I am glad to start off this blog talking about how AMAZING the projects were by the students this week. Spanish II completed theirs on Tuesday and Spanish I is in the middle of their slideshow presentation. I have been thoroughly impressed by the talent the students have shown.
Spanish II:
This week has been very interesting. The work the Spanish II's did on their model and brochure projects were phenomenal. I will post some pictures at the bottom of the blog. The details about the city and the structures were outstanding. My seventh period even got another treat during their presentations; Mr. James sat in class that day and got to see first hand the results of the students' hard work.
After projects, we continued our work on the first past tense. We have been working on the regular preterite. Since the WI-FI signal is now strong enough, I received permission from Mr. Masser to have students bring in their own technological device (BYOT). It was a success. We used a website called Socrative the first day. Then on Thursday, we took a quiz using technology. I now know smart phones are very tough to take a quiz on.
Homework on Thursday was non-traditional. I flipped the classroom. I gave the notes through a powerpoint and the students had to read it and take their notes as homework. When they came to class, we did an activity with the notes they took.
Spanish I:
This week has been very project oriented. On Monday, I was out, but the students worked in the computer lab to continue their project. Tuesday, we went to the library to print off an outline of the projects and made sure things were finalized. Wednesday and Thursday were two days of presentations. Friday, we worked on the very estar and prepositions.
All I can say is the projects have blown me away. The students have gotten the point of the projects. I wish I could show some of these, but I haven't found a way to share the slideshows. I may try to have students send me a copy and then I can choose some random slides to show everyone.
What's coming up?
Spanish I: Projects will continue, hopefully, Monday and Tuesday. We will then take an open note test over projects on Wednesday. After projects are over, we will continue on with ser vs. estar.
Spanish II: Will continue their journey through Mexico and the past tense in Spanish.
LIke always, due on Saturday is our schoology post. Schoology is our Learning Management System (LMS). This is where students do a lot of work. Coming soon will be the use of Google Voice. A voicemail system where I can leave a message and students will call and leave me messages using the target language.
Here's to nudging the students out of their comfort zone!
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¡Hasta Luego!
The following pictures are of the following ancient Mesoamerican Cities (in order of appearance):
Tulum, Teotihuacán, Tikal, Uxmal, Chichén-Itza, Tenochtitlán, and Palenque
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