martes, el veintitrés de febrero del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Describe the clothing of a Spanish family pictured in a photo.

Cultural Note: You'll notice in our family photos that a lot of people aren't smiling. It's not because they're unhappy or overly serious. Traditionally, a lot of people do not smile in photos. Sometimes it's considered goofy looking. Do not necessarily interpret a lack of smile as unhappiness. Do know that this will widely vary, however, and seems to be changing to a pattern of more and more people smiling in photos.

2. Listen to our new song of the week: “La historia de Juan.” Nice job catching the first two missing words: nadie, amor.

3. Practice our chapter six gestures.

4. Practice rewriting some basic phrases, using the words “it” and “them.”

--Canta la canción………………………….La canta.
--Baila el tango………………………………Lo baila.
--Lee los libros……………………………….Los lee.
--Dibuja a las personas…………………..Las dibuja.
--Lleva los zapatos…………………………Los lleva.
--Compra la camisa………………………..La compra.

5. Read the story “Confesiones de una adicta a los videojuegos” in table groups. Nice job making connections between the words “it” & “them” with what they refer to.

Homework: Finish the comprehension questions for the story.

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. (5th hour only, due to yesterday’s fire drill interruption): Review how you did in choosing whether our ten words needed accents or not.

2. Fill in the “specially accented present tense verbs” section on page four of our blue, present tense verb packet. These verbs are special only to keep the sound the same. Remember, Spanish is a very logical language. Most of the spelling changes we make are just to keep a consistency to how the word sounds.

3. Listen to our song of the week: “Si yo fuera un chico.” Nice job catching the first three missing phrases: vestiría, mentir, lo que. Great job making a connection between vestiría and our verb display on the wall.

4. Practice our chapter 6 gestures.

5. Continue practicing our chapter 6 vocabulary with a quick true/false activity.

Homework: Keep studying your chapter 6 vocabulary. We only have through next Monday for this chapter.