Español II el 29 de febrero de 2012

1. Affirmative/Negative Words -
NEW Packet: Practiced meanings and answering questions using these "trickster" words.
We completed the first two pages of exercises.
See page 31.

2. Stem-changing Verbs (see page 27):
(A) Partner pointing game "Dedos" - who can find the verb on their game sheet first?
(B) White board conjugation game using prompts written on the Smart Board.

3. Homework review:
Workbook pages 10 & 11
Repaso - el vocabulario - Which words did you select as your 7 "difíciles" for your fan-fold practice?

Tarea:
1. Stem-changing Verbs Packet - Exercise B
2. STUDY! E-IE Stem-changing Verbs Quiz tomorrow. Know what they mean and how to form them. Check out the conjuguemos link on yesterday's blog.

Español III el 29 de febrero de 2012

1. Ampliación del lenguaje - see page 28: Ir de pesca related to pescar, etc.

2. Actividades 9 & 10 pg. 28 Qué desastre! - Wrote up 5 details in the preterite about a disastrous camping trip and then in groups others acted out what the writer read aloud.

3. Repaso de las tareas: El pretérito
(A) Last section of the verb grid:-ir stem-changers = see page 33.
(B) Ejercicio F - Irregular Preterit Packet (-ir stem-changers)

Wrote out Actividad 19, pg. 33 - MORE -ir stem-changers!

ANUNCIO - TEST ON FRIDAY: MEANINGS AND PRETERITE CONJUGATIONS FOR THE VERBS ON YOUR VERB GRIDS.

4. Práctica - Conjugation practice with ALL forms of the preterite: White Boards & parejas, using www.conjuguemos.com - Spanish verbs - Test #11 (all preterites - All verbs - All pronouns).

5. Vocabulario - Corrected the Crucigrama (tarea) and then started the Partner oral 1-1.

Tarea:
1. Use www.conjuguemos.com Spanish verbs - Test #11 (all preterites - All verbs - All pronouns) until you can complete the 5-minute Test with AT LEAST 50 verbs at 85 %. Print off your results page and bring in as homework.
2. Workbook page 13

Español II el 28 de febrero de 2012

1. HOW to STUDY for SUCCESS! - We reviewed our "How to Study" handout and I taught an efficient way to drill new vocabulary to learn it well and accurately. We practiced using the vocabulary from page 40 and a vocabulary list handout from today.

2. WAVA packet, Listening Activities 7 & 8 (plus 9 - block 1).

3. Affirmative/Negative words - see page 31 in your text and get the HANDOUTS: (1) Explanation Sheet and (2) Flashcard masters. We also watched the Gram Activa and did the activity "quiz".

4. Repaso de tareas: homework corrections - Workbook pages 10 & 11 & Verb grid for stem-changers in -ir verbs

5. Practice Packet: Stem-changing Verbs. Went over the study points on the first few pages.

Tarea:
1. New Stem-changing Verbs Packet - Practice after #4 - Conjugate the verbs in the forms given. Want to practice more? Check out the stem-changing verb game at www.conjuguemos.com
2. Fill-in your vocabulary list handout from page 40 AND make a "fan" of the 7 words you'll need to work on most.
3. Make your Affirmative/Negative folded flashcards with English on the back.
Example: Algo/Nada = Something/Nothing
4. Complete the Tarea #1 de verbos handout from yesterday (if you haven't yet).

Español III el 28 de febrero de 2012

1. La novia presumida, Lonnie Dai Zovi - Vibrante Press (Get the handout)
Fun song for practicing the IRREGULAR PRETERITES.

2. WAVA packet - Listening Activity 2 (Vocabulary in context with the preterite).

3. Repaso de las tareas (today's and some of yesterday's, too!)
(A) WAVA - activity 6 - vocabulario
(B) WB 10, 11 & 12 - vocab & preterites
(C) El paquete - Irregular Preterit: Ejercicios B y D

4. Our LAST group of IRREGULAR PRETERITES: -IR Verbs with Stem-changers in the preterite.
(A) - See text page 33 & 34
(B) Irregular Preterite packet - page 48

5. We played Barco de Guerra using REGULAR Preterite and some Spelling-changers.

Tarea:
1. Finish the last section of your preterite verb grid (re:pp 33 & 34)
2. Ejercicio F - Irregular Preterit packet, pg. 49
3. Crossword Handout - Realidades 3, 1A

Español II el 27 de febrero de 2012

Warm-up:
Practiced writing out typical classroom rules using the vocabulary from our lesson - 1A.

Listening Comprehension:
WAVA packet; Activities 5 & 6

Reviewed the answers & corrections on our last lesson test: Para empezar

Stem-changing Verbs:
Reviewed corrections on the homework = O-UE verbs on the grid.
Began the E-I verbs (-IR verbs only)

Tarea:
1. Workbook pages 10 & 11
2. Finish the E-I verbs on your verb grid.

Español III el 27 de febrero de 2012

Prácticas del vocabulario:
1. "Auto-prueba" - how ready are YOU for the lesson test? Self-test vocabulary handout.
2. WAVA - Writing Audio/Visual Activities packet= We did listening comprehension activity 1
3. Speaking practice - Activity 7, pg. 27: Partner orals/whole class debrief.

Reviewed the last set of lesson exams -
We went over the answers & corrections for the:
(1) Para empezar Verb Conjugation Test
(2) The P.E. Reading Comprehension and Written Test.

Tarea:
1. WAVA packet, Activity 6 - written
2. Workbook packet - pages 11 & 12

Español II el 24 de febrero de 2012

La geografía:

• Lots of practice with the Capital Raps
• Took the Map Test: Spanish-Speaking Countries & Capitals
  

Lección 1A

• Saw "Video Historia" - pp. 20-21, read it aloud with a partner and answered the questions in Actividad 3.
• Reviewed Workbook page 7: Tarea/vocabulario
• STEM-CHANGING VERBS (see page 27 & Handout) - went over the forms of the e-ie verbs; Introduced the 0-ue verbs.
• Period 1 = NEW PACKET

Tarea:

1. Verb Grid: Copy the O-UE verbs from your handout onto your verb grid and then fill-in their forms. REMEMBER to look on the LOTERIA game on the reverse of your handout for their forms. O-UE VERBS = Almorzar, Dormir, Poder, Costar (ONLY 3rd person forms), Jugar(u-ue), Volver, Devolver, Recordar.

Español III el 24 de febrero de 2012

Vocabulary practice:
Page 26 - Activities 4, 5 & 6

Reading/culture:
Page 27 - Los parques nacionales

Homework corrections:
1. Workbook pp. 7, 8, 9 = vocabulary & el pretérito
2. Paquete - Irregular Preterites - Ex. A
3. Cuadrícula (Preterite verb grid) = re:pp 33-31

Juego: White board preterite conjugations.

Tarea:
1. Irregular Preterite Packet - Exercises B & D
2. Workbook pg. 10

Español III el 23 de febrero de 2012

Warm-up: Practice with vocabulary and preterite - + HANDOUT: Prueba de pp. 16-19

Lectura: Read & listened to the story on pp. 24-25; then read aloud with a partner and together wrote out Act. 3 = comprehension questions.

El pretérito:
1. Corrected the verb grid we began day-before-yesterday.
2. Text book pages 30-31
3. Started a NEW PACKET: IRREGULAR PRETERIT. We completed all of the study notes and Practices A, B, C & D.

Tarea:
1. Paquete - complete Exercise A.
2. Workbook pg. 9
3. Verb grid sections for pages 30-31

Español II el 23 de febrero de 2012

Warm-up: New vocabulary for 1A pp. 18 & 19 - Reading/Listening/Active Listening Comprehension Activities 1 & 2. Also, see page 40 - the whole list.

STEM-CHANGING VERBS - see pg. 27: Gram Activa Video & TWO handouts:
1. Stem-changing verbs - Categorized by type (e-ie/o-ue/e-i) with their meanings.
2. Verb grid.

Repaso de la tarea:
1. Workbook pp. 5 & 6 - reviewing text pages 14 & 15
2. Lotería - La escuela

Geografía:
1. Corrected partner geography activity from yesterday
2. On-line map quizzes - here's the link http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/

Tarea:
1. Spanish-speaking Countries & Capitals Map test tomorrow (see link above).
2. Workbook pg. 7 = vocabulary on pp. 18 & 19.
3. Complete the E-ie Stem-changing Verb grid begun today in class.

Español II el 22 de febrero de 2012

1. Reviewed "Ir" to go and it's two uses:
(a) to go to a place (Ir + a + lugar)
(B) to be going to do something (Ir + a + infinitivo)

2. Practice sentences (Handout) - Using Ir and the special expressions with Tener.

3. Homework corrections: reviewing the vocabulary & special expressions with Tener/La pessadilla de Jaime.

4. We made Partner Appointments - if you were absent get your appointments list from la Maestra (me).

5. Geography review (handout) - working with a partner students practiced the locations of important places in the Spanish-speaking world - Countries, Capitals, Oceans & Seas.

Tarea:
1. Workbook pages 5 & 6. (period 1 got their workbooks today!)
2. Lotería: La escuela. Use the vocabulary on the back to help you fill-in the words with both their Spanish and English meanings.

Español III el 22 de febrero de 2012

1. Repaso: - see pp. 18 & 19
(A) Los deportes, las competencias y las acciones jugando a los deportes.
(B) El cuerpo humano, los accidentes y las reacciones a los eventos.

2. Made partner appointments for the quarter - took lots of time with such a big class but now we're set for the quarter.

3. Oral - working with one of our new partners we asked questions to elicit the information written in our sentences as homework last night - based on Act. 3, pg. 16. Reviewed regular preterite tense: got HANDOUT - EL PRETERITO = basic reference information about forming and using this important past tense.

4. Introduced Capítulo 1 (A) - A primera vista 1 (pp. 22-23) HANDOUT: New vocabulary with quiz game site. This is the list for the whole chapter (1A & 1B) - see page 58 in your text book.

Tarea:
Workbook pages 7 & 8 - see text pages 16-19

Español II el 21 de febrero de 2012

Mini-lesson leading to 1A: A ver si recuerdas pp. 14 & 15:
School courses, classroom materials & objects, describing classes and school schedules.

1. Pre-test: we checked to see what you might have remembered from Spanish I

2. Activity 1, pg. 14 - First we wrote about a couple of classes and then we shared aloud with a partner about them.

3. Irregular verbs in yo = "Yo-go" verbs; see page 15 + GRID handout.

4. Tener - one of the "yo-go" had LOTS of special expressions - See page 15 & verb grid handout.
a. Tengo Hambre - we filled-in the missing words from a song we listened to, practicing the tener expressions.
b. We added in some more "tener expressions" onto our grids.

5. Proyectos - We presented our proyectos in small groups, and then handed them in.

Tarea:
1. Fill-in the Spanish on your vocabulary handout from page 14 in the text book - your pretest today will also be helpful.
2. Complete the cartoon in your Tener expressions packet - La pessadilla de Jaime. Be sure you do item #8, too -Using aTener expression not already uses.

Español III el 21 de febrero de 2012

1. Repaso - ir afuera:
Introduced the review mini-lesson leading into our new chapter: A ver si recuerdas.
a. We played Categorías - brainstorming where we could go; what we would do there; what the weather might be like and what animals/insects we could see.
b. Text book page 16 - comparing our lists with the book's graphic organizer.
c. Vocabulary list
d. Partner conversations, Activity 1 - putting it all together talking about a couple of places we like to go.

2. Review of the preterite -
a. We observed the regular preterite forms in the birthday song we sang to a classmate today.
b. Text book page 17 - reviewed the conjugation charts.
c. Activity 2 - more written practice
d. Verb grid - distributed, some students got a start on it.

Tarea:
1. Complete the parts of the verb grid marked pg. 17 & pg. 19 - including the top of the second page.
2. Write out Activity 3, pg 17 with THESE CHANGES: Write 7 sentences = One per "lugar" - use a different lugar for each sentence. You may use the ones on page 16 and/or the ones from our list from class today. For EACH place USE an Actividad & Weather descriptor in the PRETERITE and say what animales/insectos you SAW there.

Español II el 17 de febrero de 2012

1. Introduced the Para Empezar Project: Así soy yo!
See page 13 in the text book.
Content requirements are listed in the "Pre-write" at the top of the page. See the picture of the an example at the bottom of the page.
I gave out a handout with the other "quality" requirements: Your work demonstrates your Pride in Product. (1) Includes ALL content requirement elements. (2) Every line includes verbs. (3) Your use of Spanish is accurate - especially for - VERBS: match the subject/who does the action and ADJECTIVES: endings match people described in gender & number. (4) Your visual is tasteful and appropriate for school. (5) Visual is attractive, neat and images support your script. (6) You're well rehearsed and ready to perform (7) Your poem is on a standard sized sheet of paper (8 1/2 " X 11").

2. Review prior to Para Empezar Exam:
(A) Reviewed nationality adjectives - debriefing the partner oral, De dónde es María. We used this to review the importance of matching the adjective to the gender & number of the noun described.
(B) Reviewed INTERROGATIVES - JUEGO! - Each student received a card with either a question or an answer and they had to find their match. Then we went through all of them in order to learn all sorts of things about José and his friends.

3. Took the Para Empezar Lesson Exam - this is the Spanish 1 review unit.

4. Geography - map "test" game: we went to this web site, selected South American Countries & Capitals and played it as a class on the Smart Board.
ANUNCIO - Spanish-speaking World Countries & Capital Cities Map Test = a week from today; Friday, February 24.

Tarea: Your Project - see item #1

Español III el 17 de febrero de 2012

1. Repaso antes del examen Para empezar:
(A) We finished reviewing the sentences in el Paquete de Repaso written for yesterday's homework.
(B) Corrected Conjuguemos Grammar Practice - Verbs like Gustar #2
(C) Corrected the Tarea de repaso - Answers to 2 questions then sentences.

2. El EXAMEN ESCRITO Para Empezar: Multiple choice; short and paragraph-length written answers.

3. Some quick "Video Visits" via You Tube to Latin America

Tarea: Get lots of sleep and come back ready to work hard next week!

Español II el 16 de febrero de 2012

1. Lectura - pg. 11 Enrique Iglesias: Reading and answering Comprehension questions about this singer (Actividad 19). Then we listened to one of the songs mentioned in the reading, Bailamos.

2. Homework review: Corrections on the crucigrama (crossword) - in the review packet and the translation sentences. Lots of practice with the vocabulary and grammar from the lesson.

3. Listening comprehension: WAVA packet, Act. 3.

4. Verb conjugation practice game - Barco de guerra: Battleship-style game played with a partner.

Tarea:
I handed out a Study guide for tomorrow's lesson test (handout).
Here's a more brief outline.
A. Descriptive & nationality adjectives and how to use them: 2-3 & 6-7.
B. Descriptions using ser + adjectives: pp. 2-5.
C. Regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs: pp. 8-9
6. Question words, activities, seasons: pp. 10-12

Check back on earlier blogs for links to vocabulary and verb practice sites.
NOTE: We'll do the Geography of the Spanish-speaking World next week.

Español III el 16 de febrero de 2012

1. WAVA Listening Activities 3, 4 & 5

2. Repaso de las tareas: Workbook 3 & 4 AND the Paquete - Repaso: Reviewed the study notes for Reflexive Verbs AND the verbs like Gustar before correcting the related activities in the workbook.
Began correcting the sentences on the reverse - will finish those tomorrow.

3. Barco de Batalla/de Guerra - Verb conjugating Battleship game: drilling Reflexive verbs.

4. VERB TEST (21 points)

5. Several students got a good start on tonight's written homework -
Here's the STUDY GUIDE for tomorrow's LESSON TEST:
1. Both vocabulary lists - Be able to know what these mean when reading them AND be able to produce them in your written answers.
2. Present tense VERBS - Be able to recognize the correct answer AND be able to use them in your written answers. Including: Regulars; Irregular Yo forms; Stem-changers; Reflexive verbs - how do you use the Reflexive Pronouns; Gustar & the other verbs like it.
3. Test includes READING Comprehension & Both short written answers and one extended paragraph on our topics: Mis actividades extracurriculares; Mi rutina diaria y los quehaceres; Los días especiales.

Tarea:
1. Conjuguemos Grammar Worksheet - Gustar and Verbs like Gustar #2
2. Repaso - Para empezar - Answering questions & sentence translation: putting it all together.

Español II el 15 de febrero de 2012

1. Guest speaker, Sergio de la Calle - from Extremadura, España. Power Point and discussion about Spain and advantages of being an exchange student and/or hosting one.

2. WAVA - packet (new): Listening comprehension activities 1 & 2.

3. Los infinitivos - we took a practice test to double check we know the meanings of the verbs for the lesson.

4. Corrected the homework: Handout - Tarea de repaso (packet from yesterday) - Page 1. Reviewing (A) Interrogatives/question words (B) Meanings and conjugations of our lesson's verbs (C) Answering questions about ourselves.

Want to practice questions? Try this "quiz" http://www.quia.com/quiz/1635113.html

Tarea:
1. Crucigrama = crossword puzzle in the Tarea de repaso packet.
2. Oraciones de práctica - translation sentences using our lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
3. Finish your Name Plate, if you haven't yet done so. See yesterday's class post for instructions and separate post of possible names.

Español III el 15 de febrero de 2012

1. Guest speaker, Sergio de la Calle - from Extremadura, España. Power Point and discussion about Spain and advantages of being an exchange student and/or hosting one.

2. WAVA - packet (new): Listening comprehension activities 1 & 2.

3. Review of possessive adjectives - see page 12 + we did Activity 19.
REPASO packet (new) - Notes on uses

4. Review of the verbs that work like gustar - see page 11 & REPASO packet - also gave notes.

5. Corrected the tarea: Verb grid page 3, Encuesta and Work book pages 3 & 4.

Tarea:
1. Complete the REPASO packet.
2. STUDY! Verb test tomorrow; Lesson test on Friday.

Nombres Latinos para la clase

Algunos nombres (de pila) y apellidos latinos

¿Cómo te llamas en clase?

Nombres masculinos- Nombres femeninos- Apellidos (last names)

Alejandro- Alicia- Alonso

Alberto- Amalia- Álvarez

Alfonso - Ana; Anita -Amayo

Andrés - Ángela -Ávila

Ángel -Bárbara -Báez

Antonio (Tonio) - Beatriz -Baldillo

Armando- Blanca- Bujones

Arturo- Carolina- Cabrera

Benjamín- Carlota- Carillo

Cristóbal- Carmen - Castellanos

Carlos- Carmelita- Castillo

César - Catalina- Cisneros

David- Clara - Clemente

Diego - Concha-Chávez

Domingo- Consuelo- Díaz

Eduardo- Cristina- Domínguez

Emilio - Delia- Durán

Enrique -Dolores -Espino

Ernesto - Dulce -Espinosa

Esteban- Elena - Feliciano

Federico - Emilia- Fernández

Felipe -Eugenia- Figueroa

Francisco - Eva - García

Geraldo- Francisca- González

Gerardo- Gabriela- Guzmán

Gonzalo- Graciela- Hernández

Guillermo- Guillermina-Herrera

Hernando-Guadalupe- Hidalgo

Jaime- Ila- Hurtado

Jorge- Ileana - Ibarra

Jorge- Inés -Iglesias

José - Irma -Yglesias

Juan- Isabel- Iturbe

Julio- Josefita- Jiménez

Lorenzo- Juana- Justiz

Luis-Laura- López

Manuel- Linda- Machado

Mario-Lucía- Manzano

Mario-Luisa- Martí

Miguel- Manuela - Martínez

Óscar - María - Méndez

Pablo- Mariana- Montalbán

Pedro- Mari Carmen - Montero

Ramón-Marina-Morales

Raúl- Marisa- Molina

Rafael- Marisela- Muñoz

Ricardo - Marisol- Núñez

Roberto- Marta - Ochoa

Salvador- Mercedes- Ortega

Santiago - Olga - Ortiz

Tomás - Pilar- Pacheco

Vicente- Raquel- Pardo

-Rebeca -Pérez

¡Más apellidos aún!

Picasso Quiñones Ramírez

del Río Ríos Rivera

Rodríguez Rásales Ruiz

Sánchez Salazar Santana

Segovia Serrano Tavares

Torres Trujillo Valenzuela

Vargas Vásquez Velásquez

Vilar Vilas Villa

Villanueva

Español II el 14 de febrero de 2012

1. ¡Feliz día del amor y de la amistad! - I gave the kids Conversation Hearts in Spanish and we had fun figuring out what they said, since they were in "texting-Spanish". LOL!

2. Months and Seasons of the Year: Reviewed these with flashcard pictures and a poem/song.

3. Los interrogativos - see page 10. We practiced these question words with a "pre-test", as song and an activity in the book: Activity 15.

4. Los verbos - We corrected our verb grids and practiced forms by asking/answering questions using only the verbs: ¿Tú?→ Yo.

5. Corrected homework - Workbook pg.4 (verbs) and Wb 3 - Nationality Adjectives.

6. Reviewed the GOALS of the lesson, reminded of TEST on FRIDAY.

Tarea:

1. Decorate your Name Plate - Your REAL name on one side (undecorated) and a Latino name for class on the other (decorated). Need a name? Check out my separate post.

2. Tarea de repaso (Review Packet) - Page 1