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This site will be your source for everything you need to know about your Spanish II class, except for grades, which you’ll find at the MyCCS site.

If you lose something, you can download it below; if you’re absent, you are expected to have checked this site and know what we did in class before you return from your absence. You’ll find advice to help you to make the homework easier, links to check out that relate what we’re learning to the real-world, and downloadable audio from some classes so you can re-listen, or stay caught up during an absence.

 

1/5, 6: Converse in Spanish about winter break. Regular Preterites song and review. Practiced direct and indirect object pronouns and with verb cards in past tense. Went to lab to work on homework. Homework: For next time, do “Preterite reg, More ar/er/ir, present, all infin” in Conjuguemos, to make sure you’re able to deal with preterite even if you have present tense mixed in. If you can get 20 right with 90% accuracy in five minutes, you’ll receive credit, and you can probably consider yourself pretty well “brushed-up” on the preterite. If you notice particular weak areas, you’ll want to find activities that focus on those areas, then come back to this activity.

 

1/9: (Gold) Talked about homework. Introduction to phrases like “hace tres años que estudio español”, also known as the “hace time expression”. Worked on direct and indirect object pronouns and keeping your terminology straight. Sang Comparatives, Irregular Preterites, and Regular Preterites songs. Began novel, Tierra. Homework Keep thinking of your skill level in terms of where you should be right now on the preterite: you should be good at all types of preterites. If you breezed through that last activity without having to use your materials, you don’t have to worry about doing much with verbs tonight—instead, get a jump on the vocabulary I passed out. Otherwise, continue trying to get really good at that assignment (you’re really good when you can score at a high percentage without materials), and if you need to do more basic activities to master skills like stem-changers or y preterites first, do that.

1/12: (Blue) Introduction to phrases like “hace tres años que estudio español”, also known as the “hace time expression”. Using the “hace time expression” with the preterite to say “ago”. Worked on direct and indirect object pronouns and keeping your terminology straight. Tarea: Keep thinking of your skill level in terms of where you should be right now on the preterite: you should be good at all types of preterites. If you breezed through that last activity without having to use your materials, you don’t have to worry about doing much with verbs tonight—instead, get a jump on the vocabulary I passed out. Otherwise, continue trying to get really good at that assignment (you’re really good when you can score at a high percentage without materials), and if you need to do more basic activities to master skills like stem-changers or y preterites first, do that.

 

1/13, 14: Review of hace time expression, learn to make and answer questions with them. Read through first page (20 agosto) of Tierra and discuss. Homework: Begin learning vocabulary from page 187 for quiz three classes from today. You can work on the Quia activity entitled “II 3.2 Vocabulary”, work in Classzone.com, and/or quiz yourself from the folded sheet. You should be able to do the Conjuguemos activity entitled “Unit 3.2 (p. 187)” by the day of the quiz without materials with 25 right and 90% accuracy. As always, I recommend learning the vocabulary flash-card style English-to-Spanish before beginning the Conjuguemos activity. You will have much less stress, and will remember the words better (less reviewing for the test) if you divide up the time you spend on this vocabulary and spread it out over the days between now and the quiz! Also: Re-read Tierra “20 agosto” and answer the questions in the Quia activity entitled: “Tierra Prologo, 20 agosto”. 90% required for credit.

 

 

1/15, 16: Sing Comparativos and Irregular Preterites. Read and discussed second page of Tierra (22 agosto). Homework: Continue studying p. 187 vocabulary for quiz class-after-next. Begin work on Conjuguemos activity “Unit 3.2 (p. 187)” if you’re ready. To keep fresh on what you’ve read, and to have the chance to see the test questions over Tierra, re-read “22 agosto” and do the Quia activity below with 90% accuracy.

 

 

1/20, 21: Watched video introduction to p. 187 vocabulary. Read and discussed 23 agosto from Tierra. Sing Irregular Preterites. Card pass irregular preterites. Homework: Conjuguemos “Preterites, Irregular”. All verbs are found in the song lyrics on the Past-Tense Sheet, and in the lower-right corner. 25 right with 90% accuracy. Continue preparing for Quiz next class, and complete the Conjuguemos activity “Unit 3.2 (p. 187)”. Get 25 right with 90% accuracy.

 

1/22, 23: Quiz over 3.2 (p. 187) vocabulary. Read 26 and 27 agosto and discuss. To lab to work on hace time expression and irregular preterites. Homework: Carefully read about hace time expressions in the Grammar Packet (section A), then do “Hace Time Expression” in Conjuguemos. You can download and watch my PowerPoint below if you think that would help. Throughout the activity, keep in mind that it’s the word “ago” that will determine whether you use the past or present tense (see grammar packet, section A). Get 15 right with 85% accuracy. Also, re-read 23 agosto and 26 agosto and do the Quia activity below entitled “Tierra 23, 26 agosto”. Get at least five of the six questions right. You may want to take a look at what’s on the test time-after-next and see if there’s anything else you need to brush-up on.

 

1/26, 27: Read 27 agosto, discuss. Go to lab to do whatever you need to practice for test. Read 28 agosto, discussed in groups. Homework: Test next class (p. 187 vocabulary, regular preterites (from “regular” song: stem-changing, y, qu/gu/c), irregular preterites (from song and lower-right of Past-Tense sheet), Tierra reading (multiple-choice questions pulled from Quia assignment), hace time expression.) To prepare for the reading portion, have your reading sheets handy and work on the “Tierra Test 1” assignment on Quia. Get 85% correct for credit, but if you accomplish this the first or second time, keep in mind that you’re not seeing about two-thirds of the questions, and that the questions you don’t see may be on the test. All questions about the book on the test will come from this pool of questions, but not all of these questions will be on the test. It will probably take about three times through it to make sure you see all of the questions. Refer to the pages as you go, for both content and for vocabulary!

 

1/28, 29: Test: p. 187 vocabulary, regular preterites (from “regular” song: stem-changing, y, qu/gu/c), irregular preterites (from song and lower-right of Past-Tense sheet), Tierra reading (multiple-choice questions pulled from Quia assignments), hace time expression. Homework: Begin preparing for vocabulary quiz three classes from now over vocabulary on p.217. There are close to 40 words, so start right away!

 

1/30, 2/2: Watched Telehistoria DVD from Unidad 3, Lecciónes 1 & 2. Went to lab to learn Imperfect Tense on Conjuguemos activity “Imperfect Tense”. (Everything you need to know about it is on the back side of the Past Tense Sheet.) Passed cards to review direct object pronouns and indirect object pronouns. Homework: Continue to prepare for the vocabulary quiz (p.217) class-after-next. If you’re familiar with the vocabulary, you may be ready to work on the Conjuguemos assignment (due time-after-next) entitled “: Unit 4-1 (p. 217)”. Remember, work on these words a little each day! Also, to make sure you’re keeping up with the new verb forms, get 30 right with 95% accuracy on the Conjuguemos activity entitled “Imperfect Tense”.

 

2/3, 4: Watch DVD vocabulary intro over 4.1 vocabulary. Read 31 agosto from Tierra. Card passing, imperfect. Read through a story in English and discussed preterite vs. imperfect usage. Homework: Prepare for quiz next time over 4.1 vocabulary. Get 20 right with 95% accuracy without using your materials on Conjuguemos vocabulary practice activity “Unit 4-1 (p. 217)” to make sure you’re prepared for the quiz.

 

2/5, 6: Quiz over 4.1 vocabulary (p. 217). Read 1 septiembre. Story in English w/preterite/imperfect discussion. Comparatives song. Homework: Re-read 31agosto and 1 septiembre and get 80% the Quia activity over them.

 

2/9, 10: Read 3 septiembre. Preterite/Imperfect story in English. Comparatives song. Homework: Re-read 3 septiembre and get an 80% or higher on the Quia assignment over it. Also, prepare (I recommend doing the Conjuguemos activity over imperfect until you’re really good) for a quiz over imperfect forms. The quiz will be taken in the lab on Quia, so no partial credit will be given—you’ll need to get your accent marks right!

 

2/11, 12: Quiz over imperfect forms. Read 5 septiembre. Review of reflexive verbs with cards. Homework: Prepare for test over p. 217 vocabulary, imperfect forms, preterite forms (review, regular and irregular), questions over readings since 31 agosto, including recognition (you give me the English) of vocabulary found in glossaries: burlarse de, reírse de, cortar, (el) césped, cambiar, lo que, ayer, la pandilla, mientras, además, árboles, tratar de, espía, oye, indocumentado. There will be preterite and imperfect forms on the test, but NO preterite vs. imperfect! Do “Tierra Test 2” (below) three or four times, and you’ll see all of the potential Tierra test questions. There is an activity “II Sem 2 Practice for test 2” below that includes all topics on the test. It’s a little intimidating because you can’t tell where the imperfect verb section ends and where preterite begins, but imperfect ends when the parentheses after the verbs disappear.

 

2/13, 17: Test: p. 217 vocabulary, imperfect forms, preterite forms (review), questions over readings from 31 agosto through 5 septiembre, including recognition of vocabulary found in glossaries: burlarse de, reírse de, cortar, (el) césped, cambiar, lo que, ayer, la pandilla, mientras, además, árboles, tratar de, espía, oye, indocumentado. Homework: begin learning 4.2 vocabulary on page 241 for a quiz three classes from now. Also, begin deciding on a Three Ps “Escoge tú” project—notice that there is a reward for turning it in early!

 

2/18, 19: Continued analyzing preterite vs. imperfect story in English. Review d.o. and i.o pronouns. Explanation and demonstration of using direct object and indirect object pronouns in the same sentence. Songs. Homework: Continue preparing for the quiz class-after-next. Work on preterite and imperfect forms as-needed to become excellent at them.

 

2/20, 24: Go over tests. Read 6 septiembre, discuss. Review concept of double object pronouns. Preterite/Imperfect practice in Spanish with a fill-in-the blank review of Tierra. Homework: Continue studying for vocabulary quiz next time. Do the Conjuguemos assignment “Unit 4.2 Vocabulary p. 241”. Get at least 25 right with 90% accuracy.

 

2/24, 25: Quiz, p. 241 vocabulary. Preterite/Imperfect practice. Read 8 septiembre. Conversation in Spanish about the weekend. Homework: By now, you should be able to do the Conjuguemos activity “Preterites, All, with present” successfully. Be careful, there are a few present-tense verbs that may pop up, and you’ll see some direct object pronouns as well. If you have trouble with this activity, figure out which types of verbs are causing you trouble, consult the information in the songs, and work on the activity that focuses on your area of weakness. You need to get to a high level of success on Preterite, All, with present” and stay there for as long as you take Spanish.

 

2/26, 27: Worked in lab on the Conjuguemos activity “II Common Errors to Eliminate” and the Quia activity “II Writing Problems (below). Read 10 septiembre and discussed. Preterite and Imperfect on Tierra review. Homework: Continue your quest for excellence on preterite forms. Also, do “Preterite and Imperfect” on Conjuguemos, Remember that you’ll use preterite forms for actions or states that are “events”—that is to say that when the beginning, end, or entirety of the action is represented by the one word; and you’ll use imperfect for ongoing or repeated actions or states. See your “Past Tense Sheet” for the full explanation. If you are weak on preterite and/or imperfect forms, this assignment will be harder than it needed to be. If forms are causing you more trouble than the preterite/imperfect decision, you need to go back to the types of verbs that give you the most trouble and practice them individually, then come back to the assignment when you’re good at the forms. Get 15 right with 85% accuracy.

 

3/2, 3: To lab to work on Quia activity (below) “II Writing Problems”. Preterite/Imperfect Tierra review worksheet. Worked on direct object pronoun worksheet in the formats that will be used on the test. Homework: Prepare for Tierra portion of test by re-reading the last three chapters, and doing the Quia activity “Tierra 6, 8, 10 septiembre”. Get 80% for credit.

 

3/4, 5: To lab to work on “II Writing Problems, D.O. pronouns. Read and discuss 18 octubre. Work on Preterite/Imperfect worksheet”.  Homework: So that you can devote your time to whatever weaknesses you want to address (Tierra, preterite or imperfect forms) I am assigning no new homework. Keep in-mind that you’ve got an essay to write class-after-next, so you could look over the Writing Reference Sheet and work on “II Writing Problems” on Quia. You’ve also got a test (see below) that day, so you could review anything you need to for that. And you may have work you’d like to do on the 3P’s project, due by the day of the test.

 

3/6, 9: To lab to work on “direct object pronoun misc. formats” in Conjuguemos. Continue working on Preterite/Imperfect worksheet. Homework: prepare for test next time over p. 241 vocabulary, preterite vs. imperfect (including any and all types of regular and irregular preterites), review sections on forms only of preterite and imperfect, all Tierra reading since the last test, and direct object pronouns in any format used in the Conjuguemos assignment “Direct Objects, misc. formats” (section instructions on the test are identical to the three sections on the direct object worksheet. There is a Quia quiz entitled “Tierra Test 3” that you should do to make sure that you are ready for that section of the test. The questions on the test will be taken from the same pool of questions used in the activity. You will need to take it 3-4 times to see all possible questions. Don’t forget that you also have an essay to write in class tomorrow, so look over the Writing Reference Packet and brush up on “II Writing Problems”.

 

3/10, 11: Test over p. 241 vocabulary, preterite vs. imperfect (including any and all types of regular and irregular preterites), review sections on forms only of preterite and imperfect, all Tierra reading since the last test, and direct object pronouns in any format used in the Conjuguemos assignment “Direct Objects, misc. formats”. Write in-class essay.

 

3/12, 13: Read 20 octubre. Discussed and sang Comparatives. Sang regular and irregular preterite songs. Conversation. To lab for make-up of essays, 3Ps. Homework: None. Enjoy!

 

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