martes, el ocho de diciembre del dos mil nueve

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice using the correct definite article (“the”) with our food words. How well can you remember whether the following words are masculine or feminine?: pan, cereal, café, té, leche, chocolate, sándwich, arroz, postre, carne, maíz.

Remember: For next Thursday’s vocabulary quiz, you need to be able to write our food/tableware words correctly with their corresponding definite article (“the”).

Remember: El agua doesn’t follow the normal rules. It’s irregular.

2. Discuss food preferences, answering the following question:

--¿Cuál prefieres tomar? (tomar = beber/comer)……Which do you prefer to eat/drink?
------Prefiero tomar ….. ……………….............……………. I prefer to eat/drink ….
------No prefiero tomar ninguna. …………….......……… I don’t prefer to eat/drink either.

Quick self-assessment of the following food words from today’s discussion: la sal, la pimienta, el té helado, los refrescos, el aguacate, el queso, las papas al horno, las cebollas, el jamón, el bistec, los guisantes, las judías verdes, los tomates, los pimientos.

3. Listen to our first song of the week: “Ocho Kandelikas.”

This Hannukah song has some important cultural information up top.

4. Listen to our second song of the week: “Lágrimas.” Nice job catching the first two missing words: canción, fuiste.

5. Practice our spelling in Spanish. You’ll remember that we don’t use K in Spanish (unless it is a word borrowed from another language.)

Nice job guessing how we would spell the following "K" sounds in Spanish:
KA ---> CA
KE ---> QUE
KI ---> QUI
KO ---> CO
KU ---> CU

Nice work spelling the following words.

--ma-ri-qui-ta
--pan-que-ques
--ca-sti-llo
--co-co-dri-lo
--cú-pi-do

6. (2nd period only): Review 4-1 & 4-2 in the workbook.

Homework: Study your food flashcards for next Thursday’s vocabulary quiz.

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Review our basic questions: ¿Cómo estabas (ayer)? / ¿Cómo eras (de pequeño/a)? Atop each page, we wrote out the following verb forms:

ESTAR (“was/were”…feeling/location)
estaba………………..estábamos
estabas……………………………….
estaba……………….estaban

SER (“was/were”….physical description, personality description, identity)
era………………………éramos
eras…………………………………
era……………………….eran

2. Build upon our knowledge of “was/were” from activity #1. The forms above are what are technically called the “imperfect tense.” (We’ll learn the rest of the imperfect tense in chapter five, though know that you’ve already learned some other forms, too.)

Chapter four introduces us to the preterite forms of the verbs above. These were copied onto our blue, preterite packet.

ESTAR (“was/were”…feeling/location…BUT IT’S OVER)
estuve……………………estuvimos
estuviste……………………………….
estuvo…………………..estuvieron

Marta estuvo enferma. ………………………(Marta was sick.—but it’s OVER, she’s no longer sick.)
Estuvimos enojados. …………………………..(We were angry.—but it’s OVER, and we’re at peace now.)

SER (“was/were”….physical description, personality description, identity…BUT IT’S OVER)
fui………………………….fuimos
fuiste………………………………..
fue………………………..fueron

Fui astronauta. …………………………………..(I was an astronaut. – but it’s OVER, and I’ve changed careers.)
Jacobo fue miembro del coro. ……………(Jacob was a member of the choir.—but it’s OVER, and he no longer is.)

HABER (“there was / there were”…..BUT IT’S OVER, AS WITH AN EVENT)
X………………………………X
X………………………………..
hubo………………………hubo

Hubo una liquidación en Macy’s. ……….(There was a sale at Macy’s.—but it’s OVER.)
Hubo una fiesta en la casa de Laura. …..(There was a party at Laura’s house.—but it’s OVER.)

3. Listen to our first song of the week: “Ocho Kandelikas.” This Hannukah song has some important cultural information up top.

Listen to our second song of the week: “La historia de Juan.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: Ésta, nadie, fue.

4. Practice our spelling in Spanish. You’ll remember that we don’t use K in Spanish (unless it is a word borrowed from another language.)

Nice job guessing how we would spell the following "K" sounds in Spanish:
KA ---> CA
KE ---> QUE
KI ---> QUI
KO ---> CO
KU ---> CU

Nice work spelling the following words.
--ma-ri-qui-ta
--pan-que-ques
--ca-sti-llo
--co-co-dri-lo
--cú-pi-do

5. Practice our gestures, establishing new gestures for: le presta ____, la fiesta de disfraces, lo atrapa, pega el disco de hockey, el campeón, se quita los patines, se pone el casco.

6. Begin the homework.

Homework: 4-1 & 4-2 in the workbook.