La Vida Loca

Codo Rojo, WWJFD and CSI

Posted on December 22, 2016 | By lkropp | Leave a response

The month of December has been one of intense study and focus. Grades 6, 7 and 8 have all taken their midterm exams in the Middlebury Interactive Language program. They have worked through study guides and participated in study groups to hone their preparation skills for major cumulative tests.

However, that is NOT all the Quest Spanish students have been up to.

In Grade 6, students learned a catchy song to learn Central and South American countries and capitals. They took part in a GEOQUIZ challenge as well. Then, to strengthen their knowledge of numbers up to 100, they played a game called ARRIBA where they tried to bluff their way to a huge candy jackpot! Along the way, they had their first WWJFD (What Would Jimmy Fallon Do?) experience, paid for by a birthday boy whose Colones* were burning a hole in his carpeta morada. On that day, students elected to participate in numerous games and activities featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon such as Box of Lies, Whispers and Lip Sync Challenge. It goes without saying: hilarity ensued.

Grade 7 played their fair share of games as they competed in Super Password as well as a CSI challenge where they had to solve a murder using their knowledge of Spanish as well as their logic and intuition.  These students also practiced and reviewed intense grammatical structures such as Two-Verb Constructions, Possessive Adjectives and Demonstrative Adjectives.

Grade 8 learned body parts by watching an animated short called Monsterbox, moving their “colitas” like “abejitas” and playing a game called Codo Rojo. In Codo Rojo, students must touch a certain body part to a certain color in the classroom. As usual, the 8th graders used their creativity and their athletic prowess to bring this game to a new level. They have requested another round for two weeks now. Perhaps this will have to go on the list of Colones purchases! On the grammatical front, 8th graders have been expanding their knowledge of irregular verbs in Spanish and how to use them to express who and what they know as well as how to ask for information or items.

*Colones are currency that students earn by speaking in class or winning class games. They can be used to purchase privileges or fun activities like game days and dance parties.

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