Tuesday, May 13, 2008

71 and 72

1. Corrections on ser/estar quiz
2. Create a city using 2 places from each category. Label each place.

Due Thursday.

Monday, May 12, 2008

81 and 82 - Pésame Cards

Pésame Cards are due Friday, 5/16.

Include:

A Greeting
One expression of pésame
3 sentiments about Tomas using the preterite
3 sentiments about Tomas using the imperfect
A Closing

81 and 82 - Mexico Sharing Projects

A. Mexico Sharing Proposal

Name: _______________________________________

Topic: _______________________________________

While the content of your proposal is prescribed, the delivery of it is not. The only requirements are that it:

不 Include words to describe and explain.
不 Include some kind of visual.
不 Describe not only your experience, but the experience of the larger group.

Answer the following questions in your proposal:

How will you deliver the information? Explain both the words and the visual part.
What significant content do you want to be sure to include?
What did other people experience that you might not have?
What help will you need from others to complete your project?

Due Dates:

The night of sharing is Friday 5/16 from 5:00 – 6:00pm. You are required to attend. If you have an important prior commitment that will keep you from attending please see me. The due date for the project is Friday 5/16 . We will be meeting Monday and Wednesday of next week. Please set two benchmarks for yourself on those days. What will you have completed by Monday? by Wednesday?

B. Observations/Interpretations

Everyone made some significant observations on their trip to Mexico. Please choose one of those observations to explore more in depth and write a short essay aboutDescribe what you observed. What did you observe? Who was there? Where was it? How often did you observe this? You will also need to attempt to interpret your observation. Ask yourself, why might this be the way it is? Is this different from my own culture or the same? Did this make me uncomfortable in any way? Why? Was this familiar to me? Why? What might some other possible interpretations be? If you are inclined to research it further do so and include your findings. Include either a photograph or some other illustration that you create yourself. We will have a binder of these essays at the sharing.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

81 and 82

Reminder that travel guide submissions are due. Email them to: marybethventura@yahoo.com or submit them on a zip drive.

71 and 72

Finish "El Cuento de Los Monos" adjective error activity.

Monday, February 11, 2008

81 and 82

Club de Cien for the third person preterite starts tomorrow. Study your notes and practice by making a list of subjects and then conjugating each verb for the subject. Here is an example:

los perros salieron fueron dijeron bajaron
Ud. salio fue dijo bajo
mi madre salio fue dijo bajo

You will have word meanings tomorrow. After that, no meanings and you work towards mastery.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

81 and 82 Travel Guide

Everyone was assigned their travel guide topics today. You will write a 150-250 word article about your topic for the travel guide. Include 1 or 2 pictures or graphics that will look good copied in black and white and are no bigger than 3x4" Type your article and paste the pictures all into the same word document. Submit the article to me on a flash drive or by emailing it as an attachment to: marybethventura@yahoo.com The article is due Friday 2/15.