Spanish 1-2
Next week we begin the study of Unidad 1 Leccion 2 which discusses descriptions and adjectives as well different people in the neighborhood as well as the school setting.

We will also be discussing Dia de Los Muertos, creating a list of vocabulary for the celebration and watching a number of short videos. 

Students have been asked to do some research this weekend on Dia de Los Muertos and bring the information to class on Monday.

Spanish 5-6
Next week on 1 Noviembre students will begin presenting their Brown Bag projects.  They are to introduce and describe themselves, discuss extracurricular activities, childhood, a particular event in the past as well as their future plans.  Students have been given a rubric.

Students have also been given the possibility of participating in an activity having to do with DDLM.
This might be and event somewhere in the city, at a school, or in the home with cooking or other DDLM activity they find in their research.  Students will be given extra credit for doing said activity as well as a short presentation with regards to what they did and learned.

Hola todos,

As you may have heard, there was some mashing of spanish classes and Senor Johnson lost his dear period seven 1-2 class, it was great while it lasted. He gained another Spanish 1-2 period 4 as well as Spanish 5-6 period 7. 

1-2  Quiz tomorrow on the Spanish speaking country capitals.
        Senor will model the Bolsa Cafe and we continue working on it with first presenters on 18 Octubre.

5-6  We will continue working on Ser and Estar with the present progressive and imperfect tenses.
Students have been assigned the Spanish speaking countries and capitals for study.  Make flashcards!

I have received a rave review of a play currently being performed at the Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company on 10th Avenue downtown.  Kita y Fernanda is the story of two girls who grow up together in an upper-class home in Texas: one a Mexican national living legally in the U.S., and the other the undocumented daughter of the maid.  The performance uses both English and Spanish and would be a great opportunity for students to be exposed to both language and cultural differences. While I will not be able to pull together a class sponsored trip to see the play, I would love to give mountains of extra credit to any students who see the play and write a review or review the play with a presentation for the class.  The play is running this weekend and next.

For more information as well as times and dates visit http://moolelo.net/kita-y-fernanda/

Students are talking about activities they enjoy doing after school and in their free time.
We begin work this week on the Bolsa Cafe project.
Students will bring props in a bag to be used as prompts for their presentation of themselves and another person to the class.
We will begin presentations on October 18.
The rubric has been given to students and is posted here as well.

La Bolsa Café

Your task is to create and present a one to two minute presentation that introduces yourself and someone or something else to the class.  You will bring objects in a bag to class that will be used as prompts for your presentation.  You will use descriptive words and phrases and discuss likes and dislikes.  The following rubric will be used to evaluate your project.  The project:

Introduces and describes yourself and likes/dislikes                      5        10       15        20       25         30

Introduces and describes someone or something else with likes/ dislikes

                                                                                                   1    2    3     4     5    6    7    8    9    10

Is presented with fluency                                                              1    2    3     4     5    6    7    8    9    10

Is presented with linguistic accuracy                                              1    2    3     4     5    6    7    8    9    10

Uses at least five good props as prompts                                       1    2    3     4     5    6    7    8    9    10

Is entirely in Spanish                                                                      1    2    3     4     5    6    7    8    9    10

Nombre _________________________________________                                                 _____/ 80