Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Please take this short survey regarding the course this semester. 

You have time in class to work on POL prep. 

Monday, December 16, 2013

Today you turned in the storyboard from Friday. 


HOMEWORK
Complete the backside of this sheet for tomorrow
  • Write 8 sentences about The Devil's Miner.
  • Draw 4 pictures to show what you wrote about.
  • Use the vocabulary from the movie 

Friday, December 13, 2013

Escribir las escenas del minero del diablo - Write the scenes from The Devil's Miner

Compartimos las escenas que escribimos sobre El minero del diablo.
We shared the scenes that we wrote about The Devil's Miner.

Miramos Mi vida Loca.
We watched My Crazy Life. 

Thursday, December 12, 2013

El minero del diablo y actividad

Terminamos la película The Devil's Miner
 
Hicimos esta actividad. 
We did this activity.   The directions are below. 
 
Write at least 2 sentences about ONE of the following themes from the movie. Use at least 1 voacb word from the movie vocab list. Then draw a picture of what you wrote.   We will continue with this activity tomorrow.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

El minero del diablo

We continued watching the movie today.   Here is a version on Youtube.  Unfortunately, it does not have subtitles. 

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Monday, December 9, 2013

Bolivia

Repartí las evaluaciones de viernes
I handed back the evaluations from Friday

Empezamos hablar de Bolivia
We began talking about Bolivia

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Evaluación Mañana - Quiz tomorrow

Hoy hicimos una actividad con decir la hora.
Today we did an activity to practice telling time. 

Jugamos BINGO para practicar como decir la hora.
We played BINGO to practice how to tell time. 

Entregaste la tarea sobre el mono y la vaca.
You turned in your homework on the monkey and the cow.

La Tarea

Study for the quiz
Here are two quizlets
Here are the videos to remind you of the concepts

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

El mono y la vaca HOMEWORK

We learned another concept for telling time.  How to say you do something AT a certain time. 
 
We reviewed El mono y la vaca. 

HOMEWORK  - LA TAREA

There is a MANDATORY HOMEWORK on the back side of the story, el mono y la vaca.
·         Answer the six questions about the story.
·         Draw 3 pictures in the boxes and write a sentence for each picture.  This can be an alternate version of the story, the beginning of the story, or the end of the story. 

Optional worksheet to practice for the quiz on telling time
·         Hereis the worksheet
·         Hereare the answers

Quizlets
·         Vocabulary
·         Howto tell time

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Decir la hora Parte 2


Hoy repasamos como decir la hora y aprendimos nuevos conceptos.  
Today we reviewed how to tell time and learned new concepts.  

Miramos este video sobre como decir la hora.

Empezamos un nuevo cuento El mono y la vaca
We started a new story, The monkey and the cow
 
We have a quiz on Friday.  Here are two quizlets:

Monday, December 2, 2013

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Evaluacón Mañana - Las palabras interrogativas (Question Words)

Evaluación Mañana

Use the material at the bottom to study for the quiz.  

Las Familias

We played las familias with the notecards we created yesterday.

La tarea:

Here is an optional homework to study for the quiz on Friday

Here are two quizlets to study

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Finish La cita rápida questions and Las Familias Notecard


La cita Rápida


Today we completed these questions.  DO THIS FOR TOMORROW IF YOU HAVE NOT. 

Las Familias

Choose a famous character and answer these questions about this person
On a notecard we wrote these five questions:
¿Qué te gusta?

¿Dónde vives?

¿De dónde eres?

¿Cuántos años tienes?

¿Cómo eres?

La tarea:

Here is an optional homework to study for the quiz on Friday
 

Here are two quizlets to study

Tuesday, November 19, 2013


Hoy presentamos nuestras comeditas sobre el cuento del gato.
We presented our skits about the story of the cat.

Empezamos escribiendo las respuestas para las preguntas para la cita rápida.
We began answering the questions for the speed dating activity.  We will continue answering these questions in class tomorrow. 

Monday, November 18, 2013

El cuento del gato


Trabajamos con el cuento del gato
We worked with the cat story

En grupos de tres, escribimos nuestros propios cuentos:
In groups of three we wrote our own stories

Here is a quizlet to study las palabras interrogativas for the quiz on Friday
 

Thursday, November 14, 2013

El Cuento del Gato

We continued with el cuento del gato.   We answered the questions on the back of the story.  I do not have a digital copy of this story so you will have to get this in person. 

We also practiced describing people using adjectives and saying what people like to do.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

I passed back old papers and our projects. 

We read a short story.  We will continue this story tomorrow. 

Friday, November 8, 2013

DP Update Due Today


We listened to a song to practice the present tense. 

We also watched Mi Vida Loca

DP IS DUE TODAY

Thursday, November 7, 2013

ER/IR Verbs

We learned new verb endings ER/IR.  Here are the notes.
·         Here are the verb charts

We reviewed old stuff. 

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

DP Work

We finished the movie, Al otro lado. 

You contined working on the surveys from yesterday and your DP post.  Please have your DP completed by Friday. 

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Today you presented your poema to Profe Dave. 

Please do the Following:

Lori Fisher and AHS Survey
Lori Fisher and AHS want to know your thoughts on your project.  Please take this survey for Animas High School:  Project name is Día de los Muertos


Haffeman and español 1 survey
I know, I know… Another survey!  This one is for me.  Please take a few minutes to give me feedback on your project!  Here is the link.
Update your DP.  Here are the DP requirements:

La carpeta digital de español

Overall SPANISH page (2 puntos)
1.    Page Title (your "tab" should also say this!):  Español 1
2.    Project specific tab for this project.  This should be called: Día de los Muertos

My Project/Mi Proyecto (6 puntos)
  • Overall Title to this project section:

Día de los muertos  
·         Brief paragraph explaining this project in English.
·         A photo of your Calaca
·         Upload your Poema Calavera.

Project Reflection/ Mi reflexión del trabajo (2 puntos)
In this section you will write a paragraph on your personal reflection about the project.  Here are some ideas on what you could include. 
·         What you learned from this project?
·         What you thought of the exhibition?
·         What was the most challenging/enjoyable part of the project?
·         What would you have done differently?
·         What you are most proud of?

Want to try more?

On your Spanish home page, write an intro about yourself ¡en español!    
Some ideas: your name, how old you are, where you live, your family, your favorite hobbies, etc.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Exhibition Tonight!!


Today we practiced for the exhibition.

What to bring to exhibition:
  • 2 copies of your poem to exhibition tonight.
  • Your calaca or artpiece
  • Professional dress
Make sure to practice reading your poem for the exhibition and for the oral quiz of your poem tomorrow. 

Print out the rubric and attach it to your poema to turn in during class today. 

Exhibtion Tonight
Parish Hall accross from the Sacred Heart Church
Downstairs 
255 E 5th Ave, Durango, CO
 
 

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Exhibition Monday 5:30 - 7:00

EXHIBITION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4th

SACRED HEART CHURCH, PARISH HALL

255 E 5th Ave, Durango, CO

5:30 - 7:00 pm 

Please come to class on Monday with your printed Poema calavera and your Calaca.  

On Friday I made edits of your poem.
Please practice these poems for Monday's exhibition.     

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Poemas and Calacas Due Tomorrow

We did a peer critique of our Calacas –skeletons and our Poemas Calaveras. 

The Calacas are due tomorrow.  

The TYPED Poemas Calaveras are also due tomorrow.  I will give you feedback tomorrow for your final draft that will be due on Monday.

 

EXHIBITION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4th 

SACRED HEART CHURCH, PARISH HALL 

5:30 - 7:00 pm   

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Las Calaveras Literarias - Calavera Poems

Today we worked on out Calavera Literarias or Poemas Calaveras. 
When you are finished with your Calavera please take this survey.


FOR HOMEWORK COMPLETE THE TEMPLATE ABOVE.  MAKE SURE YOU TYPE WRITE OUT COMPLETE SENTENCES.  DON'T JUST FILL IN THE BLANKS!!

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Poema Calavera - Practice Poem


We watched this video on conjugation
 
Here are the lecture notes for today on using two verbs in a sentence

In class you created Un Poema Calavera about YOURSELF – This can be humorous or serious. 

Here is my example of a poema calavera about me. 

This poem is due tomorrow at the start of class
 
Here are additional resources to study.  There are mini quizes on the side bar:

 

Exhibition:


November 4th at 5:30pm

Sacred Heart Church

Parish Hall

Monday, October 28, 2013

Project Work Time - Las Calacas (the Skeletons)

Today was our last full day of project work time on our art pieces.  If you have not finished your piece you will need to continue on your own time. 

We will have an ofrenda in the classroom this week.  Bring in an item that reminds you of the person you are creating for your sculpture.  
Options could be:
  • A picture
  • A trinket
  • A piece of clothing
  • Anything that reminds you of the person

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Project Work Time

Today was project work time to continue with our projects.  We will continue working on our projects for the rest of the week. 

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Día de los Muertos Arte - Día 1

Today I passed back the evaluations and we recorded our scores on the Progreso de Habilidades sheet. 

I will be offering an optional retake of this quiz in class on Friday.  If you wish to retake this quiz you do not need to send me an email to reschedule. 

We started on our Calaveras-skeleton figures today.  If you have another idea for an art form make sure you clear it with me. 

Monday, October 21, 2013

Begin Project Work Mañana - DDLM



I passed out the rubricand talked about the project

We worked a little more with present tense conjugations

We took the evaluation on los pasatiempos y los deportes

La Tarea:
  • Have an ancestor in mind and ready to begin project work
  • Know what style of art you want to do for the project

Friday, October 18, 2013

En clase:
Miramos TRex intentando hacer cosas
We watched TRex trying to do things

Terminamos el video sobre Día de los Muertos y entregamos las pregunta sobre el video
We finished the video over Día de los Muertos and handed in the video questions
 
We talked about the project

We learned about the present tense

Tarea:
Estudia para la evaluación sobre los deportes y los pasatiempos
Study for the evaluation on sports and hobbies

 
Think of an ancestor you would like to represent for Día de los Muertos
Credito Extra:

Draw TREX trying to play something – use this phrase, “TREX intentando jugar/tocar…”  You may draw it on your own sheet or on the downloadable PDF on this website

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Día de los Muertos Videos


En Clase:

Miramos un video sobre José Posada
We watched a video about José Posada

We talked about these questions that we researched yesterday in class.  You do not need to hand these in for credit but you will need to be familiar with these answers for the rest of the project.  See the Día de los Muertos tab at the top of my DP to see all the resources on DDLM.   

1. Where did Día de los Muertos originate?  What were the original celebrations that it now incorporates?

2.  What are Latin American’s views on death?

 3. What is an ofrenda?  What are some common items used to   decorate one?

4. Who is La Catrina?   What does she represent?

5. What kinds of things do people do at cemeteries on Día de los Muertos?
Miramos un video sobre Día de los Muertos
We watched a video on Día de los Muertos.   We also filled out these comprehension questions while watching the video (see below). 

Tarea:

Watch these videos

·         BBC Día de los Muertos 2 of 3

Fill out these comprehension questions while watching the videos for credit.

There will be a quiz on Monday over los pasatiempos y los deportes.  Here is a Quizlet to study. 

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

SLC's Tonight!


En Clase:

Hablamos de los árboles geneológicos.
We talked about our family tress and did this in class speaking activity.

Hicimos una investigación sobre el Día de los Muertos.
We did research on Día de los Muertos .  Here are the research questions we did in class 

Here is a quizlet to study for next Mondays's quiz on los pasatiempos y los deportes.

Friday, October 11, 2013

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Hablamos más sobre el verbo ‘gustar
There are other words that function just like gustar
·         Fascinar
·         Importar
·         Encantar

Escuchamos la canción “Me gustas tú
 
Presenté nuestro próximo proyecto sobre “el día de los muertos”
·         Miramos este video

Wednesday, October 9, 2013


Hoy miramos mi vida loca

Hablamos de el verbo “GUSTAR”
 

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Evaluación Hoy – Quiz Today

Hoy repasamos para la evaluación
We reviewed for the quiz

Tomamos la evaluación
We took the quiz

Tenemos nuevo vocabulario sobre los pasatiempos

Friday, October 4, 2013

El Árbol Geneológico due LUNES. Evaluación MARTES.

En Clase:

We worked on our family trees in class. 

If you are typing your family tree here are the instructions to use accents and set the language settings. 

La tarea:

Finish your family tree for Monday.  We will not spend the class period to work on them in class. 

Study for the Evaluation on Tuesday. 

Here are the quizlets to study for the quiz:
  • La familia
  • Los pronombre y SER
  • Los adjetivos
  • Mixed problems

  • Thursday, October 3, 2013


    En clase:

    I explained the family tree project. 


    You began work on your family tree. 

     

    The Family Tree will be due Monday, October 7th


    We will have a quiz next Monday. Here are some quizlet acivities to practice:

    Yesterday Tuesday 10/2

    We talked about the verb GUSTAR = To like/To be pleasing to

    I also passed out a family organizer to complete for homework.  You will need to fill out the lines for yourself and for 7 other family members.  We will then be making this into a family tree.  

    Tuesday, October 1, 2013


    En clase:

    Hablamos del verbo TENER.  Aquí están los apuntes.
    We talked about the verb TENER.  Here are the notes. 

    Tenemos una nueva lista de vocabulario, La Familia.
    We have a new vocab list, The Family. 

    La tarea:

    Llena la lista de vocabulario y la hoja de práctica
    Fill out the vocab list and the worksheet

    We will have a quiz next Monday.  Here are some quizlet acivities to practice:

    Friday, September 27, 2013


    En Clase:

    Repasamos todo mientras jugamos pasar el papel
    We reviewed everything while we played pass the paper

    Miramos Mi vida loca
    We watched Mi vida loca

    Thursday, September 26, 2013

    El Lobo Paragraph Due Tomorrow!


    En Clase:

    We saw some cute kitties

    Seguimos con el cuento del lobo
    We continued with the story about the Wolf

    La tarea:

    Due tomorrow


    Write a paragraph that includes all the scenes of the wolf story.   Write about each frame of the story of the wolf.  The vocabulary is on the back of the sheet.   Use at least 2 adjectives to describe a character or a scene. 
    • See the link here

    Wednesday, September 25, 2013


    En Clase:

    Hablamos de los adjetivos
    We talked about adjectives

    We did the problems on the back of the adjective list

    Tuesday, September 24, 2013


    En Clase:

    Miramos el video “Soy Guapo”
    We watched the music video “Soy Guapo”

    We filled out the list of vocabulary over adjectives.  Use Wordreference.com to find the English meaning to these adjectives. 

    Monday, September 23, 2013

    Pronombres de sujeto y el verbo SER

    En Clase:

    Hablamos de los adjetivos.  
    We talked about adjectives.

    Aprendemos de los pronombres del sujeto y el verbo SER.
    We learned about subject pronouns and the verb SER.

    La tarea:

    Friday, September 20, 2013

    En Clase:

    Hablamos más con los adjetivos y terminamos la hoja sobre los adjetivos.
    We talked more about adjectives and finished the sheet about adjectives.

    Aprendemos las diferencias y similitudes entre los adjetivos en inglés y español por escuchar una canción en inglés.  
    We learned about the similarities and differences between English and Spanish adjectives by listening to a song in English.

    Miramos episodio 4 de mi vida loca
    We watched episode 4 of  mi vida loca

    Thursday, September 19, 2013


    En Clase:

    I passed back the quizzes from yesterday and other quizzes you may not have gotten back. 

    We watched thisawesome school house rock song to start thinking about adjectives.

    I passed out these lecture notes to help you follow along with the lesson on adjectives. 

    La Tarea:

    No homework