Thursday, December 11, 2014

Next week

Monday- review of irregulars, expectations for DDM

Wednesday- DDM writing
(Spanish Club today too)- Mrs. Garcia's room 2:30-3:00

Friday- Preterite Test

DDM Materials Needed:
Information from Costa Rica Video (Conservation, Pura Vida etc.)
Airport Vocabulary
Shopping Vocabulary
Costa Rica Vocabulary
Notes on Art- Jeannette Carballo and Andres Gomez
Preterite Tense Notes with Irregulars and key words

Monday, December 8, 2014

Tuesday in class

In class you will be working with your groups to finish the Costa Rica Project. You will be working and finalizing your Costa Rica Travel Projects.  Continue with this by filming video, recording lines, inserting pictures etc. This project is due on Thursday of this week.

For Homework please translate the sentences in this document. Your next set of preterite verbs will be used and the crafts/jewelry vocabulary will be needed.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ha7pk53XIDqmXeHmGbnu95tYUjNuAHCoOrJFwB2-z7A/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Un viaje a Costa Rica

Below is the link to the expectation sheet for the trip to Costa Rica Project. We will be working on this again today in class while continuing with our preterite irregulars.

Project Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Ns_6R7th1aNDhVLVFubFltVHc/view?usp=sharing

We will be having a quiz on these 5 verbs on Friday of this week.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Prueba- jueves, el 20 de noviembre
- Preterite tense with y changes and uir verbs
- verbs and basic preterite will be recycled in this too

Escuchar- listen to the information about Arturo's vacation. Answer the following questions.

Link:


Preterite irregulars



Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Use the site- www.photopeach.com to illustrate what happened on a trip to Costa Rica. Use a verb from the following groups: basic ar,er or ir, gar-car-zar, stem changing, y changes. Use the information that you gathered in class. Use a variety of pronouns in the slideshow.

Period 1- paste photopeach in the document link
https://docs.google.com/a/natickps.org/document/d/1oS0ws2MkGpTj2jc84S7hMdXpVGB7Zlc-CrsTmrl7Rnc/edit?usp=sharing

Period 2-paste photopeach in the document link
https://docs.google.com/a/natickps.org/document/d/1v32SkGFYIiQEe33aD4FjxaN-YjJ90S0Pg3SXWglmi7E/edit?usp=sharing

Friday, November 7, 2014

Preterite tense

Quiz next Friday on preterite

- basic endings (ar,er,ir)
- car,gar,zar
- stem changers (e-i,o-u)

Sunday, November 2, 2014

In class work for Monday






A.       Vocabulario (Unidad 1-2) Fill in the vocabulary for the Costa Rica Chapter

https://staff.rockwood.k12.mo.us/reedbrian/spanish2/Documents/Unidad1/VocabList/Sp2Un1-2VocabList.pdf

Quizlet for Vocabulary practice
http://quizlet.com/49134382/avancemos-2-unit-1-lesson-2-vocabulary-flash-cards/


B. Preterite Tense Chart (fill this in by using the link below)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Ns_6R7th1acW1HbjYwQWRHVXM/view?usp=sharing

Link for Preterite tense
http://www2.chappaqua.k12.ny.us/hgfaculty/jasarris/preterite/preterite_tense_irregular.htm

C.  You will be having a quiz on the Costa Rica Culture words on Wednesday of this week. Below are the words that you will need to know:


Naturaleza mariposas despedir cataratas
flora y fauna colibríes dar gracias pescar
observar orquídeas saludar monos
proteger cataratas la felicidad observar
reflejar expresar dar una caminata los pájaros
los valores el optimismo glaciares acampar
la escencia la tranquilidad un volcán las aguas termales
colgar bosques lluviosos ciclo de vida cabina altura deslizar vista





Thursday, October 30, 2014

Escribir

Use the vocabulary from the (Pura Vida, Parques Nacionales, La Naturaleza, Los Ticos, Buru Ri Ri) to write about the culture and a trip to Costa Rica. Include the following:
- 3 words from each section
- uses of tener que, future, 2 verbs
- 2 paragraphs of information

Vocab. quiz on Wednesday of next week.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Tarea- jueves, el 30 de octubre

A. Please define the vocabulary words in each of the cultural sections in the previous post.

B. Please read the reading about the National Park- Buru Ri Ri. You will be having a multiple choice reading assessment on this in class.

C. Notebook check today too.


Monday, October 20, 2014

Practice links for commands and object pronouns

I have included a link on the side of the main blog page that looks like this in order to give you an opportunity to practice with this concept outside of class. Click on the Commands Practice Links. Please use these to help you with this material.



Thursday, October 16, 2014

Actividad- Hablar

Using the airport photo in class you will create an audio recording describing what is happening. Please include the following in speaking:
Use of 2 verbs
Use of future
Use of tener que
Use of Present Progressive
**use a direct object pronoun with at least two of these

2 uses of commands with direct object pronouns
2 uses of indirect object pronouns




Paste link in the doc below:     www.vocaroo.com

Period 1
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LKem-8HPhcfD-fQ7njyCxeah2yumtpIeaM52ZwGQyco/edit?usp=sharing

Period 2
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Mgd5r3RJ4XcWH8tgVN-UopcHqgdiy2pzXZv7YuX09Q/edit?usp=sharing

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Quiz tomorrow, Thursday October 16

Quiz tomorrow on Thursday, October 16th on the following areas:

Informal commands with object pronouns
Travel Vocabulary
Reading about travel (answer questions)
Listening using travel vocabulary

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Commands and vocabulary




We are currently working with informal commands in Spanish and also object pronoun placement. Today in class all students received their textbook codes for our online textbook Avancemos.


Textbook site- my.hrw.com

Students also received a vocabulary list relating to Airport travel and will be having a quiz on both object pronouns and vocabulary next Thursday. We will spend one more class on commands with object pronouns, but students should study these commands, rules for object pronoun placement and airport vocabulary.


Link to commands packet
https://drive.google.com/a/natickps.org/file/d/0B1Ns_6R7th1aMmlqS3Y3OURXYXc/view?usp=sharing

Practice Links:
Informal commands
http://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/command_forms.php
Informal Irregular commands
http://www.sewanee.edu/Language_Lab/spanish/tucomm1.html
http://www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/commands.htm

Formal Commands
http://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/commands_Ud1.php

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Tarea- jueves, el 9 de octubre

Please complete the travel packet. Define all of the words in packet and complete activities a-c. We will be working with commands in class on Thursday too.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Prueba en miércoles

On Wednesday of this week you will be having a quiz on: future, present progressive, 2 verbs side by side and tener+que.

There will be some sentence translations on it along with a reading that will have questions about the information read using the grammar.

Be sure to review the forms of irtener, stem changers and estar.


Also don't forget to complete an audio recording on vocaroo.com. Record 4 sentences using the chart that you used for speaking today in class. Record one sentence per grammar area (4 total). Use details in your sentences.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Stem changing verb quiz

On Friday, September 19th we will be having a stem changing verb quiz. You will have to conjugate the verbs from your note sheet and apply them in context to a reading.

Example Paragraphs with Audio




Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Quiz tomorrow, Wednesday September 10th

1.  Study the verbs in your packet. I will choose about 30 of these. Know the definitions of each.

2. I will also put a listening on the quiz relating to adjectives and activities.

3.  We will be moving into stem-changing verbs tomorrow in class.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

viernes, el 5 de septiembre

Presentation of Collage Today
Shape Poems are due today too!


On Tuesday of next week we will be having a quiz on the following areas:

Question words
Gustar like verbs
Ser with adjectives

****Link for question word practice through Quizlet:
http://quizlet.com/14355405/spanish-question-words-quiz-flash-cards/


On Thursday of next week:
Verb quiz (see list of verbs in packet)
Present tense endings  Ar-Er-Ir

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Bienvenidos a la clase de Señora Tavares

¡Bienvenidos a mi clase! Espero que hayan disfrutado las vacaciones y que estén preparados para una experiencia nueva de la lengua española. 

On our first day together, I explained the course expectations and we did a couple of activities that allowed you apply question words and basic writing skills. Also, we talked about the first speaking assignment which is listed below. 
I am excited to get to know all of  you and about teaching the skills necessary for you to have a solid foundation for future Spanish classes that you will be taking in the future at Natick High.


Speaking Assignment 1- Collage

Classroom Expectations

For our next class:

- Students should get the expectation sheet signed and returned by our next class.
- Students should have a 3 ring binder with at least 4 tabs with filler paper for our next class