellings for these verbs, as well as some basics in Spanish.
b. VERB CHART (received yesterday) - (1)Students used highlighters to note the endings and meaning changes in the preterite (2) We filled in a few verbs together.
c. Watched the "Gram Activa" DVD - or "goofy grammar" as we call it (:>)
Trivia: Cómo se dice "last spring"?

TAREA:
1. Complete the preterite verb grid we began in class today.
2. MEMORIZED the preterite time expressions = bottom of verb grid AND in the packet we got today.
3. Workbook pages 40-41: Practice your vocabulary.

Español IV el 19 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 19 de noviembre de 2010

Warm-ups:
1. Act. 33, page 34
2. BK Nelson - Superhombre - see yesterday's blog for link.

Homework corrections:
Translation sentences focusing on meaning changers of page 32.

Took Preterite/Imperfect Concept Quiz (30 pts)

Handout: Transitional Expressions - phrases that help you make connections between ideas and the details. Clear transitions help show how your ideas relate to one another.
a. Narrate Time & Sequence b. Compare/Contrast c. Cause & Effect

Mi niñez: Writing and Partner Oral - Brain stormed several aspects of your life as a child and then shared those with a partner.

Introduced 1B Project: Cuando era niño/a FINAL TYPED COPY due 11/24
HANDOUTS:
1. Guidelines for this 6 paragraph (minimum) essay and presentation supported with visuals.
2. Story Map: Demonstrated how to fill-in and which sections refer to which part of the story development.
Trivia: Qué quiere decir "La tensión dramática"?

Tarea = Project Preparation:
1. Complete Story Map - Graphic with Words and "Mind Map" details.
2. Bosquejo (Outline) - Listing of words NOT written sentences.
3. Copia borredor (Rough draft) - NOW write sentences for the first three paragraphs:
a. Write a word picture to establish the setting (time, place, central characters) mentioning general characteristics that will come into play in your story.
b. Start moving towards specifics about your event - the day, what was going on as a background leading up to the "event": a conflict/a problem.
c. Establish the conflict/problem: Why are you telling us this story?

Español II el 18 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 18 de noviembre de 2010

1. Handout: Exprésate - Review of Daily Routine activities

2. Handout/Practice: El vocabulario pp. 98-99 (Going Shopping, Describing purchases, Using numbers)

3. Partner Oral - Based on the written homework for Act. 1, page 98. Partners asked questions to discover each others' shopping plans. Practice together and then shared with the class.

4. El PRETERITO - Introduced this NEW VERB FORM - the simple past tense.
a. I modeled a series of activities - we debriefed them in the present tense.
b. I converted the present tense verbs to their preterite equivalents and students made observations about how these verbs are formed.
c. Text book page 110 - we read the Gram Activa box at the top of the page, explaining about the preterite tense.
d. HANDOUT: Verb grid = We filled in the TIME EXPRESSIONS at the BOTTOM of the grid. LEARN THESE: They will be your INDICATORS for when to use this verb form.

Trivia: What's the difference between a "simple verb" and a "compound verb"?

Tarea:
1. New vocabulary list for page 124; fill-in the Spanish words.
2. Make flashcards for the new vocabulary list.

Español IV el 18 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 18 de noviembre de 2010

1. Actividad 25, página 26 - práctica del vocabulario en contexto.
2. Qué miedo pasé - B K Nelson site @ Colby College = finished watching the video clip and filling in the correct preterite of imperfecto for the verb.
3. EXAMENES! - We reviewed the corrections for the 3 tests for Lesson 1A: El pretérito, El imperfecto; Examen 1A - vocabulario y los cuentos.
4. Correcciones de la tarea: WB35 - 36: Más práctica del uso del pretérito y el imperfecto.
5. Lectura en parejas: Partners selected one of the childeren's stories from Mexico and took turns reading it aloud to one another.
Trivia: Qué es el refrán que se dice tradicionalmente al final de un cuento infantil?

Tarea:
1. Hoja extra - Oraciones de práctica:Preterite /Imperfecto:enfoque de la página 32
2. Prueba mañana: El concepto del uso del pretérito versus el imperfecto
Want more practice? Check out this exercise from BK Nelson - Superhombre! She even gives you choices between the preterite and the imperfecto as well as HINTS about why your answer is correct or not.

Español II el 17 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 17 de noviembre de 2010

1. Posesión: New Blue Packet! We reviewed the three ways of expressing possession we worked with yesterday by working through this packet.

2. EBS Presentation - Link Leaders

3. Homework corrections: Workbook page 33 (review of reflexive verbs), page 34 (review of Ser & Estar); Text book page 89, Activity 24 - Stressed Possessives.

4. Test Review: Returned last week's tests over 2A Vocabulary and Reflexive Verbs.

5. Text pages 98 & 99: 2B - A ver si recuerdas -
(A) Quickly reviewed going shopping: the types of stores, what to buy there and how to describe items bought.
(B) NUMBERS! 2 Handouts (0-100; Números Altos)
1. Reviewed numbers 0-100: Timed reading game.
2. Reviewed numbers 100- 1.000

Tarea:
1. Activity 1, page 98 - including at least 3 details (1 from each of the boxes of vocabulary above on the same page)
2. Flashcards - the numbers on page 99: Numerals on one side; Words in Spanish on the other side.

Español IV el 17 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 17 de noviembre de 2010

Práctica del pasado -
(A) Mi línea temporal de mi vida: Students practiced using the preterite and the imperfect to write up 5 major life events on a timeline each with at least 4 supporting circumstances.

(B) Cuando tenía 5 años - Students wrote up 5 short accounts about various aspectos of their life when they were 5 years old.

(C) 3 HANDOUTS! (1) - El semáforo del pasado (2)The preterite and imperfect compared (3) - Meaning changers (1/2 sheet) See pages 28 & 32 in your text book.

2. ANUNCIO: Preterito versus Imperfecto - QUIZ: on Friday!

3. Homework corrections: Workbook 34 - Preterito versus Imperfecto
Trivia: ?Qué es una adivina?

4. Started WB 35 (1-11)

Tarea:
1. Complete Act. 1-11 (WB 35) - Presentimientos
2. Act. 1-12 (WB 35-36) - Un cuento infantil

Español II el 16 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 16 de noviembre de 2010

1. Warm-up: Workbook page 32 - Answering questions using the vocabulary and grammar from lesson 2A.

2. Ser & Estar: Reviewed forms & uses; did lots of practice:
a. Pair/Share - uses
b. Power Point
c. 6 translation sentences (In-class points)
d. Homework corrections - Ser/Estar Pictures Packet

3. Possessives
a. Reviewed basic expressions of possessions - see separate post
b. Text book page 88.
c. Act. 22 in textbook

Tarea:
1. Workbook pages 33 & 34
2. Text Activity 24, page 89

Español II: La posesión

La posesión How to say who owns what.
1. “The thing of the owner”
In Spanish we DO NOT USE an apostrophe to indicate possession.
Instead we use the formula: THE “thing” OF “the owner”
Examples:
My grandmother’s house –
La casa DE mi abuela
Our friend’s car -
El carro DE nuestros amigos.

2.My book, your pencil…
Using possessive adjectives = 3 things to keep in mind:
(A) First part of the word reflects the owner
(B) Second part(ending) reflects the possession.
(C) WORD ORDER – these come BEFORE the noun
EX. Es mi libro; Son mis libros
mi(s) nuestro/a; nuestros/as
tu(s) vuestro/a; vuestros/as
su(s)* su(s)

* To clarify, go back to the ____ de _owner_ formula

3. It’s MINE!
STRESSED Possessive Adjectives = 4 forms for each “person”. The speaker is STRESSING WHO owns the item.
3 things to remember:
(A)First part of the word reflects the owner
(B) Second part (ending) reflects the possession.
(C) WORD ORDER – these come AFTER the noun.
Stressed Possesive Adjectives:
Mío/mía/míos/mías
Tuyo…
Suyo…
Nuestro…
Vuestro…
Suyo…

Examples:
Es la casa nuestra = It's OUR house (as in NOT yours).
Son los amigos tuyos = They're YOUR friends (not mine).

Español IV el 16 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 16 de noviembre de 2010

1. Práctica del vocabulario y del pasado - WB 32 (NEW WORKBOOK PACKET)
TRIVIA: Nombra el sinónimo de “grueso” que está en este ejercicio.
2. More Vocabulary practice - ¡JUEGO! Estoy pensando en una palabra - using our homework definitions.
3. Preterite/Imperfect practice: corrections page 29, Act. 29
4. More preterite/imperfect - ¡Que miedo pasé! - B K Nelson's site at Colby College, Me.
Tarea:
1. 10 MORE definitions - Please label “Definiciones- página 25- #2” AND attach to today's ones – which should be labeled “Definiciones – página 25- #1”.
2. New Workbook packet, page WB34 - Preterite versus Imperfect

Español II el 15 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 15 de noviembre de 2010

1. New "Permisos de pasillo" handout - AND clarification of syllabus expectations. Students wrote-in LATE WORK expectation: If you did not complete the homework on time (NOT due to an excused absence) you may complete the assignment and turn it in within TWO days for HALF credit. ALL LATE WORK MUST be COMPLETED BEFORE TAKING THE LESSON TEST for that assignment.

2. 2A ENCUESTA - HANDOUT: Students first wrote out their own answers to the 5 questions included on the handout. Then students interviewed one another (goal - 4 others) and jotted down notes about their classmates' answers. Last, students fill-in the third section reporting on their survey findings - being sure to include information for each of the five questions.

3. SER versus ESTAR = Students made a T-Chart comparing what they remember about uses for these two verbs meaning "To Be" in English. Next we watched the Gram Activa and did the exercise "QUIZ" - See page 86. Last, I shared a NEW HANDOUT/PACKET - Uses of Ser & Estar - drawings/illustrations.

4. JUEGOS! This class earned its 30 minutes on the Spanish games (:>)

TAREA:
1. Ser & Estar packet:Complete the two pages of pictures & sentences by filling-in the correct form of either Ser or Estar. Check the front page for special uses and/or expressions.

Español IV el 15 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 15 de noviembre de 2010

1. New "Permisos de pasillo" handout - AND clarification of syllabus expectations. Students wrote-in LATE WORK expectation: If you did not complete the homework on time (NOT due to an excused absence) you may complete the assignment and turn it in within TWO days for HALF credit. ALL LATE WORK MUST be COMPLETED BEFORE TAKING THE LESSON TEST for that assignment.

2. Started Lesson 1 - second part (I refer to this as '1B'):
a. Reviewed vocabulary on page 25
b. Lectura, page 24 - with partner, and then together as a whole class
c. Wrote out Act. 23, page 26.
d. HANDOUT: Vocabulary List - page 25

3. REPASO - Uses of the Preterite and the Imperfecto: Took notes based on Power Point - see pages 27-29 in your textbook

4. Reviewed corrections on the Preterite Test.

Tarea:
1. 10 Definiciones en español para la lista de la página 25.
2. Act. 29, page 29 - TEXT BOOK: El pretérito o el imperfecto

Español IV el 09 de 2010

Español IV
el 09 de 2010

1. Turned-in "Permisos de pasillo" - any remaining are extra credit @ 5 points each.

2. Period one: Oral - El fin de semana - Peer assessed.
While two people talked others captured (wrote down) what the two "performers" said. Each "performer" had 1-2 people writing down their words. The "assessors" (those writing down what was said) had one of two jobs:
(A) Writing down the parts of the conversation:
(1) Greetings (2) Introducing the topic (3)Information exchange - asking/answering lots of questions about the topic - minimum of 5 open-ended questions per person (4)Closing the topic (5) Farewells.
(B) One/Two people writing down the questions asked.
The last "job" was to review what each speaker said and then identify and number the verbs used in the preterite. The goal is to use at least 5 different verbs from the lesson 1A: vocabulary packet (first page AND next to last page -Text pp. 10-18 & workbook packet.

3. Both classes took Lesson Test 1A (68 points)

4. Period 4 (finished their orals) - Played "Cómo apuntan los tantos" = a numbers game similar to "Farkle"

5. Period 4 - JUEGOS! Filled botella con canicas = 30 minutes of juegos en español!

TAREA? = !Están libres este fin de semana! Thanks for your good work this quarter. Come back next week well-rested and ready to work hard.

Español II el 8 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 8 de noviembre de 2010

1. Activity 6, page 79: Mi rutina diaria. Fill-in a Venn diagram for the time of day you do each activity pictured. Be sure to use the YO form of the verbs indicated in the drawings numbered 1-8.

2. Homework "Mop-up": We came back and corrected the homework pages in the workbook, the Body & Clothing packet and the Two-side Reflective Verbs Tarea #1.

3. We completed the Body & Clothing packet - answering the questions in Exercise D.

4. Practiced and presented our MI CUERPO poem/song.

5. Partner Orals -
a. Capitulo 7: ¿Quién hace qué? - Reflexive or Non-reflexive verbs?
b. Barco de Guerra - reflexive verb conjugation game

TAREA:
1. Bring your HALL PASSES to turn-in for EXTRA CREDIT tomorrow.
2. Write 10 sentences about your Daily Routine (mi rutina diaria) - Each sentence has a different verb AND either WHEN you do the action and/or WHAT you USE to do it:
Ex. Me acuesto a las diez y media de la noche; Me lavo las manos con el jabón
3. STUDY! Vocabulary Spelling Test - page 96 & Reflexive Verbs (grid) - Meanings AND forms.

Español IV el 08 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 08 de noviembre de 2010

I: Las leyendas mexicanas:
Hora primera - Back to "Grupo especialista" to complete the overview and questions activities - getting ready to teach YOUR SPECIFIC legend: Overview; Key Vocabulary; 5 comprehension questions.

Horas primera y cuarta:
Grupo mixto - Each group has an "especialista" for each of the 4 legends: Each one teaches one.


II. El oral - El fin de semana
Staying in the same "grupo mixto" - members selected speaking partners.
a. Period 1: planned/practiced their conversation.
b. Period 4: planned/practiced and presented their conversations.
Criteria for conversation - El fin de semana:
(A) Include all the parts of the conversation:
(1) Greetings (2) Introducing the topic (3)Information exchange - asking/answering lots of questions about the topic (4)Closing the topic (5) Farewells.
(B) Ask LOTS of questions:Minimun of 5 open-ended questions("who, what, when, where, why, how") included among many other questions.
(C) Use at least 5 different verbs in the preterite from the lesson 1A: vocabulary packet (first page AND next to last page -Text pp. 10-18 & workbook packet.


Tarea: EXAMEN 1A
1. Vocabulario 1A: pagina 10-11
2. Los verbos de la lección
3. Los cuentos:
a. La abeja haragana
b. Juan Bobo
c. Las leyendas mexicanas -Tláloc, Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Las montañas

Practice sites:
Conexiones 1A Vocabulario pp. 10-11
http://www.quia.com/jg/949784.html
La abeja haragana - vocabulario
http://www.quia.com/jg/1213055.html
Abeja haragana - self quiz
Juan Bobo - vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/jg/987146.html
Juan Bobo - el cuento
http://studentweb.cortland.edu/reilley33/final/
Los verbos - www.conjuguemos.com

Español II el 5 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 5 de noviembre de 2010

1. "Prueba 2A - page 70" - matching body and clothing vocabulary
2. Loteria - bingo game with parts of the body

3. New! 2A vocabulary list - quia game site http://www.quia.com/jg/1160510.html Items on page 96 in the book.

4. Played ¿Qué falta? - placed toiletries under the document camera and then took one away while covering the lens.

5. ANUNCIOS - TEST on TUESDAY! -
(A) Vocabulary page 96: Be able to accurately spell the Spanish equivalent for the English word given.
(B) Reflexive Verbs: Know the MEANINGS and the CONJUGATIONS of the verbs on our grid for lesson 2A

6. Practiced for our "MI CUERPO" presentations on MONDAY! Have the song memorized and be ready to perform with your small group.

7. Started the homework handout - Reflexive Verbs, "Tarea #1" Be sure to complete BOTH SIDES.

Español IV el 05 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 05 de noviembre de 2010


1. Repaso - homework corrections: vocabulario y el imperfecto

2. Práctica del vocabulario: hoja extra

3. Prueba - el imperfecto

4. Paquete nuevo: Las leyendas mexicanas. Grupos especialitas - each group assigned one of the four legends preparing one another to be ready to teach their particular legend to others on Monday.

5. Handout: El fin de semana - una dramatizacion - Guidelines for an oral due on Monday using vocabulary and structures from lesson 1A.

Period 1: JUEGOS - 30 minutes of game time with the Spanish board games.

Tarea:
1. Prepare your legend to teach to others
2. Prepare yourself for your "dramita" - El fin de semana.
3. STUDY! - 1A lesson test on Tuesday.

Español II el 4 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 4 de noviembre de 2010

1. Video Historia - pages 76-77: Saw, then read aloud with a partner
2. Activity 3, page 77.
3. Vocabulary - page 96
4. REFLEXIVE VERBS! - Corrected our grids and added some new verbs - get notes from a classmate.
5. MI CUERPO - We learned the "moves" to this song and practiced in small groups.
I changed the "performance date" to MONDAY.
6. Parts of the Body and Clothing - new packet

TAREA:
1. Complete Ex. A, B & C in the Parts of the Body and Clothing packet.
2. Workbook page 31
3. Fill-in the "Pared de Palabras" with words from page 96

Español IV el 04 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 04 de noviembre de 2010

1. Juan Bobo - Reviewed in groups and then as a whole class - reading the story aloud and going over the questions.
Trivia: Como se refiere a un "UFO"?
2. El imperfecto:
a. Conjuguemos.com - 20 conjugations; turned-in.
b. WB packet - activities 5 & 6

Tarea:
1. STUDY for Imperfecto Conjugation Quiz tomorrow
2. WB31-Activity 7 (workbook packet)
3. Extra handout: Vocabulary practice

Español II el 3 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 3 de noviembre de 2010

1. Blue review handout/worksheet - parts of the body and clothes.

2. Homework corrections,Workbook page 27 re: text page 71 - Using TWO verbs together - First one conjugates, the second one stays in the infinitive.

3. Introduced the NEW LESSON - 2A: page 73 - Chapter Objectives: Describing getting ready for a special event; Talking about our "daily routine" - when we wake-up, get-up, bathe, get dressed, etc.; Expressing possession; Understanding cultural perspectives about clothing.

4. New vocabulary: pages 74-75 - Listening, reading in context, repeating new words and then using them in comprehension activities (1 = Caras y Gestos - charades; 2 = logical or illogical?) I also showed some grooming articles - we'll play with my "toys" more later. NEW GREEN VOCABULARY LIST - La rutina diaria: Grooming Articles and comments about how clothes fit and how one looks.

5. INTRODUCED REFLEXIVE VERBS - see page 80. We watched the Gram Activa and practiced using these. We started a verb grid we will complete as homework.

I REMINDED THE CLASS THEY WILL HAVE TO MEMORIZE 'Mi cuerpo' - song from yesterday - and they will be performing it in small groups for the rest of the class.

TRIVIA: ¿Cómo se dice “Toothpaste” en español?

TAREA:
1. Workbook page 28 - vocabulary from pages 74-75
2. Complete the Reflexive Verb Grid begun today in class.

Español IV el 03 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 03 de noviembre de 2010

1. Chiste (Gracias a Bethany Lassetter - ya hace 4 años):
Tres amigos tiemen nombres muy raros: uno se llama “Loco”, el otro se llama “Nada” y el ultimo se llama “Nadie”. Un día Nadie se cayó al agua. Nada le dijo a Loco que llame a la policía. Loco llama a la comisaría y le dijo,“ ¡Hola! Soy loco y estoy llamando por Nada y Nadie se cayó al agua!”

2. Lectura: "Los juglares" - page 19: Reading about minstrals and their traditions.

3. Homework corrections: irregular preterites.

4. PRETERITE TEST (50 points) - a short 10 point vocabulary section.

5. El imperfecto: Handout AND pages 20-21 in textbook. Activity 17 on page 22.

6. Started reading the folk tale, Juan Bobo - first part and questions 1-15 to be completed in class.


TRIVIA: ¿Qué quiere decir “Juglares”?

TAREA:
1. Finish reading the last part of Juan Bobo and then answer the corresponding questions (#s 16-23)
2. Using the imperfecto, complete Activity 19, page 22 by writing FIVE COMPLEX SENTENCES (similar to the one in the example) describing yourself as a child.

Español II el 2 de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 2 de noviembre de 2010

1. Precaliento (Warm-up): La ropa - identify, in Spanish, the articles of clothing pictured under the document camera. I checked in their homework flashcards and workbook exercise.

2. NEW yellow drawing flashcards - 3 sets in one packet: El cuerpo, La ropa, los acesorios. Confirmed/introduced more vocabulary.

3. NEW blue handout: Two-sided handout with drawings of men's and women's clothing items and accessories.

4. Homework corrections/review: Workbook page 27 - 2A-A: clothing/parts of the body.

TRIVIA: ¿Cómo se llama un “raincoat” en español?

5. NOTES - page 71: Using verb phrases = TOGETHER. CONJUGATE THE FIRST VERB BUT LEAVE THE SECOND VERB IN THE INFINITIVE.
We listesd all 11 verb phrases used in the review box at the top of the page and 1 more I added (Me fascina + infinitive). We practiced using them with the second verb "Cantar"
(A) FIRST VERB IS GUSTAR, OR VERBS LIKE "GUSTAR" - CONJUGATE THE 1ST VERB FOR WHAT IS 'LIKED', 'LOVED', OR 'ENCHANTING' TO THE PERSON. Do NOT use YO
1. Me gusta cantar 2. Me encanta cantar 3. Me fascina cantar

(B) FIRST VERB - OTHER THAN GUSTAR 'GROUP' = CONJUGATES FOR WHO IS DOING THE ACTION (NORMAL USE). Examples are with "Yo"
4. Puedo cantar 5. No debo cantar en el cine 6. Prefiero cantar con el coro
7. Quiero cantar con Uds. 8. Pienso cantar en clase hoy (CAREFUL HERE! Pensar + infinitive means "TO PLAN ON" doing the action of the infinitive NOT "To be thinking about" doing it.
9. Necesito cantar bien 10. Tengo que cantar en la clase de español II
11. Voy a cantar 12. Acabo de cantar

6. Practiced using these by doing Actividad 4, page 71 - Conversación con pareja.

7. We SANG! First we listened and filled-in the missing words on our yellow handout, "Mi cuerpo". Then we sang along a couple more times with the music.

ANUNCIO: We will be performing this for the class in small groups on Friday - Yes! You DO GET to memorize it (:>)

Tarea:
1. Workbook page 28 - practicing TWO VERB PHRASES from page 71 in your textbook.

Español IV el 2 de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 2 de noviembre de 2010

1. Precaliento: Workbook packet - page WB29, Act. 1-4: fiesta de Carnaval: preterite verb practice/reading comprension.

2. Don Quijote: short overview/background then in text, page 17 - Act. 11: more preterite practice with reading comprehension.

3. NEW preterite overview packet: EL PRETERITO. Review of all of the forms, special uses and time expressions associated with the preterite.

TRIVIA: ¿Cómo se dice, “Two weeks ago” and “for two years”?

4. Homework correction/review: Pink Preterite Packet - ex. D & E

5. Review of La abeja haragana - Exercise from in-class work yesterday - page 165

6. Gave background and distributed the new short story: Folk tale, "Juan Bobo".

Tarea:
1. Preterite Test tomorrow (50 points total) including one 10 point section of vocabulary and definitions in Spanish.
2. Stem-changers in the Preterite - Handout "Prueba" - write on the "answer sheet"

Español II el 1ero de noviembre de 2010

Español II
el 1ero de noviembre de 2010

EL CUERPO HUMANO - Lots of "vocabulary in-put" activities

1. Yellow packet - parts of the body/face - line drawings.
2. Gold packet - Day of the Dead skeleton
3. Magnetic "Crazy Faces" - identifying parts of the face while making goofy ones.
4. "Simon Says"
5. Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes" - Song in Spanish
6. Mexican Teaching Sheet (Monografia) - little boy
7. Textbook, page 70
8. Vocabulary handout - 2A: A ver si recuerdas BOTH pages 70 & 71

El día de los muertos = Movie. I also shared molded white chocolate covered pretzels I made for them.
Students took notes while they watched this movie about an American exchange student during his first day in Oaxaca - which happens to be the 1st of November - El día de los muertos.

Tarea:
1. Make flashcards for the Body and Clothes on page 70.
2. Study the vocabulary on page 70 - be sure you know it for tomorrow.
3. Workbook page 27, Act. 2A-A

Español IV el 1ero de noviembre de 2010

Español IV
el 1ero de noviembre de 2010


El día de los muertos: Estaciones -
Students rotated through 5 activity stations -
(1) Decorating Sugar Skulls
(2) Artesanías: Papel Picado & Titere de papel (el esqueleto cantante)
(3) Video y Lectura - El día de los muertos - Pátzcuaro
& Monografías (laminas)
(4) Repaso/Tareas: Using small white boards, students read the English version of the sentences they wrote while the others wrote the Spanish equivalents. Corrected their Preterite packets: Ex. B & C
(5) La abeja haragana: Vocabulary extension/application exercises based on the short story - page 166 at the back of their story packet.

ANUNCIOS:
1. Preterite test *with some 1A vocabularyP on WEDNESDAY (11/03).
2. Imperfecto test = FRIDAY (11/05)
3. Lesson 1A EXAM - Martes 11/09: Vocabulary, Preterite, Imperfect AND La abeja haragana, Juan Bobo and the Leyendas

Tarea:
Complete the Preterite Packet = Ex.D & E