Wednesday, February 29, 2012

February 29 Sub Plans

Spanish II:


1. Take roll
2. Form groups of four made up of members from different groups.
3. Hand out the go fish cards to each group, pick a person responsible for getting the cards back to you intact.
4. While playing go fish, the will need to speak in Spanish.
a. Question: Do you have the ________? = ¿Tienes________?
b. Answer: Yes, I have (it/them). Sí, _______ tengo.
c. In the question the blank will be for the body part they need.
d. When they answer they need to focus on whether or not the body part is masculine, feminine, singular, or plural, and in the blank they will insert the correct word (it or them)
i. El brazo = lo (it)
ii. La mano= la (it)
iii. Los hombros los (them)
iv. Las piernas las (them)
e. Example: ¿Tienes el brazo? Sí, lo tengo.
f. If they don’t have it, they need two no’s. No, no lo tengo. Then they add, “go fish” vete de pesca.
5. With five minutes to go in the period, have them count up their matches. Return to their groups and average their group scores. They get one point for each match they got.
6. This game will be played for two days. Make sure they turn in the cards to you and the papers with their averages.


Spanish III/IV
1. Take Roll
2. Put Princess Bride into the computer and turn on the projector. Set the movie to Spanish Language and English Subtitles.
3. Have students get out a piece of paper, and write down words and sentences they understand in Spanish.
4. Turn in their word lists at the end of the period for credit.
5. Please write down where the movie ended so tomorrows sub (possibly you) will know where to continue.

Friday, February 24, 2012

February 21 to February 24

Name: Nathan Whittle
Course: Spanish 2
Unit: ¿Cómo te sientes?
Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
2/21/12-2/24/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday No School: Presidents Day
Tuesday Students will be able to describe their houses, rooms, and chores. Extra Time for tests.
Test Feedback Test Results
Wednesday Students will be able to understand the target verbs when spoken. TPR with new verbs. Observations of gestures and sounds, looking for correct gestures.
Thursday Same Simon Says with new vocabulary.
Vocabulary and verb activity. Same
Friday Same TPR Activity with verbs and vocabulary.
Challenge or Quiz Same






Course: Spanish III
1. Unit: ¿Cómo te diviertes?

Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
2/21/12-2/24/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday 1. No School
Tuesday Students will be able to identify idiomatic expressions. 1. Idiomatic expression data from songs.
2. Finish song translation
3. Schedule song presentations (if time)
4. Challenge with tenses from songs. (if time) List of idiomatic expressions with what they think it means.
Wednesday Students will understand target Spanish when read as well as learn new expressions through song. 1. Schedule song presentations
2. Challenge with tense from songs.
3. Idiomatic expression challenge. (if time)
Song packet: looking for the students correct identification of those things listed.
Thursday Same as Tuesday 1. Idiomatic expressions challenge Observations from challenge looking for correct sentence structures.
Friday Same 1. Same as Thursday
2. Quiz Same/Quiz results looking for same.

Friday, February 17, 2012

February 13 to February 17

Name: Nathan Whittle
Course: Spanish 2
Unit: ¿Qué haces en tu casa?
Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
2/13/12-2/17/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday Students will describe house and furniture and chores. 1. Project Checklist Reading Activity
2. Self Reflection
3. Revisions due tomorrow. Project Rubric
Tuesday Same 1. Project Checklist Reading activity
2. Peer Evaluation Same
Wednesday Same 1. Q and A for test
2. Quiz on 14 endings. Quiz results: Looking for the proper endings.
Thursday 1. Unit Exam: Written and free write Test Results
Friday 1. Unit Exam: Speaking/Listening comprehension Test Results






Course: Spanish III
1. Unit: ¿Cómo te diviertes?

Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
2/13/12-2/17/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday Students will use whole language approach to reading unknown texts. 1. Interest survey to determine the articles they will be reading.
2. Scrabble in Spanish Observations of student words and interactions as they play scrabble
Tuesday Same as Monday 1. Finish Spanish Scrabble
2. Hand out “Song Text Book”
3. Begin work on song (if time) Same
Wednesday Students will understand target Spanish when read as well as learn new expressions through song. 1. Song day
2. Students will go through the lyrics to identify verb structures, tense, unknown vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions.

Song packet: looking for the students correct identification of those things listed.
Thursday Students will be able to differentiate between preterit and imperfect tenses. 1. Phrase/syntax challenge with j-lo and jimmer. Observations from challenge looking for correct sentence structures.
Friday Same 1. Same as Thursday
2. Quiz Same/Quiz results looking for same.

Friday, February 10, 2012

February 6 to February 10

Name: Nathan Whittle
Course: Spanish 2
Unit: ¿Qué haces en tu casa?
Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
2/6/12-2/10/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday Students will describe house and furniture and chores. 1. Project: Sections A-C All week.
2. Lab Project Rubric
Tuesday 1.
Wednesday 1.
Thursday 1.
Friday Same all week 1. Same all Week Same all week







Course: Spanish III
1. Unit: ¿Cómo te diviertes?

Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
2/6/12-2/10/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday Students will use whole language approach to reading unknown texts. 1. El día de Eli. Verbs and Translation reading activity.
2. Sub Observations of student communication and responses to questions.
Tuesday Same as Monday 1. El Viaje Perdido Translataion activity.
2. Sub Questions
Wednesday Students will understand target Spanish when spoken 1. Revisit El día de Eli.
2. Write questions in Spanish.
Surround sound.
Thursday Students will be able to understand the fundamental differences between preterit and imperfect tenses. 1. El día de Eli question Challenge.
2. Learnspanish.com Independent study unit in the lab.
3. Lessons 62-74 Quiz Results from the online lessons
Friday Same 1. Same as Thursday2. Same

Friday, February 3, 2012

January 30 to February 3

Name: Nathan Whittle
Course: Spanish 2
Unit: ¿Qué haces en tu casa?
Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
1/30/12-2/3/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday Students will listen to and speak about chores that they do at home. 1. Syntax activity with tener que, progressive, and ir a.
2. Listening and speaking practice with household chores and rooms. Thumbs up, thumbs down. Looking for student understand of spoken Spanish
Tuesday Same as Monday. 1. La Chica y su Guitarra oral questions challenge.
2. Clicker Quiz Quiz Results
Wednesday Students will cement their use of target vocabulary through writing. 1. Project Section A
2. Design and label house
3. Due Friday Observation of student progress.
Thursday Students will use flashcards to learn new vocab and words. 1. Flashcard study and challenges.
2. Quiz on next set of words. Quiz Results
Friday Same as Thursday. 1. Flashcards study and challenges.
2. Quiz on next set of words. Quiz Results





Course: Spanish III
1. Unit: ¿Cómo te diviertes?

Enduring Understanding: Students will communicate in Spanish through listening and understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while working towards fluency.
Date
1/30/12-2/3/12 What the student should know, understand, or be able to do Teacher/Student Activities Daily Assessment/Closure
Monday Students will use whole language approach to reading unknown texts. 1. Book read.
2. Focus on verb endings.
3. Pairs read and translate. Observations of student communication and responses to questions.
Tuesday 1. Tense challenge with present, preterit, imperfect, future, etc.
2. Whiteboard with teams. Questions
Wednesday Students will understand target Spanish when spoken 1. Learn soccer vocabulary and verbs.
2. We weren’t ready for this last week so the rest of the week is the same as last weeks lesson plans.
Surround sound.
Thursday Students will understand target Spanish when spoken. 1. Continue with soccer vocabulary and verbs.
2. Draw on whiteboards the description that I give in Spanish.
Drawings: Looking for the correct drawings to assess understanding.
Friday Students will use Spanish to announce a soccer match in Spanish. 1. Wii soccer match
2. Students are the Spanish announcers. Observations. This will be a little crazy and may not work very well. I’m gonna try it once.