Thanksgiving Weekend Blog Assignment

Students must read an article in Spanish and write a small summary of 30-50 words. Students must attach the article to their summary. Summaries must include one statement of opinion about how the student feels about the subject of the articles. All articles must be in Spanish. 15 points. Do your best - this is suppose to be a challenge! :)

Here are some links to news, local, national, and international:

http://www.mundohispanico.com/dinero/content/comunidad/articulos/2009/11/19/111909_articulo2.html

http://www.mundohispanico.com/dinero/content/comunidad/articulos/2009/11/19/111909_articulo5.html

http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=160&secid=0&cid=2179481

http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=160&secid=0&cid=2178515

http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=12199&secid=0&cid=2179490

http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=303&secid=0&cid=2179052

http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=303&secid=0&cid=2178942

There are also links to the left to news sites in Spanish. ¡Buena suerte! Feel free to give me a call--though I am more likely to answer on Sunday!

Have a safe and wonderful holiday!

Paz,

Profe Laura

lunes, 23 de noviembre

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. The quiz went very well on Friday and today, again, there is not homework. However -- there will be homework over the break since I need you all to be thinking about Spanish!

This week, we are working on the irregular verbs poner (to put), poder (to be able to), dar (to give), and saber (to know).

We are also continuing our work on forming questions (ask your student about it -- it's crazy in Spanish!)

Paz,

Profe Laura

jueves, 19 de noviembre

This is a reminder that there is a quiz tomorrow. Students can come up to my room at 8 for a quick review. Look over your occupations, verbs, and location vocabulary.

Also, remember to complete the student-written comprehension questions for the mini "lecturas" readings we did in class. They are due at the beginning of class.

Remember to give me a call if you have a question or come up and see me in the morning. Have a great night!

Paz,

Profe Laura

martes, el 17 de noviembre

We had a great today working with Tener Expressions (I am hungry, I am sleepy, I have to...). The students have a small homework assignment -- complete the 8 sentences using tener que. If students have any questions, they can call or come up to my room when they arrive tomorrow before school starts. I know Kai already finished it while waiting for her ride.

Have a great day, and I look forward to conferences!

Paz,

Profe. Laura

viernes, 13 de noviembre

This week we continued to work on new vocabulary for the unit and started to work on interrogatives (question words). There is no homework for the weekend. Next week we will work more with question interviews and conduct interviews in class about our dream jobs and the occupations of our family members.

Have a great weekend!

Paz,

Profe Laura

lunes, 9 de noviembre

Last week we wrapped up Unit 2 with the reading of our stories. Everyone did a wonderful job! It was exciting to guess the answers to the riddles and to see everyone's creativity!

We are now moving in to Unit 3 -- The Employment Agency. We started off with vocabulary of occupations and worked on places in the community where people worked. We will continue to practice to vocabulary all this week with games like Around the World, Memory, etc.

Moving into the upcoming weeks, we start to work on grammar, more irregular verbs, interrogatives (question words), and expressions with the verb tener. Towards the end of the unit, we will design job classifieds, create and complete job applications, write interview questions, interview each other, and hopefully all of us will find a job in our classroom community!

Homework for tonight: Write 5 sentences describing one worker and where they worker.

Example: El dentista trabaja en la oficina.

You must supply the words in bold, keep everything else the same. This is just a quick check to make sure we are all on the same page!

Have a great night!

Paz,

Profe. Laura

lunes, 2 de noviembre

Today was a big day! We had both the Unit 2 Exam and then we had our children's story due. I am very excited to have all of the students read their stories on Thursday and Monday.

I just completed grading the tests. As always, Spanish is a process and if you would like to revise your test (I would hope that everyone would!), you will have the weekend to correct them with your notes, on your own. You must come in to a tutorial time to go over the test with me:

Monday, 11/9 at 8 AM or Tuesday, 11/10 at 4 PM. Let me know which one you are signing up for!

Remember - no school tomorrow!

Paz,

Profe Laura