Wednesday, May 18, 2016

La agenda de miércoles, el 18 de mayo

¡Hola hola, clase!  ¡Here is our presentation that we used in class today


LA TAREA (written in your SAM) -- COMPLETE PART A →  PERSONALITY  descriptions!  

 Please GET PICTURES of your 4 people! -- e-mail them to Ms. Williams, or print them out!   (You may also DRAW them.)


LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

La agenda de martes y miércoles, el 17 y 18 de mayo

¡Hola hola, clase!  ¡Here is our presentation that we used in class today


LA TAREA (written in your SAM) -- COMPLETE PART A →  PERSONALITY  descriptions!  

 Please GET PICTURES of your 4 people! -- e-mail them to Ms. Williams, or print them out!   (You may also DRAW them.)


LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

Monday, May 16, 2016

La agenda de lunes, el 16 de mayo

¡Hola hola, clase!  You can do it!  ¡Sí se puede!  ¡Aquí está la presentación de hoy!

  • Calentamiento
    • ¡Saquen ustedes sus CUADERNOS, vocabulario, y SAMs!
    • Notebook and NEW VOCAB SHEETS out! SAM out!
    • If you're already finished on your VOCAB, please take out the Adjectives sheet and start to see what you can fill in!
  • Notes on Adjectives:
    • Adjectives with “o” endings:
    • (keep it as an “o” when you’re talking about a male)
    • change to “a” when you’re talking about a female
    • add an “s” when you’re talking about more than 1 person
    • Adjectives with “e” OR “a”
    • DON’T CHANGE when you’re talking about a female
    • add an “s” when you’re talking about more than 1 person
    • Remember: ALL ADJECTIVES ADD “s” when you’re talking about MORE THAN ONE person.
  • INTRODUCTION:   IMPORTANT PEOPLE PROJECT
    • Draw or FIND a picture of YOURSELF, and EACH PERSON which represents what you wrote about yourself/him/her/them.    
    • In complete sentences, describe yourself and at least FOUR other people!    You must include the following:
    • 3 physical characteristics→ What does this person LOOK LIKE?:
    • size/stature                            –eyes  –hair 
    • 3 personality traits  → :   What is this person like/What does he/she ACT like?  
    • character  (What is this person LIKE?) .
    • 3 clothing/color items - What does this person like to WEAR?
    • To wear = LLEVAR.   Ella lleva unos jeans azules y una camisa roja.
    • 3 likes and DISLIKES - What does this person like to DO?
    • I like to = me gusta ___   He/She likes to = A él/ella le gusta ___
  • Write about EACH of your FOUR PEOPLE!
    • Make sure you write in a COMPLETE SENTENCE!!
    • ¿Cómo es _______? → What IS ___choose a person___like?
    • EXAMPLE: 
      • 1. Mi amiga Margie es graciosa.→My friend Margie is funny.
      • 2. Ella es muy inteligente.   → She is very smart.  
      • 3. Ella es bastante seria. → She is RELATIVELY/more or less serious.     OR
    • YOU CAN ALSO ASK: ¿Cómo no es él/ella? → What is he/she NOT like?
      • 3. Margie NO es desordenada.→ Margie is NOT disorganized.
  • BEFORE YOU LEAVE CHECKLIST:
    • Check yo’ self!!   Periods, accents, tildes (~) and CAPS!
    • Make sure you add an -s on the end of any  description that is plural.  Ejemplo: pantalones rojos
    • Make sure you change any adjective that ends with -o to an -a  to match female/girl things!  
    • Ejemplo: Mi amiga es graciosa
    • Did you include FOR EACH PERSON: (3) FULL SENTENCES describing their personality characteristics?
    • Finish your VOCABULARY!!
LA TAREA (written in your SAM) --   SAM: Choose the FOUR people, aside from yourself, that you want to describe, and FINISH BRAINSTORMING 4 ADJECTIVES you can use to describe your/their personality traits!!

Finish your VOCAB!!!

LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

Friday, April 22, 2016

La agenda de jueves y viernes, el 21 y 22 de abril

¡Hola hola, clase!  You can do it!  ¡Sí se puede!  ¡Aquí está la presentación de hoy!

  • Calentamiento
    • ¡Saquen ustedes sus CUADERNOS, vocabulario, y SAMs!
    • Notebook and NEW VOCAB SHEETS out! SAM out!
    • Go to the warm-up page, and write the title “Calentamiento.” Use the vocab to write down the ?s and answers: 
    • ¿Cómo eres tú? → What are you like?
      • Yo soy simpática. → I am nice.
    • Yo soy inteligente. → I am smart.
      • Yo soy graciosa. → I am funny.
    • ¿Cómo no eres tú? → What are you NOT like?
      • Yo NO soy seria. → I am NOT serious.
  • Notes on Adjectives:
    • Adjectives with “o” endings:
    • (keep it as an “o” when you’re talking about a male)
    • change to “a” when you’re talking about a female
    • add an “s” when you’re talking about more than 1 person
    • Adjectives with “e” OR “a”
    • DON’T CHANGE when you’re talking about a female
    • add an “s” when you’re talking about more than 1 person
    • Remember: ALL ADJECTIVES ADD “s” when you’re talking about MORE THAN ONE person.
  • Feria de Abril
    • April 12–17:  Feria de Abril (April Fair), Sevilla
    • April 23:  St. George's Day (special flower markets, Barcelona); Aragón/Castile and León Day (Aragón and Castile and León)
    • April 30–May 7:  Feria del Caballo (horse pageantry), Jerez
  • Feria de Abril
    • Officially, the Fair takes place at the end of April and starts at midnight on the Monday two weeks after Semana Santa with a spectacular firework display over the Guadadalquivir River and the ‘Alumbrao’ (turning on of the lights)!   There are tent structures are known as ‘casetas’ that started growing in numbers year after year until the 1920s when the Feria de Abril had grown into the city’s biggest annual fiesta. It’s located in the Parque de María Luisa in Barrio de los Remedios. This fairground is known as ‘Real de la Feria’, it is an enormous site that becomes a city in its own right for a week; last year had around 1,050 temporary ‘casetas’!!
    • Located right next to the ‘Real de la Feria’ in Calle del Infierno a huge fairground is set up with lots of the typical rides and attractions together with a circus show.
    • In Spanish, the first Monday night is known as ‘La Noche del Pescaíto’ -- ‘Little Fish Night’, since this is traditionally an evening where fish is eaten for dinner. After dinner people, head for the ‘Portada’ which is the beautiful structure at the entrance to the Feria where thousands of lights are switched on by the Mayor of Seville at midnight.
    • Tueday is the first official day of the festival when there are horseback parades through the fairground with the women wearing beautiful flamenco dresses and the men in their traditional suits known as ‘el traje corto’. The ladies wear colorful flamenco dresses which are known as ‘trajes de gitano’ or ‘gypsy suits’, and there’s lots of dancing and even a horseback parade: the “Paseo de Caballos”.
  • iPad PRACTICE & GAMES!!
    • If you get done early, 
      • Please take out the number of iPad assigned to you, go to “Safari”, and go to the link:
      • tinyurl.com/Ch1AGames
    • There are lots of games here to practice the vocab!!  
      • And it’s available from home, too!
    • Please go to SAFARI.
      • Click on “kahoot.it”.
    • Wait for the GAME PIN to show up on this screen!
LA TAREA (written in your SAM) --   Make sure you did all 15 sentences!!

LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

La agenda de martes, el 19 de abril

¡Hola hola, clase!  GET READY FOR THE QUIZ TOMORROW!  ¡Aquí está la presentación de hoy!

  • Calentamiento
    • Make sure there’s nothing on your desk except for a PENCIL or other WRITING UTENSIL!
      • Talk to your table partner(s) about WHICH of the WORDS we’ve learned this rotation have ACCENTS!!
    • Which words do you know have accents?
    • Repaso (Review)
      • Which words from THIS VOCAB have accents?
        • teléfono más
        • monopatín
        • Qué música
        • A mí / a tí       también
      • NONE OF THE REST OF THEM DO!
    • ¡Jeopardía!
      • Use your brain, your pencil, and your group members; that's IT!  
      • One group will decide the category and the amount of each question.
        • Then, in groups, ONE PERSON will write down ONE ANSWER until the whole table has written an answer!
      • Don’t forget to yell LISTOS (or LISTAS) when you’re ready!
    • REMEMBER THE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE QUIZ:
      • Parte A: Label the activity
        • /40 points
      • Parte B: Answer the Questions!
        • /30 points
      • Parte C: Speaking!
      • /10 points


    LA TAREA (written in your SAM) --   BE READY FOR THE QUIZ TOMORROW 

    Make sure you've completed your STUDY GUIDE, since it's just like the QUIZ:
    Parte A:  Label the activity
    Parte B:  Answer the Questions!
    Parte C:  Speaking!  

    If you'd like a challenging REVIEW from the book, here it is!
    LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

    ONLINE REVIEW from the Book
    Click the link HERE! - you can re-load and try again!

    La agenda de lunes, el 18 de abril

    ¡Hola hola, clase!  Let's practice some more!  ¡Aquí está la presentación de hoy!

    • Calentamiento
      • ¡Saquen ustedes los guiones de estudiar y los SAMs!
        • Please take out your STUDY GUIDES & SAMS!
      • Get your HANDOUTS from YESTERDAY back from Ms. Williams, and then finish your study guide!!
        • Any questions about the STUDY GUIDE? 
      • ¡Completen los guiones!
        • Use your brain, and your vocab sheet (if you have to) to finish the STUDY GUIDE.
          • If you missed it, here's help with page 2:
        • ¿Qué te gusta hacer? 
          • IN ENGLISH →What do you like to do? 
          • ANSWER, in Spanish → Me gusta _activity_.
        • ¿Te gusta montar en monopatín?
          • In ENGLISH→Do you like to skateboard?
          • ANSWER, in SPANISH →    Sí, me gusta montar en monopatín.  OR, No, no me gusta montar en monopatín.
        • ¿Te gusta patinar o correr más?
          • In ENGLISH→Do you like to skate or run more?
          • Answer, in Spanish? →  Me gusta patinar más.
          • OR, Me gusta correr más.
          • OR No me gusta ni patinar ni correr.   
          • OR, ¡Me gusta (AMBOS) patinar y correr.   
      • ¡Activity BINGO!
        • Please use your vocab sheet to write the 21 activities below, and write them into the squares.  
          • You may use THREE of these activities twice.
        • CROSS OUT each one as we go, and let me know when you have BINGO!!
          • YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING SPELLED CORRECTLY FOR YOUR BINGO TO COUNT!! Good luck!
          • When you have bingo, COME UP AND READ OFF the VERBS to Ms. Williams, ¡en español!
      LA TAREA (written in your SAM) --   BE READY FOR THE QUIZ TUESDAY! 
      Make sure you've completed your STUDY GUIDE, since it's just like the QUIZ:
      Parte A:  Label the activity
      Parte B:  Answer the Questions!
      Parte C:  Speaking!  


      LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

      ONLINE REVIEW from the Book
      Click the link HERE! - you can re-load and try again!

      La agenda de viernes, el 15 de abril

      ¡Hola hola, clase!  Let's practice some more!  ¡Aquí está la presentación de hoy!

      • Calentamiento
        • ¡Saquen ustedes sus las carpetas, un lápiz, y los SAMs!
          • Please take out your notebooks, pencils, & SAMS!
        • On your CALENTAMIENTO page,write the title “Calentamiento”, write the words in English, then write the TRANSLATION!
          • HOW DO YOU SAY:
            • “Me, too” → I like it, too!
            • “Me, neither” → I don’t like it, either!
      • ¡Tiempo con los iPads!
        • Get the correct iPad from the cart
          • (Take the right # for your name!)
          • Write down if there’s anything wrong with the iPad before you sit down with it!!
          • Notice where it gets plugged in; you’ll need to put it back right where you got it!
        • STUDY GUIDE
          • If you'd like, you can use some time to complete page one of the study guide!
        • Check your grades!
          • OKAY.  Some of you haven’t turned stuff in, and it’s bringing your grade WAY DOWN!
            • I want to give you credit for the work you have done, so please check over what you need to do and get it done!
          • Click on SAFARI
          • Go to the SANFORD SITE: sanford.mpls.k12.mn.us
            • Click on Student Resources, then
            • Student Portal, and 
            • Use the same login you use on school computers!
              • Once you're in, click Assignments in the purple menu on the left, then
              • Click Show Details in the upper right-hand corner!
        • Games and self-check!
          • Make a new link in “Safari”, and go to the link: tinyurl.com/Ch1AGames
          • Also, you can use the LINKS on the BLOG (here!!) to play practice games and do a self-quiz!

          • There are lots of games here to practice the vocab!! And it’s available from home, too!
            • GET READY FOR THE KAHOOT!!
      • KAHOOT
        • Please go to Kahoot.it!
        • Type in the GAME PIN to be able to participate!

      LA TAREA (written in your SAM) --   Please FILL OUT page ONE of the study guide!

      LINK to NEW FLASHCARDS on QUIZLET:

      ONLINE REVIEW from the Book
      Click the link HERE! - you can re-load and try again!