Spanish 1 Homework - el 14 de diciembre 2010

Spanish 1
- Finish the green flashcards from class today. We will begin with them in class tomorrow. These cards will help you as you begin to prepare for the Chapter 3 exam.
- Practice Workbook pages 3-4 and 3-5. PLEASE do not come to me tomorrow with blank pages and say that you tried! if you tried the homework, I need to see that you did!

Homework for December 1, 2010

Spanish 2

You must bring in a full-length body picture from a magazine or newspaper (or a real photograph) in order to describe what the person in the photograph is wearing. You will receive points for both the picture and the description. You should practice what you will say before presenting for the class! This is due tomorrow (Thursday).

Spanish 1 Test Review

You will have the Chapter 2 test tomorrow (Tuesday), and you can use the following material to help you prepare for the test:
- Perspectiva Cultural (pgs. 68-69)
- Lo sabes bien? (pgs. 84-85)
- Paso a Paso textbook website activities:
a. Vocab practice #1
b. Vocab practice #2
c. Grammar
d. Self-Test
- Study your notes from class, including how to tell the time

You should take your textbook home with you tonight! Good luck tomorrow!

Spanish 2 Test Review

In order to study for your Chapter 2 test tomorrow, please review the following information to prepare yourself:

- Pages 88-89 in the textbook
- The "Mas Practica y Tarea" handout that I passed out in class
- The Chapter 2 Self-Test online. Here is the link to the self-test: Chapter 2 Self-Test

If you have any questions, please e-mail me and I will be sure to respond as soon as I can. My e-mail address is ticco118@gmail.com

NOW STUDY!!!

La Tarea - el 28 de octubre 2010

Spanish 2
- Practice Workbook pages 2-1 and 2-2
- Study the reflexive verb vocabulary on pages 62 and 63. We will have a vocabulary quiz tomorrow!
- Check out these websites to give you more practice with reflexive verbs:
Reflexive Verbs 1
Reflexive Verbs 2

Spanish 1
- Practice Workbook pages 2-1 and 2-2
- Study the vocabulary on pages 58 and 59. You will have a vocabulary quiz tomorrow!

La Tarea - 26 de octubre 2010

Spanish 1

- Study the conversations that we practiced in class today. We will continue to practice them in class tomorrow. 

- In the Activities section of your notebooks, please complete your class schedule for all seven periods, as I explained in class today. 

Spanish 2

- (Period 4) Please finish the video activity worksheets. We will begin class by going over them. 

- Study the vocabulary on pages 62 and 63 of the textbook. We will begin working with it tomorrow.

La Tarea - 20 de octubre 2010

Spanish 1
- Finish the final draft of your letter. You will need to turn in both the rough draft and the final draft in class tomorrow. Please remember that I will not accept anything less than your best work.
- Continue to study the material from Chapter 1 in preparation for the test on Friday.

Spanish 2
- Finish the practice test for homework tonight. We will go over it in class tomorrow, but do not come to class with a blank sheet and say "I didn't get this part", etc. Try your best, please.
- Continue to study the material from Chapter 1 in preparation for the test on Friday.

La Tarea - 13 de octubre 2010

Spanish 1
- Please study the vocabulary on pages 34 and 35 of the textbook
- Practice Workbook, pages 1-4, 1-5, 1-6
- Think of a funny joke to tell Mr. Robinson after class. :)

Spanish 2
- Study the vocabulary on pages 34 and 35 of the textbook (including in the blue box)
- Be prepared to prove that you know the vocabulary when you come to class tomorrow

La Tarea - 7 de octubre 2010

Espanol 1
- Practice Workbook pages 1-1, 1-2, 1-3
- Study the vocabulary from pages 30-31 (in case you see it tomorrow)
- Oral quiz tomorrow! You should be able to communicate the following in Spanish, and ask the appropriate questions:
1. Your name
2. Where come from
3. How you are feeling
4. How old you are
5. Your birthday
6. Your telephone number

Espanol 2
- Practice Workbook pages 1-1, 1-2
- Tienen que estudiar el vocabulario en las paginas 30 y 31 del texto.

Spanish 2 - School Vocabulary

Here are two links that you can use to supplement the school vocabulary from Chapter 1:

- School Vocabulary (with pronunciation)

- More school vocabulary

Homework - 5 de octubre 2010

Spanish 1 and Spanish 2

- Study the vocabulary from Chapter 1 on pages 30 and 31 of your textbook. (Coincidentally, the pages are the same in the Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 textbook.)
- Finish the "post-screening" questions from the Fidel Castro documentary at home tonight and be prepared  to discuss them in class tomorrow.

Here is a link that has a biography of Fidel Castro (it has some information that is not as positive as what you may have seen in the documentary):

Fidel Castro biography

Material for Test

Spanish 1

Here are some things you should know for the exam on Thursday:

- Interrogative expressions

Como - How? (Como estas?)

Cual - Which? (Cual es la fecha de hoy?)

Cuantos - How much/many? (Cuantos estudiantes hay en la clase?)

Cuando - When? (Cuando es tu cumpleanos?)

Que - What? (Que es tu numero de telefono?)

Donde - Where? (De donde eres?)

- Commonly mistaken vocabulary

Hay - There is/are

(Cuantos dias hay en diciembre?)

la semana - week

el primero - the first

- The numbers

You'll have to know the numbers up to 100 for the exam, but please to continue to study the numbers past 

that!

- For the speaking part of the exam, you will have to ask and answer questions that include the following information:

Greeting

Where you are from

How you are feeling

How old you are

Your job (Cual es tu profesion?)

Your birthday

Your telephone number

You can also add more to your conversation if you choose. You will be randomly placed with another student to do the speaking part.

Spanish 2

Here is what you will need to study for the exam on Friday:

- The future using ir + a + infinitive

(Yo voy a bailar en la fiesta esta noche.)

- The preterite tense (past) of regular verbs, and the verb "ir". Accents count! You should also recognize key words for the preterite as outlined on the yellow handout that you received in class.

- The verb "gustar". You should be able to tell about things that you like, as well as what others like.

(A mi me gusta estudiar. / A ellos les gustan los videojuegos.)

- The different meals of the day and foods that one might eat for them. This information should be in your notebooks.

- The different rooms of the house and things that can be found in those rooms. Similar to what you did for the "Mi Casa Ideal" assignment.

- How to describe yourself or someone you know using descriptive adjectives.

There will also be a speaking and listening portion of the exam, however that might have wait until Monday in the event that we run out of time. If you have any questions about the exam, please feel free to e-mail me at ticco118@gmail.com

Homework - Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010

Spanish 1
- Study for your exam Thursday. Remember to study pages 24-25 of the textbook, as well as the exercises online at www.pasoapaso.com
- Practice the numbers from 0-10,000

Spanish 2
- Finish the rough draft of your bio-poema. If you have already finished the rough draft of your poem, then be prepared to type your poem in class tomorrow.
- Continue to study for the exam on Friday. I will post an outline either later this evening or tomorrow about what you will be responsible for on the exam. Be sure to look on the "Spanish 2" page of the blog for the exam outline.

Homework - Friday, Sept. 24, 2010

Spanish 1
- Please finish the conversation that we started in class today. Remember: you only have to choose 2 of the 4 people on the sheet to create a conversation.
- Study the commands that we used for "Simon dice" on pages 21 and 22 of the textbook.
- Do something fun this weekend!

Spanish 2
- Please finish the drawing and description of "Mi Casa Ideal". It would be awesome of you colored it. Make sure that you describe your house well, and in complete sentences.
- Do something fun this weekend!

Homework - Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010

Spanish 1
- Practice Workbook, Activities P-3, P-4, and P-5


Spanish 2
- Tienen que terminar las biografias. Vamos a empezar con las biografias manana. Aqui tienen la pagina de web para practicar la gramatica y el vocabulario en espanol en casa:

StudySpanish.com

Homework - Friday, Sept. 17, 2010

Spanish 1
- Be sure to study the following information for Monday:
     1. The numbers from 0 - 10,000
     2. The days of the week
     3. The months of the year
     4. Asking for and giving the date in Spanish
     (Cual es la fecha de hoy? / Hoy es (day of week), el (date) de (month) (year).

Spanish 2
- Practice Workbook, Activities PD-3, PD-4, and PD-5

Native Speakers
- Voy a leer sus cuadernos este fin de semana y hacer unos comentarios sobre sus diarios y narraciones personales. La semana que viene ustedes tendran que corregir las narraciones personales y hacer una copia final con la computadora. Que tengan un buen fin de semana!

Spanish Alphabet Pronunciation

You can use this site to help with your Spanish pronunciation. It is missing ch, ll, and rr, but is a good resource to practice pronunciation.

Spanish Alphabet

Homework - Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010

Spanish 1
- Study vocabulary on page 13 of the textbook. Focus on meaning and pronunciation!
- Practice the Spanish alphabet by using the phonetics on page 14 of the textbook.
- Have your parent / guardian sign the Recovery Room form.

Spanish 2
- Practice Workbook, Activities PD-1 and PD-2.
- Likes / Dislikes (chart with 5 likes and 5 dislikes, write a sentence for each).
- Have your parent / guardian sign the Recovery Room form.

Homework - Friday, Sept. 10, 2010

Spanish 1
- Practice Workbook, Activities P-1 and P-2
- Be sure to have a composition notebook BY MONDAY, as well as a folder or binder.


For both classes, make sure that you fill out the Student Information Form if you haven't done so already, and be ready to work come Monday! Don't forget where the search for excellence starts...

Spanish 2 - Weather report

Here is the website that you can use to find the weather report for your respective cities. Be sure to type in the complete city name in the search bar.

Weather Underground

Weather.com

Spanish study websites

Here are some websites that can help you with your Spanish study throughout the school year:

Paso a Paso Level 1 Textbook Site

Paso a Paso Level 2 Textbook Site

StudySpanish.com

Spanish Activity and Resource Compilation

Student Information Form

Spanish 1, Period 5

Spanish 1, Period 7

Spanish 2, Period 3

Spanish 2, Period 4