Sunday, September 29, 2013

Students Sing in Spanish!

Señor Lawhead's class sings the well-known song of the Mexican Revolution "La Cucaracha".  Along with singing, students learned a bit about Mexican history and who "La Cucaracha" was.

Vocabulary Quizzes y Mejores Amigos Collages


Señora Trott's classes have just completed their first vocabulary quizzes.  In addition, Spanish 1-2 students are preparing their first oral presentations this week.  They will have a short conversation with another student in front of the class.  The project is called Hola, ¿Cómo estas?
Spanish 3-4 students are also preparing a collage of pictures that depict their best friend or a special family member. Using only this visual clue, students will describe this person to the rest of the class.

"Tu" Command Skits

Students in Spanish 3-4 with Profe Bañuelos this week created and performed their own skits in which they used affrimative "tú" commands to give orders to another person.  This group here played characters from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants. The characters featured were Spongbob, Patrick, Squidword, and Mr. Crab.
 

Madame Leidhoff is available for tutoring!

Madame Leidhoff's students of French 5-6 presented themselves discussing their cultural origins, memories of their childhood, current interests and passions, and what they hope to achieve in the future….

Students of French 2-3 will read Un Conte de Madagascar, Ventre-Rond.  (Round Stomac)

 French Language and Culture Advanced Placement is  taking an older exam to practice for the test in May.

Remember! Madame Leidhoff is in her room every day at lunch to tutor or drill for the AP exam.

Poesía, Repaso y Ensayo - Busy start to year!

Students in Dr. Jacobson's Spanish AP classes watched the video 'Jovenes discapacitados se reunen a disfrutar de poesías' following up the activity with a class discussion regarding the personal and intercultural advantages of self-expression through poetry.
Spanish 7-8 students reviewed the imperfect tense together through descriptions of childhood experiences.
Spanish 5-6 students are using text information to write an essay comparing and contrasting the United States and Argentina.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sharing the Gift of Teaching & Learning

SRHS World Languages Department teachers speak to parents about their expectations for the coming year. Parents followed their student's schedule at the 2013-2014 Open House, Thursday, September 19, 2013.*

*It is possible that the district server (sandi.net) is blocking Photobucket where this video is stored.  If so, you will not be able to view it on the SDUSD network.

Miss Lilian Chen joins World Languages!

Miss Lilian Chen has joined World Languages teaching five classes of Spanish 1-2 in Room 255.  She is lately from Irvine, CA where her family lives.  Born in a bilingual household, Miss Chen's native language is Spanish and her credential allows her to teach English as well.  This weekend, Miss Chen is in Yosemite on her very first backpacking trip!  Welcome, Miss Chen! 

Total Physical Response w/Storytelling

Señor Lawhead's classes got their first and second tastes of TPR/S.  This oral/aural technique helps students feel comfortable in speaking Spanish and telling stories to one another.  Readers are encouraged check out the following links for more information about TPR/S.

French Classes Begin New Year!

Madame Leidhoff's students of French 1-2 learned verbs using TPR/S and played Jacques a dit.  This is the French version of Simon Says. They also learned the culture of salutation in France.
Students of French 3-4 learned of Paris and its structure of arrondissements.  They are gearing up for a cultural project on the monuments of Paris.
Students of the advanced class read Gascony Siempe's Le petit Nicolas, Le Chouette bouquet, and represented it.  

Cowboy Culture in the U.S. and Latin America

As a part of Spirit Week, students at SRHS on Tuesday 9/18/2013 dressed up in cowboy attire.  Profe Bañuelos used this to teach that cowboy culture in the U.S. was deeply influenced by the Mexican cowboys (vaqueros) starting in the in 1800s.  Profe also played Mexican música norteña, which is popular in vaquero regions of México.  Cowboys also exist in other countries in Latin America such as the llaneros in Colombia/Venezuela and the gauchos in Argentina/Uruguay/Paraguay.