Wednesday, 3/11/2020

Grade 8
Trimester 3

Assignment for 26 mayo – 1 junio
 
During this final week of classes, estudiantes, let’s do three things:
 
1. Take a moment to recite your oraciones / prayers out loud.  (Use your “Bendiciones y Oraciones” prayer sheet or you can find the prayers on the Spanish classroom site.)  Remember your peticiones personales and those of your classmates. 
 
2. Check Option C for any misssing assignments.  Take the time this week to submit any Spanish work that is still due. 
 
3.  Practice singing “ Las Mañanitas” and send positive thoughts to our friends celebrating their birthdays this month and through the summer: los cumpleaños del verano. In eighth grade they are: Brigid A, Bridget M, Elena, Krista, Colin, and Dorothy.
¡ Feliz cumpleaños a todos!
 



Assignment for 18 mayo - 20 mayo

During this short school week, estudiantes, let's do 3 things:

1. For prayers this week, please go to the "Prayers /  Oraciones" sub tab and pray the beautiful prayer of  St. Teresa of Ávila available there in Spanish and English.   

2. Check Option C for any misssing assignments.  Take the time this week to get caught up with any Spanish work that you have not yet submitted to me. 

3. Continue to work on Duolingo.  Check out this video for a brief reminder on noun gender in Spanish:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ds8irrvq04



¡Gracias, y vaya con Dios, clase!
 


  Assignment for 11 mayo – 15 mayo
   “Make 2 columns.  In the left column, write the Spanish word.  Include (m) or (f) to designate whether the word is masculine or feminine.  It may be helpful to draw a picture here to remind you of the word’s meaning.  The right column should have the English translation of the word.”
  Eighth graders, please email both portions of this assignment to me by Friday,   15 mayo.

¡Gracias, y vaya con Dios, clase!
 



Assignment for 4 mayo – 8 mayo

For your assignment this week, eighth graders, let’s take a break from our usual routine and listen to some music!  I will ask you to watch a video, research three questions, then write your response in one paragraph with a minimum of 6 to 8 sentences.
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eCMV4_dR5uc
  Eighth graders: enjoy the music and email your assignment to me by 8 mayo.  Some of you still need to email me your Holy Week assignments, also.  These count as third trimester grades.
 Please know that you and your families continue to be in my fondest thoughts and prayers. 

¡Gracias, y vaya con Dios, clase!



Assignment for 27 abril – 1 mayo

Hola, clase:  I’m still missing a few Holy Week assignments.  If you did not receive an email response from me, that means I didn’t receive your assignment.  Check Option C to be sure.  Remember, this counts as a third trimester Spanish grade. 

For your assignment this week, eighth graders, please do the following:
  Eighth graders: you don’t have to send me your Duolingo work this week, but you’re welcome to email me with any comments or questions.  Later, I will ask you to send me some samples of the work you’ve been doing.  Please DO send your Holy Week assignments if you haven't already done so.
Know that you and your families are in my fondest thoughts and prayers. 
¡Gracias, y vaya con Dios, clase!



Assignment for 20 abril-25 abril
 
Hola, clase:  If you have not already done so, please email me your Holy Week assignment.  This counts as a third trimester Spanish grade.
 
For your assignment this week, eighth graders, please do the following:
Semana de Pascuas / Easter Week

As our Archbishop, Nelson Pérez, said in his Easter Sunday homily,
  “ Le deseamos a todos una feliz Pascua y sobre todo una Pascua de gozo y esperanza.”
“We wish to all a happy Easter and above all an Easter of joy and hope.”
 
¡GRACIAS!



Assignment for 6 abril – 8 abril

Please check my classroom website.  Go to: Academics – Classrooms – Spanish-Mrs. Porth – Distance Learning Updates.  You will find some helpful background  information about assigned work for Semana Santa, Holy Week.
 

• Semana Santa
• la borriquita
• costaleros
• pestiños

 
¡GRACIAS!
 


30 marzo – 3 abril
 
*Mrs. Tomasetti has asked that you focus on your major subjects this week.  Please check back here on viernes, 3 abril, (Friday, April 3^rd) for a Spanish assignment to work on next week during Semana Santa (Holy Week).
 
¡GRACIAS!


Trimester 3

Trimester 3 will begin with remote learning due to our temporary school closing.  Your focus should be on your major subjects and on staying healthy and hopeful.  I will post communications regarding Spanish class here under Homework Express. I don't want Spanish, as a "special", to be the source of any stress for you.  Be assured of my thoughts and prayers until we return to school.  

Here are some things you can do until I see you again in class:

* Study your "Bendiciones y Oraciones" .  Perhaps you will even begin to know parts of the prayers by heart.  If you don't have your worksheet, you can find the prayers on our school website.  Go to:
Academics - Classrooms - Spanish-Mrs. Porth - Prayers / Oraciones

* Continue to look for the use of Spanish in everyday life.  Keep a list of what you find in your cuaderno.

* Continue to research your Spanish-speaking country if you have time after completing other coursework.  Focus especially on current events, keeping notes on a word doc or in your cuaderno.   We'll share what we have learned when we return to school.
 

¡Vaya con Dios, queridos estudiantes!