Dr. Jacobson's students practiced oral language speaking skills in the computer lab by
responding to prompts presented through 'Spanishear' online technology.
Additionally, AP Spanish students are responding to prompts related to the
challenges of migration on youth through Michigan State University's
'Conversations' website, providing learners an opportunity to record and listen
to their individual speech production. AP students are delivering individual
presentations, comparing the causes and results of migration as related to the
U.S and other Spanish speaking countries. All students have engaged in rigorous study and testing of the present tense, examining stem-changing, spelling irregularities and accent mark placement of a wide array of both regular and irregular verbs. Spanish 5-6 and 7-8 have worked to reinforce their fluency of expression through reading poetry, identifying rhymes, rhythm and various examples of figurative language. Dr. Jacobson read aloud a poem she wrote titled 'Para los Aztecas,' regarding the arrival of Hernán Cortés to Veracruz on the eastern coast of Mexico.
