martes, el nueve de septiembre del dos mil ocho

Español Uno (1):

Today's Learning Objectives:

1. Review the class syllabus, highlighting the following key information:

--communication expectations with high school teachers
--out-of-class resources
--anticipated test dates
--language acquisition levels for student self-assessment
--grading categories
--(!) Very Important: Spanish 1 students will need 70%+ at the year's end to continue onto Spanish 2.

2. Review of our essential questions about the day of the week.

3. Listen to our first song of the week: "¿Dónde estás, Yolanda?”

Today: Spot as many "cognates" as possible in the song lyrics.

Weekly song expectations:
a. new song each Tuesday
b. listening practice Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
c. singing/dancing optional Friday

4. Review our class gestures.

5. As a class, begin reading the story "Ana, la astronauta enferma."

Many familiar gesture words stand out.

Some new & important reading words also stand out:
--enferma = sick
--también = also
--tampoco = neither / either (negative way)
--un / una = a / an
--es = is
--está = is
--Un día = One day
--Es obvio que = It’s obvious that

Homework: None.

Español Dos (2):

Today's Learning Objectives:

1. Review the class syllabus, highlighting the following key information:

--communication expectations with high school teachers
--out-of-class resources
--anticipated test dates
--language acquisition levels for student self-assessment
--grading categories
--(!) Very Important: Spanish 2 students will need 73%+ at the year's end to continue onto Spanish 2.

2. Review of our essential questions about the calendar date.

3. Listen to our first song of the week: "¿Dónde estás, Yolanda?”

Today: Spot as many "cognates" as possible in the song lyrics and begin to fill in some of the missing words.

Weekly song expectations:
a. new song each Tuesday
b. listening practice Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
c. singing/dancing optional Friday

4. Review our class gestures.

5. As a class, finish reading the story "Ana, la astronauta enferma."

Some new & important reading words also stand out (should be in order of the story):
The new words are on the left. The familiar versions are in parentheses. Forgive the frustrating formatting!

--había = there was / there were (--hay = there is/are)
--era = s/he was (--es = s/he is)
--estaba = s/he was (--está = s/he is)
--se levantó = s/he stood up (--se levanta = s/he stands up)
--anduvo = s/he walked (--anda = s//he walks)
--se sentó = s/he sat down (--se sienta = s/he sits down)
--miró = s/he looked (at) (--mira = s/he looks (at))
--tuvo una idea = s/he got (had) an idea (--tiene una idea = s/he has an idea)
--agarró = s/he grabbed (--agarra = s/he grabs)
--le dio = s/he gave to him/her (--le da = s/he gives to him/her)
--tenía = s/he had (--tiene = s/he has)

Homework: Read "Ana, la astronauta enferma" to a parent or adult in ENGLISH for Thursday. We need to read aloud our Spanish in English to really make our brains work through the meaning of what we're reading. Otherwise, even as level 2's, we will sometimes find ourselves pronouncing words without understanding the meaning.