Spanish 5B El medioambiente
Log Spanish 5 – El medioambiente
1.1 Share recommendations regarding ways of dealing with the effects of ecological disasters.
1.2 Identify and evaluate important concepts presented in a news report.
1.3 Present a plan for an event that responds to an ecological disaster (e.g., demonstration, evacuation plan).
2.1 Evaluate how cultural practices and perspectives are reflected in reactions to ecological disasters.
2.2 Evaluate creative products that deal with ecological disasters.
3.1 Reinforce and expand knowledge of other disciplines, such as science, geography, and technology.
3.2 Hypothesize how an ecological disaster would be presented in a Spanish-language article or broadcast.
4.1 Select appropriate structures and idiomatic expressions and use.
4.2 Hypothesize as to why differences exist in the reaction to ecolog. disasters in the Spanish speaking world and the U.S.
5.1 Compose a flyer dealing with a possible ecological disaster for the Spanish-speaking community.
5.2 Explore and interpret information about ecological disasters through the Spanish media.
Date / Projected objectives & agenda / Actual objectives & accomplishments23 enero
miércoles / SWBAT pre-assess each other on environment vocabulary they already know by matching terms to their definitions.
SWBAT collaborate with their classmates to predict the meanings of new vocabulary words.
Due tomorrow: complete the left side of this vocabulary practice.
Due Monday: complete the writing assignment.
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment on Wednesday. / Today we started the medioambiente unit. You first you completed a preassessment on environment vocabulary you already know by matching terms to their definitions. Then at your table, you shared ideas to predict vocabulary meanings on your new vocabulary list. You made sure you knew all the words (excluding the ones from specific articles).
Due tomorrow:complete the left side of this vocabulary practice.
Due Monday:complete this writing assignment.
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment onWednesday, Jan. 30.
24 enero
jueves / SWBAT describe their new vocabulary words without using certain terms (tabú).
SWBATremember how to form regular and irregular future tense verbs by completing a graphic organizer.
Due tomorrow: complete the right side of this vocabulary practice (use vocab).
Due Monday: complete vocabulary writing assignment (both sides).
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment on Wednesday. / When you arrived, you compared your homework answers to your neighbors' and asked me questions about discrepancies. In groups of two, you described your new vocabulary words in a way that your partner could easily guess them. It was sort of like tabú. With the other people at your table (and with a little nudge from me), you began to remember how to form regular and irregular future and conditional tense verbs by completing a graphic organizer.
Due tomorrow: complete the front of the graphic organizer (focus on irregular verbs).
Due Monday: complete vocabulary writing assignment (both sides).
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment on Wednesday.
25 enero
viernes / Vocabulary warm-up
SWBAT complete a crossword puzzle (crucigrama) using irregular future and conditional verbs.
SWBAT compare the future and conditional tenses by finding commonalities between the irregular verb forms and verb endings.
SWBAT infer new vocabulary words by reading the article Desastreseconómicos and seeing words in context.
Due Monday: complete formative vocabulary writing assignment (both sides).
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment on Wednesday. / I checked that you completed your homework and then made sure you had all grouped the irregular conditional and future tense stems correctly. To practice conjugating them, you completed this irregular future crucigrama. We practiced differentiating between future and conditional tense, but it seemed really easy for you guys. Instead, you read a news article about the desaster of el prestige with vocabulary words in context. You wrote synonyms for all of these words using the article as a guide to help you know you were choosing appropriate words.
Due Monday: complete vocabulary writing assignment (both sides).
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment on Wednesday.
28 enero
lunes / SWBAT write if statements about present, past, and potential environmental issues using future and conditional verbs.
Due tomorrow: summarize the article from Friday Desastreseconómicos in your own words. Do it on the same paper as you wrote the synonyms.
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment on Wednesday. / Please review the updated list of objectives and due dates for the current unit. Due to the two hour delay, our class was shortened. We did manage to accomplish a great deal, though. You wrote if statements about present, past, and potential environmental issues using future and conditional verbs.
Due tomorrow: complete what we started in class (both sides).
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment on Wednesday.
29 enero
martes / SWBAT ask questions that will help them prepare for tomorrow’s formative assessment after evaluating their strengths and weaknesses on the vocabulary list, future, and conditional (repasopara el examen).
Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary, future, and conditional quiz. / I checked to see who had done last night's homework and collected the homework from yesterday from those of you that had forgotten to do it. I gave you the quiz review for tomorrow's quiz. You did the front part (with conjugations and irregulars of conditional and future) at your tables, and you wrote synonyms (back side of the paper) for your vocabulary words that you need to focus your studying on. We also wrote a few sample conditional sentences together because you'll have to do that on the quiz tomorrow.
There will be a vocabulary, future, and conditional assessment tomorrow.
30 enero
miércoles / SWBAT infer new vocabulary words by reading the article Los efectos del derrameand seeing words in context.
Formative assessment: condicional, futuro, y vocabulario.
Due tomorrow: complete a summary for the article we read yesterday Los efectos del derrame. Do it on the synonym paper. / You took your quiz today. It took most of the class period, but you seemed to think it wasn't too bad. After you turned in your quizzes, I passed back the homework that you turned in on Monday and gave you tonight's homework: Los efectos del derrame del prestige.
Due tomorrow: read the article I gave you and summarize it in your own words. Be sure to use the seven new words that appear in the article (and on that article's portion of the vocabulary list).
31 enero
jueves / SWBAT compare subjuntivo del imperfecto and el preterito using a comparison chart and powerpoint presentations.
SWBATcreate original if-then statement by synthesizing what they know about past subjunctive and conditional (on poster paper).
There is no homework due tomorrow. / I was upset because over half of you didn't do your homework. We talked about some of the new vocabulary words that appeared in the article - those of you that did the homework had a really good grasp of how to use those new words. Those of you that didn't do the homework should do it tonight. Since we just re-looked at the conditional form of verbs, we started looking at the past subjunctive forms so that you can use the two together in if-statements. You wrote a few sentences on the board to remind each other of the two primary different situations where the past subjunctive is used. Then, you completed the imperfecto del subjuntivo conjugation chart by comparing the past subjunctive to the preterite forms.
There is no homework due tomorrow.
1 febrero
viernes / Lab 302A
Listen to questions from Triangulos. Answer each one in <60seconds. (#37)
SWBATpractice past subjunctive on the internet:subjunctive or indicative?; past subjunctive forms; past subjunctive or conditional?
There is no homework due on Monday. / You are doing two things in the computer lab today:
1) You are going to hear a series of questions about the environment. I will play the questions, one at a time, and you will have 60 seconds to record each answer on Audacity. You may not exced 60 seconds. You will hear the next question after 60 seconds and then need to respond to that one as well. After you are fnished, you will upload your work as an mp3 file to the Handin drive.
2) Please complete the following online activities to practice conjugating the imperfecto del subjuntivo:
subjunctive or indicative?;
past subjunctive forms;
past subjunctive or conditional?
There is no homework due on Monday.
4 febrero
lunes / SWBAT infer new vocabulary meanings after reading in context in Galicia recuerda el desastre.
SWBATdifferentiate between the imperfect del subjuntivo and past perfect subjuntivo/ condicional and condicional perfecto by (1) matching clauses together and (2) finishing if-then statements in the appropriate tense (little slips of paper).
Due tomorrow: complete a summary for the article we read today Galicia recuerda el desastre. / Please review the updated list of objectives and due dates for the current unit. Today we continued writing, reading, and discussing if-then statements in various tenses. I gave you partial sentences, and you completed them using either the conditional or imperfect subjunctive. This helped you compare the tenses to each other and figure out the order they should appear in sentences. Then, you each got a new partial sentence. You had to find the person in the class whose partial sentence completed yours both grammatically and in terms of content. This helped you notice and define the differences between the following: imperfecto del subjuntivo/pasado perfecto del subjuntivo and condicional/condicional perfecto.
Due tomorrow: read the article and write synonyms for the vocabulary words based on how they're used in context.
5 febrero
martes / SWBAT describe potential environmental problems in the past and future using pluperfecto del subjuntivo, imperfect del subjuntivo,condicional perfecto, y condicional.
There is no homework due tomorrow. / I checked who had done their homework at the beginning of class. Very few of you had. We talked about the new vocabulary and shared definitions and synonyms for them. You will have trouble on the Thursday's quiz if you didn't do the homework. I gave you this past subjunctive note sheet, and we looked at part B together. You read it out loud while we underlined key terms to help you focus your reading. You then described potential environmental problems in the past, present, and future using pluperfecto del subjuntivo, imperfect del subjuntivo, condicional perfecto, y condicional.
Start studying for Thursday's vocabulary and if-statement quiz.
6 febrero
miércoles / SWBAT complete sentences starters by using the indicated tenses.
Tomorrow there will be a formative assessment on all the vocabulary / We briefly looked at the instructions and rubric for the summative assessment that we will be doing in the library on Friday and next week. My photocopy was horrible - sorry! I'll re-copy it for you. We reviewed for tomorrow's quiz by finishing the sentences below. It made you think about tense names and helped you compare them to each other. Yoursentenceswereallfabulous. I'mproud.
Finishwithconditional (condicional):
Si nuestras personalidades discreparan,
Si el dispositivo politico impidiera el acceso a los manifestantes,
Finishwithconditionalperfect (condicional perfecto):
Si el carburante no hubiera sido tan dañino,
Si el casco del mercante hubiera sido hecho de otro material,
Finishwithimperfectsubjunctive (imperfect del subjuntivo):
Los legisladores endurecerían las normas anti-polución si
El medio ambiente no precisaría nuestra ayuda si
Finishwithpastperfectsubjunctive (pluperfecto del subjuntivo):
La noticia del desastre en la playa no se habría difundido si
Los aviones no habrían sobrevolado los torres gemelos en 2001 si
Studyfortomorrow'svocabulary and if-thenstatementsquiz.
7 febrero / Formative assessment: vocabulario and all the tenses. / You took your quiz. You did not like it. I will grade them soon. Remember that we are having class in the media center.
There is no homework due tomorrow.
8 febrero / Library for group project.
11 febrero / Library for group project.
12 febrero / Library for group project.
13 febrero / Library for group project.
14 febrero / Presentaciones
15 febrero / Presentaciones
19 febrero / SWBAT listen to a native speaker talk about a current problem in the environment and prove that they understand by answering oral and written questions-P. 56triangulos