April+2012

__**Monday, Tuesday, April 2-3, 2012**__ Play [|El Encierro de Pamplona 1984] as students enter

1. Para Empezar—Write 5 time indicators/phrases that are used with the preterite / 5 phrases that are used with the imperfect

2. Repasa el vocabulario (una leyenda) con tu compañero

3. Leyendas—Personajes worksheet--Refine your descriptions of characters using the imperfect tense

4. Check HW-(worksheets from last week)

5. ¿Cómo era tu rutina diaria a la edad de 6 años?--Escribe un párrafo que explica lo que hacías en un día tipico durante el verano

6. Can you now tell what you were like as a child as well as talk about 3-4 main events that happened during your childhood (niñez)?

To be successful on the test, I need to be able to do the following:
I can describe what I was like as a child using the imperfect tense. I can tell about my physical appearance, my personality, what I liked to do, activities that my family and I did many times in the past

I can also tell about major events in my life using the preterite tense

I can use the preterite and imperfect tenses as well as time indicator phrases to write about what I saw in the videos about the Encierro de Pamplona (la corrida de toros)

I can describe the characters and setting of a leyenda. I can talk about events that happened in it and its message using new vocabulary from this unit.

__**Wednesday, Thursday, April 4-5, 2012**__ Test over Preterite and Imperfect tenses

__**Friday, April 6, 2012**__ 1. al entar a la clase: [|Fotografía] en vivo

2. Recap of la biografia de Juanes

3. Discuss vocab. in wordle that appears on last slide of PowerPoint--how many words do you recognize? (thanks to [|el mundo de birch] for the wordle and idea)

4. Distribute a portion of lyrics to each student; Tea Party activity with lyrics--Students come to open area in middle of class; share their section of lyrics with another student while previously learned song [|A Dios Le Pido] plays in background; When finished discussing they raise hand to indicate they're looking for another partner; continue to move about room until time is called for activity; Will have discussed with 3-4 students

5. At end of Tea Party activity, pick up copy of letra and start to identify vocab. in column to the right; after a few minutes go over vocab. together as a class; give time to work on deciphering lyrics with partner; discuss as a class

6. View video [|Minas Piedras]

__**Monday-Tuesday, April 9-10, 2012**__ 1. Recap letras a Minas Piedras / view video again

2. Language Lab: A. Go to Google Earth. Locate Colombia, and the cities of Cartagena, Juanes' hometown of Medellín, and the capital Bogotá,

B. View the reports below about Colombia and landmines: [|Niños en Colombia los mayores afectados por minas antipersonal] [|TV report on landmines] (tres hermanos-victimas de las minas) [|Unicef report on landmines] Report-[|Landmines shatter children's lives] [|No Más Minas] [|Remángate] [|April 4-Presta Tu Pierna /Lend Your Leg] [|Colombia sin minas -Fundación Mi Sangre] [|Fundación Mi Sangre] [|Colombia sin minas-Campos de Paz] -- (soldados - soldiers, tener fé - to have faith) Learn more about what you can do to fight against landmines: [|If There Were Landmines Here...] Reminder that Colombia is a beautiful country: [|video sobre el turismo en Colombia] [|MInas Piedras en italiano y español]

4. Return to class /Read article "Testimonios de víctimas" and answer questions that follow the different paragraphs

5. Writing prompt: Letter to President Santos of Colombia

__**Wednesday-Thursday, April 11-12, 2012**__ Starter: [|Un Minuto con Juanes] (¿Qué quiere decir ambos / ninguno?)

Read letters aloud to partner / turn in

Present Progressive Introduction & take notes over info. at end of PowerPoint and write out practice sentences

Information Gap activities with Present Progressive (-ing form)



__**Friday April 13, 2012**__ 1. Recap formation of -ing form (el presente progresivo) 2. Writing prompt: "Central desde arriba"--If you were to peel back the roof off of Central, what would you observe happening at that instant? Write 12 sentences using the -ing form to talk about what is happening in various places throughout the school. For example--en el gimnasio, en la biblioteca, en la cafeteria, en la clase de... 3. Return tests & discuss

__**Monday-Tuesday, April 16-17, 2012**__ 1. View Fotografia en vivo as students enter (starts around 4:57) []

2. "Fotografias" will be the theme of today's lab activity. We often use the present progressive tense when we describe photos to others. In the lab, you will search to find eight photos that could represent "mis vacaciones" (real or imaginary), "mis activitidades" o "la vida de un famoso". Paste the photos into a PowerPoint or word document but do not write anything*. You'll have approximately 15 minutes to find pictures. Be sure to find things you can easily identify and do not repeat the same activities. You will then be part of a rotation where students come to you to listen to you describe your photos and you will also listen to the descriptions of other students. *students who were absent will need to write a description for each photo using the present progressive (-ing form).

3. Students will see their updated test scores that reflect rubric conversion

4. Explanation of adverbs formed with -mente (View PowerPoint) 5. Convert the adjectives found on slide #3 or on document below into adverbs. (Write) 6. Interview activity*--Answer with present tense and an adverb with -mente from the list in #5 or others you can think of. *Students who were absent will need to write these out. 7. [|Pee Wee's Morning Routine]: View and write 10 sentences about what he is doing and how he is doing it throughout clip using the present progressive and an adverb with -mente..

__**Wednesday-Thursday, April 18-19, 2012**__ 1. Give examples of demonstrative adjectives & pronouns / fill in grammar organizer: 2. Do A/B activity with demonstrative adjectives (gracias a Wendy Brownell en Camdenton, MO por esta actividad) 3. A Jugar: Veo Veo First, make a list of all the colors in Spanish that you know. Take turns describing various objects in the classroom to your partner, who will guess using the correct demonstrative pronoun (absent students need to write out descriptions of two objects in the room and then tell what it is using a demonstrative pronoun in the final sentence) Ejemplo: Veo algo que es pequeno. Es amarillo y verde. Respuesta: Es aquel gatito (a toy on top shelf in classroom).

4. Comparisons: Interview partner by asking questions on sheet. (Absent students need to write answers to their choice of five of the questions.) 5. Tarea: Worksheet to give opinions that express better/worse

__**Friday, April 20, 2012**__ No hay clases--Disfruten su tiempo libre!

__**Monday-Tuesday, April 23-24, 2012**__ View video clip on el volcan Popo en Mexico: [] 1. Lab One: Students will be paired up to express and react to opinions from last week's homework 2. Follow-up conversation in class

3. Find Someone Who with comparisons / follow-up discussion (absent students need to fill in blanks with their own opinions) 4. Actividad en Pareja--Form complete sentences from the scrambled words 5. Tarea: Finish #4 above and write 5 additional and original sentences following the format of those sentences & those in #3 above

__**Wednesday-Thursday, April 25-26, 2012**__ 1. Share sentences from homework with partner

2. El Anuario--View yearbook pictures and then write 5 sentences to write descriptions of CHS students (positive comments only!) Follow the sentence structure you used foryour homework: Nombre es el chico / la chica mas de la escuela / de mi clase / de la ciudad...\ 3. PowerPoint presentation on Absolute Superlatives 4. . Grammar organizer on Absolute Superlatives

5. . Tarea: Expressing opinions using comparisons, superlatives, and absolute superlatives

__**Friday, April 27, 2012**__ 1. Describe pictures using present progressive. Absent students need to write about any 10 photos and turn in to me for participation points. 2. Review chart in notebook with demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. Complete this activity: 3. Partner Practice Activity using demonstrative adjectives and pronouns--Work with partner and change off after every three problems