el 29 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Finished Speaking test.
2. Listening activity.

If you didn't finish the test you have until the end of the day on Monday. You also need to watch a movie in Spanish and write down the words you understand. (30 minutes minimum)

Spanish III/IV:

1. Finished the test.
2. Listening activity.

If you didn't finish the test you have until the end of the day on Monday. You also need to watch a movie in Spanish and write down the words you understand. (30 minutes minimum)Preferably "Bedtimes Stories"

el 28 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Speaking Test
2. Listening activity with the movie "Bedtime Stories"

If you were gone you need to pick a movie to watch in Spanish and then write down all the Spanish words and phrases that you recognize. 30 minute minimum.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Test

If you were gone you need to do make up your test.

el 27 de enero

Spanish II:

Reviewed interview questions:

¿Por qué vas al lago?
¿Por qué vas al museo?
¿Por qué vas al mar?
¿Por qué vas al campo?
¿Por qué vas al centro comercial?
¿Por qué vas a la selva?
¿Por qué vas a las cataratas?
¿Por qué vas a la pirámide?
¿Por qué vas a la catedral?
¿Por qué vas al parque?

¿Qué necesitas para explorar la selva?
¿Qué necesitas para sacar fotos?
¿Qué necesitas para descansar?
¿Qué necesitas para salir del país?
¿Qué necesitas para regresar al país?
¿Qué necesitas para bucear en el mar?
¿Qué necesitas para esquiar en las montañas?
¿Qué necesitas para pasear?
¿Qué necesitas para subir las pirámides?
¿Qué necesitas para tomar el sol?
¿Qué necesitas para visitar México?

¿Por qué fuiste a _____?
¿Qué estás haciendo?

2. Reviewed the first prompt. See yesterdays post.

If you were gone you need to write out the answers to the questions above using complete sentences in Spanish.

Speaking Test Tomorrow


Spanish III/IV:

1. Described two pictures to a partner.
2. Presented skits from yesterday.
3. Went over what will be on test: see packet, and picture descriptions.

If you were gone you need to write your own script because you weren't here to help your group, get a picture and describe it as if it were an actual story from your childhood.

Test Tomorrow: Speaking, reading, writing, listening and understanding.

el 26 de enero

Spanish II: READ THE WHOLE POST FOR SPANISH II

1. Finished tests.
2. Described two pictures: Who was in the picture, what they were doing, what they were wearing, what the weather was like, etc.
3. Read you writing to a partner and the partner gave it a comprehension grade.
4. Then we went over the first prompt for the speaking test on Thursday and Friday.
Important structures to use were:

Puedes: you can
Quieres: You want
Piensas: You plan
debes: You should
para + infinitive
porque
hace + weather expression
(any relevant verb and vocabulary)

If you were gone you need to describe two pictures in writing and then schedule a time to read it to me so I can give you a comprehension grade. This needs to be done by the end of the day on Thursday. Make sure you use the prompt to to the two descriptions and include the structures above. If you need help, schedule a time to meet with me.

SPANISH III/IV:

1. Put up pictures and you pretended like it was you when you were young and told that story to your partner.
2. Then we got into you challenge groups and you worked on putting together a 2-3 minute skit that you will perform in front of the class on Wednesday.

If you were gone you need to write your own little story using the picture, or you can schedule a time to come in and orally describe the picture to me.

el 25 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Written Test and Listening Section.

If you were gone you need to come after school on Wednesday to make up the listening section.


Spanish III/IV:

1. 5-7 minute free write about when you were a child. Things to write about include: who you played with, with what you played, where you played, how old you were, etc.

2. We then went over a scoring rubric to assess proficiency in writing. You used that rubric on one of your classmates free writes.

If you were gone you need to come in and perform a free write during your lunch today.

el 22 de enero

Spanish II:

Unit Exam

If you were gone you need to schedule a time to take the test before Friday of next week.


Spanish III/IV:

Song Presentations:

Taylor Woods: Si tu' te vas. "Enrique Iglesias"
Violetta: Regresa "Chetes"
Lisha: Escucha tu corazo'n. "Laura Pausini"

If you were gone you need to look up the lyrics to the three songs. Translate them on a sheet of paper and listen to them. Turn in the translation with the homework make up form.

el 21 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Review for test: Questions.
2. Worked on review packet: Due Friday before the test.

If you were gone finish the packet.


Spanish III/IV:

1. Worked on more exposure to the language using el libro "Donde viven los monstruos."

If you were gone you need to come in and read/translate the pages you missed. Schedule a time to meet with me on the calendar.

el 20 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Finish Packet Challenge 7-9 to 7-11
2. Do Packet’s individually

If you were gone you need to complete the packet and turn it in.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Song Presentation by Noel Webster, "Sin Ti" by Eros Ramazzotti.
2. Finish Packet Challenge 5-5 to 5-9.

If you were gone you need to get a copy of the packet and complete 5-5 to 5-9, and translate "Sin Ti" as well as listen to the song.

el 19 de enero

Spanish II:

1. 15 minutes to put together the projects. Turn in projects.
2. Packet Challenge 7-4 B to 7-8.

If you were gone you need to do 7-4 B to 7-8.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Scheduled song presentations
2. Packet Challenge for review for test. 5-1 to 5-4.

If you were gone you need to find out when you present and then get a copy of 5-1 to 5-4 and do.

el 15 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Final drafts typed in the library.
2. Learn how to change the computers to Spanish language.
3. Learn how to add tildes on MAC’s and PC’s.

Type a paragraph in Spanish showing that you learned how to type accents. Look at Nov. 18th's post for PC's. For MACs you just hold down option then press "e" this will make an accent mark hover. Then you push the vowel you want to accent and it will be placed under the hanging accent mark.

Spanish III/IV:

1. First Presentations: Peter Gooss and Alex Devine

Peter: Laura Pausini: Amores Extraños

Alex: Laura Pausini: Las Cosas que Vives

If you were gone you need to Translate both songs into Spanish and listen to them. Turn in the translation.

el 14 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Packet Challenge: Pages 7-1 to 7-4 A. Whiteboard group challenge. Group with the most questions answered correctly.
2. Last day to work on rough draft of projects. Editing process.

If you were gone you need to pick up the pages from the packet and do them.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Entry Task: Page 79 C and D
2. Last modeled presentation for songs. "Noa Noa" Juan Gabriel.

Pick up a copy of page 79 and do it.

el 13 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Packet challenge: Began with Q & A from the workbook.
2. Worked on part four. Finish one paragraph, peer

Pick up a copy of the pages from the challenge and complete them.


Spanish III/IV:

1. Entry task: 5-2 A.
2. Modeled presentations with “Las Chicas” by Laura Pausini.
3. Class reading activity: Si llevas un ratón a la escuela. (Pairs read)
4. Listen to Querer.

If you were gone you need to translate "Las Chicas" lyrics and listen to it at home.

Sample Photo Description

En esta foto, yo estoy en la cuidad de Burgos en el país de España. Son las doce y hace mucho calor y sol. Me costó ochenta euros para ir en autobús. Salí de Madrid. Yo decidí llevar una camiseta blanca y pantalones cortos. Las personas en la foto son unas turistas o quizás personas que viven en la ciudad de Burgos.

el 12 de enero

Spanish II:

1. I handed back your projects.
2. We reviewed 3 important writing objectives. All will be on the test.
a. Use the verb Estar (to be) and the suffix ando (ar verbs) or iendo (er/ir verbs) to the next verb in order to say what is happening at the moment. For example: I am = estoy, visiting= visitando...estoy visitando.
b. para + infinitive verb (verb that doesn't have an ending, isn't conjugated) example of a typical incorrect sentence: Voy a llevar guantes esquiar en las montañas. To the English brain this translates correctly. I am going to wear gloves to ski in the mountains. But the problem is that we have an infinitive verb "esquiar" all by itself. We can't do that. We need to add the para in front of it. The correct sentence is: Voy a llevar guantes para esquiar en las montañas.
c. When we use a subject pronoun (yo, tú,nosotros, etc) THAT ISN'T HOW YOU TELL WHO IS DOING THE ACTION OF THE VERB!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can never write or say: Nosotros visitar to mean "we visit" because if you take of the pronoun then you are left with "to visit" The endings (o, as, é, aste, amos, etc) are the ones that tell us who is doing the action of the verb and to which tense we are referring.
3. Then we worked on part four of the project...the pictures of your vacation. You found your pictures and then wrote your first paragraph. You cannot write the second one until the first one is read by me.

If you were gone you need to take notes on the three things above and then do a paragraph description of a picture following the details on the project's instruction page.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Told a story about cookies in Spanish. Then we ate them.

2. Modeled how to do a song presentation:

a. Present the title of the song and the singer.
b. Go over the translation with the class.
c. As you go over the translation, clarify any colloquialisms or idiomatic expressions.
d. Play the song one time through while everyone reads through with you.
e. While the song is playing, you may not read, you are either singing or lip syncing. If your lip syncing isn't clear, then you will have to show me later that you know the song by heart.
f. Tell in Spanish if you liked the song, why or why not.

3. Then we listened to "Querer" by Chetes for the last two minutes of class.

If you were gone you need to take notes on how to do the song presentation and eat a cookie.

el 11 de enero

Sub Today:

Spanish II:

1. Hand out the red novel called, “Patricia va a California.”
2. Use the attached sheet to write down who got which book. These books may not leave the class. With a few minutes left you need to collect the books by number.
3. They will translate the first chapter of the book into English. There are dictionaries that they can use. They may not use the translators on the Internet. (Please count the dictionaries at the beginning and
end of every period).
4. Collect translations at the end of the period and organize on desk.

If you were gone you need to do this.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Get in groups of three. They have challenge groups, and they need to make sure that there isn’t anyone from their challenge group in this group of three.
2. The will need one set of flashcards for each group.
3. They will also need a sheet of paper to keep score for the game.
4. One person will take the flashcards and read the Spanish word and the other two will see who says it first in English. The winner keeps the flashcard. They do this ten times and then they a new person will read the words. They do this ten more times and then the last person will read the words. They will repeat this process until they go through all the cards. Then they need to add up how many they got for their group.
5. Then they will do the same thing again, except this time the person reading the words will be speaking English and the other two will see who says it first in Spanish. This will last the whole period. Collect scores.


If you were gone you need to do something creative with the words from the flashcards.

el 8 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Wrote the description of your picture including place, time, weather, cost, clothing, and the people in the picture.
2. Peers then read for comprehension of your Spanish and checked to make sure that all of the required elements of the description of the picture were in the paragraph.

If you were gone you will need to write the paragraph and bring it to me to proof read.

Spanish III:

1. Went over your songs and spent the majority of the period going over them to understand the idiomatic expressions.

If you were gone you need to have already translated your song and then you need to pick out the translations that don't make sense to you in the context of the story of the song and then come see me to help you understand the colloquialism.

el 7 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Slide show from my trip to Spain. We took my pictures and I described them in Spanish with the goal of preparing for the fourth part of the project which requires you do describe four pictures from your fictitious vacation to Mexico.

If you were gone you need to do something Spanish related.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Viewed some of the slide show from my trip to Spain.
2. Got a partner and began the children's book, "Donde viven los monstruos"
3. Each page you and your partner switched jobs. Job 1: Read the page in Spanish. Job 2: Summarize the story in English.

If you were gone you need to get the book and translate pages 1-9.

el 6 de enero

Spanish II & Spanish III/IV:

1. Played the grab game with the tape on the pens.
2. We did two rounds, the first round the flash cards were English side up and I spoke Spanish. The second was Spanish side up and I spoke English.

If you were gone you need to study your flashcards for a minimum of 30 minutes and have a parent or guardian sign that you did.

el 5 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Organized our flashcards.
2. Played scategories with Spanish vocab.

If you were gone you need to teach your flashcards to a member of your family and have a parent or guardian sign off that you did that for a minimum of 30 minutes.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Organized the flashcards and studied them in preparation for a game tomorrow.

If you were gone you need to teach your flashcards to a member of your family and have a parent or guardian sign off that you did that for a minimum of 30 minutes.

el 4 de enero

Spanish II:

1. Review challenge in groups.

Translate the following into Spanish.

1. I explored
2. We ski
3. She sun bathes.
4. You took
5. I took
6. I left
7. I leave
8. They return
9. You thought
10. We think
11. You all dive
12. You take pictures
13. You go for a stroll
14. She visits
15. We climb
16. I explore
17. You explored
18. You explore
19. You rest
20. You visit
21. You (usted) visit
22. I rested
23. We visit
24. I returned
25. I return
26. You leave
27. She leaves
28. We climb
29. We think
30. You make

If you were gone you need to do this.

2. Watched a portion of the bull fighting video and worked through the study guide as well.

Spanish III/IV:

1. Review activity challenge:

Translate into Spanish:

1. I used to jump
2. I will ride
3. You walked
4. We walk
5. He used to go to
6. They used to have
7. You will have
8. You all will be (permanent)
9. She would collect
10. I used to play
11. I said
12. We obey
13. You bug
14. I used to behave
15. You remembered
16. We used to prefer
17. I cried
18. You cried
19. She fought
20. I used to disobey

If you were gone, do this. Bring flashcards to class!