Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Listened to introduction to vocabulary for Unit 4 Lesson 1
*Repetition of the new vocabulary
*Students drew outfits
*Students took notes on e -> ie stem changing verbs

Homework:
*Workbook pages 151 and 152
*Sentences to describe outfit drawing
*Biography email about Judith Baca is due this Friday by 7:30 am
*Some students have current events due this Friday

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Family vocabulary review handout
*Unit 3 Lesson 2 Quiz
*Warm Up
*Copy new vocabulary lists for Unit 4 Lessons 1 and 2 on pages 213 and 237

Homework:
*Finish copying vocabulary lists
*Workbook pages 148 and 149
*Some students have current events this Friday
*Biography email about Judith Baca is due by this Friday morning at 7:30.

Monday, April 25, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Choice Points Extra Credit introduced
*Discussion of Tito Puente after listening to two of his songs. Information was added to the Famous Hispanics Study Sheet. The test covering this material will be May 18, 2011.
*The famous Hispanic person for this week is Judith Baca
*Family Find Someone Who
*Review for Unit 3 Lesson 2 Quiz tomorrow

Homework:
*Workbook pages 136 and 137
*Study for tomorrow's quiz: Unit 3 Lesson 2 vocabulary and the possessive adjectives
*Biography email for Judith Baca is due this Friday morning, April 29 by 7:30 am. Remember to send this to my pvlearners email at wwilson@pvlearners.net
*Some students have current events due this Friday.

Thursday, April 21, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Current Events
*Time to work on dialogs
*Corrected workbook pages
*Family/Age Vocabulary Handout

Homework:
*None

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*New seating chart
*Review of all Famous Hispanics studied up to this point this semester. There will be a test over these individuals on Wednesday, May 18th.
*Students finished correcting and turned in workbook pages 99 - 107.
*Blocks 1 and 2 finished the video from last week.
*Block 5 - students started their next dialog.


Homework:
*Workbook page 127
*Tito Puente Biography email is due by tomorrow morning at 7:30. Remember to send this to my pvlearners account: wwilson@pvlearners.net
*Some students have current events due tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 -
1/2 Day Early Release

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Blocks 1 and 2 homework was stamped.
*Graded papers were returned to students.
*Students practiced pronunciation of the vocabulary words on page 183.
*Students played vocabulary hangman using the words from page 183 and the Spanish alphabet.
*Block 5 took notes on the possessive adjectives.
*Grade conferences.

Homework:
*Blocks 1 and 2 - none
*Block 5 - workbook pages 125 and 126
*Tito Puente Biography email is due by this Thursday at 7:30 am.
*Some students have current events due this Thursday.

Monday, April 18, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - students started a new paper
*Graded papers were returned to students
*Class discussion about Antonia Hernandez
*Blocks 1 and 2 took notes on possessive adjectives
*Block 5 finished the video from last week
*Blocks 1 and 5 finished bingo from last week

Homework:
*Blocks 1 and 2 - workbook pages 125 and 126
*All classes have a biography email about Tito Puente due this Thursday morning (4/21). The email must be in my pvlearners inbox by 7:30 am.
*Block 5 - no workbook pages
*Some students have current events due this Thursday.

Friday, April 15, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm up - students turned in their warm ups for the last 2 weeks
*Current Events presentations
*Some classes finished the video from Thursday
*Vocabulary Bingo


Homework:
*None

Thursday, April 14, 2011 -
Substitute

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Create a family tree including people's names, ages, where they are from and an adjective to describe them.
*Blancanieves Video and Handout


Homework:
*Finish the word search
*Email about Antonia Hernandez is due by 7:30 tomorrow morning
*Some students have current events due tomorrow

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Announcements
*Students turned in their homework
*Circle Map Review of topics in the course so far
*Vocabulary Bingo

Homework:
*No new homework
*Antonia Hernandez Biography email is due this Friday by 7:30 am
*Current events are due for some students

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 -
Substitute

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Finish any remaining work from Monday.
*Make a word search using 21 words from the Unit 3 Lesson 2 Vocabulary List
*Workbook pages 122 - 124

Homework:
*Finish word search
*Finish any remaining workbook pages
*Biography email about Antonia Hernandez is due by 7:30 am this Friday
*Some of you have current events due this Friday.

Monday, April 11, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Discussion of Jaime Escalante
*Students copied the new vocabulary for Unit 3 Lesson 2 on page 183.
*Students made a bingo card for the new vocabulary. They wrote one Spanish word per box on the front. On the back they drew a picture for 9 of the words and wrote English translations for the other 16.
*Students shared their Me Gusta projects.
*Students started the reading assignment for "La quinceanera"

Homework:
*Block 1 - Vocabulary list and Bingo Card
*Blocks 2 and 5 - Vocabulary list, Bingo Card and workbook page 122.
*Remember that tomorrow is "Tourist Day" for Spirit Week
*A biography email about Antonia Hernandez is due by this Friday, April 15, 2011 at 7:30 am. Remember to send this to my pvlearners email: wwilson@pvlearners.net.

Friday, April 8, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Current Events Presentations
*Correct Workbook Pages
*Unit 3 Lesson 1 Quiz

Homework:
*None

Spirit Week

Spirit Week - April 11 - April 15

Monday: Pajama Day!
(wear your favorite pjs)

Tuesday: Tourist Day!
(dress up like you're traveling)

Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday!
(miss-match, backwards, etc.)

Thursday: Where's Waldo?
(red & white stripes, glasses)

Friday: Purple & Gold
(prom colors)

Mr. Paradise

Mr. Paradise - Secret Agent Man

Date: Friday, April 8, 2011

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Gym

Tickets: $3 if purchased in advance or $5 at the door

Thursday, April 7, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Correct Workbook pages
* Vocabulary Scrabble
*ER/IR Verb Ataque

Homework:
*Block 1 - workbook page 104
*Blocks 2 and 5 - workbook pages 113 and 116
*Study for Unit 3 Lesson 1 Quiz
*Jaime Escalante Biography Email is due tomorrow morning by 7:30 am
*Work on your Me Gusta project for Monday

Unit 3 Lesson 1 Quiz

The Unit 3 Lesson 1 Quiz will be given this Friday, April 8, 2011.

Please study the following topics:
*Vocabulary from this lesson
*Regular ER and IR verb endings in the present tense
*The verb gustar used with nouns

**Remember that all of this information can be found in the back of your workbook.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 -
(Shortened Class Periods due to AIMS Science testing)

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Review of sample current event presentation
*Unit 3 Lesson 1 Vocabulary Scrabble

Homework:
*Block 1: Workbook pages 106 and 107
*Blocks 2 and 5: Workbook pages 104, 106 and 107
*Biography Email about Jaime Escalante is due by this Friday, April 8 at 7:30 am.
*Me Gusta Project is due Monday, April 11, 2011.
*Current Events are due on Friday for those students who signed up for this week.
*Unit 3 Lesson 1 Quiz this Friday, April 8, 2011.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 -
(Shortened class periods due to AIMS Math testing and Stanford 10 Testing)

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students turned in homework from last night
*We went over the directions for Current Events and for the Me Gusta Project.

Homework:
*No new homework.
*Jaime Escalante biography email is due by 7:30 am this Friday, April 8.
*Work on current events - Due: Selected Dates over the next 6 weeks
*Work on Me Gusta project - Due: Monday, April 11, 2011

The Me Gusta Project is due next Monday, April 11, 2011. The directions and the grading rubric are posted in pvlearners and pasted below.

Me Gusta Project

Due Date: ____________

You are going to create a project, which expresses your feelings about different activities or objects. You will use the verb gustar. You will write at least 10 sentences using gustar to express what you like and what you don’t like. This is a chance for you to tell the rest of us about who you are using your Spanish skills.

Your project must include the following:

• Some type of visual aide – poster, collage, book, slide show, web site, etc.
• You need to include a picture for each item that you include as a like or dislike.
• You need to use the verb gustar in each of your 10 sentences. Be sure that you include a mixture of likes and dislikes. Also, be sure that you use both the singular and plural forms of gustar (gusta/gustan).
• Use vocabulary you already know – Do NOT look up tons of words that no one else in the class will know!

Grading Rubric

Written /25

· Did you include 10 sentences that each use the verb gustar?

· Did you use gustar in both the singular and plural forms (gusta/gustan)?

· Did you include both negative and positive sentences (likes/dislikes)?

· Were your sentences grammatically correct?

· Did you use vocabulary that you already knew?

· Was your Spanish comprehensible?

Visual Aide /15

· Did your visual aide go along with your presentation?

· Did you include your Spanish sentences on your visual aide?

· Did you refer to your visual aide during the presentation?

· Was your visual aide neat and colorful?

· Was your visual aide creative?

· Did your visual aide reflect a great deal of effort?

Oral /10

· Did you speak to your group rather than read to them?

· Did you pronounce the Spanish words correctly?

· Did you observe the rules of public speaking? For example,

good eye contact, no gum, good volume, etc.

Total /50

Current Events Directions

Over the next 6 weeks, each student will present a current event that relates to the Spanish speaking world. Students signed up for their dates during class today (April 4). The directions and the grading rubric for the current events are pasted below.

Name:____________________ Date:____________

Spanish 1-2 Current Events Directions

One time this quarter, you will present a current event to the class. You must select an article that relates in some way to the Spanish speaking world. It can be about politics, sports, entertainment or whatever interests you as long as it relates to Spanish. You will need to do the following things:

1. Print out a copy of the article.

2. Write a 1 paragraph summary of the article. Your paragraph should also include your response to the article and the reason why you chose this particular article. Your paragraph should be well organized and free from grammatical errors.

3. Present your article to the class on the day that it is due. Briefly tell the class what the article was about, explain your opinion of the article and why you chose the article. Also, offer the other students the chance to comment on your current event.

Rubric:

Printed Copy of the Article /10

1 Paragraph Summary and Response /20

Oral Presentation and Discussion /20

Total /50

Monday, April 4, 2100 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started a new warm up paper.
*Students received the April Homework calendar.
*Students signed up for their current event presentation dates.
*Students took notes on the verb gustar with nouns.
*The Me Gusta Project was introduced.
*Homework and the Unit 2 Lesson 2 Quizzes were returned to students.


Homework:
*Workbook pages 102 and 103
*Biography email about Jaime Escalante is due to my email account (wwilson@pvlearners.net) by 7:30 am this Friday morning, April 8, 2011.
*Round A of current events will be this Friday so make sure that you have that ready if you signed up for this week. The directions are in pvlearners and in a separate post on the blog.
*Me Gusta Project - Due Monday, April 11, 2011. The directions are posted in pvlearners and in a separate post on the blog.

Friday, March 25, 2011 -
(1/2 Day)

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks.
*Students turned in their homework calendars for the month of March.
*Students turned in their final copies of their essays along with the Thinking Maps, rough draft and peer editing sheet.
*Students played Tic Tack Toe using regular ER and IR verbs in the present tense.


Homework: *None

Thursday, March 24, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Peer Editing of 4 paragraph essay for anyone who didn't get to complete this yesterday.
*Finish correcting workbook pages and turn in pages for Unit 2.
*Students took notes on regular ER and IR verbs in the present tense. Remember that this information is in the back of the workbook under Unit 3 Lesson1.
*Practice activity using regular ER and IR verbs in the present tense.

Homework:
*Workbook pages 101 and 105
*Carolina Herrera Biography email.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Peer Editing of 4 paragraph essays
*Correct workbook pages.
*Copy Unit 3 Lesson 1 Vocabulary page 159.

Homework:
*Finish copying vocabulary.
*Workbook pages 99 - 100.
*Carolina Herrera email is due by this Friday at 7:30 am.