jueves, el veintisiete de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1) y Dos (2):

Announcement 1: I am going to so miss teaching all of you! You have been a wonderful group of students. I promise to email pictures when the baby arrives. Please know that the best going away gift you can give me is to do good work for Profe Gaynor.

Announcement 2: Find your Paso a paso text and have it ready for class with Profe Gaynor. Keep in mind that you will need to return it at the end of the school year. If it’s not returned, a fine of $60+ will be attached to your name. Yikes!

Announcement 3: If you have turned in assignments that still aren’t in the gradebook, they should be entered later today & tomorrow.

Announcement 4: Profe Gaynor will be entering two big grades (though there could be others at her discretion). The first grade will be a 45-point assignment grade for nine days of class work. If you consistently come prepared to class, use your class time well and follow all expectations, you will likely end up with 45/45. Any daily deductions are completely at Profe Gaynor’s discretion. The second big grade will be your final exam (10% of your semester grade).

Today’s Agenda:

1. Listen to yesterday’s circumlocution phrases written in class.

2. Practice our final chapter gestures.

3. Discuss some continuing expectations that Profe Gaynor will have as she takes over next Tuesday. She & I have found that we have very similar expectations! Assume that all current expectations will stay the same, including:

--backpacks at the back of the room!
--all students seated & ready to listen when the class begins at the bell.
--no packing up early nor hovering near the door toward the end of class.
--no cell phones nor iPods.
--SSR books returned as they were found. Treat them kindly! They belong to Profe Nick.
--desks in rows for any assessments.
--bathroom requests not excessive. 1-2 students/period leaving is normal…4+ is NOT normal!
--positive words & interactions with all others! (Quickly making amends when something careless is said.)
--consistent, on-task behavior.

4. Prepare some name plates for Profe Gaynor, so she can know your names! Keep in mind that she will have 160 new faces, so she will need the help of those name plates to call on you. Keep them out each day for her, please.

5. Prepare some welcome posters for Profe Gaynor so she can get to know a bit about each class’s personality.

6. Enjoy each other’s company with some good food & music.

Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!

martes, el veinticinco de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1) y Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice yesterday’s new gestures.

2. Play “Vamos a la playa” to learn some of our non-gesturing vocabulary for our final chapter.

Homework: Study your new pink packets!

lunes, el veinticuatro de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: All classes shortened to 25 minutes due to the Shakespeare assembly & HIV/AIDS training.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Learn some final chapter gestures, adding to our “Rock, paper, scissors” gestures for “cerca de” (close to) and “lejos de” (far from):

--a la derecha de……………………………….to the right of
--a la izquierda de………………………………to the left of
--después de…………………………………….after
--antes de…………………………………………before
--fuera de…………………………………………outside of
--dentro de……………………………………….inside of
--encima de………………………………………on top of
--debajo de……………………………………….below
--enfrente de…………………………………….facing
--delante de……………………………………..in front of
--alrededor de…………………………………..surrounding
--detrás de………………………………………..behind
--al lado de………………………………………..to the side of (next to)
--entre………………………………………………between

2. Accuracy checks for last week’s dice game.

Homework: PRACTICE our new gestures.

viernes, el veintiuno de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: Due to this morning’s elections, all classes shortened to 50 minutes.

Announcement: Due to Monday’s upcoming Shakespeare presentation & HIV/AIDS presentation, all classes will be shortened to 25 minutes.

Today’s Agenda:

1a. Finish wrapping up our speaking assessments.

1b. Receive yesterday’s vocabulary assessments.

1c. Check for ch. 9 crossword completion.

2a. Meanwhile, students defined new ch. 10 vocabulary on our new pink packet.

2b. Meanwhile, students double-checked the dice game & yesterday’s verb page for accuracy. Those will be checked for ACCURACY for a grammar grade in class on Monday.

Homework: Have your dice game & verb worksheet perfectly accurate for Monday's check. Also, any outstanding work that is labeled as still accepted for credit should be submitted ASAP.

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: Due to this morning’s elections, all classes shortened to 50 minutes.

Announcement: Due to Monday’s upcoming Shakespeare presentation & HIV/AIDS presentation, all classes will be shortened to 25 minutes.

Today’s Agenda:

1a. Finish wrapping up our speaking assessments.

1b. Receive yesterday’s vocabulary assessments.

1c. Check for ch. 9 crossword completion, as well as 9-6 completion.

2a. Meanwhile, students defined new ch. 10/11 vocabulary on our new pink packet.

2b. Review 9-6 as a class.

Homework: Any outstanding work that is labeled as still accepted for credit should be submitted ASAP.

jueves, el veinte de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1a. Continue with our speaking assessments.

1b. During the speaking assessments, tackle a vocabulary assessment.

1c. During the speaking assessments, tackle a practice worksheet for our verbs in the present & preterite. You should have finished page 1. You will have time in class to finish page 2 as I finish the speaking assessments.

Homework: Tomorrow after all speaking assessments are finished, I will look at Tuesday’s crossword puzzle, Wednesday’s dice game & Thursday’s verb worksheet.

miércoles, el diecinueve de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: You have a substitute today.

Today’s Agenda:

1. In table groups, tackle a dice game for reflexive verbs.

Homework: Prepare for tomorrow’s vocabulary assessment. If you haven’t yet tackled the speaking assessment, keep preparing for that as well.

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: You have a substitute today.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Finish translations #6-29 from Monday’s translation page.

Homework: Prepare for tomorrow’s vocabulary assessment. If you haven’t yet tackled the speaking assessment, keep preparing for that as well.

martes, el dieciocho de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1) & Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Begin our final speaking assessments, telling a spontaneous story in the past based upon the pictures given.

2. Tackle two ch. 9 crosswords in table groups.

Homework: Finish the crosswords for tomorrow.

lunes, el diecisiete de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Thank you: Thank you 1st hour for such a wonderful surprise this morning. I LOVED the card and the wonderful baby gifts. You really made my day. :)

Today’s Agenda:

1. Quick announcement about my upcoming absence this Wed. for a doctor’s appt. While we will start with speaking assessments tomorrow, they will not happen Wed. during my absence. We’ll continue with them on Thur. & Fri.

If we’re lucky, we’ll have your long-term substitute (Profe Gaynor) here with you on Wednesday…not sure yet if that will be possible. Profe Gaynor will officially start subbing on Tuesday, June 1st.

2. Read, in English, for ten minutes during SSR.

3. Discuss & write what a classmate did during the weekend to have fun, answering the following question:

¿Qué hizo tu compañero/a para divertirse?

4. Complete a few more sections on our blue, present tense packet.

We tackled the remaining reflexive verbs (ponerse, divertirse) and two “backward” verbs (doler, gustar). 2nd hour also tackled the remaining stem-changing/”boot” verbs (pensar, pedir).

PONERSE (“to put on oneself”)
me pongo……………….nos ponemos
te pones……………………………………….
se pone……………………se ponen

DIVERTIRSE (e-->ie) (“to entertain oneself”)
me divierto……………..nos divertimos
te diviertes……………………………………..
se divierte……………….se divierten

DOLER (o-->ue) (“to ache”)
(a mí) me duele/n……………(a nosotros/nosotras) nos duele/n
(a ti) te duele/n………………………………………………………………………
(a él/ella) le duele/n………...(a ellos/ellas) les duele/n

GUSTAR (“to be pleasing to”)
(a mí) me gusta/n…………….(a nosotros/nosotras) nos gusta/n
(a ti) te gusta/n………………………………………………………………………
(a él/ella) le gusta/n………….(a ellos/ellas) les gusta/n

PENSAR (e-->ie) (“to think”; “to plan”)
pienso…………………........pensamos
piensas……………………………………..
piensa……………………….piensan

PEDIR (e-->i) (“to ask for”; “to request”; “to order”)
pido…………………………….pedimos
pides…………………………………………
pide…………………………….piden

5. (2nd hour only): Practice our gestures.

Homework: Keep preparing yourself for the speaking assessments starting tomorrow. Remember, your story needs to be in the PAST!

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Write & discuss what a classmate did over the weekend to have fun.

3. Take a quick listening quiz on our weekend discussion.

4. Tackle some preterite/imperfect sentence translations with ch. 9 vocabulary.

Homework: Keep preparing for this week’s speaking & vocabulary assessments!

viernes, el catorce de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: You have a substitute today.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Discuss upcoming weekend plans.

2. Guess the ch. 9 vocabulary words being defined.

3. Sing our song of the week: “Suerte.”

4. Tackle some verbs, using your blue preterite & present tense packets.

5. Read the story “El padre inteligente” and get an adult signature for Monday.

Homework: Read “El padre inteligente” to an adult for Monday. Keep preparing for your upcoming vocabulary & speaking assessments.

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: You have a substitute today.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Discuss upcoming weekend plans.

2. Guess the ch. 9 vocabulary words being defined.

3. Sing our song of the week: “Tu recuerdo.”

4. Tackle some preterite & imperfect verbs.

5. Read the story “La vida sin crema de afeitar” and get an adult signature for Monday.

Homework: Read “La vida sin crema de afeitar” to an adult for Monday. Keep preparing for your upcoming vocabulary & speaking assessments.

jueves, el trece de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: I will not be here tomorrow due to an emergency medical appointment. There runs the chance that I would need to also be gone on Monday. KEEP practicing for your speaking assessments! They will start when I return on Tuesday.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice expressing “how long” we’ve been doing something, with the question: “¿Cuánto tiempo hace que….?

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Suerte.” Nice job catching the last three missing words: conocer, conmigo, empezar.

3. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

4. Practice telling an original story to a partner, using our story illustrations.

Homework: Keep preparing yourself for next week’s vocabulary quiz (particularly emphasizing ch.8 & 9) and next week’s speaking assessment.

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: I will not be here tomorrow due to an emergency medical appointment. There runs the chance that I would need to also be gone on Monday. KEEP practicing for your speaking assessments! They will start when I return on Tuesday.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice our ch. 9 vocabulary with a quick fill-in-the-blank reading.

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Tu recuerdo.” Nice job catching the last five missing phrases: puse, viene, tan, piel, lo que.

3. Guess the definitions of some ch. 9 vocabulary as defined by Profe Nick.

4. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

5. Tackle page 3 in our “por/para” packet and review the answers.

Homework: Keep preparing yourself for next week’s vocabulary quiz (particularly emphasizing ch.8 & 9) and next week’s speaking assessment.

miércoles, el doce de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice writing our numbers. We’ve learned these ahead of ch. 10, so it’s less for us to learn at the end of the year.

--1.457………………..mil cuatrocientos cincuenta y siete
--15.668………………quince mil seiscientos sesenta y ocho
--93.714………………noventa y tres mil setecientos catorce
--120.843…………….ciento veinte mil ochocientos cuarenta y tres
--100……………………cien
--12.259.340……….doce millones doscientos cincuenta y nueve mil trescientos cuarenta
--164.175.113……..ciento sesenta y cuatro millones ciento setenta y cinco mil ciento trece

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Suerte.” Nice job catching the next three missing words: razón, tú, aquí.

3. Continue to fill out some more verbs in our blue, present tense packet:

We filled out:

--irregular verbs
------(ir)…………………………………………………..REVIEW
------(oler—to smell)……………………………….NEW-ISH
------(decir—to say)…………………………………REVIEW (mainly)
------(seguir—to follow/continue)…………..REVIEW (mainly)
------(tener)…………………………………………….REVIEW
------(venir—to come)……………………………..NEW-ISH
------(haber—“there” to be)……………………REVIEW

4. Create two story illustrations for our upcoming speaking assessments next week.

Our speaking assessments will be next Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.

Your stories will need to be in the PAST.

Homework: Finish two QUALITY illustrations which we can use in class for practice. The more thorough your illustrations are (not necessarily artistic), the more likely they will be chosen for the real speaking assessment.

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice the imperfect & imperfect progressive.

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Tu recuerdo.” Nice job catching the next three missing phrases: se va, siento, te fuiste.

3. Practice telling spontaneous stories to a partner using our illustrations.

4. Practice writing a spontaneous story using one of the group illustrations.

Homework: Keep preparing for the upcoming speaking assessments (next Tue./Wed./Thur.).

martes, el once de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Tackle 9-5 in the workbook.

**Quick reminder that the present tense lets us convey a lot more in Spanish than in English. You noticed on 9-5 that “duermen,” for instance, conveyed “they are sleeping” in this context instead of “they sleep.” Good job using the context to come up with the correct meaning.

2. Listen to our new song of the week: “Suerte.” Nice job catching the first three missing phrases: te vas, que & para mí.

3. Practice our ch. 9 gestures. We are pretty solid with our ch. 9 vocabulary and will be moving into ch. 10 very soon.

EXPECT A VOCABULARY QUIZ soon, particularly emphasizing ch.8 & ch.9 vocabulary.

4. Fill out a lot on our new, blue present tense packet.

We filled out:

--regular verbs (-ar, -er, -ir)……………………………….REVIEW

--reflexive verbs (llamarse)………….......................NEW

--“stem-changing verbs” (dormir)……………………..REVIEW

--irregular “yo” verbs
------(hacer)……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(poner)……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(salir) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(valer—to be worth—“valgo”)………………………NEW
------(traer) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(caerse) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(ver) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(dar) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(saber) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(conocer) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(conducir—to drive—“conduzco”)………………NEW-ISH
------(traducir—to translate—“traduzco”)…………..NEW

--irregular verbs
------(ser) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW
------(estar) ……………………………………………………….REVIEW

Homework: Keep reviewing your ch.8 & ch.9 vocabulary in anticipation of an upcoming vocabulary quiz.

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Quickly discuss the “imperfect progressive” (“was/were _____-ing).

2. Listen to our new song of the week: “Tu recuerdo.” Nice job catching the first three missing phrases: sigue, cae, quema.

3. Practice our ch. 9 gestures. We are pretty solid with our ch. 9 vocabulary and will be moving into ch. 10 very soon.

EXPECT A VOCABULARY QUIZ soon, particularly emphasizing ch.8 & ch.9 vocabulary.

4. Review 9-7 in the workbook.

5. Tackle a few ch.9 listening activities.

6. Illustrate some quick stories for speaking practice.

Homework: Keep reviewing your ch.8 & ch.9 vocabulary in anticipation of an upcoming vocabulary quiz.

lunes, el diez de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Change table groups.

3. Discuss the weekend, answering three of our fundamental questions:

--¿Qué hiciste para divertirte?
--¿Cómo viniste a PCFC esta mañana? ¿Anduviste? ¿Condujiste?
--¿Qué te pusiste esta mañana?

4. Practice our gestures.

5. (1st hour): Tackle a quick grammar quiz on the irregular yo forms in the present tense.
(2nd hour): Receive Friday’s grammar quiz on the irregular yo forms in the present tense.

**Remember, it’s just a matter of being able to produce the Spanish; you have to know their MEANINGS.

6. Receive a blue packet for the present tense and briefly discuss the uses of the present tense in Spanish. Spanish let’s us convey a LOT more with the present tense than English does.

**We will begin to fill out the new, blue present tense packet tomorrow.

Homework: If you haven’t already made flashcards for ch. 9, consider doing so!

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Change table groups.

3. Discuss the weekend.

4. Practice our gestures.

5. Review 9-9.

6. Tackle the last remaining section on our blue, preterite packets: “Y” verbs (verbs that have a special spelling change to a “y”)

7. In table groups, tackle 9-7 in the workbook.

Homework: If you haven’t already made flashcards for ch. 9, consider doing so!

viernes, el siete de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Discuss upcoming weekend plans in table groups.

2. Sing our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.”

3. Practice our gestures.

4. Review yesterday’s homework: 9-3 & 9-4.

5. Practice using circumlocution to define our ch. 9 vocabulary.

6. (2nd period only, due to very long announcements in 1st hour): Quick grammar quiz.

7. Play a few rounds of “Simon Says.”

Homework: Consider making flashcards if you haven’t already done so!

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Take a quick grammar assessment.

2. Sing our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.”

3. Practice our gestures.

4. Review yesterday’s homework: 9-8.

5. Quickly tackle 9-9 in table groups.

6. Play a few rounds of “Simon Says.”

Homework: Consider making flashcards if you haven’t already done so!

jueves, el seis de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practicing pronouncing unknown words in Spanish. Great job! Your accuracy showed a very internalized understanding of Spanish accent rules.

--calderilla
--guarnición
--haba
--náutico
--puntualidad
--vestigio
--floreciente
--embaldosar
--delgadez
--ñoqui

2. Practice recognizing the meanings of some of our most important irregular verbs (present & preterite).

--dieron…………………………they gave
--anduvo………………………s/he walked
--vemos…………………………we see
--vimos…………………………..we saw
--dijimos…………………………we said
--dicen……………………………they say
--tuve que……………………..I had to
--pueden………………………they can
--hizo…………………………….s/he did/made
--pudo…………………………...s/he managed to
--vinieron………………………they came
--vamos…………………………we go / let’s go
--hay……………………………….there is/are
--fue……………………………..s/he went

3. Listen to our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the remaining three words: pensando, algo, pongo.

**Quick practice writing out our irregular yo song.

4. Finish reading yesterday’s “Cinco de mayo” article, and quick discussion of the comprehension questions.

5. Begin the homework.

Homework: 9-3 & 9-4 (evens translated).

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice pronouncing unknown words. (See the Spanish 1 entry above.)

2. Practice forming our commands.

--(-tú)…don’t vomit!......................no vomites
--(-Uds.)..don’t scratch!.................no rasquen
--(+Ud.)..prescribe!........................recete
--(+tú)..sneeze!..............................estornuda
--(+tú)..protect me!.......................protégeme
--(-tú)..don’t protect me!..............no me protejas

3. Listen to our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the remaining three words: ése, pongo, esta.

4. Tackle page 2 of our “por/para packet” in table groups.

5. Begin the homework.

Homework: 9-8 (+tran.)

miércoles, el cinco de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Listen to our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the next three missing words: lugares, brazos, esperando.

2. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

3. Review the homework: 9-1 & 9-2.

4. Begin to discuss the real significance of “El cinco de mayo,” with an article from http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html . We will finish reading this article tomorrow.

Homework: If you haven’t already made flashcards, consider doing so!!!

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Listen to our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the next three missing phrases: te abro, esperando, estoy pensando.

2. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

3. Read & discuss the real significance of “El cinco de mayo,” with an article from http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html .

Homework: Don't forget to type up your stories for Thursday.

martes, el cuatro de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. (1st hour only): Hear from our class senator regarding important announcements.
(2nd hour only): Practice five of our basic questions: #’s 19, 20, 22, 24 & 29.

2. Tackle a quick reading & ten true/false questions in table groups.

3. Listen to our new song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the first three missing phrases: se fue, la, mirando.

4. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

5. Briefly discuss reflexive verbs.

Reflexive verbs often communicate “-self.” You’ve already seen these used, but now we’re officially seeing them in conjugation charts. You know a verb is “reflexive” if you see “se” added to its infinitive.

VER (to see—NOT reflexive)………………………….VERSE (to see oneself—REFLEXIVE)
veo…………………vemos……………………………………me veo…………………….nos vemos
ves………………………………………………………………….te ves……………………………………….
ve…………………..ven………………………………………..se ve…………………………se ven

**It doesn’t matter if your verb is in the present, past, future, etc. You still include the word “-self”

**All that’s new is remembering that you MUST put the word “-self” (me, te, se, nos, se) out in front of the conjugated verb.

¿Cómo se dice?
--he cut himself…………………………se cortó
--I burned myself……………………..me quemé
--we wash ourselves…………………nos lavamos
--Did you “break” yourself?.......¿Te rompiste…?
--they stay (“themselves”)………..se quedan

6. Begin the homework.

Homework: 9-1 & 9-2 (evens translated)

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice some of our essential, Spanish 2 questions:

--(#2)..De pequeño/a, ¿cómo eras?
--(#21)..¿Cómo ganas dinero?
--(#22)..¿Cómo te diviertes después de las clases?
--(#26)..¿Adónde recomiendas que yo vaya de vacaciones?
--(#31)..¿Cómo te sientes hoy?

2. Listen to our new song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: calles, mirando, lugares.

3. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

4. (5th & 6th periods only): Review #’s 1-10 from yesterday’s por/para packet.

5. Continue to practice por/para in table groups: #’s 11-33.

Homework: Due THURSDAY—typed & signed copy of your story written in class.

lunes, el tres de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Discuss the weekend, answering four of our fundamental weekend questions:

--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?
--¿Qué ibas a hacer que no pudiste hacer?
--¿A qué hora viniste a PCFC hoy?
--¿Qué te pusiste esta mañana?

3. Write three new irregular verbs on our blue, preterite packet:

VENIR (“came” in the preterite)
vine…………………..vinimos
viniste……………………………
vino……………………vinieron

PONER (“put” in the preterite)
puse………………….pusimos
pusiste……………………………
puso…………………..pusieron

CONDUCIR (“drove” in the preterite)
conduje………………condujimos
condujiste…………………………….
condujo………………condujeron

4. Practice some of our irregular, preterite verbs.

5. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

Homework: None officially, though making flashcards is always a good idea!

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Discuss the weekend, answering four of our fundamental weekend questions:

--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?
--¿Qué ibas a hacer que no pudiste hacer?
--¿A qué hora viniste a PCFC hoy?
--¿Qué te pusiste esta mañana?

3. Practice our ch. 9 gestures.

4. Discuss “por” & “para,” writing down the following key uses on our por/para packet:

POR
--to express gratitude/apology………”thank you for…” / “I’m sorry for…”
--to show a measurement……..”thirty miles per hour….”
--“through” / “along” / “in the area of”……..”through the park” / “along the beach”
--an exchange/sale…….”I paid thirty dollars for the shirt.”
--“on behalf of” / “in favor of”…….”He called on behalf of her.” / “I’m in favor of that idea.”
--length of time………”we’re reading for ten minutes….”
--general time frame……..”I like to exercise during the morning.”
--means of communication/transportation…..”I talked on the phone.” / “I went by bus.”
--cause/reason……………”Because of the cold air, I got the chills.”
--multiplication/divison……”2 times 2 is 4.” / “4 divided by 2 is 2.”

PARA
--destination……………….”He’s leaving for Florida.”
--purpose/use of something……..”Medicine is for getting better.”
--“in order to,” “for the purpose of”………”You have to train in order to become better at soccer.”
--recipient………………..”The gift is for her.”
--deadline………………..”The homework is for Friday.”
--contrast from what’s expected………”For a comedian, he’s not very funny!”

5. Tackle #’s 1-10 in our “por/para packet.”

6. Discuss the assignment to type up last week’s story on the computer.

Homework: For Thursday, come prepared with your revised story typed CORRECTLY. Don’t forget to get a signature.

viernes, el treinta de abril del dos mil diez

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