Tarea #30: para el jueves / viernes (Thurs / Fri)

Christmas vocab crossword puzzle

Tarea #29: para el martes / miercoles (Tues / Wed)

1.  preterite crossword puzzle
2.  preterite/present translation

Tarea #28: Translate Parte B on p. 4 (for Mon.)

In irregular verb packet:  Translate this paragraph to English.  Pay attention to the verb tenses.

Tarea #27: Finish Preterite Packet (for Thurs/Fri)

Finish the rest of the preterite activities in the irregular verb packet.

Tarea #26: Answer your questions

Answer the seven questions that you wrote using the preterite.  Pay close attention to your verb conjugations.

Tarea #25: el preterito

Complete the two double-sided worksheets that use the preterite.  The seven questions should all use the preterite and should be questions that other students can answer.

Tarea #24 UN MINI-PROYECTO

Use the command form of the verbs to create a series of instructions that a fellow student can follow on the computer.  Min 10 commands.  Include a min. of 2 demonstratives and incorporate your tech vocab.  This is due next class (Thurs or Fri).  Please be prepared as we will be in the computer lab so that other students can try out your directions.  Their feedback in the lab is part of your grade!

Tarea #23

Double-sided worksheet that practices with the second round of tech vocab + more commands + more demonstratives

#22: negative informal commands and QUIZ

Practice with the negative informal commands.

On Thurs there is a quiz on commands (mandatos) and demonstratives

#20 y 21: Profa was absent

Profa was absent Mon. 
#20:  in class work of reading the BBC article and answering questions
#21:  mandatos practice (solutions to your friends problems)

Tarea #19 Los mandatos

Los mandatos worksheet:  Write 10 sentences that use commands, at least 3 need to use irregular forms.

Tarea #18: los demonstrativos

2-sided worksheet to practice with los demonstrativos (para el jueves)

Tarea #17

All of the second packet.  This packet practices the tech vocab with different tenses that you have learned.

tech vocab quiz

Nov. 12 and 13

Tarea #16

in the tech packet, activities #9, 10 and 12

VOCAB QUIZ

Next week (Mon and Tues), 5-6 has a vocab quiz on the Dia de los muertos vocabulary

Tarea #15

Practice your reading skills as you read the Dia de los muertos article and answer the questions

Tarea #14

Dia de los muertos crossword puzzle.

Disculpe, cuando lo hice, I must have spelled 6 down incorreclty.

6 across usa la palabra azteca y no espanola

5 down:  don't worry about this one! 

Tarea #13 (period 7)

Write about 3 of your cultures.  Choose 3 cultures from the list of 14 cultures.  Be sure to write about things from the "representations of culture" list for EACH culture.  Refer to my culture blog if you need ideas.  (You can access my other blogs if you go to see more information about me.)  Due Mon.

Tarea #13 (periods 1 & 4)

Write about 3 of your personal cultures

Tarea #12 (periods 1 & 4 tarea for Tues)

write a one paragraph summary for 2 of the animals that were presented today (2 paragraphs total)

mini-project and presentation (Tarea #11)

After you finish your oral exam, work on creating your own animal out of different shapes.  The animal needs a name.  Draw the animal and write about it.  You will present your new animal next class period on Mon., Oct. 21.  Work on presenting it this weekend!

1- Physical description:  the eyes are stars, the neck is a triangle, etc.
2- What it eats
3- where it lives
4- its personality

writing test help

Reminder, your written exam is next Mon or Tues, depending on which class you are in!  In case you need some help forming sentences, here are some sentence frames that you can study and use.  These with the questions will also help you study for your oral exam.  Make sure you substitute info for what is in parentheses.

Donde vive?
(El animal) vive en (location).

Que come?
(El animal) come (food).

Como es?
body parts:  (El animal) tiene _____, _____ y ______.
physical description:  (El animal) es (color) y (grande/pequeno).
personality description:  (El animal) es (adjetivo:  feroz, rapido, antipatico, agresivo, etc)

Que puede hacer (el animal)?
(El animal) puede (verb in the infinitive).

Que piensas del animal?
Me (verb like gustar:  only ends in -a or -an) (el animal) porque (another complete sentence).
Modelo:  Me chocan las moscas porque son feas.

Buena suerte!

Tarea #10

Read the Iguana and Mascota articles and answer the questions.  due Mon.

Tarea #9

Go to the website for the zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico and answer the questions on the worksheet.  If you were in class, we went to the computer lab.  If you were not in class, you will need to do this on your own.

First oral and writing assessments coming soon!

After you finish your book and get ready to present, it is time to start studying for your first writing proficiency and oral proficiency exams.  We will do a practice written test in class so that you can see what it is first.

Periods 1 & 4:
-Writing exam is on Oct. 14.
-Oral exam is on Oct. 17

Period 7:
-Writing exam is on Oct. 15.
-Oral exam is on Oct. 18.

The topics are on the tops of the rubrics that I gave you guys.  The rubrics explain how you will be graded and what you need to include.

Good luck!

Proyecto 1

Complete your animal book! 
Period 7:  Present and turn in book on Mon., Oct. 7
Period 1 & 4:  Present and turn in book on Tues., Oct. 8

If you finish, start studying for you writing and oral assessments.

Tarea #8

Describe how you feel about each animal in your book and why using the verbs like gustar.

Example:  Me fascinan los delfines porque son mamiferos y pueden nadar bien y saltar.

or

Me encantan las ovejas porque son tranquilas.

Quiz #2

animal body parts and verbs (stem change, verbs like gustar, verbs that relate to animals: comer, vivir, volar, dormir, nadar, poder)

*el lunes, el 30 de septiembre

Tarea #7

Add to your book a physical description of each animal which includes body parts.
   -due 26/9, 27/9

Quiz #1

Quiz #1 is next week, depending on your class period, Sept 24 (Tues) or 25 (Wed).

Topic:  Animals, habitats and food

Tarea #6

Add to animal book:
Que come?
Donde vive?

You should now have 8 animals in color labeled in Spanish.  This assignment adds 2 sentences of text about each animal.  Leave space because we will continue to add more info to each animal.

Due:  el lunes, el 23 de septiembre

Tarea #5

Create a 16 page book - due next class period

On the first 8 pages (each time you turn a page), draw and color an animal and write the name of the animal in Spanish.  This is your opportunity to choose animal vocabulary that you need to work on. 

This is the beginning of a project that we will keep expanding on! 

Tarea #4

After getting settled in the classroom, I'm ready to start posting your homework.  Sorry I have been behind.  Hmwk #1 was a signed syllabus.  #2 was from the verb packet, p.4-5, parts A and B.  #3 was labeling the human body. 

Homework #4 is the first page of the animal packet, all about pets.  Label the pets and describe your's on the bottom. 

Next class will be farm animals!

Welcome to the first week of school

Welcome to Spanish 5-6!  You guys are beyond the two years required for high school graduation ... congratulations!  We will be working on Spanish proficiency a lot this year:  reading, writing, speaking and listening.  You will also begin talking about some real world situations, like going to the doctor and environmental issues.  This class is taught in Spanish.  Remember that it is not important to understand every single word, but rather get the gist of things. You are expected to speak only in Spanish while in my class.  Although this may sound intimidating, I guarantee that it is the most useful thing that you could do to improve your Spanish without going to another country and being forced to be immersed in it.  I look forward to this year with all of you!