Videos Divertidos

I think that you will find the majority of these videos anywhere from mildly to supremely amusing. Check them out.

Adele y Stem-Changing Verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=sDaDoL9IYso

Emimen y Pretérito: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhBOF_GlHTA

No Dejes de Creer (Glee) y Imperfecto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYtX_5wCekY

Lady Gaga y el Imperfecto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k-gWwkWCBI

Ser versus Estar y Taio Cruz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaM_SBdbjLk

La Princesa de SER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_D08ltoOns

Preterit versus Imperfect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfYzrCTfwJE

Call Me Maybe en español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJtmC64__X0

I Knew You Were Trouble en español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGvcxbfeak4

Wide Awake en español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_C6PNP0Wos

Un Buen Curso (for everybody!)

This course would be good for every grade (except maybe grade 12). These are the 100 most commonly used verbs in Spanish. It is very good to know these.



http://www.memrise.com/course/42952/100-most-popular-spanish-verbs/

G9 - http://www.memrise.com/course/62153/g9-vocabulary/

New Memrise Courses (EVERYBODY)

Please begin the following courses:

G09 - http://www.memrise.com/course/60268/g11-spanish-2012-13/

G10 - http://www.memrise.com/course/61604/g10-vocabulary/

G11 - http://www.memrise.com/course/60268/g11-spanish-2012-13/

G12 - http://www.memrise.com/course/59865/g12-spanish/

Christmas Vocabulary Challenge Assignment: ALL GRADES

Image: Guardian.co.uk

I just read a fascinating article about a guy who learned an entire language (Lingala - spoken in the Congo basin of Africa) in 22 hours. He literally memorized the entire dictionary in 22 hours (spread out over the course of a few months). Here is the article if you're interested in reading.

He used a web application called Memrise.

Memrise uses pictures and funny phrases called "mems" to help you remember the words. The more weird and crazy the mem, the more likely you are to remember it.

Below are three different ways to remember the verb TOCAR. You click on the thumbs up to choose the one that you think will help you the most. If you don't like any of the options, then you can create your own mem.

DON'T CRAM!!!
Memrise is perfect for spending 5 minutes a day (or twice a day). They have done studies that prove that you can learn twice as much vocabulary in half the time if you DON'T CRAM!

TAREA: Create an account on Memrise.com. You can use Facebook or your email. Choose one Spanish courses to work on over the break. Here are a few that look good:

• http://www.memrise.com/course/35/1500-word-spanish-intro/
• http://www.memrise.com/course/737/first-5000-words-of-spanish-3/
• http://www.memrise.com/course/193/intermediate-phrases-exito-de-venta/
• http://www.memrise.com/course/1292/intermediate-phrases-exito-de-venta-2/2/

Grow your Spanish garden (use the website). I will check your profile upon return to classes next semester and award points accordingly.

(A good goal would be to "plant" 5 new words a day and water them 2-3 times a day for five minutes.)

I can check how many mems you have created, how many flowers you have grown, and how many total points you've earned.

Yeah, that's me, #2 in the world for learning Essential Tagalog!!! I have literally learned more words in the last 15 minutes than in the last 3.5 YEARS.

G11 - Exam Review

Exam Review – G11

Content Topics:

q Salud – Gente 1

q Trabajo - Gente 1

q Machuca

q Casa - Gente 1

Grammar Concepts:

Irregular Present Tense – IR, Stem changers, DAR, SALIR, DECIR, etc. (p.27)

He/Has/Ha/Hemos/Habéis/Han + Participle (-ado/-ido and a few irregulars) = have done something or recent past  (p. 60)

Estar +Gerund = Present Progressive (p. 46)

Voy + a + infinitive = immediate future (p.46)

Tipos de texto:

q Carta Formal

q Artículo

q Anuncio

Feliz Navidad por medio de KIVA.ORG

Fuente: http://www.bancodeimagenesgratis.com/

Fuente: http://www.bancodeimagenesgratis.com/

Este año he decidido regalarles a ustedes una oportunidad de ayudarles a las personas menos afortunadas. Voy a donar $25 por clase a KIVA.ORG. Serán $100 en total. Pueden prestar todo el dinero a un emprendedor y pueden dividir el dinero entre dos o tres emprendedores.

Según wikipedia, KIVA es

una organización que permite prestar dinero a pequeñas empresas o emprendedores de países en vías de desarrollo a través de Internet. Es una organización sin ánimo de lucro, establecida en San Francisco y basada en los préstamos que realizan sus usuarios y en acuerdos con empresas e instituciones.

Quiero que ustedes miren la lista de emprendedores y escojan por lo menos dos que les llama la atención.

Click here:
Lista de Emprendedores en Países Hispanohablantes


TAREA: You need to click on "Read their story" and read their story. You do not have to read the part about the micro-lending institution at the bottom.

Choose two entrepreneurs (emprendedores) or groups of entrepreneurs and write a comment on this post explaining why you think they would be a good recipient of the class' loan. You should be able to introduce them (name/nationality/work), and explain what the loan is for in basic terms.

You should also be able to discuss the merits of your selected entrepreneurs in a class discussion.

DO NOT use an online translator. DO NOT use verb/grammatical structures that you do not understand. You may use an online dictionary to look up vocabulary words.

Casa Presentación Assignment

Save several 2D images (jpeg/pdf) of your house to use as a visual aid for your oral presentation.

Content:
Describe the different parts of the house, the rooms, and what is in each room.
Explain what you like about your house, what you use the different rooms for, why you put the different furniture in the different rooms.
Explain what materials are used for the different parts of the house.


Grading:
Pronunciation
Use of vocabulary
Variety of sentence structure
Correct use of grammar
Interesting information
Level of detail
Organization and structure