lunes, 29 de marzo

Today we started the presentations for Don Quijote -- students did a great job. We will complete the last presentation tomorrow and start the next Rompecabeza (Jigsaw) round. Students will present on Friday. The rubrics are attached below. There is no homework this week due to the rompecabezas (unless you are working on parts of the project at home!).

Heads up: for spring break, students are to start their drafts for The Stories Continue -- the next chapter in Don Quijote. They are to be written in Spanish. We will work on peer editing when students get back, and they will have a chance to let me read through their work. The timeline is posted under important dates to the left. Students will receive a culture and writing grade for their story. Here is the rubric:

Don Quijote: La Historia Sigue

Have a great day!

Paz,

Profe Laura

viernes, 26 de marzo

Students continued to work on their chapter presentations of Don Quijote. Presentations will begin on Monday so students must be ready with their poster, summaries, quotes, and opinions. Please feel free to review the rubrics here if you no longer have a copy:

Don Quijote Jigsaw (all parts but Visualize)

Poster Rubric (Reading & Culture)

Presentation Rubric (Speaking & Listening)

Have a great weekend! Hope to see some of you at Into the Woods (Break a leg!)

Paz,

Profe Laura

lunes, 22 de marzo

Today we continued to read Don Quijote (chapters 7 and 8). Tomorrow we will read the last chapter together as a class for a while and break into groups of three to read different chapters and share with the entire class.

Homework - on the two-sided page, students are to work on the one with the drawing of Sancho Panza. Students are to label five articles of clothing with articles (el/la).

Have a great day!

Paz,

Profe Laura

viernes, 19 de marzo

Happy Friday! We plugged along for two more days with Don Quijote. We are being introduced to more characters and learning how to get inside of the mind of Don Quijote and the author, Miguel de Cervantes.

Way to go Kai, Ramsey, and Hati with the phrase of the week! There is a new one posted. ¡Buena suerte!

There is no homework for the weekend. Coming up next week, students will starting reading chapters in groups and then teaching what they read to the class. I am excited to see them start to interact with the text on a more personal level.

Have a great weekend!

Paz,

Profe Laura

martes, 16 de marzo

Today we read the third chapter in Don Quijote de la Mancha. Students are doing very well with their reading comprehension and participation. I passed out a sheet with information and some questions on famous writers. For homework, students are the read the remaining boxes and answer questions 3-6. Also, students should color in the country of each writer in their made and do a sketch of their flag. If you need help, feel free to come to me with questions!

Have a great Tuesday!

Paz,

Laura

viernes, 12 de marzo

Crazy week! We got our new windows, are back in our class and have started reading Don Quijote! We will do most of this work in class since it is so challenging, though everyone is doing well. I am very excited as we will read the entire book in Spanish! (an abridge version, of course)

No homework this weekend, have a great one!

Paz,

Profe Laura

lunes, 8 de marzo

We did not have class today due to the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Please remember to study for your quiz on La Ropa! (clothes)

martes, 2 de marzo

Today we worked on prepositions with Goldy, the mascot from the University of Minnesota. Remember to study you Spanish notes every night for 5-10 minutes so we are ready for the games like we tried to play today.

Tarea: 10 sentences using the prepositions describing the picture.

Paz,

Profe Laura

lunes, 1 de marzo

Today we focused on new vocabulary for the unit -- La Ropa (Clothing). The assignment for today is to write three sentences using the verb llevar (to wear). Here are some sentence starters to help:

En la primavera... (In the spring...)

En el verano... (In the summer...)

En el otoño... (In the fall...)

En el invierno... (In in the winter...)

Paz,

Profe Laura