Español con Sr. Barera

Español I

Last week, students in Spanish 1 continued to learn and practice descriptions in Spanish for people. Students played a Spanish version of the game Guess Who? with celebrities from the US and Spanish-speaking countries. Later in the week, students watched a movie called También la lluvia, (Even the Rain) which taught students about the struggles in some Latin American countries, specifically highlighting the 2000 Cochabamba protests over the privatization of the water supply in the country.

Español II

Last week, students in Spanish 2 began the week by giving presentations on recipes of foods from Spanish-speaking countries. Students did a very nice job with their culminating Chapter 6 project. Later in the week, students began to learn with the new Chapter 7: health vocabulary in context, as well as listening to authentic commercials for health products in Spanish.

For more information and daily activities/homework for either Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, check the calendarios!

Calendario (Español I)

Calendario (Español 2)

Español I

Last week, students reviewed the numbers with a bingo game and reviewed their practice letters. On Tuesday, students wrote a letter as an assessment (quiz) and did very well averaging 92% between the two classes. Students then learned about descriptions for people and did a mini-presentation in class with a partner on a famous latino or Spanish-speaker. On Friday during the half-day, students watched a video about four college students from New York, who went to Guatemala, and tried to live on one dollar a day, like many Guatemalans and much of the world.

Español II

Last week, students began the week with a Jeopardy review of the Chapter 6 vocabulary. Then on Tuesday, students took their interpretive and vocab quizzes. Wednesday and Thursday saw students working on presentations for the upcoming week. On Friday, second hour had Spanish during the half-day. Students in second hour watched a video about four college students from New York, who went to Guatemala, and tried to live on one dollar a day, like many Guatemalans and much of the world. This upcoming week, students have their presentations on a recipe with a partner.

For more information and daily activities/homework for either Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, check the calendarios!

Calendario (Español I)

Calendario (Español 2)

Español I

Last week, students practiced their Spanish numbers, times, and dates vocabulary by reading through a Spanish calendar with Spain’s national and regional holidays. Students were also able to figure out what certain holidays were by using context clues and cognates, words that look similar and mean the same thing between the two languages. Students then had a Jeopardy review session before their quiz on Wednesday and students did very well on the vocabulary part averaging an 87% between the two classes. The interpretive part, which is understanding the main ideal and important details of authentic videos and readings was a little bit more difficult, but with practice, students will get better at this skill. Later in the week students put together a short letter writing to a character from a Spanish tv show we have watched in a couple of classes. Just after about a month, students are already able to write terrific letters in Spanish!

Español II

Last week, students learned about another Argentine food called chipá, which is one of the oldest fusion foods in Latin America, combined with elements the Spaniards brought to the New World and ingredients that the indigenous in South America had long been using. After students learned about the chipá, which is like a small cheese roll, students were then able combine their cultural knowledge, food vocabulary, and gramatical topic of commands to put together a recipe for the cheese roll. After creating this recipe, students then worked with a partner on their own recipes of a dish of their choice. This activity is pretty similar to an upcoming presentation next Thursday, that they will have with a different partner. Lastly on Tuesday of the upcoming week, students will have a vocab and interpretive (authentic reading and listening) quiz. The Monday before, students will have a Jeopardy review session.

For more information and daily activities/homework for either Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, check the calendarios!

Calendario (Español I)

Calendario (Español 2)

Español I

This last week, students worked with a variety of vocabulary terms and then used them in context to understand the main idea of an authentic Spanish website learning about the different dates of Mexican holidays. Students also listened to a native speaker talk about his birthday in Spanish, while students successfully were able to identify this idea and many details. In the upcoming week, students will get more practice with the vocabulary in context and have another Jeopardy review session before their 1.2 quiz on Wednesday.

Español II

This last week, students practiced ordering with an authentic menu from Spain reinforcing their knowledge of vocabulary terms, while learning how to order politely in a restaurant. Students later learned how to use informal affirmative commands and played a couple of games in class using these commands. During the next week students will learn to identify and apply these commands in real world Spanish while reading and then summarizing authentic Spanish-language recipes.

For more information and daily activities/homework for either Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, check the calendarios!

Calendario (Español I)

Calendario (Español 2)

Español I

Students began this past week playing a Jeopardy review for their quiz on Tuesday. Students then took the quiz on Tuesday, doing very well averaging an 84% on the quiz. Later in the week students learned numbers and played El precio es correcto (The Price is Right) and also a few activities to practice telling time in Spanish.

Español II

This past week, students learned about a couple of very popular dishes in Peru including ceviche. Students also participated in a few vocabulary games and a Jeopardy review on Thursday for their vocabulary and grammar quiz on Friday. In the upcoming weeks, students will learn about different recipes, while learning to use the object pronouns and mandatos (commands).

 

For more information and daily activities/homework for either Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, check the calendarios!

Calendario (Español I)

Calendario (Español 2)

Español I

Last week, students in Spanish 1 worked with the Spanish alphabet, learned and used more introductory phrases, greetings, and farewells. On Tuesday and Wednesday, students put everything they know so far together into short diálogos (skits) in a group of three or four students. Students then presented these skits to other groups. Their Spanish is coming along very nicely! Students played a couple more games: one with the vocabulary, and another working with pronouns on the half-day on Friday. On the upcoming week, students know to expect a Chapter 1.1 vocabulary and grammar quiz on Tuesday, September 18.

Español II

Last week, students in Spanish 2 continued a cultural learning activity about the southern Argentine region of Patagonia. Then students learned the basics of the two verbs: ser and estar. These two verbs both mean “to be” and can be confusing, as in English there is only one verb. To practice ser and estar, students learned through an authentic Spanish video about a street food popular in much of South America, but especially in Argentina, called the churrasco. Students know that the upcoming week there is a Chapter 6.1 vocabulary and grammar (ser and estar) quiz on Friday, September 21.

 

For more information and daily activities/homework for either Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, check the calendarios!

Calendario (Español I)

Calendario (Español 2)

Español I

After a long weekend for Labor Day,  students in Spanish 1 participated in a South America partner map activity, so students will have nine different partners for activities in upcoming classes.  Students learned the basics of the verb ser (to be) and practiced their Spanish skills with conversations with partners in the class. Finally, students learned greetings and farewells and reinforced how to ask several different questions with a game.

 

Español II

After a long weekend for Labor Day,  students in Spanish 2 participated in a South America partner map activity, so students will have nine different partners for activities in upcoming classes.  Students were introduced to the new vocabulary la comida (food) and practiced this new vocabulary with piccionario (pictionary). Lastly on Thursday and Friday, students learned about one of the most famous Latin American chefs, Francis Mallmann, through a video that explores his career, non-traditional techniques, and his most well-known platos (dishes). The video mainly features in an area of southern Argentina (and also Chile) called Patagonia. Students then began a cultural activity on Friday exploring different national parks in the Argentine Patagonia.

 

For more information and daily activities/homework for either Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, check the calendarios!

Calendario (Español I)

Calendario (Español 2)

In the first week, students received a syllabus, learned where to find class resources, and also homework online. Everything that happens in class is found on the calendario. The calendario is in Spanish, but students should be able to navigate the site. The calendario contains the day’s slides, daily resources, link to study the vocabulary on Quizlet, and also the homework from class. Students learned that they are expected to bring homework to class if they are absent. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at bareram@dearbornschools.org. The calendario is listed below. If you are a parent and would like to know what is going on in class, have your child take you through the calendario!

Calendario (Español 1)

Calendario (Español 2)

Welcome to iBlog Teacher Websites Sites. This is your brand new classroom website.  There are some things you should do to get started.  Hopefully you have been following the Getting Started Tutorials and Step Sheets.

It is important that you edit your profile so that you can choose your school and grade level as this will help parents and students find your website.  Look for the link in the upper right when you are logged in.