Submitted by kimber on
-Students joined Nikki's class to celebrate Carnaval.
-We had a mask competition and voted for the Funniest, Prettiest, Strangest, and Most Creative.
-We played a bead toss game with review topics.
-TAREA: none
Submitted by kimber on
-Students joined Nikki's class in the kitchen to celebrate Carnaval with a few different recipes. We made binuelos and pan de queso fom Brazil, and also King Cake (typical of Mardi Gras).
-TAREA: none
Submitted by kimber on
-Students described photos of art that depicts Carnaval themes.
-Students worked on their character/mask projects. They will present them in class on Thursday.
-TAREA: projects need to be completed by Thursday. Students should include AT LEAST 7 sentences explaining their character.
Submitted by kimber on
-Students finished reading "Las aventuras de Isabela".
-We reviewed the reading on Dominican Carnaval.
-Students began working on a mask project. They are creating characters and making a mask to go along with it. They should write a description in Spanish to go along.
-TAREA: none
Submitted by kimber on
-Students answered questions about the reading on Dominican Carnaval.
-We reviewed together the answers for the trivia.
-We played a game for practice with the trivia information.
-TAREA: none
Submitted by kimber on
-Students answered questions about the Carnival reading from last class.
-We watched a video of a Carnival parade in the Dominican Republic.
-Students finished working on their Carnival masks.
-TAREA: none
Submitted by kimber on
-Students reviewed present tense and vocab from Carnival.
-We played a game for practice with verbs.
-TAREA: none
Submitted by Nikki on
Students practiced their conjugations for 5 minutes at the beginning of class.
Students took a pop quiz on conjugations (present, close future, present progressive, future)
Palabra del día: A ver (let's see)
Students played a game where they had to explain a word in Spanish and their partner guessed.
Tarea: write a quick text: "What is Carnaval?" and on Wednesday we will be cooking in the kitchen to celebrate Carnaval!
Submitted by Nikki on
Students quizzed each other on personal dictionaries
palabra del día: picapiedra
We played a taboo type game where students competed to make each other guess words. We came up with some additional vocabulary words:
* blanco del huevo
* yema del huevo
* garra
* máscara
* pulpo
* pulpa
* tentáculos
* perro hace guau guau
* gallo hace qui quiri qui
* día de brujos
We played a game where students practiced conjugating in a circle throwing a ball
Tarea: students need to write a short text about what is Carnaval. We are celebrating Carnaval next week!
Submitted by kimber on
-Students read chapters 5, 6, and 7 in "Aventuras de Isabela".
-We played a game with review vocabulary.
-Students read about Carnaval traditions for the Dominican Republic. We watched a video clip of a local parade.
-TAREA: none