Hoy es martes, el 4 de agosto

-Due today:Finish rough draft of ‘¿Quien soy yo?’biographical presentation; Final draft due Thursday.

-Tarea para jueves: Final draft of ‘¿Quien soy yo?’biographical presentation due Thursday

Daily Objective:

(1)Warm-up: 4 things that would you like to learn

(2)Review Key Concepts/Vocab: Accent Categorization

(3)Peer Exchange - ‘¿Quien soy yo?’ biographical presentation

(4)Mid-class break

(5)Conversacion y lluvia de ideas – ¿Por qué vale la pena estudiar, aprender, y hablar otros idiomas?

(6)Head to book reserve room to retrieve textbooks: ‘Temas’ & ‘AP Spanish Exam Prep (Diaz)

Key concepts/vocabulary: Accent Categorization

Acento desinencial: 2 words, different meaning, accent one.

Diptongo: a syllable split between two vowels, accent the weak one, U and I are weak.

Aguda: First syllable is strongest; word must end in consonant except N or S.

Grave: 2nd syllable is strongest; word must end in vowel or N or S.

Esdrújula: 3rd syllable is strongest; it always gets an accent.

(1)Warm-up – Short Answer: Warm-ups should be written on same sheet of paper throughout the week, will be collected at the end of the week: For today’s warm-up, write, in Spanish, four things that you would like to learn about in this class this year with regard to Spanish language (grammar/vocabulary) and Hispanic culture (daily life, history, art, music, dance, food, sports, etc.)

(2)Review Key Concepts/Vocab: Accent Categorization

(3)Peer Exchange - ‘¿Quien soy yo?’ biographical presentation To be completed on a separate sheet of paper and submitted by the end of class - Present your presentation to four NEW classmates (none should be the same from the interview activity we did last class) and take note of thier responses to all five questions. You do not need to write in complete sentences, just in bullet point format.

For example: Sam (1) atrevido, simpatico, y chistoso (2) grande y complicada (3) jugar tenis y participar en FFA (4) pescar, escuchar musica, y nadir (5) ingles; es facil

  1. ¿Como eres?
  1. ¿Cómo es tu familia?
  1. ¿Participas en un club o deporte? ¿Cual(es)?
  1. ¿Que te gusta hacer en tus ratos libres?
  1. ¿Qué es tu materia favorita? ¿Por qué?

(4)Mid-class break – 5 minutos

(5)Conversacion y lluvia de ideas – ¿Por qué vale la pena estudiar, aprender, y hablar otros idiomas?

¿Vale la pena estudiar y aprender los idiomas extranjeros?” Anota lo siguiente:

-1) una tesis

-2) perspectivas claves que apoyan su idea principal del ensayo

-3) datos/información en cada párrafo del cuerpo del ensayo

-4) opiniones en cada párrafo del cuerpo del ensayo

(6)Head to book reserve room to retrieve textbooks: ‘Temas’ & ‘AP Spanish Exam Prep (Diaz)

-Tarea para jueves: Final draft of ‘¿Quien soy yo?’biographical presentation due Thursday