viernes, el veintiuno de noviembre del dos mil ocho

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Practice speaking with questions 3, 6, 15, 18 & 22 from our last speaking exam. Follow the following directions:

“Saquen el examencito de hablar y pregúntale a tu compañero preguntas 3, 6, 15, 18 & 22.”

2. Practice spelling unknown words, using our knowledge of the following letters (A, E, I, O, U, K, W, H, LL, Ñ, LL, R, RR)

--mien-tras
--a-se-gu-rán-do-le
--es-ta-rí-a
--co-rre-dor
--ex-pue-sta

**Good work following your gut on where those accents belong.

3. Practice grammar with the following questions/directions:

--Conjuga el verbo “hablar.”
hablo……………..hablamos…………
hablas…………………………………
habla……………..hablan……………

--¿Cuál es el infinitivo de “mira”? [Answer: mirar]

--Escribe "los pronombres personales" ("personal pronouns").

¿Cómo se dice “I, you, he, she, you—formal, we, they, you all”? [Answers: yo, tú, él, ella, Ud., nosotros/as, ellos/as, Uds.]

4. Practice listening with listening activity 3.3 from Paso a paso.

5. Practice our chapter 2 & 3 gestures.

6. Sing our song of the week: “Fotografía.”

7. Practice reading in context with some practice multiple choice questions from chapter two.

Homework: Read “El agujero” in English to a parent/adult for Monday. Study for Tuesday’s test!

Español Dos (2):

Announcement:

Next Tuesday’s test will have the following sections:
--reading
--writing
--grammar (especially chapters 2 & 3)
--vocabulary (especially chapters 2 & 3)
On Wednesday you will have the following sections:
--listening section
On both Tuesday and Wednesday:
--I will be pulling students aside for a quick speaking assessment.
On the following Wednesday (after a cultural video/reading with a substitute on Tuesday):
--culture section

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Practice speaking by following this prompt: "Describe a tu compañero/o lo que hiciste esta mañana."

2. Practice spelling unknown words.
--en-cu-bri-én-do-se
--en-ca-pu-cha-da
--pro-mé-te-me
--a-gra-de-ci-dos
--de-ten-drí-an

3. Practice chapter 2 & 3 grammar.

¿Cómo se dice…?
--this book / “this one” [Answer: este libro / éste]
--those tables / “those ones” [Answer: esas mesas / ésas]
--that backpack / “that one” [Answer: esa mochila / ésa]
--these shoes / “these ones” [Answer: estos zapatos / éstos]
--that beach (far away) / “that one” (far away) [Answer: aquella playa / aquélla]
--that man (far away) / “that one” (far away) [Answer: aquel hombre / aquél]
--those kids (far away) / “those ones” (far away) [Answer: aquellos niños / aquéllos]

Conjuga el verbo “dormirse” (to fall asleep) en el presente, el pretérito y el imperfecto.

DORMIRSE (el presente—“boot verb”)
me duermo………………..nos dormimos
te duermes………………………………..
se duerme………………….se duermen….

(I fall asleep, you fall asleep....)

DORMIRSE (el pretérito—“sandal verb”)
me dormí…………………..nos dormimos
te dormiste………………………………..
se durmió………………….se durmieron..

(I fell asleep, you fell asleep....)

DORMIRSE (el imperfecto—no stem-change)
me dormía…………………nos dormíamos
te dormías………………………………….
se dormía…………………..se dormían…..

(I used to fall asleep, you used to fall asleep....)

4. Practice listening with listening activities 3.1 & 3.2 from Paso a paso.

5. Practice our chapter 2 & 3 gestures.

6. Sing our song of the week: "Te amo."

7. Begin to read the story "Princesita y el agua."

Homework: Read "Princesita y el agua" to an adult and get a signature. Additionally, translate the underlined words/phrases and complete the first activity on the reverse. Study for Tuesday's test!