martes, el diez de febrero del dos mil nueve

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: Classes shortened due to Stanford science testing.

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Chat using our new past tense questions:

--¿Qué tiempo hacía ayer? (What was the weather like yesterday?)
--¿Cómo estabas ayer? (How were you feeling yesterday?)
--¿Qué hora era cuando empezamos el examen de Stanford hoy? (What time was it when we began the Stanford test today?)
--¿Qué día fue ayer? (What day was yesterday?)

2. Receive our new song of the week: “Tú” by Shakira. Good job catching today’s missing words: pocas, zapatos, doy.

Take the following vote about the song and discuss: “¿En esta canción nueva, está enamorada Shakira o está obsesionada?"

3. Practice our gestures.

4. (1st hour only): Begin a past tense version of “El cuento de Alberto y la mantequilla.”

Homework: None.

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: Classes shortened due to Stanford science testing.

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Chat using a few questions in the past:

--¿Qué tiempo hacía ayer?
--¿Estabas sorprendido que no nevara?
--¿Qué hora era cuando empezamos el examen de Stanford hoy?

**Please start using these simple details about what the weather was like and what time it was in your stories.

2. Listen to our new song of the week: “Volveré junto a ti” by Laura Pausini. Good job catching today’s missing words: recordando, perdimos, me fui, de nuevo.

3. Practice our chapter 6 gestures, and establish new gestures for: apaga las velas, enciende la luz, se los regala, se charlan, se gradúa, & nace.

4. Fill in the following remaining verbs from our present tense blue packet:
**These picky verbs will be relevant for our next test.
**These picky verbs will also be especially relevant next year when you formally learn the subjunctive.
--irregulars: oler
--“go” verbs: caerse, valer
--“-cer”/”-cir” verbs: conducir, traducir
--“Y” verbs: construir, incluir
--“J” verbs: escoger, corregir
--specially accented verbs: esquiar, enviar, graduarse

Homework: None.