Spanish 1
Monday - objective: Finsih 1A test + discuss Día
de los muertos
Classwork:
1- Students given 15 minutes to complete 1A test, started during Friday's shortened class session
2- Watch Día de los muertos video, answer questions below
1)
What is the overall emotional mood of Día de los Muertos?
2)
On which two days of the year is Día de los Muertos celebrated, and what
the different characteristics of each day?
3)
During Día de los Muertos, it is common to make __________________ to
the dead.
4)
What is goyeté?
5)
Día de los Muertos represents a combination of which cultural
influences?
3 - Look at National Geographic Día de los muertos photos and read captions. Write down five things you learned.
Homework: none
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Tuesday - objective: Students work in groups to create + post Día de los muertos info posters
Classwork: Students work in groups to create posters for Friday's Día de los muertos celebration in the
SHS commons and then post them around the school
Homework: none
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Wednesday - objective: Study Día de los muertos
vocabulary + Use three-way vocabulary sheets to review learned vocabulary
Classwork:
1- Read through Nat Geo article (linked above under Monday) and study vocabulary below:
Vocabulary
Term
|
▼
Part of Speech
|
Definition
|
|
Azteca
(Aztec)
|
noun
|
people and culture native to
Mexico and Central America.
|
|
Catolicismo
(Catholicism)
|
noun
|
a Christian religion whose
adherents are loyal to the Roman Catholic Church and the leader of that
church, the Pope.
|
|
Conquistador
(Conquerer)
|
noun
|
Spanish explorer or conqueror
of Latin America in the 16th century.
|
|
Dia
de los Muertos
(Day of the dead)
|
noun
|
(Day of the Dead) holiday
honoring deceased family and friends, celebrated on November 1 and November 2
in Mexico and throughout Latin America.
|
|
día
festivo
(holiday)
|
noun
|
period of celebration or
honor.
|
|
indígena
(indigenous)
|
adjective
|
native to or characteristic
of a specific place.
|
|
Latino
América
(Latin America)
|
noun
|
South America, Central
America, the Caribbean, and Mexico.
|
|
empezar
(to start)
|
verb
|
to initiate or begin.
|
|
ritual
(ritual)
|
noun
|
series of customs or
procedures for a ceremony, often religious.
|
ofrenda
(offering)
|
noun
|
a gift made to a deceased loved on on Día de los muertos.
| |
Calavera
(skull)
|
noun
|
the skeleton of a person or animal's head
|
2- Complete día de los muertos three-way vocab exercise (paper copies in A-103)
Homework: Para Empezar review three-way vocabulary exercise- due Friday (ten points)
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Thursday - objective: complete weather-related project
Classwork: (paper copy in A-103)
Homework: Para Empezar review three-way vocabulary exercise- due Friday (ten points)
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Friday - objective: Complete cultural projects relating to Día de los muertos
Classwork: (details to be posted on class date)
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Spanish 2
Monday - objective: Differentiate between ser/estar
when describing people
Classwork:
1- After going over PowerPoint (request by email),complete using ser / estar to talk about people warm up
2- Review prepositions (below) and complete act. 22, p. 79
1- After going over PowerPoint (request by email),complete using ser / estar to talk about people warm up
-
¿Eres /Estás contenta?
-
Es /Está español.
-
Son / Están católicos.
-
Madrid es / está en el centro de España.
-
Carlos es / está inteligente.
-
Soy / Estoy enfermo.
-
Mi amigo es / está muy enfadado.
-
Mi hermano es / está muy perezoso.
-
Al oeste de España es /está Portugal.
- Son / Están franceses.
2- Review prepositions (below) and complete act. 22, p. 79
delante de - in
front of
al
lado de -
next
to
a
la derecha de -
to
the right of
a
la izquierda de -
to
the left of
detrás
de -
behind
por el otro lado de - across
from
3- act. 23, p. 79
Homework: 5B practice test due tomorrow (paper copies in A-103 or available by email)
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Tuesday - objective: Review for exam tomorrow (focus on ser/estar
and all taught vocabulary)
Homework: Restaurant review paragraph from p. 180 in packet due Thursday at beginning of class. Four sentences minimum.
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Wednesday - objective: Take 5B exam
5B exam taken during class.
Homework:Restaurant review paragraph from p. 180 in packet due Thursday at beginning of class. Four sentences minimum.
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Thursday - objective: Discuss Día de los muertos and
create papel picado + flores for celebration
+ post decorations around school
Classwork:
1- Watch Día de losmuertos video in Spanish + complete exercise below:
1- Watch Día de losmuertos video in Spanish + complete exercise below:
1) El dos de noviembre en mexíco la gente (the
people) celebra el
____________________________.
2) Para los mexicanos, el nacer (to be
born), vivir y morir (to die) es una parte muy ____________ de la vida.
3) Hay _______________________ en la forma de
calaveras también.
4) La gente compra muchas ___________________
para decorar las casas y el cemetario.
5) En las casas, la gente hace
____________________________ (offerings). Ésta es una ofrenda con flores, frutas, velas (candles), fotos y papel picado.
6) Todos van al cemetario para limpiar y
decorar las tumbas (the graves) de
sus ______________________ (relatives).
2 - Watch videos on making papel picado and flores for Día de los muertos. Create + decorate school.
Homework: none
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Friday - objective: Discuss Día de los
muertos and complete reading exercise
Classwork:
1- Watch Día de los muertos DVD (rented DVD, cannot be made up)
2- Read lectura on p. 84 + answer ¿comprendes? Qs
3- Reread and complete p. 179 in packet
1- Watch Día de los muertos DVD (rented DVD, cannot be made up)
2- Read lectura on p. 84 + answer ¿comprendes? Qs
3- Reread and complete p. 179 in packet
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