Hello,
I will be teaching Spanish at Quest High School during the first three periods of the day. In the afternoons, I will be doing ESL (English as a Second Language) at Burnet Middle School with students whose first language is not English. For over half my life I have spoken Spanish. It has allowed me to travel to several Spanish speaking countries and allowed me to get better pay as a bilingual speaker. If you are in my Spanish Class, my hope is that you will soon see the value of learning and using Spanish. In Texas, speaking Spanish is especially valuable since we have so many people living here whose first language is Spanish. Looking forward to a great year with you! Hasta la vista! Si tu eres en mi clase de Ingles como Segundo idioma, espero que pronto veras que vale la pena aprender el Ingles. Ser bilingue es puerta a recibir mejor sueldo en un trabajo futuro. See you later alligator!
1000 The Green Mile, Burnet, TX 78611
phone: 512-756-6193 ext: 3707
Mr. VanDer Stoep
Class Schedule:
Period Time Subject Location
1 8:00-8:50 Spanish 1 & 2, Language & Culture 1A & 1B BHS- D232
2 8:53-9:43 Spanish 1 & 2, Language & Culture 1A & 1B BHS- D232
PACK 9:46- 10:16 PACK Rotation BHS- D232
3 10:19-11:09 Spanish 1 & 2, Language & Culture 1A & 1B BHS- D232
Lunch 11:12-11:42 Lunch, travel
Conference 11:45-12:55 LAS testing, ARDS BMS-E409
5 1:00-1:50 ESL Intervention BMS-E409
6 1:55-2:45 ESL Intervention BMS-E409
7 2:50-3:40 ESL Intervention BMS-E409
Assignments: flexible assignments via Edgenuity curriculum.
I expect all students to be productive during class time. Progress for Spanish classes means that students will complete at least one lesson, quiz, or test each period. All assignments, projects, quizzes and tests must be completed during the school day. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we will practice writing and speaking Spanish.
For ESL, we will work for about 10 minutes at the beginning of class practicing English using structured assignments, games, drawings and other activities. Para ESL, trabajaremos durante unos 10 minutos al comienzo de la clase practicando inglés utilizando tareas estructuradas, juegos, dibujos y otras actividades.
The Basics of Basic Spanish
1. There are three types of verbs in Spanish, ones that end in -ar, -er, or -ir.
2. A Spanish verb has two parts as demonstrated here: hablar=to speak
habl- the "stem" of the word which gives you the basic meaning of the word
-ar - the "ending" of the word, by removing this ending and replacing it with another ending, it tells us WHO is doing the action and WHEN (the tense) they are doing it.
3. Four basic "WHEN"s of a word are as follows:
PRESENT- what is happening right now
IMPERFECT- past habitual actions, setting the scene in the past, or a past action which might still be happening
PRETERITE- past actions seen as complete, ie, one and done
FUTURE- to happen later
4. See photos which demonstrate 1-3 above.
