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Spanish 4
 

  • Sara Brown
  • Spanish 4
  • Started at FCS: 2001
  • B.S. Biology, Bucknell University
  • M.S. Plant Breeding, Cornell University
  • sbrown@fcslafayette.org

Letter to Spanish 4 students and parents

Spanish 4 General Overview

SPANISH GUIDELINES

If a student thinks they would like help sessions, please contact the teacher via e-mail, or in person.

HOMEWORK

 Date

Today We...    

Assignment

Due Date  

Notes...

8/20 Prayed in Spanish, conversed in Spanish, learned about our conversation logs, and looked at our new textbooks Fill out the Verb conjugation sheet on the verb escuchar, and cover the textbook 8/21
8/22 Prayed in Spanish, reviewed the rules of Accent marks, and Senora Brown spoke about her life and testimony in Spanish while students took notes in order to write a paper about it. For Friday type a 200-400 word paper in Spanish about the life and testimony of Senora Brown, following Writing Guidelines 8/24
 8/23 

Sang and prayed in Spanish, reviewed the rules of when to use para and por, translated English sentences to Spanish, and worked on Bible memory verses,

 See previous assignment due tomorrow, and also the Conversation Log is due.

 8/24
8/24 Prayed in Spanish, collected conversation logs, read from Marcos 1 (Spanish Bible) Fill out the handout on Leer verb conjugations 8/27
8/27 Prayed, sang, read about the history of Mexico (Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs) Complete Escribir verb conjugations 8/28
8/28 Bible verse, sang, prayed, corrected homework , began reading the Mexican legend "Los Novios". Complete Ser and Estar conjugation sheets 8/29
8/29 Prayed, sang, corrected homework, finished  "Los Novios", gave out vocabulary sheet, went over comprehension questions. None

8/30 Prayed, Bible verse, went over comprehension questions of legend Study for Quiz on "Los Novios" and Bible verses 8/31
8/31 Prayed, took Quiz on "Los Novios" and Bible verses, and began Colombian legend. None

9/4 Prayed, sang, continued reading from "El pirata sin cabeza", and went over vocabulary Answer first three questions from Questions from Pirata sin cabeza 9/5 Be studying for Test on 9/10 Mon.
9/5 Sang, prayed, checked homework, read from "El Pirata"


9/6 Bible verse, song, prayer, listening activity, went over Comprehension Questions for El Pirata Finish answering all the Comprehension Questions of El Pirata

9/7 Bible verses, prayer, song, go over homework, and prepare for Test Study for Test on Monday on Las Dos Leyendas (Vocabulario y comprension), Mateo 6:9-13 9/10
9/10 Test and returned their papers sobre el testimonio de la Seniora Brown Correct and write final draft of paper sobre el testimonios de la Seniora Brown 9/11
9/11 Sang, prayed, and finished reading Marcos 1 in our Spanish Bibles Estudiar vocabulario y comprension de Marcos 1
Quiz Friday on Marcos 1 vocabulario y comprension
9/12 Listening exercise, Went over vocab and summary of Mark 1.  Began reading in textbook about eary history of Spain Study for Friday's quiz on Marcos 1

9/13 Teacher showed slides of her trip to Colombia in 2003 with her family to learn about Geography, culture, and history of Colombia Students will write a paper for next Tuesday sobre "El viaje de la Seniora Brown a Colombia" 9/18
9/14 Quiz on Marcos 1.  We talked also about their written Testimony to be done for next week. Students will write their Spanish testimony due next Wed. (2-3 pages long, typed) 9/19
9/17 Spanish Conversation about what each student did this weekend, Read from textbook about early history of Spain Colombia paper due tomorrow 9/18
9/18 Studied maps with most important cities and comunidades autonomas of Spain.  Handouts and notes about Geography and History of Spain up to 1492 Testimony paper due tomorrow 9/19
9/19 Finished early history of Spain up to 1492, covered Architecture of Spain 101, and began to watch Powerpoint Presentation on historical and important cities of Spain


9/25 Returned quizzes, covered the Intro to El Cantar del Mio Cid.  Read Ch. 1 of El Cid (a prose adaptation).  Read a portion of the original, epic poem, and discussed. Answer questions for Ch.1, sections A & B 9/26 Test next Wed., Oct. 3 covers the Geography and History of Spain (up to 1492), plus the Intro to El Mio Cid, Chapters 1-3 of El Mio Cid (Vocabulary and Comprehension)
9/26 Went over the correct answers to the comprehension questions of Ch.1 of El Cid, and then read Ch.2 Answer questions for Ch.2 10/1
10/1 Went over the correct answers to Ch. 2 questions, and read Ch. 3 of El Cid.  Teacher returned the first drafts of students' testimonies Answeer questions for Ch. 3 10/2 Final draft of testimonies is due Oct. 4 or Oct. 5
10/2 Went over the correct answers to Ch. 3 questions of El Cid.    Also read the beginning ofMarcos 2 in the Bible Study for TEST tomorrow 10/3
10/3 TEST on Geog. and Hist. of Spain up to 1492 plus El Cid, Ch. 1 & 2 (Vocab. and Compreh.)

Oral presentation of Testimonies will be on Thurs. Oct 11
10/4 Listening Exercises, finished returning testimonies in Spanish, read Marcos 2 from Bible Have final draft of personal Testimony in Spanish.  Write Pen Pal in Spanish 10/5
10/5 Read Ch. 4 of El Cid, and went over vocabulary.  Returned papers on Colombia for corrections. Write final draft of Colombia paper 10/8
10/8 Prayed and sang in Spanish.  Finished writing letters to Pen Pals.  Answered questions of El Cid Ch. 4 Answer questions of El Cid Ch. 4 / Have notebooks checked for Notebook grade. 10/9

Be ready for oral presentation of personal testimonies this Thurs. 10/11

10/9 Checked and went over homework.  Read Ch. 5 of El Cid and went over vocabulary. Answer questions to Ch. 5 of El Cid 10/10
10/10 Checked and went over Ch. 5 questions and answers of El Cid.


10/11 Students gave their oral presentations of their testimonies (project grade)


10/12 Students finished giving their oral presentations of their testimonies.  Read Ch. 6 of El Cid. Answer questions to Ch. 6 of El Cid. 10/15
10/15 Went over homework questions of El Cid Ch.6.  Read from Marcos 2 en la Biblia

Test on Wed. 10/17/07 on El Cid Ch. 3 -6 (Vocab. and comprehension).  Bible verses in Romans.
10/16 Read from Cap. 7 del Cid. Study for Wed. Test 10/17
10/17 Took Test


10/18 Received and Discussed Pen Pal letters, Prayer, Field Trip to Hispanic Church, and finished Cap. 7 of El Cid Answer Questions for El Cid. Cap. 7 10/19 Field Trip to Hispanic Church, on Sunday 10/21 at 6p.m.
10/19 Watched a Quiceaniera and discussed cultural traditions.  Went over Cap. 7 questions of El Cid (first part) Write Pen Pal letters following usual Writing Expectations 10/22
10/22 Collected Pen Pal letters, Finished going over Cap. 7 questions of El Cid.  Began reading Cap. 8 of El Cid. Write paper about our visit to the Hispanic Church following the Writing Expectations 10/24
10/23 Finished reading Cap. 8 of El Cid, and went over Vocab.  Read Marcos 2 de la Biblia. Answer questions of Cap. 8 10/24 Final draft of Pen Pal letters is due on Friday, Oct. 26
10/24 Teacher collected papers on field trip. We went over the homework/questions of Cap.8.  Read Marcos 2 from Spanish Bibles.


10/25 Teacher explained project for 2nd quarter. Read El Cid, Cap. 9  Write final draft of Pen Pal letters.  Answer questions of Cap. 9 of El Mio Cid. 10/26 Choose a Bible Story to tell in Spanish, in December to children, using flannel graphs.  Topic is due 11/8
10/26 Teacher collected Pen Pal letters.  We went over homework Cap. 9 del Mio Cid.    Listening Activity.  Read Cap. 10 del Mio Cid. Answer questions of Cap. 10 del Mio Cid. 10/29 Quiz on Tues. 10/29 on Cap. #7-9 del Mio Cid sobre la comprension y el vocabulario.
10/29 Conversation Activities.  Went over homework Cap. 10 questions. Study for Quiz(Cap.7-9) 10/30
10/30 Returned Pen Pal letters and Test.  Went over the Test.  Students took Quiz over El Cid, Cap. 7-9


10/31 Finished Marcos 2.  Worked on Questions to Marcos 2

Quiz on Monday, 11/5 on Marcos 2
11/2 Read El Cid Cap. 11 Study for Marcos 2 Quiz on Monday11/5

11/5 Quiz on Marcos 2 Answer questions to Cap. 11 del Cantar del Mio Cid 11/6 Test on Cantar del Mio Cid (Cantar 2)  y Romanos 10:9-11 is Friday 11/9
11/6 Go over handout on El Chocolate.  Prepare for El Dia del Chocolate.  Go over answers to Cap. 11 del Mio Cid. Study for Test

11/7 Dia del Chocolate!!!


11/8 Prayer, Spanish Listening exercises, and review for Test Study for Test 11/9
11/9 Exam on El Cid (Cap 7-11) and Romanos 8:9-11


11/12 Returned quizzes and went over them.  Went over expectations of Project on presenting Bible Stories in Spanish. Read Capitulo 12 del Mio Cid. Answer Questions El Cid Capit