Downs' Datos

Week of November 28 - December 2, 2011

FOOD MAGAZINES NEEDED FOR THE SPANISH FOOD UNIT.  PLEASE SEND IN YOUR OLD FOOD MAGAZINES.  WE NEED PICTURES TO HELP US SET TABLES AND PRACTICE FOOD ORDERING IN RESTAURANTES... ¡GRACIAS!

Monday - lunes

Review the work translated from Spanish to English over the break, using a recommended translator.

Start "La comida" vocabulary.  Review vocabulary.  View VideoHistoria.

TAREA: Study vocabulary at least 10 minutes every night.  Download Capitulo5.B.

Tuesday - martes

Start planning the "Restaurant" Project.  Discuss when to set teams, dates, etc.

TAREA: Study your vocabulary.

Wednesday - miércoles

Project Groups have been selected - El Proyecto del Restaurante de la Montaña Perdida has been set!

Download El Restaurante.Proyecto

Rough Draft of dialogue is due January 10th, 2012.  Presentations will start Monday, January 23, 2011.

 Please use the supplemental list of Food Vocabulary, Download La ComidaCorrected, for the project.

We conjugated the verb "Venir".  completed questions 1-6 on page 251.  Completed exercises 6 and 7 on textbook page 253.

TAREA:  Hand in all the work above for classwork grade.

Thursday - jueves

Collect all the classwork from yesterday. 

Explain the difference between "Ser y Estar". Complete various activities.

TAREA: Study your vocabulary at least 10 minutes every night.

Friday - viernes

Project work.  Restaurant groups meet for the first time today and plan out their work, research, etc.

We will have laptops to research Restaurants in Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, etc.  Go to Google.mx for

México.  Google.es for Spain.  Google.co for Colombia, etc.

 TAREA: Study your vocabulary.

Week of November 14-18, 2011.

Monday - lunes

Quiz about the "Family" relationships and celebrations.

TAREA: Copy vocabulary Page 268.Download Capitulo5.B.

Tuesday - martes

Continue with Extended family terms, adjectives and Celebrations. VIew VideoHistoria complete preview and postview questions. 

Review for Chapter 5.A test this THURSDAY, November 17, 2011.
Prepare a Study Guide once everyone has taken the Quiz. 

TAREA:  Study for Test. Vocabulary from 5.A.  TEST HAS BEEN SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY.

Wednesday - miércoles

We will enditify the difference between "Ser" and "Estar".  We will recycle some of this information and add new verb "Venir".

TAREA: Study for test 5.A. Test has been rescheduled for TOMORROW,  THURSDAY, instead of FRIDAY!

Thursday - jueves

UNIT TEST -

Friday - viernes

READ A LETTER ABOUT "DIA DE GRACIAS".  COMPARE AND CONTRAST HOW AND IF IT IS CELEBRATED IN SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES.

¡FELIZ DIA DE GRACIAS!

Week of November 7-11, 2011

STUDENT OF THE WEEK - SPENCER METCALFE- ¡FELICITACIONES!

 

Monday - lunes

We are presenting "Mi familia".  We are also watching  "la quinceañera". Complete a questionnaire about Sweet 15 and hand in.

EVERYONE will be able to present on Wednesday.

TAREA: Study your vocabulary page 244.

Tuesday - martes

NO SCHOOL - TEACHER WORKDAY.

Wednesday - miércoles

Finish our "Familia" presentations. 

Thursday - jueves-

Complete verb "Tener" activities - Finish "Mi familia" presentations.

TAREA: Keep studying the vocabulary for the whole Unit - Textbook page 244.Download Capitulo5.A.

Friday - viernes

Tarea Sheet check.  Make sure you have all the work stamped.  It is due today.

 TAREA: We have a quiz on Monday for Chapter 5.A - Please study your vocabulary.