Ms. Mar Lopez Diaz

Week of June 11th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students they are doing a project.

Create a leisure guide to the city. In small groups, you have to create a shopping and entertainment guide for the city of Madrid or for your own hometown. The guide for each group should include the location and a brief description of six different events happening around the city. These may include museum exhibits, store sales, park events, concerts, or special restaurant menus. The guides should also include information about transportation to each event. Look at sample entertainment guides online or in a local newspaper. The events in your guide, however, may be fictitious. Include photos or drawings to show readers what the events will be like.

Creativity and Innovation

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students they are doing a project.

Create a bulletin board with the title My Favorite Sport. students must bring photos of you playing your favorite sport. You can bring photos of school sporting events, photos of casual family games, or team photos. If you don't have a photo, you have to draw a picture of yourselves playing your favorite sport. You have to write a caption for your photo. The caption should name the sport and say something about why it's your favorite.

Creativity and Innovation

Week of May 28th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week we are preparing, with the guide and exercises that I gave you, the end-of-course exam.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students continue working on the final project of the course.

Week of May  21th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week we are preparing, with the guide and exercises that I gave you, the end-of-course exam.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students continue working on the final project of the course.

Week of May  14th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have reinforced their knowledge about Ir a + infinitive, Verbs poder, servir y pedir and they have done a formative test on it.

The students have been informed of the topics that enter for their final evaluation of Spanish, as well as they have been given a guide for their preparation that we will do in class to reinforce what they have learned.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have started their final project. They have been distributed as a group, and they have had their first brainstorming to jointly find the realization and the main objective of the project.

Week of May  7th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have learned the vocabulary about: places to go in the city, means of transport, ordering food. They have practiced vocabulary about places in the city and elements of a restaurant. They have reviewed the present tense of the verbs -er, the verb to go. They have practiced the verb to go + infinitive to talk about what you are going to do. They have learned and practiced the Verbs with a change of stem in the present: o ➞ ue and e➞ iThey have read about: the local markets of El Rastro and Chichicastenango.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned and practiced the Present Progressive Tense. They have reviewed: chores and parts of a house. They have practiced using usted, tú y vos. They have read about a vacation in Costa Rica and about Monteverde, a Nature Reserve in Costa Rica  and  about a natural science museum in Costa Rica, its sections and exhibits. They have researched the Greek and Latin roots of scientific terms and they have calculated how much something costs in colones, the Costa Rican currency.

Week of April  30th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have learned and practiced direct object pronouns. They have practiced the pronunciation of the letter c with a, o, u. They have learned about the Spanish poet Antonio Colinas, the history of the Moors in Spain. They have read about the distinctive decorative styles of the Alhambra.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned and practiced vocabulary about the daily routine, personal care items, vacation destinations, ways of traveling. They have learned present reflexive pronouns and reflexive verbs. They have reviewed the past tense of the verb to do, the direct object, and the parts of the body. They have learned and practiced the pronunciation of diphthongs in Spanish.

Week of April  26th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students will learn and practice with verbs with a change of stem in the present: e ➞ ie.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students will practice the present pronouns after prepositions that they have already learned with the verb gustar.

Week of April  16th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have made and presented a project about ¡A Madrid¡.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned and practiced the past tense of the irregular verbs ir, ser and hacer. 

Week of April  10th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have learned to talk about the clothes they are wearing. And they have reviewed the verb tener.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned and practiced the vocabulary of amusement park, places of interest and special events, extending and declining invitations, talking on the phone.

Week of March  26th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students y have reviewed the lesson. 

 In this lesson students have learned to talk about family, ask and tell ages, express possession, give dates and make comparisons. They have used d to show possession, possessive adjetives and comparatives.

Test.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have reviewed the lesson.

In this lesson students have learned to• talk about technology, • talk about a series of events, • say what you did, • talk of indefinite or negative situations . They have used • preterite of regular -er and -ir verbs and• affirmative and negative words.

Test.

Week of March  19th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students y have practiced making comparisons and using possessive adjectives.

They have reviewed vocabulary based on family.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have read a text about how to protect a computer from viruses.

They have completed an antivirus protection questionnaire and compared the mentioned antivirus measures in the questionnaire.

Week of March  5th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have learned to make comparisons. We have practiced comparing traits of friends and family and practiced the pronunciation of the letter j in Spanish.

The students have done a project comparing their school with others in the world. What are secondary schools like in the Spanish-speaking world? How are they different from or similar to your own school? Research high schools in four Spanish-speaking countries and then compare your own school to one of them.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have continued to practice the affirmative and negative words and the negative form none.

They have reviewed the Preterite of the regular verbs -ar, -er, ir.

The students have done a project on Technology. Technological advances are becoming more and more amazing. Apps, robots, self-driving cars, and artificial intelligence are just a few examples. It's impossible to keep up with all the changes, but you can pick an area and try to learn about the major developments.

Week of February 26th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students they have  practiced possessive adjectives to discuss friends´birthdays. 

They have done a test of possessive adjectives.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have practiced affirmative and negative words and the negative form ningunos(as), and they have reviewed the Preterite of regular-ar verbs.

They have written a message to their best friend telling him how he is, that they want to meet him, explaining his school schedule and suggesting a time and place to meet.

Week of February 19th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students They have practiced family and birthday vocabulary. They have reviewed talking about age and the verb to have to express age. They have also practiced possessive adjectives to talk about family.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have identified the past tense forms of the regular verbs -er and -ir in context. They have made a text commentary in which they have also analyzed the verbs in the past.

Week of February 5th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have learned to use possessive adjectives to talk about family. They have reviewed extracurricular activities. They have done a vocabulary test and the numbers from 1 to 1000.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned the use of the past tense of the regular verbs -er and -ir. They have reviewed the past tense of the regular verbs -ar, to tell the time, food and drinks.

Week of January 22nd

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students are doing a project. They have to create a calendar for the next few months or for the whole year. In which they have to mark specific dates with special events, such as birthdays of family members, upcoming events, such as specific classes, sports practices or exams.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students are doing a project. They have to create a brochure for a spa, describing a typical day at a spa. The brochure should include a schedule of the day's activities and descriptions of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. With photos or drawings they must accompany the descriptions of the meals and possible activities. They will have to present it to the class as if they were sales representatives from the resort.

Week of January 15th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have reviewed to prepare for their end-of-term assessment.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have reviewed to prepare for their end-of-term assessment.

Week of January 8th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students practiced present tense -er, -ir verbs. Introduced the verb hacer and connect it to -er verbs. Practiced using -er and -ir verbs and gustar to talk about lunchtime in the cafeteria. Learned about supermarkets in the Spanish speaking world and the products they sell. Compared foods purchased by families in Puerto Rico with food products bought by students’ families.  Read a supermarket shopping list. 

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students practiced the preterite of regular -ar verbs. They practiced using the preterite of verbs ending in -car, -gar, zar. 

Culture: Learned about a merengue festival and Fernando Botero.

Week of January 2nd

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students will do a composition about what they have done in the holidays and how they have celebrated the last day of the year.

The students will learn to use gustar to express likes and dilikes. They will practice using this structure with foods.

I will ask students to read a script. I will ask who the people in the picture are. I will ask you to tell me what are the different breakfast foods mentioned in the script.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students will do a composition about what they have done in the holidays and how they have celebrated the last day of the year.

The students will practice the preterite of regular -ar verbs.

Review.- Telling time.

I will ask students to brainstorm some activities using -ar verbs that they do frequently.

I will ask the students to look at the photo. I will ask quick comprehension questions like the following: ¿Qué llevan los chicos en la cabeza? ¿Quién está herido? I will ask students to read the dialogue to find out how many body parts are mentioned in your text.

Week of Decembrer 11 th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students will practice using gustar with nouns.  Pronunciation the letters r and rr. They will learn to use gustar to express likes and dislikes, they will practice using this structure with foods.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students will practice vocabulary.- activities to stay healthy, parts of the body. They will practice using doler to say what hurts.

Recycle.- Stem-changing o-ue verbs and telling time.

The studens will practice the preterite of regular -ar verbs and to review telling time.

Week of December 4th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students will do teach about Puerto Rican culture, and they will teach to express what they like to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Recycle.- Verb gustar with an infinitive.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students will describe.- Sports and Leisure activities. They will accurately use.- Saber, Conocer and Jugar. They will do a test on it at the end of the week.

Week of November 27th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students will finish their projects and go on a tour of the school to practice speaking and listening.

To end the week we will do a logic game.

Grade 10 Spanish:  This week we will do an essay on sports and reading comprehension, so we will practice writing and reading.

To end the week we will do a logic game.

Week of November 20th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students will continue with the project about what a day is like at my school, being a guide through the school to show it to the parents.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students will create sentences using the verbs saber and conocer showing that they know the difference.

They will practice the use and integration of the vocabulary and grammar of the lesson. (Sports, Sports equipment, verb to play, to know and to know.

They will talk about sports, what athletes they know and what sports they play.

Week of November 13th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students will express feelings and emotions in Spanish.

They will continue with the project about what a day is like at my school, being a guide through the school to show it to the parents.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students will be able to speak about Sports and leisure activities. 

Students will accurately use Saber, Conocer and Jugar.

Week of November 6th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students are learning about Describe classes and location.Review.- Verb Estar.

They will start a project about what a day is like at my school. Being a guide through the school to show it to the parents and they will see what a school in Spain is like.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students are learning about Sports, places where sports are played and sports equipment.

Recycle.- Gustar with nouns.

Review.- Numbers from 200 to 1,000,000.

Week of October 30th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students are talking about their classes and answering questions like how many students are in each class, what time and what they have to do to get good grades. 

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students are doing a master activity on families and communities. Practicing listening, reading, and writing.

Week of October 23th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have practiced tener and -ar verbs. The have reviewed school activities vocabulary.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have read about folk dances in Ecuador and Panamá. They have learned about the origins of the sanjuanito and tamborino and they have compared their music and costumes. They have reviewed tener que, interrogative words, expressions of frequency and direct object pronouns.

Week of October 16th

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have learned and practiced the verb tener and expressions of frequency.

They have practiced using tener and tener que to talk daily activities on different days of the week.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned and practiced verbs traer, venir y tener.

They have practiced recent past, irregular verbs and informal commands.

Week of October 2nd

Grade 9 Spanish:  This week the students have learned and practiced vocabulary: time, class schedules, numbers (1-100), subjects, classroom activities.

The students have seen photos and responded to “What do you see? What's up?" questions.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned and practiced vocabulary: household chores, party activities.

They have talked about the things they do before a party.

They have practiced more irregular verbs, interrogative words, and  affirmative commands of tú and  they have reviewed direct object pronouns.

Week of September 25th

Grade 9 Spanish:  The students this week have learned the vocabulary in the classroom.

They already have a vocabulary of the classroom objects and talk about it in basic sentences.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week the students have learned about housework and activities about throwing a party.

They asked other students questions about what homework you do most often and how they celebrate their birthdays.

They have talked about how to plan a party, about tasks and responsibilities

They know how to tell someone what to do or say what they just did

Week of September 18th

Grade 9 Spanish:  Students this week have practiced greeting, saying goodbye and introducing their classmates. Students know how to ask and say how to spell names, state their nationality, and ask for and exchange phone numbers.

We have learned weather expressions.

They understand and respond appropriately to basic classroom expressions and requests. 

Grade 10 Spanish: This week we have learned to compare houses and apartments for sale.

We have talked based on various apartment and house advertisements, in which of them they would like to live and why

We have made a house sale announcement.

Week of September 11th

Grade 9 Spanish: This week we have learned to ask someone's name and say where they are from, we have practiced the spelling of words in Spanish, learned the numbers from zero to ten and the days of the week. 

Grade 10 Spanish: This week we have learned vocabulary of rooms in a house, furniture, household items.

We have practiced using the verb tener to refer to places or things in a house or apartment.

We have practiced the different uses of the verbs ser and estar, the ordinal numbers and  stressing syllables in Spanish

Week of September 4th

Grade 9 Spanish: This week we have learned to introduce ourselves, the alphabet, greetings and goodbyes.

Grade 10 Spanish: This week we have read, listened and written exercises to review what we learned last year.