En Clase:
Today we began with an activity to practice reading comprehension.  This had us reading movie descriptions and matching them with the correct movie. 

We also listened to a song, Eres para mi, which demonstrated the use of a present tense.

Lastly, we began learning about how to ask and answer questions usingthe present tense. I handed out a worksheet that helps explain this concept. Tomorrow we will finish this.

Tarea:

For homework, please complete your notecard for SLC’s. Also, study your vocab list for the assessment on Friday.

En Clase:

Today we started with watching news clips from around the world to practice listening comprehension.  Afterwards we began reading chapter 1 of Robo en la noche. We read in pairs and followed along with comprehension questions. We made it about halfway through the first chapter and we will continue where we left off on Thursday.

We also worked on preparing for SLC’s on Thursday. You will need to have the following information prepared and ready to put on a notecard by tomorrow.

Focusing Question:

How have your work strategies contributed to your success and struggles in Spanish?

· At least one answer that demonstrates your strategy for success in Spanish

o At least one piece of evidence that clearly supports this success

· At least one answer that demonstrates your struggles in Spanish

o At least one piece of evidence that demonstrates this difficulty

o What specifically do you plan to do to improve in this area?

Tarea:

Come prepared with the above information ready to copy onto a notecard. I have notecards that were generously donated to me for you to use.

En clase:

Today I passed back assignments and we tracked our quizzes on el progresso de habilidades. I also answered questions about the homework from Friday over los pasatiempos y los deportes. This was on the back side of the vocab list.

Later we practiced more conjugation and I passed out a guide to helpyou with more uses of the present tense. These uses include:

· How to make a sentence negative in the present tense.

· How to conjugate when there are two verbs in a row.

Tarea:

For homework there is a worksheet to practice the concepts we learned in class today.

New Homework Policy

**If you complete all your homework for the week you will receive an extra point on your assessment on Friday.**

En clase:

Today we played “Pasar el papel” to review for the assessment today over el tiempo y las estaciones.  If you missed this assessment you will need to come in on Tuesday during office hours to take it.  After the assessment we worked on our libritos, the practice books for our final project.  We will have time to finish up the introduction page on Monday. 

Tarea:

We have a new vocabulary list on los pasatiempos y los deportes (hobbies and sports).  On the back of the vocab list is a homework assignment that has you conjugate the new vocabulary in the present tense. 

En Clase:

Today we reviewed for the assessment tomorrow over el tiempo y lasestaciones.

Later we did an activity that had us practicing reading techniques to help understand text in Spanish. This was to help us with a short novel we will be reading in class for the rest of the semester called, “Robo en la noche”. We will be reading this novel in class so I will not be giving you a copy to take home. We only read the first page in class today and there is no homework for the reading.

Tarea:

I have a worksheet for you to practice for the assessmenttomorrow.

En Clase:

 

Today we talked about the common elements found in children’s stories. We did this to get an idea of what kinds of things we can incorporate in our own projects. Here is a list of questions wethought about as well as a list of characteristics we decided on as a class.

 

Later we began to create our own booklets that we will use as a template for the final product. We assembled booklets out of computer paper and we will be writing in these later this week to practice the topics we are studying in class. Here is adescription of what we will be doing with these practice booklets.

 

Tomorrow, don’t forget to turn in your country investigation worksheet. Also, remember Friday we will have an assessment over weather vocab and seasons.

En clase:

Today we worked on an activity in class to practice cities in Latin America and the weather. Later we learned how to say the date in Spanish. This was an in class activity where we asked other classmates their birthdays and wrote the responses in Spanish.

Tarea:

On the bottom of this sheet is the homework for tonight. Look on a calendar to find the date for the holidays listed.

Remember also to do the Investigación de tu país for Thursdays.

En clase:
Today we played a game in class to practice the weather vocabulary.

Afterwards we had a short discussion about the required homework about Latin America that was due today. If you were not in class today, please bring this in tomorrow.

We chose our countries today and I assigned “hoja de investigación 1” due this Thursday. This is a sheet to get you started on researching your country.

Tarea:
For homework I have a worksheet to practice writing about the weather.

En clase:
Today we played a game in class to practice the weather vocabulary.

Afterwards we had a short discussion about the required homework about Latin America that was due today. If you were not in class today, please bring this in tomorrow.

We chose our countries today and I assigned “hoja de investigación 1” due this Thursday. This is a sheet to get you started on researching your country.

Tarea:
For homework I have a worksheet to practice writing about the weather.

Fill in this survey

En Clase:

Today we listened to a song about the about the seasons to practice our new vocabulary. Afterwards we created a story board for the movie, “The Devil’s Miner”, and wrote sentences to describe our illustrations. You can find thisactivity by clicking here.

La tarea:

***Required Homework***

I passed out a list of Latin American countries and a map of Latin America. You will need to look up the capitals of these countries and also research two interesting facts about the countries. On the map, number the countries on the list and write the corresponding numbers in the map. Turn this in on Monday.

En Clase:

Hoy hablamos de la película, “El minero del diablo”, y trabajamos en grupos para responder a las preguntas que seguimos mientras miramos la película.  En grupos, escribimos respuestas en español sobre nuestras dos culturas.  

La tarea:

Tenemos nuevo vocabulario sobre las estaciones y el tiempo.  Puedes encontrar la lista devocabulario aquí.  También hay una hojade práctica para practicar los términos. 

En clase:

We corrected the homework from last night involving the present tense conjugation.

We also finished watching the movie, "The Devil's Miner", and talked about it in class.

En Clase:

Hoy escuchamos una canción para practicar el presente .  Puedes encontrar la canción aquí. 

Luego practicamos el tenso presente por leer una explicación de la vida de un estudiante en Cuba.  Si no la terminaste en clase por favor hazla para la tarea. 

En Clase:

We watched more of the documentary "The Devil's Miner". While watching the movie we answerede the following questions:

1. What are three things you learned or that surprised you from watching this movie?


2. What are some similarities between your life and Basilio's?


3. What are some cognates, words, or phrases that you understood while watching the movie?


Here are some clips from the video on Youtube that will help you catch up if you missed today.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3onRzo0m6I - Movie Trailer
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXTtQN7Hsu4 - Movie Clip
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3onRzo0m6I - Movie Clip

Today we started with a lesson over the present tense of ar verbs, or verbs ending in ar. Click here to seethe lecture handout and practice problems.

I also showed some examples of projects that students completed last year. I will have them in class for you to look at next week as well.

Over the weekend please look into at least 3 countries you would like to research and write about in your project.

Monday we will continue with the present tense and watch the movie “The Devil’s Minor”.

En Clase:

We talked about some grammar basics in order to get us set up for talking about present tense conjugations tomorrow. We filled out a worksheet in class topractice the parts of speech.

Born NOT in the USA:

Our first project! We will be researching Latin American culture and creating children’s stories to present to an audience of children and English language learners. To see the task statement click here. Begin thinking about what country you may want to research and write about.

Today we spent time in class finishing up El árbol genealógico.  This was due today.  If you were absent today please bring your project in on Tuesday.  You will not have time to work on it in class on Tuesday.   

Viernes-Friday 5th

We took the quiz over Los adjetivos, Ser, and subject pronouns. If you were not in class on Friday you will have to take the quiz on Tuesday during SIG or after school.

We also had half the period to work El arbol genealogico. I will be giving you some time to work on this on Monday before you turn it in at the end of the period. I will not be able to help you with any printing functions so make sure you plan ahead.

I have another project reubric that helps explain the elements I will be looking for in your project.

En Clase:

Today we did a starter to practice for the assessment on Friday over adjectives, ser, and subject pronouns. The rest of the period you had time in class to work on your family trees.

Tarea:

Assessment 5 Tomorrow!! It will cover Ser, los adjetivos, y los pronombres.

I passed out a study guide to help prepare for the assessment. Other helpful materials to study are the adjectives vocabulary list, the ser lecture handout, and the subject pronouns lecture handout.

“El árbol genealógico”

We had the rest of the period to work on “El árbol genealógico” due Monday, October 8^th. If you need to find additional adjectives or family members go to www.wordreference.com . I passed out an organizer on Wednesday to help write about your family members. See below for the project description or click here for a downloadable version.

El árbol genealógic

Mini Project Description:

This is a mini project in which you will graphically represent your family relationships and the characteristics of your family members in a family tree. You will demonstrate your knowledge of family vocabulary, adjectives, and the verbs ser and tener as well. You are encouraged to discover new adjectives that are unique to your family or to find vocabulary words that describe the professions of some of your family members. Below are the categories on which you will be graded:

o Includes the title, "Árbol genealógico de…(your name)" at the top.

o Is on time (para el lunes, 8 de octubre)

o Includes entries(name and relationship to you) for at least 3 generations and 8people/pets (1 of these people should be you!).

o Each family member is named, and has an age.

o Each person is given a relationship to another family member.

o Each person has at least 2 adjectives describing them using ser .

o The information is either typed or written in very neat handwriting.

o Information is grammatically correct, with subject-adjective agreement & correct spelling.

o The project is illustrated, refined, and the tree is neatly laid out so that relationships can easily be understood.

En Clase:

• We corrected the SER and adjectives portion of the homework I assigned yesterday in class. We will go over the TENER side on Thursday.
• If you were not here today you will need to take Assessment 4: La familia, tomorrow during SIG or office hours.
• Remember we have another assessment on Friday, October, 5^th on adjectives, subject pronouns, and Ser.
• I assigned a REQUIRED assignment, El árbol genealógico, due Monday, October, 8^th. You have a worksheet to help you organize your family and the characteristics of each family member. We will have time to work on this in class tomorrow.

Tarea:

• If you have not already completed the worksheet on TENER, do so by tomorrow.
• Also, begin working on your family members and characteristics worksheet to help you with El árbol genealógico due Monday.

En Clase:
Today we finished the activity of describing the cartoon characters using adjectives and ser. We learned a new verb, TENER-to have. We completed an in-class activity that describes how to use tener.

Tarea:

Estudiar para Evaluacion 4: La Familia!
Study for Assessment 4!

En clase:

Today we reviewed subject pronouns and the verb SER. We did an in class activity to practice these concepts by describing various cartoon characters. 

We also began an in class activity to practice reading comprehension.  You can access and download this activity by clicking here.   

Tarea:

I have a worksheet that helps you practice agreement of subject, verb, and adjective.