SPANISH II - viernes, el 21 de diciembre

Hoy, practicamos el nuevo vocabulario en la página 180 en el libro. We will have a test the week we get back, on Thursday or Friday, over 3B material (commands, directions and vocabulario for driving.) There is NO homework over vacation! You might consider doing some review of old material, and also making flashcards for 3B vocabulary, since the final exam will cover all material from the course, since September, and it's the third week we're back after Winter Break. Feliz Navidad! At the end of the movie, there was time to make tarjetas de Navidad.

SPANISH III - viernes, el 21 de diciembre

Hoy, practicamos un poco de vocabulario nuevo, repasamos la tarea (Practice Workbook páginas 49-50), y entregamos la tarea. Luego, vimos el resto de Tortilla Soup. ¡NO HAY TAREA para durante las vacaciones!

SPANISH III - jueves, el 20 de diciembre

Today, we practiced the future tense with a warm-up practicing asking and answering questions with this tense. Then, we corrected homework, then we continued with practice and review of the future tense. We performed a 10-point skit, where each student asked a fortune teller to tell his/her future! Amazing things are in many students' futures! Another choice was to talk about your plans for vacation. After the skits, we watched some more of Tortilla Soup. HOMEWORK: pages 49-50 in your workbook.

SPANISH II - jueves, el 20 de diciembre

Today we reviewed vocabulary from 3A, with a warm-up practice of errand vocabulary. Then, we saw a short video about Christmas traditions in Mexico, including the piñata and the Posadas. Then, we started the new lesson, 3B, by reviewing the vocabulary on pages 154-155. This list includes verbs with -go endings for "yo," like salgo, pongo, digo, etc. Then, we went over the 3A exam, correcting our answers for an assignment credit. At the end of class, we watched a bit more of Happy Feet, o Patas Felices! TAREA: new vocabulary packet of 3B vocabulary.

SPANISH II - miercoles, el 19 de diciembre

Today, we practiced the 3A vocabulary with partners, aloud, using the gold flashcards. We also did a practice activity with the past tense (preterite) irregular verbs, about where we went on errands around town. Then, we did the 3A exam, and the homework tonight is to fill in the new vocabulary list which you picked up after the test. We started watching Happy Feet in Spanish with English subtitles, and we'll continue with some more of it each day this week.

SPANISH III - miercoles, el 19 de diciembre

Periods 1 & 3
We continued practicing all new vocabulary in Chapter 4, read pages 164-167 in the textbook, worked with p. 196 vocabulary on the warm-up activity and also on pair oral activities, and also completed 2 listening comprehension exercises on a blue worksheet. (5 oral points) We reviewed uses and forms of the future tense, and practiced telling about our vacation plans in pairs, aloud. Then, we worked through a practice packet (yellow) about Por and Para.

PERIOD 1 homework is a worksheet using page 154-155 vocabulary
PERIOD 3 homework is to complete the yellow packet through D #5

SPANISH III - martes, el 18 de diciembre

Today we practiced the new vocabulary (page 196), practiced all vocabulary in a context of reading in the book, did one listening exercise with a blue worksheet, and we took notes on a new verb form. That's the FUTURE tense, to say what "will" happen. Get notes from someone if you missed class today; we'll keep practicing this new form. And, we reviewed Tu and Ud commands, and also went over the exam over chapter 3 which we took last week. Tonight's homework is a worksheet/vocab list of words on page 196; the chapter vocabulary words.

SPANISH II - martes, el 18 de diciembre

Today was REVIEW 3A day, for tomorrow's exam. You need to know all of the preterite verbs on both pink verb lists/sheets, all vocabulary between pages 126 - 152, how to use the direct object pronouns (especially lo, la, los, las), where they go (in front of conjugated verbs), and how to talk about going shopping and doing errands. We watched the video again, re-read it and translated it, practiced all verbs and vocabulary, and also did a 20-question review card activity, with lots of practice with verbs and vocabulary that will be on the exam. The homework tonight is a worksheet crossword puzzle, PW p58

SPANISH III

Today we reviewed all of chapter 3A for tomorrow's test. You need to know everything between pages 126 - 152, including irregular preterite verbs, ir in the preterite, and all vocabulary. Also, you will need to put Direct Object pronouns in sentences. Today's review included translation cards, reading, seeing the video one more time, reading and translating it, practicing vocabulary and also verbs. Tonight's homework is a worksheet crossword puzzle.

Spanish III

Hoy, vimos una parte de Tortilla Soup. Please bring your parent signature to class tomorrow, for permission to see this PG-13 movie. We worked on vocabulary from pages 154 - 157, and also page 196 vocabulary. Also, we read pages 158-162 with partners and did the activities, personality quiz and other practice with the vocabulary. Tonight's homework is the new worksheet with vocabulary from page 154. We also reviewed subjunctive verb forms on today's warm-up.

SPANISH II

Today we reviewed the whole chapter, because there's a 3A exam this Wednesday. EXAM will cover pages 126 - 152. We practiced p. 137 in the textbook, practiced all vocabulary and verbs, and did practice oral exercises with questions and answers in the past tense. Homework is a worksheet practicing the object pronouns. The test includes vocabulary from page 152, uses and forms of all preterite verbs from your pink verb sheet + yellow packet, and also the uses of lo,la,los,las meaning "it/her/him/them" and where they go in a sentence. (Example: lo escribo = I write it)

COSAS INTERESANTES

CHISTE DEL DIA:
Hay tres clases de personas:
(There are three kinds of people:)

las que saben contar y las que no.
(those who know how to count, and those who don't.)

GRAMMAR PRACTICE:
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/

TONGUE TWISTERS
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/es.htm

ARCHAEOLOGY
http://archaeology.asu.edu/teo/

TYPING IN SPANISH (accent marks, etc.)
http://faculty.weber.edu/tmathews/grammar/Compmark.html

SNOWBOARDING IN SPANISH
http://www.mundosnow.com/