The 7th Grade Midterm Exam

The seventh grade has done a great job with their beginning forays into Spanish! Let's keep up that theme of awesomeness by doing an awesome job on the midterm exam. Woo-hoo! Excited about exams!

Anyone? No?

The 7th Grade midterm exam will include VOCABULARY like:
- Numbers 1-1,000
- Animals
- Adjectives
- Clothing
- Body parts
- School subjects
- School supplies

The 7th Grade midterm exam will include GRAMMAR like:
- The verb form "hay"
- "me gusta" and likes and dislikes
- The verb "ser" and subject pronouns
- Noun-adjective agreement
- the verb "tener" and special tener expressions
- the verb "llevar" and other AR verbs

And CULTURE like:
- The Mexican Independence Day
- The Santiago Trail
- El Greco and his paintings
- Sor Juana and her Poetry
- The music of Mexico

The 8th Grade Midterm Exam

So passes the fall and on comes the winter! Our time together has been very productive in the last couple of weeks in both 7th and 8th grade. But before we can go on our merry ways to have our merry Christmases, we need to have EXAMS!

The midterm exam for the 8th grade will include VOCABULARY such as:
- Numbers from 1 - 999,999
- Emotions and Nationalities
- Places in the City
- Infrastructure and Prepositions
- Parts of the body (both basic and expanded)
- Injuries and illnesses

And GRAMMAR such as:
- Noun-adjective agreement
- Conjugation of regular and irregular verbs
- The difference between "ser" and "estar," special expressions using "tener"
- Affirmative "tu" commands
- The verb "doler" and the verb "oir"

And CULTURE such as:
- The Santiago Trail
- The Cry of Dolores
- The life of Sor Juana and her Poetry
- The Art of El Greco
- Music from Mexico


The exam will be comprised of about 100 multiple choice questions, a reading comprehension section, and a writing section.

New Video

Here's the belated vocabulary/grammar practice for the seventh graders. Listen and repeat!

Los Examenes Vienen!

The tests are coming! The tests are coming!


We are wrapping up Unit 2 (Dowwwwn Towwwwn!!) in 8th Grade. We should be ready to take a test on Tuesday, November 1st.

• 8th Grade will be testing over:
• Vocabulary: Places in the city
• Vocabulary: City Infrastructure and Prepositions
• Grammar: affirmative tú commands
• Culture: The City of Seville, Spain

7th Grade continues on with Unit 3 (Stripes and Plaids) and will quiz over the verb llevar on  Tuesday Nov. 1st. The 7th grade Unit 3 test will occur on Friday November 4th!

Tenga buena semana! Hasta el jueves!

New Nine Weeks!

It's been a while, but we're back at school!

7th grade is now learning about clothing! Click here for the necessary vocabulary; we will have a quiz this Friday, October 21st. At the same time we'll also be discussing noun adjective agreement.

This quarter, the 7th grade will be discussing various fashions in countries like Spain, Mexico, and other Latin American countries. By the end of this unit, each student should be able to describe accurately what they and others are wearing in Spanish.

8th grade is continuing their work with city infrastructure and prepositions. They'll be quizzing over it this Friday. Simultaneously we've begun a related unit about affirmative tú commands. Click here for a brief tutorial over this section. Barring any interruptions with 8th grade informal pictures, we should have a quiz over the command form next Tuesday, October 25th.

This quarter we'll be talking about various cities in Latin America and Spain. At the end of this unit each student should be able to describe accurately and fluidly the route to get to their house from St. George's in Spanish.

Mas Gramar

¡Saludos a todos mis estudiantes y padres!

All right! So we've got two interesting new grammatical concepts we're dealing with in both middle school Spanish.

Eighth grade is still working with the difference between "ser" and "estar" and special expressions with "tener." Refer to your notes or see the previous day's blog to understand the basic difference between the two verbs. However, if you need some extra practice, take a look at the following links:

Ser or Estar? - Four java-based games that begin with flashcards and continue to matching.

Ser, Estar, or Tener? - Would the adjectives or terms best be paired with ser or estar? Or are they special tener expressions?

BattleShip - A java based version of the classic board game. In order to make hits on the opposing side, you must choose the correct verb.

Spanish Language & Culture - A simple multiple choice paper that asks you to choose between ser and estar.

In 7th grade we're continuing our work on the verb "ser."

Mini-Quiz - A short java-based quiz based on the verb "ser."

PowerPoint Presentation - This link will open up a PowerPoint that we reviewed in class.

Right on. Don't forget we're taking a field trip on Thursday and we won't be having class. However, if you're looking for some extra credit, swing by Griffin First Methodist Church on Thursday evening and enjoy some nice Romanian music. Romanian is a language moderately close to Spanish (both being Latin-based languages), so seeing this would be a good experience for everyone. If you can get a program signed by Allyson Lawrence, the youth director there, you can earn 10 points towards your quiz on Friday.

Good luck and happy studying!

Fiesta Gramatica

The quizzes over last week's vocabulary have been sent home so off we go into a new grammar unit!

The eighth grade is starting the NEFARIOUS debate between ser and estar alongside special tener expressions.



The seventh graders begin to learn about subject pronouns and the are introduced to the verb ser.




Mucha diversion! Study hard for the quiz on grammar THIS FRIDAY!