Bienvenido a la página de la clase de español 4B de Rockford High School.
Aquí puedes encontrar una descripción de las actividades de cada día en clase, y además puedes estudiar y practicar el vocabulario que se usa en clase.
12 marzo -- turn in translated lyrics to "Mucho antes" for points, cipher 6 kind of strange sentences from the Venezuelan press regarding Chavez' cancer, working with a neighbor read the Bob story on p.229 and write the 4 sentence end of it. HW = vocab quiz prep.
13 marzo -- vocab quiz #1, foto del día de la capilla Sixtina, 5 minute writing #1 -- ¿Es la mudanza una cosa buena o mala? Discuss! Go over lyrics to "Mucho antes" and sing once. HW = read selection on p. 232 Activity D and answer the 6 questions.
14 marzo -- discuss news of the new Pope Francisco from Argentina. go over the song once more, and correct the homework together. HW = read p. 232.5 and answer those question, preparing for the quiz.
15 marzo -- word of the day = grabar (to record); take vocab quiz #2; share good news, watch interview of the Mexican singer Lila Downs along with one of her songs. HW for Monday = read through line 47 of the story "Cajas de cartón."
19 marzo -- warm up translations with vocab, share good news, takes Sp4B pretest, look at some images from the "fallas" celebration in Valencia. HW = read the review about present participles (gerunds) on p. 239 and complete exercises A and B.
20 marzo -- vocab quiz, share good news, more Papal news, correct HW, continue reading in "Cajas de cartón" HW= read through line 154 of the text.
27 marzo -- Test #1 -- over the Cajas de cartón story, along with some listening exercises and some grammar featuring the present tense and the use of gerunds and infinitives.
8 abril -- discuss our vacation in Spanish, get the first test of the trimester back and make corrections (resubmit when corrected), begin to look at our first vocab list for this next story on p. 247. HW = use all 20 of this week's vocabulary phrases in 10 original sentences that you craft this evening. Make the legible as we'll look at them with Elmo tomorrow.
9 abril: new seats, turn in HW, do 5 minute writing on the best "regalo" you've received, do p.249 B with partners, get new vocab help sheet to aid us in understanding the p.247 vocab. HW = study for the quiz on 1-10, and do activity D which starts on p. 249 but is mostly found on p. 250.
10 abril: quiz on 1-10, share good news, discuss together activity D on p.250; listen to the song "Ella" by Bebe and translate lyrics of chorus into English; HW= go to conjuguemos.com and review the imperatives (tú and Ud commands) that you know, and look at the nosotros commands, trying to figure out the patter there.
11 abril: share good news, correct our translations of "Ella" and listen again, look together at "we" commands and discuss the pattern, introduce and watch the first episode of a show called "Aventuras Vascas" set in norther Spain. HW= prepare for the quiz and read the first 50 lines of "Jacinto Contreras recibe su paga extraordinaria."
12 abril -- watch "Aventuras Vascas" second episode, take vocab quiz, read through line 124 of 'Jacinto'
15 abril -- share good news, look at the new vocab list on p. 259, read through line 80 or so as a class. HW - prepare for vocab quiz Tuesday on 1-11.
16 abril -- vocab quiz, share good news, read the rest of the story together today. HW = complete the command worksheet we got today. Test coming on Friday.
17 abril -- fire drill, share good news, review how to do commands for tú, Ud., Uds., and nosotros, and then learn how to give "vosotros" commands [useful in Spain :)].
"we" commands– all subjunctive, all the time (except "vamos")
Positive reflexive command (levantarse-- levantemos -s, +nos --> levantémonos
Vosotros –POSITIVE--> -r, +d NEG --> subjuntivo.
lavad la ropa… no lavéis la ropa … pos. Reflexive lavad –d+ os (lavaos las manos.)
HW = do actividad A (p.254) and E (254,261)
18 abril -- take final vocab quiz, go over activities from last night, practice commands a bit more, do practice listening section. HW = study up! 22 pts for knowing vocabulary well, 15 points for being able to recognize (nostoros/vosotros) and produce (tú, Ud.) commands, 5 points of listening, and 19 other points for knowing the story of Jacinto well.
19 abril -- test day!
22 abril -- need one more day to get tests back to you. Today we share good news of the weekend, look at photos from the area's "inundación" over the weekend, watch Aventuras Vascas 2 for the second time and go over the quotes atop p. 297; get a new reading titled "El amor todo lo puede." HW = read and comprenend p.1 of "El amor todo lo puede" and study the vocab on p.297 at the top (this week's vocab for possible quiz tomorrow)
23 abril -- read together the "Amor todo lo puede" text, share good news,
24 abril -- quiz on Aventuras Vascas vocab (p. 297), share good news, read the about the text note on "Amor" and start watching in Spanish "La Sirenita" HW = read the "amor" text at least 2 times out loud in Spansih.
25 abril - watch more of La Sirenita. HW- prepare for a quiz on the "amor" reading where you will have to pick the correct ending for each of several selected lines from the text.
26 abril -- School news, take quiz on "El amor" watch the rest of "La Sirenita" -- when done you should have a total of 5 commands you have written down from the movie, along with an explanation of the context for each.
HW - start studying the p.267 vocab for next week's quizzes (Tues and Thurs)
29 abril -- Share weekend news, look at today's new vocab on p.267, learn HOW TO FORM THE IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE!
Subjuntivo en el pasado has TWO possible forms : -ra / -se
3ª plural pretérito = hablaron, remove the "-ron," +
-ra, -ras, -ra, (á/é)ramos, -rais, -ran … o
-se,-ses, -se, (á/é)semos, -seis, -sen
HW = study vocab
30 abril -- news from Bangladesh, share good news, take vocab quiz over 1-8, look more at examples of past subjunctive verb formation and at one common way you will see them used:
"SiPS would" -- that is, "If some Past Subjunctive thing were to happen, then somebody WOULD (conditional verb) blah blah blah.
ejemplo: Si yo tuviera mucho dinero, yo te compraría un Ferrari. [If I had a lot of money, I would buy you a Ferrari.]
Si ganáramos la lotería, pagaríamos nuestras facturas y deudas para poder vivir sin preocupación financial. [If we won the lotto, we would pay our bills and debts to be able to live with no financial worries.]
HW = write 6 awesome SiPS WOULD sentences, and do p.270 activity B
1 mayo -- foto del día del presidente Obama con flequillo, share good news, get handout on how to form the past subjunctive in both forms, look at examples of using the imperfect subjunctive in sentences using SiPS would. Review the irregular conditional verb forms as well. Head to computer lab to practice both forms of the past subjunctive (-ra endings and -se endings) and to practice the subjunctive using the last two activities on this website (see below).
HW = study vocab for quiz tomorrow, and send profe an email with your best SiPS would sentence... and BRING SOMETHING FOR OUR CELEBRATION! Bringing/doing something for our celebration = points. COOKING something mexicano (or tex-mex) for the class= Extra points!
NOTE: I have uploaded today's handout to Family Access as well.
2 mayo -- celebramos el 5 de mayo unos días temprano :) Share good food and music, with all the yummy stuff made by you all (Special thanks to Dan and Stephanie) as well as the "tostones" that Sr. Gelder fried up for us. In class work on translating the student sentences written yesterday. Quiz on vocab late in the hour. HW = think of a case where people have worked hard to achieve a goal or long-sought dream, only to find unintended consequences.
3 mayo - share good news, take notes on the use of the subjunctive in Spanish, head to lab 223 to practice it at the site hosted by colby.edu (third link below on this page), trying exercises 12 and 13 under present subjunctive, and then trying activity # 61 on conjuguemos under their "Spanish grammar" link.
6 mayo -- share weekend news, more notes on subjunctive, look at this week's vocab list on p. 275. HW = do p. 270 E and p. 273. Quizzes this week Tuesday and Thursday, test coming on Friday over the story "Nosotros, No" and some more about using the subjunctive.
7 mayo -- quiz on p.275 # 1-7, share joke, good news, correct top half p.273, practice using subjunctive in adjective clauses using the site from Bowdoin college, try a funny SiPS would song, go over lines 1-10 of "Nosotros, no" and begin reading on. HW = read through line 58, and e-mail me 2 sentences using the past subjunctive after a "como si" phrase.
NOTE: For the grammar portion of Friday's test, you need to be able to use present subjunctive verbs properly in noun phrases (in cases of feelings, doubts/denials, desire/influence, ...), adverbial clauses (following triggers like "con tal que, hasta que, para que...), and adjective clauses (when the antecedent is unclear or indefinite or negated).
The past subjunctive you should be able to form on your own, and you'll need to look for the "triggers" in the sentence which require us to use subjunctive (see preceding paragraph for examples)... all told the subjunctive section of the test will be worth 15 of the total of 67 points.
Nosotros, no -- vocab = big section 24 pts
who said/did what 5 pts
comprehension questions 12 ish?
listening section (6 questions)
Wed, 8 mayo -- read through line 58 together... then went to computer lab for practice, using the resource found at bottom of this page (at bowdoin.edu). HW = read through til the end and answer the 14 questions on pp.277-8
Thursday, 9 mayo -- Take vocab quiz on second half of p.275 vocab. NEWS FLASH -- test moved til TUESDAY to give more time to re-read story and to practice listening comprehension stuff. HW for today = do activities B, C, and D after the reading. Muchas gracias a CJ por ser el lider de "Cosas buenas" hoy :)
10 mayo -- share good news, go over activities B,C,D, and E. Do practice listening comprehension for Tuesday's test. Thanks to Stephanie for leading our "buenas noticias" time today.
13 mayo -- share weekend news, practice subjuntivo a bit more in class, head to lab for a wee bit more practice on "Nosotros,no" , the subjunctive (past and present). TEST TUESDAY
14 mayo - TEST!
15 mayo - get tests back and make corrections as needed. TESTS CAN BE RETAKEN for one week, grade will be averaged with your first attempt. Start looking at the next vocab list on p281 and do with a partner the worksheet received today to help you familiarize yourself with it.
16 mayo - go over vocab carefully, take some notes on p.281, correct the worksheets from Wednesday. HW = read through line 98 of the article about the artist Fernando Botero (in packet, beginning on p.284) and prepare for vocab quiz on first half o p.281.
17 mayo -- share good news, take vocab quiz #15 on first half of the Botero vocab. HW = write 1 or 2 setences for EACH of the first 4 parragraphs you have read so far in the Botero article. Read the ending of the article for the first time.
Remember: Final day of class for all seniors will be next week Wednesday -- let's send them off with a celebration! Think about what yumminess you can bring :)
21 mayo -- good news, take vocab quiz on Botero vocab (second half), watch video on recent history of Bilbao. go over activiites A and B of the Botero reading.
22 mayo -- final day for seniors -- share some food, hear from each senior (in Spanish) as they take the floor for a couple minutes each to tell us of their plans. HW = prepare for vocab quiz and study p.288.
23 mayo -- take second to last vocab quiz (p.289 #1-11), share good news, head to fine arts area to do art scavenger hunt and write a 30 word note to Spanish-speaking dad about why he should buy that work of art for you. Due Tuesday. HW = keep studying vocab, and read the San Fermín article in the packet (pp292-3) QUIZ TUESDAY over #12-22.
28 mayo -- share weekend updates, learn a bit more about "Si" clauses, head to computer lab to practice that! Quiz moved to Wednesday, final test of the tri (pre-exam) moved to Friday. HW= keep studying vocab, practicing "if" clauses, and re-read the article on the San Fermin festival often called "La Fiesta Brava."
FINAL TEST OF THE YEAR (Pre-exam) will be Friday the 31st. -- Botero, San Fermín, more subjunctive with "if" clauses.
30 mayo -- review C/F answers, finish reading the last article together, do a practice viewing of a report on the festival in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
HW = re-read the two articles, look over the vocab lists very well (20 of the 60 points are from vocab), and review this information.
when you see "como si" in a sentence, it will most ALWAYS be followed by a past subjunctive verb. eg-- Ella habla como si supiera todo.
when you see "si" and a past subjunctive verb, the other clause in the sentence will be in the CONDITIONAL. Si yo tuviera mil dólares, compraría una computadora.
You'll also see this in the COMPOUND forms: Si yo hubiera tenido mil dólares, yo habría comprado una computadora.
If you see "si" and then a PRESENT tense verb, the next clause might be present tense (as in, "if the Blackhawks win, the fans in Chicago go crazy."), or maybe the future ("If the Blackhawks win, the fans WILL go crazy."), or maybe even a command ("If the Blackhawks win, get out of town.")
Keep that in mind and you'll rock it.
3 junio -- get the tests back and correct!!!! You can try a retake Tuesday or Wednesday if you had troubles. Get the paper explaining what will be on the final exam, which will be a bit of a challenge for you on Thursday. You'll have a chance to earn 214 points, but will have 90 or 100 minutes to do so. Virtually everything on the exam you will have seen before, so it will be a matter of reading quickly and making quick choices of things that you have studied well.
FOR Tuesday, 4 junio, if you are able to bring something for an end of the year celebration, please do!
I'll bring some "yerba mate" which is a tea-like beverage from Argentina, and I'll get some jalapeño peppers as well if you'd like to try one :)
If you cook something Hispanic, it's worth 15 points! (or if you bring us some yummy takeout to share from El Haragán on Northland Dr. (the old Perkins) or from Cinco de Mayo in Rockford).
Sr. Gelder
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