#19 y #20

#19- practica con el vocabulario de tecnologia y el verbo seguir

#20- Christmas vocab crossword

*due Fri for Per. 2-4, after holiday break for Per. 7

#18

#18 es practica con los demonstrativos (este, ese, aquel...) - para el miercoles y el jueves

Wed/Thurs

The plan for these two days is to do the comprehensive preterite quiz, then have time to work on your project/presentation.  Please be sure to bring what you need to class to work on your project.  If not, you will be left to read my books in Spanish.

Ideas for how to work in class:
1- finish your timeline visual
2- memorize your presentation
3- practice on a classmate

Wed Flex

Thurs is the last day to make-up/retake the preterite quiz #3 (spelling changes).  I do not have Flex on thurs, my day is wed.  However, there will be a sub in my room on Wed, but, she has instructions and copies of the quiz.  Please come in and take it if you need to!  On Thurs, I will be able to stick around for a few minutes right after school for anyone who still needs to do it1

Fechas importantes

el 30 y el 1:  finish the writing out what you will say in your presentation.  You need to show me that you have it finished as your homework.

2 y 3:  preterite quiz on ALL preterite

4 y 7:  oral presentations (need your visual, can not read)

8 y 9:  oral exams (You will have an individual conversation with Profa about last summer.  She will ask you questions and you will need to participate in a conversation with her.)

10 y 11:  in-class writing exam:  Write a letter about last summer.

para el martes/miercoles (la semana del dia de accion de gracias)

#15:  Escribe una carta a tu abuela explicando lo que hiciste durante el fin de semana.  (Pay attention to how you begin and close your letter)

for Wed/Thurs #14

1- Answer the first question at the top of the page
2- Read the news article from BBC Mundo
3- answer the questions at the end in Spanish

You don't need to understand every single word in order to understand the message and some details.  It's good reading practice!

Para la semana del 17-19

el 17:  prueba!  El vocabulario es el de las culturas.  La gramatica es los verbos como gustar.  Hay que saber lo que significan los verbos y como usarlos.

me   nos
te     os
le     les



el 19:  Continuamos con el cine mexicano!  Si no estas en clase el viernes (el 13), puedes ver La Flash Cultura en VHL en leccion 2.  La explicacion de la tarea esta en el texto en la pagina 52 PROYECTO.  Cada estudiante necesita investigar un actor/actriz mexicano.  Se lo van a presentar en clase el 19 en grupos.  Para el 19, se necesita llevar 1- el ensayo para recibir puntos de tarea, 2-una foto del actor/actriz (puede estar en su celular para mostrar antes de presentar), 3-estar listo para presentar la informacion en grupos SIN leer el ensayo.  Tal vez se quiere llevar apuntes para su presentacion.  Recomiendo practicar antes.

La semana despues, vamos a ver una pelicula mexicana de la epoca de oro.

Para el lunes/martes (el 16 y 17)

1- Tarea #13 (practice with irregular verbs)

2- Prueba! (irregular verbs:  practice with La Cucaracha and your verb chart)

OTRA PRUEBA (PRETERITO #2)

Preterite quiz #2 will be on the 16 and 17 of Nov.  This quiz will have the completely irregular verbs like the ones in the song La Cucaracha.  You need to know the verbs from the song as well as the extra ones that we added on the board.  (conducir y traducir)

What do they mean and how do you conjugate them?

para el jueves y viernes

#11 p. 59:  es el ultimo grupo de verbos irregulares (grupo de y)

#12 y prueba

#12 is vocab practice

Don't forget!  vocab and preterite quiz on Mon/Tues.  This quiz has only the regular preterite tense verbs.

#10 y #11 para el jueves y viernes

#10:  practice with stem-change verbs in the preterite.  Remember, they only change for 3rd person!

#11:  practice with the verbs that have a spelling change in the yo form, p.61-63 (not the first page/group).  If you are not sure what some of the verbs mean, look through the word banks in the handouts.  All of the words are there for you!

#9 (para el lunes / martes)

#9  Here is an electronic copy!  The first lines are a reminder of the time phrases.  The part on the back that says "Actividad de escuchar" is for IN CLASS next week.

El dia de los muertos (si estas ausente)

Mon / Tues
You can click here to see an introduction to the Day of the Dead.

Tarea for miercoles / jueves:

Make two lists:  "similaridades" y "diferencias" and compare Dia de los muertos with Dia de las brujas

Then, write 5 comparative sentences using the information in your lists.

In class, we made papel picado.  First, we watch a video on the making of the traditional folk art form.  Then, a tutorial in Spanish on how to make it.  Click here to see the PPT with the video links included.

Wed / Thurs
We are singing songs in class for Dia de los muertos. Click here to see the vocab from the introduction, 2 songs that we are singing on Wed/Thurs, and the homework for the end of the week (create your own version of the song).

Click here to view the PPT that has the links to the two songs on YouTube, as well as instructions on how to do your song version for Halloween.

Para el miercoles y el jueves, el 28 y 29 de octubre

1.  Escribir una lista de similaridades y diferencias comparando el Dia de los muertos con el Dia de las brujas.

2.  Escribir 5 oraciones completas que comparan el Dia de los muertos con el Dia de las brujas.  Necesitas incorporar frases como:
mas que
menos que
tan como
tanto como

3. Per. 7:  Completar tu propia version de la cancion

para el fin de semana de 5 dias

#8 (los dos lados):  un crucigrama y contestar una pregunta

irregular verb song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFUAWMMdE7c

Here's the link for the preterite verb song!

para el lunes y el martes, 19 y 20 de octubre

#7 (practica con los verbos irregulares en el preterito)
On the verb chart, you can stop after haber. We will continue with the other irregular verbs later.

Don't forget the other side!

#6 para jueves y viernes

Necesitas tu lista de vocabulario para completar #6.

No te olvides traducir al ingles!

para lunes y martes #5

Narrate a sequence of events for the question Que hiciste anoche?

1- las palabras que indican una secuencia de eventos (primero, despues, luego, mas tarde, finalmente, por ultimo)

2- los verbos en el preterito

#4 para miercoles y jueves

Tarea #4 es practica con el preterito.

Don't forget to read both parts of the directions1  (conjugar y traducir)

este fin de semana

No hay tarea! (unless you did not finish the animal creation mini-project in class)

Oral exam

Oral exams are Thurs and Fri, Oct. 1 and 2.

You will work with a partner.  You need to know how to ask the 8 questions that have been on the board that we have been working with.  You and your partner will each randomly receive an animal.  You need to be able to ask/answer all of the questions for each animal.

After the essay exam, you will have the rest of the class period to practice and prepare for the oral with your partner.

Project due and Essay exam!

Next week, on Tues/ Wed there are two big things in class!  Your animals book is due and you have the in-class essay exam.

Animals book:  Please bring your rubric to include with your book.  If you did not have enough room after your homework, you can just attach more pages.  Even though your grade is entirely based on the 8 new animals, I still want to see your original work from the first 8 animals.  (You can not repeat animals)

Essay exam:  The rubric is exactly the same as the book rubric, but you need to organize your writing into an essay.  (Probably one paragraph per animal.)  Working on your project is practice for the essay exam.  You are writing all of the same things and same sentence structure, but you do not know which animals you will need to write about, based on the writing prompt.  You will receive a new rubric before the exam so that you can reference it during the exam.

After your exam in class, the rest of class will be spent preparing for your oral exam!

Grammar quiz on Fri and Mon! (some clues)

Reminder:  you do have a grammar quiz next class and it is on
1- stem-change verbs (verbos de bota)
2- verbs like gustar (2 options for each verb:  singular o plural, which word goes in front of the verbs?)
3- comparasions


*You will need to conjugate a few verbs from the vocab list.  Make sure that you know which verbs on the vocab list have a stem-change.  You also need to know all six present-tense endings (vosotros included)

**The gustar verbs section is just like homework #3 you did (the second page in the packet, not the one that says #3).  Know how to conjugate those verbs and which little words go in front of them.

***mas que / menos que / tan como / tanto como... Know when to use "que" and when to use "como".  Also, know when to use "tan" and when to use "tanto".

We will be doing some practice in class with these things before the quiz.  The quiz will be the second half of class.

Algunas fechas importantes

Periods 2-4:
-el 25 de septiembre:  grammar quiz (stem change verbs, verbs like gustar, comparisons)
-el 29 de septiembre:  project due (add an additional 8 animals to your book for a total of 16)
-el 29 de septiembre:  Essay writing exam (your project is practice for this)
-el 1 de octubre:  oral exam with a partner (know your questions)

Period 7:
-el 28 de septiembre:  grammar quiz (stem change verbs, verbs like gustar, comparisons)
-el 30 de septiembre;  project due (add an additional 8 animals to your book for a total of 16)
-el 30 de septiembre;  Essay writing exam (your project is practice for this)
-el 2 de octubre:  oral exam with a partner (know your questions)

For Wed./Thurs

Add the last homework assignment to your book!

Compara con otro animal. 

Use the different types of comparisons to write a comparison for each animal.
mas que
menos que
tan como
tanto como

Dos tareas (para el lunes y martes)

There are two assignments for next class (MON/TUES)

1-  En your book:  Answer the question for your 8 animals Que opinas de (animal) y por que?  USE THE VERBS LIKE "GUSTAR"

EX:  Me chocan las serpientes porque ...
Next week there will be one more sentence that you will add to your book for each animal.  Then it is project time!  Make sure that you are taking the time to review your writing.  Check your verb conjugations, and the masc/fem - sing/pl endings to make sure that it all matches.  With writing, you have time to check your work.  With speaking you don't, so you need to do your best when you write so that it later transfers to your speaking.

2- On a sheet of paper, make a flag from a South American country (not Central).  We will use this to play an on-going game.  If you don't have your flag to begin with us on the first day, you will not be able to play because it won't be fair.

Tarea #3 (for Thurs/Fri)

worksheet #3 (in the packet, not the one that says #3, but the second page that says likes/dislikes expanded:  practice with the verbs that work like gustar


**Per. 2:  1- answer on the English article - Que es interesante del articulo?
                2- In the gustar packet, the second page,  Likes/dislikes expanded

Tarea for Mon/Tues (Sept. 15/16)

2nd Per.:  Add to your book Que come?

Everyone:
1- Add to your book Que hace bien?
2- wksht #2 (verb practice)
3- study for vocab quiz for next class (everything on vocab sheet except for FIGURAS)

ex. for book:
El delfin nada bien.
El leon caza bien.
Los jaguares corren bien.

Tarea para viernes y lunes

You are continuing in your animal book.  Neither the grammar nor the sentence structure is difficult:  your goal is get as close to perfection as possible with  your verb conjugations, use of masculine/feminine/singular/plural and sentence structure while incorporating new vocabulary.

Continuing in your book with the first 8 animals:
1- On each picture, label at least 3 unique body parts
2- Write 2-3 complete sentences that answer the following questions:
      *Como es?
      *Donde vive?
      *Que come? (2nd Per. you can save this one until the next class)

Examples for how to answer in a complete sentence:
1-  El perro es bonito y leal.  Usualmente los perros viven en casas y a veces en una jaula.  Los perros comen la comida de perros y les gustan los huesos.

Tarea de libro (for Wed/Thurs)

You need to begin your animal book.  For now, you will be adding to this for homework.  Later, this will turn into a project that you will complete.  In the end, there will be 16 animals total in this book.  We are beginning with 8 animals right now.

For next class, you need to:
1- Create a book that has 18 pages (title page, space for 16 animals, and a back) you can decide if  each animal page is 1 or 2 pages.  I recommend one side for the name of the animal with a picture and labeled body parts, and the other side of the page for writing about each animal.

2- Title page (you choose your own title)

3- page numbers

4- Start with your first 8 animals.  You need to write the name of the animal and include a picture (draw, print, etc.).

Have fun!

Tarea #1

This packet is some reading practice incorporating vocab from the unit that we are about to begin:  animals, their body parts and their habitat.

The parts where you need to answer questions are on the first and last pages.

Tarea para martes/miercoles

Prepare a personal presentation!  You will receive an oral grade for this.  The purpose is to get  your over the initial fear of speaking in front of the class, as well as remember what it takes to be a good audience and classmate.

Nota:  Your grade will be based on  6 categories for 2 points each:
 1- totally in Spanish
 2- at least 30 seconds
 3- eye contact with the audience
 4- come prepared and seem to have practiced
 5- voice projection so that your audience can hear you
 6- correct grammar and vocabulary

*Notice, the grade is based more on good presentation practices and less on your overall Spanish this time.

Prompt:    Bring an object from home that tells a significant memory from life or that defines you. You must talk for at least 30 seconds in front of the class.  Stick to what you know - you will receive your first oral presentation grade of the year!  Ideas for sentence structures that you could use.

Me llamo______.

Éste es ___________.

Es importante porque _________.

Me define porque ________.

Me gusta(n) __________.

Yo soy _______.

Tarea para el segundo dia de clase

1.  Read syllabus for details, get a parent/guardian signature, and know that there will be a syllabus quiz on the second day because you are expected to know this information.

2. Name card:  In complete sentences, answer the questions in the four quadrants.  Decorate your name card to express your personality.
  Questions:  a.  Cual es tu programa de television favorito?
                     b.  Cual es tu comida favorita?
                     c.  Cual fue la cosa mas interesante que hiciste este verano?
                     d.  Para que estas emocionado para este ano escolar nuevo?

Hasta pronto!

Course syllabus

5-6 syllabus

Click on the link above to see a copy of this year's syllabus.  You are expected to hold on to this document all year and use it as a reference when you have questions.