7th grade Spanish students please do the following 3 activities at the following links. Have 3 different classmates "sign off" when you have completed each at 100%.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
Progress Report Grades are In
**All 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Spanish students' progress report grades are updated in IC and will appear on progress reports that go out with students early next week. These progress report grades are NOT final, students still have the opportunity to hand in their missing work or retake low test grades if they wish to do so.**
8th grade Spanish students have officially begun their compare/contrast project surrounding "The Running of the Bulls" and "La Tomatina." This unit meets the National ACTFL standards for culture that reads: "Experiencing other cultures develops a better understanding and appreciation of the relationship between languages and other cultures, as well as the student's native culture. Students become better able to understand other people's points of view, ways of life, and contributions to the world." This assignment is due Tuesday, May 20th.
7th grade Spanish students played a class game of "Jeopardía" where conjugation, pronouns, Spanish Agreement, and clothing vocabulary were reviewed. Students had an extremely abbreviated week as it was a 2-day Spanish week and we lost one day due to conferences.
6th grade Spanish students have received rubrics for their Spanish menú project. Students will be creating a menu entirely in Spanish using authentic dishes that they research themselves. Students will then use their menus to create skits at a restaurant in which they will practice ordering food.
8th grade Spanish students have officially begun their compare/contrast project surrounding "The Running of the Bulls" and "La Tomatina." This unit meets the National ACTFL standards for culture that reads: "Experiencing other cultures develops a better understanding and appreciation of the relationship between languages and other cultures, as well as the student's native culture. Students become better able to understand other people's points of view, ways of life, and contributions to the world." This assignment is due Tuesday, May 20th.
7th grade Spanish students played a class game of "Jeopardía" where conjugation, pronouns, Spanish Agreement, and clothing vocabulary were reviewed. Students had an extremely abbreviated week as it was a 2-day Spanish week and we lost one day due to conferences.
6th grade Spanish students have received rubrics for their Spanish menú project. Students will be creating a menu entirely in Spanish using authentic dishes that they research themselves. Students will then use their menus to create skits at a restaurant in which they will practice ordering food.
Friday, May 2, 2014
The Beginning of May
8th grade Spanish students have finished their unit on "La Hora" and received their tests back. I am encouraging students to make-up the test in the next week if they are unhappy with their scores. *th graders started their study of two major Spanish festivals, "La Tomatina" in Buñol, Valenica, and "The Running of the Bulls" in Pamplona, Navarre. Students will synthesize this unit with a compare/contrast assignment.
7th grade Spanish students did several activities this week that centered around "Spanish Agreement." We played a class game of ¿Quién soy? (Who am I?) and finished writing sentences about characters that students created themselves. Next week we will do an assignment that features Spanish Agreement, but the focus will be writing about themselves (instead of others) in the form of 'Wanted' posters. This assignment will be called "Se Busca" in IC.
6th grade Spanish students have begun their unit on "La Comida." Students have done severval descriptive activities with food and identifying food through colors and other adjectives (spicy, juicy, sweet, salty, etc). Next week they will be introduced to their Menu project.
7th grade Spanish students did several activities this week that centered around "Spanish Agreement." We played a class game of ¿Quién soy? (Who am I?) and finished writing sentences about characters that students created themselves. Next week we will do an assignment that features Spanish Agreement, but the focus will be writing about themselves (instead of others) in the form of 'Wanted' posters. This assignment will be called "Se Busca" in IC.
6th grade Spanish students have begun their unit on "La Comida." Students have done severval descriptive activities with food and identifying food through colors and other adjectives (spicy, juicy, sweet, salty, etc). Next week they will be introduced to their Menu project.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
8th graders: Running of the Bulls
1.) Where does the Running of the Bulls take place?
2.) The Running of the Bulls takes place amidst which festival?
3.) What does everyone where around their neck during this festival?
4.) What takes place every afternoon of the festival?
5.) What takes place every evening of the festival?
6.) Can you name 3 rules of the Bull Run?
7.) How many people have died during the Bull Run in recorded history?
8.) How many people attend the Festival of San Fermín?
9.) About how many bulls are released during the Bull Run?
10.) How do participants generally dress for the Bull Run?
Monday, April 28, 2014
8th graders: La Tomatina
I would like 8th graders to answer the following questions regarding "La Tomatina." Be thorough and detailed as possible.
- When does the TOMATINA take place?
- How long does the celebration last?
- What city does the TOMATINA take place in?
- What is LA TOMATINA?
- What is thrown at LA TOMATINA?
- How many pounds of tomatoes are used?
- How many tomatoes are used?
- Who do the tomatoes get thrown at?
- How long does the fight last?
- Where does everyone go after the tomato fight to clean up?
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Happy Spring Break!
8th grade Spanish students engaged in activities this week that exercised their ability to tell time in Spanish. We played ¿Qué hora es? in which students taped watches to their wrists and asked for the time in Spanish and responded with their own time on their watch. Students recorded their findings on a log-sheet. We also played "La Hora" which is a "Mentira o verdad" (Lie or Truth) game which involves discerning whether or not someone is telling the time truthfully or not. We will have a test surrounding time after the break.
7th grade Spanish students worked on their "Robertos" which are dress-up dolls that they created and now must describe in writing (in Spanish) using their knowledge of Spanish agreement. Students have learned how to make Spanish sentences "agree" in gender (masculine and feminine words) and in number (singular and plural).
6th grade Spanish students were introduced to their "La Comida" (Food) unit. We did an overview of what to expect when we come back from break and started with a cultural food tutorial. The grades for their Spanish-speaking country projects are now in Infinite Campus. We also spent Friday finishing up odds and ends. The last presentations for their Spanish-speaking country project and any incomplete work was passed in so we can start fresh after break.
Have a wonderful and safe spring break!
7th grade Spanish students worked on their "Robertos" which are dress-up dolls that they created and now must describe in writing (in Spanish) using their knowledge of Spanish agreement. Students have learned how to make Spanish sentences "agree" in gender (masculine and feminine words) and in number (singular and plural).
6th grade Spanish students were introduced to their "La Comida" (Food) unit. We did an overview of what to expect when we come back from break and started with a cultural food tutorial. The grades for their Spanish-speaking country projects are now in Infinite Campus. We also spent Friday finishing up odds and ends. The last presentations for their Spanish-speaking country project and any incomplete work was passed in so we can start fresh after break.
Have a wonderful and safe spring break!
Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Latest
8th grade Spanish students have begun "La Hora" (Telling Time). In most of the Spanish-speaking world, both 12-hour and 24-hour clocks are used, the latter being quite common in schedules and similar printed materials. Students are learning how to ask about time, cultural differences in how time is viewed/managed, and how to decipher military time when applicable.
7th grade Spanish students have started their unit on "Spanish Agreement." This unit has a large writing component in which students must write in Spanish and make sure their sentences are grammatically accurate using their knowledge of gender and plural/singular agreement.
6th grade Spanish students finished up their Spanish-speaking country projects this week and synthesized this unit with 4-5 minute presentations. Grades for this project will be posted by Friday, April 18th (the Friday before April break).
7th grade Spanish students have started their unit on "Spanish Agreement." This unit has a large writing component in which students must write in Spanish and make sure their sentences are grammatically accurate using their knowledge of gender and plural/singular agreement.
6th grade Spanish students finished up their Spanish-speaking country projects this week and synthesized this unit with 4-5 minute presentations. Grades for this project will be posted by Friday, April 18th (the Friday before April break).
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