jueves, el dos de octubre del dos mil ocho

Español Uno (1):

Today's Learning Objectives:

1. To our "para empezar" ("in order to begin") warm-up.

**Quick discussion of the term "infinitivo" (infinitive). The "infinitive" is the form "to___." "To walk, to sing, to dance, to laugh, etc." are all infinitives. Knowing this linguistic term will be especially useful next year and beyond in Spanish.

Escribe el infinitivo:
1. da--> ? [Answer: dar (to give)]
2. grita--> ? [Answer: gritar (to shout)]
3. entra--> ? [Answer: entrar (to enter)]
4. llora--> ? [Answer: llorar (to cry)]
5. sabe--> ? [Answer: saber (to know information/how to)]
6. saca--> ? [Answer: sacar (to take out)]
7. nada--> ? [Answer: nadar (to swim)]

2. Listen to our song of the week: "Cuando me miras así"

**Good job catching the remaining missing words.

3. Finish reading the story of Jimmy.

4. Continue filling out our first "pink packet."

Homework: None.

Español Dos (2):

Today's Learning Objectives:

1. Practice yesterday's new gestures (and our old gestures, as well).

2. Listen to our song of the week: "Cuando me miras así"

3. In groups of two, read the story "Alberto y la mantequilla." Nice job utilizing the footnotes to clarify the meaning of new words. Additionally, good job using the context to taking educated guesses on the underlined words.

4. Unannounced vocabulary quiz. Discussion of grading of unannounced quizzes.

Homework: None.