Category: Español 1

In case you are interested in keeping up with your Spanish, I am including two handouts.  One is similar to a Scattergories game that you could play with others in your household/friends via the computer/phone. . . the other is a handout where you could complete a movie review in Spanish since I am sure we have all watched a movie or two during our “physical distancing” from others.  Enjoy!

1st handout (Scattergories):  If you are looking at this handout, you would first fill in letters down the side. . . then, in order from left to right:  city, country, river, a noun, a verb, an adjective, an animal, fruit or vegetables and then “total points” where you would count how many you got from left to right for each letter.  The purpose behind the game is that if you came up with the same word as someone else, you would both cross it off and the winner is the one with the most unique/accurate responses (helps to practice the vocabulary you know already. . . obviously, for city, country and river, you could do those in English and that could help you practice your social studies as well).

Spanish Scattergories

2nd handout:  A movie reivew. . . in case you are wondering what the different items are, the first section has you describe the main characters (four of them); then describe the plot; on the back side, describe the themes; where does the movie take place; did you like the movie?, and explain why or why not.

Spanish movie review

As we navigate through these unprecedented times, I hope you and your family are doing well.  I wanted to take a moment to give you an update on how I foresee Spanish class continuing throughout the school year so that each may earn credit.  It seems as though with this “distance learning” for all, we will be continuing with this for the rest of the school year, unfortunately.=(  My hope is that everyone will still have their book and workbook (Spanish 2-5) at home so we can continue our Spanish learning (there will be plans to pick up workbooks and books from my classroom or your lockers at some point in the few days or so. . . stay tuned).  I plan to set up a Google Classroom for each different Spanish level and Meets/Hangouts where lessons can be taught, student work can be shared, assignments and such submitted, etc.  Email is the best way to get in touch with me at this point (jsnider@fernridge.12.or.us).   At the top of the main page on my blog includes the Fern Ridge School District website (with updates) as well as some sites to continue practicing Spanish (Duolingo and Conjuguemos).  I encourage you to take a look at them and below is a link to some apps that might be useful to practice until we get everything up and running and figuring things out/problem-solving to meet everyone’s needs.  Please get in touch with me if you have any questions, concerns, ideas or just need someone to connect with/share stories (it was great to talk to my homeroom’s parents/guardians) as we are practicing “physical distancing” at this point.  We all need to pull together, help each other and take care of one another. . . and, we will get through this and become stronger together.  I really am missing our daily learning, interactions, stories and adventures that make Elmira High School a great place to be.

 

A Guide to the Top Spanish Learning Apps in 2019

This past week, you completed some in-class activities and handouts to help you best prepare for the test over Unidad 3.3.  The activities were on pages 238-239, so if you were here that day and did not turn them in yet, please finish them as soon as possible.  On Tuesday, there was a vocabulary handout–people who were absent that day should have all received one by now, and make sure to complete that.  We then reviewed and prepared for the test (took sections A-C on Thursday, with sections D-G supposed to be taking place on Friday).  We will resume the test when we return so be prepared for that over Unidad 3.3.  Also, if you are bored and want to be ahead of the game, you could complete our next chapter’s vocabulary on p.269.

Today, we took notes on the present progressive tense after spending some time with the vocabulary and grammar concepts we have done so far.  You received a handout that is due on Wednesday over it (listening activities during class on Wednesday).

Today, we focused on the vocabulary and the “En Contexto” on pages 220-221.  We also practiced with vocabulary (clothing, accessories and colors) with describing Roberto’s suitcase on p.224 activity 3.  The last 15 minutes was explaining and beginning to work on the homework assignment that is due on Wednesday (p.225 activity 4).  You need 12 sentences total (did two together as a class) to see how they should look (use a variety of people, places, seasons, items and activities).  We will go over this on Wednesday before submitting it.  Grades are coming out next week, so make sure you are staying caught up with everything!

Today, you took the assessment over the chapter that you selected.  The next chapter’s vocabulary was assigned and it’s due by the end of the school day tomorrow (p.241).  You will have time during class to work on it tomorrow but students also mentioned they needed more time to complete the assessment (so, I would recommend getting your vocabulary done tonight then).

This weekend and through the first couple of days, we are going to wrap up the concepts from the two chapters we are doing (Unidad 3.1 and 3.2).  You will get to choose the assessment you want to take that will be completed during class on either Thursday or Friday of this week so take a look at the vocabulary and grammar concepts from the two chapters and let me know your decision on Monday.  I need to make sure I have the correct number of packets for each chapter and make sure you have good notes and are caught up on our assignments that we have done so far this semester.

Today, we took notes on a couple of different type of stem-changing verbs (u–>ue like “jugar” and e–>ie like “preferir).  After practicing these types of verbs in groups and as a class, you received a handout that will be due on Thursday at the beginning of class (includes drawing a picture–art contest!).  We will do the listening activities at the beginning of class on Thursday as well.

Throughout the week, we learned some new concepts (acabar de + infinitive) and practiced with some review ones (“gustar”).  On Wednesday, you received a handout to practice with this verb and we did the listening activities and reviewed this homework assignment on Friday.  You also completed a pre-assessment on Thursday and read two stories out of the book in groups on Friday (about “Bomba y plena” music and baseball in Puerto Rico).  Good job this week, and keep practicing your two vocabulary lists and get anything completed this weekend that you are missing!

Yesterday, we read the two “En Contextos” from Unidad 3.1 and 3.2 (Spanish and English).  We also went over how to pronounce our new words on pages 195 and 217, and then turned in the vocabulary yesterday.  Today, we will continue with some vocabulary practice, and do an in-class writing assignment (if you are absent, make sure you complete it).  It is activity 5 on p.181 (translate the sentence to English and write the feeling in Spanish without using the same feeling more than two times). . . then, activity 4 on p.203 (follow the model example).  After reviewing and turning in these two activities, we will play a vocabulary game with any remaining time.