Today in Class: 8/22 (A day)

We met Ms.P. (see below), then we had 2 assignments.
Assignment 1: Due next time, 8/24, but can be finished today:  Personal Language Autobiography.  Introduce yourself, then tell all about your language experiences.  Did you take Spanish 1 at NDHS?  How was it?  Are you ready for Spanish II?  Do you speak any other languages?  Where are you from?  Where is your family from?  How has language ability (or lack thereof) affected your life?  Why are you in this specific class, and how do you feel about it?
Assignment 2:  Due Friday, 8/26:  Signed Syllabus Paper.
Review the syllabus (blue link to the left), then write on a sheet of paper that you have read and understand it.  Sign the paper, have your parent/guardian sign it, then give it back to Ms. Potasznik.

Welcome to Ms.P.'s Spanish II class

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Today, A day, Library

1.  If you did not take the final on 5/24/11, see me immediately.
2.  (Teacher) Final Exams have been graded and will be returned today.  1st and 3rd period ACPs are
      this Friday (tomorrow!).

3.  Please compare your test to the corrected exam below.

4.  Then, start on your activities.

Open each activity in a new tab.  You may do activities out of order, but you are not done today until all activities are completed with 100% accuracy.

Actividad 1
Actividad 2
Actividad 3
Actividad 4
Actividad 5
Actividad 6
Actividad 7

Corrected Exam:

Today, computer lab

Open each activity in a new tab.  You may do activities out of order, but you are not done today until all activities are completed with 100% accuracy.

Actividad 1
Actividad 2
Actividad 3
Actividad 4
Actividad 5
Actividad 6
Actividad 7

Today, A day

We had our teacher-made final exams.
We turned in any late work.
We prepared for the ACPs.

Today, B day

Spanish:
1) p256-257: C&T with pictures.

French: We worked on verb reference books and then turned them in.  They are due by 3:45pm today at the latest for full credit.

Today, A day

1) Do not turn in anything today!  I'll take it Monday if you have to turn something in.
2) p256-257: C&T with pictures.

Today, B day

Spanish:
1.  We finished any late work
2.  We turned in both our Cultural Reviews and Note Summaries
3.  We played a game to review for the final.

If you have this class on A days, you will take the teacher-made final on May 24th.  If you have Spanish (or French) on B days, you will have your exam on May 25th.

Additionally, you will have an ACP for this class.  That schedule is separate, beginning May 27th and ending June 2nd.

French
1.  We translated the song "Complainte de la Butte," a song written about love in the 1800s in Montmartre.
2.  We worked on our verb reference books.

Today, A day

1.  We finished any late work
2.  We turned in both our Cultural Reviews and Note Summaries
3.  We played a game to review for the final.

If you have this class on A days, you will take the teacher-made final on May 24th.  If you have Spanish (or French) on B days, you will have your exam on May 25th.

Additionally, you will have an ACP for this class.  That schedule is separate, beginning May 27th and ending June 2nd.

Today, B day

French: work on Verb Reference Book
Spanish: Finish cultural review, begin note summary for final, dictation practice.
For note summary, make sure you include (or memorize):

• Health: illness, aches, exercises (p263)
• Interrogatives: Por cuantos, A que hora, Cuanto cuesta... etc.
• Writing from dictation
• All pronouns: subject, reflexive, direct object, indirect object
• Adjectives: possessive and demonstrative
• Negation: nunca, tampoco, nadie, nada
• Affirmative/Negative commands

Today, A day

1.  Finish cultural review, keep.
2.  Begin note summary for final (Potasznik AND acps)
3.  Dictation practice: in notes, write down the sentences that Ms. P says out loud.

Thurs/Friday... B/A day

Spanish:

Binder check TODAY!
Mini-project: Cultural Review
For each entry, list the name, capital, currency, web code, famous artist, national food and national dance found in the book.  Also include an image of the country's flag and any other drawing you find suitable (animal/painting/etc. that represents the country).  You must do an entry for each of the following 8 countries:

• Spain (p0)
• Puerto Rico (p40)
• Costa Rica (p116)
• Chile (p154)
• Mexico (p192)
• Argentina (p230)
• Dominican Republic (p306)
• Peru (p344)

Hayley from 3rd period is off to a great start:

French:

Today we started our Verb Reference books.  For the following 32 verbs, make a mini reference entry including the infinitive, pronunciation, auxiliary verb (for the past tense), past participle, present conjugation chart, past tense conjugation chart, sentence using verb + at least one vocab word, and the translation of that sentence.

1. Acheter
2. Aller
3. Appeler
4. Avoir
5. Commencer
6. Conduire
7. Connaître
8. Croire
9. Descendre
10. Devoir
11. Dire
12. Dormir
13. Ecrire
14. Etre
15. Faire
16. Lire
17. Mettre
18. Monter
19. Mourir
20. Ouvrir
21. Partir
22. Pouvoir
23. Prendre
24. Recevoir
25. Rester
26. Savoir
27. Servir
28. Sortir
29. Tomber
30. Venir
31. Voir
32. Vouloir

Today, B day

Spanish:
1)  Roll call with "conocer" and direct object pronouns.
2)  Querido Hermanito, volume 2, including the usage/formation/examples of each of the following:

• subject pronouns
• direct object pronouns
• reflexive pronouns
• indirect object pronouns
• regular preterite
• irregular preterite
• present progressive

3)  Put that assignment in your binder, to be checked during our binder check next time. 

French:

Be ready for Binder Check next time!  We learned about the 16 verbs that use "être" in the passé composé instead of "avoir."  These constructions require gender and number agreement in their past participles.  We came up with our own personal mnemonic devices to remember these 16 verbs.  They are:

• Devenir
• Revenir
• Mourir
• Rester
• Sortir
• Venir
• Aller
• Naître
• Descendre
• Entrer
• Rentrer
• Tomber
• Retourner
• Arriver
• Monter
• Partir

Be ready for Binder Check next time!

Today, A day

1)  Roll call with "conocer" and direct object pronouns.
2)  Querido Hermanito, volume 2, including the usage/formation/examples of each of the following:

• subject pronouns
• direct object pronouns
• reflexive pronouns
• indirect object pronouns
• regular preterite
• irregular preterite
• present progressive

3)  Put that assignment in your binder, to be checked during our binder check next time.

Today, B day

Spanish:  We caught up with our A-day classmates by completing 348-349 C&T, then p350 act 2 answers only.

French: We practiced irregular past participles by translating past-tense sentences and finding the corresponding infinitives.

Today, B day

Spanish:
Peru project is due today.
p332-333 C&T all (turn in).
Online Quiz 10 is due tomorrow at midnight. 


French:
15 Pictograms:  choose 15 vocabulary words from different categories (you can't do 15 types of food, for instance) that you have trouble remembering.  Then, use the words themselves to draw a picture of that object.  See below for example.
Online Quiz 6 is due tomorrow at midnight.

Today, B day

Spanish:

1)  Online quizzes and Peru projects are due at the end of this week.
2)  There will be a Cinco de Mayo celebration this Thursday at Woodrow.  If you bring me a signed affidavit from one of the coordinators saying that you brought food to the event (Food must be in the cafeteria by 6pm on Thursday), I will add 10 points to your lowest grade.
3)  Assignment today:  Notas Culturales.  Summarize (using a full, English sentence) the cultural notes on the following pages: 160, 171, 174, 198, 210, 214, 216, 236, 249, 274, 278, 286, 288, 318, 324, 328, 350, 356, 362, 367.
4) I called students individually to give them their progress reports. 

French:

1)  p350-351 Answers only.  Grade in class.

2)  p356 - 357 C&T into notes, draw pictures for the words that are difficult for you to remember.

Today, A day

1)  Online quizzes and Peru projects are due at the end of this week.
2)  There will be a Cinco de Mayo celebration this Thursday at Woodrow.  If you bring me a signed affidavit from one of the coordinators saying that you brought food to the event (Food must be in the cafeteria by 6pm on Thursday), I will add 10 points to your lowest grade.
3)  Assignment today:  Notas Culturales.  Summarize (using a full, English sentence) the cultural notes on the following pages: 160, 171, 174, 198, 210, 214, 216, 236, 249, 274, 278, 286, 288, 318, 324, 328, 350, 356, 362, 367.
4) I called students individually to give them their progress reports.

FINAL ONLINE QUIZZES

For Spanish:Online Quiz 10 


For French: Online Quiz 6

Today, 6th and 8th periods after TAKS

French:

• French online quiz for 6th six weeks assigned (click here)

We translated and found equivalents for 7 French proverbs.  Here they are:
1.  Avoir les yeux plus grands que le ventre
2.  Faire d'une pierre, deux coups
3.  Qui ne risque rien, n'a rien
4.  L'amour est aveugle
5.  Les hommes sont comme les melons: sur dix, il y a un de bon
6.  Quand le chat n'est pas la, les souris dansent
7.  Il n'y a pas de rose sans épine.


Spanish:
Proverbs

• De decir a hacer, hay mucho que ver.
• Dime con quién andas, y te digo quién eres.
• El que busca, encuentra.
• Le das la mano, van a tomarte hasta el codo.
• Más vale tarde que nunca. 

2.  Online Quiz 10 (<-- click there to access)

Today, periods 1 and 3 after TAKS

1.  Assignment: Proverbs.
Copy, translate (word for word), and give an English proverb that has a similar message.  Keep in notes.

• De decir a hacer, hay mucho que ver.
• Dime con quién andas, y te digo quién eres.
• El que busca, encuentra.
• Le das la mano, van a tomarte hasta el codo.
• Más vale tarde que nunca. 

2.  Online Quiz 10 (<-- click there to access) assigned, due midnight on May 6th (same day Perú project is due).