FEEDBACK Por Favor!

Please fill out this feedback form to give me honest thoughts about the class this year, my teaching, the food project, and thoughts about the future.  Also, I will give you 10 project points for doing this by Friday at 3:15pm, so please do it.  You will receive 0 points if I don't have it by Friday afternoon.


¡Gracias por un año divertido! / Thanks for a fun year!

martes el 22 de mayo

En Clase:

• Hicimos una sesión repaso al estilo de preguntas y respuestas.
• We did a review session in a Q&A style.
• Trabajaron independientemente en repaso. 
• You worked independently on review.

Tarea:

• Keep studying! The final is on Thursday!
• Get missing work to me by lunch on Thursday or you will receive an incomplete in the class until I have it!

New Jeopardy Review!

lunes el 21 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos a jeopardía para repasar.
• We played jeopardy to review. Go here to play on your own!

Tarea:

• Just keep studying! 
• Remember to take your artwork home this week! 
• Missing work MUST be to Becca by Thursday at 3:15pm.

REPASO OTRA VEZ

Actividades de repaso para otras actividades:

• mandatos informales y afirmativos (positive)
• Try this quia quiz.
• And this one which also helps you practice location prepositions.
• Go to my google site and do the worksheet in the commands folder.
• Vocabulario de la familia:
• Quia quiz
• Family vocab practice sheets on my google site
• Seasons and weather (vocabulario de las estaciones y el tiempo)
• Quia activity
• And another one
• Go to the weather and seasons vocabulary folder on my google site for more!
• School Vocab:
• Quia again
• And more quia.
• Cooking vocab:
• Check out conjuguemos for these.

If you're looking for other mixed old stuff you can go to these two quizzes AND to the "review/repaso" folder on my google site.  

And there's more on quia and on my google site.  

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jueves el 17 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Repasamos la gramática y el vocabulario
• We reviewed grammar and vocabulary.

Tarea:

• Keep studying! There are lots of review activities in the review/repaso folder on my google site and on the post that says "Repaso" on this site. 

miércoles el 16 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Practicamos con los adjetivos posesivos
• We practiced with possessive adjectives
• Hicieron estaciones de repaso 
• You all did review stations (see yesterday's "repaso" stations)

Tarea:

• Opcional: Posesivos - Hoja 4
• Keep working on the practice test. Here is the answer key.
• Do online review activities! 

¡REPASO!

Here are some review resources for each station:


A. Presente progresivo

• Quia quiz
• Awesome Colby website present progressive activity

B. ir + a + infinitivo AND ir + a + location

• Quia "ir" quiz
• Some more "ir" on this one
• Matching, Flashcards, etc

C. gustar

• Sweet colby site gustar practice
• This has some verbs you don't know but is still good gustar practice
• Conjuguemos practice with gustar and another one

D. reflexivos

• quia practice quiz on reflexives
• another quia quiz with reflexives and daily routine vocab

E.    presente

• presente w/ school vocab quiz on quia
• practice with regular verb conjugation

martes el 15 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Visitamos el restaurante conocido antes como "Cocina Linda" y ahora conocido como "Linda's Local Food Cafe." 
• We visited the restaurant previously known as "Cocina Linda" and now known as "Linda's Local Food Cafe."

Tarea:

• Optional: Adjetivos posesivos - hoja 3 
• Keep working on the practice final.  Here is an answer key. 

lunes el 14 de mayo, 2012

En Clase: 

• Crearon obritas y actuaron unos escenarios en un restaurante.
• You created skits and acted out scenes from a restaurant.

Tarea:

• None. Don't forget to bring money for food at Linda's Local Food Cafe. I would recommend $10-$15, knowing you will likely not spend that much, but to have extra just in case.  If you cannot afford this, PLEASE SEE BECCA.  She can help you out from the Spanish budget.
• Here is a practice final for you to get started studying for next week's final exam (it's on Thursday, May 24th). 

viernes el 11 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Miramos el último episodio de Mi Vida Loca.
• We watched the last episode of Mi Vida Loca
• Escribieron unas reflexiones de The Great Taco War
• You wrote reflections about The Great Taco War
• Discutimos la autenticidad en la comida y el resto de The Great Taco War
• We discussed authenticity in food and the rest of  The Great Taco War

Tarea:

• Nada.  Have a great weekend. Tengan un buen fin de semana!

jueves el 10 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Tomaron la evaluación de la geografía.
• You took the geography assessment.
• Trabajaron en sus DPs y leyeron The Great Taco War
• You worked on your DPs and read The Great Taco War

Tarea:

• Finish reading The Great Taco War & annotate as you read.  Think about the question: "What is authentic when it comes to food?"
• Finish updating your DP.  Here are the guidelines. It MUST BE UPDATED BY BOC TOMORROW!

miércoles el 9 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Repasamos la geografía con un juego.
• We reviewed geography with a game.
• Trabajaron en sus DPs.
• You all worked on your DPs.

Tarea:

• Study for the geography assessment tomorrow.  
• See these links for practice activities.  
• Here is a link to the exact assessment you will be doing tomorrow.
• DP updates are due on Friday.

martes el 8 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos Jeopardía para practicar la geografía.
• We played jeopardy to practice geography.
• Trabajaron en sus DPs y estudiaron para la evaluación de geografía
• You worked on your DPs (see this blog post for expectations) and studied for the assessment on geography

Tarea:

• Keep studying geography for the assessment on Thursday!

DP Update Guidelines

Otra vez, es hora de mantener sus DPs:


Here are the expectations for your DPs for "La Poesía de la Comida"


Title: La Poesía de la Comida (1 punto)
Explanation of the Project/Explicación del Trabajo: 3-5 sentences in English explaining what this project has included so far (2 points)
Recipe/Receta: In English and Spanish - formatted in an aesthetically pleasing manner (3 puntos)
Ode/Oda: In English and Spanish - formatted in an aesthetically pleasing manner (3 puntos)
Reflection/Reflexión: In English - 6+ sentences - you may consider the following questions or others (6 puntos):

• What did you learn from translating the recipe?
• What did you learn from writing your ode?
• What did you learn about your country (where your recipe came from)?
• What did you think about your dish? How was the process of cooking?
• What would you do differently next time with any piece of this project?
• What are you proud of?

Repaso para la geografía

Repaso para la geografía:

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm
• http://www.maps.com/games/quiz-latin.aspx
• http://www.purposegames.com
• http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/geography_games/south_america/south-america-jigsaw.html
• http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/geography_south_america.htm
• http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/geography_central_america.htm

Don't forget España and México, as they won't be on any of these games!

For nationalities, I suggest making flashcards.

miércoles el 2 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Repasamos la geografía
• We did geography review
• Armamos el aula para la exposición
• We set up the classroom for exhibition

Tarea:

• Cocina! Cook your dish.  Bring it in for exhibition tomorrow night (please avoid bringing it to school during the day unless you have to).

martes el 1 de mayo, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos este juego para practicar la geografía.
• We played this game to practice geography.
• Leyeron sus odas para la clase.
• You all read your odes for the class.

Tarea:

• READ YOUR ODES 20-30 times!! Seriously.  Start cooking tonight if your dish takes a lot of preparation.