17/12 - Final exam scores and stats

There was a grading error on the yellow exam, so grades may have gone up a point.
The test was hard, but really only made a big difference on very borderline scores. Most of the time, the result was a grade that was close to moving up that did not advance. There were a few cases of students who were barely able to make a certain grade who lost it because of the final. I'm so sorry if this was you! Please consider coming in on Mondays next semester so we can keep those grades firm next time!!!

Period 5:
High score - 94
Low score - 45
Class average - 73.5
A - 5
B - 8
C - 9
D - 2
F - 9

Period 7:
High score - 97
Low score - 47
Class average - 73.52
A - 6
B - 6
C - 5
D - 10
F - 6

14/12 - Final prep

1. Extra credit - in-class assignment to make flashcards for all the words on the Hard Words list.

2. Using little computers, do Jeopardy games to prepare for exam on Thursday/Friday.

La tarea: ESTUDIAR!

10/12 - more vocab, ser/estar practice, irregular verb jeopardy

1. Conferencing with students
2. I added some more words to the "Hard words" list from a few days ago. Unfortunately, I did not save the file and I forgot to bring the list home so if you were absent, come in on MONDAY and I can give you the list.
3. Ser/estar practice in workbook, p33
4. Jeopardy (the link to the game is posted in the links box on the right).

La tarea: STUDY for the FINAL! vocab, irregular verbs, ser/estar/tener and much, much more.

9/12 - Independent study day and conferencing

1. Students were encouraged to do worksheets and practice for topics they are not familiar with

2. Individual conferences to determine grades needed for final. Will continue today

Keep on studying!!!!

8/12 - Tener expressions, interrogatives, final exam review sheet

1. Students correct crosswords from yesterday.
2. Tener expressions practice, add 2 new ones.
3. Review sheet for final exam.

La tarea: study!!

7/12 - review - ser/estar/tener, saber/conocer, reflexives, irregular verbs

1. Review sheet, we went through it section by section to help determine which of the main topics you will need to study.

La tarea: finish irregular crossword puzzle.

New test question acknowledgements

I submitted the new questions for the final. Some had to be tweaked a little, and the other teachers still have a say, but Thank You to the following students:

Doni
Sam
Kayla M
Jamie
Cheyanne
Tori
Sara N
Karly
Raelena
Kimi, Sara, and Lilly
Taylor W
Jacob

3/12 - Pen pal letters

1. Pen pal letters - from Wisconsin and Ohio. Everyone got a letter to answer! Answers are due Tuesday if you didn't turn it in in class.
2. per 7: Students made up 1-2 multiple choice questions for me to use on the final exam. I have selected which ones I'll use, but my questions are always at the mercy of the other Spanish 2 teachers, who can adapt and change my submissions.

La tarea: I would recommend working on the list of hardest words from the final exam. Next week we will review each grammatical topic from the test, but you need to study vocab on your own.

2/12 - Final review

1. I gave students a list of the (approx) 30 hardest words on the final. We also went over some "tener" expressions.
2. Q&A - questions you should remember how to answer from Spanish 1.
3. period 5: read and understand p. 85, Ad for "cortapelos"
4. period 7: lame game

La tarea: MEMORIZE the tener expressions you didn't already know (there should be 5 or 6).

1/12 - Q&A, pen pal letters

1. Q&A with preterite (past) tense ?Que comiste en el almuerzo? (Yo comi ____)
2. Magazine - Realia
3. Packet of final review info, students who were missing sheets got the ones they needed.
4. Pen pal letters/Gender of nouns sheet. Turn in pen pal letter if done.

La tarea: Finish pen pal letter or Gender of nouns sheet