The Spanish 4h(a) exam will be in two parts.

 

Part 1: Exam Memorization. This will be on the present and imperfect subjunctive and will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. (25% of exam)

 

Part 2: Exam Essay: (75% of exam) this will take place the day of the exam, Wednesday November 4th. We will talk about this and do a practice essay on Monday November 2nd. The essay will be on the most recent short story we have read by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Me alquilo para sonar." 

(1) We will continue in imperfect subjunctive and hypothetical phrases on Monday

(2) Begin short story "La puerta del infierno" by Antonio Landauro

(3) Memorization this week on imperfect subjunctive on Wednesday

(4) Destinos episodes 11 and 12 on Thursday

(5) In-class writing on Friday. 

(1) no class due to faculty in-service Monday

(2) graded speaking exercise on weekend including 4 present subjunctives on Tuesday

(3) no class on Wednesday due to PSAT testing

(4) students will present verbal summaries of episodes 7-9 of Destinos on Thursday

(5) on Friday numbers 1-4 from last week's present subjunctive test as memorization

(1) Students will present verbal summary of their weekends with mixed past tenses and using the present subjunctive on Monday.

(2) On Tuesday we will finish going over the main uses of the present subjunctive in the workbook: in-class dialogue with 8 questions and answers.

(3) On Thursday there will be a memorization on the present subjunctive

(4) On Wednesday and Thursday we will see episode 9 of Destinos

(5) On Friday test on the present subjunctive. 

(1) summary of weekend on Monday using new rubric which includes imperfect, preterite, present subjunctive and reflexive verbs: this will now be a weekly activity on Mondays and will reflect main tenses and modes in Spanish.

(2) go over irregular present subjunctives on Tuesday: get handout if you were absent due to Senior Ring Mass.

(3) on Tuesday look at future tense and read emails on pgs 113 to 115 in workbook

(4) memorization for Thursday October 1st is numbers 1-4 on pg 129 of workbook: present subjunctive with "ojala' que, es importante que, etc..."

(5) on Friday October 2nd verbal summary of chapters 7 and 8 of Destinos

(1) begin reading Ulibarri's "El Forastero Gentil" on Monday.

(2) Tuesday media summary project, which counts as test, is due: see previous post for specifics.

(3) further practice with present subjunctive on Wednesday

(4) Thursday Destinos episode 8.

(5) Thursday quiz on present subjunctive

(6) Finish "Forastero Gentil" by Friday. 

 

Resumen para martes 22 de septiembre 2015

• Escoger un artículo de la prensa (El Universal, Ecuador; La Jornada, México; 20 minutos, España; El Pais, España; The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal)
• Analizar el articulo: conocer el vocabulario y el uso de los tiempos y señalar palabras útiles o interesantes.
• Hacer un resumen de 5 minutos, hablando del artículo y del contenido (el efecto invernadero= greenhouse effect), el asunto, lo que ustedes aprendieron en el artículo y lo que ustedes saben del asunto en general.
• Quiero que usen los tiempos que hemos estado repasando
• Quiero que ustedes hagan preguntas
• Quiero un copia para cada persona (once copias)

 

(1) The focus this week is on the present subjunctive. On Monday we will review how it is formed, pg 223, and do exercises 10 and 11 on pgs 224 and 225.

(2) We welcomed a new student to our class (Carlos) from Ecuador. We now have two native speakers of Spanish in the class to help us move toward proficiency.

(3) On Tuesday 9/15 we will continue with the present subjunctive. 

(4) On Thursday, 9/17 we will see episode 7 of Destinos.

(5) Next Tuesday, 9/22, there will be a media summary of approximately 5 minutes. Students will choose a topic of their choice and talk about it for five minutes to the class. They will be using the tenses we have been reviewing: preterite, imperfect, present subjunctive and reflexive verbs in these tenses.

(6) We will be reading and analyzing an article from one of the Spanish language online newspapers as preparation for this assignment this week.

(1) In class on Monday 8/31 we will finish reading "Primero de Secundaria" by Gary Soto. Students will re-read the whole story on their own during the second half of class today and copy out 15 key sentences into their notebooks. Using these sentences as a guide, they will write a seven-line summary of the story today in class. For tomorrow, they will add a second seven-line paragraph giving their impressions of the story. The two-paragraph assignment is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. 

 

(2) For Wednesday, September 2nd students will do a 10-line verbal summary of the first four chapters of the "Destinos" Spanish video language learning series we have been watching. You may have a note card, but points will be taken off if you read your summary instead of presenting it orally.

 

(3) Memorization for Friday September 4th is from pg 48 in "Avancemos!" From "Anoche me di cuenta" at the beginning of the email down to "y me gusta mucho." You may exclude the sentence in parentheses. 

Assignments for the week:

(1) exercises 10 and 13 on pgs 84 and 85 contrasting uses of preterite and imperfect tenses in Spanish

(2) memorization from email on pg 90, from "Hoy fue mi primer dia..." to "a nadie."

(3) In class, we will be reading "Primero de Secundaria" by Gary Soto, pg 17 of the "Nuevas Vistas" book. We will focus on tenses, vocabulary, reading for fluency. Next week we will be doing a written summary of this story.

(4) test on Friday, August 28, 2015. Study the imperfect and preterite tenses, which we have been reviewing for the last 8 days. Know also the irregular preterite forms of "decir, estar, hacer, ir/ser, poder, poner, querer, saber, tener and venir." (These can be found in back of "Avancemos" book, on pgs R25 through R27.)

 

Please note: these assignments are the salient ones: there may be others which I will communicate to the students verbally. 

Classes have gotten off to a great start. I will make posts like this on a regular basis to keep you up to date on what is happening in class. Please always feel free to email me with any concerns.