World Languages
Week of November 17th (Week 3 of term 2)
Spanish Language and Culture (Mr. Fontalvo, Ms. Gonzalez)
Last week, our students learned new vocabulary related to the seasons and how to describe the weather in Spanish. Next week, they will have two formative assessments—one in reading and one in speaking—to show what they’ve learned.
As a school, we are practicing the strategy of annotating a text to support reading comprehension. We encourage families to practice this strategy at home—ask your child to underline or write short notes while reading in any language! It’s a great way to help them become more thoughtful readers
Spanish I (Mr. Donaldson, Ms. Cuffee)
This week, students will continue to review the vocabulary for weather, seasons, months, and days of the week. On Tue., Nov. 18, students will complete 2FormB2, a reading comprehension formative assessment on clothing and weather. Later in the week, students will engage in an activity analyzing logical and illogical clothing choices based on the weather, season, and context. Students will complete 2PA3, an open-notes classwork activity identifying appropriate outfits based on seasonal and weather-related contexts. To end the week, students will be introduced to demonstrative adjectives and will practice applying them in sentences.
There will be new homework assignments on demonstrative adjectives and shopping vocabulary on SpanishDict.com, due Fri., Nov.17.
Spanish II (Ms. Wooten, Ms. Henderson, Mr. Almanza)
This has been an especially busy and productive week for our Spanish 2 students. We’ve learned a large amount of new vocabulary and have now made our way through four chapters of our class novel (substituting summaries for full chapters where needed).
Today, we are wrapping up the week by learning about political asylum and exploring the options available to the characters in our novel who are trying to bring their children to the United States.
Next week, we will finish both the novel and the unit, and students will take an end-of-unit test on Wednesday. The test will focus on key vocabulary, major events, and characters from the book.
Please encourage your child to review our Quizlet vocabulary set and re-read any chapters as needed to prepare.
Spanish Humanities, grade 6 (Ms. Balestra)
Last week students learned about the immigration waves to the United States beginning in the 1600's. We talked about how the waves were similar and different. We also talked about how they are similar and different from immigration today.
Next week we will begin our reading of Esperanza Renace.
The 8th Grade World Language Trip to Costa Rica - Registration is Open!
Register by December 19th and receive $200 off!
The Deal World Language team is excited to announce that the 8th grade world language trip to Costa Rica has been officially approved and registration is now open. This trip are entirely optional, funded by families, chaperoned by Deal staff, and open only to Deal 8th grade students in good academic, attendance, and behavioral standing enrolled in a Spanish language class. To register for this world language trip, please visit the following links and complete the registration process as soon as possible:
- Students enrolled in grade-level Spanish - Register for the Costa Rica trip here
Note that this trip is not for student scholars enrolled in Spanish Humanities.
French Language & Culture (Ms. Bullock, Mr. Almanza)
Last week students learned how to talk about the weather. This week students will be using their new skills to complete both reading and speaking assessments where they describe the weather. Students will be creating a weather report to show all they have learned. To prepare, students should spend at least 5 minutes reviewing every night to ensure a strong start to unit 2! Students have resources from class and/or on Canvas.
French I (Ms. Balestra, Mr. Osei)
Last week students practiced their speaking abilities. On Thursday they took a Speaking Formative.
Next week students will work on the importance of partitive articles with food items and also negative sentences. The Friday Formative will be a Reading Comprehension with a Speaking component for answering the questions.
French II (Dr. Mbayu & Mr. Osei)
🌸 Week 3 – Les magasins et la préparation des repas
We explore where food comes from — les marchés, les boulangeries, les supermarchés.
Students describe what they buy and practice dialogues for shopping.
🧠 Thinking goal: How does vocabulary connect to real-life cultural experiences?
Chinese (Ms. Liang)
Grade 6
Last week, our students completed the oral summative assessment for Lesson 3 on school supplies and began exploring Lesson 4 on family members. This week, we will focus on strengthening interpersonal skills through engaging class activities. We’re excited to see their progress as they continue building foundational speaking and writing skills in Chinese!
Grade 7
Last week, our students continued expanding their vocabulary by learning about different types of furniture and rooms, and they practiced interpersonal speaking skills to strengthen their conversational abilities. Students had a formative quiz last week. Next week, we will hold an oral summative assessment covering Lesson 3, followed by the introduction of Lesson 4. We’re thrilled to see the progress they’re making as they build their reading and writing skills in Chinese!
Grade 8
Last week, our students completed the first formative assessment for Lesson 3 Extra Curricular Activities, with a focus on grammar and vocabulary. Next week, we will continue working on Lesson 3 vocabulary through etymology. We will wrap up the week with an assessment on Friday to gauge their understanding. I am excited to see their progress as they develop their Chinese language skills.