Friday, February 14, 2014

Week in Review

We accomplished a lot this week since Mother Nature didn't interfere with our school days!  Both the 7th graders and 8th graders did unique assessments this week.

7th: This week the 7th graders took a vocabulary quiz on our new vocabulary.  They also finished the rough drafts of their writing quizzes in which they wrote a newspaper article about their school day.  They then spent some time in the lab working on their revised drafts and making them into actual newspaper articles.

8th:  The 8th graders spent the first part of the week preparing for their speaking assessment on household chores.  Having a conversation in Spanish is harder than just asking and answering questions.  The 8th graders did a nice job with their quizzes.  Next week we'll take a look at the notes from our conversations so they'll know in what areas they can improve before the next speaking assessment. They are also working on a web quest researching the difference between staying in a hotel or an apartment when on a long vacation. I'm interested to see what they find!

  Have a great long weekend!