miércoles, el siete de enero del dos mil ocho

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Practice spelling unknown words in Spanish. Nice work trusting your gut on some of these words needing accent marks.

--má-ta-los
--son-ri-ó
--in-tén-ta-lo
--en-ter-ar-te
--en-fá-ti-co

2. With a partner, read “El camarero horrible”. Great job defining the underlined words of the text.

3. (1st period only): Begin to illustrate the first two frames of a six-frame story illustration for “El camarero horrible”.

--frame one: Hay un camarero que se llama Desordenado.
--frame two: El camarero habla con un muchacho en un restaurante.

Homework: Continue studying yesterday’s practice grammar quiz. Expect to see a similar grammar quiz SOON!


Español Dos (2):

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Review the accent rules we learned before break, and practice deciding if new words need an accent or not.

--pé-ta-lo
--prós-pe-ro
--hal-cón
--in-me-dia-te-men-te
--mo-nó-to-no

2. Listen to our new (admittedly ridiculous) song of the week: "Bikini a lunares amarillo"

3. Review some key, high-frequency vocabulary for telling basic stories in the past:
--había
--se llamaba
--quería
--no podía
--iba a (llorar)
--era (guapo / profesor)
--estaba (enojada / enfermo)
--sabía (cantar / nadar)
--tenía (hambre / sed / frío)
--tuvo (una idea)
--le dio
--anduvo
--decidió (salir)
--le dijo
--vio
--fue
--entonces….
--así que….
--después (de)
--más tarde

3. With a partner, practice telling an original story with new pictures.

4. Listen as volunteers from the class share their original stories.

Homework: Prepare yourself for our next speaking assessment (Thur. & Fri. in class).