Español II el 31 de mayo de 2012

1. Introduced Capítulo 4B - Vocabulario en contexto: pp. 212-213 + Actividades 1 & 2:  Polite manners in greeting, saying good bye and for being nice with others.

2. Fondo Cultural - pg. 216: El país vaso - Euskadi.

3. Video Historia: pp. 214-215: Read, listened and watched the DVD.

4. Repaso - tareas: WB77 & 78, Lista del vocabulario, Irregular Preterite packet pp. 50-53.

5. Continued on with our review of the TWO PAST TENSES - Notes on our reference handouts.
and started EJERCICIO D - in the Irregular Preterite Packet.

Tarea:
1. Write out answers to Act. 3, pg. 215
2. WB 82-83
3. Finish Ejercicio D - Irregular Preterite Packet.

Español III el 31 de mayo de 2012

1. 4A - A ver si recuerdas - We finished up this mini-review lesson(pp. 154-157):

•  Gold Activity Sheet (tarea)
• Act. 4 & 5
• NEW handout: Los verbos reflexivos - 4 Uses of Reflexive Verbs: reciprocal actions
• Act. 6

2. Intro - Capítulo 4A

• Escuchar y Leer - pp. 160-161
• Prácticas - el vocabulario nuevo (4A)
• Actividades de comprensión 

3. Repaso:

• WB 49-50
• Prueba 3B #1

TAREA:
1. Read the "TEST" on page 162 = Write out the Chart and a summary of your results
2. WB pages 51 & 52
3. 4A Flashcards

Español II el 30 de mayo de 2012

As I was out for Jury Duty you had my former student, Srta. Beko as a sub. (:>)

1. Crossword 4A
2. WAVA Listening exercises 7 & 8.
3. 4A Quizzes: (1) Vocabulary Reading Comprehension/Recognition (2) 4A Quiz
4. Irregular Preterite (Pink) Packet - Worked through PRACTICES A, B & C (pp. 50-53-top)
5. Showed some more of Enredados.
Tarea:
1. Irregular Preterite Packet - Completed THROUGH EXERCISE A (bottom of page 53)
2. WB 77 & 78
3. Green Unit 4 Vocabulary Packet: Fill-in 4B words - consult page 234.

Español III el 30 de mayo de 2012

I was out on Jury Duty so Srta. Beko was your sub.
1. Text Reading: pg. 133 - El español y el trabajo
2. Actividades 38 & 39: Stem-changers in the subjunctive.
3. Homework corrections - En la consulta, Complete #2
4. TEST: Unit 3/3B#2
5. Text pp. 154-155, Act. 2 & 3 + Gold Activity Handout (for pp. 156-157 vocab., too.)
Tarea:
1. Gold Handout
2. Fill-in Vocabulary on 4A vocabulary sheet (white)
3. Workbook pages 49-50

Español II el 29 de mayo de 2012

1. Los proyectos 4A: De niño

•  Partners read their childhood descriptions to each other
• Peer assessed - Partners scored each others' writing based on the scoring guide
• groups of 4 - each presented to the others and then picked someone to present to the class
• Whole class presentations

2. WAVA - 4A Listening Comprehension Activities 5 & 6.

3. Review of the 3A Tests - All make-ups NOT yet done, I just didn't want to keep the students waiting any longer.

4. Homework Review

Tarea:
1. Imperfecto Packet - Exercise D - YES!  All of it (:>) = GREAT practice for tomorrow TEST!
2. TEST 4A tomorrow:  (A) Vocabulary Recognition/Reading comprehension (B) Vocabulary Spelling and (C) Conjugations in the IMPERFECTO.
3. BRING your IRREGULAR PRETERITE PACKET and your BLUE 4A & 4B VOCABULARY LIST.

Español III el 30 de mayo de 2012

1. Warm-up sentences - El subjuntivo, el indicativo, o el infinitivo? - This is a GREAT practice for tomorrow's test.
2. ORALES - we finished our Health Article orals in small groups in class.  We'll practice more recording later on with Situation Cards.
3. Repaso - 3A test: We finally got all of the make-ups done!
4. Paquete: En la consulta del médico.  We went over the specialized vocabulary on the first page and then did Complete #1.
Tarea:
1. En la consulta packet - Complete #2
2. STUDY!  Listening & Reading Comprehension for ALL of Unit 3 + Verb Test: Write in the form of the verb needed: Subjunctive, Indicative ("Normal") or Infinitive (-ar, -er, -ir ending)

Español II el 25 de mayo de 2012

Día de comida y película!

Thanks for all of your great contributions to our fun food day!

Have a good time this weekend, and think about those who sacrificed much during their lives to give us the life we enjoy.  Happy Memorial Day Weekend.

Tarea:
4A Project - See yesterday's post for the criteria.

Español III el 25 de mayo

Día de comida y película -

We'll resume our Health Article Orals on Tuesday.

Que pasen un día de Recordar a los Antepasados muy bien en compañía de los tuyos.

Español II 4A Project

4A Project                                                            Nombre:

Criteria:                                                               Fecha:

1. At least 2 sentences/different verbs in the imperfect for EACH of the 5 categories.Minimum of 10 different imperfect verbs.

·         What were you like as a child?

·         What toys you used to play with/games you used to play.

·         What you most liked to do as a child.

·         What you had to do. (Tener + que + infinitive)

·         What you weren’t allowed to do.

2.       At least one visual for each of the 5 general categories.

3.       No writing on the visual – Visual NO LARGER THAN a regular sheet of paper (8 ½ X 11).

4.       Please write your sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

Scoring Guide:	Score 1 (19  o menos pts)	Score 3 (21-23 puntos)	Score 5  (27- 30 puntos)
How much information you communicate	You provide only 1 piece of information in each category.	You provide 2 pieces of information in each category.	You provide 3, or more, pieces of information in each category.
How easily you are understood	You are difficult to understand and have many grammatical errors.	You are fairly easy to understand and have occasional grammatical errors.	You are easy to understand and have very few, if any, grammatical errors.
Quality of your visuals	Your visual is limited in the information represented and/or may not demonstrate pride in product.	You provide at least one visual support for each category and it matches your content.	You provide several visuals to support all the information in your content.

Español II el 24 de mayo

1. Homework review: Practices C & D in the Imperfecto Packet & Workbook pages 75 & 76.

2. Quiz: Time expressions for the Imperfecto & Conjugations for the Imperfecto.  We took, and then corrected this in class.

3. El objeto indirecto y los pronombres del objeto indirecto:  NEW 2-Sided Handout - Lots of explanations and practice.  Re: page 199 in the text.

4. 4A project - handout and scoring guide: Tell me about yourself as a child. - See separate post for the criteria. DUE on TUESDAY, May 29th.

5. Confirmed our plans for el día de la comida

Tarea:
1. Paquete - El imperfecto: Ex. A & B.
2. Start working on your 4A project  - DON'T leave it until Monday night!
3. Thanks for bringing your contribution to our FOOD DAY tomorrow.

Español III el 24 de mayo de 2012

1. Confirmed who is bringing what for tomorrow's - Día de comida.

2. Organized our Health Article Packets - See yesterday's post - tarea.

3. Reviewed yesterday's partner activities, and then turned them in.

4. Took the 3B quiz: Subjunctive conjugations & Vocabulary Recognition/Reading Comprehension.

5. Started our recorded group discussions re: Health Articles.

Tarea:
Thanks for bring the food for tomorrow!

Español II el 23 de mayo de 2012

1. Introduced / Reviewed - Indirect Object Pronouns.  I gave examples with the verb GUSTAR, partners read the "Grammar" box in the text - see page 199, and we watched the Gram Activa with the QUIZ.  Then we did the Actividad 22, pg. 199.

2. Actividad 6, pg. 190 = Dictado.  We listened as a boy described the pet dog he had as a child.  Students wrote down the sentences he said and then we compared those with the script.  (El imperfecto y el vocabulario en contexto)

3. Pruebita - Recognition quiz of the TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE IMPERFECTO.  Took the quiz, and then corrected it in class.

4. LOTERIA - We practiced the forms of the IMPERFECTO playing this bingo-like game.

5. PLANES - We organized who will bring what for our food day on Friday.

Tarea:
1. WB76
2. Imperfect Packet - Practices C & D
3. STUDY!  Two quizzes tomorrow - (A) Conjugations for the IMPERFECTO and (B) Spelling Test for the TIME EXPRESSIONS for the IMPERFECTO.

Español III el 23 de mayo de 2012

1. Oraciones - practicando el SUBJUNTIVO
2. Power Point - Repaso del subjuntivo - the Study Points with Examples from pages 132, 135 & 137 in the text book.
3. Cuadrícula del subjuntivo - Corrections of the verb grid using the verbs from the text pages in #2 above.
4. Trabajo con pareja: What wasn't completed in class = más tarea
  (A) Actividades 33 & 34 (Regular & Irregular subjunctive) = pp. 134 & 135.
        We reviewed Act. 33 in class.
  (B) Oral de pareja 3-4: What do others want/ask/expect from you?  Partners react.
  (C) Lectura - La gripe
5. Reviewed requirements for tomorrow's final copy of the Proyecto del artículo de la salud.
6. Started signing up for food contributions for Friday's Food Day.

Tarea:
1. Final copy of Health Article Project.  Be ready to turn in your
(A) Cover Assignment Sheet (B) Typed Resumen of your article, Your Discussion Questions and your Notes/Comments to lead the discussion:Typed work is at 12 point font & double spaced (C) The original article (D) Your rough drafts.
2.Your completed Partner Work from today - see above.

Español II el 22 de mayo de 2012

1. We organized new partners - see me if you were absent because we made an appointment sheet for you!

2. La maestra como una joven - Shared photos and stories, in Spanish, about when I was a teenager through young adult. For each photo the students charted how old I was, where I was living, what I was like and what I liked to do.  Listening comprehension for the IMPERFECTO.

3. Práctica con el Imperfecto:
  A. Time expressions - White handout - EL IMPERFECTO
  B. Imperfecto Verb Grid + Partner questions/answer drills
  C. Packet - Worked through Practice B.

4. Repaso - Workbook pp. 73 & 74 (vocabulario)

5. I shared my plans for our Food Day on Friday.

Tarea:
1. Lotería - el imperfecto
2. WB75
3. STUDY - Recognition QUIZ tomorrow: Time Expressions for the IMPERFECTO.  See your White Handout - EL IMPERFECTO.

Español III el 22 de mayo de 2012

1. WAVA 5 - comprensión auditoria
2. Oral de pareja 3-3
3. Practica de escribir - el subjuntivo: Handout = En la consulta
4. Repaso de las tareas: WB45 (el subjuntivo), WAVA 11 (el subjuntivo)
5. Cuadrícula de verbos - el subjuntivo = We started making our own,dividing into sections to match the pages in the book and using those same verbs.  See pages: 132 = regulars; 135 = irregulars; 137 = stem-changers (-ar/-er and then a separate section for -ir stem-changers)
6. Talked about expectations for the Proyecto del artículo de la salud. Rough draft in writing; final TYPED in 12 point font.  See note below re: translating.
7. Previewed my plans for our "Día de comida" - el viernes.
Tarea:
Rough draft in SPANISH of all your writing for the Health Article Project:
Summary, Questions & Answers and your Discussion Notes.
WARNED against writing in English and then translating via computer of fluent friend.  BE SURE YOUR WORK REPRESENTS YOUR OWN USE OF SPANISH to receive credit.

Español II el 21 de mayo de 2012

1. Actividad 3 - page 189: comprehension questions from READING on page 188-189.

2. Introduced the "other past tense", El IMPERFECTO.  
See pages 194 & 196 + WHITE HANDOUT and GREEN PACKET. 
We watched the GRAM  ACTIVA and did the QUIZ.  Wrote down the meanings for the TIME EXPRESSION - IMPERFECTO INDICATORS on the WHITE HANDOUT. 
Worked in the packet - taking notes on the STUDY POINTS = NUMBERED ITEMS and COMPLETED PRACTICE A.

3. Repaso - IRREGULARES del PRETERITO: Returned to the WHITE VERB GRID we started in 3A and filled-in the rest of the GROUPED IRREGULARS.  NEW PINK PACKET - IRREGULAR PRETERITES. We took notes and worked through the STUDY POINTS.

4. I collected the SIGNED PROGRESS REPORTS and GOALS, checked off WB 73 for those who did it.  I left it off of Friday's blog, so we'll roll it over to tomorrow. 
Students practiced the preterite playing, 2 Verdades y 1 mentira re: una fiesta que asisitieron.

ANUNCIOS:
1. Time Expressions for the IMPERFECTO: Recognition Quiz on Wednesday; Spelling Test on Thursday.
2. Imperfecto - CONJUGATION QUIZ = Thursday

Tarea:
1. Finish your Verb Grids: (1) Imperfectos (2) Irregulares del Pretérito
2. WB 73 & 74 (Vocabulario 4A)

Español III el 21 de mayo de 2012

1. Shared and ad in Spanish for a "Magical Weight Loss & Exercise Belt" = just have to put it on and push the button!  The belt does all the work! Cómpraselo hoy!

2. WAVA 4 - Listening comprehension: Making health recommendations.

3. Page 131: Activties 28 & 29 + Fondo cultural: P.E. en España.  We did a VENN diagram comparing PE @ THS with España.

4. Repaso - Tareas: Students turned in Signed Progress Reports + Goals.  Then we went over WB44 & WAVA 10.

5. EL SUBJUNTIVO:
   A. We reviewed the notes from the WHITE PACKET from Friday
   B. Finished the conjugation exercise - just doing the YO forms.
   C. PINK HANDOUT: Filling in WHEN TO USE the SUBJUNCTIVE and then
        wrote and shared 10 SAMPLE SENTENCES using it.

ANUNCIO: Subjunctive Conjugation Quiz - This Thursday - May 24th.

6. Introduced El proyecto del artículo -
El procedimiento del proyecto:
1. Para martes:
     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.
Possible sites include:
http://www.clubten.com.mx
http://www.laantidroga.com
http://www.latinsalud.com
2. Para miércoles (rough)/ Para jueves (typed final): 
Read the article and then write a 1/2 page (worth) summary of the article in Spanish.
3. Para jueves:
Practice and then be ready to present your article to a small group.
4. Para jueves:
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. Find, print out and BRING your HEALTH ARTICLE IN SPANISH.
2. WAVA 11 = using the subjunctive.
3. WB 45 = using the subjunctive.

Español II el 18 de mayo de 2012

Started our new lesson - 4A: Remembering our childhood.
1. A la primera vista - pp. 186-187: Listening, reading,  repeating and demonstrating comprehension of the new vocabulary (Act. 1 & 3).

2. Homework corrections - WB71 & 72 = re: text pages 182 & 813 = Celebrations, Family members, Sthe special endings - ito & -ísimo

3. Watched the Video Historia, pp. 188-189, and then read it aloud with a partner.  Period 2 wrote out Act. 3

4. We talked a little more about mascotas- using the new bulletin board of pet pictures.

5. Cultural Presentation: Students Sydney and Michelle came to period 1 to talk about their experiences as exchange students in Costa Rica last summer.  They couldn't come to period 2, so they watched more of the trip to Barcelona DVD.

Tarea:
1. Progress Reports = Write a SMART goal and then have your parent sign.  Specific Measureable Achievable Realistic for you and Time-bound (time limit).
2. 2 Verdades y 1 Mentira = We'll play "Two Truths and a Lie" using your sentences written in the PRETERITE about a party you went to.
3. Finish your Flash Cards for 4A = Remember to add #38 = Las mascotas/the pets

Español III el 18 de mayo de 2012

1. Page 129, Activity 25 - Read the article about International Youth Health Day and then wrote answers to the comprehension questions.  Next we discussed it all together.

2. Act. 27, pg. 130 - Partner speaking practice using our exercise vocabulary and using commands.

3. WAVA - Listening - Activity 3.

4. Homework Review: Workbook page 43 & Activity 26, pg. 129.  Then we added WB42 - more vocabulary practice.

5. Quick review of the subjunctive = wrote in the text reference pages on to the related information in our packets.  Page 132 = Regular forms; Pg. 135 = Irregulars; Pg. 137 = Stem-changers.  Remember NOSOSTROS/AS & VOSOTROS/AS have the "double change" for -IR Verbs.

6. Cultural presentation = Sydney and Michelle shared about their experiences as exchange student in Costa Rica last summer.

Tarea:
1. Progress Reports = Write a SMART goal and then have your parent sign.  Specific Measureable Achievable Realistic for you and Time-bound (time limit).
2. WAVA 10 = Written exercise; vocabulary practice.
3. Workbook 44 - Commands and Subjunctive.

Español II el 17 de mayo de 2012

1. Demonstrated table setting & manners, using the vocabulary from page 182.

2. Talked about extended family titles - using a poster from Mexico, and then practiced the family titles - pg. 182.

3. Corrected the tarea - yellow handout, practicing the diminutives and absolute superlatives - page 183.

4. Talked about pets: Mascotas

5. Reviewed the new 4A vocabulary.

6. Watched a little more about Barcelona.

Tarea:
1. Workbook pages 71 & 72
2. Finish your 4A flash cards.

Español III el 17 de mayo de 2012

1. Added in some extra vocabulary items - get notes.

2. Pp. 126-127: Reading, listening, pronouncing vocabulary and active comprehension activities 21, 22 & 23 - we tried to guess our partner's favorites after we wrote down our own.

3. Introduced the SUBJUNCTIVE - see pages 132, 135 & 137.  I gave examples and a NEW PACKET.

4. Pg. 128 = Partners read the cartoon aloud, noticing the use of the subjunctive for giving advice, + Act. 24 = Buen consejo o mal consejo?

5. We watched some more of Barcelona.

Tarea:
1. Workbook page 43
2. Activity 26, pg. 127

Español II el 16 de mayo de 2012

1. Oral - we completed the partner oral exam and turned in our scoring sheets.  EVERYONE did so well!

2. Took the 3A Exam

3. Started the 4A - A ver si recuerdas (Spanish I review mini-lesson). Practiced the vocabulary on page 182 and the diminutives on page 183. 

4. We started watching the Rick Steves' show on Barcelona.

Tarea:
4A - A ver si recuerdas repaso - Yellow 2-sided handout re: pages 182 & 183.

Español III el 16 de mayo de 2012

1. Turned-in your "Comiquitas" = 4 panel comic strip using Commands with Informal; I checked

2. Finished, and then reviewed, the JUEGO de ORACIONES - 3A vocabulary & grammar review.

3.  Went over the tareas: Los Alimentos y Las frutas.


4. Took EXAMEN 3A: Vocabulary & Commands.

5. Juego con frutas: Two-sided handout practicing fruits and prepositions of place.

6. Started Rick Steves' visit to Barcelona.

Tarea:
1. 3B Vocabulario: Fill-in the Spanish on the list
2. Make FLASHCARDS of the 3B Vocabulary.

Español II - Test 3A Study Guide

El examen 3A: Guía de estudios

Primera parte = 35 points:

Respuestas T/F (lógico o ilógico) M/C 

El vocabulario (pg. 152)   

La gramática: 

1.      Irregular preterites

a. pg. 140 = Ser/IR;

b. pg. 142 = Estar, Tener, Poder, Hacer

c. Lotería = Irregular Preterites

2.      Direct Object Pronouns

a. pg. 138
b. Paquete azul

·         Escritura(10 puntos):

5 respuestas de 1 a 2 oraciones cada una.

Note: a couple of the questions ask that you convert the DIRECT OBJECT from the question to a DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN in your answer.

Segunda parte: Examen de recognición del vocabulario (34 puntos)

·         Intruso (cuál no es similar a los demás)

·         La mejor palabra para completar la oración.

·         Empareja = Vocablo con sentido

·         Lógico/ilógico

Español II el 15 de mayo de 2012

1. Lectura y discusión - Los mercados al aire libre; see page 148.

2. WAVA Listening Comprehension Activities 8 & 9 - El pretérito y el vocabulario en contexto.

3. Repaso - las tarea: Translation Tarea - 20 practice sentences using the vocabulary and structures from the lesson.

4. Students copied down a study guide for tomorrow's 3A Exam - see separate post.

5. ORAL - El pretérito.  Students took turns asking and answering the questions from lessons 2B (regular preterites) and 3A (some of the irregular preterites).  They did GREAT! and we'll do a couple more rounds tomorrow as a warm-up before the written exam.

Tarea:
ESTUDIA.  Here are some helpful links:
(1) El vocabulario 3A
(2) El pretérito: Conjuguemos.com-Spanish Verbs- Test 11:Irregular Preterites. Why don't you have your Irregular Verb Grid handy while doing this game?
(3) Direct Object Pronouns

Español III el 15 de mayo de 2012

1. Lectura - Un anuncio comercial de la revista Prevención en español (una hoja extra = handout).  Commands and vocabulary in context.

2. Oral de pareja - Communicative Activity 3-2: asking for and giving health advice.

3. Repaso de las tareas: Workbook 41 = Ud/Uds. commands with object pronouns. & WAVA 9 - Recetas para los enfermos.

4. Juego de oraciones - Still working with today's partner, began the sentence game.  Each envelop has 5 sentences to write in Spanish.  We'll need a little time before tomorrow's test to finish up all 25 sentences.

Tarea:
1. ESTUDIA!  Vocabulary 3A "spelling test" tomorrow AND Los mandatos - Affirmative & Negative Informal and Formal Commands.

2. Dos hojas mexicanas: (A) Frutas de una pepita versus Frutas con muchas pepitas.  Fill this out in Spanish listing names of fruit in the appropriate category. - Don't worry about the backside.  (B) Los Alimentos - de dónde proviene cada alimento?  Draw lines connecting the food and its source.  Be able to talk about the foods tomorrow.  Frutas y verduras; Vitaminas y Minerales (BACKSIDE) - fill in the crucigrama with the words at the bottom of the page.  Be sure you know the names of these foods.
3. Comiquita - Four panel comic strip handout: Fill in the speech bubbles (burbujas) including examples of commands with object pronouns.  You may make this one continuous story or four separate ones.

Español II el 14 de mayo de 2012

1. Direct Object Pronoun Practice - Blue handout - 20 sentences.
2. WAVA packet, Listening Activity 7 - Direct Object pronouns AND vocabulary. 
Where did s/he see him?...her?
3. Crossword 3A - corrections from homework & vocabulary practice.
4. Lotería - Irregular Preterites practice.
5. PRACTICA - for tomorrow's EXAM ORAL (question handouts 2B & 3A).

Tarea:
1. PRACTICE - Oral exam tomorrow.
2. 3A Translation Tarea - 20 sentences counted as a DOUBLE assignment.

Español III el 14 de mayo de 2012

1. Oraciones - Los mandatos formales.

2. WAVA - (New packet) Lisening comprehension: Mandatos  Actividades 1 y 2

3. Tarea: repaso y extensión:
(A) Mandatos Formales - packet Ex. A, pg. 31 = Corrections. 
   Then we worked through the rest of the packet, skipping page 32.
(B) Parejas: working in pairs first, then reviewed as a whole class.
   1. Actividad 8 - read aloud to each other
   2. Lectura - page 124, Act. 17: Survey of students' breakfast eating habits
   3. Encuesta - compared our class' eating habits.

(C) Oral = I distributed the green handout, Communicative Activity 3-2, A y B.  We'll do this in class tomorrow.

Tarea:
1. WB 41 - Commands WITH object pronouns.
2. WAVA Written Activity 9

Español II el 11 de mayo de 2012

1. Práctica para el oral - Partner questions / answer practice preparing for TUESDAY's Oral Exam.  Students practiced with the scoring guide & form along with the questions in the PRETERITE from lessons 2B & 3A.

2. Test REVIEWS - all of the make-ups are finally complete from our last lesson test (2B), so I shared their results with the students.


3. Direct Object Pronouns - Corrected Homework -WB55 & Blue Packet (#1) - Summary exercise.


4. Irregular Preterites - Corrected Homework - WB 57 (Estar, Poder & Tener).

5. We made little gift coupon books for our Mom's practicing our household chores vocabulary.

Tarea:
1. Practice your 2B & 3A questions.
2. Crucigrama 3A - White crossword handout

Español III el 11 de mayo de 2012

Precaliento:
1. Actividades 6 & 7 = página 118 / práctica del vocabulario en contexto
2. Ampliación: Word roots = pg. 119

3. Shared pictures and facts from the book, Hungry Planet - How the World Eats (Menzel & D'Aluisio, 10 Speed Press, 2005).  I shared photos of families, from around the Spanish-speaking world, with a typical week's worth of food.  We compared how much it cost, how much of it was whole foods versus process foods.

4. Los mandatos:
A. Workbook/homework corrections: WB39 & 40 - Informal affirmative & negative forms.
B. Práctica: 10 infinitives in affirmative & negative Tú commands; Then converted them to FORMAL = Ud./ Uds. commands.
C. Referred back to yesterday's WHITE packet, Formal Commands.

5. Regalitos para mamá - We made gift coupon books for our mom's.

ANUNCIO: 3A Test on Wednesday, May 16th: Vocabulario 3A (pp. 114, 115, 116) & Mandatos - Informales y Formales.

Tarea:
1. Complete your Encuesta from yesterday, if you haven't yet done so - I stamped for the YO answers today.
2. Formal Commands Packet - page 31 (Practice C).
3. Activity 8, page 119 = Finish writing the paragraph about Rafa working by yourself (not with a partner as the book says) being sure to include the words in the box.

Español II el 10 de mayo de 2012

1. WAVA 3A - New packet - Actividades 5 & 6.
2. Continued with Los Objetos Directos - going over Paquete #1.
3. El pretérito - los irregulares:
(A) Corrections on the grid (re: page 142)
(B) Conjugation game (la pelota de sujetos)
(C) Corrections on last night's homework handout: Práctica con los verbos
(D) Partner questions/answers

ANUNCIOS:  Preterite Oral Test - Tuesday, May 15th; Lesson 3A Test - Wednesday, May 16th.

Tarea:
1. Complete Paquete #1 - Direct Object Pronouns
2. Workbook pages 55 & 57
3. Prepare Lotería - Los Irregulares del Pretérito (3rd person singular = Ella; 3rd person plural = Uds.)

Español III el 10 de mayo de 2012

Feliz día de la madre - en México hoy!

1. Oraciones - el vocabulario y los mandatos informales (Tú).
2. Canción: Me duele la cabeza = Mandatos y el cuerpo
3. Repaso - Los mandatos informales:  Repaso - TAREA: Ex. B & C. and then we FINISHED the INFORMAL COMMANDS packet together.
4. INTRO - LOS MANDATOS FORMALES - Ud/Uds. 
Read text page 123 with a partner and then got a NEW WHITE PACKET.
Went over the study points and did PRACTICE A and a little beyond.

5. REPASO - Workbook pg. 38 - vocabulario.

6. La comida = Shared photos of common fast food & how much sugar is in each.
Started our ENCUESTA (SURVEY).  We'll finish the interviews tomorrow.

Tarea:
1. WB 39 & 40: Affirmative and Negative tú commands (Informal)
2. Write out YOUR answers the questions in today's ENCUESTA.

Español II el 09 de mayo de 2012

Practicas - El vocabulario:
 Picture flashcards for vocabulary 3A - students identified and labeled the pictures.  In Hora 2nda we also played a little of "Qué falta?" - identifying which picture was removed from the set under the document camera.

El pretérito - los irregulares:
1. Practiced Ir & Ser - Workbook page 56 - reviewed this HOMEWORK.
and then practiced CONJUGATING - Ir/Ser using flashcards & the "conjugation ball toss game".
2. Reviewed the other irregulars included in our HOMEWORK FLASHCARDS.
2. Added "Grouped Irregular Endings"


Introduced DIRECT OBJECTS AND THEIR PRONOUNS - See TEXT page 138.
1. I showed/used examples and students observed what they were and how to use their pronouns.
2. Students read the text's explanation to each other.
3. We watched the Gram Activa - "Goofy Grammar" video
4. Started a NEW PACKET (AZUL). = Chapter 24 - Included the concept of the "A personal".

Tarea:
1. Finish your VERB GRID for the IRREGULAR PRETERITES for CAPITULA 3A (Ser, Ir, Tener, Estar, Poder and Hacer).
2. Handout: Práctica con los verbos (verde)

Español III el 09 de mayo de 2012

1. Practicando con el tema:
A. Actividad 5, página 117: Comprensión de lectura y auditoria.
B. Los alimentos y las comidas:
    (1) Oral de pareja - tu rutina ayer - consultando los guías de la maestra
    (2) Preguntas - toda la clase
    (3) Repaso de comidas sanas - utilizando los guías en el tablón de anuncios
3. Repaso: 
(A) La tarea = WB 37 = El vocabulario en contexto
(B) Act. 12 - libro pg. 120 - Mandatos de tú               
4. Más práctica con los mandatos:
(A) Libro de texto pp. 120 & 122
(B) Marc Anthony: Dímelo - Escuchamos a la canción y leemos la letra
(C) El paquete - Informal Commands (rosado) = Worked together through EXERCISE A.

Tarea:
1. Mi rutina - Día #2: Comida, Ejercicio y agua tomada.
2. Workbook page 38
3. El paquete - Informal Commands (rosado) - Exercises (A - in class today), B & C.

Español II el 08 de mayo de 2012

1. Video historia - pp. 132-133: Watched & listened, then read aloud with a partner, then wrote out Act. 3.  We shared our answers aloud with the class.

2. Repaso / Tareas:
(A) Reviewed vocabulary 3A list - questions?
(B) Wb 51 - Read aloud, pointed out clues for the answers.

3. El pretérito - los irregulares:
(A) Page 140 = Ser & Ir.  Practiced forms and wrote out Actividad 15.
(B) Page 142 = Hacer, Tener, Estar,Poder - forms given in box at top of the page.
(C) Compared these verbs to our verb grid, begun yesterday in class.
(D) FLASHCARDS - I demonstrated how to cut out the NEW set of cards for the IRREGULARS -
NOTE: SER/IR & DAR are cut apart in separate cards. The grouped irregulars, -IR Stem-changers and "I-Sandwich" cards are folded.

4. La casa - We continued, and finished, our partner orals and then turned in BOTH our house drawings and our orals handout.

Tarea:
1. Workbook 56 (Ser / Ir)
2. 3A Vocabulary Flashcards #s25-46
3. Cut & Fold the Irregular Preterite Flashcards - AND BRING BACK to class tomorrow WITH your OTHER PRETERITE FLASHCARDS.

Español III el 08 de mayo de 2012

1. Actividad 4, pg. 117 - El intruso: Which word doesn't fit with the rest?  Identify it, and then use it in a sentence.
2. Repaso del vocabulario - Double check your list against the one on page 150 = be sure you have everything!  Additional ones: La síntoma, la medicina, el músculo, el oído, el pulmón, los pulmones, la pulmonía
3. Oral de pareja - El juego del gato: Communication Activity 3-1 = Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe.
4. LOS MANDATOS / Commands: Introduced the concept (See YELLOW packet).  Then we focused on Affirmative Informal Commands - see page 121 AND PINK PACKET.  Actividad 11, pg. 121 and the pink packet.
5. Introduced tracking your daily eating & exercise habits - HANDOUT: Mi rutina diaria.  Use the food reference lists on your vocabulary to help you track IN SPANISH today and tomorrow.
Tarea:
1. Work book page 37
2. Text page 121. Act. 12
3. Mi Rutina Diaria - Día uno - En español: use your handout to track your food, water & exercise for today.

Español II el 07 de mayo de 2012

Introduced our NEW LESSON: Capítulo 3A
1. A la primera vista - pages 130-131: Listened and then repeated the NEW VOCABULARY.
2. Listening Comprehension Activities 1 & 2, pages 130-131.
3. NEW 3A Vocabulary List

El pretérito - reviewed regular and began IRREGULARS:
1.Text page 140 - Ser & Ir in the Preterite
2. Referred to our WHITE - EL PRETERITO packet - all pages: Ser/IR; Dar; Ver; "Grouped Irregulars" - UV/U/I/J; -IR Verb stem-changers; Meaning-changers.
3. New two-sided PINKhandout :
(A) Review of the Present Tense and REGULAR  Preterite.
(B) Fill-in overview of  all irregularities in the preterite.
4. Began a NEW VERB GRID of the IRREGULAR PRETERITES - filling it out for ourselves.
Today we filled-in: Ser/IR; Dar; Ver, and the UV group (tener/andar/estar).  We filled in only the infinitives for the rest of the irregulars.

Prepositions of place - Handout: I taught a rhyme and gestures to help students learn several of these to be able to describe where things are in their houses. 

La casa - We started a survey, just interviewing one partner today about his/her house.  We'll continue tomorrow.  Students turned in their houses and surveys before leaving.

Tarea: 
1. Fill-in the new 3A Vocabulary List.
2. Cards #s 1-24 - new list
3. Work Book page 51 - new vocabulary.
4. Bring back your Preterite Flashcards (little Yellow ones in the Baggie) - We're adding on to them tomorrow!

Español III el 07 de mayo de 2012

We began our new lesson  - 3A: Health - symptoms and remedies; Nutrition & making suggestions to others about healthy living.

1. Pages 114-115: Listening, Reading - Learning the new vocabulary in context.
2. Writing out Actividades 1 & Act. 2 = Active Listening Comprehension.
3. Page 116:  Listening, Reading - More new vocabulary in context.
4. Writing Actividad 3 - Comprehension questions: Partner reading and writing answers.
5. Mexican Teaching Sheet - El cuerpo: Lectura =
(A) Wording with a partner: First reading about the different systems and mechanisms in body
(B) Writing up 5 comprehension questions about the reading.
(C)  One set of partners posed their questions to another pair.

Tarea:
1. New 3A Vocabulary List and Foods Reference List: Fill-in the meanings for the "Cuerpo humano" section and ADD a section for the new vocabulary on page 116 (las palabras en azul).
2. TWO sets of FLASH CARDS:
(A) El cuerpo humano - from your list
(B) All 48 items from pp 114-116.(Note: I added in 'la etiqueta')

Español II el 04 de mayo de 2012

I was at the U of O with students on a field trip. Here's what the students did with wonderful Srta. Foltz:

1.  Students copied the meanings of the house furnishing on 2-sided pictured flashcards, and then practiced pronouncing the words.

2. Students listened to the song, Mi casa, while Srta. Foltz stamped their homework.  Students have the lyrics in their Lotería packet, with some of the words to be filled in.  The homework that was stamped was:

(A) Rough Draft of their Mi casa de sueños ( Etapas 1-3)

(B) Lotería: La Casa y los Muebles.   

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3. Played “Lotería” - La casa y muebles.

4. Went over the answers to Ex. D & E in the packet, The House. 

5. Block 1: Casa - crucigrama; 

Block 2: Presentation – Student Ben Webster/ his experience on the Amigos de las Américas program.

Tarea:

Final copy of Mi casa de sueños project - see Thursday's blog & consult your handout.

Español III el 04 de mayo de 2012

I was at the U of O Foreign Language and International Studies Day - Here is what the students did with our wonderful sub, Srta. Foltz:

1. Conjuguemos Quiz #3 = Warm-up.  More practice with Double Object Pronouns.

2. Homework correction & discussion: 

(A) Conjuguemos Quiz #2 - Double Object Pronouns 

(B) Collected their paragraphs – reaction to the first 24 minutes of a movie about La comida Latinoaméricana. 

3. Showed the remainder of the movie - there are a few minutes left – we’re at 24:00 and there are supposed to be 31.    Afterwards, had a discussion about their impressions and her own experiences in Latin America.

4.  Direct Object Pronoun Drills – Yellow cards – I card per partner.

5. Student Presentation – Ben Webster and Isabel Harger sharing about their experiences with Amigos de las Américas.

Tarea:

Write up = response to the Amigos presentation.