Mr. Blankenship

Monday 11/9

HOMEWORK: Memorize & Practice Oral Presentation

IN CLASS: Today we discussed/corrected a fill-in-blank classwork activity from Friday (which was a "Study Station" review day) and a creative Comic Strip Activity in which students had to narrate what characters were saying based on the drawings.

REMINDERS: Oral Presenations Tomorrow!  Theme 3 Test Wednesday!

Wednesday 11/4

HOMEWORK: Questions with COMPLETE SENTENCE ANSWERS

Spanish = Download Theme3PreguntasRespuestasReviewSPANISH0910

French = Download Theme3QuestionsReponsesReviewFRENCH0910

IN CLASS: We started off with a Listening Comprehension Activity. If you were absent, you cannot HEAR the questions, but try "View Show" with the powerpoints below. For each question that pops up, choose the correct answer then click to see if your answer was correct. NEXT, we played a fun conjugation "Game Cube" game by tossing our verb cubes in the air with a partner to create complete sentences.

Spanish Powerpoint = Download Theme3ListeningReviewSpanish0910

French Powerpoint = Download Theme3ListeningReviewFrench0910

Monday 11/2

HOMEWORK: See Mr. Blankenship (you must use a sheet that has a pattern on it to create a "game cube" with -AR / -ER Verbs or subjects on it.

IN CLASS: We continued our practice of -AR Verbs (Spanish) or -ER Verbs (French).  We corrected the homework in class. Students worked on a partner activity in which they interviewed someone about what activity they do and at what time. Students had some time in class to work on "game cube" homework.

Thursday 10/29 and Friday 10/30

FRIDAY 10/30

HOMEWORK: More Practice with -ER Verbs (French) / -AR Verbs (Spanish)

Spanish = Download Theme3MoreARVerbPractice0910

French = Download Theme3MoreERVerbPractice0910

IN CLASS: We again practiced how to use -ER Verbs (French) and -AR Verbs (Spanish) in the Present Tense. We corrected our homework. We played a fun activity called SURVIVOR in which students held cards with various parts of a sentence to stand in order at the front of the room to create complete sentences.

THURSDAY 10/29

Homework: Correct last night's homework after today's more detailed lesson on using -ER Verbs (French) and -AR Verbs (Spanish). In other words, the HW deadline was extended to make sure it is accurate.

IN CLASS: Today we had much more time to discuss and understand Present Tense CONJUGATION (subject-verb agreement) of a large family of verbs: -ER Verbs (French) and -AR Verbs (Spanish). We did lots of examples on the powerpoint (see yesterday's post) and in class.

Wednesday 10/28

HOMEWORK:

FRENCH: Using -ER Verbs and Subject Pronouns = Download Theme3ERVerbs_SubjectPronounsFrench0910

SPANISH: Using -AR Verbs and Subject Pronouns = Download Theme3ARVerbs_SubjectPronounsSpanish0910

IN CLASS: We did a quick TELLING TIME Review, and then took Theme 3.c Quiz (Telling Time). After the quiz, we had time to introduce a very valuable concept: How to use -ER Verbs (French) and -AR Verbs (Spanish) in the Present Tense.

This is basically the difference between saying "I like to swim." and just saying "I SWIM."

Read through the PowerPoint below, which we will review in more detail tomorrow.

Spanish -AR Verbs = Download ARVerbConjugation

French -ER Verbs = Download ERVerbConjugation

Tuesday 10/27

HOMEWORK: Study for TELLING TIME Quiz Tomorrow!

IN CLASS: We wrapped up the Telling Time section of Theme 3. Students sat down and discussed their classes and what TIME they have those classes in the foreign language. We also discussed AM vs. PM and two different ways to express it (adding "in the morning," "in the afternoon," and "at night" VS. using the 24-hour clock). We did a fun review game by playing Time Bingo.

Monday 10/26

HOMEWORK: Worksheet: "AT what time is...?"

Spanish = Download Theme3AQueHoraSpanish0910

French = Download Theme3AQuelleHeureFrench0910

IN CLASS: We reviewed TELLING TIME. Students did a warm-up and corrected their HW, practicing how to TELL TIME in French/Spanish. Also, we did a challenging listening comprehension activity in which students created a schedule by listening to a paragraph and filling in classes and times, and opinions of those classes. They then created their own schedule in such a way in French/Spanish to do a partner activity in class tomorrow.

Friday 10/23

HOMEWORK: Worksheet - "What time is it?"

Spanish = Download Theme3QueHoraEs0910

French = Download Theme3QuelleHeureEstIl0910

IN CLASS: We first reviewed large numbers such as 20, 30, 40, 50 through 100. Next, students learned how to TELL TIME in the foreign language (see powerpoint below). They filled out a new Vocab. List, and participated in a fun activity with a partner in which they read times and their partner used a fake clock to create that time.

Spanish Telling Time Powerpoint = Download TellingTimeSpanish

French Telling Time Powerpoint = Download TellingTimeFrench

Wednesday 10/21 & Thursday 10/22

Thursday 10/22

HOMEWORK: None. MAKE UP QUIZ: Tomorrow at 8:15am or next Tuesday at 8:15am

IN CLASS: We reviewed classes, opinions, school supplies, articles, etc. and took the Theme 3.ab Quiz

Wednesday 10/21

HOMEWORK: Review Sheet Theme 3.ab

Spanish = Download Theme3abReviewSpanish0910

French = Download Theme3abReviewFrench0910

IN CLASS: We again practiced how to express your opinions about your classes, and learned SEQUENCE WORDS such as "first of all..." "afterwards..." "later on..." and  "finally..."

Monday 10/19 & Tuesday 10/20

Tuesday 10/20

HOMEWORK: Worksheet - "My Classes" (Section 1 only!)

Spanish = Download Theme3SequenceClassesWSSpanish0910

French = Download Theme3SequenceClassesWSFrench0910

IN CLASS: We continued to practice how to pronounce all of our CLASSES, and how to express our opinions... do you like the class, love it, not like it, and WHY. Students also learned SEQUENCE WORDS for the order of their classes - "first" "after" "later on" and "finally."

Monday 10/19

HOMEWORK: For ALL of your classes, write a sentence about whether you like/don't like the class and say why.

IN CLASS: Today we focused on CLASSES - how to pronounce them and express your opinion of your classes. We learned words like "boring" "fun" "interesting" "easy" "difficult" and so on. SEE POWERPOINT below so you can fill in the other side of your Vocab. List!

Spanish Powerpoint = Download Theme3ClassImagesSpanish0910

French Powerpoint = Download Theme3ClassImagesFrench0910