Tuesday, December 13, 2016

El 13 de diciembre

Bienvenidos to our Spanish class blog! Our activities on the blog will be in the boxes located below as follows: orange is Spanish 2, and green is Spanish 3/4 Read the activity and follow its instructions. When you are ready to answer the questions required, scroll down to the bottom of the blog page and click on add comment. Type your answers in the box that pops up and at the end of your answers, include your name. You MUST have your name in the comments box or you will NOT receive credit for your work. This is just like putting your name on your paper! ALSO, you must click anonymous from the drop down boxes listed below the comments box, since the comments are submitted to me for review and not published. If you leave the box for Google ID checked, your answers will be lost in space for all eternity (until you redo it!). If you have ANY questions, please let me know! Tip: If you have any doubts or fears about losing your work, do as I do, and copy and paste your answers into a Word document, Notepad, e-mail to yourself, etc., so you have an electronic copy as backup. I will be posting to the class blog on a weekly basis from now on, so stay tuned and check back frequently!
Be reminded that you lose participation points when you are caught on YouTube, Facebook, and similar sites. You may listen to music on a site like www.grooveshark.com that does NOT have videos. If music starts to interfere with your ability to complete your work or stay on task, you will lose that privilege.
Activity:


Spanish 2 – Here are our objectives for today: I can discuss who Felipe VI is and the status of Spain’s monarchy. I can explore Spanish language learning websites. Tasks: First, right click on the following link to read the article about the new king of Spain. After reading, click on the comments link under the orange and green boxes and write a 1 paragraph summary of the article. Then, click on the following link to explore a website with lessons and games in Spanish. After exploring the site, tell me what activities you liked best in the comments section on the class blog. When you are done, right click on the following link to go to DuoLingo.com and create an account.  Work on it for at least 10 minutes. This website also has a free app that you can download to any tablet, i-pad, or smart phone, Enjoy!

Monday, November 28, 2016

El 28 de noviembre

Bienvenidos to our Spanish class blog! Our activities on the blog will be in the boxes located below as follows: orange is Spanish 2, and green is Spanish 3/4 Read the activity and follow its instructions. When you are ready to answer the questions required, scroll down to the bottom of the blog page and click on add comment. Type your answers in the box that pops up and at the end of your answers, include your name. You MUST have your name in the comments box or you will NOT receive credit for your work. This is just like putting your name on your paper! ALSO, you must click anonymous from the drop down boxes listed below the comments box, since the comments are submitted to me for review and not published. If you leave the box for Google ID checked, your answers will be lost in space for all eternity (until you redo it!). If you have ANY questions, please let me know! Tip: If you have any doubts or fears about losing your work, do as I do, and copy and paste your answers into a Word document, Notepad, e-mail to yourself, etc., so you have an electronic copy as backup. I will be posting to the class blog on a weekly basis from now on, so stay tuned and check back frequently!
Be reminded that you lose participation points when you are caught on YouTube, Facebook, and similar sites. You may listen to music on a site like www.grooveshark.com that does NOT have videos. If music starts to interfere with your ability to complete your work or stay on task, you will lose that privilege.
Activity:

Spanish 2 – First take this survey for Ms. Kelly if you haven't done so already! (right click on link!) link   Here are our objectives for today: I can discuss who Fidel Castro was and how he influenced Cuba-US relations. I can conjugate –AR verbs in the preterite. I can conjugate ir in the preterite. Tasks: First, right click on the following link to read the article about the death of Fidel  Castro. After reading, click on the comments link under the orange and green boxes and write a 1 paragraph summary of the article. Then, click on the following link to review the lesson for the Preterite on StudySpanish.com It is in the Grammar tab, Unit Six, Lesson 63. After reviewing the lesson for –AR, -ER, and –IR verbs in the Preterite, click on the Basic Quiz to take it. Record your score in the comments section on the class blog. When you are done, right click on the following link to go to DuoLingo.com and create an account.  Work on it for at least 10 minutes. This website also has a free app that you can download to any tablet, i-pad, or smart phone, Enjoy!

Spanish 4 – Objetivos: Puedo resumir un artículo. Puedo discutir la importancia de tener una prensa libre y de tener periodistas honrables. Tareas: Haz un click de derecha en la siguiente enlace para leer el artículo del artículo que apareció en Rolling Stone en 2014. Cuando terminas, escribe un resumen de un párrafo en la caja de comentarios. Entonces, haz un click de derecha en la siguiente enlace para leer la lección 104. Lee la lección y después toma el Basic Quiz debajo de leccion 104. Reporta los resultados en la caja de comentarios en el blog de clase. ¡Buena suerte!