Wow! Tomorrow is the final. It will cover the grammar you learned this past year, with a major focus on the preterite tense. In order to review, please do APT p. 180 - 181 and / or En Uso p. 460-461. For additional practice, I recommend reading Activity 19, p. 454, and reviewing Activities 14 & 16, p. 452 - 453.
Tomorrow we will collect all Spanish textbooks so please bring yours to class minus all papers and marks.
We started the last chapter of the book today…wow! Unit 6, chapter 3 is all review and we watched the movies today that summarized what you are now able to do with the language base on all of your hard work last year and this! My recommendation for you to prepare for the final is to go over the grammar boxes in this final chapter and make sure you understand the concept. If you are having trouble, make sure you do some of the activities that relate to that grammar point.
As I wrote on the blog & board yesterday, make sure you have the following assignments for me on Monday: #20, p. 343 paragraph written in the Preterite tense (100 words, more or less); p. 144 Mas Practica; and if you haven’t already done so, #4, p. 437. Most of the grammar on the final is preterite tense, but don’t forget how to use the present indicative tense too!
Today in class we finished up the irregular preterite tense verbs found on p. 431. We rolled the dice to form sentences about what happened at the farm. If you missed class today, make sure you write out a few problems from exercises 15, & 16, p. 432 in the book.
If you were out on Tuesday and have not already done so, review ordinal numbers & rules on p. 430 & do either activity 12 or 13. Homework for tonight (morning classes did this Tuesday) is activity 4, p. 437. By Monday, I want to see a paragraph using a wide variety of verbs in the preterite tense describing what happened a day in the country, based on the guidelines of Activity 20, p. 433.
Please review previous entries for information on Tuesday’s final & links to help you review.
Answers for the worksheet on demonstrative adjectives is here. There is a lot of info to sort through to get to the answers. Please come in prepared to start your quiz right away tomorrow. Start going to classzone to prepare for the final which is next Tuesday. Most of the test will cover the preterite which is found in Units 5.3; 6.1; 6.2. You will be expected to recognize vocabulary from earlier chapters. I suggest you go to Student Tools in classzone & do the online workbook. Make sure you do the practice quizzes too!
IF YOU HAVE A CD FROM THE MEDIA CENTER, PLEASE RETURN IT MONDAY!!!
Today we learned about demonstrative adjectives from the grammar on page 428. Please make sure you complete activity 9 on the following page. Homework for tonight is MP p. 141. The attached demontrative-adjectives worksheets are due on Tuesday. A good explanation for the grammar behind demonstrative adjectives & pronouns can be found on the following site. We will have a vocabulary quiz (multiple choice) on prepositions and demonstrative adjectives & pronouns on Tuesday. Prepositions are found on page 426.
We will be reading and writing a synopsis of what happened in the book Pobre Ana for an oral test sometime next week. Based on what you’ve read thus far, what do you think will happen to Ana?
So far this week we have watched the video En Vivo to finish up U6E1 & both videos En Contexto & En Vivo from Etapa 2. We’ve left the city of Quito, Ecuador & are now out in the country. Today you took an open book quiz followed by a closed book quiz, to finish out Etapa 1. Homework from Tuesday was to complete the worksheet handout from the En Contexto video, read the En Vivo dialogue on page 422 - 23, & conjugate irregular preterite verbs from p. 431 on an worksheet.
If you missed school, please print off the above quiz & worksheet & complete at home. Today we touched on some animal names & prepositions to describe their location. Tonight’s homework is to complete Mas Practica p. 139 - 40 #6 - 9; and Activities 1 & 2 p. 424. Review prepositions on page 426.
Don’t forget to write about what you ate, did & saw at Georgia Festival using the Preterite tense! We’ll have a test on the Unit 6 Etapa preterite grammar Monday and a vocabulary quiz from this same chapter on Wednesday. Go to classzone for additional practice.
Monday’s homework will be to study your vocabulary from page 417 & do related activities 1 - 2 on APT (azul) pages 157 - 159. On Tuesday we will begin Chapter 2 of Unit 6 in which we learn the names of farm animals, prepositions and more irregular preterite verbs (found on page 431). Tuesday evening you will read over the En Vivo dialogue from page 422-23 and complete activities 6 - 9 in Mas Practica, p. 139-140.
Please click on the above link if you wish to read more on a few of the pieces we saw at the High. I was very proud of your behavior at the museum - you make Hopewell and me very proud!
Please note the following dates for tests: We will have our Preterite test on Monday. Homework due that day includes the paragraph on what you did, saw & ate at Georgia Day (Friday) and your art paragraph on which exhibit from TRANSactions affected you the most and why. We will have a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday covering the professions and building descriptors from U6E1. We start our second chapter on Tuesday!
Today was our first of two field trips to the High where we experience TRANSactions, a Latin American and Latino (U.S. born) contemporary art exhibit. All classes will be taught by Sra. El Kadi tomorrow. There is no homework tonight, however there will be an exam on Monday that covers the Preterite tense of ER / IR verbs, regular and irregular from Unit 6, Etapa 1. I recommend you do the Student Workbook and practice quizzes at Classzone.com. If you are not in class on Thursday due to the Geometry EOCT, please complete the following preterite worksheet for additional practice.
The homework from this week was exercises 1 - 3 En Uso p. 413 - 14; and APT p. 161 all.
We have our field trip this week! Please dress neatly. You may wear a Spirit Wear T-shirt from Hopewell if it’s in good condition. We’ll have lunch in the cafeteria upon our return. Homework tonight is APT Blue p. 161 #3; and En Uso p. 414, # 1-2 written out. We’ll have a quiz on the irregular preterite on Thursday.
