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   

Las Calaveras Literarias - Calavera Poems

Today we worked on out Calavera Literarias or Poemas Calaveras. 

• Here is the template for completing your poem
• Here is my example about my grandpa
• Here is the project rubric to reference

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!!

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:

• Gustar verbs
• Conjugation
• Conjugating 2 verbs

 

Exhibition:

November 4^th at 5:30pm

Sacred Heart Church

Parish Hall

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

Project Work Time and Homework Due

We watched a short animation on DDLM

This worksheet was due for homework (credit) on Friday

• Here are the answers

We worked on our projects

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. 

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. 

Begin Project Work Mañana - DDLM

We watched a video on José Posada and his artwork and another video on the modern styles of Día del os Muertos artwork.

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

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

BBC VIDEO 1

BBC VIDEO 2

 

Hablamos sobre el proyecto

We talked about the project

Aprendemos el tiempo presente

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

Here is the quizlet

 

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

Dibuja TREX intentando jugar o tocar algo

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. 

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

·         BBC Día de los Muertos 3 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. 

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.

Today we worked on our SLC notecards

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

Hoy miramos mi vida loca

Hablamos de el verbo “GUSTAR”

 

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

We have new vocab overhobbies

• Here are the answers to the practice problems on the back (I don't know why the formatting is off)

Evaluación Mañana – Los adjetivos, los pronombres, SER, La familia

Today we reviewed for the quiz.  

• Here is a review sheet for thequiz tomorrow. 
• Here are the answersfor the review sheet.

We finished our family trees and turned them in.  

Here are the quizlet links again:

La familia

Los pronombre y SER

Los adjetivos

Mixed problems

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. 

Here is the project rubric and task statement. 
 

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

En clase:

I explained the family tree project. 

I corrected your family tree organizer.

You began work on your family tree. 

Here is the project rubric and task statement. 

 

The Family Tree will be due Monday, October 7th

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

• La familia
• Los pronombre y SER
• Los adjetivos
• Mixed problems 

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.  

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

• Hereis the filled out vocab list to check your work
• Here is the completed worksheet

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

• La familia
• Los pronombre y SER
• Los adjetivos
• Mixed problems