It has been a while since my last blog. We had projects and then I left with the Spain trip from March 20-30. All I can say is the trip is one for a lifetime. It is a priceless and valuable journey that I encourage all students to experience.
Being in Spain or any Spanish speaking country, allows students to immerse themselves in the culture and day to day aspects of the country. The organized parts of our trip was great, but the free time to stroll around and shop, eat and communicate was by far the best part (except for the Sagrada Familia). The students shocked themselves by how well they could communicate and understand. It was very fulfilling to see the students communicate and enjoy the culture of all the things they have heard Mrs. Turner and me talk about the past 3-4 years.
I could write an entire blog on the trip, but I want to update you all on the journey in Spanish 1 and 2.
Spanish 1: We have been working on the days of the week and the verb to go. We have talked about where people go to at various times of the day. We listened to a song by Juanes and Nelly Furtado (Fotografía) and filled in the missing words. We paired up and worked on interpersonal communication with a speaking activity.
Spanish 2: We finished up our unit on the preterite tense. We did various activities via technology, oral communication, station activities and dry erase boards. We took a test on Thursday over the preterite. Friday, we began the second past tense with the imperfect. After we journey through the formation of the imperfect, we will be working towards mastery of the uses of the two past tenses. There will be some stories to read, projects to do and activities to listen and communicate.
As most of you know I am incorporating more and more technology in my classroom. Spanish 2 students have started blogging and have used a new tool called google voice. Google voice is a voice mailbox system where I can leave a prompt and the students can leave a voice mail answer in Spanish. This will allow me to listen to their responses and give formative feedback. These will be graded on completion since the goal is to improve communication.
Spanish 1 will be starting google voice next week on top of our weekly discussion post on Schoology. There is so much technology that can enhance language studies that I cannot wait to share these with the students.
What's coming?
Spanish 1: test on ir and days of the week and using negation in sentences. We will also be looking at the Muslim influence in Spain.
Spanish 2: we will keep working on Imperfect formation and take a quiz before plugging away at the uses of the preterite and imperfect. This will be an in depth journey. We will be using some flipped classroom activities to give students the best possibilities in understanding the uses.
Again, if you have any questions, please comment or email. I cannot believe our journey this year is almost over.
Well, more next week.
The following photos were taken in various cities in Spain:
1. Ronda
2. Parc Guell, Barcelona
3. Don Quijote in Retiro Park, Madrid
¡Hasta Luego!
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