Español III el 31 de mayo de 2011

1. Listening Comprehension: WAVA Activity 5 - Práctica del vocabulario 3B

2. New PARTNERS!

3. Intro - Our LAST UNIT!
pg. 154: Review of personal descriptions & activities for friends & family.
pg. 155: Reflexive Verbs + Handout re: 4 Uses for Reflexive Verbs.

4. Situaciones: Practicing Role-playing Situation Card Orals with a partner

Tarea:
Workbook pages 49 & 50 = re: text pages 154 & 155

Español II el 31 de mayo de 2011

Indirect Object Pronouns:
1. I demonstrated them (thanks for the paper airplane, Anna!) and then explained how they work.
2. Yellow Two-sided Handout with Two Practices
3. Gram Activa DVA - see page 199

Imperfecto:
1. Reviewed forms - see pages 194 (regulars) & 196 (irregulars).
2. Reviewed the questions from our green handout Entrevista acerca la niñez; and then partnered up and asked/answered our questions.
3. Wrote out Activity 19, page 198 - and then reviewed our answers together.

Tarea:
1. Work book page 77: Answer in the PRESENTE - focusing on vocabulary expressions.
2. Work book page 78: Answer in the IMPERFECTO - and add extra information to your sentences.

Español III el 27 de mayo de 2011

1. Project Oral Debrief = the teams listened to their recordings from the past two days.

2. Exam review = Went over the corrections for the quizzes/tests from 3A: vocabulary and commands.

3. Pelicula = Period 3 finished "Enredados"!

4. "Amigos de las Americas": presentation from 3 students who participated in this "teenage Peace Corps" program last summer.

Tarea:
No hay! Rest up and have fun with your family and friends this weekend -- we'll be working hard next week!

Español II el 27 de mayo de 2011

1. New Packet: WAVA 4A - WAVA Listening Exercises 5 - 8
Vocabulary and Grammar (imperfecto)

2. Imperfecto:
A. Homework review = The Imperfect Tense packet; Exercises A, B & D
B. Loteria = Bingo game practicing the verb forms

3. Pelicula - We finished "Enredados"

Tarea:
No hay! = Enjoy this weekend because we'll be working hard next week!

Español III el 26 de mayo de 2011

El subjuntivo y el vocabulario:

• Precaliento: Practice sentences using vocabulary & the subjunctive.
• Homework review - much like the warm-up, just LOTS more!
• Partner conjugation drill game: Barco de Guerra
• TEST = Subjunctive Conjugation
  

Proyecto - continued in our small groups, recording our group discussions about our articles regarding health issues.

• Turned-in our group sheet: names/# of recorder/file name on recorder/who's presented
• Everyone turned-in their printed material for their projects.

Tarea:
WAVA - Written Activity 11: A trainer ('Trey Nerr') giving advice to athletes.

Español II el 26 de abril de 2011

Lots of Practice with the Imperfecto today:

• The Imperfect Tense Packet - Practices C & D = Using the Imperfecto in sentences with the time expressions that imply the imperfecto.
• Pruebita (Little quiz) - Time expressions for the Imperfecto
• Reviewed the practices we did yesterday in the packet = conjugations of regular and irregular imperfecto verbs.
• EXERCISES - A, B & D = packet
• New HANDOUT of partner interview questions "Entrevista acerca de la niñez": Reviewed meanings and possible answers for all of the questions. We'll be using these, along with other questions, for your ORAL FINAL EXAM.
  

REVIEWED the 3A Lesson's Tests: Vocabulary and Lesson test.

Tarea:
1. Complete the LOTERIA - IMPERFECTO game sheet - it's ready to play BEFORE class tomorrow.
2. Imperfect Tense Packet: Finish the Exercises (NOT practices) A, B & D - if you didn't complete them in class today.

Español II el 25 de mayo de 2011

Práctica del vocabulario:
1. Video Historia: pp. 188-189 - We watched the DVD of the "play" we ready yesterday. Then we read it aloud with a partner and compared our answers to Actividad 3 - pg. 189
2. Review of homework: WB73 & 74

El imperfecto:
1. Reviewed the time expressions that introduce the use of the imperfecto (quiz on them tomorrow).
2. Study Notes - packet "The Imperfect Tense" & practices A & B.
3. Corrected the verb grid - last night's homework.
4. Partner drills - asking/answering questions using the verbs:
EX. Tú form? - Yo answer; Uds. form? - Nosotros answer
5. Blue Handout: Communicative Activity 4A-1 Asking your partner about his/her childhood.

Tarea:
1. Complete the Blue Partner Oral (4A-1: see above) with BOTH your answers & your partner's answers - using FULL sentences: Verbs in the IMPERFECTO and the information.
2. Study for QUIZ tomorrow on the time expressions for the Imperfecto.

Español III el 25 de mayo de 2011

Precaliento:
1. Read "El español en el trabajo" aloud with a partner - re: the first bilingual counselor in the US, and then we compared this to the counselors in our school. We have 3 Spanish-English bilingual counselors/community liaisons.

El subjuntivo:
2. Cuadrícula: made a verb grid of all of the examples of the various forms of the subjunctive using the examples on pages 132, 135 and 137 = Great study tool for tomorrow's test (too subtle?)
3. Partner practice: Verb drills & Activities 38 & 39 = practicing stem-changers in the subjunctive.
4. Homework review: Activities 33 & 34

El proyecto - los artículos sobre la salud:
1. We organized and stapled our packets: Cover page (grading sheet); typed summary; 5 discussion questions; article with web address.
2. Got into groups of 4 - for recorded orals. Each group got a recorder and filled-in a sheet with the members of the group and a check-off column indicating if s/he has presented, the number of their recorder, the name of their file on the recorder. This paper was returned with the group's recorder at the end of the session. Every group finished at least one presenter - some groups did two.

Tarea:
1. Handout: Translation practice sentences that require the subjunctive.
2. STUDY for subjunctive conjugation test tomorrow.

Español III el 24 de mayo de 2011

1. Repaso - WAVA 10 (tarea) - describing training for a marathon per illustrations.

2. Prueba de recognición del vocabulario de la Unidad 3

3. El subjuntivo:

• En la consultoria de médico - hoja extra + práctica/8 recommendaciones
  
• Power Point - review of use and formation
  
• Oral de pareja (Act. 3-4 ) Note: Period 3 also did 3-3 that period 4 did yesterday
• Activities 33 & 34 - if NOT done in class = tarea

Tarea:
1. Have your project done for tomorrow -
(A) Summary typed WITH your Grading Sheet on the TOP & Article stapled to back
(B) Presentation rehearsed - practice so you don't even have to look at your notes.
(C) Discussion Questions Typed - and your discussion "practiced" = Anticipate others' comments to your discussion questions - how will you respond to their comments?

2. Didn't do/Finish Activities 33 & 34 (Text pp. 134-135) in class today? Have them ready for class tomorrow, por favor.

Español II el 24 de mayo de 2011

1. Big Preterite Review and Conjugation practice of regular and irregular forms.

2. Took Preterite Conjugation Test (50 points)

3. Read pages 188-189 (Video Historia: vocabulary and lesson grammar structure in context)

4. Wrote out answers to Actividad 3, page 189 - Comprehension questions on reading

5. IMPERFECTO:

• White "El imperfecto" Reference Handout - Overview of TIME EXPRESSIONS used to introduce the imperfecto, Regular & Irregular conjugations and example sentences putting it all together. Use this to study off of and to check you are doing practice exercises correctly.
  
• Green Packet: The Imperfect Tense - use as a reference, like the white handout. BRING back to class tomorrow!
• Green Imperfecto verb grid - use to practice conjugating the regular and irregular forms.

Tarea:

1. CAREFULLY fill-in the Imperfecto Verb Grid - Use your references (above) & text pps. 194 & 196
2. WB 73 & 74 - vocabulary practice
3. STUDY your Imperfecto Time Expressions - quiz on Thursday!
   

Español III el 23 de mayo de 2011

Prácticas con el vocabulario en contexto:

• Actividad 28 (escrito) y 29 (oral) pág. 131
• Lectura: Fondo cultural: La educación física en España
• Oral de pareja: 3-3

El subjuntivo:

• Handout: Subjunctive Structure Review Sheet - filling in and taking notes & practices.
• Homework Review: WB44-45

Los mandatos:

• Sharing our "comiquitas" written as homework.

Los proyectos:

• Checked articles brought in as homework
• Answered students' questions.

Tarea:
1. Vocabulary Recognition Test tomorrow
2. Work on your Project - due on Wednesday
3. WAVA - Activity 10, page 44 in White WAVA packet.

Español II el 23 de mayo de 2011

Intro - the "NEW" past tense - "El imperfecto". Using photos from my life I shared some stories about where I used to live, what I was like at that time and what I used to do. As students listened, they filled in a comprehension/ information chart. During our debriefing, students noticed they had observed all of the major forms of the "Imperfecto".

4A - Lesson Into - we went over the goals on page 185, and then read/listened the lesson opener on pages 186-187, and then practiced pronouncing the new words. We also did the comprehension activities using the new vocabulary in context; Activities 1 & 2, page 187.
Handout: NEW vocabulary lists = Lessons 4A & 4B together.

Preterite Review:

• Sang the "Cucaracha" Irregular preterites song.
• Reviewed what will be on tomorrow's Preterite Conjugation Test (see Friday's post)
• Corrected the homework - Packet: Irregular Preterite Tense - pp. 52 & 54

Watched just a bit more of the película, Enredados

Tarea:
1. Irregular Preterite Packet - Exercise A - page 53. Convert the PRESENT tense verb in the sentence to its PRETERIT equivalent. Ex. traigo (traer) - traje; tengo (tener) - tuve.
2. Study for Preterite Conjugation Test tomorrow.

Español III el 20 de mayo de 2011

3B - Theme vocabulary practice:

• Listening comprehension: WAVA Actividades 3 y 4 - giving advice.
• Writing practice: Actividad 27, pg 130 - texto
• Homework review: WB 42-43

El subjuntivo:

• Reviewing yesterday's concepts
• Packet: Present Subjunctive (New) - took notes and did the exercise
• Text - page 130, Actividad 30

ANUNCIOS:

• Vocabulary comprehension test - el martes: el 23 de mayo
• Health Issues Project - all written/speaking ready by el miércoles: el 24 de mayo
• Subjunctive Test - know all forms - el jueves: el 25 de mayo

El proyecto:
1. Go on-line and find a one-page article in Spanish on a health-related topic that interests you - FROM A RELIABLE/CREDIBLE SOURCE . Print this out.
2. Read the article and then write a 1/2 page (worth) summary of the article in Spanish.
3. Practice and then be ready to present your article to a small group.
4. Write 5 comprehension questions in Spanish for your group to answer.
Note: TYPE all written work for your project and staple your article to the back of your written work to turn it all in together.

Tarea:
1. Bring in the article you plan on using for your project.
2. "Comiquita": fill-in the comic balloons to create your "comic strip" - Use Commands/Mandatos and Object Pronouns.
3. WB 44 & 45 - Practice the Subjunctive.

Español II el 20 de mayo de 2011

1. 4A - A ver si recuerdas: We continued our mini-review lesson getting ready for our next unit. Text pages 182-183 :

• Activites 3 = JUEGO: 2 cosas verdaderas y 1 mentira. Using the preterite to write and then share about a party in the past. Which thing is NOT the truth? Your partners had to guess.
• Homework review: WB 71 & 72
• Finished the yellow handout from yesterday (re:pp 182-183) - practicing the diminutive (-ito) and the absolute superlative (ísimo).

2. El pretérito: Continued our review of this complicated past tense. - TEST on TUESDAY!

• SONG: "La cucaracha" - with all of the irregulars grouped by verse.
  
• Reviewed our WHITE 3-page reference handout, highlighting the verb to be included on TUESDAY'S TEST (See below)
  
• New pink handout: Review of PRESENTE y PRETERITO: Fill-in conjugations and study guide.
• NEW PACKET - "THE PRETERITE TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS" - went through the study points and introduced the homework.
• Yellow flash cards - these were mistakenly printed front to back - but the information DOES NOT match-up. I'll redo them and we'll practice with them on Monday.

3. Película: We got to watch some more of "Enredados" (:>)

Tarea:
1. Irregular Preterite Packet:
Page 52: Practices B & C
Page 54: Exercise B

2. Study for Tuesday's Preterite Conjugation Test: You will be given an infinitive and a few subject pronouns. You will write out the form of the verb in the preterite for: (A) Regular Preterite Verbs (B) Spelling-changers in "yo" for verbs ending in -car, -gar and -zar (C) Ser & Ir (D) Ver & Dar (E) Tener & Estar (F) Poder (G) Hacer

Español II el 19 de mayo de 2011

A ver si recuerdas - BIG review of La FAMILIA
3 generations of family titles (Added in Sobrino/a - nephew/niece & Nieto/a - grandson/daughter)
Drew and then talked with a partner about our families.

HANDOUT: 4A - A ver si recuerdas - page 182:
Mini-prueba - how much of this party vocabulary can we remember?

UNA FIESTA: All of the things to organize!
Review of: Table settings; Decorations; Foods; Activities.
Planned a family celebration including all of these and then shared with a partner.

Review of diminutives (-ito) and "absolute superlative" (ísimo) - see page 183.

Tarea:
WB 71 (all); WB 72 (Part A - top half of the page)

Español III el 19 de mayo de 2011

INTRODUCED lección 3B - Pages 126-129; Activities 21-25.
LOTS of vocabulary practice:
* Listening and Reading comprehension
* Pronunciation
* Partner speaking and writing practice

Introduced the concept of the SUBJUNCTIVE -
See pages 132, 135 & 137 in the book.

Reviewed homework - Double object pronouns/La farmacia packet

Vocabulary Flashcard Game.

Tarea:
WB 42 & 43: 3B Vocabulary practice.

Español II el 18 de mayo de 2011

Warm-up: Partner Orals
a. Where did you go? What did you do there? - Places around the town and the preterite.
b. Preguntas 3A - similar to our last two sets of chapter partner questions - practicing the preterite and our chapter vocabulary.

Homework Review:
We corrected the homework "practice quizzes" over the irregular preterites from this chapter: Ser/Ir, Tener, Estar, Poder and Hacer.

3A Lesson Test - Students completed this multiple choice and short answer exam.

Tarea:
Make Flash Cards for lesson 4A - using the list on text page 208. Please NUMBER your cards on the Spanish side. Gracias!

Español III el 18 de mayo de 2011

Precaliento:
Oral de pareja - giving advice using Tú commands
Receta loca - sharing our crazy recipes written as homework, using Ud. commands.

TEST: Los mandatos

Los alimentos - Small packet of activities using food information

En la farmacia - New packet talking about buying personal care products while using direct and indirect object pronouns.

Tarea:
1. En la farmacia - Actividades E & F
2. 3BVocabulary List (new): Fill-in the meanings and make cards for them, too.

Español II el 17 de mayo de 2011

Warm-up: Pink handout - Práctica con verbos. Meaning matching of the verbs then using them in sentences in BOTH the present and then the preterite. Please KEEP! We'll be using this later this week.

Homework review = Cross word corrections and homework verb practice handout.

Took 3A Vocabulary Test.

Started YELLOW packet of practice quizzes using our Irregular Preterites Verbs: Ser, Ir, Tener, Estar, Poder & Hacer. Finish this as homework.

WAVA - Listening Activity 6: Moises had lots of errands and Felipe can't catch up with him. Who saw him where? At what time was he seen? In what order did he do his errands?

Partner Direct Object Substitution Game/Review (Yellow class cards). One partner says, "Invito a Paco a la fiesta" and the other partner says, "Lo invito", etc.

Tarea:
1. STUDY for 3A Lesson Test tomorrow: Multiple choice and Short answers: Vocabulary in context, Irregular Preterites, Direct Object Pronouns.
2. Finish the Yellow Irregular Preterite "Pruebas" packet.

Español III el 17 de mayo de 2011

Students had a quick review before taking the 3A vocabulary tests:
1. Primera vista 1 (pp. 114-116)
2. Pirámide de comidas

WAVA Packet - Unit 3 (new handout):
1. Writing Activity 9 - making health recommendations
2. Listening Activities 1 & 2: Vocabulary in context

Mandatos:
Review game practicing both Informal and Formal commands in their affirmative and negative forms.
Want more practice? Go to Conjuguemos.com - Log in - Spanish Verbs - Go all the way to the BOTTOM of the LIST of VERBS to find - Imperative Mood. Practice Informal commands (tú) and Formal commands (Ud.)

Tarea:
1. Study for Mandatos test tomorrow.
2. Write your "Receta loca" - see special handout Cocinemos!
First title your receta. Next LIST the INGREDIENTES (en español), then write your PROCEDIMIENTO telling HOW to PREPARE it - en español...includng at least 10 different UD. commands.
3. Finish WAVA 9

Español II el 16 de mayo de 2011

El pretérito:
Warm-up: 10 sentences in the past-tense (pretérito)
2 games of "Barco de guerra" practicing conjugations with a partner
Homework correction.

Direct Object Pronouns: New BLUE 1-page handout - took notes and practiced replacing the Direct Object for its pronoun. We only used the Front of the handout.

Listening Comprehension:
Got new WAVA packets - We did Actividad 5.

3A Test = I decided to have the Vocabulary test tomorrow and the Lesson test on Wednesday.

Tarea:
1. 3A Crossword - great practice for tomorrow's test!
2. Práctica con verbos - green handout - super practice for Wednesday's test.

Español III el 16 de mayo de 2011

Practicing Informal (tú) and Formal (Ud/Uds.) Commands:
Warm-up sentences
Partner practice
Homework review (WB41)

Putting all together - sentence game working with a partner: Combined all the vocabulary and grammar from the lesson.

Tarea:
Vocabulary tests tomorrow:
1. Meaning/spelling test re: pages 114, 115 & 116.
2. Food pyramid: In Spanish be able to supply a different type of food and for each of the servings indicated under each of the categories.

Español III el 13 de mayo de 2011

Text - partner work:
1. Shared homework paragraph from Activity 8
2. Oral Activity 9 = both pg. 119.
3. Read "Fondo cultural" about traditional herbal medicines in Latin America.

Test Review:
Went over the tests from Unit 2: Vocabulary 2B and the Unit 2 Exam.

Homework Correction:
Formal Commands packet - practices A, B & C; Exercise A.

Juegos:
1. Two tongue twisters with food themes:
a. PEPE PECAS PICA PAPAS CON UN PICO, CON UN PICO PICA PAPAS PEPE PECAS.
b. COMO POCO COCO, POCO COCO COMPRO, Y COMO POCO COCO COMO, COMPRO POCO COCO.

2. (Period 4) - Using the food guide picture pages, partners tried to see how many fruits they could name with just one seed (una pepita/un hueso) and how many with lots of seeds (muchas pepitas).

Period 3 watched just a few more minutes of their movie.

Tarea:
1. STUDY! Vocabulary tests on Tuesday; Commands test on Wednesday.
2. WB41 - practicing Formal Commands with Object Pronouns.
3. Signed Progress Report with Goal & Action Plan - if not already turned in.

Español II el 13 de mayo de 2011

I reinforced what I am looking for in the Progress Report Goals - Reminding students they always have two class meetings to have work signed by parents. Goals and Signatures due on Monday. See yesterday's blog for details. Note: Blogger wouldn't let me post yesterday, and I see it didn't post what I sent on Wednesday. If you're reading this, I got it fixed (:>)

Direct Objects and their Pronouns:
Big review of what we did yesterday and more, too. BLUE packet: Personal A and Direct Object Pronouns Lo, La, Los and Las. We took notes & used highlighters to emphasize the key points. Next we practiced by working through the packet together.

Unit 2 Vocabulary and Lesson Test Review: We carefully went over the these tests - looking for why the answers were what they were AND to double check the corrections for accuracy. I also talked about the importance of DAILY study/review/practice to master skills. It is obvious that many DO this but also that several people do NOT - your Vocabulary test scores are good indicators; two weeks should be plenty of time to learn 40 words.

Irregulary Preterite Practice:
1. Partner question/answer drills - focusing on questions with tú being answered with yo.
2. I asked questions to the whole class and they answered back as a whole.
3. Subject pronoun ball toss conjugation game.

Tarea:
1. Bring your homework due today to get credit & review on Monday.
2. Progress Report w/Goal, Action Plan & Signature
3. WB 55 (Direct Objects) WB 56 (Ser/Ir - pret.) WB 57 (Estar, Poder, Tener - pret.)

Español II el 12 de mayo de 2011

Vocabulary practice in context:
Activity 4, page 134 (writing) and then Activity 5 - talking with a partner about what we had written. Next, we reviewed the conversations as a whole class.

Direct Objects and their Pronouns:

First I demonstrated how these work by using props in the classroom while speaking Spanish. Students quickly picked up the pattern and then we practiced more together. Next we watched the Gram Activa DVD and did their "practice quiz". See the "Gramática" box on text page 138.

Irregular Preterit Verbs:

We also watched this "Gram Activa" and did this practice quiz, too. We then corrected our homework: Verb grid and Lotería game sheet. Next we played the Lotería (Bingo) game practicing conjugation these irregular past-tense verbs. SAVE your game sheet in case we get to play some more.

I distributed Progress Reports and explained about writing a goal BEFORE asking your parent(s) to sign it.
1. Use the percentages for each of the weighted categories for your grade (homework, in-class performance and tests). Decide what percentage you want by the end of the quarter and how you'll achieve it. Describe your ACTION PLAN - needs to be observable: What, When (time & how often), Where and with Whom you will do.

Tarea:
1. Progress Report: Goal, Action Plan and Parent(s) Signature by Monday.
2. Finish your Irregular Preterite Verb Grid = the "J" group: Traer, Decir, Traducir (to translate), Conducir (to lead, conduct, drive)
3. Finish your 3A Flash Cards (#s 47-68)

Español III el 12 de mayo de 2011

Vocabulario en contexto:
Activities 6, 7 and Ampliación del lenguaje: Familia de palabras - pp. 118-119

Los mandatos famliliares:
Reviewed formation of tú commands and then we did some drill practice with them. Next we corrected the homework exercises from the workbook that also practiced them: WB39 & 40: Affirmative and negative tú commands.

Los mandatos formales:
New white packet - Formal Commands: We reviewed the study points (numbered items) and went over Practices A, B, and C - doing a couple of items together.

Yellow Packet - Los Mandatos - My overview of ALL of the command forms - with study notes and tips.

I handed out Progress Reports:
Write a goal about your achievement in Spanish class using the data (percentages) in the three weighted categories I use to calculate your grade: Homework; In-class Performance; Tests. Indicate what you would like your percentage to be by the end of the quarter and include your ACTION PLAN -What, How, When and with Whom - you will do to achieve your goal.
Have your parent(s) sign above your goal and turn -in by Monday (5/16).

Película:
Period 3 watched some more of their movie, "Enredados"

Tarea:
1. Progress Report: Goal & Action Plan and Signature - by Monday (see above)
2. Complete Formal Commands packet THROUGH Exercise C (Yes! That DOES mean doing everything to the END of page 31 :>)
3. Activity 8, page 119. Please copy the first three sentences and then complete the paragraph by yourself (even though the instructions say 'working with a partner').

Español III el 11 de mayo de 2011

ENCUESTA (Survey) - Warm-up: Answered the survey questions about food for ourselves. Then we interview up to four other people about their food preferences and their family's traditions.
Last we shared some of our findings with the class.

Review:
1. Rutina diaria/ Food and exercise diaries: We shared some of the foods we had eaten yesterday and I answered some vocabulary questions for those we didn't know how to say in Spanish. Some we looked up on an on-line dictionary - www.wordreference.com and I showed how to use the site and its forum.
2. Workbook 38 - Practicing vocabulary and reading comprehension.
3. Informal Commands - Pink packet - Exercises A, B, C. Reviewed Affirmative and Negative "Tú" Commands.

NEW:
Formal Commands (Ud. & Uds.) - White Packet & page 123 in text. These use the same "formula" as the negative Tú commands. We took some notes and did some practicing.

Period 3 watched a few more minutes of "Enredados"

Tarea:
1. Write-up your findings from today's survey in the lower section of the handout. Be sure to include 2 to 3 plural subjects and include the names of people you are talking about.
2. Workbook pages 39 & 40 - Practicing Affirmative and Negative INFORMAL (tú) commands.

Español II el 11 de mayo de 2011

Video Historia - pp. 132-133: Vocabulary in context - listening & reading. Then, Act. 3 - page 133: Written answers to these comprehension questions.

LOTS of PRACTICE of IRREGULAR PRETERITES: pp. 140-143
Ser & Ir (Una ganga! 2 for the price of one)
Tener, Estar, Poder & Hacer - Be sure to KNOW All 6 of these verbs REALLY WELL!
We practiced with Ex. 15 - page 140, AND with verb drills using our WHITE "El PRETERITO" reference packet, and with the forms of the verbs on the PINK HANDOUT: Lotería - Irregular Preterite.

Homework corrections: we went over the ones due yesterday.

Tarea:
ANUNCIO - 3A Vocabulary and Grammar TEST = Tuesday, May 17th: STUDY EVERYDAY between now and then.
1. Lotería - Irregular Preterites: Bilingual Answers (Spanish/English). Note: English answers include BOTH who did the action + verb in the preterit. EX. Tuviste/ You got/had
2. Verb Grid - Continue with the NEXT TWO "Groups" on the White "EL PRETERITO" handout
(1) U-group (Poner, Poder, Saber) (2) I-group (Querer, Hacer, Venir)
3. 3A Flashcards = #s 23-46 on the list: "to close" - "various several". Please number your cards on the Spanish side.

Español II el 10 de mayo de 2011

Warm-up: New vocabulary handout: 3A - see pages 150 & 126 to fill it out.

Lesson opener - Read/listened to pages 130-131 + Comprehension Activities 1 & 2

El pretérito: Continued on with our study of the simple past tense -
(1) White reference packet "El preterito"
(2) Text pages 140 & 142 = Irregular verbs in the preterite
(3) Lotería: Irregulares del pretérito - we began to use this as a reference, and will play it later.
(4) White verb grid - we filled in the infinitives of the first two groups of irregulars on the second page of the reference handout: Ser,Ir, Dar, Ver, Tener, Andar, Estar.

Tarea:
1. Complete the irregular verb grid by filling in all of the conjugations for the 7 verbs listed above.
2. Workbook page 49 (chores from page 126 in the book) & Wkbk 51 - vocabulary 3A (pg. 150)
3. Flashcards #1-22 from new 3A vocabulary list.

Español III el 10 de mayo de 2011

Warm-up: Activity 5 - page 117: Reading and then listening comprehension.

Las comidas - using the food chart handouts we reviewed the different foods in Spanish for each of the categories. Students shared with one another about their food choices yesterday (tarea).
BE SURE you are practicing the food vocabulary and will be able to give LOTS of examples in Spanish from all of the food groups.

More homework Review:
Workbook - vocabulary
Corrected Act. 12 - and then REVIEWED Affirmative Tú commands. We ADDED NEGATIVE Tú commands - see page 122 AND the PINK PACKET (Informal Commands), and worked more in the packet.

Marc Anthony's "Dimelo" - looked as some of the lyrics as we listened to this song that uses familiar commands.

Tarea:
1. Work through EXERCISE C in the Pink Packet - Informal Commands.
2. WB 38 - Vocabulary practice.
3 Day TWO of your "Rutina diaria" - keeping track of your food and exercise for today. - BE SURE to WRITE the NAME of the FOOD in SPANISH.

Español III el 09 de mayo de 2011

1. Warm-up: pages 116-117, Activities 3 & 4 = practicing the new 3A vocabulary in context.

2. Vocabulary Review - Compare 3A list to Page 150 - Sections: Los síntomas, partes del cuerpo, actividades and la nutrición. Be sure you have ALL of those items -
From page 150 we added: La síntoma, la medicina, el corazón, el músculo, el oído, el hábito alimenticio - "eating habits". I added in "el pulmón/los pulmones" - lung/lungs.

3. Re-introduced "mandatos affirmativos con tú" - Informal Direct Commands = page 121 & Pink Packet. Activities in the book & packet + Act. 11, page 121


Handouts: Comidas & Rutina Diaria - tracking your healthy habits.

Tarea:
1. WB 37 - vocabulary practice.
2. Libro - Act. 12, page 121 - Informal Commands
3. Rutina Diaria - Track day 1: food, exercise, H2O, etc.

Español II el 09 de mayo de 2011

1. Filled-in the vocabulary from the "Quehaceres" 2A-A ver si recuerdas pink handout from last week while I checked-in homework. Next we practiced the words. Next we reviewed our BLUE "2A- A ver si recuerdas Apuntes" handout - going over lots of special meanings and uses.

2. Filled-in the Muebles - picture flashcards and then played "Qué falta?" - identifying the flashcard missing from the set.

3. Partner Orals:
(A) Mi casa de sueños: Asked and answered questions about what your house looks like and where it's located.
(B) We continued on with three more rounds of the 2B/Preterite questions - doing partner scoring as we did last week.

Tarea:
White to-sided handout "Los quehaceres" and "Qué hora es?"
Side 1: Fill-in the exercise about chores, and then practice the "comunicativo"
Side 2: Indicate (in Spanish) what time each of the clock faces say - Remember the "short hand" indicates the hour.

Español II el 06 de mayo de 2011

Telling Time - We spent lots of time today reviewing this:
Students brainstormed about important things to remember about how to tell time and say when something is happening. We compared our notes before checking in the book on page 127 and then doing LOTS of PRACTICING.

Notes about the THREE different words for "TIME":
La hora (clock time); El tiempo (general 'time'); La vez/las veces - multiple times/occurances

Packet - "Clock Time": Lots of good notes and hints about telling time - we worked through this, taking notes and just doing a few examples from each exercise.

2B Partner Oral Exam:
We set-up the class room for rotating oral partners.
I taught the students how to score each other.
We had two rounds of orals - everyone had a chance to BOTH score someone and to be scored.
We'll do more of this on Monday.

Tarea:
1. FINAL copy of "Mi casa de sueños" project - be ready to share about your house and ask about other people's. REMEMBER: FIVE (5) Rooms - Each has at least FOUR (4) Furnishings. All ACCURATELY and neatly Labeled and colored-in. Demonstrate your pride in your work. The five rooms (minimum) = Kitchen, Dining Room, Living Room, Bedroom, Bathroom. USE your RESOURCES! The house packet, the blue handout - house and furnishings, Lotería: la casa y muebles.
2. Lotería - la casa y los muebles: BILINGUAL ANSWERS - Select words from each of the five columns above to fill-in the column below AND then also write the word's meaning in English.
3. Keep practicing your 2B questions - we're doing more Oral exam on Monday!

Español III el 06 de mayo de 2011

Precaliento: Conjuguemos Quiz #2 - Both Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns used together.

Repaso - Todas las tareas - yesterday's and today's homework review.
(Paquete, Activities 6 & 7, Pruebita de objetos directos e indirectos)
Big review of these "trickster" pronouns.

STARTED Lesson 3A:
NEW vocabulary list - pp. 114 & 115.
On the reverse - copy down the words in blue on page 116.
(Remember? "If it's blue, it's new, and you need to know it")

Listening comprehension: Exercises 1 & 2, pgs. 114 & 115.

We practiced the new vocabulary, read pages 115 & 116 with a partner.

Period 4: Finished "Enredados"

Tarea:
1. Complete your vocabulary list: (A) Fill-in the English terms for "el cuerpo humano" - you can use the white handout you got the other day as a reference (B) Be sure to write the English for the 14 Spanish vocabulary words on page 116.
2. Make TWO sets of flashcards
(A) - pp. 114, 115, 116
(B) El cuerpo humano - the 33 items on your vocabulary list - NOT all of the items on the white handout.

Español III el 05 de mayo de 2011

!Feliz Cinco de mayo!

1. Warm-up - Conjuguemos.com Quiz #1 - Both Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns used together.
Debriefed and took notes while correcting.

2. Partner pronouns substitution drills (Direct Objects/yellow cards).

3. Period 4 highlighted the key expressions on the explanation page of the packet indicating HOW to TELL the DIFFERENCE between Direct Object and Indirect Objects (Period 3 did this yesterday).

Want to practice Object Pronouns some more?
Try these exercises at BK Nelson's site @ Colby College http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/DO_IO.php I really recommend the one that gives lots of feedback (:>)

Even MORE practice? Go to www.comjuguemos.com - Spanish Grammar - Pronouns:Direct, or Pronouns: Indirect, or Pronouns: Both together Here's the link to the exercise page
http://www.conjuguemos.com/home/docs/php/list.php?type=fillin&division=grammar&language=spanish
I recommend the ones that give good feedback - when you answer you get a response in the text box telling you WHY you are correct or incorrect.

4. Practiced FOODS - played the Lotería game prepped as homework.

5. Text - Page 110, Activity 5: Drew a simple picture of yourself from the last time you got sick, and then used as much of the vocabulary on the same page to write a 5 sentence paragraph about how you felt, what the doctor (or others) recommend you do, etc.

Tarea:
1. Text: page 111 - Activities 6 & 7 = Object Pronouns
2. Handout "Pruebita de pronombres"

Español II el 05 de mayo de 2011

1. Partner practice on the 2B questions we will be using for our oral exam tomorrow, while I checked in homework. After that we practiced some of the trickier ones all together.

2. We completed a survey for Caleb for his business class.

3. Went over the MINIMUM criteria for our "Casa de sueño" - the 5 rooms listed on the project sheet (kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom & bathroom) and EACH room should include a MINIMUM of 4 furnishings. See your Blue Extra vocabulary sheet AND your THE HOUSE packet. Also, today we received a two-sided handout of furnishing drawings.

4. Vocabulary In-put story, "ésta no es mi casa" by Anne Mueller. It is rather like "this is the house that Jack built" but each house is different and the story explains all about the house and how it is NOT the author's house. At the end the author shares a picture of her house.

5. We took an inventory/questionnaire about houses and answered it about our real house/apartment.

6. Next we DREW a picture of our home and wrote a paragraph about it, using the types of descriptions talked about in the story.

7. Working with a partner, we told one another about our homes.

TAREA:
1. Steps 3 & 4 - Casa de sueños
2. Prepare for the 2B Oral Exam

Español III el 04 de mayo de 2011

1. Warm-up sentences - practicing INDIRECT object pronouns - see page 111 in the text book.

2. Partner oral - Hear/Say conversation: practicing asking questions and then answering them substituting BOTH direct & indirect object pronouns. NOTE: text pages 109 (direct object pronouns) & 111 (indirect object pronouns).

3. SONG - El cumpleaños de Timoteo - MORE double substitution of direct and indirect object pronouns.

4. Homework correction:
a. Notes over some more special terms for some of the food items.
b. WB35 - body parts and medical situations + indirect object pronouns (see pp. 110-110 in book)
c. WB34 - food, present progressive + direct object pronouns (see pp. 108-109 in book)

5. Packet - MORE notes, study tips and exercises with BOTH direct & indirect object pronouns.

Tarea:
1. Complete the exercises in the WHITE OBJECT PRONOUNS packet we started today.
2. Prepare the Lotería - comidas: Select a food item from the column above and write it in BOTH in Spanish & English (see the list on the reverse).

Español II el 04 de mayo de 2011

1. Rotating Partner Orals - Greetings: Weather; Practiced 2B Oral - alternating asking/answering on each round. Odd numbered seats rotated around the room in an organized "musical chairs" fashion: each round, next higher seat.

2. Took Lesson 2B Test: Listening and Reading comprehension; the preterite and demonstrative adjectives and pronouns.

3. Handouts for our mini - unit on "La casa":
(A) Vocabulary list for page 126 (the house and household chores) - we were short on handouts so a few people will need to pick this up tomorrow.
(B) The House - packet with LOTS of vocabulary on the first two pages to be used to do the exercises in the packet.
(C) Blue two-sided handout - Additional notes and vocabulary to coordinate with page 126 in text.
(D) Mi casa de sueño - Step by step directions for preparing your "Dream House" project.

Tarea:
1. Complete exercises B & C in the HOUSE packet.
2. Complete steps 1 & 2 (Etapa 1 & Etapa 2) on the project, "Me casa de sueños".

Español II el 03 de mayo de 2011

1. Warm-up: WAVA Listening Activity 9 - Demonstrative Adjectives

2. Exercises B & C in the blue Demonstrative Adjectives packet.

3. Homework corrections: Crossword (blue) & White "Tarea de traducción"

4. Took the 2B Vocabulary Test.

5. Handout: Preguntas de Pareja - we practiced these, getting ready for a graded oral on Friday using these same questions.

Tarea:
1. White handout - Translation Sentences to Prepare for 2B Exam.
2. STUDY - 2B Exam tomorrow! -
Study Guide (from handout in class yesterday):

• Vocabulary on pages 98, 99, 102-105, 124 + pink list. Be ready to write out the words in Spanish quickly and accurately = We took this part of the test today.
• WRITE about all of the following in the simple past tense (El pretérito)
  
1. Shopping: places to go & things to buy there.
2. Describe your purchases: what they are and describing them (color, materials and their sizes).
3. Talking about sales, prices and how to pay for them.
• Regular preterites: pages 110-113 + extra handouts & verb grid.
• Demonstrative Adjectives: pages 114-115 + Blue packet.
• Using adjectives as nouns: pages 116-117.

Español III el 03 de mayo de 2011

1. Precaliento: Practicing direct object pronouns/compliments (see page 109)

2. Partner oral practice - substituting direct objects with their pronouns (blue handout)

3. Margaritas - daisies - "S/He loves me, loves me not" - en español.

4. Homework corrections - object pronouns "Tarea #1"

5. More notes and practice with object pronouns - adding in "Indirect Object Pronouns" - see page 111.

6. Page 110 + handout - Repaso: El cuerpo humano and review of the other vocabulary on this page.

7. Dolerle a uno - What's causing you pain? = Song "Me duele la cabeza, qué hago yo?" - Filled-in lyrics on a worksheet and then sang.

Tarea:
1. WB 35 & 36 = Refer to text pages 108-111
2. Handout: Fill-in food vocabulary from page 108

Español III el 02 de mayo de 2011

1. We took the vocabulary meaning and spelling test for lesson 2B.

2. Reading: Matching movie write-ups to their posters.

3. Pre-test - 3A: A ver si recuerdas


4. Text: page 108 - Reviewed Food vocabulary and then Period 3 did Activity 1; Period 4 did Activity 2.

5. Reviewed Direct Object Pronouns: What they are and how they work. Please see page 109.



Tarea:
1. Handout: Tarea #1 de pronombres
2. Be sure you know all of the vocabulary on page 108

Epañol II el 02 de mayo de 2011

1. Workbook page 46 - Using adjectives as nouns - "the blue one", etc.

2. Preterite & writing practice (half-sheet handout: Comprar & Comer in sentences using vocabulary items.

3. Workbook page 47 - a fairly complicated crossword = worked with partner and then went over together.

4 a. Announced SPELLING TEST tomorrow + STUDY handout

b. Announced LESSON 2B TEST ON WEDNESDAY + Study Guide

5. Listening comprehension = WAVA Activities 7 & 8 (pages 39 & 40 - vocabulary & preterite in context)

6. Watched a few more minutes of Enredados (Tangled) en español

Tarea:
1. Blue handout - crossword
2. Tarea de traducción
3. STUDY! - Vocabulary 2B Meanings & Spelling Test tomorrow. Quia games linked - but here's the URL just in case http://www.quia.com/jg/1160501.html