Español II el 30 de abril de 2012 - #2

Looking for your homework and/or the links to practice sites for tomorrow's quiz?  See the post BEFORE today's post for Español III. (:>)

Español III el 30 de abril de 2012

1. A ver si recuerdas: Capítulo 3:La gramática
(A) Página 109 = Los complimentos directos: We reviewed What they are, How to form them and Where they go in the sentence, and then we wrote out Actividades 3 y 4.
(B) Hoja azul = Two-sided handout with more explanations and practices with direct object pronouns and PLACEMENT of them.
(C) Página 111 - Los complimentos indirectos: Read box on the page and reviewed together - What they are, How to form them and Where they go in the sentence. Next we did Actividad 6.

2. El cuerpo = Página 110: We pronounced these words while indicating where they are on our own bodies. Practiced some more with two songs: Cabeza, hombros, rodilla, pies... and Mi cuerpo (Lonnie Dai Zovi).  I demonstrated the movement/dance steps for the whole song, and then students practiced the first verse.

Tarea: 
1. Workbook page 36 = La comida y los complimentos directos with el progresivo presente.  See pages 108-109 in your textbook.
2. New White packet - do the first two pages (front and back of the first paper in the packet).

Español II el 30 de abril de 2012

Lecturas culturales:
p. 109 - No sé qué número uso - shoe sizes differ from country to country - Calculating your shoe size in Spain.
pp. 118-119 - Los jeans - reading the history of the origin of jeans and doing the Comprendiste? questions at the end.
pg. 120 - La parranda: Are these parties like yours?

Los adjetivos como sustantivos - pg. 116: Dropping the noun and using the article and adjective in its place.

Homework Review = Packet: Tarea de Repaso #1 (azul) -
Practicing all the items on tomorrow's 2B lesson test:
2B Vocabulary, The Regular Preterite, Demonstrative Adjectives and Using Adjectives like Nouns.
More Demonstrative Adjectives - game; Even more Demonstrative Adjectives - quiz! 

Partner Practice:
(1) Demonstrative Adjectives
(2) Crucigrama - El vocabulario 2B
(3) Preguntas 2B - El pretérito

Tarea:
1. Tarea de Repaso - #2 + Study Guide on the top of the first page.
2. STUDY!  2B Lesson Test Tomorrow!

Español II el 27 de abril de 2012

1. Oraciones de repaso: vocabulary 2B and preterite together.

2. Repaso de la tarea: Workbook 40 - 41; Demonstrative Adjectives - Ex. A & B (Hora 1era still needs to review this).

3. Preterite Partner Questions - Pink Two-sided Handout.  I explained about the Oral Exam that will be based on these during our upcoming chapter, and then students practiced asking/answering the questions.

4.  Preterite Conjugation Quiz (20 points).

Tarea:
Paquete de Repaso #1 (blue review packet) - all.

Español III el 27 de abril de 2012

1. Song by Facundo Cabral - No soy ni de aquí ni de allá: Lyrics and youtube video.  We talked about the song, and about the author's life and career.

2. Repaso de la comida: pg 108 + homework review

3. Actividad 1: comparación de la comida mexicana y la comida norteamericana (estadounidense)

4. Más de Los increíbles.

Tarea:
Están libres!  Have fun and safe prom weekend.

Español II el 26 de abril de 2012

1. Taller: (Workshop) Flash cards- el pretérito regular

(A) We cut out, labeled and organized the cards into like groups: Subject pronouns - Verb stems/roots - Verb endings.
(B) We used the cards to make "mini-sentences" - putting all three elements together.

2. Homework Review:
(A) 2-sided verb grid
(B) Tarea de traducción

3.  Barco de guerra - partner conjugation game


Tarea:
1. Keep studying = We postponed the Preterite Conjugation Test until tomorrow.
2. Demonstrative Adjectives Packet - Exercises A & B (top of the next page - complete #10)
3. Workbook pages 40-41 (vocabulary practice)

Español III el 26 de abril de 2012

1. We took the Chapter 2B Exam.

2. Read a series of movie synopses in Spanish and matched them to movie posters

3. Watched a youtube of a Juanes song, Gotas de Agua Dulce + Handout of lyrics and questions.

4. Watched a little more of Los increíbles.

Tarea:
Complete the vocabulary list packet - food review re: pg. 108

Español II el 25 de abril de 2012

1. Warm-up sentences - putting together the vocabulary, preterite tense of verbs and preterite time expressions.

2. Answered questions about the "Preterite Verb Grid #2" - since I left that off of the homework from Monday's blog, I extended it to tomorrow.  We did fill-in the Ir & Irse and then added Hacer, as well.  We'll be using these in our next lesson.

3. Played "Lotería" - er & - ir  Regular Preterite Verbs.

4. We practiced writing out the forms of the regular preterite - every student using a personal white board and cues from www.conjuguemos.com - Spanish - Verbs - #8 Regular Preterite - All verbs - All pronouns.
GREAT PRACTICE!  Try more tonight to get ready for tomorrow's quiz.

5. Hora 1era - used their homework sentences to ask/answer questions.
Hora 2nda - Earned their 30 minutes of games in Spanish: I made palomitas de maíz y limonada de Crystal Lite and also played more of Los Increíbles.

Tarea:
1. STUDY for Preterite Conjugation Quiz tomorrow - see link in #4 above.
2. Handout: Tarea de traducción
3. Finish the second preterite verb grid, if you haven't yet.

Español III el 25 de abril de 2012

1. Listening comprehension: Vocabulary and Grammar in context:
WAVA packet - Actividades 3, 4 & 5.

2. Las prácticas con tablitas blancas - Using individual white boards students wrote out answers to:
A. Quizlets - flash cards = Meaning changers in the preterite
B. BK Nelson's site from Colby College = Completing sentences with the meaning changer verbs. "Help box" explains WHY the answer you choose is correct or not.
C. BK Nelson's site on Ser verus Estar = select which one; also tells why.
D. Adivinanzas - Other students wrote down their "guesses" from the definitions students wrote as homework.

3. Cultura
A. Read about the origins of the dance Salsa, pg. 91 "Fondo cultural"
B. Danced "Salsa cubano", and a couple of other steps, using the Spanish version of Zumba básico.

Tarea:
STUDY!  Lesson 2B Test tomorrow:
1. Vocabulary from pages 82-85; - Quizlet flashcards linked.
2. Ser versus Estar - see link above
3. Meaning changers in the past tense - Imperfecto versus Pretérito - see link above

Español II el 23 de abril de 2012

1. Precaliento:  Wrote-up sentences practicing the preterite.

2. Song: El preguntón = Reviewing the song from Friday - then using the question words (Interrogatives) to help us "build" sentences with rich details.  We completed the activity attached to the song and then I handed out a follow-up activity to write up as homework.

3. We went over the homework: Pink handout "Práctica con el pretérito" & "Qué palabra falta?"

4. We watched some more of "Los increíbles".

ANUNCIO -  Preterite Conjugation test on Thursday.  Here's a link to help you practice.  If the link doesn't work, go to this URL, then select Spanish Verbs, then #8. Regular Preterite. 

Tarea:
1. Practice the preterite!
2. Prepare your Lotería for Regular -Ir & -Er verbs.  Remember to write BOTH the Spanish verb AND what it means in English.  Example: Aprendí / I learned.
3. Use the handout from in-class today and write 10 sentences rich in details. 
REMEMBER: 
(1) 5 singular subjects & 5 plural subject. 
(2) Each sentence uses a different verb
(3) Each sentence uses at least 5 details (Subject + Verb + 3 pieces of information)
(4) Vary the type of information you use for your sentences.
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Español III el 23 de abril de 2012

Muchísimas gracias, estudiantes, por ser tan simpáticos con la Srta. Foltz el viernes pasado.

Lo que hicimos en clase hoy:
1. Actividad 31, pg. 87 = Paso 1: copy and fill-in the form to talk about a favorite song/artist.  Paso 2: Have a conversation with a partner asking/answering questions about your songs.

2. Repaso - WAVA 11, 12, & 13: Using the lesson grammar and vocabulary to describe various performing arts events.

3. Presentaciones: Investigación sobre un/a artista o elemento artístico. Students shared with the class about the artists/artistic pursuits they investigated over the weekend.  We all know lots more about Shakira, who seemed to be the most popular!

4. Los increíbles! - We watched a few minutes more of this in Spanish with Spanish sub-titles.

ANUNCIO:  Lesson 2B Test on Thursday! -
(1) Be able to write the vocabulary word in Spanish from a sentence in Spanish describing it.
(2) Choose between Ser and Estar and its correct conjugation, to best complete the sentence in a story.
(3) Be able to fill-in the preterite or imperfect form of the "Meaning-Changer" verbs on page 90 to have the story make sense.

Tarea:
1. STUDY! 2B Test on Thursday.
2. WAVA 9 - Use the artist you looked up for today to do this paragraph write-up.
3. Write 10 SENTENCES IN SPANISH - Each one as a DEFINITION for a DIFFERENT VOCABULARY item.

Español III el 20 de abril de 2012

I'll be away on Friday at a conference but here is the work I'm leaving for you:

I. Warm-up: Green handout “Unidad 4, Lección 3” – 1^st side = Imperfecto, 2^nd side = Pretérito or Imperfecto

The substitute will stamp your “WAVA – Act. 12” and we’ll go over it on Monday.

II. TEST – The students ARE allowed to use the question/vocabulary slips the presenters distributed during their presentation.

III. “Los Increíbles” – shown with BOTH language AND subtitles in Spanish.

La tarea:

1. ¡Una investigación cultural! – Handout explains about (1) Selecting an artist & or an artistic activitiy; finding 2 websites about him/her/it and writing up 3 interesting things (in Spanish) you discovered.

2. WAVA 11 & 13 – writing activities using the chapter vocabulary.

Español II el 20 de abril de 2012

I'll be away at a conference, but here are the plans I'm leaving with my sub:

I. Listening Comprehension: New “WAVA” packet. Listening Comprehension Activities 5-9.
II. Los interrogatives + How to write “rich sentences” by answering interrogatives

This is a “Sentence –writing Workshop” that I give the kids to build their sentence-writing confidence and skills. By answering the interrogatives, the sentences build themselves.

1. Handout the packet and play the interrogatives song, “El preguntón”.

2. Second page of the packet. Use the first “rich sentence” to find the answers to the questions in the first long sentence, and then they write in the answers. Complete the rest of the questions based on the “rich” sentences.

3. Students create their own “rich” sentences: 2-sided handout.

III. El pretérito
Text page 110: Activities 13 & 14

IV. Los Increíbles: Each class has a little more than 15 minutes to finish this movie we started last week.

For this level I choose: Set-up – Spanish Language with English subtitles.

Tarea:
1. Práctica con el Pretérito - deep pink handout practicing the preterite and the vocabulary

Parques nacionales - Presentation Order

Los proyectos de los parques nacionales – Hora cuarta de la primavera de 2012

Número, estudiante y parque/país:

1. Aaleyah – La Caldera de Tiburiente/Islas Canarias: está al lado de la Africa, unas 800 millas de España pero es un territorio de España

2. Cassi – P.N. de Garajonay/Islas Canarias

3. Katie H. – Islas de los Galápagos/Ecuador

4. Amanda H. – Archipélago de Cabrera/España

5. Melissa K. – Tortuguero/Costa Rica

6. Kendall – La Isla de Mona/Puerto Rico

7. Patrick – P.N. de Santa Teresa/Uruguay

8. Laurel – Alcerce/La Argentina

9. Katie Jo – P.N. de Teide/Islas Canarias

10. Jorge – Volcán Arenal/Costa Rica

11. Colleen – P.N. Jaragua/Rep. Dom.

12. Ian – Monte Cristo/El Salvador

13. Samantha – Bacanao/Cuba

14. Kat – Amistad/Panamá

15. Joseph – Parque Imposible/El Salvador

16. Kaitlyn – El Yunque/Puerto Rico

17. Breena – Parque Cusuco/Honduras

18. Jonathan – Machu Picchu/El Perú

19. Jessica – La Tigra/Honduras

20. Stephanie – Biosfera del Río Plátano/Honduras

21. Erik – Santa Rosa/Costa Rica

22. Michelle – El Parque Arrayanes/La Argentina

23. Sarah – Timanfaya/Islas Canarias

24. Calin – Lisla de Pascua/Chile

25. Carrie – Cahuita/Costa Rica

26. Camille – La Sierra Nevada/España

27. Jack – P.N. El Palmar/Uruguay con Brasil

28. Caylee – Chirripó/Costa Rica

29. Aleah – P.N. Cabañeros/España

30. Eldón – Lago Titicaca/Bolivia

31. Zoe – P.N. Alej. de Humbolt/Cuba

32. Amelia – Cota Doñana/España

33. Alyssa – La Ceiba + Pico Bonito/ Honduras

34. No exposición

35. John G. – Las Cascadas de Iguasú/La Argentina con Brasil

36. Lauren – Canaima/Venezuela

37. Alex – Picos de Europa/España

38. Adria – Lago Atitlán/Guatemala

39. Ross – P.N. del Lacandón/Guatemala

Español III el 19 de abril de 2012

Oraciones - Ser versus Estar en el pasado.

Mas Ser/Estar:
A. Hoja de "reglas y prácticas"
B. Terminamos el paquete de Ser, Estar, Tener or Hacer = To Be.

NOTE: We pushed "WAVA 12, Capítulo 2" to tomorrow since there was confusion about which chapter packet it was in.

Pretérito o el imperfecto:
A. Canciones infantiles: Un elefante & La araña pequeña
B. Continuamos con las correcciones de La guerra de los planetas.

Reminded students of tomorrow's test over the Parques nacionales - project presentations.
See other post of the list of students my number and their park. Be sure you know in WHAT country each park is located as well as the other information presented.

Español II el 19 de abril de 2012

Video Historia: pages 104-105. Watched the DVD, then read aloud with a partner. Last, wrote up Actividad 3 - comprehension questions.

Qué falta? We played a game practicing vocabulary using picture flashcards.

Introduced "Demonstrative Adjectives" - we watched the Gram Activa, and read page 114 in text. Next we got a blue sheet explaining them with flashcards attached. We also got a blue packet "Demonstrative Adjectives" and we worked through the first page and the top of the second.

El pretérito: We corrected our verb grids, did oral drill practices and took the "Time Expressions for the Preterite" quiz.

Tarea:
1. Finish the 2B flashcards (3s 25-44)
2. Yellow handout: El pretérito #1

Español II el 18 de abril de 2012

Leccion 2B: A la primera vista = pp. 102 - 103. Reading/Listening/Pronunciation of new vocabulary & Comprehension Activities 1 & 2.

NUEVO! Vocabulary 2B list: We wrote in the numbers while doing more pronunciation practice and taking notes on special usage.

EL PRETERITO - a past tense!

• Read page 110, & Watched the Gram Activa
• Got a NEW WHITE HANDOUT - EL PRETERITO,
  
• We went over WHAT it is, HOW to FORM it,
  
• SPECIAL SPELLING CHANGERS for YO verbs ending in -CAR, -GAR, -ZAR
  
• SPECIAL TIME EXPRESSIONS that go with THE PRETERITO.
• VERB GRID - we filled in the TIME EXPRESSIONS @ the bottom of the page AND several of the verbs.
• Practiced Asking tú questions & answering in yo

Repaso de la tarea: We corrected last night's handout over pages 98-99.

Second Block also got their FORECASTING information.

Tarea:

1. Learn the time expressions for the preterite for a quiz tomorrow: Know - Yesterday, Yesterday morning, Yesterday afternoon, Last night, Last week, Last summer, Last spring, Last year, Two weeks ago, Two months ago, Two hours ago, For two weeks, For one week, For a month, For two years, etc.

2. Make Flash Cards for vocabulary items # 1-24.

3. Complete the REGULAR PRETERITE VERB GRID begun in class today - Please do IN PENCIL, so you can easily correct it, if needed.

Español III el 18 de abril de 2012

1. Precaliento: Oraciones/ práctica con el vocabulario

2. Actividades 28 & 29, página 86 = El vocabulario en contexto

3. Oral de parejas: 2-3 = Más práctica con el vocabulario

4. SER versus ESTAR: Continuamos en el PAQUETE + Actividad 33, página 82

5. Repaso de la tarea: Batalla de los Planetas (#1-29) = Pretérito -o- Imperfecto

Tarea:
1. WAVA packet (Capítulo 2), Act. 12 = Preterito - o - Imperfecto: Meaning changers
2. Finish: Batalla de los Planetas (#30-57)

Español II el 17 de abril de 2012

Los números!
1. Mini "quiz" over the words for numbers 0-100
2. Page 99 - reviewed the "box"
3. Wrote out Act. 2 & 3
4. "Timed" pronunciation games (handout "los números altos)

Repaso:
1. Went over Tarea: WB 38-39
2. Vocabulary 2A Test Corrections

JUEGO!
Played "Como apuntan los tantos" - kind of like "Farkle" - but practicing our numbers in Spanish.

Tarea:
Handout: 2B - A ver si recuerdas, pp. 98-99

Español III el 17 de abril de 2012

1. Oraciones - vocabulary in context.

2. Reading/listening/Writing: Text pages 84-85, Activities 25 & 26.

3. Repaso - Tarea: WB28 & 29 (vocabulario)

4. "Meaning Changers in the Preterite":
1. Organized our carpetas del pasado, moving the preterite & imperfecto handouts out of our notebooks and into our folders.
2. Textbook page 90 - went over the verbs highlighted in the box and compared with those in our "luz amarilla" on our carpeta. ADDED "Haber".
3. Wrote out Actividad 36

5. Ser Versus Estar - Text page 88 + Actividad 32.

6. Returned parrafos: We reviewed common errors.

Tarea:
Handout: La guerra de los planetas - Preterite or Imperfect? We started together in class; finish through # 29.

Español II el 16 de marzo de 2012

El primer día del último cuarto!

1. New seating chart - if you were absent, see "Maestra" to find your new "home".

2. Reviewed Class Procedures/Expectations/Grading - "Pruebita".

3. New PERMISOS DEL PASILLO - if absent, Maestra has a set for you.

4. A ver si recuerdas - 2B: Ir de compras, pg. 98:
Let's see what you remember about going shopping - Green Handout/reviewing vocabulary about (1) Types of Stores (2) Shopping Actions (3) What to buy (4) Colors and other (5) Descriptions

We practiced the vocabulary, I shared cute little books about the colors and then we did both parts of Actividad 1, pg. 98 (writing and talking).

5. Página 99 = Los números altos (Big numbers) + HANDOUT (Los números). We reviewed the uses on page 99 in the box and compared them to the ones on the PINK HANDOUT. We talked a little about bargaining in an open-air market (Un mercado del aire libre).

6. We went over the 2A test - we'll do the Spelling/Vocabulary test tomorrow.

Tarea:
1. Work book pp. 38 & 39 (re: text pages 98 & 99)
2. NEW White vocabulary sheet: fill-in the Spanish for the English.
3. Make FLASH CARDS for the NUMBERS & THEIR SPANISH WORDS on page 99.

Español III el 16 de marzo de 2012

El primer día del último cuarto!

1. New seating chart - if you were absent, see "Maestra" to find your new "home".

2. Reviewed Class Procedures/Expectations/Grading - "Pruebita".

3. New PERMISOS DEL PASILLO - if absent, Maestra has a set for you.

4. Repaso - Handout - "Prueba - A ver si recuerdas" 2B (re: pages 64-65) - Fine & Performing Arts.

5. Using the 2B Vocabulary for Reading, Listening & Comprehension Activities: pp. 82-83 + Actividades 23 y 24.

6. Review of SER & ESTAR ( see page 88). Students first brainstormed with a partner over the forms and uses. Then I started showing a Power Point, and students took notes.
NEW PACKET: Ser, Estar, Tener and Haber = To Be. We highlighted the study points over Ser & Estar, and did the first practice.

7. Reviewed the corrections on the 2A test.

Tarea:
Workbook pages 28 & 29 = practicing the vocabulary from 2B - see page 104.

Español III el 12 de abril de 2012

1. Students received a letter from Señor Croft and I inviting them to sign-up for Español IV.

2. I continued with the Conferencia sobre un/a artista" - finishing up my presentation of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.

3. I showed my slides of La casa azul - Frida & Diego's house in Coyoacón, Mexico, D.F.

4. I shared my painter brother's website "A Mathematician's Art"

5. Student's earned their 30 minutes of Juegos en español, so since it was the end of the quarter, I added in Limonada y Palomitas de maíz and for 45 minutes the students either played games in Spanish, Watched "Los Increíbles - in Spanish with Spanish subtitles, or read the magazines of books in Spanish that are in the classroom.

NO HAY TAREA - Gracias por un cuarto muy bueno, estudiantes!

Español II el 12 de abril de 2012

1. I used two "Tell me a story" - Books without words- to talk in Spanish about a little girl getting up and ready for her day, and then coming home at night, having dinner and getting ready for bed.

2. Students drew panels to tell illustrate a similar story they told to their partners.

3. El escaleto - students labeled the parts of the body and then practiced the 5 senses, too.

4. Groups of 4 worked together to label one of their group as their "modelo" and then we took their picture.

5. We made Limonada y Palomitas de maíz and watched more of Los Increíbles.

NO HAY TAREA! Gracias por un cuarto muy bueno, estudiantes!

Español II el 11 de abril de 2012

Partner reviews: Crossword, sentences and battleship

Took the 2A Vocabulary Spelling Test and the Lesson 2A Test.

Many students turned-in their extra credit hall passes today and may also do so tomorrow.

Continued watching, Los Incredíbles.

No hay tarea - No homework tonight!

Español III el 11 de abril de 2012

1. Took Lesson 2A Test

2. Read and wrote answers to the questions for Actividades 12 & 22, pp. 75 & 81 (Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo).

3. Conferencia #6: Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo

4. Proyecto: Ross

5. Most students turned-in their extra credit hall passes today; I'll accept them tomorrow as well.

Tarea: Están libres!

Español III el 10 de abril de 2012

Precaliento: Página 77, Act. 17: Read about the life of artist Remedios Varo, filling in the details of her life using the preterite or the imperfect of the given verbs.

El participio pasado - Using past participles as adjectives using the on-line practice that I have hot linked here.

Conferencia sobre Salvador Dalí y su obra maestra: La persistencia de memoria (this is the "melting clocks" painting many know).

Página 74, Act. 11: Read about Joan Miró y Salvador Dalí and then wrote out answers to the comprehension questions.

Los proyectos: Adria and Ross presented today.

Tarea:
STUDY for the 2A Test tomorrow:
(1) Vocabulario - page 104, pertaining to the visual arts
(2) Preterite versus the Imperfecto - when to use which? See page 76, Your "Carpeta del pasado" + our Packet: The Preterite and Imperfect Tenses Compared
(3) Estar + participio: See page 79-80, and the hot-link above

Español II el 10 de abril de 2012

Día de repaso - preparations for tomorrow's lesson and spelling tests.

1. Prueba de práctica - el vocabulario

2. Oraciones revueltas - scrambles sentences.

3. Prueba de práctica - los verbos reflexivos

4. Repaso de los exámenes 1B

5. Repaso - la tarea: Ser versus Estar

Hora 2nda: Watched a little more of Los increíbles

Tarea:
STUDY for 2A TEST! Follow these hot links and use your other resources:
Vocabulary - page 96: La ropa, el cuerpo humano, la rutina diaria
Reflexive Verbs: Meanings and how to use. See page 80 & your verb grid
Ser versus Estar: See page 86 + 2 packets
"Long/Stressed Possessives": See page 88 + Blue packet

Español III el 09 de abril de 2012

En el texto:
Página 71: Reading & Listening Comprehension: Artistas latinoamericanos del siglo XX + active listening activity.

Página 73, Actividad 8: Lectura y escritura - La inspiración de un joven artista: Entrevista con Alfonso Fernández + preguntas de comprensión.

Conferencia: Pablo Picasso - conferencia #4: La vida y la obra - enfoque en Guernica.

Repaso - La carpeta del pasado (tarea)

Proyectos: Eldón, Fotini, Lauren, Alex

Tarea:
1. Prepare Communicative Activity 2-1 by writing a total of 10 questions: 5 for side A & 5 for side B.
2. Using the readings in Communicative Activity 2-2, write out the answers to the 10 questions based on the readings both sides of the handout. Example - questions for side A refer to the reading on side B; the questions for side B refer to the reading on side A.

Español II el 09 de abril de 2012

1. Encuesta (Survey):
A. Students wrote answers to "daily routine" questions
B. Students asked/answered each others' questions
C. Student began writing up what they found out about each other - to finish as homework.

2. Repaso de las tareas (Homework Review/Corrections):
1. Workbook 30-31
2. Workbook 32-33
3. Uses of Reflexive Yellow Two-sided Handout (beginning with Infinitive Construction)
Referred to our YELLOW reference handout - Reflexive Verbs

3. ACTORES - in groups of 4 students took turns reading out different "getting ready" scenarios while the other students acted them out.

NOTA: Hora 2nda - Reviewed Examen 1B

4. Los Increíbles - Continued with a little more.

Tarea:
1. Complete all sections of the "Encuesta" begun in class today. (See item #1 above)
2. SER & ESTAR Packet (#2/Drawings) - Complete the two pages of fill-ins (inside packet)
3. OPCIONAL - Clip Art Flash Cards: write the Spanish

Español II el 06 de abril de 2012

1. WAVA Active Listening Comprehension Activities:
Act. 7 = Daily Routine of a young model compared to that of her photographer.
Afterwards, the students used this as a guide to ask/answer questions with a partner about their daily routines.

Act. 8 = Ser versus Estar: How do parents describe what their child is like (ser) compared to how the teacher reported the student was feeling today in class (estar).

Act. 9 = "Long-form" of possessives: Dad was trying to figure out whose items were left around the house (mío, tuyo, suyo).

Repaso - Tarea: Two-sided handout "Tarea #1 de verbos reflexivos". We went over the corrections together.

Hora 1era: 30 minutes of JUEGOS en español - They filled their botella! We also started "Los increíbles" - the Incredibles, en español.
Hora 2nda - watched about 10 minutes of Los increíbles

Tarea:
1. Yellow tw0-sided handout = Reflexive verbs
2. Workbook pp. 32-33

Español III el 06 de abril de 2012

1. Conferencia del arte #3 - Goya

2. Estar + participio pasado = Page 79 in text, notes and in-class practice and Workbook page 27 (with preterite & imperfect)

3. Proyectos: Alyssa and Johnny G. presented today

4. Carpeta del pasado - Started putting together the preterite & imperfect sentences written as homework, as well as the "reglas" onto the folders themselves.

Tarea:
1. Workbook page 26 (Estar + past participle adjectives)
2. Finish your Carpeta del pasado - adding colors:
El verde = El imperfecto; El rojo - el pretérito; El amarillo = los cambios de sentido en el pretérito