Phrase of the day: dejar plantado(a)
Introduction: Use this expression to talk about a time in the past this has happened to you.
Development: Distribute review handouts of both preterite and imperfect.
Closure: Use handouts to complete an activity, filling in the story with either tense.
Periods 2 and 3 - French 2
Students were presented a variety of French expressions they are expected to use when participating in class in the target language. These were copied into their notes.
Introduction: Students answered questions about their birthdays and other things having to do with the calendar, and then did text, page 10, #4 or #5.
Development: Students continued to review numbers by telling time, text, page 11, #6.
Closure: Students spoke in small groups to complete text, page 13, #4 and using the expression il y a when describing what was in certain places.
Home assignment: Bring in a colorful and appropriate magazine for a creative project tomorrow.
Period 5 - Spanish 3
Introduction: Power point warm up using chapter 5A vocabulary. Students shown strategies on how to identify the gender of nouns and how to follow rules of agreement.
Development: In their PRACTICE workbook packets, students worked independently to complete page 93. This was later gone over and discussed as a class.
Language Structure: The use and function of reflexive verbs in both conjugated form as well as the infinitive form was discussed. A variety of example were provided on the board.
Conclusion: All students participated in a round of "quick fire" vocabulary from the chapter.
Home assignment: Students were asked to continue studying the new vocabulary.
Period 6 - French 5 AP/GT
Phrase of the day: être doué(e) pour
Introduction: To further discuss and review the use of interrogatives, students orally discussed text, page 216, activity D and 217, activity F.
Development: Students took a quiz on the use of interrogatives on which they were only permitted to use their textbooks. Two extra credit points were offered at the end of the quiz.
Conclusion: Students took their first dictée and received their blue mini-books. They learned how to take a dictation and received a copy of the activity afterward to compare their answers and to make all necessary corrections. Today's dictée was about Godiva chocolate truffles.
Home assignment: Please bring the dictées back to class tomorrow with the answers for further discussion.
