¡Hola, chicos del 7o y 8o grados!
Hoy, para la actividad del blog, ustedes van a trabajar (will work on) las profesiones y el verbo ir. There are a smorgasboard of actividades to try to suit tus necesidades e intereses (your needs and interests). Choose at least one of las actividades from Las Profesiones and one from El Verbo Ir from the lists below.
El Verbo Ir
Still confused about el verbo ir? Start out with a video explanation from Tonito Frito.
Feeling pretty comfortable with el verbo ir? Click on the link below, and once the page loads, click on the circle with the giraffe and zebra on it (Un fin de semana especial). Once you've clicked on that, click on "Mochila de palabras" to go over some place vocabulary that this lesson will teach you, and then you can go back to the "Un fin de semana especial" page to do activities in "El mundo de Carlos" and "Pasatiempo." You may find it a little confusing to use "Mi Mundo" at first, but if you play around with it a little, you'll start to get the hang of it. Start using Mi Mundo by clicking here.
Las Profesiones
Review professions that we went over in class and learn some new ones by clicking on the names of different professions. Then, practice with the profesiones vocabulary here.
Want to challenge yourself? Try this actividad from el Instituto Cervantes to learn more professions and practice using them.
If you finish, you can also listen again to the ¿Adónde vas? rap that we heard en clase to practice with the verb ir.
Don't forget to write down on your index cards:
a) What actividades you did today
b) Dos cosas nuevas (new things) that you learned!
¡Buena suerte!
31 January 2012
16 January 2012
Prueba (Quiz) - 5o y 6o grados
¡Feliz Día de Martin Luther King Jr! It's a good day to remember all that people like Martin Luther King Jr. have done to make our country a more equal and just one.
As Ustedes are enjoying su fin de semana extendido (your long weekend), I wanted to remind 5th and 6th graders about their prueba (quiz) on miércoles (Wednesday). Remember to look over the following things:
- El verbo ser: how to say I am, you informal are, he/she is, you formal are, we are, they are, you all are in Spanish.
- Important preguntas (questions) we learned using ser:
¿Quién eres? (who are you?)
¿De dónde eres? (where are you from?) Make sure you also know tu ciudad
(city), estado (state) y país (country) - los Estados Unidos!
¿Cómo eres? (what are you like?)
***Remember also that these questions change their meaning when we change the verb:
¿Quién es Señora Greaves? (who is Señora Greaves?)
¿De dónde es Señora Greaves? (where is Señora Greaves from?)
¿Cómo es Señora Greaves? (what is Señora Greaves like?)
- Descripciones: describing words on the ¿Quién es? Descripciones handout (the one with all of the faces on it). Know how to describe someone (tall or short? Pretty or handsome? Blond, brunette, or red-head? Funny or serious?)
- ¿Por qué es importante hablar español?: Why speak Spanish? Look back at the Spanish: A Global Language reading that we had, especially at the three reasons we wrote on the side (one of the 3 most spoken languages on Earth, US is the 5th largest Spanish-speaking country, US has a Spanish-speaking past).
- Día de los Reyes: What is it? When is it? What does it celebrate? What do people do on that day?
- Países (countries) en Sudamérica: know how to identify them on a map.
Aquí hay a few games for you to practice with!
Practice with ser
Matching games with ser
South America map quiz game
As Ustedes are enjoying su fin de semana extendido (your long weekend), I wanted to remind 5th and 6th graders about their prueba (quiz) on miércoles (Wednesday). Remember to look over the following things:
- El verbo ser: how to say I am, you informal are, he/she is, you formal are, we are, they are, you all are in Spanish.
- Important preguntas (questions) we learned using ser:
¿Quién eres? (who are you?)
¿De dónde eres? (where are you from?) Make sure you also know tu ciudad
(city), estado (state) y país (country) - los Estados Unidos!
¿Cómo eres? (what are you like?)
***Remember also that these questions change their meaning when we change the verb:
¿Quién es Señora Greaves? (who is Señora Greaves?)
¿De dónde es Señora Greaves? (where is Señora Greaves from?)
¿Cómo es Señora Greaves? (what is Señora Greaves like?)
- Descripciones: describing words on the ¿Quién es? Descripciones handout (the one with all of the faces on it). Know how to describe someone (tall or short? Pretty or handsome? Blond, brunette, or red-head? Funny or serious?)
- ¿Por qué es importante hablar español?: Why speak Spanish? Look back at the Spanish: A Global Language reading that we had, especially at the three reasons we wrote on the side (one of the 3 most spoken languages on Earth, US is the 5th largest Spanish-speaking country, US has a Spanish-speaking past).
- Día de los Reyes: What is it? When is it? What does it celebrate? What do people do on that day?
- Países (countries) en Sudamérica: know how to identify them on a map.
Aquí hay a few games for you to practice with!
Practice with ser
Matching games with ser
South America map quiz game
06 January 2012
¡Feliz Día de los Reyes! (and a few notes)
Happy Three Kings Day! Me divertí mucho ayer celebrando con ambas clases. (I had a lot of fun yesterday celebrating with both classes.) En las clases, nosotros comimos (ate) Rosca de Reyes, a traditional Mexican sweetbread served on el Día de los Reyes, complete with a little plastic baby Jesus, to represent the need to find a safe place for Jesus, with the knife cutting the bread representing the danger that Jesus was in because of Herod's jealousy. In case anyone is interested in picking up a Rosca de Reyes to try, panaderías (bakeries) may still have it today - I got mine from La Gloria Panadería in Mexicantown on Bagley. 5th and 6th grades participated in "un asalto"/una parranda (you can read more about those here) by surprising the 7th and 8th graders and singing a song about los tres reyes to them (the three kings). In case you'd like to listen to the song they sang(or if you still have it in your head!), it's on the class playlist on Grooveshark, towards the bottom of the list. I've also included some other Christmas carols on there, such as "Campana sobre Campana," "Los Peces en el Río," and "Mi Burrito Sabanero."
Now, on to some information about grades:
For 7th and 8th, nosotros will have una prueba (quiz) el martes. La prueba will cover the use of the verb ser ('to be'), description vocabulary, ¿de dónde eres?, reasons why it's important to learn Spanish (see the handout about Spanish: A Global Language especially), Día de los Reyes, and labeling a map of the países (countries) en Sudamérica. I'll be giving another extra credit opportunity on lunes in case anyone wants to help bump up their grade before the 2nd quarter ends on the 20th.
For 5th and 6th, I'll also be giving an extra credit opportunity. I'm posting it here in case anyone would like to get a head start. The assignment is to read the handout that I gave la clase about el Día de los Reyes, and then to write a short paragraph (at least 4 sentences) summarizing what tú learned about el Día de los Reyes, and present it to la clase. Doing this will earn tú up to 25 extra credit points.
As always, please comment or contact me by e-mail if you have any questions. ¡Feliz Día de los Reyes!
Now, on to some information about grades:
For 7th and 8th, nosotros will have una prueba (quiz) el martes. La prueba will cover the use of the verb ser ('to be'), description vocabulary, ¿de dónde eres?, reasons why it's important to learn Spanish (see the handout about Spanish: A Global Language especially), Día de los Reyes, and labeling a map of the países (countries) en Sudamérica. I'll be giving another extra credit opportunity on lunes in case anyone wants to help bump up their grade before the 2nd quarter ends on the 20th.
For 5th and 6th, I'll also be giving an extra credit opportunity. I'm posting it here in case anyone would like to get a head start. The assignment is to read the handout that I gave la clase about el Día de los Reyes, and then to write a short paragraph (at least 4 sentences) summarizing what tú learned about el Día de los Reyes, and present it to la clase. Doing this will earn tú up to 25 extra credit points.
As always, please comment or contact me by e-mail if you have any questions. ¡Feliz Día de los Reyes!
15 December 2011
Más Sobre Personalidad
A few people have expressed interest in taking longer, full versions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or having their parents take it! For more information about the real, full test, which you take with a person who is licensed to give the test and explain your results to you, you can go to the Myers-Briggs Foundation website.
There are a few free tests in the style of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (like the one that 7th and 8th grade took in class) online. Aqui hay enlaces para algunos:
Humanmetrics test
Similar minds test
Here's a link to more information about the different personality types, for after you take the test.
Disfruten, y feliz Navidad.
There are a few free tests in the style of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (like the one that 7th and 8th grade took in class) online. Aqui hay enlaces para algunos:
Humanmetrics test
Similar minds test
Here's a link to more information about the different personality types, for after you take the test.
Disfruten, y feliz Navidad.
13 December 2011
¿Quién Eres?: Tu Personalidad
Hoy, la clase de 7o y 8o grado va a (is going to) take una prueba about tu personalidad. Esta información will help tú know more about yourself, tu personalidad y tu learning style. After tú take the quiz, tú will see tres letras (letters) that tell tú tu tipo de personalidad (your personality type). Make sure to write these letters down on tu worksheet, and do not lose them! Then, click the link below the letras to read more about tu personalidad.
As tú read, tú will fill out the worksheet about what tú learned about yourself, answering the following questions:
1. ¿Cuál es tu tipo de personalidad (personality type)? Write the 3 letters.
2. Look at the “Traits” section of your results. Write down 3 traits that you think really describe you.
3. Look at the “Potential Strengths” and “Potential Weaknesses. Write down 1strength and 1 weakness that really describe you.
4. Look at the section on “Learning Style.” Write down one thing about your learning style that you think is important for me as your teacher to know.
5. Look at the section on “Special Needs.” Which of the special needs for your learning type do you feel is not being met well by our class?
While you are answering these questions, pay particular attention to tu learning style and tus special needs. Nosotros will use this worksheet later to talk about nuestros tipos de personalidad en clase, y cómo this relates to nuestros estilos de aprendizaje (our learning styles).
Start the process by going here to take la prueba.
Remember that tú can listen to our class playlist while tú do tu tarea here.
If tú finish, tú can take the países survey (si tú haven't already) a few posts down from this one, work on the extra credit project under the "Nuestra Herencia" post, or tú can check out some review activites from Mi Vida Loca.
(Padres (parents), this prueba is a little advanced for 5th and 6th graders, but it is designed for parents to be able to answer questions about their children and learn more about their personalities and learning styles as well. It's based on the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, and gives some very interesting and helpful information, so feel free to try it out!)
As tú read, tú will fill out the worksheet about what tú learned about yourself, answering the following questions:
1. ¿Cuál es tu tipo de personalidad (personality type)? Write the 3 letters.
2. Look at the “Traits” section of your results. Write down 3 traits that you think really describe you.
3. Look at the “Potential Strengths” and “Potential Weaknesses. Write down 1strength and 1 weakness that really describe you.
4. Look at the section on “Learning Style.” Write down one thing about your learning style that you think is important for me as your teacher to know.
5. Look at the section on “Special Needs.” Which of the special needs for your learning type do you feel is not being met well by our class?
While you are answering these questions, pay particular attention to tu learning style and tus special needs. Nosotros will use this worksheet later to talk about nuestros tipos de personalidad en clase, y cómo this relates to nuestros estilos de aprendizaje (our learning styles).
Start the process by going here to take la prueba.
Remember that tú can listen to our class playlist while tú do tu tarea here.
If tú finish, tú can take the países survey (si tú haven't already) a few posts down from this one, work on the extra credit project under the "Nuestra Herencia" post, or tú can check out some review activites from Mi Vida Loca.
(Padres (parents), this prueba is a little advanced for 5th and 6th graders, but it is designed for parents to be able to answer questions about their children and learn more about their personalities and learning styles as well. It's based on the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, and gives some very interesting and helpful information, so feel free to try it out!)
01 December 2011
Carta 2
En 7o y 8o grados, vamos a escribir Carta 2. Vamos a usar el nuevo vocabulario sobre descripciones en esta carta.
Requisitos:
- Include a saludo (¡Hola, Pedro! / Querido Pedro:)
- Ask tu compañero(a) at least 4 preguntas. Una pregunta debe ser (must be) ¿De dónde eres?, o una variación como ¿De qué ciudad/estado/escuela eres?
- Describe un amigo o una amiga en tu carta.
- Include a closing (¡Adiós! / Sinceramente, Paco / Tu amigo, Paco)
Ejemplo:
Querido Shrek:
¿Cómo estás? Yo estoy muy aburrida. Estoy en la clase de matemáticas, y la clase es muy difícil. ¿Cómo es tu clase de matemáticas? Oh, sí... tú no eres alumno, y tú no tienes una clase de matemáticas. Tú eres muy afortunado. Tú eres grande y verde también. No eres muy inteligente, pero eres muy simpático. Mi amigo Puss in Boots es inteligente a veces, y es simpático también. Es muy interesante.
¿De dónde eres? Yo soy de la ciudad de Far Far Away. ¿Cómo es tu ciudad? ¿Es grande e interesante?
¡Hasta luego, Shrek!
Tu amiga,
Princesa Fiona
Requisitos:
- Include a saludo (¡Hola, Pedro! / Querido Pedro:)
- Ask tu compañero(a) at least 4 preguntas. Una pregunta debe ser (must be) ¿De dónde eres?, o una variación como ¿De qué ciudad/estado/escuela eres?
- Describe un amigo o una amiga en tu carta.
- Include a closing (¡Adiós! / Sinceramente, Paco / Tu amigo, Paco)
Ejemplo:
Querido Shrek:
¿Cómo estás? Yo estoy muy aburrida. Estoy en la clase de matemáticas, y la clase es muy difícil. ¿Cómo es tu clase de matemáticas? Oh, sí... tú no eres alumno, y tú no tienes una clase de matemáticas. Tú eres muy afortunado. Tú eres grande y verde también. No eres muy inteligente, pero eres muy simpático. Mi amigo Puss in Boots es inteligente a veces, y es simpático también. Es muy interesante.
¿De dónde eres? Yo soy de la ciudad de Far Far Away. ¿Cómo es tu ciudad? ¿Es grande e interesante?
¡Hasta luego, Shrek!
Tu amiga,
Princesa Fiona
22 November 2011
¿Qué dice?
Hoy, nosotros vamos a traducir la canción Soy Guapo. Ustedes will break up into cuatro grupos, y cada (every) grupo will have a few partes to work on.
Con su grupo, escuchan la canción primero aquí. (Listen to the song first). Pay particular attention to su parte de la canción.
Then, miran la canción de nuevo (watch the song again) while reading las letras (the lyrics).
Finalmente, trabaja (work) con su grupo en tres cosas:
1) Traducen (translate) su parte de la canción al inglés. Ustedes may want to use este diccionario for palabras that Ustedes don't know. Cuidado (careful) con el diccionario. It will show Ustedes multiple meanings, y Ustedes will have to figure out which meaning makes the most sense based on la canción and what is happening en el video.
2) Have una persona de su grupo post su traducción (translation) como un comentario. ¡Make sure to include los nombres de las personas en el grupo!
3) Cambian (change) su parte de la canción that is in italics to talk about yourselves as a grupo, as if ustedes were singing esta canción about yourselves. Keep in mind that, if ustedes son chicas, ¡ustedes may need to change algunas palabras! Yo will ask su grupo to come up and present esta parte de la canción como más práctica con el verbo ser.
4) If Ustedes terminan (finish) before nosotros are ready to present, make sure su grupo has completed the survey about países. Ustedes may also want to check out previous blog posts...
"Soy Guapo" por Señor Wooly
1. Me llamo Victor
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy, muy, muy, muy guapo
Soy alto, soy delgado
Hay mujeres a mi lado
¡Ay, Victor! ¡Qué guapo!
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy guapo
Tengo ojos verdes y pelo castaño
2. A veces pienso que soy demasiado guapo
Sí, es verdad
¡Demasiado guapo!
Es guapo
Es muy, muy guapo
Tiene ojos verdes y pelo castaño
Tú no eres guapo, eres feo
Con tu pelo carnoso y ojos pequeños
Pobre amigo, tú no eres alto
No hay mujeres a tu lado
3. Yo no necesito leer
Para ir al cine con una mujer
Yo no necesito trabajar
En casa, no necesito ayudar
¡Oh no, qué feo!
Llevas anteojos
¡Oh no, qué feo!
Tienes aparatos
Guapo
Muy guapo
Soy muy, muy, muy, muy, muy guapo
4. No es necesario ser gracioso
No es necesario ser simpático
Por que...
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy guapo
Tengo ojos verdes y pelo castaño
¿Personalidad? ¡Ja! No la necesito.
¿Personalidad? ¡Ja! Él no la tiene.
Es guapo
Es muy, muy guapo
Tiene ojos verdes y pelo castaño
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy guapo
Tengo ojos verdes y pelo castaño
(Se repita 3x)
As a disclaimer, this song is not mine, nor are the lyrics. I am using them purely for educational purposes.
Con su grupo, escuchan la canción primero aquí. (Listen to the song first). Pay particular attention to su parte de la canción.
Then, miran la canción de nuevo (watch the song again) while reading las letras (the lyrics).
Finalmente, trabaja (work) con su grupo en tres cosas:
1) Traducen (translate) su parte de la canción al inglés. Ustedes may want to use este diccionario for palabras that Ustedes don't know. Cuidado (careful) con el diccionario. It will show Ustedes multiple meanings, y Ustedes will have to figure out which meaning makes the most sense based on la canción and what is happening en el video.
2) Have una persona de su grupo post su traducción (translation) como un comentario. ¡Make sure to include los nombres de las personas en el grupo!
3) Cambian (change) su parte de la canción that is in italics to talk about yourselves as a grupo, as if ustedes were singing esta canción about yourselves. Keep in mind that, if ustedes son chicas, ¡ustedes may need to change algunas palabras! Yo will ask su grupo to come up and present esta parte de la canción como más práctica con el verbo ser.
4) If Ustedes terminan (finish) before nosotros are ready to present, make sure su grupo has completed the survey about países. Ustedes may also want to check out previous blog posts...
"Soy Guapo" por Señor Wooly
1. Me llamo Victor
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy, muy, muy, muy guapo
Soy alto, soy delgado
Hay mujeres a mi lado
¡Ay, Victor! ¡Qué guapo!
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy guapo
Tengo ojos verdes y pelo castaño
2. A veces pienso que soy demasiado guapo
Sí, es verdad
¡Demasiado guapo!
Es guapo
Es muy, muy guapo
Tiene ojos verdes y pelo castaño
Tú no eres guapo, eres feo
Con tu pelo carnoso y ojos pequeños
Pobre amigo, tú no eres alto
No hay mujeres a tu lado
3. Yo no necesito leer
Para ir al cine con una mujer
Yo no necesito trabajar
En casa, no necesito ayudar
¡Oh no, qué feo!
Llevas anteojos
¡Oh no, qué feo!
Tienes aparatos
Guapo
Muy guapo
Soy muy, muy, muy, muy, muy guapo
4. No es necesario ser gracioso
No es necesario ser simpático
Por que...
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy guapo
Tengo ojos verdes y pelo castaño
¿Personalidad? ¡Ja! No la necesito.
¿Personalidad? ¡Ja! Él no la tiene.
Es guapo
Es muy, muy guapo
Tiene ojos verdes y pelo castaño
Soy guapo
Soy muy, muy guapo
Tengo ojos verdes y pelo castaño
(Se repita 3x)
As a disclaimer, this song is not mine, nor are the lyrics. I am using them purely for educational purposes.
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