Español Uno (1):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the four-day weekend, answering our fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
3. Practice our gestures.
4. Practice listening to unfamiliar voices with a Paso a paso listening activity.
5. Practice our 30 basic questions with a partner, in preparation for tomorrow’s second listening exam.
Homework: Prepare for tomorrow’s listening exam.
Español Dos (2):
Announcement: Our second speaking assessment (similar to the first in format) will take place on Thursday & Friday of this week.
Today’s Activities:
1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.
2. Discuss the weekend, answering our fundamental questions:
--¿Qué hiciste durante el fin de semana?
--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?
3. Practice our chapter 3 gestures and continue with our vocabulary guessing game.
4. Read the story “La moda de Steve Carell,” at the new table groups, deciphering the meanings of all underlined phrases.
Homework: Begin to prepare for your second speaking assessment! Request a six-frame illustration (stick figures are fine) from a friend or family member, and practice telling a spontaneous story at home. Pull out last Thursday’s high-frequency list to help you with your stories.
HIGH-FREQUENCY VOCABULARY IN THE PAST:
- --there was/there were……………………........había
- --s/he called him/herself………………………...se llamaba
- --s/he went……………………………………….......fue
- --s/he saw……………………………………….........vio
- --s/he did / made…………………………………...hizo
- --s/he was (angry / sad / sick / busy)………estaba
- --s/he was (tall / funny / an astronaut)…....era
- --s/he walked……………………………………......anduvo
- --s/he said to him/her…………………………….le dijo
- --s/he asked him/her……………………………..le preguntó
- --s/he answered him/her………………………..le contestó
- --s/he gave to him/her…………………………...le dio
- --s/he had (medicine / lots of friends)……....tenía
- --s/he got (an idea)………………………………....tuvo
- --it was (sunny / warm).………………………....hacía
- --it was raining…………………………………........llovía
- --it was cloudy…………………………………........estaba nublado
- --it was one o’clock…………………………….......era la una
- --it was two o’clock…………………………….......eran las dos
- --s/he became (upset / nervous)……………..se puso
- --s/he put on (shoes)……………………………...se puso
- --s/he was going to arrive……………………….iba a llegar
- --s/he couldn’t find……………………………......no podía encontrar
- --s/he wanted...................................................quería
- --s/he knew (how to).......................................sabía
