Week of 1/04/10-1/08/10
Mon. 1/04 - Chapter 6, page 178; orally cover green box and vocabulary in
blue box on pages 178-179; orally do photo captions on p. 178; do grammar
handout p. 47; add exercise #20 to back of handout using the adjectives on
pages 178-179 ( present better efforts orally); post test date for Thurs.
1/07 on pages 178-181.
Tues. 1/05 - Review yesterday's vocabulary; do green box on p.180; practice
new conjugations in red box p.180; do oral exercise #21; do grammar handout
p.48.
Wed. 1/06 - Cover red box on p.181; do exercise #23 in writing; have practice
dictation; do exercise #3 p.191 and ex.#6, p. 192.
Thurs. 1/07 - Review vocabulary and take test on pages 178-181; post test
activity on Spanish Presidios in the new world.
Fri. 1/08 - Review yesterday's test handed back; go over Presidio handout; do
cultural piece on American/Hispanic statistics; continue group work on flash
cards from the vocabulary section on p.197.
Week of 1/11-1/15/10
Mon. 1/11 - Text p.184, "Tercer Paso", go over green box, introduce new
vocabulary and the verb "deber" in the red box; orally do exercise #28; text
p.192-193, do exercises #7 & #8 in writing, dealing with "deber".
Tues. 1/12 - Review "deber" p. 184; introduce household chores, p. 185;
conjugate irregular verb, "poner" in the red box; do exercise #30 in writing;
do text p.193, Activity #9 in writing along with handout p.51 dealling with
photo descriptions p. 185. Announce test on "Tercer Paso , Chap.6, p.184-186,
& 192-193.
Wed. 1/13 - Review and have closed book practice dictation on new
expressions, vocabulary, and conjugations on pages 184-185; do pronounciation
exercies in box ,p.187; do p.186, exercise #33; do handout p.51 - find
expressions by unscrambling letters.
Thurs. 1/14 - Review and take test on "Tercer Paso". Post test activity is to
write out exercise #4 , p. 194.
Fri. 1/15 - Hand back yesterday's test and review common errors; do Hispanic
cultural handout on historic immigration patterns and statistics.
Week of 12/19 - 12/22
Tues. 12/19 - Hand back Friday's test and review. Begin Chapter 7, p.198,
introduction to Ecuador in Spanish; also read the Spanish box on p.200; do
oral group reading of photos p. 204-205; do exercises 1, 2, 4 page 206. End
with discussion of volunteer work done in the past.
Wed. 12/20 - P.207, talking on the phone in Spanish; practice with the
conversation in the green box; do another green box p.208; introduce stem-
changing verbs, "querer & tener" p.209; conjugate these verbs and include
preferir, empezar, and venir. Do exercises 10 & 11 in writing. Hand out p.53
grammar exercise on telephone conversations. Announce test on pages 204-211
for Friday, 12/22.
Thurs. 12/21 - Review pages 207-209; Introduce vocabulary under photos on
p.210; do grammar handout p.55; add exercises 1 & 2 p.222 to back of handout
sheet.
Fri. 12/22 - Review and take test on Primer Paso p.204-211; post test
activity on Hispanic Census handout.
Week of 1/25-1/29 -
Mon. 1/25 - Hand back Friday's test and review problem areas; go over
vocabulary orally in Chapter 7, p.210(beneath pictures); do grammar handout
p.55, adding exercise #2, p.222 to the backside; discuss volunteerism among
adolescents.
Tues. 1/26 - Review vocabulary, p.210; orally conjugate "pensar & ir" in the
red box, p.212; do ex #16, p.212; do grammar handout p.56, adding exercises
#3 & #4, p.223; announce test pages 210-214 for Thursday 1/28/10.
Wed. 1/27 - Review p.210-212; introduce reflexive verbs in red box p.214;
read conversation in green box; oral repetition of vocabulary in blue box
p.214; do grammar handout p.58.
Thurs. 1/28 - Review pages 210-214; take test; post test activity on early
Hispanics in America.
Fri. 1/29 - Hand back yesterday's test and review trouble spots; watch video
on popular verbs; do handout on Hispanic census.
Week of 2/1/10 -- 2/5/10
Mon. 2/1 - p.217, Tercer Paso, introduce the green box with new expressions
and vocabulary; go over the red box with uses of "tener"; do exercises 7 & 8,
p.225; do grammar handout p.59; continue discussion of civic volunteerism in
the local community.
Tues. 2/02 - Review p.217; orally repeat pronounciation exercises p.219; do
exercise #25,p.218; do grammar handout p.60; announce test for Thursday,2/4
on pages 217-225.
Wed. 2/03 - Review and do expressions with "tener" on a three page worksheet;
also watch Quack video on tener.
Thurs. 2/04 - Review and take test on pages 217-225; post test activity on
Mexican shopping handout.
Fri. 2/05 - Watch Quack video on verbs; do Hispanic census project in groups
to hand in.
Week of 2/8-212/10
Mon. 2/8 - Chapter 8; introduce selected expressions from pages 232-233; read
over the green box on page 235, and do oral repetition with the vocabulary in
the blue box; do handout given practicing translations; have discussion on
fairness /unfairness -- on how people wish to be treated.
Tues. 2/09 - Review expressions p.232-233; review the green and blue boxes
p.235; do activity #6,p.236 - oral comprehension; explain direct object
pronouns in red box p.236; do grammar handout pages 61-62; review fairness
questions .
Wed. 2/10 - Review pages 235-236; do exercises # 7 & 8, p.236; also exercises
1 & 2, p. 252; announce test pages 232-236.
Thurs. 2/11 - Brief review, then administer test; post test activity on
Spanish geography.
Fri. 2/12 - Hand back yesterday's test andj discuss difficulties; show film
depicting hispanic culture .
Week of 2/22/10-2/26/10
Mon. 2/22 - Chapter 8, p.232-237 orally review vocabulary for test tomorrow;
do teacher-make written review of vocab. and encantar on elmo.
Tues. 2/23 - Give brief review and administer test on pages 232-237; post-
test activity on Spanish foods.
Wed. 2/24 - Hand back yesterday's test and cover trouble spots if any; page
238, introduce concept of "o to ue" stem-changing verbs in the red box; do
exercise #13 orally; do activities #3&4, p.253; do grammar handout p.64.
Thurs. 2/25 - p.240 , discuss uses of "estar" in the green and red boxes; do
oral exercise #16, p.240; read the Calvin & Hobbes cartoon and answer the
cartoon questions in exercise #17, p.240; practice conjugating "estar"
and "ser"; do activities #5 & 6, p.254.
Fri. 2/26 - announce test for Tues. 3/2 on pages 238-243; review "estar";
understand more uses of "tener" in the red box, p.241; do activity #7, p. 254-
255.
Week of 3/1-3/5
Mon. 3/1 - Review pages 238-241; do vocabulary in the blue box p.242; discuss
indigenous foods, p.243; do practice dictation; do exercise #22, p.242.
Tues. 3/2 - Review and take test on pages 238-243; post-test activity map
work on western hemisphere Spanish -speaking countries.
Wed. 3/3 - Tercer Paso, p. 244; introduce green, red, and blue boxes; orally
practice with vocabulary in the blue box, p.245; do grammar handout p.69;
hand out and review yesterday's test.
Thurs. 3/4 - Review vocabulary on pages 244-245; have practice dictation on
this vocabulary; do oral exercise #26, p.244; do grammar handout p.68; do
exercise #8, p.255; do exercise # 7 p.245; announce test pages 244-247 for
Wed. 3/10.
Fri. 3/5 - Review p.244, introduce foods vocabulary p. 245; have practice
dictation on vocabulary pages 244-245; do handout grammar p.68; put activity
8, p. 255 on back of handout.
Week of 3/8-3/11/10 -
Mon. 3/08 - p. 246 - go over green box at top and do exercise #29; also
introduce green box at bottom ; then do numbers on p.247 in blue box; do
grammar handout p.69 on numbers, and add exercise #8 on p.255;look at
cultural notes p.249; discuss meanings of integrity -- get individuals'
ideas on what integrity means to them.
Tues. 3/09 - Review pages 246-247; do exercise 31, p.247; do oral exercise
#32, p.247; add exercise #9,p.255; announce test for Wed.,3/10 on pages 244-
249.
Wed. 3/10 - Review and administer test; post-test activity on Hispanic census
statistics.
Thurs. 3/11 - Return yesterday's test and review trouble spots; do quack
video and Spanish puzzle handout.
Fri. 3/12 - Teacher records day.
Week of 3/15 - 3/19/10
Mon. 3/15 - p.269- introduce gifts discussion in green box; orally practice
new vocabulary in the blue box p.269; do grammar handout p.70; add activity
#1,p.284 to handout; continue integrity discussion.
Tues. 3/16 - Review p.269; introduce indirect object pronouns in red box
p.270; orally do activity 8,p.270; do practice dictation; do grammar handout
p.71.
Wed. 3/17 - Read the novela p.266-267 and do exercises 1 &2 p.268; also do
exercise #7,p.270; announce test on pages 266-272 for Friday 3/19.
Thurs. 3/18 - p. 271, review names of stores and how to give their locations;
do grammar handout p.72 & 73.
Fri. 3/19 - Review and administer test pages 266-272; post-test activity on
U.S.Hispanic census statistics.
Week of 3/22-3/26
Mon. 3/22 - Return Friday's tests and discuss any difficulties; begin p.274,
Segundo Paso, Chapter 9; do green box and do oral retetition with the new
vocabulary in the picture; do grammar worksheet handout p.74; add exercise
#3, p.285 (1-8) to back of handout.
Tues. 3/23 - Review vocabulary , p.274; introduce new vocabulary p.275 in
blue box; discuss "ser" in the red box p.275; do exercise #16, p.275 in
writing; add activity #4, p.285 to back of handout; announce test on pages
274-276 for Thursday 3/25.
Wed. 3/24 - Review vocabulary on pages 274-275; repeat new vocabulary in the
blue box, p.276; have practice dictation on all vocabulary; do sentences to
translate on Elmo, dealing with clothing vocabulary. Do clothing handout, too.
Thurs. 3/25 - review and take test on pages 274-276; post-test activity
on "Hispanos en Norteamerica" with text and questions in Spanish.
Fri. 3/26 - Continue and cover yesterday's Spanish handout; hand out and
review yesterday's test; cover red and green boxes on p.277; do grammar
handout p.76.
