El español II - el 22 de marzo de 2013

1. WAVA 2A - Listening Activities 5 & 6

2. Lotería del vocabulario
(A) El cuerpo humano
(B) La ropa

3. PELICULAS - en español, palomitas y limonada
(A) Hora 3ra: Los Increíbles
(B) Hora 4rta: Shrek

NO hay tarea - Have a great spring break!

El español IV - el 22 de marzo de 2013

Charlas: Gustavo, Ashlie, Luis, Dulce.  Students handed in their reactions but we'll have to finish with Eduardo and Sarita - so I'll hand them back to complete them.

Película: We watched the first part of Los Increíbles; en español con subtítulos en español.

No hay tarea - que pasen las vacaciones muy bien divirtiéndose!

el español II - el 21 de marzo de 2013

1.  Vocabulary Picture Cards - More Body & Clothing (3 pages of 12 each)

2. La posesión: Power Point & Packet + Page 88 in text book.  Review of 3 different types of expressing possession and of possessive adjectives and pronouns.

3. Ser & Estar - Act. 19, pg. 86 (We didn't get to it yesterday)

4. Reflexive Verbs/ Daily Routine:
(A) WB 29
(B) Finished the Green Reflexive Pronouns Packet
(C) Conjuguemos.com + mini white boards with partners.

Tarea:
2 Lotería games to prepare with terms filled in BOTH Spanish & English for each

El español IV - el 21 de marzo de 2013

1. Repaso de tareas

2. Prueba/Examen 1B

3. CHARLAS: Teresa, Antonia, Alyssa y Lola

Tarea:
Que duerman mucho esta noche!

El español II - el 20 de marzo de 2013

1. Ser or Estar - see text book page 86:

• Went over forms and uses
• Watched the Gram Active
•  NEW PACKET.  We worked through EXERCISE C (way beyond "Practice C"!).
• Some uses of Tener & Hacer ALSO are used for "to be" in English - we practiced these, too!

2. Reflexive Verbs - see text book page 80 / Mi rutina diaria

• New WAVA Packe: Actividad 4: Mi rutina por la mañana
• Cuadrícula: Block 3 finished their verb grids/Block 4 will as homework
• Added "Divertirse" on LAST ROW of "Lado 1" on our verb grids.
• Repaso la "Tarea de reflexivos #1" = Last night's 2-page verb practice handout
• Block 3 = Played "Barco de Guerra"

Tarea:

1. Workbook 29 - Reflexive verbs: Yo forms and Meanings.
2. Finish the Reflexive Verbs on your grid, if not yet done.
3. Finish ALL of the EXERCISES in the green packet, Reflexive Pronouns 
4. STUDY/PRACTICE Reflexive Verb Conjugations - but I have decided I want us to practice some more before testing them, so I'm postponing tomorrow's quiz.  "De nada"

El español IV - el 20 de marzo de 2013

1. Conversaciones: Preguntas sobre el tema utilizando el vocabulario.  Practicamos los 5 pasos de la conversación y especialmente haciendo preguntas buscando mas información.

2. Juego - Definiciones

3. Prueba - El concepto del Pretérito versus el Imperfecto.  Tomamos la prueba y la corregimos después.

Tarea:
1. Hoja: Tarea de repaso = Lesson 1B test tomorrow:
(A) Vocabulary pg. 25 - M/C - which word best completes the sentence
(B) You write the verb that best finishes the sentence: you'll need to know the "special meanings" for verbs on page 32 as well as the other verbs from the chapter.  You'll also need to know their preterite and imperfect forms and be able to decide which works best for the context of each sentence.
(C) WB38 (based on the reading on 37)

El español II - el 19 de marzo de 2013

1. Video Historia, pp. 76-77:
(A) Watched, read aloud with seat partner.
(B) Wrote out Act. 3 and later reviewed all together.

2. Práctica del vocabulario -
(A) Act. 2, pg. 75 - lógico o ilógico
(B) Tarjetas de repaso

3.  Los verbos reflexivos -
(A) Review packet Ex. A-C + D; VERB GRID - filled in side one
(B) Partner oral/verb conjugation practice.
(C) Whole class conjugation game - ball toss review.

4. Progress Reports -
(A) On the last page, Write 2 SMART goals: Specific -What will you do = observable; Measurable - use data on report, Achievement in Spanish Class; Realistic for you; Time-bound - give yourself a deadline.
(B) Parent signs AFTER you've written your goals.

Tarea:
1. Handout, "Tarea de reflexivos"
2. FINISH Flashcards for 2A List (#25-51)

El español IV - el 19 de marzo de 2013

1. Precaliento: WB 34 (pretérito versus imperfecto)

2. Paquete del pasado -
(A) Lee el pie del la página 33 = Mario hablando sobre Elena
(B) Act. 10 p. 34  Elena hablando sobre Mario = el pretérito o el imperfecto

3. Oral de parejas:
(A) Una conversación recordando la niñez/la infancia 
(B) Conversación a la clase reportando algo sobre la niñez de la pareja

4. Hoja extra: IMPERFECT vs. PRETERIT

5. Charlas - Mi viaje del pasado
Alberto P. y Marco

Tarea:
1. Prueba del concepto - El pretérito versus el imperfecto
2. WB 35 - 37; Actividades 11 & 12
3. 10 definiciones en español - vocabulario p. 25
4. If not yet done, have one of your parents sign your two goals written on the last page of your progress report.

El español II - el 18 de marzo de 2013

1. Hoja extra: 2-sided handout reviewing Spanish 1 concepts of  (A) body & clothing (B) using 2 verbs together.  See pages 70-71

2. Repaso TAREA:  (A) WB27-28  (B) Body and Clothing Packet Ex. A, B & C

3. Introduced NEW LESSON - 2A (Unit 2, Lesson A): Using the new vocabulary in context - Read and listened to the opener on pages 72-73 & did Act. 1.

4. Introduced/reviewed REFLEXIVE VERBS with our DAILY ROUTINE.  We did a few of these with our stem-changers in lesson 1A.  See page 80.  Watched Gram Activa, started a NEW PACKET.

Tarea/Homework:
(1) Finish Ex. A, B & C from the Reflexive Pronouns Packet, if not completed in class today.
(2) Fill-in the ENTIRE Vocabulary List 2A.
(3) Make FLASH CARDS for list items 1-24.

El español IV - el 18 de marzo de 2013

1. Las artes literarias precolombinas - pg. 31: Lectura y conversación.
2. Repaso: MUCHAS TAREAS -
     La entrevista p. 24; Traduzca & Act. 34 re: pg. 32 (cambios de sentido en el pasado);
     Paquete Act. 5 & 6 (Preterito/Indefinido o el Imperfecto)
3. Continuamos en el paquete: El Imperfecto o el Pretérito Perfecto - pp. 133-134.
4. Charlas: Rafael, Lupe y Alberto M.
5. Reportajes del progreso - les expliqué el formato
Tarea:
Write TWO goals (metas) using the data from your Progress Report.  Goals should be Specific to your Achievement in Spanish Class, Measurable/Observable, Realistic and Time-bound.

El español II - el 13 de marzo de 2013

1. Vocabulario - pg. 70 + Quia Vocabulary  + new list + Activity 1 = El cuerpo humano y la ropa (Spanish I Review & expansion)


2. Using TWO VERBS TOGETHER - Spanish I Review - pg. 71
+ Actividad 4 (My own sentences but similar to Actividad 4).

3. Repaso - Pruebas: Chapter Test 1A + Vocabulario 1B (Hora 3a)

4. Packet: Body & Clothing = Vocabulario first two pages

Tarea:
1. Workbook pages 27 & 28 = practicing text pages 70 & 71
2. Body & Clothing Packet, Ex. A, B & C = Use the vocabulary on the first two pages of the packet.

El español IV - el 13 de marzo de 2012

1. Correcciones - la tarea: Las oraciones del vocabulario - p. 25.

2. Clarificamos - Cómo analizar una entrevista: Reassigned this analysis of page 24, using the format elements from the "Entrevista argumentativa" packet.

3. Meaning Changers Preterite/Imperfecto - from their English Translation of the Spanish.  See page 32 in text & HANDOUT.  I explained the "Stop Light of the Past" concept - Red Light (stopped action = Preterite); Yellow Light  (changing lights = Meaning Changers); Green Light (actions in process/on-GOing actions = Imperfecto)

4. ORALES - Charla #2, Mi viaje en el pasado.  Tito, César, Manuel, Marta, Marina, Ana, Inés y Amada.

Tarea:
1. Análisis - La entrevista en la p. 24
2. Hoja - Traduzca (re: pg. 32)
3. Texto - Act. 34, pg. 33 (re: pg. 32)
4. Paquete - Imperfecto - o - Indefinido (pretérito): Estudia pg. 132 + Escribe Act. 5 y 6 (pp. 132-133

El español II - el 12 de marzo de 2013

I was out of class for oral surgery today - I'm hoping this will be the last day away for a while!  Thanks for your flexibility!  

Here are the plans I left with your sub - la Sra. Duca.

 

1. Brief STUDY/REVIEW - 1B - before test.

 

2. Homework Correction: handout Tarea de repaso de todo - IB REVIEW

 

3. Took the 1B EXAMEN - Evidently some people needed the rest of the period to complete the test.

 So there wasn't time for everyone to do the other activities I organized, but those who finished early got the following handouts:

 

4. Handouts:

(A) Vocabulario -pp. 70-71: A ver si recuerdas 2A (Mini-lesson reviewing Spanish I on parts of the body, clothing and using 2 verb phrases.)

(B) Packet: Parts of the Body; Clothing 

No HAY TAREA!

 

El español IV - el 12 de marzo de 2013

I was out of class for oral surgery today - I'm hoping this will be the last day away for a while!  Thanks for your flexibility!  

Here are the plans I left with your sub - Sra. Duca.

 

Orals - Postponed to 3/13

Warm-up: Workbook page 31-32 –Work with a partner to figure out which words, from the bottom of page 31, fit best in which blank on the story on page 32.  

Homework Review:

 Packet, “¿Imperfecto, Indefinidto o Pretérito Perfecto? – Showed answers in the “Clave” and important concepts highlighted.

 

Cuentos de hadas: My collection of Fairy tales in Spanish

Partners  selected stories (one at a time) they want to read aloud with each other noticing the uses of the past tenses in the stories:  how the setting is established with the IMPERFECTO and main event actions are in the Pretérito/Indefinido.

I would like everyone to read at least 3 stories.

Tarea:

1. Handout: Vocabulary (pg. 25) practice sentences.

2. I REALLY HOPE to be here tomorrow to listen to LOTS of orals (:>)

 

El español II - el 11 de marzo de 2013

1. Canción, ¿Qué haces después de las clases?

2. WAVA 12 – Writing practicing the 2 ways to say “to know”: Saber or Conocer?

3. Los proyectos – (A) Sharing in grupos de 4 (B) 1 from each group presents to the class.

4. Sentence Practice Review: Putting it all together – getting ready for tomorrow’s lesson test!

Tarea:

1. Handout: ¡Tarea de repaso de todo! You DO NOT have to do BOTH side - JUST THE FRONT: you did the back side in class on Friday!

2. STUDY! – Lesson 1B Test TOMORROW!                                                               

A. El vocabulario: http://www.quia.com/jg/619368.html

B. Comparisons:

(1) http://www.enforex.com/language/comparisons-spanish.html

(2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiLtaUegtV0
(3) Of equality (just as, etc)

 http://www.quia.com/cb/85747.html

C. Saber versus Conocer:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjcLJDIgTV8

D. ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que …?