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March 31, 2008

31/3/08 - 4/4/08

el 31 de marzo -  Review new vocab, make and discuss vocab cards.  Verbs deber, necesitar, and tener + que + infinitive to express obligations with chores.  HW = bring hw from Friday (p.51), do two sided worksheet, and bring vocab cards

el primero de abril - Review p.51 and worksheet.  Discuss vocab cards, review rooms and chores with obligation verbs.  Answer questions about their chores.  Discuss vocab in power point.  HW = 5 sentences to translate, bring pencil to class tomorrow

el 2 de abril - Performing Arts assembly will cause us to miss 2nd and most of 3rd period.  Periods 1, 6, and 7 will make floor plan project

el 3 de abril - Review verbs and vocab.  Practice on white boards. HW = p. 50

el 4 de abril - If not in pod A, bring tissues for field day - HA!!!!    Durante la clase, bailamos la salsa.     HW = make sure p. 50 is completed, and review vocab cards over vacation

March 24, 2008

24/3/08 - 28/3/08

el 24 de marzo - Compositions due. Intro to new vocab (front page of ch 6 vocab sheet).  Practice family vocab.  Discuss family tree from info on computer.  HW = two sided worksheet to practice family vocab

el 25 de marzo - Review homework.  Create definitions for family vocab words.  Answer questions about family members and discuss with partner.  HW = p. 47 in wkbk and study family vocab for quiz

el 26 de marzo - Review p. 47 and take quiz. Practice hair color and eye color vocab describing people on power point presentation.  Discuss adjective placement and agreement.  HW = p. 47 and ex7 on p.48

el 27 de marzo - Review hw.  Practice personality adjectives with questions like ¿Como eres? and other conjugations of ser.  Translations to practice more difficult vocabulary.  HW = study all vocab on front side of ch 6 vocab sheet. Quiz tomorrow (28/3).  Bring Span/Eng dictionary to class on Friday

el 28 de marzo - Substitute teacher will administer quiz.  Students will look up vocab on back of ch 6 vocab list in class and do p.51 in wkbk.  No HW if work is completed in class. Vocab definitions and p.51 will count as a homework grade.

March 14, 2008

17/3/08 - 21/3/08

el 17 de marzo - Discuss movie vocab with an intro to vocab in next two chapters (family and clothes).  Watch movie.  HW = vocab word unscramble and make 10 vocab cards.

el 18 de marzo - Review hw.  Watch movie.  HW = worksheet of vocab definitions

el 19 de marzo - Review hw and finish movie.  Start hw in class and finish at home ( 20 questions about movie)

el 20 de marzo - Review hw, discuss movie with power point pictures.  Practice vocab cards in groups of two and create sentences about movie. HW = study for quiz

el 21 de marzo - Review and take quiz.  Create 10 sentence composition about movie to be turned in as an additional quiz grade.  Can finish composition for hw if not completed in class.  * I realize many students may be absent due to the holiday.  Those students can turn in the compositon on Mon or Tues of the following week.  They also have 4 weeks to make up the quiz.  Quiz lasts a maximum of 15 minutes and can be taken any morning at 8:40(before homeroom). Purposely will not start new lesson until Monday (24/3/08).

March 10, 2008

10/3/08 - 14/3/08

el 10 de marzo - Review stem change verbs and take quiz.  Intro to verbs gustar and encantar.  HW = p.62 in wkbk, review for test

el 11 de marzo - Review hw and gustar/encantar.  Practice verbs, new vocab, start questions and finish for homework

el 12 de marzo - Review questions, use new vocab to make dialogues in groups of three.  HW = Memorize dialogue and continue to study for test

el 13 de marzo - Practice and perform dialogues for a quiz grade.  Review for test.

el 14 de marzo - Chapter 5 exam - Topics include: 1) the questions (pulled from hw give on 11/3/08),  2)food vocab (practice vocab cards), 3) verbs gustar and encantar 4) present tense (verbs and endings are on worksheet), 5) stem change verbs (from worksheet) 6) dialogue - know how to answer questions for a waiter in a restaurant. 7) restaurant vocab 8) translations - know both sides of vocab sheet 9) a short composition applying verbs and vocab from chapter.

Two excuses = No lo recuerdo.  Se me olvidó.  Study session is the morning of the test at 8:15.  Extra help session at 8:15 on Wed (12/3/08)

March 03, 2008

3/3/08 - 7/3/08

el 3 de marzo - review present tense endings, review homework, and review present tense ar, er, ir verbs.  HW = two-sided worksheet, and study verbs and endings for a quiz.

el 4 de marzo - Review written hw, Review present tense and take quiz. Intro to new vocabulary.       HW = Make vocab cards

el 5 de marzo - Review cards and vocab, translate sentences written on board.  New verbvocabulary.  Intro to stem change verbs.  Hw = study vocab cards for quiz

el 6 de marzo - Review vocab and take quiz.  Write and review stem change sentences in groups of two.  Start hw in class.  HW = 3 worksheets

el 7 de marzo - Discuss topics on next test (el 14 de marzo).  Review hw, review stem change verbs, practice with white boards, start hw in class.  HW = worksheet and study stem change verbs for quiz