viernes el 9 de diciembre, 2011

En clase:

• Trabajaron en todo del trabajo de traducción
• You worked on everything for the translation project

Tarea:

• You must have your reflections posted on your DP.
• If you want to reassess on IO and DO pronouns next week (Monday/Tuesday), you must email me by Sunday night!!! 

jueves el 8 de diciembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Trabajaron en finalizar los trabajos de traducción y trabajaron en sus "DPs"
• You all worked on finalizing your translation projects and worked on your DPs

Tarea:

• EVERYTHING associated with this project is due by the end of class tomorrow.  Here is a list of what "everything" includes.  You will have the whole class period to work.  Plan accordingly. 
• AND for those of you who lost the DP Guidelines, HERE they are again.

martes el 6 de diciembre, 2011

En clase:

• Tomaron una evaluación de pronombres de OD y OI
• You all took an assessment on direct and indirect object pronouns
• Trabajaron en sus traducciones
• You all worked on your translations

Tarea:

• If you didn't finish your grammar and vocabulary concepts form, please do it tonight! It is now late.  
• If you want to get ahead on your DP, here are the guidelines for your Spanish page.  
• Lastly, some of you have been asking when the various deadlines are for this project.  Please see THIS RUBRIC for those deadlines. 

lunes el 5 de diciembre, 2011

En clase:

• Practicamos los pronombres de OD/OI
• We practiced Direct and Indirect Object pronouns
• Trabajaron en sus traducciones
• You all worked on your translations

Tarea:

• STUDY for the assessment tomorrow on direct and indirect object pronouns.  No family vocab this time, since we haven't really been practicing that :). I posted practice slides on Thursday and Friday last week from the review games we did and you can also use the colby website (link on Friday).  
• Remember that the Grammar and Vocabulary Concepts form is due tomorrow by the end of class. The point of this form is for you to articulate your grammar and vocabulary take-aways from this translation process.  The grammar and vocab. can be separate and, although I prefer that the grammar is new, you may also choose a known concept if you feel like you learned it better from doing this project.  

viernes el 2 de diciembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos con los pronombres de OD/OI con otro juego en powerpoint
• We practiced with direct and indirect object pronouns with another powerpoint game
• Trabajaron en sus traducciones
• You all worked on your translations

Tarea:

• Hoja de práctica 2 de pronombres de OD/OI
• Try other practice activites on this great Colby site!
• And -- the assessment on Family vocab, direct, and indirect object pronouns is on Tuesday of next week.
• If you want to work on your grammar & vocabulary concepts form over the weekend but didn't get one in class -- here is a copy. Remember - this form should be done by each person, INDIVIDUALLY! It is ok if you do the same concept, but you should do separate forms.

jueves el 1 de diciembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos con los pronombres de OD/OI con un juego en powerpoint
• We practiced with direct and indirect object pronouns with a powerpoint game
• Trabajaron en sus traducciones
• You all worked on your translations

Tarea:

• Hoja de práctica 2 de pronombres de OD/OI
• Try other practice activites on this great Colby site!
• And -- the assessment that was scheduled for tomorrow has been rescheduled for Tuesday of next week due to MANY student requests of this nature.  Sorry for undue stress, and I hope the nerves motivated you to learn this material better. 

miércoles el 30 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Corregimos la tarea de pronombres de OD/OI
• We corrected the homework on Direct/Indirect object pronouns
• Trabajaron en sus traducciones
• You all worked on your translations

Tarea:

• Nada en particular
• More pronoun practice available at this awesome Colby site!

martes el 29 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Corregimos la tarea de pronombres de OD y OI.
• We corrected the indirect and direct object pronouns tarea
• Empezaron el proceso de corregir sus traducciones
• You all started the process of correcting your translations

Tarea:

• Hoja de práctica 3 de pronombres de OD/OI

lunes el 28 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de lo que hay de nuevo en nuestras vidas
• We caught up about what's new in our lives
• Hablamos de los pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto
• We talked about indirect and direct object pronouns. Here is a useful handout for you with notes about this.

Tarea:

• Due tomorrow Práctica 1 - con pronombres de objetos directos

Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here's some review stuff you can do to practice your skills over break. Try these practice quizzes. After you submit your responses, the answers should appear and you can check your work.  

If you want to keep practicing present tense verb conjugation (many of you should consider reassessing on this skill), then go to conjuguemos and conjugate irregular verbs. 

Practice activities for school actions vocab are available at this site. Practice activities for daily routine vocab are available at this site.


And, you can always watch Mi Vida Loca as long as you don't tell anyone what happens! We watched episodio 3 today!

jueves el 17 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hicieron "mano pavos" en clase y hablaron de las cosas y personas por las cuales están agradecidos
• You all made hand turkeys in class and talked about the things and people for which you're grateful

Tarea:

• BRING TO CLASS TOMORROW:
• Peer edit sheets
• Your Spanish translation
• The original English document from which you translated

martes el 15 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Practicamos con los verbos de rutina diaria
• We practiced with daily routine verbs
• Tomaron una evaluación en el vocabulario de rutina diaria y el uso de los reflexivos
• You all took an assessment on daily routine vocab and usage of reflexives
•  Trabajaron en las traducciones
• You all worked on translations

Tarea:

• YOU MUST BRING COMPLETED FIRST DRAFTS WITH YOU TO THE BEGINNING OF CLASS TOMORROW!!!

lunes el 14 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hicimos un repaso de rutina diaria y otra gramática mixta
• We did a review of daily routine vocab and other mixed grammar
• Trabajaron en sus traducciones
• You all worked on your translations

Tarea:

• Study for an assessment tomorrow on daily routine vocab & reflexives usages + some other past skill.  
• Keep plugging away on your translations.  They will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday and are ESSENTIAL for our activity in class that day.  Failure to come with a workable translation attempt will mean you can't participate in that day's peer editing activity and will receive a 0/25 for that work.  OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAKE UP WILL BE DIFFICULT AND UP TO BECCA'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

jueves el 10 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Discutieron las redes sociales por toda la clase - ¡EN ESPAÑOL!
• You all discussed social networks for the whole class period - IN SPANISH!

Tarea:

• 1st draft of your translation is due on Wednesday of next week.  You will have 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Tuesday to work on it, so plan accordingly!
• Assessment on daily routine vocab. and conjugation/usage of that vocab (including reflexives!) will happen on Tuesday.  There will also be something else included from previous material in my class.  I will post a practice worksheet for you to study this weekend and distribute it to you tomorrow via Rachael's class.

martes el 8 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Practicamos con el vocabulario de rutina diaria y los verbos reflexivos
• We practiced with daily routine vocab and reflexive verbs
• Empezaron a traducir tus boletines de salud y transporte
• You all started translating your health/transportation bulletins

Tarea:

• Periodo 1 - Reflexive verbs practice sheet (for Thursday!)
• IF YOU HAVEN'T BROUGHT IN SOMETHING TO TRANSLATE, YOU MUST HAVE IT IN CLASS TOMORROW!!!

lunes el 7 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de verbos reflexivos y el vocabulario nuevo.
• We talked about reflexive verbs (see this video if you need a refresher or missed class) and the new vocab (check it out here).
• Hicimos un juego de repaso de mucho hasta ahora.
• We did a review game of lots of stuff up till now.

Tarea:

• Hoja de práctica 1 - rutina diaria. Please note that you have to add a box to the left of the #1 horizontal.
• If you did not bring your piece about health/transportation to translate, then YOU MUST have one tomorrow in class.  THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.  Please see last Friday's post for information on the parameters for your translation pieces.

viernes el 4 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Discutimos "Exodus" en español
• We discussed "Exodus" in Spanish.

Tarea:

For Monday (lunes) - find a publication related to Health or Transportation to translate.

Some parameters:

• 100-300 words; please bring anything that is shorter/longer in for approval on Monday
• If you want to do another topic, please email Becca - beccakatz.teacher@gmail.com.  There was some interest in seeing an electricity bill, lease agreement, and othe similar docs in Spanish, so those would be possibilities as well.
• YOU MUST understand the material well in English, or else it will be impossible to translate.

jueves el 3 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos del proceso de traducir
• We talked about the translation process

Tarea:

• For tomorrow (viernes) - READ Exodus
• For Monday (lunes) - find a publication related to Health or Transportation to translate.

miércoles el 2 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Tuvimos otro día de hablar en sólo español
• We had another day of ONLY speaking in Spanish
• Periodo 1 - Chad y Tacatoma nos enseñaron sobre los participios pasados
• Chad and Nathan S. taught us about past participles
• Periodo 6 - Becca enseñó del presente progresivo y la formación del presente progresivo
• Becca taught about the present progressive tense and its formation
• Trabajaron en las traducciones

Tarea:

• Read (Lean) Exodus para viernes

martes el 1 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de los mandatos informales (periodo 6) y de los irregulares en el futuro (periodo 1)
• We talked about informal commands (6th period) and future irregulars (1st period)
• Escuchamos la canción Miente por Enrique Iglesias
• We listed to the song Miente by Enrique Iglesias
• Trabajaron en sus traducciones 
• You all worked on your translations

Tarea:

• Nada.  Remember, tomorrow is a Spanish only day!

lunes el 31 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Tomaron evaluaciones del futuro (verbos regulares), los posesivos, y vocabulario de escuela (acciones)
• You took assessments on the future tense (regular verbs), possessives, and school vocab (actions)
• Escuchamos la leccioncita de verbos irregulares en el futuro (en periodo 1)
• We listed to the lesson on irregular verbs in the future

Tarea:

• Nada.

jueves el 27 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Leccioncitas de grupos de estudiantes:
• Cayton, Jerrica, Daniel - los mandatos formales
• Caleb, Aiyana, Elliott - el gerundio y el presente progresivo
• Escribimos en el futuro

Tarea:

• If your group has not gone, then get your lessons ready for next week.  Click here for the schedule.
• Remember there is an assessment on Monday on the following skills: possessive pronouns and adjectives; future tense of regular verbs, and school actions vocab.

miércoles el 26 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Corregimos la tarea de los posesivos 
• We corrected the possessives practice sheet 1 & 2 (in period 1)
• Leccioncitas de:
• Periodo 1 - Regular future tense by Turo y Rosa
• Periodo 6 - Irregular future tense by Chupacabra, Carlita, y Lilia

 Tarea:

• Period 6 - Possessives practice sheet 2

martes el 25 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Periodo 1 - Ana, Lucia, & Ty nos enseñaron sobre los mandatos informales y affirmativos
• Period 1: Hannah, Hannah & Ty taught us about informal, affirmative commands (Tú)
• Periodo 6 '- Ashley, Calixto, Bobo, y Sara nos enseñaron sobre el futuro con los verbos regulares
• A, C, B, and S taught us about the future tense with regular verbs
• Repasamos la hoja de práctica 1 de los posesivos
• We reviewed practice sheet 1 for los posesivos

Tarea:

• Do the "Los posesivos hoja de práctica" for Thursday.

lunes el 24 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de los posesivos (adjetivos y pronombres)
• We talked about possessives - adjectives and pronouns
• Trabajaron en sus leccioncitas
• You all worked on your lessons

Tarea:

• Los posesivos - hoja de práctica 1
• Finish your lessons for the date on which you are scheduled to go.  Click here for the schedule.

viernes el 21 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Miramos episodio 2 de Mi Vida Loca
• We watched episode 2 of My Crazy Life
• Jugamos jeopardía
• We played jeopardy
• Trabajamos en sus leccioncitas de gramática
• We worked your grammar lessons

Tarea:

• Nothing, if you're on top of your lesson plan/activity/worksheet.  Remember you will only get 20 minutes on Monday to work on them.  
• I STRONGLY suggest you show me your lesson plans/notes before you make copies/deliver your lessons, b/c you'll have a better chance of success in the long run.  Here is the schedule for those lessons.

jueves el 20 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Teníamos la primera conversación del estilo "tecnología de espacio abierto"EN ESPAÑOL!
• We had our first "open space technology" style conversation in Spanish!

Tarea:

• Nada

martes el 18 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Trabajamos en las traducciones
• We worked on the translations
• Hablamos de 501 Spanish verbs
• We talked about 501 Spanish Verbs
• Introduje la discusión del estilo de espacio abierto
• I introduced the open-space technology discussion

Tarea:

• Begin preparing for the discussion on Thursday using the vocabulary and questions I handed out.

lunes el 17 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Empezamos paso 1 de traducir secciones del boletín de recreo
• We started step 1 of translating sections from the recreation bulletin
• Practicamos conjugación básica de verbos irregulares en el presente
• We practiced basic conjugation of irregular verbs (from groups 1 & 2) in the present

Tarea:

• Nada

jueves el 13 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Nos visitó Danny Quinlan, del programa de unidad del condado de La Plata.
• Danny Quinlan, of the La Plata Unity Project, visited us.

Tarea:

• If you are hoping to reassess on anything (ahem..gustar verbs), please spend some time this weekend reviewing those concepts.
• REQUIRED: YOU MUST write (en español!) about 3 things you learned from Danny's visit to our class.

miércoles el 12 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Discutimos No Speak English de La Casa en Mango Street
• We discussed No Speak English from The House on Mango Street
• Tomamos la evaluación de soler, acabar de, ir + a, y hay que
• We took an assessment on soler, acabar, etc.

Tarea:

• Write a question (EN ESPAÑOL!) that you have for our visitor from La Plata Unity Project, Danny Quinlan

martes el 11 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Leímos y respondimos a preguntas de comprensión del capítulo No Speak English de La Casa En Mango Street 
• We read and responded to comprehension questions from the chapter No Speak English from The House on Mango Street.

La Tarea:

• If you didn't finish your comprehension questions, do the rest of them (there are 10 total).

lunes el 10 de octubre, 2011

Since many of you are not going to be in class today, I figured I would make some extra practice sheets on some old skills available for review so you're extra ready to reassess on soler, ir + a, acabar de, and hay que.  

The extra practice sheets are available on what I am in the process of converting from my main DP into a resource page (with homework, worksheets, etc).   Here's the link. All of the files for soler, etc. have the main concept in the file name (práctica extra con ______).

Please be patient with formatting and content development.  I am working on making lots of stuff available so you can get everything you need if you miss class or want extra practice. 

viernes el 7 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de How to Tame a Wild Tongue
• We talked about How to Tame a Wild Tongue

Tarea:

• No hay tarea este fin de semana
• No homework this weekend!
• If you miss class on Monday please watch episode 2 of Mi Vida Loca
• I STRONGLY recommend that you review the following things:
• Soler, acabar de, ir + a, and hay que
• RE-DO these worksheets for practice:
• Soler, acabar de, ir + a, and hay que práctica 1
• Soler, acabar de, ir + a, and hay que práctica 2
• Soler, acabar de, ir + a, and hay que práctica 3

jueves el 6 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de lo que debemos traducir al español para la comunidad hispanohablante
• We talked about what we should translate to Spanish for the Spanish speaking community
• Leimos de nuevo de How to Tame a Wild Tongue
• We read How to Tame a Wild Tongue again

Tarea:

• Re-read How to Tame a Wild Tongue and come up with (IN SPANISH!)
• the main point
• three observations/comments/thoughts you had about the text
• three questions we could discuss as a class about the text

miércoles el 5 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Tomamos una evaluación de gustar, verbos como gustar, y como usarlos
• We took an assessment on gustar, verbs like gustar, and how to use them
• Hablamos (por un momento) del trabajo nuevo --> "No Hablo Inglés"
• We talked (for a moment!) about the new project --> "No Hablo Inglés"

Tarea:

• Read - How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldúa thinking about how language relates to cultural identify

martes el 4 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hicimos unas presentacioncitas más
• We did a few more presentations
• Hablamos de verbos como gustar y corregimos la tarea
• We talked about verbs like gustar and corrected the homework

Tarea:

• Study for the assessment - on gustar & verbs like gustar (both uses and vocabulary)
• Here are some helpful practice activities: 
• Activity 1
• Activity 2
• Bring in an English-language document that you think should be made available to the Spanish-speaking population in Durango and nearby.

lunes el 3 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Hablamos de gustar
• We talked about gustar
• Hicimos presentaciones
• We did presentations

Tarea:

• Gustar - practice 3 - REQUIRED!!!!
• Bring an English-language publication (pamphlet, flyer, bulletin, article, sign) that you think would be useful to make available in Spanish

viernes el 30 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos los verbos como "gustar"
• We practiced with verbs like "gustar"
• Miramos episodio 1 de Mi Vida Loca
• We watched episode 1 of Mi Vida Loca

Tarea:

• Find something from the community that is written in English that you think would be useful to make available in Spanish.
• Do the "gustar" practice 2, exercise B in which you write your own sentences
• Period 6 - correct your errors on your gustar worksheet

jueves el 29 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos con el verbo gustar y verbos como gustar
• We practiced with the verb gustar and verbs like gustar
• Escuchamos a tres presentaciones más
• We listened to 3 more presentations

Tarea:

• DO the 1st exercise on the pink "gustar verbs" practice sheet 
• Get ready for your presentation if you haven't already gone
• See the links I posted under "links for today" (the second most recent entry) for the Colby college Spanish exercises.

Enlaces para hoy - Links for today

• Practiquen con verbos como gustar en estas dos actividades
• Practice with verbs like gustar on these two activities
• Actividad 1
• Actividad 2

miércoles el 28 de septiembre, 2011

Same as yesterday!  

Tarea:

• Finish the gustar practice exercise!

• Be ready to present if you're up tomorrow!

martes el 27 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Escuchamos a las primeras presentacioncitas
• We listened to the first presentations
• Escuchamos la canción Me Gustas Tú por Manu Chau
• We listened to the song Me Gustas Tú by Manu Chau
• Trabajamos con verbos como gustar
• We worked with verbs like gustar

Tarea:

• Do the 2nd page of gustar verb practice in which you are supposed to be answering the questions on the worksheet using verbs like gustar
• Have your presentation stuff ready for when you signed up this week.

lunes el 26 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Tomamos una evaluación de soler, ir a, acabar de, y hay que y vocabulario de grupos I y II
• We took an assessment on soler, ir a, acabar de, and hay que and vocab. from groups I y II
• Miramos las noticias
• We watched the news

Tarea:

• Presentacioncitas start tomorrow!  If you are signed up to go tomorrow, be ready!!!
• Gustar práctica 1 -- do you best.  Remember, the indirect object pronouns you'll need are: me, te, le, nos, os, les. We will be talking about these verbs in class tomorrow/Wednesday, depending on your chemistry schedule.
• Period 1 - Folks who are signed up to go on Tuesday but have lab tomorrow will go next Tuesday, October 4th.  If you are signed up to go on Wednesday this week, you ARE GOING ON WEDNESDAY this week!

viernes el 23 de septiembre, 2011

No clase - Los estudiantes estaban haciendo un laboratorio para la clase de química.

Por favor - leen este documento de mis expectativos para el lunes. 

Recuerden que tienen una evaluación en verbos irregulares de grupos I y II y soler, ir a, acabar de, y hay que. 

miércoles el 21 de septiembre, 2011

En clase:

• Trabajamos en las presentacioncitas de sucesos actuales.
• We worked on current events presentations.
• Practicamos usando soler, ir a, hay que, y acabar de
• We practiced using soler, ir a, hay que, y ababar de

Tarea:

• YOU MUST HAVE THESE THINGS FOR CLASS TOMORROW!
• Your article, printed.
• Your 3-5 main points in English.
• Your preterit verb charts for 5 verbs that will be useful to you for your presentation.
• Optional (BUT RECOMMENDED!) - Práctica 3 – El presente, soler, acabar de, ir a, hay que.

martes el 20 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Empezamos el pretérito
• We started the preterit tense
• Trabajamos en los sucesos actuales
• We worked on current events projects

TAREA:

• REQUIRED: BRING your article with you 3-5 main points to class tomorrow. 

lunes el 19 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de la pronunciación.
• We talked about pronunciation.
• Tomamos una evaluación de verbos irregulares en el presente
• We took an assessment on irregular verbs in the present tense

Tarea:

• Práctica 3 - soler, acabar de, ir + a, hay que
• If you haven't given your article and 3-5 main points to Becca, you should bring these to class tomorrow.  You will have be working on translating these main points to Spanish tomorrow in class. 

viernes el 16 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Corregimos la hoja de práctica 2 - el presente, soler, acabar de, ir + a, hay que
• We corrected the present tense practice sheet 2
• Trabajamos un poquito en los sucesos actuales
• We worked a little bit on current events.

Tarea:

¡ESTUDIEN! Practice IRREGULAR VERB CONJUGATION.  Remember, any of the verbs on the "Verbos para saber" sheet are fair game. Keep in mind that there are some specific verbs that I REALLY want you to know like: tener, dormir, poder, poner, dar, ir, ser, estar, etc.  I will also include other verbs, but these are ones that you SHOULD DEFINITELY know.  

CONJUGUEMOS can help.  Click here to practice conjugation.

REQUIRED: Work on your sucesos actuales (current events) and bring 3-5 main points, written in English, to class on Monday.

 

 

jueves el 15 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Corregimos la hoja de práctica 1- presente, soler, acabar de, ir a, hay que
• We corrected the worksheet on present tense, soler, acabar de, ir a, and hay que
• Empezamos a trabajar en los sucesos actuales
• We started to work on current events

Tarea:

• STRONGLY recommended - Do the worksheet I gave out to practice irregular verb conjugation in the present tense.
• Study the irregular verbs on the sheet called "Verbos para saber - muchos de los irregulares del presente"
• IF you didn't bring in an article -- make sure to do so by tomorrow

miércoles el 14 de septiembre

En Clase:

• Tomamos unas evaluaciones de adjetivos de emoción y la conversación de ¿Cómo estás?
• We took some assessments on emotion adjectives and the how are ya conversation.
• Practicamos leyendo un artículo de las noticias
• We practiced reading a news article

Tarea:

• TRAE un artículo (preferably short) a clase.  PLEASE PLEASE bring an article to class for our current events mini-project.  If you cannot print it, send me the link and I will print it for you.
• Practice irregular present tense verb conjugation at conjugemos -- see the link on last night´s post.

martes el 13 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de unas estrategías de leer
• We talked about some reading comprehension strategies
• Repasamos unos verbos irregulares y el vocabulario de emociones
• We reviewed irregular verb conjugation and emotions vocabulary

La Tarea:

• REQUERIDO (REQUIRED!): Escoge un artículo de las noticias por ir a estos sitios:
• Choose a news article by going to these sites: 
• Univision
• BBC Mundo
• La Voz Bilingue (be sure to go the en español version)
• Practice conjugation at: Conjuguemos

lunes el 12 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Escuchamos a la canción Causa y Efecto
• Tomamos una evaluación de adjetivos de personalidad.

Tarea:

• Practica la conjugación de verbos regulares e irregulares en el presente en conjuguemos 
• Practica el vocabulario de emociones en quia
• Have a  ¿Cómo estás? conversation with someone in your family

viernes el 9 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

-Leímos un cuento corto -- La Primera Lluvia

-Practicamos los adjetivos de personalidad

Tarea:

-Hoja de estar + adjetivos de emoción (estar + emotion adjectives practice sheet)

-PRACTICA la conjugación aquí. 

-Practica con el vocabulario usando los enlaces (links) a quia.  

jueves el 8 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos del presente de indicativo.
• Practicamos con el vocabulario "adjetivos de personalidad" 

Tarea:

• Terminen la hoja del presente (FINISH THE PRESENT TENSE PRACTICE SHEET)
• Estudien para las dos evaluaciones / STUDY for the two assessments tomorrow.

1.  Adjetivos de personalidad -- You can study here or make your own flashcards. Remember that spelling and accents DO matter, so also practice writing these adjectives.
2. Conversación - Cómo te llamas? -- You can study by practicing the script with your parents/siblings/friends.

Quia links

Para practicar los adjetivos de personalidad click here.

Para practicar los adjetivos de emoción click here.

miércoles el 7 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Administración de la clase
• La conjugación - verbos irregulares en el presente
• Práctica con el presente

Tarea:

• REQUIRED *if you didn't finish in class* -- Termina "Práctica 1 – El presente, soler, acabar de, ir a, hay que"
• REQUIRED *if you didn't finish these activities in class* --
-nicenet (go to nicenet.org, join a class, create an account (w/ your identity linked in some way so I know it's you and not "anonymous", respond to the prompt in "conferencing topics".

• Key - periodo 1 - Z320473AZ
• Key - periodo 6 - 6320875A67 
• reassessment email - send it to me following guidelines in the 
• adjetivos de personalidad - this is the grid you probably filled out the first day (adventurous, interesting, etc)
• adjetivos de emoción - this is a table where you brainstorm 12 answers to "¿Cómo estás?"
• Signed syllabus

• Optional: Práctica la conjugación de verbos irregulares aquí por 10 minutos.

martes el 6 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase

• el presente de indicativo - usos y la conjugación básica

Tarea

• Practiquen la conjugación por 20 minutos en Conjuguemos Any of the activities that are for practicing PRESENT TENSE verbs would be great.