El español II - el 28 de febrero de 2013

1. Introduced the NEW LESSON - 1B: Goals, on page 45, Introduction to Vocabulary - pp. 46 & 47.  Comprehension Activities 1 & 2.  Practiced the vocabulary on page 68.

2. Showed where all the important study pages on in the chapter - as part of reviewing what you'll be able to do by the end of this lesson.  We'll practice each a little everyday.

3. Comparisons - quick review of all three types - see the Recuerdas? box at the top of page 53.
We watched the Gram Activa and did the little quiz.  Got a NEW PACKET - Comparison of Adjectives.  We worked through the FIRST type = Comparisons of Equality.  (Just as tall as; Just as many --- as).  Pages 151-152 in the packet.

4. Introducing South America - we watched some more of this movie.

Tarea:
1. Complete your flashcards for Lesson 1B (re: pg. 68) - #s 25-47
2. Workbook page 18 - Vocabulary practice.
3. STUDY - work on learning your NEW words AND review some "Old" vocabulary.

El español IV - el 28 de febrero de 2013

1. Homework review/corrections and brief study/practice of the verbs - meanings and preterite forms.

2. Preterite Test (50 points)

3. Started reading the Mexican folk tale, Juan Bobo.

Tarea:
Finish Juan Bobo and write out the Comprendió Ud. questions for Parte I and Parte II (Numbers 1-23).

El español II - el 27 de febrero de 2013

1. White 2-sided handout practicing pp. 42 & 43: Free time activities, places to go, the two uses of the verb "Ir" - to go to a place & to be going to do something.

2. Homework corrections: WB16 & 17 and the pink handout from yesterday's class over pp. 42 & 43

3. ENCUESTA - Conversation practice asking/answering classmates about what they do and where they go on Saturday evenings.

4. Started the movie, "Introducing South America" - get the handout of questions.

Tarea:
1. Fill in the WHOLE new vocabulary list for Lesson 1B - see page 63.
2. Make flash cards for items 1-24 on the vocabulary list 1B
3. Block 4 - Complete your write-up of the Encuesta

El español IV - el 27 de febrero de 2013

1. El oral - "On demand" Interactive IB oral - Qué fin de semana: use of the preterite.

2. Repaso - las tareas del pretérito

3. Paquete del PRETERITO - reference guide.

4. Clarified the TEST tomorrow: All forms of the preterite using the verbs from the chapter, your verb grids and basic verbs from previous years of Spanish.

Tarea:
1. STUDY! - Know the MEANINGS of the verbs from the chapter as well as how to form the preterite.
2. Cuadrícula #2 - all irregulars
3. Práctica del vocabulario (hoja rosada)

El español II – el 26 de febrero de 2013

1. Review/Warm-up partner questions – using the verbs and topics from Lesson 1A.

2. Repaso – Tarea: WB 14 & 15.

3. Took Lesson 1A Exam. today (65 points!)

4. Pink handout: practicing the Spanish I topics about free time: WHERE one could GO; and WHAT one is GOING TO there.  See pages 42 & 43 in your textbook.

Tarea:

1. Finish the pink handout from after today’s test.

2. Workbook pages 16 & 17 – MORE practice from pages 42 & 43.

El español IV – el 26 de febrero de 2013

1. Turned-in the El escudo response sheets

2. Don Quixote (Quijote) – Act. 11, pg. 17 en el texto: We did some background discussion about Don Quixote before doing this exercise practicing the preterite.

3. El pretérito indefinido (packet)

(A) We reviewed the “apuntes” – study notes on the first couple of pages, and then reviewed the homework corrections.

(B) Working with an “appointment partner” – students continued working ahead in the packet.

(C) We went over exercise 4 together.

4. Review of the IB Scoring Guides for Written and Oral work.

5. La abeja haragana – El teatro de lectura: I gave a “dramatic” reading of the first half of the story – checking for understanding along the way. We just got started on the second part when class ended.

Tarea:

1. Complete the Preterito Indefinido packet THROUGH Ex. 7

2. Text – pg. 17, Act. 12

3. Prep – as much as you can – for an IB Interactive Oral: Prepped and presented during class tomorrow.  We’ll be focusing the situation on a preterite use of the past.  Know the verbs from the lesson.

El español II – el 25 de febrero de 2013

1. WAVA – Listening comprehension Act. 9 (Pink packet)

2. Pronuncición – p. 29 (texto): B & V

3. Pruebita del vocabulario 1A

4. Repaso – tareas: Handout – Repaso (this is our 2^nd Repaso handout) & WB 13 – practicing Affirmative/Negative Words (see p. 31 in text).

5. Repaso – Para empezar test/quiz #2 – Interrogatives & regular verb conjugation
AND our Stem-changing Verb Quiz.

6.  Barco de guerra – Stem-changing verb conjugation game ala BATTLESHIP

TAREA:

1. WB 14 = Lesson crossword puzzle

2. WB 15  = Organizador – Study Guide.

3. STUDY! Lesson 1A Test Tomorrow – See below

1A Lesson Test Study Guide –

·        Vocabulary = pp. 18-21 & p. 40

·        Para = pg. 24

·        STEM-CHANGING VERBS – pg. 27 & Verb Grid

·        Affirmative/Negative Words – pg. 31

·        Conocer – pg. 32

·        Fondo cultural: pp. 25, 30

El español IV – el 25 de febrero de 2013

1. Una fábula - La abeja haragana, por Horacio Quiroga (un paquete nuevo): We read the first part aloud with a partner and then answered ¿Comprendió Ud.? – questions #1-13 on a separate sheet of paper.

2. Los escudos – Marco, Lupe, Lola, Antonia

3. Repaso – las tareas: Crucigrama 1A; WB27-28 (el pretérito – la vida de Jules Verne)

4. El pretérito: Paquete nuevo – Pretérito indefinido

Tarea:

1. Termina la abeja haragana – La lectura de la segunda parte y las preguntas #14-22 (en otra hoja de papel).

2. New PINK Preterite packet – Ex. 1, 2 & 3 (pp.115-116)