Category: Español 3

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, we went through the review activities on pages 170-171 out of the book.  Tuesday was the final lab day to work on your animal project (paper and presentation) and Wednesday we reviewed what the grammar and culture quiz is going to be like. . . we started presentations on Thursday (8/12 completed), so we will finish those the day we resume school and take the grammar and culture quiz the following day.  If you want to get ahead, you could always work on the next chapter’s vocabulary which can be found on p.201 in the book.

Today, we completed the listening pages out of the workbook (pages 57-58) after finishing the “Tengo” game that we did on Friday.  The workbook pages that were assigned last week are due on Tuesday which is when we will be turning the workbook in so make sure you are ready to turn it in on time.  We also did a vocabulary handout game to help prepare for Wednesday’s vocabulary quiz.  Keep working on the animal project (due March 12th)!

On Friday, we completed activity 7 on p.60 during class (partnered up, wrote a sentence on the board and looked at it together).  The second activity was assigned as homework (adding four sentences on to what they had started for you).  We will review and share those today, along with discussing the subjunctive with expressions of emotion (completing p.61 in the workbook).  We will practice with the vocabulary and discuss the animal project (first workday is this Thursday). . . we will look at some examples from last year to see what expectations are, etc. (short paper, visual, sources cited, etc.).

Today, we did a little more with the new chapter (Unidad 2.3).  Then, we discussed the animal project/presentation (handout–will be drawing the animals tomorrow based on what you submitted) and completed p.59 in the workbook.  If you have been gone or not completed the test, hopefully you can do that by the end of the day Friday.

Today, we took the test over Unidad 2.2.  If you missed the test today, make sure you find a time to make it up.  Then, p.173 vocabulary was assigned and is due at the beginning of class on Thursday.  We will also be discussing a possible animal project where you submit one that someone will draw for you to do one (Google Slides/brief paper with sources cited).

Throughout this past week, we wrapped up the chapter (Unidad 2.2) and worked on the Valentine’s Day cards that you made for each other to be handed out on Friday. . . the assessment over this chapter is on Tuesday, February 18th.  Please make sure you have good notes to be best prepared for it (if you prefer to do the speaking part instead of the writing, let me know at the beginning of class on Tuesday)!

On Thursday, we read the story on pages 144-145 in the book and researched updated percentages on literacy rates in different Spanish-speaking countries.  We completed the listening activities on Thursday (49-50 workbook) and did the final grammar concept (present perfect subjunctive) on Friday during class and completed the last workbook page (56) before submitting our workbook.  Don’t forget about the Valentine’s Day cards for your classmates next week (will work on them during class on Thursday and Friday).

Over the past few classes, we have been reviewing and practicing with the subjunctive tense completing workbook pages 53-54.  Today, we will continue that and do p.55 workbook during class as it seems like we would rather do that than have it as homework.  We will play a grammar game in our teams as well as discuss and prepare for the first Communication Day tomorrow.