martes, el veintiséis de enero del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice spelling unknown words using our knowledge of Spanish phonetics.

We already know the following about Spanish phonetics:

Spanish.......=...English
j….…….........=…h
h………........= …(silent)
k……...........=…not used in spelling Spanish words; a c is used instead
w….............=…not used in spelling Spanish words
ñ……...........=…ny
ll……….......=…y
rr………......=…rrrrrr….(rolled sound)
ge,gi........=…hey,he
ga,go,gu..=…ga,go,gu

We added the following new information today:

ce,ci……....=…say, see
ca,co,cu...=…ca,co,cu

double letters = double letters are common in English (mm, nn, pp), but VERY uncommon in Spanish. Technically ll and rr aren’t double letters (they’re just a special Spanish letter). You will periodically see cc in Spanish to make a hard “k” sound.

2. Listen to our new song of the week: “Bonito.” Quick word search for "thing," "place," "each day." Nice job catching the first missing phrase: el día. Quick discussion about how el día is irregular.

3. Finish working on yesterday’s crosswords.

Homework: Finish both crosswords for tomorrow.

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Receive the second part of our final exam.

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Desde que llegaste.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: frío, oigo, desde.

3. Practice our gestures.

4. Receive a list of 34 essential Spanish 2 questions and answer the first ten in table groups. These essential Spanish 2 questions are very important, so don’t lose this page!

5. Discuss the imperfect tense, and how it is used for description in the past. Our preterite tense is for action in the past.

Remember, if you hear “-ed,” you will be using the PRETERITE.
“skated,” “danced,” “hopped,” lived”

If you hear “used to ____,” “was/were ___ing,” or “would ___” (past), you will be using the IMPERFECT.
“used to skate,” “was dancing,” “would hop” (in past)

6. Begin the homework.

Homework: 5-5, 5-6 (evens translated, as always!)