Cumulative Test

Our 2nd cumulative test originally scheduled for Monday & Tuesday (29th & 30th) will be moved back one day due to last week's snow days. Be prepared to start taking the test on Tuesday!

viernes, el diecinueve de noviembre del dos mil diez

Announcement: Remember, you need to be much more independently responsible for learning this chapter’s vocabulary. We will not have as many days to spend on it as we do with most other chapters.

Announcement: Your upcoming cumulative exam (Monday, Nov. 29th & Tuesday, Nov. 30th) will have seven separate grades:
--1) culture – maps one & two
--2) reading – comprehension ?’s for a story
--3) listening – spelling unknown words, song excerpt, ?’s from a story read aloud
--4) vocabulary – cumulative, but emphasis on ch. 3 words for production
--5) grammar – cumulative – with a significant focus on irregular preterite verbs from our blue packet
--6) speaking – one minute story in the past told aloud to Profe Nick using the pictures provided --7) writing – 100+ word story in the past.

Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice our preterite verbs:
--we walked…………………..anduvimos
--they sang…………………….cantaron
--we dressed ourselves….nos vestimos
--I sat myself down………..me senté
--you managed to………….pudiste
--there was (event)……….hubo
--she drank…………………..bebió

2. Review the homework (3-8, 3-9).

3. Sing our song of the week: “Tu amor.”

4. Practice our ch. 3 gestures.

5. Practice telling an unscripted story to a partner aloud.

Homework: Prepare yourself for our upcoming cumulative exam!!!!!!

jueves, el dieciocho de noviembre del dos mil diez

Announcement: Remember, you need to be much more independently responsible for learning this chapter’s vocabulary. We will not have as many days to spend on it as we do with most other chapters.

Announcement: Your upcoming cumulative exam (Monday, Nov. 29th & Tuesday, Nov. 30th) will have seven separate grades:
--1) culture – maps one & two
--2) reading – comprehension ?’s for a story
--3) listening – spelling unknown words, song excerpt, ?’s from a story read aloud
--4) vocabulary – cumulative, but emphasis on ch. 3 words for production
--5) grammar – cumulative – with a significant focus on irregular preterite verbs from our blue packet
--6) speaking – one minute story in the past told aloud to Profe Nick using the pictures provided
--7) writing – 100+ word story in the past.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice spelling unknown words, using our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.

--gruñón
--acogedor
--camarote
--felpudo
--volantín

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Tu amor.”

3. Review yesterday’s homework: 3-3, 3-4.

4. Practice our gestures, and establish some new ch.3 gestures.

5. Practice telling a story in the past using illustrations provided by Profe Nick.

6. Practice writing a story in the past using illustrations provided by Profe Nick. This practice writing will be mock graded to give you a good idea of how you would have done on the upcoming writing assessment, had it been for a real grade.

Homework: 3-8, 3-9 (+evens translated)

miércoles, el diecisiete de noviembre del dos mil diez

Announcement: Remember, you need to be much more independently responsible for learning this chapter’s vocabulary. We will not have as many days to spend on it as we do with most other chapters.

Announcement: Your upcoming cumulative exam (Monday, Nov. 29th & Tuesday, Nov. 30th) will have seven separate grades:
--1) culture – maps one & two
--2) reading – comprehension ?’s for a story
--3) listening – spelling unknown words, song excerpt, ?’s from a story read aloud
--4) vocabulary – cumulative, but emphasis on ch. 3 words for production
--5) grammar – cumulative – with a significant focus on irregular preterite verbs from our blue packet
--6) speaking – one minute story in the past told aloud to Profe Nick using the pictures provided
--7) writing – 100+ word story in the past

Today’s Agenda:

1. Review 3-1 & 3-2 in the workbook.

2. Fill out more in our blue, preterite packet: (irregular verbs—ir/ser, dar, ver, hacer, poder, poner, haber, decir).

3. (Depending on the class period): ch. 3 gesture practice / song of the week.

Homework: 3-3, 3-4 (+evens translated)

martes, el dieciséis de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Quickly see if we can recall the countries & capitals from map #1. Remember that on our next cumulative exam (Monday, November 29th & Tuesday, November 30th), you will be accountable for maps 1 & 2.

2. Fill in more on our new blue verb packet. Today we filled in the sections for “-CAR, -GAR, -ZAR” verbs, as well as the definitions of our 17 irregular verbs.

3. Receive our new song of the week: “Tu amor.” Nice job catching the first three missing phrases: había, antes de, sed.

4. Establish some new gestures for ch. 3.

5. Quick check for homework completion, as well as submission of the signed story (“Ralph”) and our original illustrations from a few weeks ago. We’ll use your illustrations to practice telling stories.

Homework: Study your ch. 3 vocabulary! You need to be even more independent with the vocabulary for this chapter, as we will be spending a little less time on it, and need to dedicate more class time to some of our other essential skills (like practicing telling stories).

lunes, el quince de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Discuss the weekend, answering the following questions:

3. Receive the blue, preterite packet and fill in the sections for regular verbs, reflexive verbs & “sandal” verbs.

4. Begin the homework.

Homework: 3-1, 3-2 (+evens translated)

viernes, el doce de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Take a Ch. 2 dictation & decipher the meanings of the sentences with partners.

--Había un niño que nunca podía encontrar nada.
--Un día, hubo un terremoto y él tuvo que salir de casa.
--Así que anduvo a la estación de policía y chilló “¡Socorro!”

2. Practice retelling the story of “Ralph” with a new partner, one last time.

3. Practice writing the story of “Ralph,” being sure to use as many high-frequency verbs as possible, as well as attempting to throw in some “impress me” details.

4. Go over the pink packet definitions (if there was any confusion).

Homework: Read the story of "Ralph" to an adult in ENGLISH for Monday. Remember, you need to read the story in English to show that you actually understand the meaning of the words in Spanish.

miércoles, el diez de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Draw six scenes from the story of Ralph:

--Había un estudiante que se llamaba Ralph, y un día él se despertó tarde.

--Cuando Ralph vio el reloj, se puso muy nervioso. Ya eran las siete y cuarto de la mañana y él iba a llegar tarde a las clases.

--Ralph tenía miedo porque no le gustaba llegar tarde. A Ralph le encantaban sus clases.

--Ralph era muy desordenado. Nunca podía encontrar nada.

--Esta mañana no era distinta. No podía encontrar sus zapatos, su teléfono celular, su dinero ni sus pantalones.

--De repente Ralph oyó “bip…bip…bip…bip….” Se despertó y miró el reloj. Eran las seis de la mañana. ¡Qué alivio!

2. Practice telling the story of Ralph to two different partners.

3. Listen as a couple volunteers share their version of the story with the class.

Homework: Use the flashcards on Quizlet to get definitions of the vocabulary for ch. 3.

martes, el nueve de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Discuss the new online flashcards available on http://quizlet.com under the group Profe Nick's Spanish 2 Students ('10-'11).

2. Finish reading the story “El cuento de Ralph.”

3. Define our cognates & old vocabulary on the new, chapter 3 pink packet.

Homework: Visit http://quizlet.com to see if you can access the flashcards.

lunes, el ocho de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Talk about the weekend, answering the following questions:

--¿Hubo una tormenta? ¿Hubo un terremoto?
--¿Te divertiste?
--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?

3. Begin to read “El cuento de Ralph.”

Homework: None.

viernes, el cinco de noviembre del dos mil diez

Announcement: Our next cumulative test has been moved to Monday, Nov. 29th & Tuesday, Nov. 30th.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Quickly review some of your questions regarding yesterday’s practice quiz.

2. Listen to and sing our song of the week: “Y te vas.”

3. Practice our gestures.

4. Tackle our ch. 2 cumulative grammar quiz.

5. Begin to read “El cuento de Ralph, el desordenado.”

Homework: None, officially.

jueves, el cuatro de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Receive yesterday’s vocabulary quiz. Great job preparing yourselves!

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Y te vas.” Nice job catching the last three missing phrases: te quiero, a veces, lejos.

3. Finish the Ch. 2 dice game, practicing regular, reflexive & stem-changing verbs in the preterite.

4. Begin our practice grammar quiz.

Homework: Prepare yourself for tomorrow’s grammar quiz. The format will be identical to the practice quiz received today.

martes, el dos de noviembre del dos mil dis

Today’s Agenda:

Remember: Wednesday, we will have our next vocabulary quiz primarily focusing on ch. 2. Friday, we will have our next cumulative grammar quiz. For the grammar quiz, be especially prepared to use reflexive verbs in the present, preterite, and combined with helping verbs. Also, be especially prepared to conjugate stem-changing verbs in the present & preterite.

1. Review yesterday’s phrases to translate:

--They need to ask me. ....(Necesitan preguntarme.)
--You must answer. ....(Debes contestar.)
--I would like to wait. ....(Me gustaría esperar. / Quisiera esperar.)
--Are you going to hand it in? ....(¿Vas a entregarlo?)
--I must think. ....(Debo pensar.)
--We plan to arrive. ....(Pensamos llegar.)
--He can sing well. ....(Puede cantar bien.)
--She has to leave. ....(Tiene que salir.)
--They want to give. ....(Quieren dar.)
--Do you prefer to know? ....(¿Prefieres saber?)

2. Receive our new song of the week: “Y te vas.” Nice job catching the first four missing words: para, cosa, sin, quisiera.

3. Practice our gestures.

4. Quick self-assessment with the ch. 2 vocabulary, in anticipation of tomorrow’s vocabulary quiz.

5. Discuss El Día de los Muertos.

6. Begin the homework: 2-5 (using reflexive verbs with helping verbs)

Homework: 2-5 (even’s translated).

lunes, el primero de noviembre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

Remember: Wednesday, we will have our next vocabulary quiz primarily focusing on ch. 2. Friday, we will have our next cumulative grammar quiz. For the grammar quiz, be especially prepared to use reflexive verbs in the present, preterite, and combined with helping verbs. Also, be especially prepared to conjugate stem-changing verbs in the present & preterite.

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Fill out a couple more important verbs on our yellow, weekend page.

DIVERTIRSE (E-->IE)….”to entertain oneself”
TENER………………………..”had to”

3. Continue our weekend conversation using your spontaneous questions. Nice job!

4. Practice our verbs, beginning to translate the following sentences (we will finish in class tomorrow):

--They need to ask me.
--You must answer.
--I would like to wait.
--Are you going to hand it in?
--I must think.
--We plan to arrive.
--He can sing well.
--She has to leave.
--They want to give.
--Do you prefer to know?

Homework: Homework: (for students achieving below 80% on the last vocabulary quiz): Your two extra practice vocabulary sheets are due Tuesday.

viernes, el veintinueve de octubre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

Remember: Wednesday, we will have our next vocabulary quiz primarily focusing on ch. 2. Friday, we will have our next cumulative grammar quiz. For the grammar quiz, be especially prepared to use reflexive verbs in the present, preterite, and combined with helping verbs. Also, be especially prepared to conjugate stem-changing verbs in the present & preterite.

1. Finish reviewing 2-7 (reflexive verbs in the present) & 2-8 (reflexive verbs in the preterite)

2. Practice our gestures & practice spontaneous Spanish conversations using student questions as conversation starters.

3. Sing our song of the week: “La danza de los esqueletos.”

4. Finish our first class story, focusing on the nuances that are required to achieve an “A” on the writing rubric.

Homework: (for students achieving below 80% on the last vocabulary quiz): Your two extra practice vocabulary sheets are due Tuesday.