SCHOOL CLOSING ASSIGNMENTS ... 29 enero 2014

Hola mis estudiantes,

Hope you're staying inside and staying WARM!! Here are your assignments for Wednesday, 29 enero 14 we'll go over your assignments the next time I see you so that we don't get too far behind.

SPA112 Elementary Spanish 2  11:00 - 12:15pm

1. Review my notes/podcast on the Present Progressive. I still saw some lost faces in class when we talked about it on Monday.
2. Do the Present Progressive Worksheet attached. Bring it to class on Monday, 3 febrero 14. We'll go over it quickly before starting the Stem-Change Verbs.
3. Listen to my podcast or go over my notes of Stem-Change Verbs. We will be going over them in class on Monday.

SPA111 Elementary Spanish 1 12:30 - 1:45pm

SER song (saw this and thought you guys might like it)

1. Review my notes/podcast on the verb Ser. I still saw some lost faces in class when we talked about it on Monday.
2. Do the Ser Worksheet attached. Bring it to class on Monday, 3 febrero 14. We'll go over it quickly before starting the Adjectives.
3. Listen to my podcast or go over my notes of Adjectives and agreement. We will be going over them in class on Monday.

SPA212/SPA221 Intermediate Spanish 2/Spanish Conversation 6:00 - 7:15pm
The Cautiva exam with the deadline is posted on Moodle.

Pinochet's Last Stand. The awesome thing about this is that it's on YouTube so you can watch it for free. I stumbled on it one year on HBO and I really liked it. Be prepared to talk about Pinochet next week and think about the similarities between the movies.

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.

Taken from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783568/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

ONLINE classes stay on task!

Everyone stay inside and STAY SAFE!! You know how to reach me, remember I'm here if you need me!

Ciao,
MLMoore

la semana de 27 de enero

Hola y'all!

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit." Vince Lombardi

SPA111 Elementary Spanish 1
Bienvenidos
Grammar Notes

• Subject Pronouns
• Ser
• Adjectives

SPA112 Elementary Spanish 2

El Menú

Grammar Notes

• Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar
• Stem-Changing Verbs

SPA181/SPA281 Spanish Labs

SPA181: Episodes 3-4

SPA281: Episodes 4-6

SPA212/SPA221 Intermediate Spanish 2/Spanish Conversation

Cautiva Exam

Begin Pinochet's Last Stand

SPI113 Intro to Interpreting

History of Interpreting

Pre-Interview Checklist

Here you go! If you need me Email me, Facebook me, Tweet me, Moodle me, or just come by my office.

Ciao,

MLMoore

la semana de 20 de enero 2014

Hola y'all!

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. SPA111 Elementary Spanish 1 Bienvenidos vocabulary Grammar Notes Gender and Number of Nouns Definite and Indefinite Articles SPA112 Elementary Spanish 2 El Menú vocabulary Grammar Notes Present Progressive SPA181/SPA281 Spanish Labs Welcome Forum SPA181: Episodes 1-2 SPA281: Episodes 1-3 SPA212/SPA221 Intermediate Spanish 2/Spanish Conversation Termina "Cautiva" SPI113 Intro to Interpreting History of Interpreting Power point on Moodle This should get us started! If you need me ... email me, Facebook me, Tweet me, Moodle me, or just come by my office. Ciao, MLMoore

SPA212/SPA221 Cambios, cambios

Hola mis estudiantes,

So today is our 1st day of class and I have on your schedule that we're supposed to start the class with
North American Unit and watch "Como Agua para Chocolate" but ....

I started watching others movies and I found a movie that just grabbed me! One advantage of being a teacher is the ability to just change things, so we're going to start with South America.

Cautiva 

Cristina Quadri (Barbara Lombardo) is the model of a perfect student. Smart and affluent, her life is in perfect order until, one day, she is called from her class and made to appear in front of a judge. The judge informs her that her real parents disappeared in the 1970s. Cristina is forced to go live with her grandmother, Elisa (Susana Campos), who has spent the past 16 years attempting to locate Cristina (whose birth name was Sofia). Although, at first, she is hurt, bitter and confused, Cristina/Sofia eventually grows to care for Elisa and begins to research the fate of her parents - and how much her adoptive parents knew of the truth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive

Background information

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/01/new-memo-kissinger-gave-green-light-argentina-dirty-war

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/contemporary-07.html

https://webspace.utexas.edu/cmr485/www/mothers/history.html

Grammar will be the same:

• The future
• The Conditional
• Making Comparisons
• Commands
• Progressive Tenses

Ciao, MLMoore

HAPPY NEW YEAR

New Year and a New Blog!!

Goal for this year? More posts! Not so much to overload you with stuff from me, but to keep you updated with class and to help US stay on track, which we BOTH need!

SPA111OA Elementary Spanish 1
HUGE class! 34 and counting ...
Syllabus and Introductions

SPA112IHS Elementary Spanish 2
Syllabus and Introductions

SPA181OW/SPA281OW Spanish Labs 1/3
Syllabus
Introductions
Mandatory Online Course Assessment!!!!!

SPA181OW

SPA281OW

SPI113 Intro to Interpreting
Syllabus
Introductions
History of Interpreting

SPA212 Intermediate Spanish 2/SPA221 Spanish Conversation
Syllabus
Introductions
North America: Como Agua para Chocolate

This should do it for our 1st post. If you need me message me in Moodle, email me, Facebook me, Tweet me, Text me ... 

Ciao, 

MLMoore