Practice, Review & Links for 2009-2010, 7th grade Spanish, Sra. Dana
Week of March 15, 2010:
1. Check the official Fallas website everyday this week to follow the festivities:
3. Practice the Gallego language on-line. Play this game to learn the school supplies in Gallego:
4. More Fallas
5. Mi Vida Loca, Episodio 11. EL HOTEL de Medina de Rioseco
Week of March 8, 2010:
A. We're learning a bit about Spain this month, including geography.
2. More Spain Geography practice, created by Sra. Dana on Quia.
B. Tuesday night's voice recording homework is here: [Note: due on Thurs, March 11]
Week of March 1, 2010:
Reminder: Quiz on Wednesday, March 3. Here are some review links.
School Supplies Battleship practice:
Quizlet school supplies practice:
Week of February 22, 2010:
1. This week we're learning about schools and school vocabulary. Quiz yourself at this BBC site for British middle school students of Spanish.
2. Quizlet.com practice that I created for you to practice with the school supplies vocabulary. This is Tuesday's night homework. (Feb. 23, 2010)
Week of February 8, 2010:
Looney Tunes en español. Can you understand "Marvin the Martian" better the 2nd time around?
Week of February 1, 2010:
Learn Spanish vocabulary by helping Beenny the Bee through the swamp.
Week of January 25, 2010:
This week you start Fandango.com skits. Remember to focus on the SPANISH! Don't spend hours looking for one YouTube song. It's a waste of study time. Think of an idea, write a draft script, edit and revise, write the final script. Next, make your paper bag puppet. Then rehearse and plan a few sound effects or music to accompany the skit. Sample ideas:
1. fandango.com TV commercials in English:
3. Student Spanish skit - Fandango puppets
Week of January 19, 2010:
Check out the McDonald's site in Spanish. Look at menus, listen to Latino music, and use your Spanish to navigate through the site.
Week of January 11, 2010:
1. Study for Wednesday's quiz on the verb TENER.
2. Describa el gato en español: (NOT for during classes!)
Week of January 4, 2010:
Listening practice with numbers, single digit
Listening practice with numbers, double digits
Practice with telling time
4. Calendario 2010 en español
5. NBA Basketball en España. Who are the five players on your "Equipo Ideal"?
--------------- ¡Feliz Año Nuevo 2010! ---------------
Week of December 21, 2009:
¡¡Felices Vacaciones!!
Week of December 14, 2009:
1. Buy a movie ticket in Spain. What time is the movie?
2. Telling time practice
3. Practice with verb TENER - Scrambled words
4. Interactive TENER practice:
Week of November 30, 2009:
1. Quizlet vocabulary practice for this week. Talking about others' likes and dislikes. Chapter 1_1
2. Thursday HW. Complete this on-line survey:
Week of November 16, 2009:
Week of November 9, 2009:
Click here to do the voice recording for this week.
Week of November 2, 2009:
Check out these pictures of the Dia de los Muertos holiday.
Reminder: Skeleton project
- Write final copy of skeleton description. You’ll hand in your draft and the final copy.
- Practice reading the description aloud at least 10 times. Suggestion: Record yourself on your laptop, play it back, and see how it sounds. Is your voice animated? enthusiastic? Does it sound interesting? Are there words you don’t know how to pronounce? Does it flow? Are you speaking too fast?
- Use Photobooth on your laptop to record the presentation. Due date: Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Week of October 26, 2009:
This week we're working on the Esqueleto (Skeleton) project in honor of the Día de los Muertos. You'll create a skeleton, write a description, and then present it using the Photobooth app on your laptop. If you aren't sure how to use Photobooth, ask a classmate, see Sra. Dana, search for an on-line tutorial, or click on the HELP button in the program.
Pick a nationality for your esqueleto. Practice the vocabulary here:
Latin Grammys will be broadcast on Nov. 5. Check it out:
Week of October 19, 2009:
This week you'll learn how to write detailed descriptions of people, in preparation for your "Skeleton Project".
Also, quiz on Wed., Oct. 21, on the verb "SER" and its forms.
Suggestions for quiz review:
Go to Online Review and click on Get help online
We are studying Unidad 1: Lección 1
Click on Did you get it? ñp.39
Good review for the quiz.
Also, at the homepage, click on Animations.
Click on Lección 1: Subject Pronouns and Ser
2.
Quia games I created for SER and adjectives practice
http://www.quia.com/jg/291505.html - Ser and Adjectives. This won't be on Wed. (10/21) quiz but they are part of this week's lessons. You'll use them in your writing next week.
3. Check out the cheesy song to help you remember SER. Don't forget the 'vosotros sois' form.
Week of October 13, 2009:
Día de la Raza (Columbus Day in Latin America) - This site for children explains Columbus Day from a Mexican perspective. How much can you understand?
Week of September 28 and October 4, 2009:
Our focus of these 2 weeks is Geography. We'll learn geography terms in Spanish and how to use them in conversation. Also, we'll learn the capitals, countries & other locations of Central America. During the week of Oct. 4, (NECAP testing week) we'll learn how to use SER in writing and conversation.
Geography Practice:
QUIA:
QUIZLET:
Week of September 21, 2009:
This week we'll continue el "Campamento de computadoras". Refer to the links from last week for continued practice.
Week of September 14, 2009:
This week we start our Spanish "Campamento de computadoras"! -- Spanish Laptop Camp
- Computer terms vocabulary: Actividad 2
Here are some links to practice with the computer terms vocabulary.
NOTE: My Quia site is paid for by an MSPA grant. The site allows me to create games with my own vocabulary words so I can personalize the games for CEMS students. ¡Gracias, MSPA!
Week of September 7, 2009:
- Música de México, Jesse y Joy es un duo de México. Su nueva canción, Electricidad, es muy popular.
- Check out the Latin Grammy website. 2009 Award Ceremony will be in Las Vegas on November 5. http://www.latingrammy.com/
Archives September 2007 - June 2009, Past links
Practice, Review, and Fun Links for 2008-2009 year, 8th grade, Sra. Dana
June 2009:
June 1, 2009
1. Reflexive verb & clothing vocab. practice --> Week of 8th grade trail work.
- Lots of links to clothing review sites. Scroll down to "J"- Clothing/Ropa section. Click on a link and play away to practice with clothing words.
2. Quia game I created for reflexive verb review:
3. Listen to on-line videos of native speakers describing visits to clothing store.
May 11, 2009:
Practice with foods and restaurant vocabulary at this BBC site. Has on-line videos, interactive worksheets & more.
April 2009:
Link to CLEAR.msu site for recording the Calle 24 Rima on-line. T
This assignment is due by Wednesday, April 8, at 8 p.m.
March 2009:
March 19, 2009:
Links for Spain regions research. Includes links to Fallas 2009 sites.
QUIA- on-line map to practice with Spain's geography
March 13, 2009
Want to learn more about Mayans? Videos, Mayan math, games, archaeological sites, scuba diving in Yucatán...Check out my MAYA webquest.
National Geographic video for April 22, 2009, Earth Day. Song by Macaco, a Barcelona pop-fusion group.
1. "Moving" de Macaco
The next 3 artists are featured in the Macaco video above.
2. "Ahí estás tú" de Chambao
3. "La llave de mi corazón" de Juan Luis Guerra
4. "Si tú, si yo" de Muchachito
Just for fun...not related to "Moving" video
"Vamos a la playa - Bailamos"
February & March 2009:
Topic: Vocabualry --> Chores and use of Deber, hacer, poner, salir, dar.
Describe chores around the house and what you do in your free time. On-line activities for practice. 'Chores' quiz is on March 11, 2009.
New Quizlet to practice with Chores vocabulary and verbs from this chapter. (-Go verbs/ dar)
Play Jeopardy to practice with the CHORES vocabulary.
CHORES vocabulary: Play Hangman, Concentration, Matching, to practice with our current vocabulary.
Take this on-line practice quiz. Print or e-mail the results to Sra. Dana for extra credit on Friday's quiz, Feb. 27, 2009.
Hints (in English) for shooting and editing video
Week of January 26, 2009:
Here is the link to some of the Spanish TV Commercials that we watched in class. Do you understand more the 2nd time around?
Week of January 19, 2009:
What's the Latino press writing about the Inauguration?? Check it out:
Week of January 5, 2009:
"Cry me a Verb" - Fun song about present tense verbs.
~~~~~~~~~ FELIZ 2009~~~~~~~~~~~
Week of December 15, 2008:
Jeopardy game about Petecas, Baleros & South America geography - for in-class on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
New Quizlet activity ~~~ South America geography
Week of December 8, 2008:
Audiobox site homework that is due on Friday, Dec. 12. Directions are on the web page.
Week of December 1, 2008:
My Quia games to practice with South America geography
Do you want to learn more about BALEROS?
Listen to some world music on this awesome National Geographic site:
Week of November 24, 2008:
Just for fun...Play the piñata Word Matching Game and earn some candy!
Week of November 17, 2008:
Did you know that 2008 is the International Year of the Potato? Why do you think this is important for students of Spanish to know? Learn all about it!
Sra. Dana's custom 'Trackstar' of sites related to the 2008 Año Internacional de la Papa.
Video with pictures of different types of potatoes --> from Peru.
Radio and Television from Spain. Awesome site!
Weeks of November 3 &10, 2008:
Log onto this site and complete the assignment. It is a REQUIRED assignment this week:
NEW Quizlet I created for our Thanksgiving words! http://quizlet.com/set/524035/
Week of October 20, 2008:
1. Here's a new Quizlet game to practice with the Family vocabulary and possesive adjectives. (my, your, his, her, our, their)
2. Can you complete this Family Tree in Spanish? Canadian university site.
3. Note: If you're on Quizlet.com, seek out other vocabulary sets. For example, on their main page, you can search Quizlet.com for "spanish family vocabulary' and you'll get 4 hits. Look at the List of Terms of each page to see if it has words that are similar to what we're learning. If so, play away!
4. http://www.vmetv.com/deportes --Look at the Spanish version of PBS TV, called Vmetv. Lots of good programming and on-line videos. Good listening practice. This link is to the Sports section and the video about Emilio Navarro that we saw in class on Thursday, Oct. 23.
Week of October 13, 2008:
We're starting a new unit this week about family-related vocabulary, chores, and some new grammar points. (Chap. 6 of text)
1. Columns game I created on Quia to practice with vocabulary.
2. Another game, Rags to Riches (Jeopardy), on Quia to learn family vocabulary and other Chapter 6 material.
3. Are you a baseball fan? Follow the October playoffs on this bilingual Latino Baseball site. Univisión.com and ESPN Deportes also have coverage.
Week of September 22 & 29, 2008:
1. Space Race and Scatter Game #2 - Vocabulary words to help you write your Animalito description. NOTE: We won't have a quiz on these words; they're from the list we brainstormed in class. Have fun!
Week of September 15, 2008:
1. Space Race and Scatter Game. Our Animals vocabulary in a game format. How fast can you play these games?
2. Sra. Dana's ANIMALS Vocabulary Trackstar. I've included links to most of the on-line games I've created. Also, other good sites for practicing vocabualry. Reminder: Animals Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, Sept. 19.
ARCHIVES [2007-2008 school year.]
Week of June 2, 2008:
Listen to some world music on this new National Geographic site:
On-line games I created to practice with Pastimes vocabulary. (Text: Ven Conmigo 5_1) Reminder that quiz is on Wednesday, June 4. It will be easy...matching format, 25 words.
Jeopardy game to practice with pastimes
Test yourself, Learn the vocabulary, play Scatter or Space Race. --> Fun site! How quickly can you recall the vocabulary words??
Week of May 5 and May 12, 2008:
How to make paper bag puppets
Create an on-line paper-bag puppet at Fandango.com. This is NOT for at-school use!
Youtube videos of paper bag puppet projects:
How to make a paper bag puppet
Los Fandangos, Spanish IV puppet project
Beat boxing puppets. Look at the puppet designs...
Abuelita Chocolate student-designed commercial. This is an idea of a simple presentation that is very effective. Creative, original, and fairly good use of basic Spanish. Hint: Keep your puppet presentation simple, use vocabulary that we've already learned in class.
Week of April 14, 2008:
This is CEMS World Language Week: "2008 International Year of Languages"
Chinese sites recommended by "Teacher Kwan", our guest visitor on Monday, April 14.
Don't gross out the world! Take this on-line quiz to see how much you know about international dining etiquette.
Rules for "Nine Men's Morris" ("El molino" en español) . Learn about this medieval strategy game that is a precursor to our game of tic-tac-toe.
Play Nine Men's Morris on-line. This link is for enrichment for HOME use. --> You should NOT play it during school hours!
Week of March 24, 2008:
We'll have a quiz on the -AR verbs endings this week. Click on the following to find links to review sites.
Week of March 17, 2008:
1. This week you'll create an account at CONJUGUEMOS.COM. This site is good to help you review the verb endings. If you forget your password, e-mail or ask Sra. Dana for it. You must log on to this site and do the verb practices for at least 15 minutes every week. Be sure you're logged on so you can submit the results to my account.
2. Check out LAS FALLAS festivities in Valencia, Spain. This special holiday is from March 13-19 every year and resident Valencians spend the entire year planning for this holiday.
3. Carlos Santana's Official Website (Café Viernes lesson on March 21, 2008)
Week of March 3, 2008:
This is MEAs testing week so our schedule is disrupted. Students are going to work on a graphic design for the CEMS Glboal Connections program. Watch the video linked below to learn about the demographics of the world's population.
Week of February 25, 2008:
Play Jeopardy to review for Thursday's quiz. (Feb. 28)
Reminder: The quiz will cover: Telling Time in Spanish, including the vocabulary, and showing possession.
Example: Marta's house = la casa de Marta. There is NO 's structure in Spanish!
Columns game to practice with the TIME vocabulary:
Week of January 28, 2008:
Review Sites to use for Thursday's quiz
1. School-related vocabulary: Concentration, memory and flashcards for Chapter 3, Primer Paso, Ven Conmigo.
2. Play Are you smarter than a 5th grader? and review for the Jan 31 quiz.
3. Practice QUIA quiz on-line. Verb TENER and miscellaneous.
4. School -related vocabulary. Click and drag to correct sentence. (from texbook website)
5. Practice with the verb TENER, to have. Unscramble the letters to spell the word correctly.
6. Learn the ordinal numbers in Spanish...primero, segundo, tercero, (first, second, third)
Week of January 22, 2008:
1.Martin Luther King, Jr.: Youtube video of his famous speech. In English with Spanish subtitles.
2. School -related vocabulary. Click and drag to correct sentence. (from texbook website)
Week of January 14, 2008:
1. Practice with the verb TENER, to have. Unscramble the letters to spell the word correctly.
2. Telling time review: Click and drag the correct time to the clock. From Ven Conmigo website.
Week of January 7, 2008:
Numbers practice:
1. Quick 5 question quiz about numbers:
2. Practice with numbers. Play bingo on-line. Listen carefully and click on the number on the BINGO card.
Watch these 2 minute video clips of Spanish children explaining various aspects of their Christmas & Three King's Day celebrations. From elmundo.es, on-line Madrid newspaper.
1. Los Reyes Magos Holiday-Video about how to cook a Roscón de Reyes. (Three King's cake)
2. "Palabras navideñas" --> Learn Three King's Day and Christmas vocabulary with Spanish children
3. ¿Qué has pedido/ --> Popular gift ideas in Spanish, from the children's perspective.
4. Take a Virtual Bus tour through Madrid to celebrate Three Kings Day. Click on "SOBRE RUEDAS" at the bottom of the page. The video might take a few minutes to load.
Week of January 2, 2008: Happy 2008!
1. Practice with numbers. Play bingo on-line. Listen carefully and click on the number on the BINGO card.
Week of December 17, 2007:
1. If you like football click on this NFL site in Spanish all about our U.S. football teams. How many words can you understand?
Week of December 10, 2007:
1.Simple QUIA games to practice with the 'bedroom' vocabulary.
Week of December 3, 2007:
1. School supplies vocabulary. How fast can you spell the words? Note: When you go to this link, look under VEN CONMIGO I, Chapter 2, Primer Paso. There is a spelling and listening self-quiz.
2. School supplies vocabulary, II. Sign in to your student QUIA account and complete this practice quiz. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1190676.html
3. School supplies vocabulary, III. Play Battleship to review the school supply vocabulary:
Week of November 26, 2007:
School supplies vocabulary. Photo and audio site. Hear the Spanish word and look at the picture at the same time.
Want to buy some school supplies from Spain? Check out the Papelería section of El Corte Inglés. (BTW, El Corte Inglés is one of the largest department store chains in Spain, similar to Macy's, but with many more departments, such as auto sales, grocery, computers... How much Spanish can you understand on their site?)
Our textbook, Ven Conmigo, review site for Chapter 2:
Week of November 12, 2007:
1. School supplies vocabulary. New words introduced week of November 13, 2007.
Listening practice for Chapter 2, Primer Paso. School supplies vocabulary. Spell the vocabulary words as you hear them and try to beat the clock. Can you do it less than a minute? What is your best time?
2.Grammy Latinos, November 8, 2007
Link to my webquest page about the November 2007 Latin Grammy Awards held in Las Vegas on November 8.
We listened to the following 2007 Grammy Award Winning Artists in class on Tuesday, Nov 13. The lyrics and videos that we saw were pre-screened by me and they are all appropriate for school.
Laura Pausini, Juan Luis Guerra, Ricky Martín, Jesse y Joy, and Miguelito.
Los ganadores de 2007: (Latin Grammy winners - November 2007)
Juan Luis Guerra:
Jesse y Joy
Ricky Martín
Laura Pausini
Week of November 2, 2007:
7th grade Spanish --> Here are the links to videos that we saw in class today:
Web links to Día de los Muertos kite-flying in Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Willa Wonka video overview of Día de los Muertos and some simple interactive activities.
Sra. Dana
P.D.
¡Buen fin de semana!
Links Archive:
Practice Links from 2006-2007 year, 8th grade
May & June 2007:
Food webquest:
Reflexive Verbs:
Jai Alai /País vasco and Galicia:
Week of April 23, 2007:
Chapter 9: Clothing, shopping, athletic equipment and other related vocabulary.
Link to Calcetinia, site of a cool Spanish sock company. Includes games and fun interactive activities. Click on "Web de Calcetines Cóndor" to find the games.
Tienda de ropa para el fútbol: Buy soccer clothes and accessories on-line. Good vocabulary practice
Link to El Corte Inglés, one of Spain's largest department stores. Sports equipment, clothing, foods, iPods, music and more.
Buy jai-alai sporting equipment
Catalogo de la moda - Catalog to La Redoute, clothing, shoes, sports equipment for men, women, children.
[Link]http://www.laredoute.es/ES/es/Home/Index.aspx
Week of April 9, 2007:
World Language Week! Our theme this year is "Foods Around the World"
Don't gross out the world! Interactive quiz about dining habits and manners around the world
Links to movie about "The Cup", film based on true story of young Tibetan monks and their quest to view the World Cup 1998
About the movie
Meet the characters
Tsampa Bread - staple of Tibetan diet
Week of March 27, 2007
Chapter 9 Quia games to review this week's new vocabulary.
General review. I just discovered this site and it has flashcards for many subject areas. Hundreds of Spanish words arranged by topic. Practice away!
Interested in sports? Read about Latino Sports Legends. Unfortunately there are no women listed here but you can learn about Sammy Sosa and other males athletes.
March 2007 unit: Culture and Geography of Spain
Quiz yourself on the geography of Spain with this on-line activity that I created.
Watch videos and learn all about Jai Alai, a sport native to the País Vasco (Basque region) of Spain.
Youtube documentary video about the sport of Jai Alai: (in English) March 2007 lesson
Learn about the Fallas Festival of Valencia. Celebrated March 13-19 every year.
February and March 2007
National Spanish Exam 2007: On-line practice
February 2007
Reflexive Verbs Practice: Webquest created by Sra. Dana for additional review
Stem-changing verbs and Guatemala _Quia game for quiz review
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