Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Discuss upcoming weekend plans, answering our fundamental question: “¿Qué vas a hacer durante el fin de semana?”
2. Listen to and sing our song of the week: “Bonito.”
3. Establish new gestures for:
--escoge algo
--escoge a alguien
--cuesta
--los encuentra
CULTURAL NOTE: **Quick tangent off of our discussion about how money denominations are traditionally written in Spanish. Traditionally, the punctuation used for money is reversed in Spanish. So, for instance, $1,000,000.00 would traditionally be written as $1.000.000,00.
4. Review yesterday’s homework: 6-1 & 6-2.
Nice observation that we do not capitalize the titles Mr./Mrs./Miss in Spanish if they are in the middle of a sentence. It is perfectly correct to write, for instance, “¿Cómo está Ud., señor García?”
Homework: Consider making flashcards for our new vocabulary!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Discuss upcoming weekends, answering our fundamental question: “¿Qué piensas hacer durante el fin de semana?”
2. Listen to and sing our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.”
3. Review the homework: 5-9 in the workbook.
4. Use our blue, imperfect packet to practice writing some imperfect & preterite verbs. First decide whether it communicates something in the preterite (over-with ACTION) or the imperfect (DESCRIPTION in the past).
--I found………..……………..[pretérito]…………….……….encontré
--we were looking for……..[imperfecto]…………………..buscábamos
--he was writing…….……...[imperfecto]………………….escribía
--she bathed………………….[pretérito]…………………….se bañó
--I was showering………….[imperfecto]……………..…..me duchaba
--they hung up……………...[pretérito]…………………….colgaron
--we tended to………….……[imperfecto]………………….solíamos
5. Receive our chapter six pink packet and begin to define the vocabulary.
Homework: Consider making flashcards for our new vocabulary!
viernes 29 de enero de 2010
jueves 28 de enero de 2010
jueves, el veintiocho de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive the final exams and review them.
2. Listen to our song of the week: “Bonito.” Nice job catching the last three missing phrases: el fin, escucha, da.
3. Write more precise cultural notes for yesterday’s discussion about the pronunciation difference (distinción) that we hear the song "Bonito," and in many parts of Spain. If you were absent, please copy a neighbor’s notes upon returning.
4. Finish defining most of our chapter 6 vocabulary.
5. Establish gestures for:
--la falda larga
--los pantalones cortos
--trabaja en una tienda
--recibe
--está de moda
6. Begin the homework.
Homework: 6-1 & 6-2 in the workbook.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice applying accents to unfamiliar words based upon our current (and still incomplete, just to be clear) knowledge of accent rules:
ACCENT RULES
--90% of the time, accents are used to tell us where to “punch” the word. They help us pronounce a word correctly! This makes pronouncing new words in Spanish very easy for us.
--10% of the time accents are used to distinguish a different meaning of a word pronounced the same way (él/el, sólo/solo, sí/si, etc.)
--You must HEAR a word to know whether an accent is needed or not.
--Any words ending in a vowel, n or s have the natural stress on the 2nd to last syllable. If the word doesn’t follow this rule, we MUST write in an accent mark where we hear the stress / “punch.”
--Any words ending in a different letter have the natural stress on the last syllable. If the word doesn’t follow this rule, we MUST write in an accent mark where we hear the stress / “punch.”
--A dipthong is the combination of a “weak” vowel (i, u) with a “strong” vowel (a, e, o) to make just ONE SOUND. A dipthong is also the combination of two “weak vowels” (i, u) to make just ONE SOUND. Examples include: “ciu/dad,” “bai/le,” “fuer/te,” & “es/tu/dian.”
2. Listen to our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.” Nice job catching the last three missing phrases: palabras, desde, despertarme.
3. Use our blue, imperfect packet to practice writing some imperfect & preterite verbs. First decide whether it communicates something in the preterite (over-with ACTION) or the imperfect (DESCRIPTION in the past).
--I was jumping……………..[imperfecto]………………….saltaba
--he jumped…………………..[pretérito]……………………..saltó
--we were listening………...[imperfecto]………………….escuchábamos
--they used to listen……….[imperfecto]………………….escuchaban
--you bought………………….[pretérito]……………………..compraste
--you would buy (past)…...[imperfecto]………………….comprabas
--y’all found……………………[pretérito]…………………….encontraron
4. Review yesterday’s homework: 5-7 & 5-8.
5. Begin the homework.
Homework: 5-9 #1 (EVERYTHING translated).
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive the final exams and review them.
2. Listen to our song of the week: “Bonito.” Nice job catching the last three missing phrases: el fin, escucha, da.
3. Write more precise cultural notes for yesterday’s discussion about the pronunciation difference (distinción) that we hear the song "Bonito," and in many parts of Spain. If you were absent, please copy a neighbor’s notes upon returning.
4. Finish defining most of our chapter 6 vocabulary.
5. Establish gestures for:
--la falda larga
--los pantalones cortos
--trabaja en una tienda
--recibe
--está de moda
6. Begin the homework.
Homework: 6-1 & 6-2 in the workbook.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice applying accents to unfamiliar words based upon our current (and still incomplete, just to be clear) knowledge of accent rules:
ACCENT RULES
--90% of the time, accents are used to tell us where to “punch” the word. They help us pronounce a word correctly! This makes pronouncing new words in Spanish very easy for us.
--10% of the time accents are used to distinguish a different meaning of a word pronounced the same way (él/el, sólo/solo, sí/si, etc.)
--You must HEAR a word to know whether an accent is needed or not.
--Any words ending in a vowel, n or s have the natural stress on the 2nd to last syllable. If the word doesn’t follow this rule, we MUST write in an accent mark where we hear the stress / “punch.”
--Any words ending in a different letter have the natural stress on the last syllable. If the word doesn’t follow this rule, we MUST write in an accent mark where we hear the stress / “punch.”
--A dipthong is the combination of a “weak” vowel (i, u) with a “strong” vowel (a, e, o) to make just ONE SOUND. A dipthong is also the combination of two “weak vowels” (i, u) to make just ONE SOUND. Examples include: “ciu/dad,” “bai/le,” “fuer/te,” & “es/tu/dian.”
2. Listen to our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.” Nice job catching the last three missing phrases: palabras, desde, despertarme.
3. Use our blue, imperfect packet to practice writing some imperfect & preterite verbs. First decide whether it communicates something in the preterite (over-with ACTION) or the imperfect (DESCRIPTION in the past).
--I was jumping……………..[imperfecto]………………….saltaba
--he jumped…………………..[pretérito]……………………..saltó
--we were listening………...[imperfecto]………………….escuchábamos
--they used to listen……….[imperfecto]………………….escuchaban
--you bought………………….[pretérito]……………………..compraste
--you would buy (past)…...[imperfecto]………………….comprabas
--y’all found……………………[pretérito]…………………….encontraron
4. Review yesterday’s homework: 5-7 & 5-8.
5. Begin the homework.
Homework: 5-9 #1 (EVERYTHING translated).
miércoles 27 de enero de 2010
miércoles, el veintisiete de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Listen to our song of the week: “Bonito.” Nice job catching the next two missing words: empuja, hay.
Cultural note: Nice job noticing the subtle pronunciation difference in this song! Distinción is the term used to describe the “th” sound you heard for ce, ci, and z. This pronunciation difference (distinción) is typical of Spanish speakers from Spain. It is not used in Latin America. Careful not to term it a lisp!!! It is technically not a lisp (it is intentional, and the th does not apply to s sounds). It is sometimes considered offensive if distinción is termed a lisp.
There are many myths around the "origin" of distinción. All stories (such as a king from centuries ago who had a lisp) are considered to be just stories.
2. Receive our next pink packet for chapter six, and define some of the vocabulary.
Cultural note: Quick discussion about some of our clothing terms: shorts, jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes. In much of Spain and Latin America, these casual clothing items are seen as too casual for many everyday activities. A “business casual” appearance would be the best choice for most days. For instance, it would not be considered the best choice to wear shorts to a museum or doctor’s appointment. Shorts are usually only considered appropriate as beach wear. Another example is that you would not wear jeans to a nice restaurant or often even to a university class.
Homework: None, though making flashcards for our new chapter six vocabulary is highly recommended.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Listen to our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.”
2. Answer the next five of our 34 essential Spanish 2 questions.
3. Review the homework: 5-5, 5-6.
4. Begin the homework
Homework: 5-7, 5-8 (evens translated).
Today’s Agenda:
1. Listen to our song of the week: “Bonito.” Nice job catching the next two missing words: empuja, hay.
Cultural note: Nice job noticing the subtle pronunciation difference in this song! Distinción is the term used to describe the “th” sound you heard for ce, ci, and z. This pronunciation difference (distinción) is typical of Spanish speakers from Spain. It is not used in Latin America. Careful not to term it a lisp!!! It is technically not a lisp (it is intentional, and the th does not apply to s sounds). It is sometimes considered offensive if distinción is termed a lisp.
There are many myths around the "origin" of distinción. All stories (such as a king from centuries ago who had a lisp) are considered to be just stories.
2. Receive our next pink packet for chapter six, and define some of the vocabulary.
Cultural note: Quick discussion about some of our clothing terms: shorts, jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes. In much of Spain and Latin America, these casual clothing items are seen as too casual for many everyday activities. A “business casual” appearance would be the best choice for most days. For instance, it would not be considered the best choice to wear shorts to a museum or doctor’s appointment. Shorts are usually only considered appropriate as beach wear. Another example is that you would not wear jeans to a nice restaurant or often even to a university class.
Homework: None, though making flashcards for our new chapter six vocabulary is highly recommended.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Listen to our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.”
2. Answer the next five of our 34 essential Spanish 2 questions.
3. Review the homework: 5-5, 5-6.
4. Begin the homework
Homework: 5-7, 5-8 (evens translated).
martes 26 de enero de 2010
martes, el veintiséis de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice spelling unknown words using our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.
We already know the following about Spanish phonetics:
Spanish.......=...English
j….…….........=…h
h………........= …(silent)
k……...........=…not used in spelling Spanish words; a c is used instead
w….............=…not used in spelling Spanish words
ñ……...........=…ny
ll……….......=…y
rr………......=…rrrrrr….(rolled sound)
ge,gi........=…hey,he
ga,go,gu..=…ga,go,gu
We added the following new information today:
ce,ci……....=…say, see
ca,co,cu...=…ca,co,cu
double letters = double letters are common in English (mm, nn, pp), but VERY uncommon in Spanish. Technically ll and rr aren’t double letters (they’re just a special Spanish letter). You will periodically see cc in Spanish to make a hard “k” sound.
2. Listen to our new song of the week: “Bonito.” Quick word search for "thing," "place," "each day." Nice job catching the first missing phrase: el día. Quick discussion about how el día is irregular.
3. Finish working on yesterday’s crosswords.
Homework: Finish both crosswords for tomorrow.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive the second part of our final exam.
2. Listen to our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: frío, oigo, desde.
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Receive a list of 34 essential Spanish 2 questions and answer the first ten in table groups. These essential Spanish 2 questions are very important, so don’t lose this page!
5. Discuss the imperfect tense, and how it is used for description in the past. Our preterite tense is for action in the past.
Remember, if you hear “-ed,” you will be using the PRETERITE.
“skated,” “danced,” “hopped,” lived”
If you hear “used to ____,” “was/were ___ing,” or “would ___” (past), you will be using the IMPERFECT.
“used to skate,” “was dancing,” “would hop” (in past)
6. Begin the homework.
Homework: 5-5, 5-6 (evens translated, as always!)
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice spelling unknown words using our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.
We already know the following about Spanish phonetics:
Spanish.......=...English
j….…….........=…h
h………........= …(silent)
k……...........=…not used in spelling Spanish words; a c is used instead
w….............=…not used in spelling Spanish words
ñ……...........=…ny
ll……….......=…y
rr………......=…rrrrrr….(rolled sound)
ge,gi........=…hey,he
ga,go,gu..=…ga,go,gu
We added the following new information today:
ce,ci……....=…say, see
ca,co,cu...=…ca,co,cu
double letters = double letters are common in English (mm, nn, pp), but VERY uncommon in Spanish. Technically ll and rr aren’t double letters (they’re just a special Spanish letter). You will periodically see cc in Spanish to make a hard “k” sound.
2. Listen to our new song of the week: “Bonito.” Quick word search for "thing," "place," "each day." Nice job catching the first missing phrase: el día. Quick discussion about how el día is irregular.
3. Finish working on yesterday’s crosswords.
Homework: Finish both crosswords for tomorrow.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive the second part of our final exam.
2. Listen to our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: frío, oigo, desde.
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Receive a list of 34 essential Spanish 2 questions and answer the first ten in table groups. These essential Spanish 2 questions are very important, so don’t lose this page!
5. Discuss the imperfect tense, and how it is used for description in the past. Our preterite tense is for action in the past.
Remember, if you hear “-ed,” you will be using the PRETERITE.
“skated,” “danced,” “hopped,” lived”
If you hear “used to ____,” “was/were ___ing,” or “would ___” (past), you will be using the IMPERFECT.
“used to skate,” “was dancing,” “would hop” (in past)
6. Begin the homework.
Homework: 5-5, 5-6 (evens translated, as always!)
lunes 25 de enero de 2010
lunes, el veinticinco de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Announcement: Spanish 1 students will receive their final exams in a couple days.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the weekend, answering the following fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?
3. Take a self-assessment on how well we can produce the following weekend phrases:
--I had fun……………………………..me divertí
--I had to go…………………………..tuve que ir
--I spent time with…………………pasé tiempo con
--I saw a movie………………………vi una película
--I babysat……………………………..cuidé niños
**Remember, we will be officially launching into the past tense in chapter six, so these and our other words in the past (comí, bebí, estaba(s), era(s), hiciste, hice, etc.) will provide us a good starting base.
4. Practice our gestures.
5. Begin a crossword, reviewing chapter 5 vocabulary.
Homework: We will continue working on the crosswords tomorrow. Do come in with at least ½ of the first crossword completed, so that you have less homework tomorrow night.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the weekend, adding two new fundamental questions to our “¿Qué hiciste…?” page:
--¿A qué hora viniste a PCFC esta mañana? / ¿Qué trajiste contigo?
Vine a las…. / Traje …conmigo.
3. With partners, re-tackle the verbs from our final exam.
4. Receive last week’s final exams and self-assess.
Homework: None.
Announcement: Spanish 1 students will receive their final exams in a couple days.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the weekend, answering the following fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?
3. Take a self-assessment on how well we can produce the following weekend phrases:
--I had fun……………………………..me divertí
--I had to go…………………………..tuve que ir
--I spent time with…………………pasé tiempo con
--I saw a movie………………………vi una película
--I babysat……………………………..cuidé niños
**Remember, we will be officially launching into the past tense in chapter six, so these and our other words in the past (comí, bebí, estaba(s), era(s), hiciste, hice, etc.) will provide us a good starting base.
4. Practice our gestures.
5. Begin a crossword, reviewing chapter 5 vocabulary.
Homework: We will continue working on the crosswords tomorrow. Do come in with at least ½ of the first crossword completed, so that you have less homework tomorrow night.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the weekend, adding two new fundamental questions to our “¿Qué hiciste…?” page:
--¿A qué hora viniste a PCFC esta mañana? / ¿Qué trajiste contigo?
Vine a las…. / Traje …conmigo.
3. With partners, re-tackle the verbs from our final exam.
4. Receive last week’s final exams and self-assess.
Homework: None.
martes 19 de enero de 2010
martes, el diecinueve de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Self-assess our ability to produce our “¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?” answers without the yellow page.
¿Cómo se dice…?
--I studied………………………............estudié
--I read a book…………………...........leí un libro
--I babysat………………………...........cuidé niños
--we went to the beach………….......fuimos a la playa
--I saw a movie…………………..........vi una película
--I slept a ton………………….….........dormí (un montón/mucho)
--I spent time with my parents…..pasé tiempo con mis (padres/papás)
--I went shopping……………….........fui de compras
--I did the homework……………......hice la tarea
--I had to study………………….........tuve que estudiar
**If you struggled with these, you MUST keep your yellow “¿Qué hiciste…?” page out on Mondays for this activity. Do not take it for granted that you produce these perfectly yet. Being able to produce all of these well will greatly help as we officially learn more about the past tense in chapter 6.
3. Discuss what we did over the weekend, answering the following questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?
4a. Continue practicing multiple choice questions (chapters 4-5 today).
4b. Last call for missing/incomplete/absent work!
Homework: Good luck on your finals!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1a. Finish the speaking assessments.
While speaking assessments are taking place, all students will tackle 1b, and then choose from 1c/d/e/f for the rest of class.
1b. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.
1c. Practice our irregular preterite verbs with another round of our tangrams.
1d. Practice our verbs with a partner.
1e. Practice our gestures with a partner.
1f. Practice multiple choice questions (chapters 4 & 5).
Homework: Good luck on your finals!!
viernes 15 de enero de 2010
viernes, el quince de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s culture quiz. Nice job!
2. Review “my” & “your” in Spanish, as well as a few important verbs in the past:
--my binders…………mis carpetas
--your book…………..tu libro
--my female friend…...mi amiga
--your pens…………..tus bolígrafos
--I saw……………….vi
--I went………………fui
--I did………………..hice
--I had to…………….tuve que
3. Submit yesterday’s written version of the story we read in class.
4. Working in table groups or alone, tackle some practice multiple choice questions for chapters 1-3.
Homework: Keep studying for finals! If you have any missing work, get it to me by Tuesday! Late work will not be accepted after the semester is over.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1a. Continue our speaking assessments.
1b. Continue with practice multiple choice questions for chapter 1-3.
Homework: Keep studying for finals! If you have any missing work, get it to me by Tuesday! Late work will not be accepted after the semester is over.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s culture quiz. Nice job!
2. Review “my” & “your” in Spanish, as well as a few important verbs in the past:
--my binders…………mis carpetas
--your book…………..tu libro
--my female friend…...mi amiga
--your pens…………..tus bolígrafos
--I saw……………….vi
--I went………………fui
--I did………………..hice
--I had to…………….tuve que
3. Submit yesterday’s written version of the story we read in class.
4. Working in table groups or alone, tackle some practice multiple choice questions for chapters 1-3.
Homework: Keep studying for finals! If you have any missing work, get it to me by Tuesday! Late work will not be accepted after the semester is over.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1a. Continue our speaking assessments.
1b. Continue with practice multiple choice questions for chapter 1-3.
Homework: Keep studying for finals! If you have any missing work, get it to me by Tuesday! Late work will not be accepted after the semester is over.
jueves 14 de enero de 2010
jueves, el catorce de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Take a quick cultural quiz on our reading, “Ten Ways to Not Be Taken For a Gringo.”
2. Review our four irregular verbs: tener, ir, ser, estar.
3. Read a story in table groups, “Mariana, la jovencita.”
4. Illustrate six scenes from the story:
--Hay una muchacha que se llama Mariana. Mariana quiere un perro.
--Les dice a su madre y a su padre: “Quiero un perro pequeño.”
--Sus padres le dicen “No, Mariana, eres demasiado joven.”
--Cuando Mariana tiene ocho años les dice a sus abuelos “Quiero un perro,” pero le dicen “¡No!”
--Cuando Mariana tiene diez años, recibe muchos animales. Recibe un perro de sus padres, un perro de sus hermanos, un perro de sus abuelos, un perro de sus tíos, y un gato de sus primos.
--Mariana está muy contenta, pero la familia necesita una casa más grande.
5. Practice telling the story aloud to a partner.
6. Hear from some brave volunteers to tell their version of the story to the class.
7. Practice writing the story.
Note: In the second semester we will be doing even more writing. We will start to be periodically graded on written versions of our stories. In the fourth quarter we will be telling these stories in the past!
Homework: Keep studying for finals. There are only TWO class days left!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Take a quick culture quiz on “Ten Ways Not to Be Taken for a Gringo.”
2. Practice telling an original, one-minute story with a set of pictures.
3a. Begin our speaking assessments.
3b. Play one round with our irregular preterite verbs tangrams.
3c. Practice some chapters 1-3 multiple choice questions.
Homework: Keep studying for finals!
Today’s Agenda:
1. Take a quick cultural quiz on our reading, “Ten Ways to Not Be Taken For a Gringo.”
2. Review our four irregular verbs: tener, ir, ser, estar.
3. Read a story in table groups, “Mariana, la jovencita.”
4. Illustrate six scenes from the story:
--Hay una muchacha que se llama Mariana. Mariana quiere un perro.
--Les dice a su madre y a su padre: “Quiero un perro pequeño.”
--Sus padres le dicen “No, Mariana, eres demasiado joven.”
--Cuando Mariana tiene ocho años les dice a sus abuelos “Quiero un perro,” pero le dicen “¡No!”
--Cuando Mariana tiene diez años, recibe muchos animales. Recibe un perro de sus padres, un perro de sus hermanos, un perro de sus abuelos, un perro de sus tíos, y un gato de sus primos.
--Mariana está muy contenta, pero la familia necesita una casa más grande.
5. Practice telling the story aloud to a partner.
6. Hear from some brave volunteers to tell their version of the story to the class.
7. Practice writing the story.
Note: In the second semester we will be doing even more writing. We will start to be periodically graded on written versions of our stories. In the fourth quarter we will be telling these stories in the past!
Homework: Keep studying for finals. There are only TWO class days left!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Take a quick culture quiz on “Ten Ways Not to Be Taken for a Gringo.”
2. Practice telling an original, one-minute story with a set of pictures.
3a. Begin our speaking assessments.
3b. Play one round with our irregular preterite verbs tangrams.
3c. Practice some chapters 1-3 multiple choice questions.
Homework: Keep studying for finals!
miércoles 13 de enero de 2010
miércoles, el trece de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s listening quizzes.
2. Review boot verbs and –ir verbs.
CERRAR (e-->ie)
cierro…………cerramos
cierras………………….
cierra………….cierran
ENTENDER (e-->ie)
entiendo……….entendemos
entiendes…………………
entiende……….entienden
VIVIR (remember, -ir verbs are special in the nosotros form)
vivo……………vivimos
vives……………………
vive…………….viven
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Finish reading “Ten Ways to Not Be Taken for a Gringo” and discuss.
Homework: Come prepared for your quiz on the “Ten Ways….” article. There are THREE more class days until final exams…keep studying your pink packets and gold answer key to the grammar pre-test.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s listening quizzes.
2. Receive a blue packet for the imperfect tense. You have been hearing and reading the imperfect tense all year long, without knowing that it is officially called “the imperfect.” Examples include tenía, quería, iba a …, podía, estaba, era, hacía sol, había, se llamaba, eran las dos, sabía, le gustaba, no entendía.
Now you are officially going to see the conjugation behind these words.
For the final exam, you will only need to understand the imperfect verbs when reading them (which you already do!). You will be held accountable for conjugating them after the final.
3. Practice our chapter 5 gestures.
4. Read “Ten Ways to Not Be Taken for a Gringo.”
Homework: Come prepared for your quiz on the “Ten Ways….” article. Come prepared for your speaking quiz on Thursday/Friday.
There are THREE more class days until final exams…keep studying your pink packets and blue answer key to the grammar pre-te
st.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s listening quizzes.
2. Review boot verbs and –ir verbs.
CERRAR (e-->ie)
cierro…………cerramos
cierras………………….
cierra………….cierran
ENTENDER (e-->ie)
entiendo……….entendemos
entiendes…………………
entiende……….entienden
VIVIR (remember, -ir verbs are special in the nosotros form)
vivo……………vivimos
vives……………………
vive…………….viven
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Finish reading “Ten Ways to Not Be Taken for a Gringo” and discuss.
Homework: Come prepared for your quiz on the “Ten Ways….” article. There are THREE more class days until final exams…keep studying your pink packets and gold answer key to the grammar pre-test.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s listening quizzes.
2. Receive a blue packet for the imperfect tense. You have been hearing and reading the imperfect tense all year long, without knowing that it is officially called “the imperfect.” Examples include tenía, quería, iba a …, podía, estaba, era, hacía sol, había, se llamaba, eran las dos, sabía, le gustaba, no entendía.
Now you are officially going to see the conjugation behind these words.
For the final exam, you will only need to understand the imperfect verbs when reading them (which you already do!). You will be held accountable for conjugating them after the final.
3. Practice our chapter 5 gestures.
4. Read “Ten Ways to Not Be Taken for a Gringo.”
Homework: Come prepared for your quiz on the “Ten Ways….” article. Come prepared for your speaking quiz on Thursday/Friday.
There are THREE more class days until final exams…keep studying your pink packets and blue answer key to the grammar pre-te
st.
martes 12 de enero de 2010
martes, el doce de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Announcement: Our next culture quiz has been moved to Thursday.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s culture & reading quizzes.
2. Review conjugating our regular, present tense verbs.
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Review 5-3 from yesterday’s homework. We will review 5-4 tomorrow.
5. Take a listening quiz.
6. Begin to read a culture article, “Ten Ways Not to Be Taken for a Gringo.”
Homework: Start studying for finals! There are only FOUR more class days until final exams begin. Study your pink packets and the gold answer key to our grammar pre-test.
Español Dos (2):
Announcement: Our next culture quiz has been moved to Thursday.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s culture and reading quizzes.
2. Practice our gestures and establish new gestures for:
--camina
--monta en triciclo
--salta a la cuerda
--recuerda
--le cuenta la verdad
--miente
--molesta a sus hermanos
--se pelea con
--excava en el cajón de arena
--construye un castillo de arena
--gira en el carrusel
--resbala por el tobogán
--empuja al niño en el columpio
--el sube y baja
3. Review 5-1 & 5-2 in the workbook.
4. Take a quick listening quiz.
5. Begin to read the article, “Ten Ways Not to Be Taken for a Gringo.”
Homework: Start studying for finals! There are only FOUR more class days until final exams begin. Study your pink packets and the gold answer key to our grammar pre-test.
Announcement: Our next culture quiz has been moved to Thursday.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s culture & reading quizzes.
2. Review conjugating our regular, present tense verbs.
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Review 5-3 from yesterday’s homework. We will review 5-4 tomorrow.
5. Take a listening quiz.
6. Begin to read a culture article, “Ten Ways Not to Be Taken for a Gringo.”
Homework: Start studying for finals! There are only FOUR more class days until final exams begin. Study your pink packets and the gold answer key to our grammar pre-test.
Español Dos (2):
Announcement: Our next culture quiz has been moved to Thursday.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive yesterday’s culture and reading quizzes.
2. Practice our gestures and establish new gestures for:
--camina
--monta en triciclo
--salta a la cuerda
--recuerda
--le cuenta la verdad
--miente
--molesta a sus hermanos
--se pelea con
--excava en el cajón de arena
--construye un castillo de arena
--gira en el carrusel
--resbala por el tobogán
--empuja al niño en el columpio
--el sube y baja
3. Review 5-1 & 5-2 in the workbook.
4. Take a quick listening quiz.
5. Begin to read the article, “Ten Ways Not to Be Taken for a Gringo.”
Homework: Start studying for finals! There are only FOUR more class days until final exams begin. Study your pink packets and the gold answer key to our grammar pre-test.
lunes 11 de enero de 2010
lunes, el once de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the weekend, answering the following fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
3. Take a quick culture quiz on our very important birthday song, “Las mañanitas.” If you’re not satisfied with the grade you earned, you should STILL keep focusing on learning the first two stanzas of this song…it’s not going to disappear.
4. Take a reading quiz. Nice job!
5. Begin the homework.
Homework: 5-3 & 5-4 (even’s translated).
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the weekend, answering the following fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
3. Take a quick culture quiz on our very important birthday song, “Las mañanitas.” If you’re not satisfied with the grade you earned, you should STILL keep focusing on learning the first two stanzas of this song…it’s not going to disappear.
4. Take a reading quiz. Nice job!
5. Begin the homework.
Homework: 5-3 & 5-4 (even’s translated).
viernes 8 de enero de 2010
viernes, el ocho de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Revisit a few of our grammar topics, in preparation for our upcoming final exam (7 more class days until then!):
--Escribe los pronombres personales (o sea, “the personal pronouns”). ¿Cómo se dice “I, you, he, she,” etc.?
--Escribe los artículos definidos (o sea, “the definite articles”). ¿Cuáles son las cuatro formas de “the”?
--Escribe los artículos indefinidos (o sea, “the indefinite articles”). ¿Cuáles son las formas de “a/an”? ¿Cuáles son las formas de “some”?
2. Listen to and sing our song of the week, “La familia tradicional.”
3. Read the story “Los gemelos” in table groups.
4. Illustrate six scenes from “Los gemelos.”
Escena 1: Paco y Pablo son casi idénticos. Son gemelos. Son altos. Son guapos. Tienen pelo rubio y ojos marrones…pero, Paco tiene pecas (freckles) en las mejillas (cheeks).
Escena 2: Paco y Pablo tienen exámenes en clases diferentes, y están muy nerviosos.
Escena 3: Los gemelos tienen una gran idea. Pablo no tiene pecas, así que (so) dibuja pecas en las mejillas. Entonces (And then) Paco y Pablo van a las clases diferentes.
Escena 4: La profesora le da el examen de matemáticas a Pablo, y Pablo recibe un 10 para Paco.
Escena 5: Pablo está súper contento, así que llora. ¡Oh no! Ahora Pablo no tiene pecas en las mejillas. La profesora está muy enojada.
Escena 6: La otra profesora mira las pecas de Paco. La profesora le grita, “¡Tú no eres Pablo!” Ella está muy molesta y le da un 0 en el examen.
5. Practice telling the story of “Los gemelos” aloud to a partner.
6. Rewrite the story of “Los gemelos” in your own words, using only your pictures.
Homework: Studying our grammar pre-test from December is one great way to start preparing for the final exam…seven more class days until then.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice our irregular, preterite verbs with our tangram puzzles.
2. Memorize our remaining chapter 5 vocabulary through our game “Vamos a la playa.”
Homework: There are seven class days until final exams! Make chapter five flashcards.
jueves 7 de enero de 2010
jueves, el siete de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Review yesterday’s vocabulary quizzes.
2. Practice spelling unknown words in Spanish, based upon our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.
3. Listen to and sing our song of the week, “La familia tradicional.”
4a. Tackle 5-1 & 5-2 in table groups.
4b. Gradebook checks for missing/incomplete assignments.
5. (2nd hour only): Review 5-1 & 5-2.
6. Play a quick round of charades.
Homework: None officially, though we have only SEVEN days until final exams begin, so start studying!!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice spelling unknown words, using our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.
2. Listen to our song of the week, “Ojos así.”
3. Finish defining our chapter 5 vocabulary.
4. Establish some gestures for our chapter 5 vocabulary.
5. Practice singing our “cucaracha” song.
6a. Individually create a tangram board game to practice our irregular, preterite verbs.
6b. Gradebook checks for missing/incomplete assignments.
Homework: Finish making your tangram board if you did not finish in class. Remember, there are SEVEN class days left until final exams. Making chapter 5 flashcards is highly recommended.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Review yesterday’s vocabulary quizzes.
2. Practice spelling unknown words in Spanish, based upon our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.
3. Listen to and sing our song of the week, “La familia tradicional.”
4a. Tackle 5-1 & 5-2 in table groups.
4b. Gradebook checks for missing/incomplete assignments.
5. (2nd hour only): Review 5-1 & 5-2.
6. Play a quick round of charades.
Homework: None officially, though we have only SEVEN days until final exams begin, so start studying!!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice spelling unknown words, using our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.
2. Listen to our song of the week, “Ojos así.”
3. Finish defining our chapter 5 vocabulary.
4. Establish some gestures for our chapter 5 vocabulary.
5. Practice singing our “cucaracha” song.
6a. Individually create a tangram board game to practice our irregular, preterite verbs.
6b. Gradebook checks for missing/incomplete assignments.
Homework: Finish making your tangram board if you did not finish in class. Remember, there are SEVEN class days left until final exams. Making chapter 5 flashcards is highly recommended.
miércoles 6 de enero de 2010
miércoles, el seis de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Take our second food/tableware quiz.
2. Practice five of our basic questions:
--¿Qué lees en la clase de inglés?
--¿Cómo se llaman las personas de tu familia?
--¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
--¿A qué hora empieza la clase de español?
--¿Qué tienes en tu mochila?
3. Listen to and sing our song of the week, “La familia tradicional.”
4. Establish new gestures for the following chapter 5 vocabulary items:
--los gemelos / las gemelas
--los mellizos / las mellizas
--los trillizos / las trillizas
--el hombre
--la mujer
--es alto/a
--es antipático/a
--es atractivo/a
--es bajo/a
--es bonito/a
--es feo/a
--es grande
Homework: None officially, though remember that finals start Wednesday, January 20th (8 more class days until then!), so start studying!!!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Tackle 4-10 in the workbook with table groups.
2. Review yesterday’s homework (irregular preterite verb & ch.3 vocab worksheet).
3. Listen to our song of the week, “Ojos así.” Nice job catching the next two missing words: ya, hasta.
4. Receive our last pink packet before final exams, and begin to define the new vocabulary.
Homework: (Unofficially, though highly recommended) Consider making flashcards for our new vocabulary. We have EIGHT class days left before final exams start!!!
Today’s Agenda:
1. Take our second food/tableware quiz.
2. Practice five of our basic questions:
--¿Qué lees en la clase de inglés?
--¿Cómo se llaman las personas de tu familia?
--¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
--¿A qué hora empieza la clase de español?
--¿Qué tienes en tu mochila?
3. Listen to and sing our song of the week, “La familia tradicional.”
4. Establish new gestures for the following chapter 5 vocabulary items:
--los gemelos / las gemelas
--los mellizos / las mellizas
--los trillizos / las trillizas
--el hombre
--la mujer
--es alto/a
--es antipático/a
--es atractivo/a
--es bajo/a
--es bonito/a
--es feo/a
--es grande
Homework: None officially, though remember that finals start Wednesday, January 20th (8 more class days until then!), so start studying!!!
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Tackle 4-10 in the workbook with table groups.
2. Review yesterday’s homework (irregular preterite verb & ch.3 vocab worksheet).
3. Listen to our song of the week, “Ojos así.” Nice job catching the next two missing words: ya, hasta.
4. Receive our last pink packet before final exams, and begin to define the new vocabulary.
Homework: (Unofficially, though highly recommended) Consider making flashcards for our new vocabulary. We have EIGHT class days left before final exams start!!!
martes 5 de enero de 2010
martes, el cinco de diciembre del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice five of our basic questions.
--¿Qué día fue ayer?
--¿Cuántos años tienes?
--¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
--¿Qué hay en la sala de clases?
--¿Adónde vas después de las clases?
2. Review 4-9 in the workbook.
3. Receive our new pink packet and write in the definitions.
4. Receive a new song, “La familia tradicional,” and translate the lyrics to English in table groups.
5. Listen to and sing “La familia tradicional."
6. Play another round of “Matamoscas” in preparation for tomorrow’s food/tableware quiz.
Homework: Prepare yourself for tomorrow’s food/tableware quiz.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice five of our basic questions.
--¿Qué día fue ayer?
--¿Cuántos años tienes?
--¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
--¿Qué hay en la sala de clases?
--¿Adónde vas después de las clases?
2. Review 4-9 in the workbook.
3. Receive our new pink packet and write in the definitions.
4. Receive a new song, “La familia tradicional,” and translate the lyrics to English in table groups.
5. Listen to and sing “La familia tradicional."
6. Play another round of “Matamoscas” in preparation for tomorrow’s food/tableware quiz.
Homework: Prepare yourself for tomorrow’s food/tableware quiz.
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice some of our basic questions.
--¿Conoces a alguien famoso?
------Sí, conozco a ____. / No, no conozco a nadie famoso.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Practice some of our basic questions.
--¿Conoces a alguien famoso?
------Sí, conozco a ____. / No, no conozco a nadie famoso.
--¿Qué no se permite hacer en PCFC?
------No se permite _____r en PCFC.
------No se permite _____r en PCFC.
--¿A qué hora te depspertaste hoy?
------Me desperté a las…. / Eran las ___ cuando me desperté.
------Me desperté a las…. / Eran las ___ cuando me desperté.
--¿A qué hora te acostaste anoche?
------Me acosté a las…. / Eran las ___ cuando me acosté.
2. Listen to our new song of the week, “Ojos así.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: sin, ahora, pido.
3. Practice our gestures and sing our “cucaracha” song.
4. Review 4-8 & 4-9 in the workbook.
5. Practice our irregular, preterite verbs, as well as chapter 3 vocabulary.
Homework: Finish page 3 in your irregular, preterite verb packet from before break.
------Me acosté a las…. / Eran las ___ cuando me acosté.
2. Listen to our new song of the week, “Ojos así.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: sin, ahora, pido.
3. Practice our gestures and sing our “cucaracha” song.
4. Review 4-8 & 4-9 in the workbook.
5. Practice our irregular, preterite verbs, as well as chapter 3 vocabulary.
Homework: Finish page 3 in your irregular, preterite verb packet from before break.
lunes 4 de enero de 2010
lunes, el cuatro de enero del dos mil diez
Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss what we did over the break.
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Review 4-7 & 4-8 in the workbook. We will review 4-9 tomorrow in class.
5. Play a round of “Matamoscas” to help us review our food/tableware vocabulary.
Homework: Keep preparing yourself for our second food/tableware vocabulary quiz (Wednesday).
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss what we did over break, answering the following fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante las vacaciones?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué ibas a hacer que no pudiste hacer?
3. Practice our gestures and sing our “cucaracha” song.
4. Play a round of “Matamoscas” to help us review our chapter 4 vocabulary.
5. Begin the homework.
Homework: 4-8 & 4-9 in the workbook (evens translated).
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss what we did over the break.
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Review 4-7 & 4-8 in the workbook. We will review 4-9 tomorrow in class.
5. Play a round of “Matamoscas” to help us review our food/tableware vocabulary.
Homework: Keep preparing yourself for our second food/tableware vocabulary quiz (Wednesday).
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss what we did over break, answering the following fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante las vacaciones?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué ibas a hacer que no pudiste hacer?
3. Practice our gestures and sing our “cucaracha” song.
4. Play a round of “Matamoscas” to help us review our chapter 4 vocabulary.
5. Begin the homework.
Homework: 4-8 & 4-9 in the workbook (evens translated).
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