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!