Friday, March 24th
Learning Targets: I will learn... 1. how to apply previous and newly-acquired vocabulary to read, write, listen and speak on the topic of school, classes, and academic settings. 2. How to write an AP-style Persuasive essay. Today in class students received their feedback on the first persuasive essay they wrote in class. I pulled 5 examples and students practiced scoring them and I pointed out strong and weak points in the samples. The last half of the block students took the vocab quiz over La Educacio'n y Las Carreras (Set #1). Thursday, March 23rd Learning Targets: I will learn... 1. how to apply previous and newly-acquired vocabulary to read, write, listen and speak on the topic of school, classes, and academic settings. Today in class we read the article "¿Las escuelas matan la creatividad? We then watched the corresponding TedTalk here: www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=es We then watched these short vignettes of native speakers talking about their schooling experiences: Wednesday, March 22nd Learning Targets: I will learn... 1. how to apply previous and newly-acquired vocabulary to read, write, listen and speak on the topic of school, classes, and academic settings. 2. How to write an AP-style Persuasive essay. Today we previewed the vocab and did the previewing questions for the cortometraje "Lo importante." We then watched the film and answered the comprehension questions. In case you were absent you can view it here: vimeo.com/306269307 Next, students listened to a 12-minute podcast on how the educational system of Spain is organized. Here is the vocab sheet and questions we will preview together and then students listened to the podcast here: podcast audio. Students turned in the sheet to me before the end of the block. If students had extra time they studied for Friday's vocab quiz with Set #1 here: Unidad 6 - La Vida Contemporanea. Tuesday, March 21st Learning Targets: I will learn... 1. how to apply previous and newly-acquired vocabulary to read, write, listen and speak on the topic of school, classes, and academic settings. 2. How to write an AP-style Persuasive essay. Today in class we quickly reviewed the elements of the Persuasive Essay task and students pulled out their guided notes sheet from last week to help them today. Next, students completed the 2019 Persuasive Essay. Afterwards we talked about the sources to check for accuracy and students were paired up to peer read one another's essay. Monday, March 20th Learning Targets: I will learn... 1. how to apply previous and newly-acquired vocabulary to read, write, listen and speak on the topic of school, classes, and academic settings. 2. How to write an AP-style Persuasive essay. Today in class we read the article "Las escuelas que siguen a los chicos" to learn how education looks different in rural parts of Argentina along the Parana Delta. We watched this short clip to visualize what this type of education looks like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVA7b9FTLCk. Next, students completed 2 Interpersonal Speakings with "Entrevistadora" (Sra. Perez) and "Estudiante" (Paco). The last part of class students listened to this podcast on the education system in Spain. Here is the audio file for the podcast. Comments are closed.
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