Subjunctive: Expressing doubt or uncertainty - Ser verb tree
Lesson Outline
Matthew led us through our daily review.
We then worked on several practice problems that dealt with information that we have already covered.
He seemed to be reasonably comfortable with the task at hand.
Matthew then was taught about using the subjunctive when expressing doubt or uncertainty. We focused on three triggering phrases: Dudar que, Es possible que, No creer que. Matthew was given example sentences using the phrases.
He then used the webpage to enhance his learning and preview the breadth of the subjunctive in the Spanish language.
Quiz Project (Affirmative and Negative Terms) - General Overview of Spanish 3
Lesson Outline
Bella guided us through our daily review. She seems to have a good memory of our lessons from day to day.
She then was taught a lesson on affirmative and negative terms in Spanish. She was given time to work on the corresponding Spanish quiz in her quiz project. We had a meta-learning discussion about her evolving levels of understanding of the subject at different stages of her progress.
Bella was then introduced to some of the major concepts covered in our Spanish 3 course.
Assignment
Continue to work on Spanish Quiz Project
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Today we identified what could be a major deficit in Bella's Spanish knowledge, or merely a misunderstanding.
She said that she is unfamiliar with the terms preterite and imperfect. These tend to be the central focus of Spanish 2 programs.
I started to investigate this claim but was cut short by time constraints.
Bella guided us through our daily review. She was concise and precise.
She then started work on her 55 essential verb project. She created many of the notecards needed for the project.
We then went outside and practiced present regular -ar & -er conjugations while hitting the ping-pong ball.
Matthew ran us through our daily review. He then worked briefly on his Spanish Quiz Project.
Matthew was then given a simulation quiz. He was asked the rules of the subjunctive conjugation. He had to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the subjunctive. He had to write sentences using the subjunctive.
Bella was given six minutes to study for her quiz today, after she learned how to ask for time to study in Spanish.
We reviewed the quiz. Bella made some additional notecards.
She then took her quiz. She got a good grade on the quiz, but may consider upping her study time each day.
Bella was then introduced to one of the supplemental books for the year: 501 Spanish Verbs. She will make a list from that book to help her study for her 55 verb test.
Bella guided us through a review of the last class.
She was then given notes to copy down from the board. These notes pertained to the essentials of common Spanish 1 curriculums and included the conjugation for regular ar verbs in the present, common verb phrases like tener que and ir a, and some phrases to help her navigate a class where a significant portion of the instruction is done is Spanish.
We finished by practicing verb conjugations while hitting a ping-pong ball back and forth.
I then assigned her a project that will help her to a)review past information, b) identify gaps in her Spanish knowledge, c) experience the topics in a new format.
She then had some time to work on the project. She attempted and submitted 3 Spanish quizzes. She did a great job. I told her how she should work on each quiz until she earns a 100%. She was informed of the proper format for submittal.
The project is due Oct. 11th. She should anticipate working for 15 minutes each day on the project until it is completed.
