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| 3 | Homework
Students will hand in a structured paragraph in Spanish about the clothing they wear.
Some sentences could start with:
- Llevo (I wear / I am wearing) ...
- Me gusta(n) ...
- Mi ropa es ______use adjetives ________.
- Mi ropa favorita (lista ropa específica)
- ¿Indica mi ropa la personalidad? Soy ...
José, mi amigo, a él le gusta ...
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| 4 | Quiz
Quiz on five important common questions. Students should be able to translate them, and answer in Spanish using a complete sentence.
Questions 11,13, 14 ,16, 17, and 21 on their “contents” page. |
| 7 | This week
Spanish students will continue studying important common questions, clothing/shopping vocabulary, and the past tense called the "pretérito indefinido." A short question and vocabulary quiz will be given on Thursday, Oct. 10th. |
| 10 | Quiz
Quiz on the common questions: numbers 9, 12, 15, 18, and 20. The quiz is also on clothing vocabulary, the quiz will give the Spanish vocabulary word and require the English translation.
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| 15 | This week
This week students will be practicing dialogues about shopping. On Friday they will be asked to read one of these dialogues with another classmate for a quiz grade. They will be graded on their pronunciation, understanding, and attitude. The dialogue scripts and audio are available at my online classroom and down below. This speaking will help prepare students for a larger assessment in about 3 weeks.
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| 16 | Homework
Study the mini dialogues by speaking them outloud and reading the English translations.
http://www.toolboxpro.org/secure/teachers/1560/131016111617_Mini_Dialogos_-_Clothing_shopping.pdf
http://www.toolboxpro.org/secure/teachers/1560/131016111730_English_for_the_Spanish_Dialogues.docx |
| 18 | Dialogues are read and spoken in class for a grade
Dialogues practiced in class will be graded on Pronunciation, understanding of the text, and positive attitude toward / for the assignment. |
| 21 | this week
8th grade Spanish students will continue practice with the preterite (past) tense. A script describing a past shopping experience was given to students to aid them in a speaking assessment to be given in 2-3 weeks. This Friday's quiz is based on this week's notes and interrogative words. |
| 28 | Homework / studying this week
Spanish students will focus on memorizing their dialogue script this week. The script outlines a conversation that students will have (one-on-one) with their teacher. This will count as an important MYP assessment speaking grade, and sessions begin next week on Nov. 4th. All students received a copy of the dialogue, and resources to study and practice will be available online.
http://www.toolboxpro.org/secure/teachers/1560/131024100302_MYP_speaking_script___contents_page_5.pdf
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