Monday, January 31, 2011

Period 1 - Spanish 5 AP/GT

Phrases of the day: quemarse las cejas / ver para creer

Students completed a subjunctive worksheet. After, they were given a brief background to the Spanish Civil War as a preview to our reading of Federico García Lorca's La casa de Bernarda Alba. Students were reminded that each day they would be getting a worksheet using verbs and the subjunctive.

Periods 2 and 3 - French 2

Students were introduced to lesson 9. We read the opening cultural piece and talked about the differences between food here and in France, going shopping here and in France. Students are to complete text, page 155, activities #1 and #2 for next class period. These assignments were started in class.

Period 5 - Spanish 3

Students completed a vocabulary warm up activity. This was gone over in class. Students were then given 10 sentences using the tú informal command. Students translated these into Spanish. We then learned the process to change these commands to the formal positive and negative commands, as well as the informal negative commands. For homework, students will complete text, page 353, activity #6.

Period 6 - French 5 AP/GT

Phrases of the day: un fils à papa / aucune idée

Students learned about the role of the three different articles. We completed activities A-E in chapter 7 of the text. To end class, students completed an exit pass activity using the different articles. Students were asked to study all of chapter 7 for next class.