LEARNING PLANS

Teacher absence date: Thursday, April 18 (out for PSAT 10 proctoring)

• Finish your Semana Santa illustration. Be sure to include a good amount of detail that is specific to your location chosen. The illustration will be collected on Monday.

• View the Semana Santa videos and attached documents.

Teacher absence date: Tuesday, Mar. 5 (out for SAT proctoring)

• Working alone or with a classmate, please tackle all the Lec. 4 review exercises in the stapled packet passed out in class on Monday.

• Profe David will have an answer key to check your answers when you are finished.

• If time remains, please use the default sub plans to self-direct with valuable preparation ahead of this week's Lec. 4 assessments.

• Working alone or with a classmate, please tackle the Jorge, el curioso page passed out in class on Monday.

  • Remember, one can some times justify either the preterit or the imperfect, but you must understand what is being communicated by your choice.

• If time remains, please use the default sub plans to self-direct with valuable preparation ahead of next week's Lec. 4 assessments.

Teacher absence date: Tuesday, Oct. 10 (out to proctor PSAT/NMSQT)

• Working together with classmates, please write in the English meanings for our Irregular Yo Song, as well as the meaning of the corresponding s/he forms.

• Working together with classmates, please tackle a worksheet practicing our irregular yo forms.
  
  

• Please complete the Juego de Dados (verbos reflexivos del pretérito) alone or with a partner/group.

• When finished, please practice our new 2.1 vocabulary on Quizlet.

• See you at your PSAT/NMSQT! :)

Teacher absence date: Wednesday, Mar. 22 (out to proctor SAT)

• Please work on your Mexico A-Z project. Your new slides should be added to last trimester's slides. 

• If done with your Mexico A-Z entry, please use the default sub plans to choose what to do next. 

Teacher absence dates: Thursday & Friday, Jan. 5-6

• Thursday: 

  • Dice Game (click on the link for examples and explanation). Use the provided dice (one per person) and return them when done.

    • The verbs with an asterisk * remind you that the yo form is irregular.

    • Some verbs will be unfamiliar to you. Use WordReference to look up their meaning!

    • Feel free to use your resources to check your answers, if needed.

    • DUE: End of class Thursday, or Friday at the latest. This will be graded for accuracy. 

• Friday:

  • Practice Packet (click on the link for important clarification)

    • DUE: End of class Friday, or Monday at the latest. 

• If you have time remaining on either day, please choose other practice that would be helpful. See the default sub plans. See you on Monday!

• Thursday:

  • Workbook p. 50: Act. 1, 2, 3 (practice with comparatives)

  • View video 1 (6:34 minutes) and write down three details (in English) that stood out to you.  What are your guesses for rara, saltamontes, crujiente and asco? (Turn on the subtitles in Spanish!)

  • View video 2 (8:24 minutes) and write down three details (in English) that stood out to you. What are your guesses for pelar, fuego,and peligroso? (Turn on the subtitles in Spanish!)

  • SAVE your video answers for sharing during class on Monday!

• Friday: 

  • Workbook p. 33: Act. 1, 2 (practice with the new vocabulary)

  • Write 10 original questions using the new vocabulary. No repetition of verbs! Impress me! Remember that with questions, the order tends to be verb-subject. Example: "¿Comen Uds. la carne?" 

    • ex. 1) Do you prefer not to eat mushrooms? 2) Are they ordering carrot soup or tuna salad? ...Etc....

• If you have time remaining on either day, please choose other practice that would be helpful. See the default sub plans. See you on Monday!

• Thursday:

  • Workbook p. 159: Act. 1, 2, 3 (practice with the new vocabulary)

  • View video 1 (10:41 minutes) and answer the following questions:

    • ¿Cómo se compara tu casa con la que se describe en el video?  (Escribe 5+ oraciones.)

  • Explore 1+ sites to practice reading in Spanish and prepare to share out your observations/recommendations with the class on Monday.

• Friday:

  • Workbook p. 175: Act. 1, 2 (practice with the present subjunctive)

  • One 5-minute round of present subjunctive verbs on Conjuguemos (some verbs might be unknown--just do your best)

  • View video 2 (9:46 minutes) and answer the following questions:

    • ¿Cómo se compara tu ciudad con la que se describe en el video?  (Escribe 5+ oraciones.)

  • Work on your next Mexico A-Z topic. If you still need to choose, spend this time exploring options. 

• If you have time remaining on either day, please choose other practice that would be helpful. See the default sub plans.

Teacher absence date: Wednesday, Oct. 12 (out to proctor PSAT/NMSQT)

Sp. 1 Plans: 

• 1) Read "Alberto y la mantequilla."

  • New vocabulary needed for the story (in alphabetical order):

    • andar (caminar), bebe (s/he drinks), cajas (boxes), come (s/he eats), corren (they run), enojado/a (angry), entonces (and then), -ísimo/a (very...), leche (milk), mantequilla (butter), maravilloso/a (marvellous), quisiera (s/he, I would like),  triste (sad)

• 2) Illustrate a ("quick art") six-frame illustration of the story's events. 

• 3) Be ready to take a very short reading comprehension quiz on Thursday regarding "Alberto y la mantequilla." Read for comprehension.

Sp. 2 Plans: Please intentionally prepare on Quizlet for Thursday's Lec. 6 listening & reading quizzes (recognition), as well as Friday's Lec. 6 vocabulary quiz (production).  Be sure to review old vocabulary, too!!! If you are 100% ready with the vocabulary, feel free to start Entry #1 for our México A-Z Country Project (see link).

Sp. 3 Plans: Please intentionally prepare on Quizlet for Thursday's Lec. 4 listening & reading quizzes (recognition), as well as Monday's Lec. 4 vocabulary quiz (production).  Be sure to review old vocabulary, too!!! If you are 100% ready with the vocabulary, feel free to start Entry #1 for our México A-Z Country Project (see link).