Monday, January 23, 2017

Choose your own adventure day!

Welcome!  ¡Bienvenidos! CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!!


CONJUGATING: FIRST:  check out this playlist!!


THEN, GAMES TO PRACTICE -- THESE HAVE ALL OF THE PRONOUNS/ENDINGS!

What these verbs MEAN

QUESTION WORDS:

PLACES VOCABULARY:


8TH GRADERS:   HS Placement Paragraph help!
IDEAS/TOPICS:


  • HS Placement packet
      1. Your family
      ○    What are their names and ages?
      ○    What are does each one like, dislike?
      ○    What do they do? What are their jobs or hobbies?
      ○    Write about an activity you did with a family member last summer. → preterit and imperfect
      ○    Tell about the future plans of someone → future tense
      1. Your favorite foods
      ○    What do you eat for breakfast? What did you eat yesterday?→ preterit and imperfect
      ○    What foods do you like/dislike? Why? ○   
      • Write about a meal you had at a restaurant.
      • What did you order for each course and how much did it cost? → higher / cost numbers & “to order” (pedir)
      • Did you like the meal?
      ○    Tell whether or not you would go there again and if you would recommend it to your friends.
      1. Hobbies/Past times
      ○    Write about the things you like to do outside of school (for example: reading, listening to music, playing video games, drawing, cleaning the house, cooking)
      ○    Who do you like to do these activities with?
      ○    Write about what you did for fun the last time there was a rainy day or a snow day.
      ○    What are you going to do this weekend at home?
      1. Storytelling
      ○    Write a short story in the language you’re studying. → preterit and imperfect
      ○    Make sure your story includes characters, a setting, a problem, and a solution.
      ○    Include details about your story elements to make your story more interesting.
      ○    You may include verbs in the present, past, and/or future tense.
      1. Physical Descriptions and Personality Traits
      ○    Write about two to three people.  They can be someone you know, someone famous, someone made up, or even yourself.
      ○    Include at least three physical descriptions for each person.
      ○    Describe their personalities, likes and dislikes, things they like to do.
      ○    Add any information that you think is important to know about the people you’re describing.

SENTENCE HELP:
VOCABULARY HELP: 



VERBS HELP: 

Friday, December 9, 2016

Schedule day!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKuQRk71EYwAzKo7vYxcY4I6lmuSrNNYyQcsh8PTxq8/edit

Open this up!

GO to FILE

Then, select MAKE A COPY!!
Put your NAME IN to the title, and

SHARE IT WITH Ms. Williams --> hit "Share" and type in "Catherine Williams"

Monday, November 21, 2016

HERE IS THE QUIZ!

Please CLICK HERE to take the quiz!!

It only uses "yo", "tú", "él", "ella", and "usted".

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

VERB REVIEW DAY!

VERB REVIEW DAY!


FIRST:  check out this playlist!!

And these games!


OR, GAMES TO PRACTICE -- THIS IS WITH ALL OF THE FORMS!!
What these verbs MEAN



    FOR HOME:


    ADVANCED:  Preview of the SHOE VERBS and WEIRD/IRREGULAR VERBS that come next:

    Or, you can make a copy of this VERB BOX HANDOUT and fill it in to help you practice -- Check with MS. WILLIAMS for advanced conjugations!


    Please make sure to stay ON TASK -- review what you can WHILE you can!

    The last 15 minutes of class will be the VERB CONJUGATION QUIZ!

    Tuesday, November 15, 2016

    Semana 2 - La agenda de lunes, el 14 de noviembre hasta viernes, el 18 de noviembre

    Hola, y ¡bienvenidos a la clase de español!  Welcome to the SECOND WEEK of Spanish class!




    LUNES, el 14 DE NOVIEMBRE

    ¡Aquí está la presentación que usamos de hoy!

     Hola, y ¡feliz septiembre!  ¡Aquí está la presentación que usamos de hoy!   Here is our agenda for today:
    • Calentamiento: 
      • ¡Saquen ustedes la tarea!
        • If you have them, take out your yellow TODO SOBRE YO packet and/or your blue  syllabus and turn in the SIGNED BACK PAGE!
      • Also, TAKE OUT your white sheet from FRIDAY --  DAY 2: VERB BOOT CAMP!
    • Let's keep going on the DAY 2 sheet: 
      • How do verbs change in Spanish?
      • A: Figure out the _action  word:  Write or underline the verb! 
      • T: Figure out the _tense_ :  Past, Present, or Future tense.
        • This year, we’re going to be talking about Present tense ONLY,  but there are other tenses you will learn in later Spanish classes!
      • T: _Take _ _off_  the _ending _   :  Remember, the three different kinds of endings of the infinitive verbs in Spanish are _AR    _._ ER  and _IR  
        • The part of the verb left over when you take off its ending is called the stem of the verb!
      • A: __Add       __ on the correct ending for that tense and the person you’re talking about! 
      • C: __Conjugate__ the verb!  
      • then, K: Write your sentence w/ words you __KNOW__!
    • Review of the PRONOUNS: 

    Pronoun in ENGLISH
    Pronoun in SPANISH

    I

    yo

    you (informal)

    tú

    he

    she

    you (formal)

    él

    ella

    usted

      • Practice: 
        • Let's use the ATTACK to create some VERB CHARTS!
        • Use today's presentation to help you fill them in!
      • THEN, we did the CONJUGATION TRAIN!!
        • We’re going to MARCH AROUND IN A RIDICULOUS/SUPER FUN KINDERGARTEN-STYLE TRAIN and actually say, in Spanish, the CONJUGATIONS of different verbs.
          • YES, you have to.
        • It’s harder than you might think!!
          • We are only using this time to conjugate; no side conversations, please!
      • FINALLY, VERB PRACTICE GAME
        • Can you name each one of these verbs going from Spanish to English?
          • What about going from English to Spanish?
        • IF YOU NEED TO PRACTICE, please use these ONLINE FLASHCARDS and review games: https://quizlet.com/_2gv190

      La tarea, or the HOMEWORK:  MEMORIZE THE -AR VERBS on your Verb Boot Camp Day 2 sheet!   Use these ONLINE FLASHCARDS and Review Games!


      ***IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, please make sure you complete and turn in your 
      yellow TODO SOBRE YO packet and/or your blue  syllabus and turn in the SIGNED BACK PAGE!



      MARTES, el 15 DE NOVIEMBRE

      ¡Aquí está la presentación que usamos de hoy!
      VERB REVIEW DAY!

      FIRST:  check out this playlist!!
      Work on CONJUGATING regular VERBS
      THEN, GAMES TO PRACTICE -- THESE HAVE ALL OF THE PRONOUNS/ENDINGS!

      All of the verbs, conjugated
      What these verbs MEAN



        For HOME:   Señor JORDAN Videos
        - Infinitives & Conjugation video
        - The conjugation strategy video
        - AR verbs video
        - 10 common AR verbs
        - ER verbs video
        - 10 common ER verbs
        - IR verbs video
        - Overview video of how to conjugate AR, ER, AND IR verbs!

        Or, you can make a copy of this VERB BOX HANDOUT and fill it in to help you practice -- Check with MS. WILLIAMS for advanced conjugations!


        Please make sure to stay ON TASK -- review what you can WHILE you can!




        The last 15 minutes of class on Friday will be the VERB CONJUGATION QUIZ!