Mon. Oct 31:
    • Happy Halloween! Spooky stories and videos in Spanish
Tues. Nov 1:
    *WEEK 10-A: (Classwork) Mini-Project: Día de los Muertos Altar
Wed. Nov 2:
    • Continue working on mini project
    • Celebrating Día de los Muertos
Thurs. Nov 3:
    • Watching the movie "Cai Casi"
    *WEEK 10-B: Day 1 of Casi Casi - Every 5 minutes, write two sentences in preterite to describe events that happened
Fri. Nov 4:
    *WEEK 10-C: Day 2 of Casi Casi - Every 5 minutes, write two sentences in preterite to describe events that happened

Mon. Oct 24:

Tues. Oct 25:

Wed. Oct 26:
    *WEEK 9-?: Products, perspectives, and practices with Día de los Muertos
    VIDEOS: Día de los Muertos
Thurs. Oct 27:
    *WEEK 9-?: Practice test -  Irregular preterite
    Review for test
Fri. Oct 28:
    TEST: Irregular preterite
    *WEEK 9-?: Mini Project - Día de los Muertos

Mon. Oct 10:
    • Turn in Week 6 work
    *WEEK 7-A: (Warmup) Writing in preterite
       1) Write three things that happened this weekend (or this summer) in preterite
       2) Describe three things that happened in your favorite book or movie, using preterite
    *WEEK 7-B: (Classwork) Begin reading detective story
       • Circle words you don't know, and try to keep reading to see if you can figure them out by context. Then define them
       • Write a brief summary of each paragraph in the margins, in English
Tues. Oct 11:
    *WEEK 7-C: (Classwork, on page stapled to 7-B) Write your own ending to the detective story
       • Show how well you understood it by making your ending fit the clues provided
       • Show how well you can write in preterite by using the narrator's point of view and conjugating correctly
Wed. Oct 12:
    *WEEK 7-D: (Warmup) Write TWO three sentence preterite descriptions, each of a well-known story, Disney movie, etc.
    LINK: Two examples provided, where each line gives a bit more of a hint
    • Share and listen to story sentences, and try to guess what they are
Thurs. Oct 13:
    *WEEK 7-E (Warmup) Tírate a escribir - Oveja
Fri. Oct 14:
    *WEEK 7-F: (Classwork) Group mini-project: 20 sentence adventure story in preterite

Please accept my apologies for the disorganization over the last week. I am finally getting over that flu, and am having a bit of trouble piecing together my own notes from Week 5. If you have any questions, or if anything I have posted here seems incorrect to you, do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks for understanding!

Mon. Oct 3:
    • Turn in Week 5 work
    *WEEK 6-A: (Warmup) Reviewing preterite regular & -car/-gar/-zar
    • Discuss daily schedule and routines in Spain, meal times, siesta, tapas, cultural importance of breakfast vs. lunch, etc.
Tues. Oct 4:
    FILE LINK: Packet of Worksheets 6-B, 6-C, and 6-D: Regular and irregular preterite practice
    *WEEK 6-B: (Classwork) p.1&2 ¡Practicamos los verbos irregulares en el pretérito! (Front & Back, 5 points per side)
    *WEEK 6-C: (Classwork) p.3&4 ¡Practicamos los verbos regulares e irregulares en el pretérito! (Front & Back, 5 points per side)
    *WEEK 6-D: (Homework) p.5&6 The following sentences are written.../Translate the following story... (Front & Back, 5 points per side)
Wed. Oct 5:
    *WEEK 6-E: (Classwork) Tírate a escribir - El vampiro (Front)
    • Keep working on 6-B/C/D packet
Thurs. Oct. 6:
    *WEEK 6-F: (Classwork) "Las fallas de Valencia" Preterite worksheet (Back)
    VIDEO: VideoELE - Me trajo este recuerdo
Fri. Oct 7:
    *WEEK 6-G: Mini Film Festival - Describe what happened in each short animation using preterite
     VIDEO LINKS: This Side Up, Oktapodi, Kiwi!, The Color of Evil, Cuerdas