Tuesday, April 28, 2009

el 27 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Poem Packets: Sections e,f,g
Final draft due on the 28th.

Spanish 2:

Read a story titled Un Restaurante en México.

1. Read silently
2. Read as a class identifying the words we didn't know.
3. Used the text packet to help define verbs.
4. Oral translation as a class.
5. Translate.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

el 24 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Rough Draft of Poems.

Began the section of the poem packet where you answered the questions about your partners poem. Will continue on Monday.

Spanish 2:

Broke into our exam groups and played out a restaurant scene using the menus, place mats, and the list we created yesterday.

el 23 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Worked on Poems

Spanish 2:

Brainstormed what would be said or heard in a typical restaurant scenario. Came up with a list to help us prepare for our test.

Pick up a copy of those sentences. We will be using those to write a skit.

el 22 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Whiteboard activity with syntax.

Spanish 2:

Verb Bingo Challenge in Past Tense.

Learned the irregular verbs
Dar and Traer

di
diste
dio
dimos
dieron

traje
trajiste
trajo
trajimos
trajeron

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

el 21 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Command competition with hay que and vale la pena.

Whiteboard and syntax activity.

Work on Poems.


Spanish 2:

Finish the book work as an entry task.

Verb Bingo as a class (challenge)

el 20 de abril

Spanish3/4:

Oral Translation of dialogue between two people talking about the environment. If you were gone you need to do this. Due tomorrow (written).

Worked on the pre-write for the poem and started the poem.

Spanish 2:

Syntax worksheet with nouns, verbs, and pronouns.

If you were gone you need to do this. Unscramble the sentences and put them in the correct syntax then translate to English.

Monday, April 20, 2009

el 17 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Correct the errors test for Unit 13.

Translation assignment for Hay que and vale la pena. (Some got this and others didn't) Due on Tuesday.

Spanish 2:

Finished book assignment from yesterday.

Speaking activity with all structures. (will continue on Monday)

el 16 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

More correct the errors practice. Quiz tomorrow.

Speaking activity with vale la pena and hay que.

Spanish 2:

Pg. 384-385 Review with partner.
387 5-8 Answer in complete sentence in Spanish
388-389 Review with partner
390-391 9-11 Speak with partner
391 12-15 Complete Spanish sentences.


Speaking activity with me falta and me faltan...me lo trae por favor.

el 15 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Correct the errors practice.

Section B of the Poem Packet.

Spanish 2:

Whiteboard Activity to show sentence syntax. Reviewed correct order and function of: Direct Object nouns and pronouns, indirect object nouns and pronouns, subject nouns and pronouns, prepositional phrases, and conjugated verbs.

Monday, April 13, 2009

el 13 y 14 de abril

WASL Schedule

Spanish 3/4:

Reviewed Se hace/n and se sirve/n by correcting student work.

Spanish 2:

Listening Activity: Forever Young

Friday, April 10, 2009

el 10 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Correct the errors from the board.

Challenge with a worksheet about vale la pena and hay que.

Checked the Diamond poems from section A of the packet.

Speaking Activity with vocab and structures.

Spanish 2:

Presented the storyboards.

If you were gone you need to take your paragraph and make you own storyboard.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

el 9 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Poem Packet: Went over the phases in the packet and the expectations to writing the poem. We used a poem written by a student a few years ago to see how it should look and compare it to the packet. Then we did section A of the packet which was writing the diamond poem on the animal that you choose.

If you were gone, get the packet and do the diamond poem.

Spanish 2:

Broke up into small groups of two or three and were assigned a portion of the story. Identified the verbs and translated using the new notes I provided. (get this from me) After finishes that part the groups made a story board for their section. The purpose is to help the groups retell the story to the class. We will have 30 minutes to finish tomorrow in class and then we will finish the story in class with presentations of the story boards. If you were gone you will need to get assigned two paragraphs and translate those paragraphs into English.

el 8 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

We had a poem challenge. Groups got together and wrote a bunch of diamond poems as quickly as possible.

Spanish 2:

Un Oso y Un Amor story. Finished the two paragraphs and then read for comprehension.

If you were gone you need to do this too.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

el 7 de abril

Spanish 3/4:
Began class by working on the correct the error worksheet. Most finished, some still have some left to do.

We then reviewed diamond poems and most created one on the spot using the eight different tenses.

Spanish 2:

Got a copy of the story from Yesterday and reviewed what we covered.

We took the next two paragraphs starting with Shirley. You underlined each verb (34 verbs) and then used your flashcards and some notes from the board to define the verbs by the ending and then the stem. Example: comimos (just write directly above the ending and stem) ate we. Do this for all the verbs in those two paragraphs. Focus on the who and when from the ending.

Notes from board:

Imperfect Tense: All endings mean either: used to or was. For example I used to eat or I was eating.

AR verbs

aba
abas
aba
abamos(accent on the first "a")
aban

IR verbs(accent on all the "i's"
ia
ias
ia
iamos
ian

Then we looked at two irregular verbs:

Ser=to be
era
eras
era
eramos(accent on "e")
eran

Ir=to go
iba
ibas
iba
ibamos(accent on "i")
iban

el 6 de abril

Spanish 3/4:

Learned diamond poems. Purpose was to review agreement. Used whiteboards.

Noun
Adj. Adj.
C. Verb C. Verb C. Verb
Adj. Adj.
Noun

Spanish 2:

Reviewed Fridays lesson with the 6 tenses and endings.

Began the story "Un Oso y Un Amor"

Read the first 7 paragraphs as a class and looked at each verb using the ending flashcards.

If you were gone you need to do something Spanish related to make up points.