World Languages Teachers Attend Conference

Mr. McVeigh, Mrs. Leidhoff, Mrs. Trott and Ms. Murrell attended the CA Language Teachers Association (CLTA) conference this past weekend at the Town & Country Conference Center.  Many new ideas, techniques and teaching materials were shared with the department on Tuesday.  Ms. Murrell was also a presenter at the conference.  She shared ideas on lesson planning with Google Maps.

French classes using TV as a theme

Mrs. Leidhoff's students of first year French are doing celebrity interviews based on talk shows such as Tyra, Oprah, Jay and Dr. Phillip.  Celebrities answer 6-7 questions presented by the host.

Students of second year French are creating commercials as one might see on TV.  They are presenting with props and will show mastery of reflexive pronouns in this activity.

Spanish 1-2 students prepare "Talk Show"

Mrs. Trott's Spanish 1-2 classes are preparing a "Talk Show" project to be performed in class next week. Each group has a "host" and three guests. The guests might be a famous person, celebrity or another student. The host will ask questions and the guests respond.

ASL students researching and writing

Mrs. Smith's ASL 4 and ASL 6 are preparing for their next formal presentations. They have been researching different Developments Disabilities, Mental Illnesses and The Americans with Disabilities Act. They will be presenting mastery of using GLOSS, a written system of ASL, by script writing and illustrating their increased fluency levels relating to ASL syntax and grammatical structure.

Students of Japanese Excel!

On Saturday, February 27th, 42 students from the Scripps Ranch High School Japanese Program took part in the annual Japanese Cultural and Academic Proficiency (J-CAP) competition. Wearing their custom SRHS quiz bowl t-shirts (courtesy of Justine Shin and Michael Choung), students excelled in all aspects of the competition: the Jeopardy-style quiz bowl, the “create your own manga” exercise, and the cultural workshop on sumie Japanese art. At the end of the day, students took home 1st and 3rd place in the 2nd year group and 2nd place in the 4th year group, boasting the highest number of top finishing teams among all schools. Yoku dekimashita! Go Falcons! Congratulations Mr. Blackwelder!

Spanish 5-6 students take on-line "Color Career Counselor" quiz

Mr. Lawhead's Spanish 5-6 will take an on-line survey that evaluates their choice of colors to make recommendations about career possibities.  Students will print out the results and bring them to school on Monday.  They will share the recommendations with a partner and discuss whether they agree or disagree with the results and how they compare with each other.  This will be the information-gathering start of a compare and contrast essay that is part of their Mock-Job Interview project.  All of the above, of course, will be done entirely in Spanish.

"Color Career Counselor" link

Spanish 3-4 is blogging and describing the "Perfect Fiesta"

Mr. McVeigh's 3-4 students will be turning in a mini-project that describes their ideal fiesta. They're also blogging to describe a "friend" when he or she was younger (imperfect vs. preterit practice).

Spanish 1-2 students have also completed the second Benchmark and are working on the SRHS brochure project that Mrs. Trott shared.

French 5-6 students presenting plays to other students!

Mrs. Frederickson's French 5-6 students are rehearsing plays to present to Mme Leidhoff's French 3-4 class. They'll be doing Snow White and two student-created skits, "Last Room in the Hotel" and "Family Feud."

Students enjoy speaker in ASL 1-2

Mrs. Lenhof's ASL 1-2 classes enjoyed a presentation by Gigi Howland of Dawn Sign Press, a company that publishes learning materials and textbooks American Sign Language and Deaf Culture in high schools and colleges throught the United States. 

Next week, students will be practicing their skills during a restaurant project.

"El Rey Leon" (The Lion King) benchmark activity in Spanish 3-4

Mr. McVeigh's Spanish 3-4 classes are working on the WL Dept. benchmark activity this week.  After viewing the video in Spanish, students will be creating a short, original episode using coloring-book cutouts of The Lion King characters.  They will color the pictures and use them to illustrate their stories.  This activity was also done by Dr. Jacobson's students. Mr. Lawhead's students will complete the benchmark activity next week.  This fun and creative exercise will be used by the teachers to evaluate student progress.