viernes, el veinticinco de septiembre del dos mil nueve

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

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

--op-ti-mi-sta
--cho-rro
--pan-di-lla
--de-ma-sia-do
--car-ní-vo-ros

2. Practice answering our essential question “¿Qué vas a hacer?” (What are you going to do?).

Quick review of who goes where in our t-charts:

I……………..we
you……………
s/he………….they

What would the t-chart look like for “ir” (to go)?

voy………….vamos
vas…………………
va……………van…

Nice, beginner work phrasing sentences like:

Voy a mirar la tele.
Voy a jugar Xbox.

3. Listen & sing our song of the week: “El rey.”

4. Practice our gestures & our “¡Ay, ay, ay, ay!” song.

5. Finish reading “Ana, la astronauta enferma.”

Homework: Read, in ENGLISH, the story “Ana, la astronauta” to an adult (parent / neighbor / coach / teacher). You are reading in English to make sure you actually understand what is written, instead of just pronouncing the Spanish. Feel free to additionally read in Spanish.

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Turn in the homework (signed copy of “Ana, la astronauta enferma.”)

2. Practice spelling unknown words using our knowledge of phonetics.
--en-se-gui-da
--car-ní-vo-ros
--car-du-men
--gui-ja-rro
--ti-bu-ron-cín

3. Practice answering our Spanish 2 basic questions, adding a few new weather details.

New weather details:
--llovizna (it’s drizzling)
--lloviznó (it drizzled)
--lloviznaba (it was drizzling)

--llueve (it’s raining)
--llovió (it rained)
--llovía (it was raining)

--está nublado (it’s cloudy)
--estaba nublado (it was cloudy)

4. Listen & sing our song of the week: “El rey.”

5. Review key vocabulary from “Ana, la astronauta enferma.”

--había (there was/were)
--anduvo (s/he walked)
--le dio (s/he gave to him/her)
--tuvo una idea (s/he got an idea)
--era astronauta (s/he was an astronaut)
--no entendía (s/he didn’t understand)
--estaba enfermo/a (s/he was sick)
--le dijo (s/he said to him/her)
--vio (s/he saw)
--fue (s/he went)
--tenía medicina (s/he had medicine)

6. Illustrate key scenes from “Ana, la astronauta enferma” as the teacher reads aloud.

--Había una astronauta. Estaba muy enferma.
--Un día Ana anduvo a la oficina de Miguel. Le dijo que estaba enferma.
--Miguel era muy inteligene y tuvo una idea.
--Miguel agarró un suéter y le dio el suéter a Ana. Ana no entendía.
--Miguel tuvo otra idea. Miguel tenía medicina en su oficina.
--Miguel agarró la medicina y le dio la medicina a Ana. Ana estaba enferma.

7. Practice retelling the story with a partner.

8. Quick sharing of the story aloud by three brave volunteers.

9. Discussion about how the above retelling (as done by Profe Nick) would be assessed on a speaking quiz. A simple & correct retelling with NO English and very few errors would be “meets target” (B).

Discussion about what it would take to be at the “exceeds target” (A) range. Nice job brainstorming alternate vocabulary that could be used or other details not mentioned in the original version. Remember, you don’t have to stick with the script. You can always elaborate.

Homework: None.