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Jueves el 11 de octubre de 2018

10/11/2018

Recordatorio/ Reminder: We do not have class next Tuesday because it's Reading Day. Our next class will be Thursday, Oct. 18.

Resumen de la clase:
Hablamos de lo que vamos a hacer y lo que tenemos que hacer. Revisamos la tarea.

La tarea:
1) LR #2 due by midnight on Friday the 12th. You have the weekend and up until Tuesday night at midnight to answer others.
2) SAM p. 113 Actividad 6
p. 116 - 118 Actividades 12 - 17
p. 121 Actividad 22
p. 162 Actividad 3.

Martes el 9 de octubre de 2018

10/9/2018

Resumen de la clase:
Hoy en la clase de las 9:05 hablamos del verbo gustar y como usarlo. En la clase de las 12:15, hablamos de "tus/mis/sus posesiones". Luego, revisamos las respuestas a la actividad que trata la cancion de Marc Anthony. Para terminar, hablamos de nuestros planes para el futuro/esta semana ("voy a estudiar, voy a ir al cine, etc.")

Reminder / Recordatorio: There IS class on Thursday. Si, hay clase el jueves.

La tarea:
1) Estudiar el Quizlet set "Los lugares." (Make sure you know how the words sound.)
2) Do the activity using "gustar" on page 44.
3) SAM Actividad 12 p. 116; Actividad 5 p. 113.

Online quizzes due by Tuesday Oct. 9 at 9am

10/7/2018

Hola a todos,
I have emailed you the links for 2 quizzes. They must be done by Tuesday Oct. 9 at 9am. If you did not get an email, go to Blackboard. The links are in Announcements when you open up the course site. (But if you have problems with the technology, don't worry, I will give you a written quiz on Tuesday as a last resort.) Each has 10 multiple choice questions and you have a maximum of 30 seconds (which is plenty) for each question. The first quiz is on objeto personales y de la casa, and the other is on verbos.

You will need to download the Kahoot app and do each quiz on the app. The app is free and doesn't ask for an email or personal info. I just need you to use your real name when you take each quiz (take the "challenge") so I can give you credit.

Martes el 2 de octubre

10/3/2018

Important notice:
We do not have class on Thursday the 4th. Our next class will be Tuesday, October 9th. (Also, Reading Day is Oct. 16th, not the 11th).

The LR #2 deadline is moved to Friday, Oct. 11.

Resumen
In class, we talked about what we liked to do or not do (Me gusta... no me gusta...). We reviewed the homework. In the 9:05 class, we talked about things on our desks that were ours and things that belonged to others (Es mi cuaderno, son tus llaves, es mi bolígrafo...). In the 12:15 class, we looked at the the grammar structure when using "gustar."

La tarea
1) Do the activity on page 52 with the Marc Anthony song, "Vivir mi vida." Listen to it on Youtube, and notice the new grammar structure "voy a..." Then do the matching exercise to look at the meaning of the phrases that are most repeated in the song. Then read the grammar explanation on page 51. We will work on this grammar and do exercises in class on Tuesday.

2) SAM p. 111 Actividades 1 & 2, p. 112 Actividades 3 & 4.

3) Quiz due by class on Tuesday. This will be on Kahoot! I will send you a link via email at the latest Sunday night -- please be on the lookout. It is on "objetos en tu casa" y "verbos". You will have 30 seconds to answer question, so you won't be rushed.

NOTA SOCIOCULTURAL: Martes fue el 50 aniversario de un día terrible en el movimiento estudiantil de 1968 en México. Si quieres saber un poco más sobre esto, pueden leer este artículo (o buscarlo por Google en español).

Jueves el 27 de septiembre

9/27/2018

Resumen de la clase:
Aprendimos (we learned) la canción infantil "Me gusta la leche". Revisamos (we reviewed) la tarea "Los errores". We did a speaking activity with a bunch of things from my teaching mochila. In the 9:05 class we looked at the rules of thumb for identifying masculine and feminine words, and observed which ones must be memorized because there is no way of identifying their gender from their endings. In the 12:15 class we ran out of time on that so I left it to you to study! In both classes we didn't have much time to look at verbs, so keep studying them from Quizlet.

La tarea para el martes:
1) Only the 12:15 class has a take home quiz
2) Keep studying the verbs from this Quizlet set, and based on that, do the categorizing activity with verbs on page 43 of Convivencia.
3) Look over the reference page about gender and number on page 37 of Convivencia. Using that information, do the activity on page 38, and the activity on page 39.
4) Keep studying this Quizlet set, and do the vocabulary matching activity on page 35.
5) You have a recording of the song "Me gusta la leche" that you made in class. Please memorize that song for Tuesday! If you missed class, it is on page 46 at the bottom of the page.

We will have a quiz on Tuesday on the two Quizlet sets and I will ask you to write down the words to the song "Me gusta la leche"!

¡Que tengan un muy buen fin de semana!

Semana 5: martes el 25 de septiembre

9/25/2018

Resumen de la clase
En la clase de 9:05, revisamos (we reviewed) el quiz #2. En las dos clases, hicimos (we did) varias actividades con números (páginas 22 y 24).

La tarea
1) In preparation for Thursday's class, study:

Verbos: https://quizlet.com/_2xfz8o
Articulos personales y de la casa: https://quizlet.com/_3r0s48

2) En la pagina 22, haz la actividad "Errores". (Use the chart for math on page 22 to help you).
Watch this video (http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/vid/beg04d.html) and identify the three math errors in it.

Jueves, el 20 de septiembre

9/20/2018

Resumen de la clase
I returned Quiz #1 and the paragraphs you wrote. We reviewed page 29 and the activity on page 30. I answered questions about the Learning Reports, and in the 9:05 class you took a quiz (en pares/in pairs) and in the 12:15 class we'll leave it until next Tuesday.

In Blackboard, for your learning reports, when you're composing your report...

If you missed the explanation for how to post the report on Blackboard, there is a Powerpoint on Blackboard (in Course Content) that explains how to do it.

La tarea
1) The learning report is due before Friday the 21st at midnight. You have all weekend until Monday at midnight to answer 4 reports written by your compañeros.
2) SAM pp. 61, 62, 63, Actividades 10, 11, 12, 15

Semana 4: Martes el 18 de septiembre

9/19/2018

Resumen
We talked about significant dates around this time of year in Mexico. You handed in your take-home quiz and the paragraphs (Activity 8). We worked on the activity "Personas famosas" (p. 25 en Convivencia), and started to talk about Learning Reports (#1 due on Friday of this week). In the 9:05 class we started to look at quotations I took from your responses to the chart about language learning and the growth mindset (p. 6-7 in Convivencia). The reason for discussing your responses to the chart is that these ways of thinking about language learning will directly impact the decisions you make in your learning reports. On Thursday we will continue discussing any questions you have about learning reports. On Thursday the 12:15 class will also look at their responses to the chart.

La tarea para el jueves
1) The 9:05 class should finish reading the handout with your responses to chart on pp. 6-7.
2) Re-read the guidelines for the Learning Reports (last page of your syllabus, also on page 5 of Convivencia). Make sure you can find where to post your learning report on Blackboard (go onto Blackboard, and find the place).
3) Read page 29 in Convivencia, and do the activity on page 30 called "en una fiesta de bienvenida estudiantil."
4) Be prepared for an in-class closed book quiz on: nationalities, occupations, numbers 1 to 100, a review of greetings and presentations. Use the Quizlet sets to practice (all links are below).

Jueves, el 13 de septiembre

9/14/2018

Resumen:
We practiced using the verb "tener" to talk about things we had on our desks, and to state one's age. We used Kahoot! to see how well that worked as a review or quiz. We practiced numbers, nationalities, and reviewed homework. In the 12:15 class, I introduced occupations.

La tarea para el martes:

1) Short take-home quiz
2) Continue to review previous Quizlet sets as needed.
3) Study Quizlet set (ocupaciones): https://quizlet.com/_2y2aae
4) SAM p. 59 Actividades 5, 6, 7; p. 60 Actividad 9
5) Homework you will turn in: p. 60 Actividad 8 (This is a paragraph--you can handwrite this or type it).

6) ALSO: Start planning your Learning Report (due Friday next week). We will discuss expectations more on Tuesday.

Semana 3: martes el 11 de septiembre

9/11/2018

Resumen de la clase:
The 9:05 class analyzed the difference between formal and informal introductions, the use of usted vs. tú, and how the norms of the formal vs informal "you" can vary between countries and even between communities and regions. We went over some questions about the homework and looked at the rules for using accents (acentuación).

In the 12:15 class we played Quizlet Live to reinforce the names of capitals and countries, reviewed numbers from 0 to 100 (and practiced with Quizlet Live) and looked at nationalities. There were no questions about the homework so we didn't review it.

Even though we did very different things in both classes, I can still assign the same homework for both classes.

La tarea para el jueves:
1) Study the numbers on Quizlet from 0 to 100 (in the 9:05 class we'll talk on Thursday about the patterns you see): https://quizlet.com/_2xfwvb
2) Do SAM Actividad 1 on page 57 to practice your numbers.
3) Study the nationalities on Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_2xfk70
4) Do SAM Actividad 3 on page 58 to practice nationalities.

We will have a quiz Thursday on the SAM Activities due today for homework (Actividades 1, 2, 5 on pages 17 and 18.

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