Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Period 1 - Spanish 5 AP/GT

Phrase of the day: tener lugar / tener sentido

Students completed "Informal Writing" section 3 today. We also opened our discussion of the use of articles, both definite and indefinite. Activity A on page 261 was done orally. Students were asked to read and study pages 250-264 for tomorrow.

Periods 2 and 3 - French 2

Students continued working on their projects. They will have one more day to work on them in class. They are due on Thursday. Students had a chance to see the letters that our Senegalese pen-pals sent to us. We will continue to correspond with our friends in Kaolack, Senegal.

Period 5 - Spanish 3

Students discussed the Catrina, episode 5 comprehension questions. Then, to end class, students wrote a brief review of what happened in the episode. We first brainstormed the characters in the episode and then they had a chance to write.

Period 6 - French 5 AP/GT

Phrase of the day: un vieux garçon

Students continued working with the faire factitif and completed some practice with this structure. We also went over the homework that was started in class. Students were given a worksheet for homework this evening as well as using text, pages 286-287 for additional support.