el 16 de septiembre

Spanish II:

1. Used yesterdays game to check for understanding on the whiteboards. This was a time for me to give each student individual attention to see how you were doing on agreement and syntax.

2. I then said three to five sentences from the game and then repeated them using a different way of saying the same thing. As a class, you had to figure out what the changes in the sentence meant without me telling you or giving any clues.

Example: Busco una sudadera blanca. La busco.
Necesitas pantalones negros. Los necesitas.
Llevamos pantimedias rojas. Las llevamos.
Tengo un vestido morado. Lo tengo.

We figured out that the new sentence was saying it (for la and lo) and them (for los and las). We discovered that la replaced sudadera blanca and the sentence went from saying...I am looking for a white sweatshirt...to...I am looking for it. (same patter for the other sentences).

One other important thing we discovered was how the English syntax (order of words to make it make sense) was different than the Spanish. In English we say...I have it...In Spanish (using English) we say...it I have.

If you were gone you need to schedule a time to come see me for extra tutoring.

3. We then did a whiteboard activity focusing on lo, la, los, and las and using them in context.


Spanish III/IV

1. Group challenge won by group two, as we added to the class story.

Grupo 2: Se desayunó antes de peinarse su pelo para prepararse para su cita con la señorita bonita J-Lo. ;)

2. Q & A review with Qué haces/hiciste antes de/después de.

3. Whiteboard activity.

If you were gone you need to either schedule a time to orally do a question and answer session with me, or you need to write 5 questions with their answers in complete sentences using our new verbs and antes de/después de as well as both past and present tenses.