Spanish 2 Block Fall 2023
Week 17: Last week of the semester!
Monday, 12/18/23 - Friday, 12/22/23
Actividades
This week is jam-packed with various activities!
lunes: Duolingo; select influential Spanish-speaker (work time on presentations); Fiesta Fatal question responses are due by the end of class today
martes: Duolingo; work time on presentation
miércoles: In-class presentations on influential spanish-speakers
jueves: finish presentations (if necessary); finish Inside Out in Spanish; games
viernes: Last day fun (movie)
Week 16
Monday, 12/11/23 - Friday, 12/15/23
Actividades
This week we finish up the Spanish past tense and introduce El Imperfecto to the mix. Tests this Wednesday and Friday!!
lunes: Duolingo; Notes on the Imperfect regulars and irregulars; Práctica 5A and 5B; go over Práctica 5A
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 5B; Gimkit and Whiteboards; Práctica 6
miércoles: Duolingo; Imperfect test; Using Preterit and Imperfect together; Práctica 7
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 7; Gimkit; Práctica 9; go over Práctica 9
viernes: Preterit vs. Imperfect test; finish reading Fiesta Fatal and complete questions (they are due by next Wednesday, 12/20)
***During our last week of the semester, you will be researching an hispanic person of influence and presenting to the class. We will also find time to finish Inside Out in Spanish and some other fun things, time-permitting. Please be vigilant in finishing work BEFORE the end of the semester.
Week 15
Monday, 12/4/23 - Friday, 12/8/23
Actividades
This week we continue the Pretérito with a Test this Thursday
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity (writing using the pictures); go over Práctica 3; Practice using preterit irregulars
martes: Duolingo; Gimkit; Práctica 4;
miércoles: Duolingo; Whiteboards; Gimkit, etc.
jueves: Preterit test
viernes: Duolingo; Novela reading; finish movie if time
Week 14
Monday, 11/27/23 - Friday, 12/1/23
Actividades
This week we begin the last big unit of Spanish 2: El Pasado Español
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; review of infinitives and rules; notes on the Preterit tense (preterit phrases); -ar Preterit; Práctica 1A;
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1A; review Preterit; Práctica 1B; go over Práctica 1B; Gimkit
miércoles: Duolingo; more practice with preterit tense: Práctica 1C and 2A; Gimkit
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1C and 2A; Práctica 2B; Gimkit
viernes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 2B; Práctica 3; Gimkit; 50-pt Quiz on Preterit
Week 13
Monday, 11/13/23 - Friday, 11/17/23
Actividades
This week we will have a quick unit on Por vs. Para. Test this Friday. If you will be gone on Friday, you MUST schedule a time to take the test BEFORE you leave!
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; Sra. Rykal will give you a sheet for this unit that you may use on the test; Por vs. Para day 1 (focus on para); try Gimkit; Práctica 1
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1; Por vs. Para day 2 (focus on por); Gimkit; Práctica 2
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 2; review Por vs. Para; Práctica 3 (Option A)
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 3 (Option A); Gimkit; Práctica 4 AND Práctica 5 (YES, 2 Prácticas today!); go over Práctica 4
viernes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 5; final review for Por vs. Para; Test on Por vs. Para (you may use the sheet given this past Monday ONLY, but this test may include any present, progressive or future tenses)
Week 12
Monday, 11/6/23 - Friday, 11/10/23
Actividades
This week we will have a quick unit on El Futuro Español. We have already learned about the indefinite future, so all we have left is the simple future. Test this Friday.
lunes: Duolingo; Writing Activity (Resumen de la novela El Viaje); review Spanish indefinite future (ir + a + infinitive)l Práctica 1
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1; El Futuro Simple regular and irregular (infinitive PLUS ending); Práctica 2
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 2; Gimkit (-ir infinitives); Práctica 3
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 3; Gimkit (-ar/-er/-ir infinitives); Práctica 4
viernes: Duolingo; final review of El Futuro; Test on El Futuro; weekly writing activity; TBD
Week 11
Monday, 10/30/23 - Friday, 11/3/23
Actividades
This week we will have a quick unit on ALL infinitives that we have learned as well as re-introduce action and future indefinite. Test this Friday.
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; Gimkit (-ar infinitives); review present progressive (-ando); review of acabar de; Práctica 1
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1; Gimkit (-er infinitives); Práctica 2
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 2; Gimkit (-ir infinitives); Práctica 3
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 3; Gimkit (-ar/-er/-ir infinitives); Práctica 4
viernes: Questions for Chapters 1-5 of El Viaje are due by the start of class; Duolingo; go over Práctica 4; Test on -ar/-er/-ir infinitives; continue reading El Viaje
Week 10: beginning of Quarter 2
Monday, 10/23/23 - Friday, 10/27/23
Actividades
We finish our unit on the last group of infinitives, the -ir infinitive with a test this Friday
lunes: Duolingo; 10-minute Writing Activity; Práctica 4; a glimpse into el futuro (the future indefinite using the infinitive ir)
martes: Duolingo; Práctica 5 using the Future Indefinite; after you can practice your infinitives using Gimkit or Quizlet
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Prácticas 4 and 5; Whiteboard activity; Práctica 6
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 6; repaso para el examen de mañana.
viernes: Duolingo; Unidad 3, Examen; begin reading El Viaje
Week 9: End of Quarter 1
Monday, 10/16/23 - Friday, 10/20/23
Actividades
We begin our unit on the last group of infinitives, the -ir infinitive!
lunes: Fall Break...¡No hay clase!
martes: Duolingo; -ir Infinitive endings; irregular -ir infinitives; Práctica 1
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1; Práctica 2; Quizlet Live
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 2; Gimkit; Práctica 3
viernes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 3; Weekly Writing Activity (#3 with the pictures); Practice with -ir infinitives
Week 8:
Monday, 10/9/23 - Friday, 10/13/23
Actividades
We finish up our -er Infinitives unit this week with an assessment on Thursday.
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; La Novia questions for chapters 5, 6, & 7 due today; Work with 2 Infinitives Back-to-Back; Práctica 8
martes: Duolingo; finish chapters 9 & 10 out loud and then finish answering questions
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 8; Práctica 9; final review for tomorrow's assessment
jueves: Duolingo; Examen, -er Infinitives; La Novia questions are due TODAY!
viernes: Teacher Inservice ¡No hay clase!
Week 7: Homecoming '23!
Monday, 10/2/23 - Friday, 10/6/23
Actividades
We are almost done with our -er unit already! We will take a Quiz this Thursday with a test to follow next week.
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; Can you recognize errors in a sentence?; Práctica 5; Gimkit or Quizlet Live
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 5; whiteboards?; Práctica 6
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 6; Práctica 7; Quizlet Live and/or Gimkits?
jueves: Duolingo; -er vocab Quiz (includes Listening Comprehension); continue reading la novela: La Novia (and answer questions for chapters 5-10);
viernes: HOCO Activities! ¡No hay clase!
Week 6
Monday, 9/25/23 - Friday, 9/29/23
Actividades
We will finish up our unit on -ar infinitives with a Quiz on Tuesday (2nd half of class) and the test on Thursday
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; Begin -er infinitives (hand out infinitives sheets); Quizlet?; Práctica 1
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1; using irregular -er infinitives; Gimkit; Práctica 2
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 2; crossword: -er infinitives; Práctica 3
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 3; Tener que; Práctica 4
viernes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 4; Begin reading our first novela!; Día de juegos
Week 5
Monday, 9/18/23 - Friday, 9/22/23
Actividades
We will finish up our unit on -ar infinitives with a Quiz on Tuesday (2nd half of class) and the test on Thursday
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; Gimkit (the hard one); Práctica 7
martes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 7; Whiteboards (sentence practice); Quiz 2 (online version...have charged Chromebook)
miércoles: Duolingo; final review activities
jueves: Duolingo; Test on -ar infinitives; work time of Frida Khalo pieces
viernes: Duolingo; Día de Cultura (Frida Khalo part 3: present pieces to class); ¡Vamos a jugar! (High Stakes Jenga)
Week 4
Monday, 9/11/23 - Friday, 9/15/23
Actividades
We continue our unit on -ar infinitives (Vocab Quiz THIS Friday)
lunes: Duolingo; Weekly Writing Activity; go over Práctica 3; more practice with using two infinitives back to back; Crossword (los infinitivos -ar); Gimkit?
martes: Duolingo; Cheater past tense (Acabar de + infinitive) using other -ar infinitives; Práctica 4
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 4 (Acabar de); more practice with irregular -ar infinitives; Práctica 5
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 5; more practice with Gustarse (A mí me gusta, etc.); Práctica 6
viernes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 6; Gimkit; Vocab Quiz; Día de Cultura (Continue our lesson/discussion of Frida Khalo)
*Our test on -ar infinitives will be next week Thursday
Week 3: ¡Unidad 2!
Monday, 9/4/23 - Friday, 9/8/23
Actividades
We begin our unit on -ar infinitives
lunes: ¡No hay clase hoy!
martes: Duolingo; Intro to Infinitives; What are infinitives anyway?; regular -ar infinitives; blank charts; conjugation...wait, what's that?!?!?!?; Práctica 1 (partner work)
miércoles: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1; irregular -ar infinitives; Práctica 1B
jueves: Duolingo; go over Práctica 1B; Me gusta; Práctica 2
viernes: Duolingo; go over Práctica 2; Gimkit; Práctica 3; Día de Cultura (Frida Khalo: The Life and Times of Frida Khalo)
Week 2: TEST THIS FRIDAY!
Monday, 8/28/23 - Friday, 9/1/23
Actividades
This week, we continue our review of Spanish 1 culminating with our first test of the semester!
Monday: 8/28: Duolingo, WRITING ACTIVITY; go over Práctica 6; Práctica 7; Intro to Speaking Proficiency #1 (Due Tuesday, Septermber 5th); Gimkit or other review (if time allows); any "free" time should be used to write and practice your Speaking Proficiency this week
Tuesday 8/29: Duolingo; go over P7; review of SER; whiteboard activity; Práctica 8 (Ser); Gimkit or Quizlet Live (if time allows)
Wednesday 8/30: Duolingo; go over P8; LISTENING COMPREHENSION #2 (20pts); Práctica 9 ; Gimkit (if time allows)
Thursday 8/31: Duolingo; go over P9; Review of ESTAR; Práctica 10 (Estar); go over P10; Práctica 11 (Repaso)
Friday 9/1: Duolingo; go over P11; Examen
Week 1: ¡Bienvenidos!
Thursday, 8/17/23 - Friday, 8/25/23
Actividades
This week, we will have an overview of the Spanish 2 course and will begin our Spanish 1 review!
Thursday 8/17: Seating assignments, class expectations; composition notebook for writing exercises; Spanish 2 Syllabus; Daily Schedule Overview
Friday 8/18: International keyboard use; Duolingo; Gimkit (Saludos y Despedidas); Introduce table partner; Begin Spanish 1 Review (Gimkit: Saludos y Despedidas)
Monday: 8/21: Duolingo, WRITING ACTIVITY; Continue Spanish 1 review of Saludos y Despedidas; Gimkit; Práctica 1 (Saludos y Despedidas)
Tuesday 8/22: Duolingo; go over P1; review of Tener and La Familia; whiteboard activity; Práctica 2 (Tener y La Familia); Gimkit or Quizlet Live (if time allows)
Wednesday 8/23: Duolingo; go over P2; LISTENING COMPREHENSION #1; Review of Colors/Numbers/Shapes; Práctica 3 ; Gimkit
Thursday 8/24: Duolingo; go over P3; Review La Hora y La Fecha; Práctica 4 (La Fecha y La Hora); Gimkit
Friday 8/25: Duolingo; go over P4; Práctica 5 (La Fecha y La Hora); Review of Seasons and Weather; Práctica 6