Jan 8 - 19, 2018
LATIN I -
We finished our first Stage last week. We ended with an assessment that included the Stage vocabulary, sentence translations and culture questions about a typical upper-class Roman home and basic societal roles of men and women, as well as slaves. Next week we will start our new stage which will work on sentences with a new grammatical aspect (Direct Objects) along with new vocabulary.
SPANISH NOVICE II -
We continued our work on our unit "Corrida de toros" with a story that the students helped create with character and place names. The story uses our new target words, está (he / she is), tiene (he / she has) and va a (he / she goes to). Next week we will have a listening and reading assessment on these targets.
SPANISH NOVICE I -
We finished our story of "Ana y las puertas" (Ana and the doors), which uses our target words; abre (he / she opens), cierra (he / she closes), nunca (never), and camina (he / she walks). These targets are helping us with our present tense verbs. We will practice the different verb forms next week and will have a listening & reading assessment.
Monday, January 22, 2018
Monday, January 8, 2018
Start of 2018
With the snow days, we only had one day of each class in our first week of 2018.
LATIN I -
We had our Phrase of the Day "alma mater", which means "nurturing mother", which is commonly used to refer to a school that a person attended in the past, meaning that the school nurtured knowledge. We then worked on our Roman Real Estate project where the students are working on describing a typical upper class home from ancient Pompeii.
SPANISH NOVICE I -
We did our Daily Spanish Notebook and reviewed our "Cuentito de Pedro" assessment. We searched for cognates in the story and identifying "backwards" verbs before playing a review Kahoot to practice sentences with backwards verbs.
SPANISH NOVICE II -
We did our Daily Spanish Notebook and reviewed our "Best Universities in the World" assessment to answer any remaining questions. We also played a review Kahoot to refresh our memory on Regular Present Tense Verbs.
LATIN I -
We had our Phrase of the Day "alma mater", which means "nurturing mother", which is commonly used to refer to a school that a person attended in the past, meaning that the school nurtured knowledge. We then worked on our Roman Real Estate project where the students are working on describing a typical upper class home from ancient Pompeii.
SPANISH NOVICE I -
We did our Daily Spanish Notebook and reviewed our "Cuentito de Pedro" assessment. We searched for cognates in the story and identifying "backwards" verbs before playing a review Kahoot to practice sentences with backwards verbs.
SPANISH NOVICE II -
We did our Daily Spanish Notebook and reviewed our "Best Universities in the World" assessment to answer any remaining questions. We also played a review Kahoot to refresh our memory on Regular Present Tense Verbs.
Monday, December 18, 2017
December 11 - 15
SPANISH NOVICE I -
We continued our work on "Backwards Verbs" and how they work in Spanish. We used model sentences about famous peoples' likes and worked on our story about Jorge and what he likes / doesn't like about school. We also played some games on Quizlet to help our understanding of the vocabulary and how they are used in sentences in Spanish. This upcoming week, we will finish the story about Jorge and have a listening and reading assessment.
SPANISH NOVICE II -
The students worked on the story from the previous week about "Elle" and changed the classes, jobs and languages to make their own version of the story. We had a competition where the students worked together to unscramble sentences into the correct order and translate them into English. We also took a short listening quiz using our target verbs ,"hablar", "tomar", and "quiere ser" along with some pervious vocabulary.
LATIN -
This week we worked more on translating basic Latin sentences through a short story (2 paragraphs) about a dog causing some problems at home. We read and watch a couple videos to learn about typical homes of the wealthy in ancient Rome. Here are links to the videos.
"e pluribus unum" (From many, one) - It is on U.S. Currency
"veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered) - Stated by Julius Caesar to the Roman Senate to describe a swift military victory
We continued our work on "Backwards Verbs" and how they work in Spanish. We used model sentences about famous peoples' likes and worked on our story about Jorge and what he likes / doesn't like about school. We also played some games on Quizlet to help our understanding of the vocabulary and how they are used in sentences in Spanish. This upcoming week, we will finish the story about Jorge and have a listening and reading assessment.
SPANISH NOVICE II -
The students worked on the story from the previous week about "Elle" and changed the classes, jobs and languages to make their own version of the story. We had a competition where the students worked together to unscramble sentences into the correct order and translate them into English. We also took a short listening quiz using our target verbs ,"hablar", "tomar", and "quiere ser" along with some pervious vocabulary.
LATIN -
This week we worked more on translating basic Latin sentences through a short story (2 paragraphs) about a dog causing some problems at home. We read and watch a couple videos to learn about typical homes of the wealthy in ancient Rome. Here are links to the videos.
"e pluribus unum" (From many, one) - It is on U.S. Currency
"veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered) - Stated by Julius Caesar to the Roman Senate to describe a swift military victory
Sunday, December 10, 2017
December 4 - 8
SPANISH NOVICE I
We worked on a Mini-Unit on colors, including a reading assessment this week and are now beginning a unit on "Backwards Verbs" (Verbs that use a reverse word order in sentences) such as "Gustar" (To like) and "Interesar" (To be interesting to), along with six other verbs and their object pronouns. We will be working on a short story about Pedro and what he likes and does not like about school.
SPANISH NOVICE II
We began our new unit called "La universidad" focusing on the phrases, "habla" (he/she talks), "toma" (he/she takes), and "quiere ser" (he/she wants to be) along with the other forms of those verbs. We worked on sample sentences with these phrases and the class is working on a story about Elle and what colleges she goes to based on the career she is trying to choose.
LATIN
We watched a short video on our first day about the value of Latin for students (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6eYkDhH61Y) and talked about the connections between Latin and English. We worked on a set of 18 model sentences to learn two basic sentence structures in Latin. We learned two "Phrases of the Day"; "Carpe Diem" - Sieze the Day (We watched a short clip from Robin Williams' "Dead Poets Society" where he highlights this phrase) and "Cave Canem" Beware of the Dog (Many Ancient Roman homes had this warning at the entry of their houses) Next week we will work on translating a short story about a cook and a dog trying to steal his food and also learn more about typical upper-class homes in Ancient Rome.
We worked on a Mini-Unit on colors, including a reading assessment this week and are now beginning a unit on "Backwards Verbs" (Verbs that use a reverse word order in sentences) such as "Gustar" (To like) and "Interesar" (To be interesting to), along with six other verbs and their object pronouns. We will be working on a short story about Pedro and what he likes and does not like about school.
SPANISH NOVICE II
We began our new unit called "La universidad" focusing on the phrases, "habla" (he/she talks), "toma" (he/she takes), and "quiere ser" (he/she wants to be) along with the other forms of those verbs. We worked on sample sentences with these phrases and the class is working on a story about Elle and what colleges she goes to based on the career she is trying to choose.
LATIN
We watched a short video on our first day about the value of Latin for students (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6eYkDhH61Y) and talked about the connections between Latin and English. We worked on a set of 18 model sentences to learn two basic sentence structures in Latin. We learned two "Phrases of the Day"; "Carpe Diem" - Sieze the Day (We watched a short clip from Robin Williams' "Dead Poets Society" where he highlights this phrase) and "Cave Canem" Beware of the Dog (Many Ancient Roman homes had this warning at the entry of their houses) Next week we will work on translating a short story about a cook and a dog trying to steal his food and also learn more about typical upper-class homes in Ancient Rome.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
End of Trimester 1
NOVICE II -
Through the end of November, we finished out Unit on "Cierra la puerta" (Shut the door). We played some review Kahoot games to continue our work on conjugating present tense verbs. We also took two listening assessments using our key vocabulary and their different forms: cerrar - to close/shut, abrir - to open, time phrases and other review vocabulary: correr - to run, caminar - to walk. In addition the students took two HOWL self-assessments, one on Responsibility and one on Perseverance. We will be starting our new unit "La universidad" (The university) to begin December and Trimester 2.
NOVICE I -
Over the last couple weeks, we finished our unit on "Camina y Corre" (Walks and Runs). We took a listening and reading assessment using our key vocabulary and their different forms: Caminar - To walk, Correr - To run, la escuela - the school, un día - a day, as well as review vocabulary from our first unit and some additional cognates. We read through a short story and played some review Kahoot games to prepare for the two tests. The the students took two HOWL self-assessments, one on Responsibility and one on Perseverance. We will be working on two mini-units: Los colores (Colors) and Le gusta (He/She Likes) during December to begin Trimester 2.
Through the end of November, we finished out Unit on "Cierra la puerta" (Shut the door). We played some review Kahoot games to continue our work on conjugating present tense verbs. We also took two listening assessments using our key vocabulary and their different forms: cerrar - to close/shut, abrir - to open, time phrases and other review vocabulary: correr - to run, caminar - to walk. In addition the students took two HOWL self-assessments, one on Responsibility and one on Perseverance. We will be starting our new unit "La universidad" (The university) to begin December and Trimester 2.
NOVICE I -
Over the last couple weeks, we finished our unit on "Camina y Corre" (Walks and Runs). We took a listening and reading assessment using our key vocabulary and their different forms: Caminar - To walk, Correr - To run, la escuela - the school, un día - a day, as well as review vocabulary from our first unit and some additional cognates. We read through a short story and played some review Kahoot games to prepare for the two tests. The the students took two HOWL self-assessments, one on Responsibility and one on Perseverance. We will be working on two mini-units: Los colores (Colors) and Le gusta (He/She Likes) during December to begin Trimester 2.
Monday, November 13, 2017
November 6 - 9
NOVICE I -
Last week we expanded our work on "caminar" and "correr" with the story "Charlotte y su amigo nuevo" (Charlotte and her new friend). We also learned more about being able to conjugate similar verbs to the ones in the story with a short video lesson, a couple songs about verbs and a new Quizlet list.
NOVICE II -
We continued our work on the verbs "cerrar" and "abrir" with the story "Ana y las puertas" (Ana and the doors). We also utilized a video lesson and songs to help with conjugating these and similar verbs as well as a Quizlet List.
Last week we expanded our work on "caminar" and "correr" with the story "Charlotte y su amigo nuevo" (Charlotte and her new friend). We also learned more about being able to conjugate similar verbs to the ones in the story with a short video lesson, a couple songs about verbs and a new Quizlet list.
NOVICE II -
We continued our work on the verbs "cerrar" and "abrir" with the story "Ana y las puertas" (Ana and the doors). We also utilized a video lesson and songs to help with conjugating these and similar verbs as well as a Quizlet List.
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Start of November 2017
Happy November!
I hope everyone has their power back and made it through our storm in good shape! In our shortened week, we worked on the following:
NOVICE I -
We finished our cultural work on the celebration of "Día de los muertos" (Day of the Dead). This included two videos and some discussion on the modern customs as well as the ancient Aztec traditions that preceded to current celebrations. We also made and decorated "calacas" (skeletons), which are common festive symbols of the holiday.
We continued our work on our new unit which focuses on the verbs "caminar" (to walk) and "correr" (to run) to help us learn how to use verbs in the present tense. We practiced some individual sentences and started learning how to change verbs into different forms. We also took our second self-assessment on the Respect HOWL Standard.
NOVICE II -
We also finished our cultural work on the celebration of "Día de los muertos" (Day of the Dead). This included two videos and some discussion on the modern customs as well as the ancient Aztec traditions that preceded to current celebrations. We also made and decorated "calacas" (skeletons), which are common festive symbols of the holiday.
We started work on our new unit "Cierra la puerta" where we will work more on present tense verbs as well as telling time. We practiced individual sentences and reviewed how to change verb forms. We also took our second self-assessment on the Respect HOWL Standard.
I hope everyone has their power back and made it through our storm in good shape! In our shortened week, we worked on the following:
NOVICE I -
We finished our cultural work on the celebration of "Día de los muertos" (Day of the Dead). This included two videos and some discussion on the modern customs as well as the ancient Aztec traditions that preceded to current celebrations. We also made and decorated "calacas" (skeletons), which are common festive symbols of the holiday.
We continued our work on our new unit which focuses on the verbs "caminar" (to walk) and "correr" (to run) to help us learn how to use verbs in the present tense. We practiced some individual sentences and started learning how to change verbs into different forms. We also took our second self-assessment on the Respect HOWL Standard.
NOVICE II -
We also finished our cultural work on the celebration of "Día de los muertos" (Day of the Dead). This included two videos and some discussion on the modern customs as well as the ancient Aztec traditions that preceded to current celebrations. We also made and decorated "calacas" (skeletons), which are common festive symbols of the holiday.
We started work on our new unit "Cierra la puerta" where we will work more on present tense verbs as well as telling time. We practiced individual sentences and reviewed how to change verb forms. We also took our second self-assessment on the Respect HOWL Standard.
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