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Week 4

January 30th – February 3rd:

This week we learned a new song, sang along and watched the video.  The next class project was introduced and we saw some examples of work from previous years.  We reviewed the present perfect tense and played some games in preparation for our quiz on Friday.  We continued with our soap opera as usual.

Classwork:

Monday: Students learned a new song, sang along and watched the video.  I explained what our next group project would be and we watched a short Monty Python video to get ideas.  We also watched an example of a project video from last year.

Homework – Quiz on present perfect tense on Friday.

Tuesday: Students had a substitute teacher today.  They got into groups and began work on their skits.  Work was handed in at the end of the period.

Wednesday: We talked about how students got on yesterday and then corrected the homework which was due on Monday.  We did some reading to work out what our ideal profession would be and will go through the results of this together tomorrow.  We then played a team game to practice the present perfect tense.

Homework – Skits are due on Monday February 13th

Thursday: We played a game of 2 truths and a lie to practice the present perfect , we went through the results of our careers test from yesterday and then students had a small amount of time to talk about their skits.

Friday: We took our quiz and watched the telenovela.   Students answered questions in English while we watched.

Homework:

See above.

If possible, please bring in some colored paper for the class!

All interview skits are due on Monday February 13^th.

Assessments:

Class participation grades shall be earned each week.  Students will NOT have a chance to make these up.  If a student is off task (sleeping, texting, doing homework etc.) they will earn a maximum grade of 60% for that week.

A grade was given this week for completing the daily sponge activity.  If students did not participate in this they earned a zero.

Announcements:

None this week.

Week 3

January 23rd – January 27th:

This week all students presented their work from last week to the class and students took notes in English while listening.  We reviewed the present perfect tense and did some individual and group practice using this.  We also continued watching our telenovela.

Classwork:

Monday: Students had some errors from their written work from last week to translate into Spanish.  We went through these together and students then had time to start their individual corrections.  We then noted down our ‘errores imperdonables’ for the week, our expression and our saying of the week.  We will do these every Monday.  We began our presentations and students took notes in English.

Homework – Corrections must be handed in on Wednesday to earn full credit for written work.

Tuesday: We reviewed the present perfect tense from Spanish III (if we learned it last year) and completed the first 3 pages of our packet.  We then continued with our presentations and note taking.

Wednesday: We did some worksheet practice with the present perfect and worked on repeating and memorizing the irregular infinitives and what they changed to.  We then continued our presentations and note taking.

Thursday: Students had an expression on the board and had to figure out what it meant in the perfect tense.  We finished our present perfect worksheet and reviewed irregular verbs before continuing our presentations.

Friday: We watched the telenovela.   Students answered questions in English while we watched.

Homework:

See above.

If possible, please bring in some colored paper for the class!

Assessments:

Class participation grades shall be earned each week.  Students will NOT have a chance to make these up.  If a student is off task (sleeping, texting, doing homework etc.) they will earn a maximum grade of 60% for that week.

Announcements:

None this week.

 

Week 3

January 23rd – January 27th:

This week we continued work on professions vocabulary and the present perfect tense.  We played some games and did some written and reading practice with these both individually and in groups.  We also learned a new song and continued watching our soap opera.

Classwork:

Monday: Students finished off the gap-fill sheet on professions and did some quick translation on the present perfect to start and then we learned a new song and sang it together (there is no video this week).  In groups students then worked on a way to memorize irregular verbs in the present perfect.

Homework – Quiz on professions vocabulary on Friday.

Tuesday: Students tried to decipher a popular saying in Spanish in the present prefect tense and we talked about this together.  We reviewed the irregular infinitives and what they changed to in the perfect tense on the board.  We did the first side of a worksheet on the present perfect and then repeated and sang to memorize our verbs and what they changed to.  We then completed a speaking activity using the perfect tense and walking around interviewing others in the class.  Students then worked on the 2^nd side of their worksheet.

Homework – Finish off the worksheet for tomorrow

Wednesday: Students completed a crossword to practice professions vocabulary.  We corrected yesterday’s homework and did some reading practice in groups on professions.  We then played a game of matamoscas to review professions vocabulary.

Homework – Complete the last page of the present perfect packet for Monday

Thursday: We corrected the homework and did some translation work using professions vocabulary with the present perfect tense.  We did the other side of our reading from yesterday and then played an index card game with our vocabulary.

Friday: We took our quiz on professions vocabulary and watched the telenovela.   Students answered questions in English while we watched.

Homework:

See above.

If possible, please bring in some colored paper for the class!

Assessments:

Class participation grades shall be earned each week.  Students will NOT have a chance to make these up.  If a student is off task (sleeping, texting, doing homework etc.) they will earn a maximum grade of 60% for that week.

Announcements:

None this week.

Week 2

January 17th – January 20th:

We will be spending the majority of this week working on a research project in the media center.  Students will have to work individually and research a President from a Spanish speaking country.  They will be creating a presentation for the class about that person and will be presenting these next week.

Classwork:

Monday: No school

Tuesday: The research project was explained and we all went to the media center to begin work on these.

Wednesday: Media center

Thursday: Media center

Friday: We continued watching our soap opera this week which is called ‘Corazon Salvaje’.  We watched and students answered questions in English.

Homework:

If possible, please bring in some tissues for the class!

Research projects are due on Monday of next week.  No late work will be accepted.

Assessments:

Class participation grades shall be earned each week.  Students will NOT have a chance to make these up.  If a student is off task (sleeping, texting, doing homework etc.) they will earn a maximum grade of 60% for that week.

Announcements:

None this week.

 

Week 1

January 9th – January 13th:

We will be going through the syllabus for this semester together and viewing the Blog.  Students will be interviewing each other about their vacations and we will be talking about our New Year’s Resolutions.  We will also be completing some written prompts about the vacation, reading a short story together and beginning our new soap opera.

Classwork:

Monday: No school

Tuesday: The syllabus was explained.  Students interviewed their partners about what they did over the holidays and we discussed this as a class.  We talked about academic honesty and class participation this semester and then students did a paired activity about different pictures and wrote about their vacations for 10 minutes.

Wednesday: We completed a vocabulary building activity on vocabulary topics which we will cover this semester.  Students then got into groups of 3 and were given a different children’s’ toy each.  They had 20 minutes to prepare a short story or skit centered around that object.

Thursday: We completed a sheet on all tenses using the verb hablar in the ‘yo’ form.  We went through this together and then students received the rubrics and had time to finish preparing their skits.  These were then performed in front of the class.

Friday: We finished our skits and then began watching our soap opera this week which is called ‘Corazon Salvaje’.  We watched and students answered questions in English.

Homework:

Students must hand in a signed copy of the syllabus by Tuesday January 17^th.  Markers will also be checked on Tuesday.  If possible, please also bring in some tissues for the class!

Assessments:

Class participation grades shall be earned each week.  Students will NOT have a chance to make these up.  If a student is off task (sleeping, texting, doing homework etc.) they will earn a maximum grade of 60% for that week.

Announcements:

None this week.

Week 2

January 17th – January 20th:

We will be finishing our professions vocabulary and students will have a quiz on this next week.  Students will be doing group activities to play a professions game and will be practicing speaking, writing and listening with this.  The Present Perfect tense will be studied and explained and activities will be completed which incorporate our vocabulary and grammar this week.  We will read a current event article together and continue with our Telenovela.

Classwork:

Monday: No school.

Tuesday: Students talked about their activities this weekend.  We completed the last professions clue from last week and we went through how to write our own clues.  We completed our professions vocabulary list with definitions in Spanish.  Students worked in their groups to give ‘pistas’ (clues) on various professions in preparation for tomorrow’s activity.  Students completed a gap-fill worksheet individually (nos.1-20) and we went through the answers together.

Wednesday: Students unscrambled the letters to make some words.  In groups students had pieces of cut out paper.  They made sentences using a variety of verbs in the present perfect tense.  We went through these together and the rules of formation were elicited. Some groups read their clues from yesterday to the class and we guessed the profession in teams with the white boards.

Thursday: We reviewed the present prefect tense with matching on the board and singing and then began our packet on this tense.  We completed the first 3 pages of this and did some oral practice.  We finished off our clue game from yesterday. 

Friday: We completed up to number 35 of the gap-fill sheet on professions and then continued watching our soap opera as usual.

Homework – Quiz on professions vocabulary next Friday.

Homework:

Students should be studying professions vocabulary at home.

There will be a quiz on professions vocabulary on FRIDAY of next week.

Assessments:

See above.

Announcements:

None this week.

 

Week 1

January 9th – January 13th:

We will be going through the syllabus for this semester together and viewing the Blog.  Students will be interviewing each other about their vacations and we will be talking about our New Year’s Resolutions.  We will begin the topic of professions and work with new vocabulary and this will be combined with a grammar review of the present perfect tense and an introduction of the subjunctive mood.

Classwork:

Monday: No school

Tuesday: The syllabus was explained.  Students interviewed their partners about what they did over the holidays and we discussed this as a class.  We quickly reviewed the future and conditional tenses to prepare for tomorrow’s activity

Wednesday: Students drew and labeled previously known professions on the board.  We completed our resolutions from yesterday and made up resolutions for famous people.  We defined professions vocabulary from page 1 of our vocabulary packet and played a quick vocabulary line game

Thursday: We talked about our ideal jobs using the conditional tense.  We began the PowerPoint pictures to memorize key vocabulary words from the first page of the vocabulary packet.  We worked on defining vocabulary on page two.  Students worked in groups to guess the name of the job from a PowerPoint presentation with a game and we finished off our vocabulary packet definitions.

Friday: We summarized what had happened in Rosalinda up to this moment by students completing some timed writing in Spanish.  We then continued with our soap opera and students answered questions as we watched.

Homework:

Students must hand in a signed copy of the syllabus by Tuesday January 17^th.  Markers will also be checked on Tuesday.  If possible, please also bring in some colored paper for the class!

Assessments:

There will be a quiz on professions vocabulary on Tuesday January 24th

Announcements:

If students sleep, use their phones or are not on task during the soap opera on Fridays they will earn a grade of zero for class participation for that week.  No exceptions.