Monday, May 19, 2014

Evaluación Mañana

Final Test Tomorrow


See the previous posts for study materials.

Monday´s post has all the quizlets and vocab lists.

Here is the practice final again.


Below is the rubrics I will be using to evaluate you on the writing portion:

Friday, May 16, 2014

Repaso para la evaluación final

See the previous posts for study materials.

Monday´s post has all the quizlets and vocab lists.

Here is the practice final again.



Today we played "Lo tengo" to review.


We also did a free write of one of the writing prompts on the final. Turn it in to me so I can give you feedback.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Practica para la evaluación - Pobre Ana 6



We continued with SER and ESTAR (see yesterday's post) by seeing how the verbs are used on the comic on the back of the SER and Estar worksheet (sorry, no digital copy)
 
 
We read Pobre Ana Capítulo 6 to practice for the reading section of the final. Here are the multiple choice questions. Follow this link and scroll down to find the chapter 6 PDF

 

Here is the practice final exam. 


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Ser y Estar

We started with some speaking practice to describe this picture. This will be similar to the section you will see on the test.

We learned more about the differences between SER and Estar.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

DP Update and Sound Recording by Friday 5/2

The following are the tasks you will need to accomplish by the end of the day by Friday, 5/2.

 
1. Take photos of your book to post on your DP. Please use a photos of just your book. I do have photos of you reading your book if you would like to use them in addition to the photos of your book.
 
2. Use Windows Movie Maker or Imovie to upload the photos of your book.  
 
3. Use Audacity, or other voice recording program to record yourself reading your book and post to your DP.   You may also be prompted to download a Lame MP3 encoder.
 
4. Upload the audio with your photos on Movie Maker or Imovie. 
 
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE AUDACITY.  If you have another program you know better go with that!  If you are using a Mac you can use Garage Band for the audio and Imovie for the video. 
 
5. You will need to upload your video to Youtube.  When you are using your Animas Gmail account you will have access to this.    Once you have uploaded your video you can copy the URL and paste it in your DP.
 
Here is the rubric I will be using to grade this portion. 

 
Here is an example I made in 10 minutes.


6. Take the End of Project survey for AHS.

7. Take the Los Cuentos Infantiles Project Feedback survey for class.

8. Write your project reflection and post to your DP (See requirements below)
  • Write an objective paragraph in English summarizing the project
  • Write a reflection paragraph in English of your thoughts on the project. Include such things as your favorite parts of the project, what you learned, or what you would change.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Books Due Tomorrow

Your final book is due tomorrow, Tuesday, 29th. 

Today we continued working on our books.  This is the last day to work on your book. 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Ilustrar y escribir los libros

This week you should be illustrating and transferring your text to your book. 

If you have not met with me to check your writing you NEED to do this. 

I recommend you also double check your corrections with me after you have edited your draft. 

Friday, April 18, 2014

Project Feedback and Book Illustration

You should have met with me to discuss edits on your book.

Once you have done this you may begin illustrating your book. 

We will have Tuesday - Friday next week for book illustration in class. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Begin Draft Writing Process


I passed back the storyboarding of our books and gave you feedback. 

Once you have finished your storyboard, start on the rough draft of your writing. DUE MONDAY, 3/14.   Here is the criteria for the rough draft.

Here is the rubric for the project. If you have not reviewed the research of your country you will want to do so.

Monday 4/7 Storyboards due

 We finished storyboarding our books. This is to be done in English. Draw a picture of what will happen on each page and write a brief description in English. DUE TODAY 4/7

Once you have finished your storyboard, start on the rough draft of your writing.  Here is the criteria for the rough draft. 

Here is the rubric for the project. If you have not reviewed the research of your country you will want to do so.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Los cuentos infantiles project rubric and storyboard

Today I passed out the rubric for the project.  If you have not reviewed the research of your country you will want to do so. 

We started storyboarding our books.  This is to be done in English.   Draw a  picture of what will happen on each page and write a brief description in English.  DUE MONDAY 4/7

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Tuesday, 4/1

We did not have class on Monday.

Tuesday we spent the period reviewing concepts from last semester by playing a review game. 

Friday, March 21, 2014

Evaluación Hoy ' los adjetivos de emoción

Quiz Today, 3/21 over el vocabulario de emoción

DUE TODAY - END OF CLASS

We Completed the questions for chapter 4 of Pobre Ana.

DUE YESTERDAY - 3/20

We wrote 2 more pages in our El cuento de Durango. (Pages 5&6 due Today, 3/20 End of Class)
  • Write 2 pages with at least 3 sentences
  • Each page needs an illustration
  • Use the IR + A construction at least once
  • Use a construction of emotion/condition at least once
  • Continue with the theme of your story about Durango

 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Evaluacón Mañana - Quiz tomorrow - Los adjetivos de emoción

We reviewed the vocabulary for ESTAR + emotions and conditions by playing avalancha.

We read chapter 4 of Pobre Ana. 

Pobre Ana Chapter 4 Worksheet Due Friday 3/21

We wrote 2 more pages in our El cuento de Durango. (Pages 5&6 due Today, 3/20 End of Class)
  • Write 2 pages with at least 3 sentences
  • Each page needs an illustration
  • Use the IR + A construction at least once
  • Use a construction of emotion/condition at least once
  • Continue with the theme of your story about Durango

Quiz Friday, 3/21 over el vocabulario de emoción

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

El cuento de Durango pages 5&6 Due Thursday 3/20 End of Class

We reviewed the vocabulary for ESTAR + emotions and conditions and the concept IR + A

We read more children's stories to review what effective stories are like

We wrote 2 more pages in our El cuento de Durango. (Pages 5&6 due Thursday3/20 End of Class)
  • Write 2 pages with at least 3 sentences
  • Each page needs an illustration
  • Use the IR + A construction at least once
  • Use a construction of emotion/condition at least once
  • Continue with the theme of your story about Durango

Quiz Friday, 3/21 over el vocabulario de emoción

Here is the quizlet to practice

Monday, March 17, 2014

Pobre Ana 3 Due Today

We reviewed the vocabularion de emoción by playing Simón Dice.

We talked more about the concept IR + A  

DUE TODAY END OF CLASS:
Pobre Ana Chapter 3 comprehension questions

Quiz Friday, 3-21 over el vocabulario de emoción

Here is the quizlet to practice

Friday, March 14, 2014

Pobre Ana 3

Today we clarified the topics we will be learning, the activities we are doing in class, due dates, and reasoning for the things we are learning. 

We reviewed the vocabularion de emoción by playing Simón Dice. 

We finished reading Pobre Ana chapter 3 and worked on the comprehension questions. 

DUE MONDAY END OF CLASS:
Pobre Ana Chapter 3 comprehension questions

DUE TODAY:
You may redo the answers you missed points on to gain credit for your responses. For each point you missed you can redo your answer to gain 1/2 point back.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Class Clarification and PARANOIA!!

Today I clarified the topics we will be learning, the activities we are doing in class, due dates, and reasoning for the things we are learning.  We will revisit this again on Thursday during class. 

I passed back papers and the Investigación de la ciudad/el pueblo

You may redo the answers you missed points on to gain credit for your responses.  For each point you missed you can redo your answer to gain 1/2 point back. 
For the remainder of the period we played a game called Paranoia.  If you were not here you missed out!!

Friday, March 7, 2014

Midterm Survey - Finish Pobre Ana 3

Please take a moment to take this survey
We took this survey in class and discussed the responses. 

We finished reading Pobre Ana Chapter 3 and worked on the comprehension questions. 
Comprehension Questions are due at the end of class TODAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 7th.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

IR + A

Today we learned a new grammar concept, IR + A

We started reading Pobre Ana Chapter 3
We will do the comprehensions tomorrow


Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Los adjetivos de emoción

Your El cuento en Durango books pages 3&4 are due today at the end of class.

We have new vocabulary over los adjetivos de emocion

Monday, March 3

We took the quiz over el pueblo/la ciudad places

you wrote pages 3&4 in your el cuento en Durango  book.  This is Due Tuesday, 4th at the end of class. 

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Quiz Tomorrow - El cuento de durango due tomorrow

We reviewed for the quiz tomorrow

Your Invetigación del pueblo-la ciudad is due today.  This is your city town research.  Please email it to me or put it in the homework bin. 


We began pages 3&4 of El cuento de Durango.  Below is the criteria:
  • Write two pages
  • Three sentences each page
  • One drawing per page
  • Choose a theme that will take the reader through the story
  • Choose a character that will take the reader through the story
  • This will be about DURANGO and the culture in Durango
  • Remember to use the common elements of children's stories.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

We did a short review of the vocab words for the Quiz on FRIDAY
Here is the quizlet for the vocab words.  

You had time to work on your SLC notecards.
You will need to show me your notecards tomorrow. You will need 2-3 notecards.
  • Greatest strength in Spanish with evidence
  • Area for most improvement with evidence
  • I will improve by ..... Use a 21st century skill or Habit of Heart and Mind to justify your response.
We had research work time
INVESTIGACIÓN DUE THURSDAY - END OF CLASS
You may email me or drop your research in the bin in class

Monday, February 24, 2014

SLC Notecards DUE TOMORROW

We did a short review of the vocab words for the Quiz on FRIDAY

You had time to work on your SLC notecards.
You will need to show me your notecards tomorrow. You will need 2-3 notecards.
  • Greatest strength in Spanish with evidence
  • Area for most improvement with evidence
  • I will improve by ..... Use a 21st century skill or Habit of Heart and Mind to justify your response.
We had research work time 
INVESTIGACIÓN DUE THURSDAY - END OF CLASS
You may email me or drop your research in the bin in class

Friday, February 21, 2014

Investigación de tu pueblo-ciudad

Pobre Ana Chapter 2 DUE TODAY
If you did not finish this you still need to turn it in on monday.

Today we worked on our town/city research. (DUE TUESDAY)

  • If you cannot download the file from the link above, go to my Google sites.
  • The research form will be the first file listed (Detailed Investigación de tu pueblo_Printer friendly.docx)

  • If you finish the research, here is a quizlet to practice.

    Here are two more questions you may choose to answer:

    #20 What is home life like in your town?
    • What does the family structure look like (roles of family members, number of people in a home)?
    • What is a common dwelling? Neighborhood?
    • What do families do for fun?
    • Do they keep pets?

    #21 What is school like in your town/city?
    • What are schools like in your community? (private, public, poor, well-funded)
    • What types of classes are taught?
    • Up to what grade do students go to school?
    • What kinds of extracurricular activities are offered?
    • Do students regularly attend a college or university?

    Thursday, February 20, 2014

    Pobre Ana 2

    We Reviewed the city/town vocab

    We read Pobre Ana capítulo 2. 

    Thursday, February 13, 2014

    Evaluación mañana - preposiciones

    We did an activity to practice the vocab words for the quiz tomorrow. 

    We finished the Pobre Ana, comprehension questions

    You turned in la investigación del país 

    There is a Quiz on Friday over prepositions.
    • Here is a quizlet to practice  



    Here is a review sheet for the quiz on Friday.
    • Complete this worksheet in its entirty and turn it in for an extra point on the quiz

    Tuesday, February 11, 2014

    Pobre Ana Capítulo 1

    Leimos del cuento, Pobre Ana, capítulo 1 
    We read from the story, Pobre Ana, chapter 1
    Continuamos con la investigación del país para jueves
    We continued to work on our country research due Thursday. REMEMBER TO ANSWER IN SPANISH AND COMPLETE SENTENCES

    There is a Quiz on Friday over prepositions.

    Monday, February 10, 2014

    Investigación del país

    Eligiste el país que vas a investigar. Empezamos esta hoja de investigación. DUE THURSDAY
    You chose the country you want to research. We began this research sheet.
    ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES AND IN SPANISH

    I passed back the quizzes from Friday. 

    Quiz Friday 2/14 over prepositions.  Here is a quizlet to practice

    Friday, February 7

    We took the quiz on the countries. If you were absent on Friday I would like you to come in on Monday to take the quiz. 
     
    We continued working on the first two pages of our booklets about our Durango stories. This is due Monday at the beginning of class.
    This outline will help you with your Cuento de Durango
    Here is the criteria again for the story:
    • Write two pages
    • Three sentences each page
    • One drawing per page
    • Choose a theme that will take the reader through the story
    • Choose a character that will take the reader through the story
    • This will be about DURANGO and the culture in Durango
    • Remember to use the common elements of children's stories.
     
    We looked into what Spanish speaking country we may want to research for our projects.

    Thursday, February 6, 2014

    QUIZ FRIDAY OVER LATIN AMERICA
    Follow this link to practice the countries
    Here is a link to the countries you will need to know as well as a map to practice.

    We started writing in el cuento de Durango. (The story of Durango)
    We will continue writing in our books tomorrow.   
    This outline will help you with your Cuento de Durango
    Here is the criteria again for the story:
    • Write two pages
    • Three sentences each page
    • One drawing per page
    • Choose a theme that will take the reader through the story
    • Choose a character that will take the reader through the story
    • This will be about DURANGO and the culture in Durango
    • Remember to use the common elements of children's stories.

    FOR EXTRA CREDIT ON THE QUIZ TOMORROW:
    Correctly label ALL of these following countries on the map
    • Brasil
    • Haiti
    • Suriname
    • Guyana
    • French Guiana
    • Belize

    Tuesday, February 4, 2014

    Las preposiciones de lugar

    We watched this video on the verbs SER and ESTAR

    There is new vocabulary las preposiciones del lugar - prepositions of place and completed the questions on the back

    QUIZ FRIDAY OVER LATIN AMERICA
    Follow this link to practice the countries
    Here is a link to the countries you will need to know as well as a map to practice.


    Monday, February 3, 2014

    Los cuentos infantiles - los dibujos

    Today we drew examples of pages in children's stories and shared our drawings.  

    Quiz Friday over the countries of Latin America. Here is the link to the program to practice the countries. Under the countries heading, click on any of the level 1 - 9 practices.

    Friday, January 31, 2014

    Los cuentos infantiles

    We finished writing about the movie.  Do the 4 sentences and drawings on the back of the vocab list for the movie.

    We read children's stories - Los cuentos infantiles.  We talked about common themes of children's stories.

    We made our own practice pages for children's stories.   

    Thursday January 30

    We finished the Devil's Miner

    Here is the vocab list for the movie

    Do the back side of the sheet.  Write a sentence for each scene and draw a picture representing what you wrote.  Use a vocab word from the front in each sentence. 

    I passed back the quizzes from Monday.  

    Thursday, January 23, 2014

    Evaluación Lunes - Quiz Monday - El tiempo y las estaciones

    Repasamos el tiempo y las estaciones
    We reviewed weather and seasons
    Continuamos con la investigación del mundo latino y el mapa de América Latina - Due Tomorrow
    We continued with the Latin world research - Due tomorrow

    Friday, January 17, 2014

    Investigación del mundo latino

    Miramos los videos de La plaza sesamo
    We watches the Sesame Street videos
    Repasamos el vocabulario del tiempo
    We reviewed the weather vocabulary

    We took a quiz on the countries of Latin America

    We did research on Latin America

    Thursday, January 16, 2014

    Repasamos el vocabulario del tiempo y las estaciones
    We reviewed the vocabulary on weather and seasons

    Miramos este video para recordar como decir "Hace calor"
    We watched this video to remember how to say "it is hot"

    Recibieron tu nuevo declaración del proyecto
    You recieved your new task statement

    Tuesday, January 14, 2014

    Nuevo Vocabulario - el tiempo y las estaciones

    Hablamos del programa de estudios
    We talked about the course syllabus

    Aprendimos nuevo vocabulario - el tiempo y las estaciones
    We learned new vocabulary - Weather and the seasons
    Here is the Quizlet to study for the quiz, el tiempo y las estaciones, next week. 

    Monday, January 13, 2014

    Practicamos con el verbo SER
    We practiced with the verb SER

    Hablamos del programa de estudios
    We talked about the course syllabus

    You also organized your binder to get ready for the year.
    You will need a binder with 5 dividers. Here is what you will need to keep from last semester for each section:

    El vocabulario:
    • El cuerpo
    • los adjetivos
    • los pasatiempos y los deportes
    • Verb lists
    • los colores y los números
    • días-meses-años (the date)
    • Decir la hora (telling time)
    • Los saludos y las despedidas (greetings)
    La gramática
    • SER and Subject Pronouns
    • El paquete de los verbos
    El otro
    • El libro de verbos
    • El lobo
    • la vaca y el mono
    • los cuentos
    Las evaluaciones
    • You can toss old quizzes
    Los proyectos
    • You can toss old project stuff

    Thursday, January 9, 2014

    Today we worked in groups on the review quiz from Tuesday.

    You also organized your binder to get ready for the year. 
    You will need a binder with 5 dividers.  Here is what you will need to keep from last semester for each section:

    El vocabulario:
    • El cuerpo
    • los adjetivos
    • los pasatiempos y los deportes
    • Verb lists
    • los colores y los números
    • días-meses-años (the date)
    • Decir la hora (telling time)
    • Los saludos y las despedidas (greetings)
    La gramática
    • SER and Subject Pronouns
    • El paquete de los verbos
    El otro
    • El libro de verbos
    • El lobo
    • la vaca y el mono
    • los cuentos
    Las evaluaciones
    • You can toss old quizzes
    Los proyectos
    • You can toss old project stuff

    Tuesday, January 7, 2014

    Tomamos una evaluación de repaso
    We took a review quiz. Take this without notes. We will go over it on Thursday.

    Organizamos nuestras carpetas y hablamos sobre la clase
    We organized our notebooks and we talked about the class

    Aquí está el programa de estudios
    Here is the syllabus
    Tomamos una evaluación de repaso
    We took a review quiz.  Take this without notes.  We will go over it on Thursday.

    Organizamos nuestras carpetas y hablamos sobre la clase
    We organized our notebooks and we talked about the class

    Aquí está el programa de estudios 
    Here is the syllabus

    Monday, January 6, 2014

    ¡Bienvenidos!

    Bienvenidos a la clase de español

    Nos presentamos
    We introduced ourselves

    Jugamos Jeopardia
    We played Jeapordy