Note: Students will take a pre-diagnostic assessment for high school Spanish. The results will bet used to help shape my lesson planning from now to the end of the year! This assessment will in no way affect your grade in this course!
el 14 de febrero-el 18 de febrero
MON/TUE: Students will present their keynotes of famous Spanish artists.
WED/THUR/FRI: Movie with Spanish subtitles...students will record new vocabulary learned.
el 7 de febrero-el 11 de febrero
I can conjugate the verbs TENER and VENIR
I know the various expressions using the verb TENER
I know the capitals of the Spanish-speaking countries
Assessment: Map of Latin American with capitals
15 word-processed sentences using the verb tener/venir
I can talk about SEVEN (Goya, El Greco, Velázquez, Rivera, Kahlo, Sorolla, Picasso) major Spanish artists and can identify characteristics of their artwork.
Students will create keynotes about each artist and present them to the class next week.
(reference: 19) SPANISH PROJECTS, #2.
el 31 de enero-el 4 de febrero (miércoles...día de nieve?)
I can...
use a dictionary to find out if a verb is stem-changing
conjugate a regular stem-changing verb
AR: empezar (e-ie)-to begin Yo empiezo la tarea.
ER: poder(o-ue)-can, to be able Yo puedo cantar muy bien.
IR-pedir(e-i)-to ask for Yo te pido un millón de dólares.
Assessment:
Quiz on OR MAKE A LARGE COLORFUL POSTER ILLUSTRATNG HOW TO CONJUGATE A REGULAR AR, ER, and IR VERB
el 24 de enero-el 28 de enero
Note: No class on Wednesday due to early release day.
You will have four class periods this week to complete food porject..
videotaped restaurant skit, word-processed menu, or food poster!
25 items= one person; 40=two persons
el 18 de enero-el 21 de enero
Tuesday: Complete "Mi Casa Ideal"/"Mi Dormitorio Ideal"
Wednesday-Friday (NOTE: FRiday was a "snowday!"
I can...
order food from Mickey D's!
Assessment: Videotaped skit and McDonald's Pictorial Menu
el 10 de enero-1l 14 de enero
I can...
Idenitfy the various rooms/parts/furnishings of my house.
Project: Mi Casa Ideal"- House plans for my ideal house! Please have a minimu of 20 vocabulary words for your houseplans! Also, you are to do a layout of your ideal room. Please have a minimum of 15 vocabulary words for your ideal room. You may create these on your laptop or use 8.5 x 11" or poster paper. Assignment due on Thursday, January 13th! You will be graded on accuracy of spelling, neatness, CREATIVITY, and thoroughness! Have fun!
el 3 de enero-el 7 de enero Feliz Ano Nuevo!
"Cultural Island" Approach..i.e. minimum of English!
REVIEW WEEK!
Review Basic Phrases....
Review Saber and Conocer
Review All previously taught material....
NEW! DAR and IR
......................
el 20 de diciembre-el 22 de diciembre
"En Casa Solo" Movie en español!
el 13 de diciembre-el 17 de diciembre
I can...
use the correct form of the verbs SABER and CONOCER (both mean "To know" but are used in a different context)
PLUS: mini-project
Create your own Television commericial...minimum of one minute OR an advertisement...I will provide a rubric for this project!
Commercial must be at least 50 words minimum!
Mexican Cooking Project: CHURROS!
el 6 de diciembre-el 10 de diciembre
BIO-POEM: Yourself /Famous Person
I can demonstrate mastery of the 25 Basic Phrases
Assessment: Oral quiz or keynote.....minimum of 15 frames of illustrated Basic Phrases or if working with partner all 25!
el 29 de noviembre-el 3 de diciembre
TODO SOBRE YO (ICON #40 on my wepage!)"ALL ABOUT ME" ESSAY...
Introduction...200 word MINIMIMUM
Due Date: Friday, December 3rd end of class!
el 22 de noviembre-el 23 de noviembre de 2010
Uses of SER and ESTAR
SER & ESTAR ASSESSMENT
Weather Review/Project Sharing
el 15 de noviembre-el 19 de noviembre de 2010
I can...
Conjugate and use the verb SER ("to be") correctly...
Talk about my classes...
Talk about the weather....
Assessments: SER or ESTAR Worksheet
Oral quiz: 5 weather expressions
Paragraph: Yo estudio..... Mis clases favoritas son..... Mis clases menos favoritas son...
Mi profesor de español es el señor Sferes. Mi profesora de leer ("reading") es la señora Robert.
Friday: Begin movie: Learning Target: SER and ESTAR...and their uses!
el 8 de noviembre-el 12 de noviembre
Learning Targets:
I can conjugate and use the IRREGULAR VERB "ESTAR" ("to be") correctly.
I can ask and answer basic questions about the weather.
I understand which form of the verb to use with subjects such as "Tomás y yo," "Sarita y Juan," etc.
LEARNING ASSESSMENTS:
Conjugation Quiz: REGULAR AR, ER, IR VERBS (Wednesday)
CHOICE: 5 WEATHER POSTERS ( 1 person) or AN ONLINE VIDEO FORECAST (1 or 2 persons)
Note: Monday: Block 4 class only: WELCOME BACK DOMINIC!
el primero de noviembre-el 5 de noviembre
Learning Targets:
MONDAY: Due to my extended absence, Monday's class will be devoted to reviewing/grading two major assignments
"SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES" and "KEYNOTE PROJECT" om your assigned country.
TUESDAY-FRIDAY: LEARNING TARGETS:
I can conjugate REGULAR "AR", "ER", and "IR" VERBS
ASSESSMENT: Conjugate three REGULAR "ER" and three "IR verbs in your notebook.
(REVIEW) I can identify the colors in Spanish
I understand subject/verb agreement and can choose the correct verb form for a subject such as "Tomás,"
Susana y yo," "Tú y yo," etc.
I can tell my name, age, where I am fro, my birthday, and three activities I like to do and three activities I do not like to do.
ASSESSMENT: FIRST COMPOSITION PROJECT
el 25 de octubre-el 29 de octubre
Learning Target:
Cultural knowledge of each of the 19 Spanish-Speaking Countries:
Each student will develop a keynote (powerpoint) of a Spanish-speaking country. Detailed directions are available on my website under icon # 19 (PROJECTS), #4.
el 18 de octubre-el 22 de octubre
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO ILLNESS, THE PROJECTS AND PANCAKE BREAKFAST FOR BLOCKs 3 AND 4 WILL BE RESHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.
Your Learning Targets for this week at the same as those on the Grade 7 Learning Targets for Oct.18-22.
el 12 de octubre-el 15 de octubre
1) Last call for NOTEBOOK CHECK
2) Last call for "ALL ABOUT ME" essays
3) "AR" VERB POSTER / Laptop or Poster
I can...
4) Review of all Learning Targets to date!
1) Conjugate a regular "AR" verb
2) List 15 ( or more) regular"AR" verbs
Next week: Project Week! Will discuss on el 15 de octubre!
el 4 de octubre-el 8 de octubre
1) Written Essay: Write a 200 word essay telling me about yourself! Why? A good teacher gets to know each of his students as individuals. This will count as an assessment.
2 Notebook Check
I can....
Write dates (ex: "el dos de enero")
Identify the gender of nouns (el, la, los, las)
Make nouns plural
Explain Verb Conjugation in English
Identify the subject pronouns
Demonstrate the skills/knowledge of all Learning Targets taught to date
Demonstrate knowledge of the Spanish terms for arithmetical functions
el 27 de septiembre-el primero de octubre
I can...
1) Actively use the "Panic Buttons" (Grade 8 Cuaderno, # )
2) Tell Time: Review & Assessment)
3) List and understand the subject pronouns (yo, tú', Usted, etc.)
4) How to make accents and tildes ("ñ") on a MAC (REVIEW FROM LAST YEAR!)
5) Notebook Check on Friday
6) Body Parts Assessment (Must be completed this week!)
7)Me duele / Me duelen with body parts
el 20 de septiembre-el 24 de septiembre
PROJECT CHOICES!!!! You may work alone or with ONE partner to complete one of the following projects. If time allows, you may choose to do a second project for EXTRA-CREDIT!
PLEASE NOTE: I will explain each of these projects thoroughly on Monday.
1) Class Birthday Calendar
2) Cool Expressions posters...10 LARGE POSTERS
3) LARGE body parts puzzle
4) Develop a GAME that can be used to review TIME, BODY PARTS, DAYS, MONTHS, etc.
5) Research TEN new websites that you recommend that I hadd to my website..be sure I do not have them on my site already.
6) Come up with a NEW and BETTER MNEMONIC for remembering the Spanish-speaking countries; then make a LARGE poster with the mnemonic and countries listed in large, colorful letters.
7) UN DESAYNUNO GRATIS DE PANQUEQUES...a free Pancake breakfast poster.
8) DEVELOP AND COLLECT A LIST OF PROPS FOR POSSIBLE SKITS
9) Body Parts Poster...Minimum of 25 body parts! Make it LARGE, COLORFUL, PRINT ALL SPANISH BODY PARTS...TITLE: EL CUERPO ("The Body"). BE CREATIVE!
10) Make a LARGE PUZZLE of CENTRAL AMERICA or SOUTH AMERICA. Make it colorful...label each country NEATLY in BLOCK LETTERS.
11) SKIT...Write a simple skit (minimum of ten lines each) incorporating ONLY material learned thus far. Then film it on your laptop to show to the class. Be sure Sr. Sferes proofs the draft skit for you and review pronunciation.
12) Your idea?
el 13 de septiembre-el 17 de septiembre
Review of the above learning targets plus the following review topics:
I can...
1) SPELL the Spanish-speaking counties. 2A
2) SPELL 0-100. 3A
3) SPELL the days and months in Spanish. 7A
4) tell time. (6A)
5) use Tú and Usted correctly. 8A/B
6) use five cool expressions in Spanish. 24I
el 7 de septiembre-11 de septiembre
el 7 de septiembre-el 10 de septiembre
I can...
1) say the alphabet in Spanish. 1A
2) spell words in Spanish. 1A
3) name the Spanish-speaking countries. 2A
4) count from 0-100. 3A
5) say "hello" and "goodbye" several different ways. 4A/B
6) tell someone how old I am. 5A
7) find out how old someone is. 5B
8) say the date in Spanish (day/month/year). 7A
9) identify each of the body parts in Spanish. 24H
