Spanish 1.5
Due Date Assignment
Lunes 6 de febrero Finish writing your interviews.  Practice and learn your lines for a first and final rehearsal on Monday.
Jueves 2 de febrero Finish your interviews (scripts)
Lunes 30 de enero

Go to www.conjuguemos.com    and:

1. practice conjugating -ar, -er, and -ir Regular Verbs in the Presente Tense for 15 minutes (please HIT "Send report to your teacher").

2. go to Spanish Grammar and practice "Gustar and verbs like gustar" for 15 minutes (please HIT "Send report to your teacher").
Jueves 26 de enero  Vamos a practicar verbo ir (voy, vas, va, vamos, van).  Por favor hacer los ejercicios 1, 2 y 3 en las páginas 39 y 40 del libro de práctica.
Martes 24 de enero Write 2 questions for every one of the following verbs:
Fascinar,  encantar,  gustar,  molestar,  faltar,  quedar,  importar,  aburrir.

Finish page 81 if you have not already done so.
Lunes 23 de enero Hacer las páginas 80 y 81 del libro de práctica.
Viernes 20 de enero Hacer páginas 37 y 38 de el libro de práctica (Workbook)
Jueves 19 de enero Choose 3 athletes and write 5 to 7 full sentences in Spanish on their lives (name, sport, club, physical description, why are they famous, etc…)  Remember to double space your work.
Martes 17 de enero 1.  Write 2 sentences (one in the "yo" and one in the "tú" forms) for each one of the following verbs.  Once you write a sentence find a picture online that illustrates the content of your sentence.
Ser,   Estar,   Tener,   Hacer,   Ir,   Querer,   Saber,   Traer,   Poner,   Poder.

2.  Write a question with each one of the following words:
Qué,  Dónde,  Cuándo,  Quién,  Cómo,  Cuál,  Cuáles,   Quién,  Quiénes,  Por qué.
Viernes 13 de enero
Go to www.conjuguemos.com    and:

1. practice conjugating -ar, -er, and -ir Regular Verbs in the Presente Tense for 10 minutes (please HIT "Send report to your teacher").

2. practice conjugating -ar, -er, and -ir Irregular Verbs in the Presente Tense for 10 minutes (please HIT "Send report to your teacher").

2. Bring both books to class 
Jueves 12 de enero 1. Completa las páginas 12 a 20 del Workbook
2. Trae los dos libros a clase
Miércoles 11 de enero 1. Open an account in the following website:

www.conjuguemos.com

School ID 4272

then, practice conjugating -ar, -er, and -ir Regular Verbs in the Preterite Tense for 10 minutes (please HIT "Send report to your teacher").

then, practice conjugating Irregular Verbs for 10 minutes (please HIT "Send report to your teacher").


2. Bring both books to class 
Lunes 9 de enero 1. You have to memorize the presentation of you BBCMundo Article.  In other words, you cannot read from a paper your presentation; it has to come from what you have previously prepare.

2. Por favor traer los 2 libros a clase.
Viernes 7 de enero 1. Escoge un artículo de la BBCMundo sobre las principales noticias del 2011
a) Léelo (Read it)
b) Resúmelo (Sumarize it)
c) Escribe tu opinión personal
d) Escribe palabras claves de vocabulario (Write key vocab. words)

2. Completa las páginas 12 a 20 del Workbook 

Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Martes 20 de diciembre 1.  Tell your Parents that we are going to the Peabody Anthropology Museum at Harvard tomorrow.

2.  Using your own words, write 3 definitions down: one for Anthropology, one for Archeology, and one for Ethnography.  

3.  Remember we are leaving at 8:45 sharp.  

4.  We will be eating lunch at school.
Lunes 19 de diciembre 1.  Write 5 questions for each of the followig verbs: Ir, Tener and Querer (15 en Total). Then ask your family and/or friends these questions and write the answers down in Spanish (30 sentences total). Bring these questions and answers on a piece of paper whether you did it by hand or by computer.
2.  Complete pages 1 to 8 of your workbook.
Lunes 12 de diciembre 1. Finish your Power Point Presentations.
2.  Finish translating your Power Point Presentations.
3.  Print your presentation and bring it to class on Monday. (no excuses)
4.  Start working on your Artistic Proyect for Exhibitions.
Jueves 8 de diciembre 1.  Bring 12 facts en Espanol and English on the topic you are working on from the Pre Columbian Empires.
2.  Bring materials you would need to in order to work on your idea for Exhibition Night.
Lunes 5 de diciembre 1.  Do pages 1-5 of your workbooks.  Please read the instructions carefully.
2.  Students that have not done their presentations, Monday is your last day.  Please finish them and send them to me.   
Martes 29 de noviembre Choose one aspect from your Indigenous group (Aztecas, Mayas, Incas) and prepare a 2-3 minute PowerPoint presentation –like our presentations from BBCMundo. Some aspects include: human sacrifices, el quipu, Nazca lines, Tenochtitlan, calendars, etc. Please follow these instructions:

1. Choose a topic of your liking based on our previous homework (general info on your group).

2. Send me an email asking for approval on your topic. This way no 2 topics will be identical.

3. Create a PowerPoint presentations, with tittles and images, but NO text.

4. Send me your presentation via email, and cc it to yourself; make sure that it was sent successfully and that it opens.

5. Practice your oral presentation at home.
 
Viernes 18 de noviembre Find 13 important/relevant facts on the Imperios Indígenas Americanos: Aztecas, Mayas, Incas.  You have write these facts using your own words, you CANNOT just copy and paste.  You can do so in either English or Spanish or BOTH.
Martes 15 de noviembre Finish today's worksheet and write a sentence for each one of the words. Por favor escribe oraciones más sofisticadas.  
Lunes 14 de noviembre Write 1 sentence for every Irregular verb there is in Present, and Preterite in the Verb Page I gave you.  Every sentence has to have a reference of time (i.e. yesterday, today, tonight, etc).  Following each sentences, please translate into English what you did.  
Por ejemplo:
Todos los viernes, yo voy al cine con mis amigos.
Every Friday, I go to the movies with my friends.
Jueves 10 de noviembre 1. Write 2 sentences for every Irregurlar Verb we used today (a total of 20 sentences).
2. Read, summarize and give your personal opinion on the BBCMundo Article we started in class.
Lunes 7 de noviembre Go to Conjuguemos.com and practice -ar verbs for 10 minutes, -er verbs for 10 minutes and -ir verbs for 10 minutes.  *(30 minutes total)  Please record your grade.
Viernes 4 de noviembre Complete today's handout and bring it to class.
Lunes 31 de octubre 1. Create an account in Conjuguemos.com
2. Bring materials for our decorations of Dia de los Muertos
3. Study your notes on Día de los Muertos for a quiz on Monday 
Viernes 28 de octubre Estudia las notas sobre México y el Día de los Muertos para un quiz mañana.  
Also, prepare a reflexion on Why is Death such a big part of Mexican life.
Jueves 26 de octubre Find 13 facts, EN ESPAÑOL, on the Day of the Dead (México) and write your personal opinion on the one you found to be the most interesting.
Lunes 24 de octubre Get any of the many articles from www.bbcmundo.com on Moamar Gadhafi
a) Read it
b) Summarize it
c) Write your personal opinion on it
d) Write down vocabulary words that are key to understand the article 
YOU DON´T HAVE TO PRESENT IT.  JUST BRING THE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.  
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THOSE THAT HAVEN´T PRESENTED YET.
Lunes 17 de octubre 1.  Study for a test in Spanish on Cristobal Colon y 1492
2.  Get an article from www.bbcmundo.com  and 
a) Read it
b) Summarize it 
c) Write your personal opinion on it
d) Write down vocabulary words that are key to understand the article
e) Practice presenting it in Spanish for about 2 minutes
Viernes 14 de octubre Study for a test tomorrow on Cristobal Colon *En Español
Martes 11 de octubre Find out how 1 country in Latin America, Spain, and 1 city in the USA  (3 places total) celebrate Columbus Day. Type a few sentences on each celebration. Then, write your personal opinion on these celebrations.  
Miércoles 28 de setiembre Finish writing ALL of the 4 paragraphs of your Autobiography
Viernes 23 de setiembre RE-Write the First 2 párrafos of your autobiografía: Mi vida y mi familia
Lunes 19 de setiembre Find at least 5 pictures: 3 of you in different situations, 1 of you family, 1 of your best friend.
Lunes 19 de setiembre Finish the questions we started answering in class about yourself:
1.  Describe yourself: physically, personality, important information, etc.
2.  Describe your family.
3.  Describe your best friend(s).
4.  Describe your life right now: daily routine, hobbies, things you like to do, things you don't like to do.
Jueves 15 de septiembre Find a quote. Find a picture that illustrates the quote. Bring them to class, along with a 1-inch binder.