French students view Rue Casse Negre

Madame Leidhoff's French class viewed Rue Casse Negre last Friday. It is the story of young boy of colonial Martinique who earns his education despite poverty and becomes the great French author Joseph Zobel.

Spanish 3-4 students sing "De Colores"

Señor Lawhead leads his class in singing "De Colores" on Friday for a little educational "break".

Spanish 1-2 students do lunchtime presentations for peers.

Dr. Jacobson's  Spanish 1-2 classes prepared 'Spanish Newspapers' including articles and poems about Mexico's holidays, weather and independence day. Students read to school mates in front of the World Language Bulletin Board during lunch. Students also recorded readings on 'mini 'recorders which they played for their listeners.

French students are busy with new things to learn!

Madame Leidhoff's second-year students have launched into the past tense with games, paired discussions and lotterie.  First-year students are learning to express themselves with the new "-er" verbs. Third-year students are beginning a Unit on the French Middle Ages next week.

French 5-6 students study Impressionism

Madame Frederickson's French 5-6 students viewed paintings by some of the most prominent French impressionists, did a written response to one work, read a short biography of Claude Monet and a summary of impressionism. Finally they created and presented their own artwork, and explained 3 characteristics it shared with impressionist art.

トイレはどこですか？(Toire wa dokodesu ka?)

Mr. Blackwelder's Japanese 1-2 students finished their unit centered on the Japanese classroom: objects in the room, teacher commands, and a classroom "survival guide" (which includes the critical skill of asking to use the restroom). Students are currently creating skits to demonstrate their understanding of the material and to make their first presentations in Japanese

Les Trois Ours (The Three Bears) & Le Concours Truque

Madame Leidhoff's first-year French students performed Les Trois Ours (the Three Bears) in front of their peers. It was great fun to see them speak French with each other sans notes after only 8 weeks of class.

Students of second year French read the African tale Le concours truque about a girl, daughter of a tailor, whose father must choose between two suitors and sets up a contest that she has rigged.

Mr. McVeigh's classes are busy!

Mr. McVeigh's Spanish 5-6 have just completed their "¿Cómo era, como soy?" project that describes themselves as they were as children and how they are as young adults.

Spanish 7-8 is tackling literature with a reading of Una Carta a Dios by Gregorio López y Fuentes.

Spanish AP have read and are analyzing a complex story of fantasy and reality called: Continuidad de los Parques.

Spanish 5-6 students create Biografías y Retratos (Portraits)

Señor Lawhead's Spanish 5-6 students put the finishing touches on the biographies and hand-drawn portraits of their partners.  After several drafts and peer-editing, these finished projects will be graded and the artwork displayed in the classroom.  Great job, students!

French Students pantomine "Déjeuner du matin"

Madame Frederickson's 5-6 students narrated the action in "Déjeuner du Matin" while classmates enacted it. Despite the departure of the narrators just because the bell rang, these actors finished their performance.

Advanced French students study ancient language and culture

After presentations on the geography of provinces in France, Madame Leidhoff's students of Advanced French are immersed in the language and culture of the Gallo-Romain time period of France. Students are creating conceptual maps and timelines of events of conquered France. Students have presented skits of readings of Asteriks and Obeliks, and song La Tribu de Dana de Manau.

Japanese students study student life.

Mr. Blackwelder's Japanese 5-6 students are working on an in-depth study of school life in Japan, from social issues to school events to a typical classroom schedule. As part of the unit, students viewed the film "Toki wo kakeru shojo" ("The Girl Who Leapt Through Time") which highlights daily student life and all the drama within (romance, bullying, etc). Next, students will choose a particular topic and complete a research project on an aspect of school life shared by the U.S. and Japan

¡Bienvenido Señor Bañuelos!

Mr. Andrew Bañuelos has joined the World Langauges Department to teach Spanish 1-2 and Spanish 3-4.  Students had to await the assignment of a permanent teacher until the school's enrollment became final.  World Languages Department members are very familiar with Mr. Bañuelos because he has substituted for many of our classes.  We're delighted that he is a new member of our department!  You can find him in Room B-10!

Interviews for mini-project

Mr. Lawhead's 3rd year students interview each other in Spanish to gather information for a biography. This mini-project introduces the vocabulary from Unidad 1;Etapa 1 and gives students a change to meet each other. A hand-drawn portrait of each student will also be part of the project (that's the fun...and funny part!).

¡Viva México! SRHS World Languages Welcomes Visitor

SRHS World Languages Department is pleased to welcome Señor Álavaro Noriega Moreno from the Mexcian Consulate who is here to share the joy and celebration of Mexico's bicentennial with our students. This presentation was arranged by Dr. Julie Jacobson and will be held in the theater on Wednesday, October 6 for 3rd period Spanish classes and other invited students.

¡Viva México! and congratulations on their 200th year of independence!

Open House 2010-11 World Languages Represents!

Parents and World Languages teachers meet at the September 30th Open House.  Although the time in each class was short, it gave parents a chance to ask questions and meet their children's teachers face-to-face.

Voicethreads, Debates and Literature in Spanish

Sr. McVeigh's 5-6 students are working with Voicethreads (voicethread.com) to create a brief audio-visual travelog of a Spanish-speaking country
Using Voicethreads, Spanish 7-8 students will research a Mexican state and create an oral presentation that describes the state's geography, history, people, and culture. Also, Thursdays are debate days where students argue topics of their choice.

AP Spanish students are working on their first unit, "La vida y la muerte." They have already read their first piece of literature connected with our unit's focus on life and death and will be expanding their knowledge in the weeks to come.

TPR/S, Reading and Telling Stories in French

Madame Leidhoff's students of French 3-4 did a TPR/S lesson called Celine and Oliver to review verbs.

Advanced French students read “Le Petit Nicolas, Maxent et la magie”
Students of first year French learned to tell their first story in French!

Review Poster and Tests. Time to show off!

Mr. Stanko's Spanish 3-4 class is almost done reviewing material from Spanish 1-2 and will be showing off their academic success with a test on block day. Spanish 5-6 students are designing review posters to share with the class in preparation for their "etapa preliminar" test.