español III - jueves, el 30 de septiembre

Today we worked on our verbs and vocabulary, and then we got our assignment for our poster project, due next Wednesday. Composition + poster! We also have a partner project to present tomorrow, about a disastrous adventure. Homework is pages 11-12 in our workbook, and next week there will be a map quiz on Tuesday, spelling and identifying all of the countries and capitals where Spanish is spoken.

español II - jueves, el 30 de septiembre

Today we practiced our verbs and added some more to our verb sheet, and we read the video story and did a green video comprehension packet. We did several listening activities for oral participation points, and we also practiced our vocabulary flashcards. We have a new worksheet for homework tonight. Next Tuesday: map quiz, knowing countries where Spanish is spoken AND their capitals. Next Thursday: verb quiz over all of the new stem-changing verbs and their forms.

español III - miércoles, el 29 de septiembre

TRIVIA QUESTION: Name five languages that evolved out of Latin

Hoy: we practiced more forms of the preterite, and we wrote more on our verb sheet packet. We reviewed vocabulary in our chapter, and we read a DISASTER story about a bear and a camping trip. Tonight's homework: WORKBOOK pages 7 - 10

español II - miércoles, el 29 de septiembre

Today we learned more stem-changing verbs, and we wrote them on our verb sheet. We also practiced our vocabulary, and we watched the video story that goes with our chapter and answered comprehension questions. Tonight's homework is Workbook pages 8, 9, 10.

TRIVIA QUESTION: To enter the prize drawing, find out how to say "avocado" in Spanish and put the word behind the screen when you come into class - the first one to write it gets the prize!

español III- martes, el 28 de septiembre

Today we practiced our vocabulary, learned vocabulary and read about camping, "went on a camping trip and I'm bringing (memory game" and we also reviewed more preterite/past tense verbs. We also did a crossword puzzle and played with a beach ball, and our homework is a two-page packet practicing pages 14-18 vocabulary. TRIVIA QUESTION: What's the famous OLD thing that the Romans built that is in the city of Segovia? Bring a picture, post it behind the screen to be in the prize drawing.

español II - martes, el 28 de septiembre

Today we worked on our vocabulary for chapter 1A, and we took notes on "stem-changing verbs" and how they change in the middle of the verb. We practiced their forms, and we read new vocabulary about school in our book. We also worked on a crossword puzzle over p.40 vocabulary, and we got our workbooks. Homework tonight is the next 3 pages in the workbook, and also to finish the crossword puzzle. TRIVIA QUESTION: how do you say "three-toed sloth" in Spanish, and what do they look like (photo!) and where do they live?

español III -lunes, el 27 de septiembre

Today we reviewed the preterite, writing in lots of verbs in the simple-past form on our new pink (pink is for PAST TENSE) verb sheet. We also practiced our vocabulary and did a flashcard "password" game practicing the "A ver si recuerdas" vocabulary from the front of the chapter. Homework: new vocabulary list from the BACK of unit 1.

español II -lunes, el 27 de septiembre

Today we practiced our new vocabulary list and flashcards, and we also looked at school vocabulary from pages 14-15. We played "slap the desk" with picture flashcards, and we also reviewed how to tell time, with a worksheet packet and mini-clocks. Homework: yellow worksheet, use pages 14-15 in our book, and ALSO study your vocabulary from the other list.

español III - viernes, el 24 de septiembre

Today we reviewed our verbs,learned about travel in Costa Rica and the Amigos program, and we also took our chapter test over "Para empezar." Homework is to fill in our new vocabulary list with the words at the beginning of the next chapter. ¡Hasta lunes!

español II - viernes, el 24 de septiembre

Today we practiced our questions and answers, and we went over our test from yesterday. We have to have our vocabulary list filled in AND flashcards done over that list for Monday. Hasta lunes!

español III - jueves, el 23 de septiembre

Today we practiced our verbs, we did a listening activity, and we played two review games. Tomorrow's exam is over all of the verbs and vocabulary from pages 2-13, and our handouts, including present tense of stem-changing and reflexive verbs. Tarea: a new worksheet that is OPTIONAL (because not everyone got a copy!), so we'll do it first thing before our test on Friday.

español II - jueves, el 23 de septiembre

Today we practiced our verbs and vocabulary, and then we had our chapter test over Para empezar. After that, we wrote in our vocabulary list (finish it for tomorrow - it's your homework!) and we presented conversation skits.

español III - miércoles, el 22 de septiembre

Today we practiced all of our verbs, took notes on stem-changers, reviewed and corrected everything in our packet, and we also practiced all forms and meanings of reflexive verbs. We read a section in our book, and practiced with flashcards. Homework is a new worksheet, and we will have our chapter test this Friday.

español II - miércoles, el 22 de septiembre

Today we reviewed everything for our chapter test. It's over pages 2-13, and all of the material on the review sheet we got this week. We corrected and handed in our homework, and we practiced all of our verbs and vocabulary, and re-read the exercises and reading sections in our book. We also learned about travel to Costa Rica, and we took practice vocabulary quizzes with our partners. We shared our posters from p.13 in our book, in small groups and some of them were STARS, showing the whole class. STUDY for your test, over all handouts, verbs, vocabulary and textbook pages 2-13.

español III - martes, el 21 de septiembre

Hoy practicamos MUCHAS preguntas. First, we interviewed each other, then we practiced asking lots of questions and forming them, and then we discussed our likes and dislikes. We read movie reviews and described movies and guessed which ones, and we reviewed reflexive and indirect object pronoun verbs. Homework: a review packet over our chapter. TEST this Friday over pages 2-13 in our book, all verbs and their forms.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Put the name of a popular movie on the white board BEHIND the screen, and its title in Spanish. It has to be one whose name you looked up ONLINE, not just guessing at the title, but writing how it really is said in Spanish.

español II - martes, el 21 de septiembre

Today we practiced lots of questions and translation sentences with our partner, as well as small conversations. We corrected and turned in our worksheet that was the homework, and we did a practice translation game to review our chapter. We have homework tonight; it's a packet with three pages of practice. TOMORROW: bring your poster (p.13 in our book explains this assignment) and be ready to read it, and also have the homework packet done. TRIVIA QUESTION: write "hello" in another language, put it behind the screen, and write which language it is, for a drawing from the prize basket!

español III- lunes, el 20 de septiembre de 2010

Today we practiced pages 8 - 10 in our book, talking about special occasions and how often we do things. We also interviewed each other and other students about our activities, and we had a huge "pronoun" review and took notes. Then, we did an oral and written practice activity, and our homework is Workbook pages 4-6

español II - lunes, el 20 de septiembre de 2010

Today we reviewed our vocabulary and verbs, and took a practice quiz. We did some verb practice in our book, and we also wrote answers on a listening worksheet, while listening to some comprehension exercises. We practiced a song with nationalities and countries, and we practiced our weather and seasons vocabulary. Homework tonight is a worksheet, AND, do page 13 in the book (small poster) for Wednesday. Thursday is the quiz over pages 2-13 in our book: know how to spell all verbs and vocabulary.

español III - viernes, el 17 de septiembre

Hoy practicamos los verbos y vocabulario. We got new partners for our oral activities, and we wrote and performed a skit about our weekend plans. Homework: a new worksheet practicing our verbs in this chapter.

español II - viernes, el 17 de septiembre

Today we practiced our vocabulary and verbs, and we also corrected and handed in our homework. Then, we played a review board game over our chapter, in teams! Homework: a new worksheet that we started in class.

español III- jueves, el 16 de septiembre

Today we practiced our verbs, and reviewed how reflexive verbs work. We practiced conversations and questions and answers, and then did a signature gathering activity about each other, to find out about other students in the class. We also practiced our vocabulary, and our homework is a two-sided worksheet reviewing reflexive verbs and other structures and vocabulary from our chapter (Para empezar)

español II - jueves, el 16 de septiembre

Today we practiced more verbs, and added some to our verb sheet. We corrected our homework and did some review and practice with question words, and then we read some cultural information in our book. We did several writing and listening practice activities, and then we played Verb Battleship. HOMEWORK: green worksheet/back side is a 5+ sentence paragraph about YOU.

español III - miércoles, el 15 de septiembre

Today we practiced more verbs, especially the stem-changers, and we reviewed "quehaceres" in our book with a conversation activity. We also practiced more interview questions, and we reviewed where all of the countries are that speak Spanish. We played a "Lotería" game with stem-changing verbs, and our homework is a new worksheet packet with our present tense verbs.
TRIVIA QUESTION: ¿Qué es "horchata" y cómo se prepara? Write the answer behind the screen FIRST on Thursday, for a prize!

español II - miércoles, el 15 de septiembre

Today we reviewed more verbs and also our vocabulary list. We practiced our spelling and our vocabulary of countries, and we filled in our map packet. We also did some questions and answers aloud with a partner, and we took notes, reviewing all of the question words in Spanish. HOMEWORK: other side of worksheet, practicing -ir verbs.
TRIVIA QUESTION: ¿En qué mes es tu cumpleaños? Write the answer behind the screen when you get to class, for a prize!

español III - martes, el 14 de septiembre

Practicamos muchos verbos hoy! También, practicamos el vocabulario, y repasamos muchas cosas del año pasado. La tarea es MAS (el resto) del paquete. We practiced verbs, had many interactive conversation practice activities with a partner, and reviewed last year's information. HOMEWORK: rest of our packet.

TRIVIA QUESTION: ¿Cuáles son los ingredientes en gazpacho? Hay que escribirlos en español, y ajuntar una receta.

español II - martes, el 14 de septiembre

We practiced our verbs today, writing out the forms of a lot of -ar verbs on our verb sheet, and we also had a lot of vocabulary and conversation practice. We practiced our nationalities and countries in our book, and we have a new worksheet to do as homework tonight. Don't forget to have your flashcards, vocabulary list, textbook and binder in class every day. Thanks for paying for your workbook by tomorrow! We had a fun "lotería" game, with great prizes today!

TRIVIA QUESTION: What indigenous people lived in the central valley of Mexico before the Europeans arrived? Their capital city was "Tenochtitlán." Who was their ruler? Who conquered them?

español III - lunes, el 13 de septiembre

Today we talked about our weekend, and we reviewed a lot of verbs that have some irregular forms in the present tense. We did several activities in our book, practicing conversations in the present tense about ourselves and our activities. We have homework tonight - it's the first three pages of our new packet, and we also are filling in our review verb sheet with present tense forms. TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY: Where was Pablo Picasso born, where did he move to and why, and what is he especially famous for?

español II - lunes, el 13 de septiembre

Today we reviewed how adjectives worked, and we did several oral reading and speaking activities with our partner for the day. We also practiced "ser" plus descriptions about people. Homework tonight is a worksheet, and you can use pages 1-5 in the book for a resource. Don't forget, have your book covered and your flashcards in class tomorrow. TRIVIA QUESTION: What is "gazpacho?"

español III - viernes, el 10 de septiembre

PREGUNTA DE TRIVIA - continued from yesterday, because no one answered it!!

Today we reviewed vocabulary from Spanish 2, and we also found out things about our textbook, and we did introduction dialogue-skits. HOMEWORK: fill in the new vocabulary list from the first section of our textbook AND please cover your textbook.

español Ii - viernes, el 10 de septiembre

TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY: ¿Qué estación es ahora en Argentina, si es el fin del verano aquí en Oregon?

Today we practiced our information from our textbook, and we reviewed vocabulary from many categories.

HOMEWORK: make new flashcards with our vocabulary list AND please cover your book for the book-covering contest!

español III - jueves, el 9 de septiembre

Hoy fuimos a la biblioteca para los libros para la clase. También, hablamos con un amigo y presentamos al amigo a la clase. Tenemos tarea: llenar la hoja amarilla! (Fill in the yellow personal info sheet tonight as homework). TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY (worth 5 points if you write the answer on the board first in class on Friday): We have "Friday the 13th" as a superstitious day. What's the equivalent in Spanish-speaking countries?

español II - jueves, el 9 de septiembre

TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY (worth 5 points in class if you know the answer): Explain the difference between a tortilla in Spain and one in Mexico.

Today we got new names, our books, interviewed a partner, introduced another person, and we took a class rules exam.

HOMEWORK: fill in the new vocabulary list AND have your parent fill in the parent information page of your syllabus.

Gracias - hasta mañana!