Friday, May 10, 2013

Word Banks

Today in class, you wrote words on the BaiBoard. Now, write today's story in Spanish using as many words as you can (you don't have to use all of them). Spend no more than 20 minutes writing.



Thursday, April 25, 2013

La Música Andina

¿Cómo se llaman los cuatro instrumentos de la música andina? The following Incan melody showcases the four main instruments of Andean music we discussed in class. Can you identify them?



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Flor de cactus




Want to make your own quena out of a pvc (plumbing) pipe? These short videos are in Spanish, but easy to follow:
Video 1: Preparation of the materials and tools needed
Video 2: Making the mouthpiece
Video 3: Making the holes
Most of the holes are 9mm, but the narrator warns about being careful with the 7mm hole (3rd one up on the front) and the 5mm hole on the back so as not to affect the tuning of the instrument.
Video 4 (embedded here): Correct embouchure, fingering, and tuning:

Friday, April 19, 2013

Presentation template

Something you did well is


Something you could improve is


Something I learned from your presentation is


Thursday, February 28, 2013

Vocabulario: La familia

1). First, go through the flashcards with both the Spanish and English words showing.
2). Next, go through the flashcards Spanish-side first. Think the English word. This is the recognition phase.
3). Lastly, go through the flashcards showing the English word. Think the Spanish word. This is the production phase.

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Una Familia Moderna


Claire y Phil tienen una familia tradicional.
Luke es el hijo de Claire y de Phil. (son)
Claire es la mamá de Luke. (mom)
Phil es el papá de Luke. (dad)
Luke tiene dos hermanas. (sisters)
Sus hermanas se llaman Alex y Haley.
Luke, Alex y Haley son (are) hermanos. (siblings)
Claire y Phil son los papás de Luke, Alex y Haley. (parents)
Mitchel y Cam también son papás. Tienen una hija. Se llama Lily.
Manny no tiene hermanos. Es hijo único. (only child).
Gloria es la madre ( = mamá) de Manny,
pero Jay no es su padre ( = papá).
Jay es el padrastro de Manny. (stepfather)
Jay es el abuelo de Luke, Alex, Haley y Lily.
Claire y Mitchel son los hijos de Jay. (children)


tío, tía = uncle, aunt
sobrino, sobrina = nephew, niece
primo, prima = cousin

Friday, February 15, 2013

Cuento de San Valentín

Use these pictures to write your sentences:
Período 4

Período 7

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

El problema de Blancanieves

Watch this video and answer the questions aloud. Yes, aloud. Don't be shy!


vocabulario nuevo:
sólo tiene - s/he only has
necesita - s/he needs

Friday, February 1, 2013

Apuntes 1.3

La situación del Período 7:


Apuntes del Período 4:


Want to share your sentence(s) from today's Do Now? Post a comment!
We had a lot of good descriptions for the picture of "El gato y el perro."