miércoles el 29 de febrero

En Clase:

• Hablamos del proceso de evaluar en pares
• We talked about the peer review process
• Revisaron los borradores de párrafo uno en parejas
• You edited the paragraph drafts in pairs

Tarea:

• Make edits to your 1st paragraph based on any feedback you received today.  Then, write paragraph 2!  You're shooting for about 100 words/paragraph.  Please have your drafts printed DOUBLE SPACED and ready to go for tomorrow.  Guidelines for what needs to go into your second paragraph are available on my soon to be awesome google site in the "Artist Statements" folder

martes el 28 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos a sillitas musicales
• We played musical chairs
• Tomaron una evaluación
• You took an assessment
• Introduje las declaraciones de artistas
• I introduced the artist statements

Tarea:

• Write your first paragraph of your artist's statement. Please see the folder "Artist's Statement" on my google site for all documents that I handed out today.  These documents give VERY DETAILED GUIDELINES. PLEASE USE THEM!!!

lunes el 27 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Aprendieron de Diego Rivera 
• You learned about Diego Rivera.  You can watch the video here. Here is the worksheet on which students took notes while they listen.
• Trabajaron en sus obras
• You worked on your pieces

Please note - I have marked down if I have received your piece in the gradebook.  Please check there to see if I still need to see yours.

Tarea:

• Hagan el paquete de repaso. Go to the developing Google Site for Español 3 to get any of these files.
•   CONJUGUEMOS to practice preterit (IRREGULARS!!!) conjugation

Review packet answer key

Here is the answer key to the review packet. Please tell me if you notice any errors!! 

Tendrán 20 minutos el lunes para trabajar en sus obras.  Hay que entregarlas para las 3:15pm por la tarde.

¡Estudien de sus paquetes de repaso!

¡Buen fin de semana!

miércoles el 22 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Trabajaron en sus obras
• You all worked on your art pieces

Tarea:

• Review old grammar material on the sites posted in the previous blog entry.  
• Art pieces are due on Monday at 3:15pm. Plan accordingly.

miércoles el 22 de febrero, 2012

Do some review on these sites:

• Conjuguemos - to practice verb conjugation.  Pick your tenses!  Remember to select "all but vosotros" if you don't want to deal with vosotros.
• Check out the various activities on the Colby site (preterit vs. imperfect, IO, DO pronouns, preterit conjugation, etc).
• Go to my quia page and do some activities or practice quizzes.

Para el fin de semana largo

Hey folks -- For the long weekend, here are some things to keep in mind!

1. EDIT your artist reports -- those are due on Wednesday when you will turn in the old version, the new version, and the rubric where I've circled numbers.  You cannot get a grade without those 3 pieces.
2. I will be giving you about 2 hours 15 minutes to work next week between Wednesday and Friday. Please plan accordingly and get work done over the long weekend.  
3. If you have a project where you are doing most of your work outside of class, I will have review packets and steps for our writing phase ready for you to work on in class next week.
4. Your final pieces are due on February 27th at 3:15pm.  

If you missed the presentation on Dalí, here is the powerpoint with notes. I want you to know the definition of surrealism and the symbols you see.

martes el 14 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Miramos las noticias de 2/2/12 y Uds. contestaron unas preguntas de comprensión
• We watched the news from 2/2/12 and you all answered comprehension questions
• Trabajaron en sus obras de arte
• You all worked on your art pieces

Tarea:

• Nada.
• Keep current on old skills and go back and review them!  Maybe pick some standards to reassess this week or next while we're not doing lots of new content.

lunes el 13 de febrero

En Clase:

• Jugamos a sillitas musicales para repasar la gramática
• We played musical chairs to review grammar
• Hicieron preguntas de comprensión de Salvador Dalí
• You did comprehension questions about Salvador Dalí

Tarea:

• FINISH comprehension questions if you haven't already finished them.  Have them written out neatly (or typed) in complete sentences EN ESPAÑOL and ready to hand in tomorrow.  

el 9 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Teníamos una discusión de la canción Sampléame, investigando las éticas alrededor del cortar, pegar, reciclar, etc con el arte
• We had a discussión about the song ¨Sampléame¨, investigating the ethics surrounding cutting, pasting, recycling, etc. with art

Tarea:

• If you didn't hand in your artwork research sheet, please do so ASAP!  It is now late!
• Write a proposal for your art piece and email it to Becca (beccakatz.teacher@gmail.com). It should include the following things:Your plan should have:
•  Your selected art form (What are you going to make?)
• Your rough sketch (verbal, in English, or an actual sketch that you turn in separately from your email) of your piece
• The 2+ ways in which you will be influenced/inspired by your mentor.

Some resources for Preterit Practice

Here is the answer key from last night's homework.

Here are 2 great sites to practice preterit:

Choose from preterit regulars, preterit irregulars, and mixed verbs on conjuguemos.

Or, go to the COLBY site and practice there.  

martes el 7 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Hablamos de las diferentes categorias de verbos irregulares en el pretérito, especificamente los verbos de sandalia
• We talked about the different groups of irregular verbs in the preterit, especially the irregular "sandal" verbs
• Empezaron sus investigaciones de una obra de arte de sus mentores
• You started researching a piece of your mentor's artwork 

Tarea:

• Hoja 2 - preterit irregulars

lunes el 6 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Practicaron gramática mixta con las sillitas musicales
• You all practiced mixed grammar w/ musical chairs
• Usaron el pretérito en la carrera de las estaciones de los irregulares del pretérito
• You all used the preterit in the race through the irregular preterit conjugation stations

Tarea:

• Hoja 1 - los irregulares del pretérito
• Here are the notes on how to conjugate irregulars if you missed class today

Práctica del pretérito

Ándense a este sitio de red de COLBY para practicar el pretérito.

viernes el 3 de enero, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos al José Dice y repasamos el pretérito v. imperfecto en el sitio de Colby
• We played Simon Says and reviewed the preterit vs. imperfect on the Colby site
• Tomaron una evaluación de partes del cuerpo y de pretérito v. imperfecto
• You all took and assessment on body parts and preterit vs. imperfect
• Empezaron las redacciónes de sus artistas
• You started your artist reports

Tarea:

• ARTIST REPORT DRAFT DUE MONDAY!!! Here are the expectations and grading rubric.

jueves el 2 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Miramos La Cinta Que Envuelve Una Bomba", un documental de Frida Kahlo
• We watched "The Ribbon Around a Bomb", a documentary about Frida Kahlo

Tarea:

• Study body parts vocab (see the blog post below this for a link to the conjuguemos site) for the assessment tomorrow.
• Here is an answer key for the homework (body parts and numbers) from last night. Here is the answer key to the preterit and imperfect story. 

Partes del Cuerpo

• You can practice body parts on conjuguemos, but here are some things you should know:
• (the) ears - I taught you "(las) orejas" but conjuguemos uses "los oídos".  You can use either - I don't care.
• There are other words we don't have as vocab. SO YOU DON'T HAVE  TO KNOW THESE WORDS but you will see them:
• the jaw = la mandíbula
• the cheek = la mejilla
• the hip = la cadera
• the abdomen = el abdomen
• the thigh = el muslo
• the calf = la pantorrilla
• the hair = el cabello / el pelo
• the gums = las encías
• the forehead = la frente
• the eyelid = el párpado
• the breast = el pecho (same as chest)

En Clase:

• Escuchamos a la canción "En El Muelle de San Blas" de Maná y discutimos el uso del pretérito e imperfecto
• We listened to the song On the Peer of San Blas by Maná and we discussed the use of preterit and imperfect.
• Corrigieron la tarea de partes del cuerpo. 
• You corrected the body parts homework.  Here is the answer key to that if you didn't get to it in class.
• Practicaron con pretérito e imperfecto en el sitio de colby.
• You practiced with preterit and imperfect on the colby website
• Uds. trabajaron en sus investigaciones de artistas
• You all worked on your artist research.

Tarea:

• Cuerpo - hoja 3 
• Pret v. Imp hoja 2
• FINISH artist research form by the end of the day tomorrow (3:15 en punto!!)