martes, el dieciséis de diciembre del dos mil ocho

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Practice spelling unknown words in Spanish
--a-ver-i-guar
--na-vi-deñ-a
--hu-ér-fa-no
--a-le-grí-a
--ca-lle-jón

2. Complete 4-5 in the workbook and check answers.

3. Sing our first holiday song: “Va a nevar”

4. Complete dictation #5.

5. Take our food vocabulary quiz (chapter 4 & 12 food vocabulary).

Homework: None

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: I am offering you a significant opportunity in regards to your final exam. This opportunity has been motivated by all of you who have worked very hard to significantly raise your skill level since the beginning of the year. Due to the comprehensive nature of your exams, I feel very comfortable letting your final exam score supersede your class average (assuming you perform better than your average). If you perform worse on the final exam than your class average going into the test, I will treat the final exam as it would have ordinarily been treated (10% of your grade). SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY!

Today’s Learning Objectives:
1. Expand our knowledge of accent marks in Spanish. You already have two significant rules (see previous posts). Today we received more information, pertaining to a third rule. This rule concerns dipthongs, and helps us more accurately divide a word into its syllables.

Rule #3:
--A,E and O are “strong” vowels.
--I and U are “weak” vowels.
--When a strong vowel combines with a weak vowel, they form a single sound (“dipthong”).
--When two weak vowels combine, they form a single sound (“dipthong”).

Examples: pia-no, viu-do

Break the following words into their syllables. (The dipthongs are underlined.):
--ciu-dad
--pie
--vein-te
--pin-güi-no
--au-to-mó-vil
--a-gua
--deu-das
--a-pa-guen
--gui-san-tes
--man-te-qui-lla

2. Sing our first holiday song: “Va a nevar”

3. Practice the skill of circumlocution with our chapter four vocabulary. Utilizing the suggested starter phrases for circumlocution (…for an activity back in chapter two), write ten definitions for you chapter four vocabulary. Students guess the target words of others’ definitions.

4. Illustrate ten scenes from chapter two of Pobre Ana bailó tango.
--Después de ir a México, Ana quería visitar otros países.
--Ana leyó un libro sobre la Argentina.
--Ana supo que el tango es muy popular en la Argentina.
--Ana supo que había un programa escolar para ir a la Argentina.
--Ana se puso muy contenta al oír eso.
--Ana escribió una lista de lo que quería saber.
--Quería saber más sobre la comida.
--Quería saber más sobre las diversiones.
--No tenía mucho dinero, pero eso no le importaba.
--Iba a vivir con una familia argentina.

5. (4th & 6th periods only): Practice retelling chapter two of Pobre Ana bailó tango to a partner.

Homework: None.