Matthew prepared himself for two different tests today.

First, he participated in the creation of the 50 verb test. He was allowed to choose two verbs that he did not want to appear on the test. He was then allowed to choose 5 of the words that will appear in English (meaning he will have to produce the Spanish).

Second, he prepared for his grammar test. He did so by using the Cerego software to prepare for the vocabulary portion of this test. He then completed two quizzes that align with the test. These were taken open-note style. He was able to complete much of the quizzes with little or no help from the available resources.

He finished the hour by reviewing vocabulary in his supplemental text.

Bella was walked through some of the new meanings that verbs in Spanish can take on when they are conjugated in the preterite. As an example, we conjugated conocer in the preterite and showed example sentences of how its meaning changed slightly to met - as in the sentence, I met Thomas two days ago.

Bella then worked on several sets of problems dealing with this concept.


We also continued our research of meaningful media to interact with in Spanish.

Bella mentioned that she liked a book that she read dealing with life in Northern Korea.

Based upon this, we discussed a movie called "La Historia Oficial."

We also looked at other possible books for her to read. However, the book that we chose last time seems to still be the first choice.

He was absent today.

He did two exercises from Spanish.com and finished a test, it was about the vocabulary of chores and comparisons.

He was absent today.

Bella completed three separate quizzes today for her project.

Each quiz dealt with the particulars of conjugating the Imperfect and Preterite correctly.

She was taught a series of questions that she could ask herself in an attempt to determine which conjugation was most appropriate.

Bella and I used direct object pronouns and indirect object pronouns in situationally appropriate phrases as we passed a soccer ball back and forth.

Upon returning to the classroom. Bella saw written versions of the phrases used outside. She was asked to disect some phrases and sentences. In particular she was asked to piecemeal words that were comprised of verbs and pronouns.

She then worked on her quizzes project completing one quiz.

Matthew was shown a video put forth by the textbook authors. It dealt with much of the vocabulary from our chapter. We paused the video throughout to highlight vocabulary and phrases.

Matthew was then allowed to use some software to practice said vocabulary.

We then translated some sentences from the supplemental text.

Matthew's translation work today was top quality. We discussed his continued wonderful efforts.

Matthew and I resumed our work in his supplemental text.

We focused our attention on a short paragraph. Matthew was required to translate the paragraph word for word.

We discussed the conjugation of the verbs. We discussed the implications of using specific words within the sentences.

We practiced comparisons with sentences created by Bobby. Then we read about the second rule for creating sentences with comparisons in Spanish (Inecualidades).