Paso a Paso

Middle School Page

The Niña

Congratulations to John B., one of our '08 graduates!

He will be taking Spanish level 3 class in high school this year.

Way to go, John!

Middle School Calendars

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Middle School Spanish Test/Work Calendar A test calendar was sent home the first day of school. A link to practice tests is directly below these two boxes.
Grade	Due	Tests/Work
Gr. 6	Wednesday, 12/17/'08	Semester 1 Exam - Ch. P & 1 (includes the Chapter 1 Exam) There will be heavy emphasis on vocabulary and grammar blue boxes.
Gr.7	Wednesday, 12/17/'08	Semester 1 Exam - Ch 4 & 5 (includes the Chapter 5 Exam) There will be heavy emphasis on vocabulary and grammar blue boxes.
Gr.8	Wednesday, 12/17/'08	Semester 1 Exam - Ch 8 & 9 (includes the Chapter 9 Exam) There will be heavy emphasis on vocabulary and grammar blue boxes.

Middle School Spanish Report Calendar A calendar with all report assignments and dates was sent home on the first day of school.
Grade	Date	Report
Gr. 6	12/12/'08	U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Gr. 7	12/12/'08	Guatemala or El Salvador
Gr. 8	12/12/'08	Ecuador or Perú
RESEARCH LINKS:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/geography/owt2003/
http://www.kidinfo.com/Geography/The_World.html
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html

* Paso a Paso Chapter Self-Tests

1. Click link below.

2.Click on your text's picture.

3. Select chapter number in drop down menu.

4. Click on "Self-Test", at the left.

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/paso

SEMESTER PRACTICE EXAMS

Practice Exams for semesters 1 & 2 are at the green link below.

Refer to the take-home sheet for Teacher ID and Password.

Your name/ID is your mail-box number.

SEMESTERS 1 & 2 Practice Tests Link:

SEM PRACTICE TESTS

High School Options for Foreign Language

Facts you need to know for enrollment in Spanish II:

1. Our textbook, Paso a Paso I, is on the state adopted list for high school foreign language.

2. The teacher is certified to teach Spanish and German K-12.

3. The passing grade from one level of a foreign language to another is 80%. This is because a student cannot expect to succeed with less than 80% retention of a previous foreign language level. A passing grade of 80% does not guarantee acceptance to the next level within, or to, any school. The student may be asked to take an entrance exam (usually the end test for the previous year), particularly if the high school is using a different text.

4. Some of our students have scored so well in their studies here that they were placed into Spanish II without an entrance exam. Others were placed into Spanish II (honors) after an entrance exam.

5. A precedent has been set in this area for public schools accepting the transfer of grade quality points for Spanish I, from 8th grade to high school, for credit. Our students have been included. Although there is no guarantee given, with the precedent having been set, you may appeal to receive state credit from your high school administration, if your grades and any required testing indicate successful completion of Spanish I.

6. Our Paso a Paso class is a full high school level Spanish I course, with a text formatted especially for middle school students, and it includes the preterite (i.e. simple past) tense.

Parent Test
Who?	What?	When?	Where?
Parent Information	Viva el Español Elementary Spanish	Early Foreign Language Education	Click Link

In the News:

Official Pan American Games link:

http://www.rio2007.org.br/pan2007/ingles/indexing.asp

Hispanic Culture and the Spanish Language...

These graceful ladies are dancing the "flamenco", a folk dance that re-tells stories of courage, love, and honor.

Teen Missionary Opportunity!

Click "Words of Life" at the left to reach the world for Jesus, from home or...

hop a plane!

State-side Language Trip for Teens

Click: Travel

Our Textbook link:

Paso a Paso

NEW!

SPECTACULAR

IMAGES of a JAGUAR

EXPEDITION!

Join the effort now...

Click to read about heroic efforts to save the jaguar in Latin America.

Click here to read some "birding factoids" from Costa Rica.

Click here to listen to a Costa Rican volcano erupt: Arenal

Click here to read the daily news from South America. (Obtained from the Academic Online Portal for Lutheran Schools.)

Click here to visit a Lutheran school in Guatemala.

Click here to find out what Spanish culture has to do with CHOCOLATE!

Click here to explore a Mayan pyramid and find out the secret of the Mayan jaguar.

Diccionario En La Red (the internet): Haz click.

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¡VERB Mania!

Go to:http://www.spaleon.com

This is your personal selection of verbs to practice:

comprar, estar, hablar, ir, pagar, poder, querer, ser, tener, ver

Lutheran Media Sites:

Radio KFUO

(Click on volcano.)

¡JUEGOS

Click below to:Grocery shop with gorillas.

Play games to learn Spanish

Game guide: Click on the underlined numbers below to: Have fun!

1- Adjective - Hangman

2- Ajective - Java

3- AR Verbs and Subject Pronouns - Hangman

5 - Chapter 4 - Battleship

35- Chapter 2 - Challenge Board

45 - Chapt. 6 - Demon. Pron.

46 - Chapt. 6 - Dir. Obj. Pron.

47 - Chapt. 6 - Match.

48 - Chapt. 6 - Vocab.

70 - ER Verbs - Pop Ups

71 - Estar - Java

72 - Ir - Java

73 - Ir + A + Infinitive - Jumbled Words

75 - Chapter 4 - Jeopardy

78 - Chapter 5 - Java

81 - Chapt. 6 - Ropa

83 - Plurals - Java

84 - Chapter 1 - Jumbled Words

85 - Chapter 1 - Columns

91 - Chapter 2 - Java

93 - Chapter 6 - Jumbled Words

94 - Chapt. 6 - Blue Boxes

103 - AR Verbs - Pop Ups

104 - Un/Una & El/Ella - Jumbles

106 - Chapter PP - Java

112 - Chapter PP - Java

114 - Pronouns - Java

121 - Chapter 5 - Java

122 - Chapter 4 - Hangman

International Game Links on the NET

Chile: http://www.chiquitin.cl

El Salvador: http://www.guanaquin.com/revista/2006/080106/index

Mexico: http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_esp.html

Mexico:

http: //www.kokone.com.mx/juegos/home.html

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Contest

Which Mexican city is famous world-wide for making decorative articles from silver?

TLCS students: e-mail Maestra the correct answer for a reward.

The word CONTEST must appear in the RE: line of your e-mail, or it will be deleted.

Travel News

Here's a look at a mission trip some of my students and I took to Costa Rica.

"Ticos" (People from Costa Rica) live in the most "European" of the Central American countries. Their country is known for its paradise-like beauty and natural life, and for its tip-top cleanliness. The photos really do not do justice to this haven for photographers and sportmen.

The water at the Pacific shore is pale aqua in color, surrounded with soft, putty-colored sand. Wild coati roam the beaches at this particular resort. The coati looks like a raccoon, but grows to the stature of a wolf and has the curiosity of a neighborhood dog. God surely did some of His best handi-work in this beautiful land.

We spent a morning visiting a public middle school, for an open gym competition of relays, medicine ball, etc. Afterward, our guest speaker, a missionary from a U.S.-based Gospel outreach ministry, gave the message. When he finished his talk, quite a few students came down from the bleachers to sign up for neighborhood Bible studies. Our visit gave him the opportunity to go into the school with us and talk to the students about Jesus. Costa Rica is a land filled with beautiful churches, but it is always fun for young people to get together for worship and study.

Many of our students exchanged e-mail addresses with the young Ticos.

On another afternoon we passed out a thousand Gospel tracts to passersby in downtown San José. There is a very high literacy rate in Costa Rica. People will stop right in front of you and read whatever you hand them before tucking it into their leather business attachès. Ticos are very friendly, and Costaricense food is very fresh and tasty.

The flight into the capital is very picturesque. The airport is in a valley ringed with mountains. It's hard to say good-bye to this tropical paradise!

Click on Punta Leona.

Your Maestra went down the Pacuare River in a raft.

We drove through jungle like this to get to the river. Awesome things, like orchids, grow wild there!

The students and chaperones lodged across from this volcano on two trips. It erupts every day...smoke by day...fireworks by night.

There was delicious dining and swimming at Tabacon Hot Springs.

I hope you enjoyed your "journey".

Want to go on this adventure yourself?

Then, study Spanish and you can travel the Americas!

Treasure Hunt

¡Cinco de Mayo!

¡Vamos a México! We're going to Puebla, Mexico for

Cinco de Mayo!

(Follow this web quest to find out about this fun holiday!)

Our first stop is the bank. We're going to exchange American dollars for Mexican pesos, so we can pay for meals and maybe bring home some souvenirs.

1. Haz click: Bank

2. Better get out the map to see where we're going!

Now, just pack your mochila (you have two minutes), and you're set to travel...all aboard!

Pack here: Mochila

3. Destination: Puebla Mexico!

4. So, what really happened on May 5 (el cinco de mayo) in Puebla? Why are we here???

5. Where's the celebration? Right here!

El Fin

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