Spanish 3

Monday, April 26

2010-04-26T14:18:00.001-07:00

Today the class took the Chapter 8 Exam. The assignment is the vocabulary on p 323.

Tuesday, April 20

2010-04-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

Today the class began working with the Subjunctive to Express Doubt. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 8-5, 8-6.

Monday, April 19

2010-04-19T14:10:00.001-07:00

Today the class continued practicing the Chapter 8 Vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 8-3, 8-4.

Friday, April 16

2010-04-16T15:05:00.000-07:00

Today the students began working with the Chapter 8 Vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 8-1, 8-2.

Tuesday, April 13

2010-04-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

Today the students reviewed for the Chapter 7 exam. The assignment is to study.

Monday, April 12

2010-04-12T15:00:00.000-07:00

Today's topic was the Passive Voice. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 7-9.

Friday, April 9

2010-04-09T13:08:00.001-07:00

Today the class worked with Spelling Changes in the Subjunctive. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 7-6, 7-7.

Thursday, April 8

2010-04-09T13:06:00.000-07:00

Today the class took a vocabulary quiz and began working with the Subjunctive Mood. The assignment is a worksheet.

Wednesday, April 7

2010-04-09T13:04:00.000-07:00

Today the class began working with Usted commands. The assignment is a worksheet.

Monday and Tuesday, April 5 & 6

2010-04-06T14:10:00.000-07:00

The past two days were dedicated to working with the Chapter 7 vocabulary. The assignments were in the Practice Workbook pp 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4.

Thursday, March 26

2010-03-25T15:27:00.000-07:00

Today we practiced for tomorrow's exam. There is no assignment.

Wednesday, March 24

2010-03-24T15:30:00.000-07:00

The topic of today was Double Object Pronouns. Today's assignment is a worksheet.

Monday, March 22

2010-03-22T14:59:00.000-07:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 6 vocabulary. The topic of the day is the Future Tense. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 6-5, 6-6.

Friday, March 19

2010-03-19T14:11:00.000-07:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 6 vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 6-3, 6-4.

Thursday, March 18

2010-03-18T15:08:00.000-07:00

Today the class finished the exam and began working with the Chapter 6 vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 6-1, 6-2.

Tuesday, March 16

2010-03-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

Today the class reviewed for the Chapter 5 exam. No assignment tonight, except to study.

Monday, March 15

2010-03-15T14:57:00.000-07:00

Today the class became familiar with seguir and the present participle. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook p 5-9.

Friday, March 12

2010-03-12T14:16:00.000-08:00

Today the class began working with the Pluperfect tense. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 5-7, 5-8

Thursday, March 11

2010-03-11T14:24:00.000-08:00

Today the class took a vocabulary quiz. We also watched a History Channel video about the Maya. On next week's exam, there will be 10 extra-credit questions based on the video.

There is no assignment tonight.

Wednesday, March 10

2010-03-10T15:32:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 5 vocabulary. The topic of the day was Time Expressions with Hacer. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook p 5-5.

Tuesday, March 9

2010-03-09T14:09:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 5 vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 5-3, 5-4.

Monday, March 8

2010-03-08T13:27:00.000-08:00

Today the class began working with the Chapter 5 vocabulary. We also watched/graded the video projects. Today's assignment is in the Practice Workbook 5-1, 5-2.

Thursday, March 4 and Friday March 5

2010-03-04T09:38:00.000-08:00

Today the class took its mid-term exam. The assignment for the weekend is the vocabulary on p 189.

Tuesday March 2

2010-03-02T15:16:00.000-08:00

Today the class finished up working on the video project. Now would be a good time to start studying for the Mid-Term Exam.

Friday, February 26

2010-02-26T14:13:00.000-08:00

Today the class reviewed for the Chapter 4 exam. The remainder of the period was spent on the mid term project.

There will be a Chapter 4 exam on Monday.

Thursday, February 25

2010-02-25T14:40:00.000-08:00

Today the class took a vocabulary quiz. The topic of the day was a review of irregular preterit verbs. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 4-8, 4-9.

Wednesday, February 24

2010-02-24T14:03:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued practicing the present perfect tense. The class also continued working on the mid term project. Tonight's assignment is in the Practice Workbook p 4-7.

Tuesday, February 23

2010-02-23T14:50:00.000-08:00

Today the students continued working with the Chapter 4 vocabulary. The topic of the day was the Present Perfect tense. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 4-5, 4-6.

Monday, February 22

2010-02-22T14:55:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 4 vocabulary and had time to work on the mid term project. The assignment was in the Practice Workbook 4-3-4-4.

Friday, February 19

2010-02-22T14:50:00.000-08:00

My apologies to Jaleesa Martin for not posting this on Friday. The topic of the day was the Chapter 4 vocabulary. I also introduced the mid term project. The assignment was in the Practice Workbook 4-1, 4-2.

Wednesday, February 17

2010-02-17T15:05:00.001-08:00

Today the class took the Chapter 3 exam. The assignment is the vocabulary on p 157 of the textbook.

Tuesday, February 16

2010-02-16T15:11:00.000-08:00

Today we reviewed for the chapter 3 exam. The assignment is to study.

Friday, February 12

2010-02-12T14:32:00.000-08:00

Today the class began working with the imperfect progressive. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 3-7, 3-8

Thursday, February 11

2010-02-11T15:48:00.000-08:00

Today the class took a vocabulary quiz and continued working on the preterit and imperfect tenses. Today's assignment is a worksheet.

Wednesday, February 10

2010-02-10T08:43:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 3 vocabulary. The topic of the day is the difference between the preterit and imperfect tenses. The assignment for the day is Worksheet 1 and Worksheet 2.

Tuesday, February 9

2010-02-10T08:40:00.000-08:00

The class continued working with the Chapter 3 vocabulary. The topic of the day was irregular preterit verbs. The assignment was in the Practice Workbook pp 3-4, 3-5.

Friday, February 5

2010-02-05T08:25:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 3 Vocabulary. They did a crossword and the translation on p 103. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook, pp 3-3, 3-4.

Thursday, February 4

2010-02-04T12:37:00.000-08:00

Today, the class corrected yesterday's exam and began working on the Chapter 3 vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 3-1, 3-2.

Tuesday, February 2

2010-02-02T15:17:00.000-08:00

I was out yesterday so there was no new material. Today the class reviewed for tomorrow's exam.

Friday, January 29

2010-01-29T15:02:00.000-08:00

Today the class took a vocabulary quiz. The topic of the day was the use of the past participle as an adjective. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook, 2-8 and 2-9

Thursday, January 28

2010-01-28T13:45:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the imperfect tense. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 2-5, 2-6.

Wednesday, January 27

2010-01-27T14:39:00.000-08:00

Today, the class reviewed the use of the imprefect tense. The assignment for today is worksheet 1 and worksheet 2.

Tuesday, January 26

2010-01-26T08:40:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 2 vocabulary by completing a crossword and translating p 69. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook, 2-3, 2-4.

Monday, January 25

2010-01-25T14:48:00.000-08:00

Today the class practiced the vocabulary from Chapter 2. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 2-1, 2-2.

Thursday, January 21

2010-01-21T08:53:00.000-08:00

Today the class took the Chapter 1 exam. Today's assignment is the vocabulary on page 91.

Wednesday, January 20

2010-01-20T15:26:00.000-08:00

Today the class reviewed for tomorrow's exam. Here is a link to the study guide.

Tuesday, January 19

2010-01-19T13:35:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued practicing with the indirect object pronouns. The topic of the day was other uses of lo and lo que. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook sheets 1-8, 1-9.

There will be a chapter exam on Thursday.

Friday, January 15

2010-01-15T13:29:00.000-08:00

Today the class took a vocabulary quiz. The topic of the day was the use of the indirect object pronoun. Today's assignment is a worksheet.

Thursday, January 14

2010-01-14T10:56:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued practicing the vocabulary and also reviewed the use of the direct object pronoun. The assignment is a direct object pronoun worksheet.

There will be a vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 13

2010-01-13T13:52:00.000-08:00

The topic of the day was making commands. Although the notes explain all commands, we only focused on the affirmative tu commands. Today's assignment is in the Practice Workbook, sheet 1-5.

Tuesday, January 12

2010-01-12T12:44:00.000-08:00

Today we continued practicing the Chapter 1 Vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook, pages 1-3, 1-4.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Monday, January 11

2010-01-11T12:33:00.000-08:00

Today we began Chapter 1. The topic of the day was the Chapter 1 Vocabulary. The assignment is in the practice workbook 1-1, 1-2.

Friday, January 8

2010-01-08T15:03:00.000-08:00

Today we continued practicing the preterit tense. The assignment is the chapter 1 vocabulary on page 57--defined in English.

Thursday, January 7

2010-01-07T09:57:00.000-08:00

Today we practiced more with the rules of accentuation. The topic of the day was a review of the preterit (past) tense. The assignment for today was an -ar preterit worksheet and an -er/-ir preterit worksheet.

There will be a quiz on the accent rules tomorrow, 1/8.

Wednesday, January 6

2010-01-07T07:08:00.000-08:00

Sorry I'm a day behind on this post. I had a meeting right after school. The topic of the day was the rules of accentuation. The assignment was to underline the natural accent for each of the words from this list.

Tuesday, January 5

2010-01-05T15:15:00.000-08:00

Today the class checked textbooks out of the library. Students do not need to bring them to class for the time being. I have set for in-class use, but that might change. I also distributed practice workbooks to all of the students who were present. The topic of the day was reflexive verbs. The assignment is a reflexive verb worksheet.

Monday January 4, 2010

2010-01-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Today I welcomed a new batch of students into class. We went over the course syllabus and reviewed the present tense. The assignment for tonight is a present tense worksheet.

Friday, December 18

2009-12-18T11:27:00.001-08:00

Today I say good bye to my fourth period students. I hope you all have a safe and relaxing holiday.

Thursday, December 17

2009-12-17T09:25:00.000-08:00

Today I say goodbye to my Period 1 and Period 2 students. This has been an exceptional group, both academically and in terms of fun.

Practice Exercises

2009-12-16T11:19:00.000-08:00

By popular demand, I am posting the practice problems for the final exam.

Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9

The answers can be found on the last slide of the Study Guide.

Wednesday, December 16

2009-12-16T09:47:00.000-08:00

Sorry I missed posting yesterday...had something come up that distracted me. Yesterday and today we reviewed for the final exam. Here is the study guide.

New Grades

2009-12-14T14:30:00.000-08:00

Updated grades are available by following the link to the right.

Monday, December 14

2009-12-14T12:57:00.000-08:00

Today the class practiced the vocabulary and became familiar with the use off the Subjunctive with Cuando. There is no assignment for tonight other than to begin preparing for the final exam.

Friday, December 11

2009-12-11T08:27:00.000-08:00

Today the class continued working with the Chapter 9 Vocabulary. The class also became familiar with the use of the Subjunctive with Non-existence. The assignment for tonight is in the Practice Workbook pp 9-7, 9-8.

Thursday, December 10

2009-12-11T08:24:00.001-08:00

Today, the class began working with the Chapter 9 Vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 9-1 and 9-3.

Tuesday, December 8

2009-12-08T15:08:00.000-08:00

Today, the class started the Chapter 8 exam. Unfortunately, today's minimum day made it impossible to finish. We'll have to finish it tomorrow. So...if my students are smart, they are going through the book and their notes tonight to figure out the sections that they didn't understand today.

Monday, December 7

2009-12-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

Today we reviewed for the Chapter 8 Exam. The assignment for tonight is to study.

There will be a Chapter Exam tomorrow.

Friday, December 4

2009-12-04T08:23:00.000-08:00

The class took a vocabulary quiz and reviewed verbs that are irregular in the subjunctive. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook pp 8-7, 8-8.

There will be a Chapter Exam on Tuesday, December 8.

Thursday, December 3

2009-12-04T08:21:00.002-08:00

I was absent today. No assignment.

Wednesday, December 2

2009-12-04T08:21:00.000-08:00

The class practiced the vocabulary and began working with the Present Perfect of the Subjunctive. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook p 8-9.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Tuesday, December 1

2009-12-01T14:29:00.000-08:00

Today we reviewed the Chapter 8 Vocabulary and began working with the Subjunctive with Doubt and Denial. The class completed a practice worksheet and an A/B activity. The assignment for tonight is in the Practice Workbook 8-5, 8-6.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday 12/4.

Monday, November 30

2009-11-30T09:07:00.000-08:00

Welcome back from the Thanksgiving break. I hope everyone enjoyed the time with family. Today we continued working with the Chapter 8 Vocabulary. We completed a crossword and translated the reading on p 265. The assignment for tonight is in the Practice Workbook 8-3, 8-4.

Tuesday, November 24

2009-11-24T07:45:00.000-08:00

Today my students convinced me that their education would be better served by a listening practice.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

Monday, November 23

2009-11-24T07:42:00.000-08:00

Today we worked with the Chapter 8 Vocabulary. The assignment is in the Practice Workbook 8-1, 8-2.

Grades

2009-11-20T15:10:00.001-08:00

Updated grades will be available this evening after 6:00 by following the link to the right,

Friday, November 20

2009-11-20T14:04:00.000-08:00

Today the class took the Chapter 7 Exam. The assignment for tonight is the Chapter 8 vocabulary on page 289.

I have uploaded all the materials for Chapter 8 here.

Thursday, November 19

2009-11-19T09:07:00.001-08:00

Today we finished our listening activity and reviewed for tomorrow's Chapter 7 Exam. The assignment for tonight is to study.

Wednesday, November 18

2009-11-18T14:13:00.000-08:00

Today the class to a vocabulary quiz for Chapter 7. We also reviewed the passive voice and started working with it in the past. The assignment for tonight is in the Practice Workbook, 7-9.

There will be a Chapter Exam on Friday.

Tuesday, November 17

2009-11-17T13:17:00.000-08:00

Today we continued practicing the use of the subjunctive mood. We also began a listening practice. The assignment for tonight is in the Practice Workbook 7-7, 7-8.

There will be a vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

Monday, November 16

2009-11-16T09:21:00.000-08:00

Today we practiced the vocabulary and began working with the Subjunctive Mood. Tonight's assignment is a subjunctive worksheet.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday, 11/18.

Friday, November 13

2009-11-13T08:27:00.000-08:00

Today we practiced the vocabulary with a crossword and the translation of page 231. The assignment for this weekend is in the Practice Workbook, 7-3, 7-4.

Thursday, November 12

2009-11-12T10:50:00.000-08:00

Today we graded the exams from Tuesday and began working with the Chapter 7 Vocabulary. The assignment for this evening is in the Practice Workbook 7-1, 7-2.

Chapter 7 Lecture Notes Posted

2009-11-10T08:13:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to the lecture notes for Chapter 7.

Tuesday, November 10

2009-11-10T07:48:00.000-08:00

Today the class took the Chapter 6 Exam. The assignment for tonight is the vocabulary on page 223. Enjoy the mid-week holiday!

Grades

2009-11-09T15:53:00.000-08:00

Current grades are available by following the egrades link to the left.

Monday, November 9

2009-11-09T10:11:00.000-08:00

Today we reviewed for the Chapter 6 Exam. The assignment for tonight is to study for tomorrow's exam.

Friday, November 6

2009-11-06T07:38:00.000-08:00

Today we reviewed the use of double object pronouns and began working with formal commands. We did a practice activity with commands. The assignment for this weekend is a commands worksheet.

The Chapter 6 exam will be Tuesday, 11/10.

Thursday, November 5

2009-11-06T07:34:00.000-08:00

I was out today taking care of a sick boy, so my classes practiced their listening skills by watching a video in Spanish. Friday's test will be postponed until Tuesday, 11/10.

Wednesday, November 4

2009-11-04T10:40:00.000-08:00

Today, we reviewed the future tense, the vocabulary and we began working the the double object pronouns. The assignment for tonight is the double pronoun worksheet.

There will be an exam on Chapter 6 on Friday, 11/6.

Tuesday, November 3

2009-11-03T07:20:00.000-08:00

Today we had a vocabulary quiz. The class read "Una Carta a Dios" on pp 458-461 and answered comprehension questions. At the end we did a practice activity for the future tense. The Assignment for tonight is a future tense worksheet.

Monday, November 2

2009-11-02T08:39:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone enjoyed a safe and fun Halloween.

Today we reviewed the vocabulary in preparation for a quiz tomorrow. We also began working with the future tense. The assignment for tonight is in the Practice workbook 6-5, 6-6.

Don't forget...there with be a Vocabulary Quiz Tomorrow, November 3.

Friday, October 30

2009-10-30T08:21:00.000-07:00

Today was day 2 with the new vocabulary. We practiced it as a class, then in groups with a crossword puzzle and the individually by translating p 201. The assignment for tonight is in the Practice Workbook 6-3, 6-4.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, 11/3.

Have a safe and enjoyable Halloween...but please don't trick or treat. Trick or treating is for little kids and you are too old! Senior citizens can be frightened by 16 year-olds pounding on their doors demanding candy. Take your younger siblings or cousins trick-or-treating, but don't scare the old people. If you want candy that badly, get a job and buy it.

Thursday, October 29

2009-10-29T07:35:00.000-07:00

Today we corrected the Chapter 5 exams. We also began working on the Chapter 6 vocabulary. Today's assignment is in the Practice Workbook 6-1, 6-2.

Wednesday, October 28

2009-10-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

Today we had an exam covering Chapter 5. Tonight's homework is the vocabulary on page 221.

I have also uploaded all of the lecture notes for Chapter 6.

2009-10-27T14:46:00.001-07:00

Testing the mobile post function.

Tuesday, October 27

2009-10-27T09:07:00.000-07:00

Today we reviewed for tomorrow's Chapter 5 Exam. The assignment is to study.

Monday, October 26

2009-10-26T09:29:00.000-07:00

Today we took a vocabulary quiz and practiced the pluperfect tense. We also reviewed the use of seguir + the present participle to express the idea "to keep on _____ing." Today's assignment is in the Practice Workbook 5-9.

There will be a chapter exam on Wednesday, 10/28.

Friday, October 23

2009-10-23T09:03:00.000-07:00

Today we practiced the vocabulary and learned about the use of the pluperfect tense. We also saw a History Channel documentary about the ancient Mayas. There will be extra credit questions from the documentary on the chapter exam next week. The assignment for today is in the Practice Workbook 5-7, 5-8.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Monday, October 26.

October 22

2009-10-22T07:31:00.000-07:00

Today we practiced vocabulary and reviewed the uses of time experessions with hacer. The assignment for tonight is 5-5 in the practice workbook.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Monday October 26.

Wednesday, October 21

2009-10-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

Today we practiced vocabulary in class and with a crossword. The homework is in the Practice Workbook 5-2, 5-3.