Grade 7
 Bienvenidos...

to a  new school year!


This course meets every other day for the year and offers in introduction to Spanish conversation, basic vocabulary and the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Each student should have a class description which includes information about assessments, grading, and class requirements.  Students will work with the En Espanol 1a textbook and handouts.  In the classroom, students will engage in speaking, listening, reading and writing activities including Total Physical Response storytelling.  Students will also have homework practice.  Please contact me with concerns or questions.

New Material Week of 11/9 Days 1 & 2

• more TPRS actions
• more simple conversation (date, weather, age, birthday, classes)

• Classwork:  oral practice and response to simple conversation, reponse to TPR vocabulary, review of Spanish-speaking countries, review concepts/vocabulary
• review of Spanish alphabet

• short dictations, listening comprehension

• Classroom commands

• Homework: 
• on-going:

review maps, review vocabulary in handouts and notes, use link to flashcards for practice and link to alphabet sound file for additional practice 

New: Finish assigned work in classroom commands packet that is not completed in class

Quizzes: alphabet sounds/short word dictation, simple conversation from handout and class notes, TPR response, numbers, classroom objects,Spanish speaking countries, months, days, dates, classes other review material

Day 1:  Thursday 11/13; Day 2 Friday 11/12 Looking forward:

 weather, more TPR,

Use the link below for classzone for En espanol 1a to take a practice quizzes and the other links to study with flashcards.




Grade 8:

This course meets every other day for the year and is a continuation of Spanish Grade 7 covering.  We will review and add to topics of Spanish conversation, basic vocabulary and the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Each student should have a class description which includes information about assessments, grading, and class requirements.  Students will work with the En Espanol 1b textbook and handouts.  In the classroom, students will engage in speaking, listening, reading and writing activities including Total Physical Response storytelling.  Students will also have homework practice.  Please contact me with concerns or questions.

Material Covered /Review Material through Week of 11/6 Days 1 & 2

Total Physical Response Storytelling-review of vocabulary

• Greetings, introductions, simple conversation (date, time, weather)
  
• Classroom commands, objects
  
• colors
• p. 11 vocabulary in text; review of grade 7 vocabulary
• forms and uses of the verb 'ser', 'ser de'
• review of Spanish alphabet
• Spanish-speaking countries and capitals
• adjective agreement, personality and physical appearance
• clothing vocabulary, colors/agreement of colors
• gender/number of nouns/adjectives
• gusta/n with activities (from notes & p. 11)
• dia de los muertos - culture

New Material Week of 11/9:  Days 1 & 2

• tener and expressing possession (text pages 20 - 27)
• review of family
• review of dates
• weather

 TPRS vocabulary review (in class notes), More work with:  Spanish-speaking countries and capitals, simple conversation, review of classroom vocabulary

Homework: review countries and capitals from maps

review vocabulary from handouts and text

use on-line links and flashcards

gender/number of nouns/adjectives, agreement,

review ser, gustar

exercises from text and handout will be assigned during class

Quizzes:  Dia 2:  11/12 Dia 1:  11/13 forms and uses of the verb 'tener', p. 27 vocabulary,  TPRS review vocabulary from class notes (use flashcards for practice), also:

• simple conversation
• classroom commands and objects
• Spanish alphabet/dictation of short words (sound link attachment for practice)
• gender/number of nouns/adjectives, agreement,
• review material

Looking forward:  review the following