¡Hola! Bienvenidos a la clase de español! Welcome to Spanish.
Me llamo Sra. Owen y soy la profesora de Español I y AP Spanish Language and Culture en Helena High este año. I’m really looking forward to meeting you and providing experiences that will help you develop linguistic and cultural proficiency.
Supplies:
Spanish I
AP Spanish V
If you are (or were) absent, click the “Absent Work” channel in Teams to find out exactly what you need to do to catch up.
To see weekly agendas/plans, click the “Weekly Agenda” tab for your class. Plans are subject to change, and the “Absent Work” channel is your most reliable source for exact directions for make-up work.
Plans are always subject to change due to a variety of factors. To find out what exactly you need to make up, please use the “Absent work” channel in Teams, which is updated daily.
Unit 3 Objectives:
1.describe and understand descriptions of yourself and others, including both physical and personality traits, through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
2.ask and answer questions about physical and personality traits.
3.express and understand opinions about what makes you/others unique.
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Mon 11/17 — Finish Pobre Ana Chapter 1, start U3: Leccion 1
Tues 11/18 — Leccion 1 – song, Lesson 1 notes and story
Weds 11/19 – Pen pal letters and Unit 2 reflection
Thurs 11/21 — Leccion 2 – notes and lesson
Fri 11/22 — Learning game with lessons one and two
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Mon 11/10 – writing and speaking practice – likes and dislikes
Tues 11/11 – review, practice listening and reading
Weds 11/12 – Unit 2 assessments: listening and reading
Thurs 11/13 – Unit 2 assessments: writing and speaking
Fri 11/14 – finish speaking assessments if needed, Pobre Ana
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Mon 11/3 – Finish guided writing activity with weather, begin weather reading activity
Tues 11/4 – Finish reading/speaking activity with weather
Weds 11/5 – Me gusta listening activity
Thurs 11/6 – Dictation activity—writing sentences about likes/dislikes
Fri 11/7 – Interview, speaking activity Heads up: assessments next Weds and Thurs
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Mon 10/27* – Game, Kahoot! Review of unit so far
Tues 10/28* – Leccion 6 vocabulary (notes)
Weds 10/29* — Leccion 6 story, listening activity with weather
Thurs 10/30 – weather activities
Fri 10/31 – Dia de los Muertos activities
*This week I will be collecting notebooks for a notebook check, 0 period on Monday, 3rd on Tuesday, and 4th on Wednesday
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Mon 10/20 — more practice with “yo” forms, reading activity, Lesson 4 vocab
Tues 10/21 – Lesson 4 story and practice, begin describing yourself with “yo soy”
Weds 10/22 – Profe Owen gone, Duolingo, more “yo” form practice, cognate worksheet
Thurs 10/23 – Lesson 5 vocab
Fri 10/24 – speaking/writing activity, Lesson 5 story
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Mon 10/14 – Activities with Leccion 2 story, learn about first person verbs
Tues 10/15 – Work on first person verbs, Lesson 3 notes
Weds 10/16 — Lesson 3 story and Kahoot!
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Mon 10/6 – Introduction to new unit, Lección 1 vocabulario
Tues 10/7 – Pinata wrap up day (notes, singing, break pinatas)
Weds 10/8 – Lección 1, minicuento (story) and activities
Thurs 10/9 – Pen pals and Unit 1 reflection
Fri 10/10 – Lección 2 – vocab and story
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Mon 9/29 – learn favorites Q&A, work on listening, start interview summary activity
Tues 9/30 – finish interview activity, review and practice for writing and speaking
Weds 10/1 – Review and practice games
Thurs 10/2 – Assess reading and listening
Fri 10/3 – Assess writing and speaking
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Mon 9/22 – Finish quien es game, notes on formal and informal
Tues 9/23 –Practice formal / informal conversations, read formal and informal conversations
Weds 9/24 – Review formal/ informal address, lesson on naming conventions
Thurs 9/25 – Review naming conventions in Latin America/Spain and start favorites
Fri 9/26 – Pinata day
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Mon 9/15 – Independence day, dates practice, geography
Tues 9/16 – Start alphabet, geography, Kahoot
Weds 9/17 – More alphabet, interview activity, quien es
Thurs 9/18 – alphabet, formal and informal, practice
Fri 9/19 – Pinata day
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Mon 9/8 — Review and practice: age and other basic questions/answers
Tues 9/9 — Learn days of the week, notes and song
Weds 9/10 — Learn how to express dates, learn about San Fermin and the Running of the Bulls
Thurs 9/11 — Practice with days and dates, start learning about geography (where is Spanish spoken?)
Fri 9/12 — Review dates and geography, play a Kahoot
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Mon 9/1 — Labor Day, No School
Tues 9/2 — learn to ask/answer where you are from and where you live, lots of practice
Weds 9/3 –Numbers from 0-15, notes and practice, behavior expectations
Thurs 9/4 — Numbers from 16-31, notes and bingo boards, grading rules and policies
Fri 9/5 — More practice with numbers, bingo writing assignment, learn to ask/answer about age
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Thurs 8/2 — Class routines, what do we already know about Spanish?, supplies
Fri 8/29 –Cognates practice, learn to say name and ask “how are you?”, set up notebook organization
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Unidad 2: Unit objectives: students will be able to…
Daily agendas:
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Mon 11/17 – song, culture clashes video and discussion panel HW: none
Tues 11/18 – Read excerpts from The House on Mango Street: HW: none
Weds 11/19 – Vocabulary lesson, introduction to Nicolas Maduro HW: none
Thurs 11/20 – Read and listen to sources for argumentative essay HW: study for vocab quiz
Fri 11/21 — Vocab quiz, outline and begin collaboratively writing essay HW: none
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Mon 11/11 – song, sources 2 and 3 for argumentative essay, outline HW: investigacion
Tues 11/12 – Finish outline, Yo no soy excerpt, HW: podcast (short one)
Weds 11/13 – Finish the yo no soy excerpt, discuss previous knowledge of immigration, introduction to Nicolas Maduro HW: AP classroom
Thurs 11/14 – Learn about movement of Venezuelans, modern immigration HW: study for vocab quiz
Fri 11/15 – vocab quiz, read and listen to sources 2 and 3 regarding Venezuela, begin outline HW: none
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Mon 11/3 – Practice convo simulada, blooket for vocab practice, cultural fusion activity
Tues 11/4 – Song “Latinoamerica,” finish cultural fusión activity HW: study vocab
Weds 11/5 – vocab quiz, grammar review academic conversation regarding language, HW: AP Classroom
Thurs 11/6 – grammar review, start argumentative essay process (read), HW: study for grammar quiz
Fri 11/7 – Vocabulary quiz, further work on argumentative essay
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Mon 10/27 – heroes presentations, academic conversations
Tues 10/28 – Vocabulary list and game
Weds 10/29 – verb quiz, finish discussion of diversity, introduction to the simulated conversation task HW: podcast
Thurs 10/30 – heroes presentations, HW: study vocabulary
Fri 10/31 – finish heroes presentations, play a Day of the Dead game
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Mon 10/20 – Final activity for Unit 1 – summarize and organize
Tues 10/21 – definitions of the word identity, video and discussion, intro to heroes miniproject
Weds 10/22 – Profe Owen out for training, work on podcast and AP classroom during class
Thurs 10/23 – The idea of citizenship and it’s impact on identities, discussion
Fri 10/24 – New vocabulary and games
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Mon 10/13 – Vocabulary, mental health article (give one-get one activity) HW: investigacion breve
Tues 10/14 – Complete mental health article activity, write email
Weds 10/15 — Wrap up Unit 1, introduccion to Unit 2
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Mon 10/6 — Read and do jigsaw activity with Anchor article “La familia mexicana”
Tues 10/7 — Vocab practice, cultural comparison
Weds 10/8 — Idioms presentations, Yo no soy… excerpt
Thurs 10/9 — Vocab practice, continue to read Yo no soy…
Fri 10/10 — Vocab quiz, discuss challenges confronting modern families in the “texts” we have explored.
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Mon 9/29 – Watch Landfill Harmonic
Tues 9/30 – Finish Landfill Harmonic and synthesize
Weds 10/1 – Familias modernas: vocabulary and infographic interpretation
Thurs 10/2 – Article “Cultura familiar mexicana, antes y ahora”
Fri 10/3 – Verb quiz, Finish reading article, class discussion to synthesize
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Mon 9/22 – Reading: factors in educational systems HW: investigacion breve
Tues 9/23 – Reading: factors in educational systems
Weds 9/24 – Finish reading, lesson on the AP email task HW: podcast
Thurs 9/25 – Watch Landfill Harmonic HW: study for vocab quiz
Fri 9/26 – Finish Landfill Harmonic, no homework
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AP Contexts: Communities, values, schools
Mon 9/15 – Song, compare cultures with Hofstede, classroom discussion of traditions and their connections to values, HW: Investigacion breve
Tues 9/16 –Visit Bryant with matatena and chapitas HW: podcast
Weds 9/17 – Grammar practice, finish traditions discussion, schools reading, HW: AP Classroom
Thurs 9/18 – Vocab practice, write email, peer feedback HW: practice/study verbs
Fri 9/19 – Conversacion academica, NO HW
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AP Context: Traditions and Values
Mon 9/8 — Song from Chile, do our first podcast assignment together
Tues 9/9 — Play chapitas and metate — children’s games
Weds 9/10 — Activity to learn vocabulary of values and self-identify core values, discuss impact of culture on values
Thurs 9/11 — Get into AP classroom and do our first AP classroom assignment together
Fri 9/12 — Academic conversations — all about which values are expressed through different cultural practices, especially celebrations. Focus on asking for elaboration and examples.
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Mon 9/1 — Labor Day, No School
Tues 9/2 — Sharing activity (summer memories), writing, sign up for sayings
Weds 9/3 — Grammar practice (in class), hopes for future speaking activity, writing, country sign-up, first investigacion breve (in class) HW: finish investigacion breve
Thurs 9/4 — Actividad con los temas, no HW
Fri 9/5 — Presentacion de los temas, gallery walk, no HW
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Thurs 8/29 — Class routines, norms, syllabus HW: fotos
Fri 8/30 — Review norms, speaking activity, writing summary HW: foto, finish writing if needed
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