Español II el 16 de diciembre de 2011

¡Día de comida hoy!

Película, juegos, comida y conversación - ¡Felices fiestas!

Tarea:

3A Lesson Test on WEDNESDAY - January 4th.

Here's a Study Guide

1. Vocabulary 3A -pages 126 & 152 These hotlinks are to the Quizlet site - fun games and flashcards!

2. Regular Preterite Verbs AND the Irregular ones: Ser, Ir, Dar, Ver, Tener, Estar, Poder, Hacer.

This hotlink is to www.conjuguemos.com. Remember to look on the left, select Spanish Verbs. Then practice the Regular and then the Irregular Preterites.

3. Direct Object Pronouns: me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las

Happy Holidays! ¡Felices fiestas!

Español IV el 16 de diciembre de 2011

¡Día de comida hoy!

Película, juegos, comida y conversación - ¡Felices fiestas!

Tarea:

Remember ALL of your written work for your Research Project ORAL for your I.B. Internal Assessment Project is DUE the day we return: el 3 de enero.

The FIVE things that are due are:

1. One copy of your “Specialized/Thematic Vocabulary List : Spanish/

English” and 5 “Intelligent Comprehension Questions” well written in Spanish AND their ANSWERS. (ONLT the teacher’s copy includes the answers)

2. PROOF of your INTERNALIZATION of your RESEARCH information.

(A) “Research cards” – bibliographic citation AND your notes over what you’ve learned. (B) DETAILED Graphic Organizer combining like topics (C) Outline of sequence of topics with supporting information.

3. A Bibliography with a MINIMUM of 5 sources – At least 3 of them in Spanish, 2 of them from the Web – All may be from the Web.

NOTE: For your WEB PAGE SOURCES I need MORE than just the URL. I want the DATE you visited the site, the Sponsoring Organization for the site, the date of the last update and the Author of the information you are using – if it tells you.

4. Photocopies of just the information you are using from your sources.

5. Copy of your Presentation Slides: On Power Point, choose the PRINT option “Slides” then “3 slides per page”.

Español II el 15 de diciembre de 2011

I. We organized/confirmed who would do what for our "Día de comida" tomorrow.

II. Orales de pareja= We used most of the class period doing these partner orals.
We had 8 rounds of students alternating asking questions then the next round asking questions.

All of the students changed position every round - We used concentric circles (inner/outer).

The interviewer also did peer assessment on the partner answering the questions.

I was really impressed with how well everyone did!
Buen trabajo, estudiantes! - Felicidades! Enbuenahora!

III. We didn't have much time left so we just watched some more of The Polar Express, en español.

Tarea:
Thanks for bringing in the item you promised for tomorrow - you can drop it by the classroom before Block 1 tomorrow.

Español IV el 15 de diciembre de 2011

I. Confirmed our plans for our "Día de comidas" for tomorrow.

II. Juegos de repaso - Reviewed for the test playing games using the "fortune teller" and the definitions written in Spanish as homework.

III. Corrected the last page of the Tarea de repaso.

IV. Took the Unit 2 Examen - pruebas 2A & 2B.

Tarea:
Thanks for bringing in the item you arranged to do. You can drop it by the classroom before going to first block.

Español II el 14 de diciembre de 2011

1. WAVA Packet - 3A listening exercises 7, 8 & 9.

2. Los objetos directos:
(A) - reviewed WHAT they are & HOW they're formed
(B) - corrected the homework - Packet practices B & C; We continued on and completed the packet.
(C) NEW handout - completed the front side.

3. El pretérito:
(A) partner practice with 2B & 3A questions
(B) played Lotería - Bingo with the irregular preterite verbs.

4. Preliminary Plans for our FOOD DAY on FRIDAY - check with your folks about the food you want to bring/cook for class.

Tarea:
Practice for tomorrow's ORAL test - using BOTH sides of your QUESTIONS handout.

Español IV el 14 de diciembre de 2011

1. Lectura y discusión - pg. 68: La contaminación en México, D.F. en comparación de la de Portlandia.

2. Repaso de la tarea: Comprehension & Subjunctive-Indicative-Infinitive verb use.

3. Plans for our food day on Friday.

4. Watched a little more of Elf, en español.


Tarea: TEST for UNIT 2 TOMORROW!
1. Make a fortune-teller game: (A) Outside - color & write the name of the color in Spanish (B) Use 100s for the Numbers (C) Fortune: EACH must include 3 different verbs in the future and tell a short "cuento" - showing cause/effect. Limit of 3 BAD futures. Website (if the hotlink doesn't work) http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/fortune_teller.htm

2. Complete the last page in your Tarea de repaso - practicing the future.

3. Write 10 definitions on the back of the game sheet for "dedos" - be ready to play tomorrow before the test!

Español II el 13 de diciembre de 2011

1. New WAVA packet - we did the first two listening comprehension exercises: 5 & 6.

2. El pretérito
(A) Practice sentences using: Tener, Estar, Poder & Hacer
(B) Homework correction: Handout - Más práctica con los verbos
(C) Preterite Questions - Practice for THURSDAY'S ORAL EXAM.

3. Direct Object Pronouns - new packet (Azul) - we worked through the beginning pages and did Practice A.

4. We watched a bit more of The Polar Express, en español.

Tarea:
1. New Direct Object Pronouns packet, Practices B & C
2. Lotería - Irregular Preterite Verbs. Prepare this game as before: Write in the answers in BOTH Spanish and English using the subject of the verb, too. Example: Tuve - I had, Pudiste - You could.

Español IV el 13 de diciembre de 2011

1. Lectura y discusión: Texto- pg. 54 - El movimiento ecológico costarricense

2. Hora 4rta: Terminamos con las presentaciones sobre los carteles (:>)

3. Repaso - El subjuntivo: La tarea = Paquete del subjuntivo #2, Ej. B

4. Canción: Ojalá que llueva café por José Luis Guerra

5. Vimos unos minutos de Elf, en español.

Tarea:
1. Paquete de subjuntivo #2, Ej. D (NO #s 3,5,6,8,9,14,19,20,23)
2. Tarea de repaso - Capítulo 2: Act. 2-1 y 2-4.

Español II el 12 de diciembre de 2011

1. Warm-up sentences - using the preterite.

2. Homework corrections: Practicing vocabulary and the preterite of Ir & Ser.

3. Introduced DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS and then we did lots of practice with object in the room and by watching Gram Activa - see page 138.

4. More practice with the preterite - flashcards for irregulars and with the verb grid. Also: SONG - La cucaracha with irregular preterites.

5. Just got started with Polar Express, en español.

Tarea:
1. Complete the Irregular Preterite Verb Grid
2. Handout: Practica con verbos.

Español IV el 12 de diciembre de 2011

Lectura: An article from People en español
How to keep your house clean without polluting your home nor harming the environment.

Repaso de las tareas:
WB 46-47 practicing vocabulary and when to use the subjunctive/indicative/infinitive in noun clauses.

More subjunctive practice - Paquete del subjuntivo #2 - went over the study points (first two pages).

Period 1 - started Elf, en español
Period 4 - continued on with the carteles (we're almost done!)

Tarea:
1. Paquete #2/ subjuntivo - Ex. B: Item 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9,12, 15
2. Work on your research project

Español II el 9 de diciembre de 2011

I. La casa
(A) Filled-in the missing lyrics of a song about the rooms of the house "Mi casa"
(B) Half-sheet questions for partner oral about our houses in our projects.
(C) Full-sheet handout of questions for groups of 4 - sharing our house projects.

II. El PRETERITO
(A) Reviewed the WHITE reference information packet and coordinated it with the ...
(B) PINK handout from yesterday - filling in the chart on the back and answering the questions about IRREGULAR PRETERITES.
(C) Filled-in White Verb Grid (started yesterday) with ALL of the GROUPED IRREGULAR PRETERITE INFINITIVES.
(D) Filled-in the CONJUGATIONS for the 'U' GROUP.
(E) NEW Irregular PRETERITE FLASHCARDS - I showed how to cut them out and fold

Tarea:
1. Workbook pp. 51 (Vocabulary) and 56 (Ser/Ir - preterite)
2. Cut and Fold your Irregular Preterite Flashcards and bring back on Monday.

Español IV el 9 de diciembre de 2011

I. Precaliento: Crucigrama del vocabulario 2B - pg. 60

II. Repaso de las tareas - tarea del vocabulario y el subjuntivo

III. Más práctica con el subjuntivo - paquete nuevo: Reglas del uso y 2 ejercicios

III. Orales de los carteles

IV. IA - Temas y fechas de los proyectos de investigación: Topics selected and dates of presentations assigned for the I.B. Internal Assessment Research Project.

Tarea:
1. Start work on your IA research project
2. Workbook packet for 2B: pp. WB46 & 7

Español II el 8 de diciembre de 2011

I. La casa:
A. Completed Ex. C in The House packet
B. Played Lotería -practicing furnishing and rooms
C. I shared some of the students strong examples of their rough drafts of the Mi casa de sueños project due tomorrow. Here's the website one of them showed us to create floor plans and furnish your rooms. http://floorplanner.com/

II. Introduced the NEW lesson - 3A
A. Vocabulary sheet - re: pages 30-33
B. Listen, Read, Repeated vocabulary - pp. 30-31
C. Watched and listened to Video Historia - pp. 32-33

III. El pretérito
A. El PRETERITO - reviewed the white reference packet from a couple of weeks ago
B. Pink handout
1. Review of Present Tense and Regular Preterite Verbs on the front
2. Back side - we started working with the "grouped irregulars" = we finished the "UV" group
3. New verb grid - we are filling in our own: Irregular Preterite verbs". Referring to the white EL PRETERITO packet, we filled in: SER/IR, DAR, VER, and the "UV" group: TENER, ANDAR, ESTAR.

Tarea:
1. Final copy of your Dream House project - follow the directions on your handout "Mi casa de sueños".
2. Complete Act. 3, page 33 - using complete sentences in Spanish.
3. Finish filling-in your 3A vocabulary list - you DO NOT have to repeat the items you already filled-in o the 3A-A ver si recuerdas list and made flashcards for.

Español IV el 8 de diciembre de 2011

I. Introduced NEW lesson - second part of Capítulo 2 (2B):
A. Vocabulary list - pg. 60
B. Article reading - pg. 59
C. Comprehension Act. 21 & 23 - pg. 61
D. Class discussion

II. Review of the Present Subjunctive:
A. See pages 65-67; Review of how to form and when to use
B. New packet - Note I've written Paquete del subjuntivo #1 in the upper left-hand corner

III. Homework correction:
A. Students turned-in their project proposals
B. We went over the answers to the packet: Tarea de repaso (2A)

IV. Hora 1era - More carteles shared.

Tarea:
1. New subjunctive packet - Complete Exercise A - back page.
2. Return to the "Tarea de vocabulario 2- 2nda parte: handout from earlier in the week.

Español II el 7 de diciembre de 2011

I. Lots of practice with the vocabulary about the house and chores.
See pages 126.
We used the list from yesterday and several handouts from today:
(1) White, two-sided: Crossword, matching and partner conversation
(2) Two-sided picture flashcards: household furnishings.
(3) Lotería = vocabulary on the reverse

II. Introduced the "Mi casa de sueños" project - Handout.
Blueprint style drawing of a house with at least 5 rooms - each furnished. The room and all furnishings are labeled in Spanish. Be ready to explain your house to someone else.
I shared a couple of examples from previous years to give an idea of what it should look like.

III. Telling Time - see page 127. We used the vocabulary list expressions and my own clock prop to practice say What time it is now AND AT what time events happen.

Tarea:
1. First three steps in the House drawing project.
2. Complete the Lotería of the home and furnishings - BOTH Spanish and English answers in each box.

Español IV el 7 de diciembre de 2011

I. Began packet "Tarea de repaso" - 2A: Review of the ser, estar/ haber; the future and the vocabulary.

II. Introduced the RESEARCH ORAL PROJECT re: Hispanic/Latino Culture - IB Internal Assessment. All written support material due on 01/03/12. Packet of instructions and tips for success.

III. Reviewed homework

IV. Period 1 - a few more people presented their ecology posters.

Tarea:
1. Project Proposal = Indicate 3 different possible topics for your project AND 3 dates you'd like to present. Both classes begin on 01/03/12. Period 1 - finishes on 01/20/12 and Period 4 on 01/24/12.
2. Complete the Tarea de repaso packet begun in class.
3. Be sure to turn-in your signed permission to see the movies for our next unit.

Español II el 6 de diciembre de 2011

1. Shared our shopping trip to El corte inglés with a partner and then we went over it all together, sharing a really nice example from the class.

2. Homework correction & test prep: Sections IV - VII of the yellow Repaso packet.

3. Took Lesson 2B Test

4. New/Review Vocabulary: 3A - A ver si recuerdas - copied down the English from my master.
Didn't get them all? Check the back of your book and/or www.wordreference.com

5. New packet: La casa - lots of great vocabulary to help you plan your CASA de Sueños for Friday.

Tarea:
1. Flash cards for the new list - YES! all 56 words.
2. La casa packet - Ex. A & B
3. Answer the "Preguntas" on your new vocabulary sheet

Español IV el 6 de diciembre de 2011

1. Oraciones - practicando el futuro

2. Repaso de las tareas - el futuro y el vocabulario

3. Continuamos en el paquete el futuro y el condicional - Ej. D y E

4. JUEGO - Lotería de los irregulares del futuro

5. Galería - terminamos de calificar los carteles ecológicos

6. Oral - empezamos a presentar los carteles

7. Lectura en pareja: Dos anuncios comerciales - el auto del futuro y el lince ibérico.

Tarea:
1. 2A Crossword
2. Workbook Packet - pg. WB44/Ex. 2-8
3. Future/Conditional Packet - Ex. G (1-15)
4. Underline & look-up unknown words from your Ad read in class today.
5. Parent permission slip signed re: movies

Español II el 5 de diciembre de 2011

1. Warm-up sentences

2. WAVA 12 - practicing Demonstrative Adjectives

3. Started Yellow packet - REVIEW for TOMORROW'S TEST!

4. Study Guides:
(A) White Half-sheet handout (Copied below)
(B) Top of Yellow Review Packet

5. We watched a little more of Enredados (Tangled, in Spanish).

Tarea:
1. Finish the Yellow Review Packet begun in class today.
2. Finish the Corte Inglés shopping project.
3. STUDY for tomorrow's test on Lesson 2-B

Study Guide to help you be ready to take the 2B test:

• Vocabulary on pages 98, 99, 102-105, 124 + pink list. Be ready to write out the words in Spanish quickly and accurately.
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.
4. Be able to talk about all of the above in the simple past tense.
• Regular preterites: pages 110-113 + extra handouts & verb grid.
• Demonstrative Adjectives: pages 114-115 + Blue packet.
• Using adjectives as nouns: pages 116-117.

Español IV el 5 de diciembre de 2011

Hora 1era: Experimento para la clase de psicología

Precaliento: Oraciones

Lotería: La naturaleza

El futuro y el condicional:
(1) Libro - el futuro, pp. 55-56
(2) Actividad 15, pg. 56
(3) Paquete - Las formas y los usos - El futuro y el condicional
(4) Ex. B y C - started, complete as homework if not finished in class

Los carteles - started evaluating each others' environmental poster.

Tarea:
1. Permission slip letter re: Movies. Please return signed NO LATER than Friday.
2. Lotería - el futuro: respuestas bilingües
3. Workbook Packet - Act. 2-7 (pp. WB43-44)
4. Hoja extra: Tarea de vocabulario

Español II el 2 de diciembre de 2011

I. Presentación cultural: España! Gracias a Sergio de Andeo!

II. Oraciones - practicing writing sentences using our 2B vocabulary.

III. Tareas: Homework review - Paquete de Repaso - pg. 2 (preterite) & Crucigrama 2B

IV. Preterite partner questions/answers - more practice!

V. WAVA packet - Writing Activity 12 (Demonstrative Adjectives)

Tarea/Homework:
1. Repaso packet - page 3
2. Corte inglés -(Handout) "shopping on-line" at this famous Spanish department store. Spend your 500 euros well!
3. Practice the preterite questions/answers

Español IV el 2 de diciembre de 2011

I. Presentación cultural - España! - Gracias a Sergio de Andeo.

II. Repaso de las tareas: prácticas de Ser - Estar - Haber

III. Lectura de parejas:
(A) Texto - p. 48, "Cuánto dura la basura?"
(B) Cuentos de hadas

Tarea:
1. Lotería - La naturaleza = hay un pequeño diccionario al dorso
2. Cartel y Oral = Un problema ambiental. Act. 6, pg. 48.
Criteria:
(A) Poster: 8.5"X11" - NO LARGER, please. We have to hang 60 of these!
1. Include a catchy slogan that:
a. gets our attention a highlights your ecological problem.
b. motivates us to act/change our "bad habits".
2. Your visuals should make clear what we should do.
(B) Oral - Succinctly, and accurately, describe the situation (1 min.) and then be able to answer logical questions on your topic. Your answers need to be accurate, factual information so ANTICIPATE what the questions might be and then do enough research to be able to accurately answer them.

Español II el 1ero de diciembre de 2011

I. Warm-up: WAVA packet, writing exercises 10 & 11

II. Homework review - Using adjectives to as nouns (Pg. 1 - Repaso packet)

III. NEW PARTNERS - we organized new partner appointments. If you were absent we made one for you - come see la maestra.

IV. PARTNER practice
A. Read about clothing and shoes sizes - calculated what size shoe we would buy in Spain.
B. See/Hear conversation re: shopping
C. Preterite Questions - more practice

Tarea/Homework:
1. Blue Packet - Tarea de repaso - page 2
2. 2A Crossword puzzle

Español IV el 1ero de diciembre de 2011

I. Práctica del vocabulario: warm-up sentences and then definition & word match exercises. Got a new version of the 2A vocabulary list showing how one can reorganize words into like categories - really helps in learning them!

II. Repaso de tareas:
A. Workbook page WB41 - both exercises. We practiced picking out the contextual cues for the missing words.
B. Ser/Estar packet - checked our answers and discussed WHY they were correct.

III. More Ser/Estar - working with a partner students completed EX. B - how some adjectives change their meaning with ser and estar.

IV. Haber - see study notes on pp. 51-52 = the 3 uses for "Haber". 2 Handouts: All conjugations of Haber; Los perfectos/Repaso de los tiempos

V. Review of verb tenses studied so far - practica/the reverse of the Perfectos handout.

Tarea:
1. Activity 2-8, pg. 52 in text book
2. Workbook packet, pg. WB42