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Mrs. O'Quinn
O'Quinn's Spanish II
GILES HIGH
PEARISBURG,   VA   24134
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Fri. 6/12 No school-Es el fin!

Thurs. 6/11 exam 3 period-4 hour early release

Wed. 6/10 exams 2,4, 7 periods

Tues. 6/9 exams 1, 4, 6 periods

Mon. 6/8 Locker cleanout and 4th -5th period exam

Fri. 6/5 Exam review.

Thurs. 6/4 Chapter 10 test.

Wed. 6/3 Test review. Homework: Prepare for test on chapter 10 voc. and verbs. Preterite of hacer and of -car, -gar and -zar verbs.

Tues. 6/2 Review of voc. and verbs. Workbook act. 17-22. Homework: Study for test.

Mon. 6/1 Review voc. and verbs in chapter 10. Act. 12-16 in workbook. Homework: Prepare for a test on Thurs. on chapter 10.

Fri. 5/29 No class. (Sports Assembly)

Thurs. 5/28 Voc. game. Homework: Study and review voc. for chapter 10.

Wed. 5/27 Discuss homework. (Act. 1-5 of chapter 10 workbook) Homework: Act. 8-11 of workbook.

Tues. 5/26 Present the preterite of -car, -zar, -gar verbs. Present examples of each category.

Mon. 5/25 School holiday

Fri. 5/22 Grammar points discussed for chapter 10

Thurs. 5/21 Introduce voc. chapter 10

Wed. 5/20 Chapter 9 test Part II

Tues. 5/19 Chapter 9 test Part I

Mon. 5/19 Test review-voc. game Homework: Prepare for chapter 9 test

Fri. 5/15 Video

Thurs. 5/14 Text act. 1,34,4, 2, 25 from chapter 9 Homework: review voc. and grammar

Wed. 5/13 Discuss and correct present participle list. Oral practice with present progressive-act. 17,18,19. Review of preterite of -er and -ir verbs. Oral act. 4,5,6 on practice sheet. Homework: Act. 1-3 on worksheet.

Tues. 5/12 Worksheet on present participle formation. Homework: Study chapter 9 voc.

Mon. 5/11 Collect and discuss homework. Introduce present progressive formation and make comparisons to the present indicative. Focus put on irregular present participles. Homework: Study voc. for chapter 9.

Fri. 5/8 Discuss act. 1,3,7 from homework. Oral act. 30 and 31 from chapter 9 text. Homework: Act. 20, 23, 3 from chapter 9 text. (handout)

Thurs. 5/7 Evaluate conversation of making a phone call. Oral act. 13 and 17 of chapter 9 from text.
Homework: Act. 1,3,7 of chapter 9 from text. (Handout)

Wed. 5/6 Introduction to chapter 9 vocabulary. Lecture on new stem-changing verb "pensar" and preterite of -er and -ir verbs. Homework: Begin mastering new vocabulary

Tues. 5/5 Cinco de Mayo - enactment and video-comida

Mon. 5/4 Oral part of test and practice making a phone call.

Fri. 5/1 Chapter 8 unit test.

Thurs. 4/30 Computer lab practice to review all of chapter 8. Homework: Study for a chapter 8 test on Friday.

Wed. 4/29 Voc. games for chapter 8. Homework: Study for a chapter 8 test on Friday.

Tues. 4/28 Check and discuss worksheet on Thursday and Friday's work. Homework: Study for a chapter 8 test on Friday.

Mon. 4/27 Video-Check homework. Study for a chapter 8 test on Friday.

Fri. 4/24 Preterite practice for chapter 8. (act. 18, 27, 32) Homework: Preterite worksheet

Thurs. 4/23 Vocabulary practice for chapter 8.

Wed. 4/22 Preterite practice. Present to preterite.

Tues. 4/21 Modeling presentations in Spanish.

Mon. 4/20 Introduction to the preterite of -ar verbs and the irregular verb "ir". Group practice.

Fri. 4/17 Test on comparisons. Group work on presentations.

Thurs. 4/16 Making comparisons with activities on worksheet. Group work on presentations. Computer lab act. if time permits. Homework: Study for a test on making comparisons.

Wed. 4/15 Group work on presentations. 2 act. for making comparisons. Homework: Write sentences making comparisons.

Tues. 4/14 Info on Group presentations on clothing and colors. Exercise on making comparisons. Homework: only in 7th period-Write 10 comparative sentences.

Mon. 4/13 Spring break

Fri. 4/10 Spring break

Thurs. 4/9 Activity comparing 10 sets of things studied this year. Write comparative sentences.

Wed. 4/8 Quiz on clothing and colors. Continue study of comparing things and people. Note irregular comparative words. Text act. 11, 14, 15 for chapter 8.

Tues. 4/7 Introduce and take notes on comparison. Review for quiz. Homework: Prepare for quiz on colors and clothing.

Mon. 4/6 Finish up evaluation of conversation. Review and discuss new voc. for chapter 8. Homework: Quiz on clothing and colors on Wed.

Fri. 4/3 Field trip and video.

Thurs. 4/2 Evaluation of conversation. New voc. notes.

Wed. 4/1 Number quiz - Practice conversation. Homework:
Conversation presentation

Tues. 3/31 Return unit test and discuss. Check and discuss homework. Practice conversations. Review of numbers with Grammavision video. Homework: Review and prepare for a quiz on numbers to a million.

Mon. 3/30 Practice conversations. Review descriptive and possessive adj. and placement in relation to noun modified. Introduce demonstrative adjectives emphasizing placement to noun and agreement. Oral act. with demonstrative adj. Homework: worksheet reviewing unit voc. and demon. adj. Quiz on numbers on Wed.

Fri. 3/27 Collect homework. Sing clothing song, La Lavadora. A few students describe what they are wearing. Students tell what clothes are in the teacher's suitcase.  Finish Thurs. classwork. Homework: Continue to review and learn numbers, colors, and clothing.

Thurs. 3/26 Practice conversation. Classmates describe clothing that they are wearing using colors. Text act. 6,7,8 p. 276-277. Homework: worksheet on numbers and clothing.

Wed. 3/25 Practice conversation. Collect homework. Introduction to clothing vocabulary in chapter 8. Homework: worksheet

Tues. 3/24 Introduction to adj., verbs and numbers above 100 in chapter 8.  Homework: worksheet practice with numbers

Mon. 3/23  Finish chapter test. Practice conversation on body parts.

Fri. 3/20  Chapter 7 test

Thurs. 3/19  Review act. in computer lab. Homework-prepare for a chapter 7 test

Wed. 3/18  oral chapter 7 act. from textbook

Tues. 3/17  Check negative tu worksheet. Practice new conversation with a classmate.

Mon. 3/16 School play-no class 5th and 7th. Second period practices negative tu commands. Homework: negative tu worksheet

Fri. 3/13 2nd Finish activity with the immediate past. 5th and 7th Lecture on Negative tu commands and work through some examples orally

Thurs. 3/12 Work on immediate past

Wed. 3/11 Club Day- Quiz on reflexive verbs

Tues. 3/10 Review game on reflexive verbs

Mon. 3/9 Immediate Past activities

Fri. 3/6 (SOLs) Discuss the formation of the Immediate past using acabar de infinitive. Worksheet in class practicing the Immediate Past.

Thurs. 3/5 (SOLs) Body quiz

Wed. 3/4 (SOLs) Computer lab day practicing body voc. and reflexive verbs Homework: Study for quiz on body voc.

Tues. 3/3 2 hr. delay Make-up and review

Mon. 3/2 No school

Fri. 2/27 Reflexive Verb act. 1-5 and then word search on body. Finish for homework.

Thurs. 2/26 Video on Body Parts and then body parts activity-Be An Artist

Wed. 2/25 Oral act. 1,2,3 p. 136. Review of reflexive verbs.

Tues. 2/24 Discuss new stem-changing, -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. Vocabulary of bathroom items.  Discuss placement of reflexive pronouns in present, near future, and informal affirmative commands.
Mon. 2/23 No school

Fri. 2/20 Discuss Thurs. homework. More voc. acquisition of chapter 7. Voc. games.

Thurs. 2/19 Computer lab act. with reflexive verbs. Collect homework.

Wed. 2/18  Reflexive verb voc. and body parts voc.
Homework: worksheet with reflexive verbs (parts 1-3)

Tues. 2/17  Lecture with examples on conjugation of reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns. Contrast of reflexive and non-reflexive verbs in definition.

Mon. 2/16 Oral part of Chapter 6 test-Conclusion and discussion of video.

Fri. 2/13 Chapter 6 test

Thurs. 2/12 2nd part of video-Test review chapter 6

Wed. 2/11 Video-Spanish culture

Tues. 2/10 Practice with informal commands and direct object pronouns

Mon. 2/9 Evaluate group conversations. Practice with informal commands and direct object pronouns.

Fri. 2/6 Evaluate group conversation. More practice with informal commands and direct objects pronouns.

Thurs. 2/5 No school

Wed. 2/4 No school

Tues. 2/3 No school

Mon. 2/2 Evaluate one group's conversation at the restaurant. Practice. Review direct object pronouns and do a drill orally with it. Homework: Study and prepare for a unit test.

Fri. 1/30 La fiesta de Comida

Thurs. 1/29 Practice Restaurant conversation briefly. Discuss homework. Homework: Food preparation

Wed. 1/28 Discussion and introduction to affirmative tu commands. Homework: worksheet practice with verbs in the affirmative tu form

Tues. 1/27 Workday-No class.

Mon. 1/26 Ordering at a restaurant. Discuss homework regarding direct object pronouns.

Fri. 1/23 Continue study of direct object pronouns. Practice restaurant conversation.

Thurs. 1/22 Introduction to direct object nouns and pronouns. Computer lab ex. Homework: Review direct object pronouns. Worksheet

Wed. 1/21 2 hr. delay-Restaurant conversation practice. Use of props. Introduction to direct object nouns and pronouns. Homework: Review direct object pronouns.

Tues. 1/20 Quiz.

Mon. 1/19 No school

Fri. 1/16 2 hr. delay. Quiz postponed. Hispanic foods reading with questions.

Thurs. 1/15 Discussion of Monday's homework. Voc. picture game with food.  Homework: Prepare for the quiz on Friday. (voc., "shoe" verbs, ser/estar)

Wed. 1/14  Club Day-short period. Practice with chapter exercises (act. 4,5,10, 11, 12)with stem-changing verbs.

Tues. 1/13 Collect homework. Voc. food games in class. Homework: Study chapter voc. for reinforcemen

Mon. 1/12 Questions in class on Foods of Latin America. Vocabulary for ordering in a restaurant. Vocabulary game. Homework: worksheet ex. 4,5,7, 9,11,13,14 illustrating foods, stem-changing verbs, and ser/estar

Fri. 1/9 Video "Foods of Latin America" and discussion. Finish conjugation of stem-changing verbs in chapter 6.

Thurs. 1/8 Computer lab ex. (No school-cancelled)

Wed. 1/7 Collect homework and discuss. Review of ser and estar with transparency pictures. Oral practice with worksheet contrasting these 2 verbs. Add new verbs to voc. Homework: Review and learn voc. of chapter

Tues. 1/6 Discuss homework. Review forms of ser and estar. Discuss uses. Add to voc. some adj. to describe food. Oral Act. 1 and 3 p. 198. Homework: Act. 1,2,3 p. 61 workbook

Mon. 1/5 Discuss test given before Christmas. Introduction to food vocabulary. Ser vs. estar uses. Homework: Grammar review of ser and estar and act. 7 and 8 p. 200-201

Fri. 12/19 (No 7th period due to Christmas concert) video on Virgin of Guadalupe and legend of the poinsettia

Thurs. 12/18 Sing Spanish Christmas carols.

Wed. 12/17 Unit test on voc. and grammar concepts of Chapter 5.

Tues. 12/16 Continue study of affirmative and negative words. Discuss homework. Additional act. on this to reinforce concepts. Homework: Study for a unit test

Mon. 12/15 Contrasting affirmative and negative words like tampoco, nunca, nadie, etc.. Oral examples and exercise. Homework: worksheet practice. Unit test Wed.

Fri. 12/12 Sing "12 days of Christmas".  Vocabulary games. Homework: chapter test next week before winter break.

Thurs. 12/11 Quiz on possession and rooms of house/furniture/chores. Work with prepositions in chapter 5. Video grammar clips. Act. in workbook.

Wed. 12/10 Computer lab-Christmas customes in a Spanish-speaking country. Homework: Study and review

Tues. 12/9 Sing "Canten Navidad". Class exercises orally on tocar and parecer. Review of Act. 6 on worksheet. Homework: study vocabulary and possessive adjectives for a test.

Mon. 12/8 Sing "Frosty the Snowman." Reading of a  bilingual poem, "Feliz Navidad." C Notes on how to ask to whom something belongs. Activity with students' possessions in class. Notes on tocar and parecer; notes given. Homework: study vocabulary and possessive adjectives for a test on Thursday.

Fri. 12/5 Check homework and discuss. Do Act. 6 orally forming questions. Preposition song.

Thurs. 12/4 Check homework and discuss. Class ex. on possession. Homework: possession worksheet using de instead of an apostrophe

Wed. 12/4 Class lesson on possession in Spanish-2 ways. Homework: worksheet with possessive adjectives

Tues. 12/3  2 hr. delay  Discuss and check homework

Mon. 12/2 (Quiz on family voc. in 5th period)
Voc. notes- Homework: Worksheet practice
(Quiz on family vocabulary in 2nd and 7th on Wed.)

Fri. 11/28 Thanksgiving break

Thurs. 11/27 Thanksgiving break

Wed. 11/26 2 hr. early release (no 7th period)Discussion of video-finish stem-changing worksheet in class, and discuss adjectives in the chapter.

Tues. 11/25 Video-Hispanic young person and his dreams

Mon. 11/24 Review of family and continue work on stem-changing verbs in chapter 5. Homework: family worksheet

Fri. 11/21 Collect homework. Song about a crazy family. Grammar clips on video of stem-changing verbs and oral exercise. Homework: Learn new vocabulary.  

Thurs. 11/20 Discuss homework. Focus on pronunciation of house,furniture and chores. Moo video on Casa for re-inforcement. Conjugation of stem-changing verbs empezar, merendar, almorzar, volver, dormir and entender. Homework: worksheet on family voc.

Wed. 11/19 Practice with family vocabulary. Exercises.
Homework: family crossword and family relationship ex.

Tues. 11/18 No school-Snow

Mon. 11/17 Listening and reading comprehension components of unit test. Introduction to vocabulary of new unit, chapter 5.  Homework: Finish voc.

Fri. 11/14 Unit test on vocabulary and grammar points.  (5th period-no test as there is a pep rally scheduled) 5th period test will be Mon.

Thurs. 11/13 Test review activities. Homework: Prepare for a unit test on chapter 4.

Wed. 11/12 Club Day (35 min. class) Collect homework. Computer lab research.

Tues. 11/11 Discussion and check homework. Oral activities 4 and 5 discussing school subjects and schedules. Practice orally with irregular yo verbs. Homework: Worksheet verb practice 1-31.

Mon. 11/10 Discussion of irregular yo verbs in the present tense. Pronunciation in class. Video review of grammar vision of near future construction. Finish any leftover classwork from 11/6. Homework: Worksheet on irregular yo verbs. Study and review all vocabulary. Unit Test on Friday.

Fri. 11/7 Parent conferences until noon.

Thurs. 11/6 2nd period only-4 hr. early release. Parent conferences until 7 pm. Vocabulary review and practice with games.

Wed. 11/5 Discuss and correct homework. Classwork practice on near future sentences.

Tues. 11/4 Return of quiz and discussion. Lecture and examples of the near future construction. Contrast with present construction. Homework: Worksheet practice on the near future with verbs.

Mon. 11/3 Culture background on El Dia de los Muertos. Food samples. Video on holdiday.

Fri. 10/31 Quiz on -er and -ir verbs. Discuss homework for Monday's celebration of El Dia de los Muertos.

Thurs. 10/30 Discuss homework with er and ir present tense verbs. Game with verbs to review. Homework: Review and study for a quiz on er and ir verbs.

Wed. 10/29  Practice with -er and -ir verbs. Text activities. Homework: Worksheet practice with verbs.

Tues. 10/28 Quiz on tener expressions. Return of papers and discuss. Vocabulary building.

Mon. 10/27 Computer lab research of a famous Hispanic person. Homework: study for a quiz on tener expressions.

Fri. 10/24 Discuss homework and upcoming lab project. In notebook, listing of nouns, adjectives and adverbs from chapter 4. Quiz Tues. on tener expressions.

Thurs. 10/23 Review of tener expressions with Standard Deviants. Discussion of -er and -ir verbs. Homework: worksheet practice with verbs

Wed. 10/22 Review of tener. Introduce venir. Introduce tener expressions. Oral practice with tener expressions. Homework: Study and review classwork

Tues. 10/21 Unit test chapter 3

Mon. 10/20 Test review-transparency pictures, grammar review explanation by means of video, verb song, worksheet review practice orally. Homework: Review voc and grammar of Chapter 3 to prepare for a unit test.

Fri. 10/17 Spanish song re weather. Discuss homework worksheet orally. Homework: Unit test C. 3 on Tues.

Thurs. 10/16 Continue explanation of stem-changing verbs. Discuss the weather in Spanish and contractions with a and de before el. Transparency practice with al. Finish worksheet practice in class. Homeowrk: Study  voc. cf Chapter 3.

Wed. 10/15 Collect homeowrk. Discuss later when all students are present. PSAT and Reality Store students absent. Conjugation of jugar and querer. Practice with ar verbs and ir. Homework: Study Chapter 3 voc.

Tues. 10/14 Quiz on questions. Contractions with a and de. Conjugation of jugar and querer. Practice with ar verbs and ir. Homework: Finish classwork.

Mon. 10/13 Continue and finish conversations for chapter 2.  Irregular verb "ir" and regular -ar verb conjugation.Review of asking and forming questions.  
Homework: Prepare for a quiz on si/no questions and information questions.

Fri. 10/10 Review conversation and evaluate those students that are ready. Continue questions seeking information. (worksheet for examples) Homework: Study and review.

Thurs. 10/9 Discuss and pronunciation of new voc. of Chapter 3 in notebook. Practice conversation. Homework: Study new voc.

Wed. 10/8 Discussion of formation of information questions. Practice activity. Homework: Voc. in notebook

Tues. 10/7 Check homework and discuss questions. Conversation in pairs with chapter 2 material.

Mon. 10/6 Return test/Discuss. Lecture on formation of Si/No Questions. Homework: worksheet practice on si/no questions

Fri. 10/3  Unit test chapter 2

Thurs. 10/2  Voc. game to review, discuss homework

Wed. 10/1 Class act. orally with gustar from worksheet. Homework: worksheet practice on chapter 2

Tues. 9/30 Discuss expressing likes using gustar. Discuss using indirect object pronouns and prepositional pronouns for stress and clarity.Homework: review

Mon. 9/29 Talk about how to tell a person's age in Spanish.  Oral examples given and notes. Oral practice with a transparency. Write a paragraph in Spanish using adj. to describe a classmate.  Homework: Review notes and voc.

Fri. 9/26 Speaking grade-conversation between 2 classmates. Continue work on adjective agreement.

Thurs. 9/25 Review of voc. Discuss definite and indefinite articles, adjective agreement and plural of nouns.  Homework: Worksheet practice

Wed. 9/24 Club Day-shortened class period. Discuss homework. Pronunciation of new vocabulary. Homework: Start learning new voc.

Tues.9/23 Finish oral part of test. conversation practice-(Career Scope Testing)Homework: Copy Chapter 1 words into vocabulary, adjectives, and adverb sections and guess equivalent meanings.

Mon. 9/22 Finish video-conversation practice

Fri. 9/19 video-una pelicula

Thurs. 9/18 Chapter 1 test

Wed. 9/17 To practice conversation in pairs. Voc. game for review.

Tues. 9/16 To inquire about how someone is feeling, make introductions and people voc. Conversation utilizing all voc. and grammar of Chapter 1.  Homework: Review all notes.

Mon. 9/15 Review Chapter 1 with oral questions in Spanish with students answering in complete sentences. Students will determine the first and last names of classmates when they are spelled using the Spanish alphabet. Explore various ways to ask for the name of someone.
Homework:  Test on Review of Chapter 1 on Thurs. Students should be reviewing and studying nightly.

Fri. 9/12 Sounds of the alphabet, review of the verb ser, and talk about where one is from using "de+ donde + a form of ser. Homework: Review at home

Thurs. 9/11 Picture Day! Class interruptions. Check homework and discuss telling time. Songs for review. Vocabulary game to review. Homework: Review

Wed. 9/10 Talk about days of the week, months and seasons. Sing songs re-inforcing things from this week and last. Homework: Telling time activity on worksheet

Tues. 9/10 Telling time  Homework: Study examples and review all vocabulary

Mon. 9/8 Review with questions in Spanish of Fri.'s class. Practice with numbers 0-100 and telephone numbers. Homework: Review and study

Fri. 9/5 Share diagnostic test results and exchange greetings, good-byes, titles, subject pronouns-Homework: Review all voc. and grammar points

Thurs. 9/4 Diagnostic evaluation of Sp. I

Wed. 9/3 Discuss syllabus, class expectations, rules, grading, and evaluation

Tues. 9/2 Introductions, issue textbooks, materials needed for class, class meetings












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