Remember that the word "para"
is used for deadlines. "Para el..." means this is the work you should
have completed when you walk into class on that day.
(Note: I mentioned that you do not have to do an individual written report for this chapter's Rincón cultural. However, some of you missed the first one or were unhappy with one of your scores. You may, if you wish, do the individual report to replace a score of 6 or below on a previous lectura/cultura assignment. If you choose to do so, the chapter 3 report will be due on Monday, December 3)
2) Look one more time at the
handout on preterite and imperfect that you got several weeks ago.
Finish it up, and then check your answers with this
discussion page.
3) Read the review of exam 2.
4) Begin studying for the final exam.
There is a description
of the exam and some exam preparation exercises at this link.
Note that the exercises are just that; the exercise page does NOT represent
the format of the final exam. I will also add some tips after grading
your movie reviews, etc.
2) Read and do Grammar Supplement p. 48-49
(Past subjunctive and Hacer hipótesis). This is the last new
thing for this semester!
2) With your partner, be sure you
have a good start on your in-class
composition .
2) "Retake" of preguntas personales section. This will really be our practice of preguntas personales for the final exam, and you will have the option of turning it in to substitute for your "preguntas personales" section of exam 2. If you choose to do this, you'll need also to bring along and turn in a photocopy of the first page of your graded exam 2-- I did not record the grades for that section separately, so I'll need to see it in order to make any adjustments to your grade.
3) Write "reciclaje..." p. 71 of Manual.
4) Look over ALL of your recent handouts,
assignments in Manual or Grammar Supplement, etc. Mark anything you
don't fully understand or that you want to hear explained again.
Be prepared to ask many, many questions; this may be your last chance to
ask in-class questions, depending on how much time we spend on the listening
comprehension review on Friday.
2) Begin preparing for in-class composition (Friday, Nov. 30) and presentation #2 (Monday, December 3). The composition will be done with a partner, but the presentation will be individual, following the same format and instructions as presentation #1.
3) Look one more time at the handout on preterite and imperfect that you got several weeks ago. Finish it up, and then check your answers with this discussion page.
2) Study green pages 201-202 (A-B). This is the conditional verb form. It's an easy form if you know the future. The use of it is a little complicated, but forming it shouldn't be difficult.
3) Do p. 46-47 and p. 50 in Grammar
Supplement. (It won't hurt to look at p. 48-49 as well; the conditional
very often appears in sentences with the past subjunctive-- "I would
study astrophysics [conditional] if only I understood [past
subjunctive] math."
2) Read and do Grammar Supplement p. 48-49 (Past subjunctive and Hacer hipótesis). This is the last new thing for this semester!
2) Review irregular verbs. Verb test 4 is November 26th; you may not want to study over the Thanksgiving break.
3) Make an effort to have your film report done or at least mostly done by Friday. It'll be much less painful (and you'll probably get a better grade) if you do it a little at a time instead of trying to do it all over the weekend. Please read the instructions for the review at this link. (Some of you asked me on Friday about where to find films. I added that information, as well as one or two other suggested films and some films you *should not* use, to the instructions link above.)
4) Check your final exam schedule and make sure you don't have another exam on December 13 from 2-5. If you do have another exam at that time, e-mail me ASAP so that I can register you for the makeup, which is given the same night from 7-10.
Please do not bring books, writing materials, etc. with you to the lab. You may bring "fichas" (see p. 37 for an example) for each of the 6 "Hablando del tema" topics that might appear on the test (four from p. 37-38 and "las familias grandes" and "Conexiones familiares" from p. 64.) Your cards must in fact be CARDS, individual and separate. If you have a page with the words for all of the temas in one place, you will not be allowed to use it. Once you get your topic on the computer screen, you'll take out the card for that topic and have it on the table, and you will put away the other five. You will turn in your cards at the end of the test. Remember that each card may have a maximum of nine words in Spanish, with no English translation. You MAY include the definite article (el or la) with nouns to remind you of the gender. The definite article(s) would not count as one of your nine words. (In other words, "el problema" counts as one word, but "hablar por los codos" counts as four.)
2) Finish the gustar-type verb handout you got in class last week.
3) By now you should have
seen the film for your movie report and taken notes. If not, do so immediately!
Don't risk having to run all over town and ending up with a movie you don't
understand and/or like, which is likely to happen if you wait any longer
and have to compete with all the other 312K students.
2) Study the vocabulary well enough to recognize all of the words, even if you can't produce them yet. We will have activities in which you need to know what the words mean when you hear/see them. (Hint: if you can't understand the Preguntas personales on p. 71 without looking at the vocabulary list, it means you haven't studied the vocabulary enough.)
3) Do "ampliación léxica" on p. 69 and Actividad B on p. 70. Read over activities and study "para conversar mejor" sections on p. 70-72.
4) Review the future tense. There will be a quiz or activity dealing with future tense forms.
5) Remember to bring
the "gustar-type verbs" handout from last week.
2) Do ¿Cómo le va con estos puntos clave? on p. 78.
3) Write Actividad
C on p. 80. It doesn't have to be long, but be sure to include relevant
details like where you were, when the event happened, who was with you,
etc.
2) A few people have asked me about extra credit. I do have a list of a few extra-credit suggestions. However, be careful not to let "extra" credit distract you from the work you need to do to get "regular" credit. The most useful thing for most of you to do is pronunciation practice. If you do want to do that, you should do it this week, before the final oral lab test. The last day for any extra credit assignments will be Weds., November 21.
2) Do exercises D-G
on p. 46-48 of the Manual.
2) Review and study for exam 2. Do any exercises in the Manual that you think will be useful, and be sure to study graded papers that have been returned to you (including Exam 1). COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO ASK QUESTIONS.
3) There are two review
pages: a
general review
page (talking about what might show up on ANY 312K class' exam, not
specifically what will be on yours) and a less detailed outline
of sections you'll have on your exam.
2) Second half of class will
be more review for the written part of the exam; come prepared to ask questions.
2) Review Chapter 2 vocabulary.
We'll be playing a game or two to practice.
2) Be prepared for the oral activities on p. 55-57.
3) Finish the "dictionary quiz" from last Wednesday.
4) Review notes, old textbooks, and green pages about the past tense (especially preterit versus imperfect.)
5) 1:00 Class: Finish
the handout on future and subjunctive that you got in class last Wednesday.
2) Do p. 72 of the Grammar Supplement.
3) Continue to review the past tense.
4) We'll do more of
the oral activities from. p. 55-57.
2) Do the handout on "special" examples of the past tense that you got in class.
3) Do exercises D-G on p. 46-48 of the Manual.
[Note: If I receive e-mails
telling me that November 30 is not a convenient date for the paired composition,
we will write it today as scheduled. The above assignments will then
be postponed to Monday, 5 November.]
2) Begin reviewing for Exam 2. There's a general review page (talking about what might show up on ANY 312K class' exam, not specifically what will be on yours.) A slightly more specific review will go up soon. This week would be a good time to pull out your old assignments and see if you can find one or two specific areas you have trouble with. It's also a good time to meet with your instructor in office hours to go over any problems you're having. If your grade on your interim grade report (the sheet that the 1:00 group got on Friday and the 12:00 group will get on Monday) wasn't the grade you want to have at the end of the semester, be sure to go to office hours to talk about changes you might want to make.
3) This is a relatively light week as far as homework. If you're not overwhelmed with midterms in other classes, take advantage of this week to get ahead on studying irregular verbs and vocab and to REVIEW all those things you've been meaning to take a second look at.
4) I'd like to make a change
to the syllabus. You're scheduled to write Composition 2 in class
on Friday, Nov. 2. However, that's less than a week before Exam 2.
There's a composition on the exam that tests almost exactly the same things
that Composition 2 would test, and there's not enough time between the
assignments for any corrections on the composition to help you for the
test. I would like to move Composition 2 way back to November
30, so that it can serve as review and practice for the final exam.
Please check your schedules for November 30 to make sure that this change
would not cause any major trauma. (The composition is done in class, but
it's done with a partner and will require you to meet with that person
for about 1/2 hour outside of class to discuss and prepare.) If for
any reason you cannot do the composition on November 30, e-mail
me and we will stay with the original schedule.
2) If you were absent on
Friday, make sure that you join a group and sign up for a presentation
day. Most of the people who were in class Friday signed up to do
their presentation on Mon. Oct. 29, so if you were absent, you're probably
going to present this Friday, Oct. 26.
2) Finish the "How to use a bilingual dictionary" handout that we began in class on Oct. 15. Bring your dictionary to class with you for a short "dictionary quiz."
3) Do Manual 37-40.
4) Do the "Future and conjunctions of time" handout you got on Monday.
5) Review and be ready
to talk about the exercises and activities on p. 46-48.
2) Be sure to bring your
Manual with you to class every day. We'll do short listening exercises
as we find time for them.
2) Bring your Spanish-English dictionary to class with you.
3) If you didn't do p. 71 of the grammar supplement for last Weds or last Fri, you have one last chance to do it.
4) Look over "¿Cómo
le va con este punto clave?" on p. 54 of PyA.
2) Read and study Green pages 205-207 in PyA. Pay attention; this is entirely new grammatical information (but it's not very difficult.) You'll probably also find it helpful to read p. 62 and 64 in the Grammar Supplement.
3) Do Manual p. 37-40. Ex. B on p. 37 is yet
another practice for the verb test. If you've been having trouble
with command forms, there are two extra exercises for those on p. 41, as
well.
2) Do p. 62-65 of Grammar Supplement.
2) Look back over your lectura/cultura assignment from Ch. 1. You'll have some time in class to talk in English about what you learned in your research. You should also prepare questions on the topics you didn't research, since there will be questions about all the Rincón Cultural topics on the final and possibly on exam 2.
3) If by any chance you miss class today, be sure
you know where to go on Mon, 10/22.
1) Begin thinking seriously
about your lectura/cultura topic for Chapter 2. This will also be
the topic of your first presentation, which you will do on Oct. 26, Oct.
29, or Nov.5.The information about the presentation
is at this link.
2) Review Exam 1. Look
it over to see which sections gave you the most problems, then look at
the follow-up page to see whether you shared
one or more of the really common problems. I know it's tempting to
consider an exam "dead" once you get it back, especially if you did either
really well or really poorly, but in fact your own graded papers are the
best learning tool there is. The reason I usually code mistakes rather
than writing in the correction is that, if you take that clue and use it
to find and correct your own mistake, you'll remember far, far more than
if someone tells you the answer. Try to figure out the corrections
on your own, then come into office hours to confirm.
2) Verb quiz number 2, over a regular -er or -ir verb. This is the same format as the last verb quiz, and it covers the same forms PLUS the simple future tense.
3) Be sure to bring Manual with you to class; we WILL do the listening comprehension exercises that I've forgotten for the last two classes!
4) Get a good head
start on reviewing Chapter 1 vocab. The second, more difficult quiz
is on Weds., and you also have several other assignments for Weds.
1) Read over, think
through, and prepare for "Hablando del tema," p. 37-38. These are
complex topics designed to get you to do real discussion, not just questions
to be answered with a sentence or two. They are also usually the
basis for part of the Lab Recording test which is a substantial part of
your speaking grade, so it pays to do your best when we practice them in
class.
2) Do the comparisons handout you got in class on Friday. (There are only 8 sentences, but it may take you a little while to understand what you're being asked to do, so allow time. Don't try to do it n the last 10 mins. before class.) Be sure to turn the sheet over; there are sentences on the back.
3) Prepare "Los 7 puntos clave en contexto," p. 71 of grammar supplement. Read the situation carefully, and let your imagination run wild. The crazier your responses are, the more fun it'll be to go over them in class. This assignment can also be a helpful part of your review for the Vocab quiz.
4). Vocab quiz 1b. This is the quiz that most classes have on the first day after vocab is assigned, and on which most students do really poorly. Hopefully, since you've had more in-class practice and more time to study, you now know all the vocab and will ace this one. It will consist of two parts: first, I'll read definitions or examples in Spanish and you'll write the corresponding word or expression. Second, you'll translate sentence from English into Spanish. The translations are meant to test awareness of false cognates (how do you say "sensible," "stupid," and "to realize," for example?), expressions that are similar to each other (Do you know the difference between "estar de moda" and "ir a la moda?" "Parecer" and "parecerse a"?) and correct use of the expressions in their grammatical context (Can you use "caer bien" and "llevarse bien" in sentences? Which one is like "gustar" and which one isn't?)
5) Read over the vocab list
for Chapter 2 (p. 42-43) to see what questions you might like to ask about
those words before you start trying to learn them. Read the Vocabulary
Notes web page for details.
2) Make sure you have your Manual with you for more listening practice.
3) Bring your Spanish-English
dictionary to class for an exercise on how to understand the structure
of your dictionary and use it appropriately.
2) Keep practicing verb forms. The next verb test is also October 8. It's regular -er/-ir verbs.
3) Pay careful attention
to this web page this week. The assignments WILL be different from
the main course syllabus, because we're going to make up for the day of
class we missed.
2) DO "¿Cómo le va con estos puntos clave?" on p. 29-30. Make notes on anything that's not instantly obvious and easy to you.
3) Do whichever exercizes
you find helpful from p. 13-16 of the Manual. These are vocabulary
exercises, which some people find a very good way to study the vocab.
Other people have their own study methods. Do what works best for
you. In class, we'll also discuss some methods for studying vocab,
including one I really wish somebody had suggested to me when I was in
lower-division language classes!
2) Look over activities on p. 22-24. We'll do some of these in class, and you'll find them much easier if you've read them before class.
3) Remember to bring your Manual to class. We'll be doing listening comprehension practice exercises for which the questions are in the Manual.
4) Review regular and irregular noun-adjective agreement (green pages 169-171, class notes, and my agreement web page) Time permitting, we'll play a game with questions very similar to ¡A practicar! exercise B on p. 171. Practice a lot so you don't let down your team.
5) Do Manual p. 17-19 EXCEPT exercise E on p. 19. Skip that one.
6) Review your composition
that was returned to you on Monday. Make sure you understand all
the correction marks. Although in 312K we don't do "re-writes" for
credit, you should do corrections on your own, anyway. The true value
of the composition isn't in the writing but in the re-examination.
You're not "done" with the composition until you're sure that you would
not make any of the same grammar mistakes again, and also have at least
3 or 4 concrete ideas of how to improve your content/style grade next time.
I would very much like everyone to come in to office hours over the next
two weeks or so and go over your corrections. If you scored below
36 points, you should consider it mandatory. Make as many corrections
as you can on your own, and then come in to discuss it.
2) Be ready for activities on verbs, in preparation for Verb Test 2. (Next Monday)
3) Look over the exercises on p. 32-33 and be prepared to talk about them. Be prepared in general to speak. We'll be doing a lot of the little dialogue and discussion exercises from this chapter that we didn't address earlier in the week.
4) Do Manual p. 20-22. Exercise D on p. 21-22 is a particularly good one.
5) By now you should have read all of the Rincón cultural information, p. 24-29, p. 30-31. You should also understand the basic idea of the reading selection on p. 34 and know the name of the author. We will not have a specific quiz on these, but you may be asked questions about this information on Exam 2 and you will definitely have a section about it on the final exam. Each student will also have done further research on one of these topics, which we will discuss in class on Mon. and Weds. of next weeks, so think of questions you'd like to ask about the topics you didn't research.
By now you also have to have located the articles for your own reading/culture project (see Mon. 10/01, above, for the details of the assignment.) I will not be available to help you over the weekend, and there will be no extensions of the deadline.
2) Study Chapter 1 vocabulary. It will help you on the written part of Exam 1, and studying it a little at a time is much easier than trying to learn 60 new words the night before the vocabulary quiz.
3) Go back over any exercises
in the Manual and the Supplemento that you haven't done yet or that you
had trouble with the first time. These are very good study aids for
the exam. If you didn't do well on the Verb Quiz, do any of the verb
therapy exercises that you hadn't done yet.
There are two review pages--
General
review for all 312K sections and a more
specific one for our sections.
2) More review for written section.
2) Keep practicing verbs.
3) Believe it or not,
it's already time to start studying for Exam #1 (M and W, 24 and 26 September).
The vocabulary and verb review that you're already (theoretically) doing
will help. Review the pages of the Supplement and Manual that you've
done so far, double-checking answers in the back where applicable, and
do any exercises that weren't assigned or that you skipped. You can
also look at this general
review page to get an idea of what may or may not show up on the exam.
Even though
you won't be tested over specific vocabulary, you'll probably find
Chapter 1 vocab particularly helpful for the writing sections of Exam 1.
Go ahead and get a head start on it; you'll do better on the test and have
less to do when it's really assigned.
1) Study for Verb test #1--
Over a regular
-ar verb. Page 7 of the course syllabus lists
the forms you need to know.
2) Read and study p. 195-200 and p. 13 of PyA. Pay special attention to part B on p. 197 and part E on p. 199-200 (including "a practicar". Answers to practice exercises are in Appendix 1.) Be sure you know at least 3 other verbs that work like gustar. Thinking about "interesar/to interest" and "fascinar/to fascinate" often helps students understand gustar.
My in-class explanation of gustar is quite different from the one in the book, and you really need both. Pay close attention to what you read, because it won't be repeated in class.
3) Do Ejercicio C on p. 42 of the Grammar Supplement. (Note: the "pista caliente" on p. 41 is actually incorrect. Can you figure out why? If not, look at it again after class on Monday.)
4) Next section of photo
assignment from handout.
1) Prepare for the in-class
composition. On Monday I will give you the basic topic, so you'll
have some time to decide what you want to write and to look up and learn
words that you'll need. Remember that you can use all the dictionaries
and reference books you want while preparing, but you may not seek help
from any other person (except your instructor.) You will NOT be able
to use any notes or reference books in class while you're writing.
2) Read and study p. 14-15 and p. 203-204 of PyA, and do as much as you can/need of p. 56-60 of the Supplement. Learn the forms of the simple future tense. It is a very easy conjugation (even the irregulars use the same endings as the regulars), and this semester the conjugation is the only part of punto clave F that you'll really learn. (It's pretty easy to say "I shall be rich" in Spanish. "I shall be rich when I win the lottery" is more complicated, but you work on that more next semester.) We won't spend more than 10 or 15 minutes in class on this; really all there is to it is memorizing the forms, and that you have to do by yourselves.
3) Last section of photo
assignment from handout. You'll hand it in today, so make sure
you've made any changes you want to make. (Remember that I'm looking
at progress as well as the final product, so don't erase or otherwise un-do
your original version. If you have lots of changes and you want to
copy it over to make the final version look neat, that's fine, but be sure
to turn in the original version as well.)