lunes, el primero de febrero del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: Tomorrow is the first day of Stanford testing. Please come in well-rested and having eaten breakfast. Stanford scores are used by teachers in the district, and can have an important influence on placement decisions, for instance.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for nine minutes during SSR.

Today we additionally looked for some of our new, chapter 6 high-frequency words in the past (había, se llamaba, era, estaba, quería, tuvo que, iba a, pudo, fue, hizo, dijo, anduvo). Soon enough you will begin to notice these very common words in the past leap off the page.

2. Discuss the weekend, answering two of our fundamental questions, as well as a new question:

--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué tuviste que hacer?

NEW QUESTION (written in the third yellow box):
--¿Qué ibas a hacer que no pudiste hacer?...........What were you going to do that you couldn’t manage to do?

POSSIBLE WAYS TO RESPOND TO THE NEW QUESTION:
--Iba a _____r, pero no pude hacerlo…………….I was going to _____, but I couldn’t manage to do it.
--Pude hacer todo que iba a hacer………………....I managed to do everything that I was going to do.

**1st hour: IMPRESSIVE conversation today! Your responses were of Spanish 2 level!

3. Practice our new chapter six gestures and establish some new gestures for:

--le regala……………………....….s/he “gifts” ____ to him/her
--le pide………………......…………s/he asks him/her for _____
--les vende………………....………s/he sells _____ to them
--se prueba el abrigo……………s/he tries the coat on him/herself
--se pone los guantes……………s/he puts the gloves on him/herself

Homework: Consider making flashcards for the chapter six vocabulary!

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: Tomorrow is the first day of Stanford testing. Please come in well-rested and having eaten breakfast. Stanford scores are used by teachers in the district, and can have an important influence on placement decisions, for instance.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Read, in Spanish, for ten minutes during SSR.

2. Discuss the weekend, answering two of our fundamental questions, as well as a new question:
--¿Te divertiste o no?
--¿Qué ibas a hacer que no pudiste hacer?
--¿A qué hora viniste a PCFC esta mañana? / ¿Qué trajiste contigo?

NEW QUESTION (written in the fourth yellow box):
--¿Qué te pusiste esta mañana?......................What did you put on yourself this morning?

WAY TO RESPOND TO THE NEW QUESTION:
--Esta mañana me puse (….)……………………..This morning I put (...) on myself.

3. Use our blue, imperfect packet to practice writing some imperfect & preterite verbs. First decide whether it communicates something in the preterite (over-with ACTION) or the imperfect (DESCRIPTION in the past).

--it was flying...……………..[imperfecto]…………….……volaba
--they used to walk..….…..[imperfecto]………………….caminaban
--he spun……….…….……....[pretérito]…………………….giró
--we would slide (in past).[imperfecto]…………………resbalábamos
--y’all used to fight ………..[imperfecto]……………..…..se peleaban
--I would hear (in past)....[imperfecto]………………….oía
--they hid………………..……[pretérito]…………………….escondieron

4. Practice choosing between preterite and imperfect verbs with the mini-story “Los amigos nuevos de Clark Kent.”

Homework: 5-9 #2 (everything translated). Also, consider making flashcards for our new chapter 6 vocabulary. Also, remember that you are accountable for our imperfect endings. Expect a quiz SOON.