jueves, el dieciocho de marzo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice our words for “this/these/that/those/that (far away)/those (far away).”

--that bronzer…………………………..ese bronceador
--this camara…………………………….esta cámara
--that umbrella (far away)………..aquel paraguas
--those passports……………………..esos pasaportes
--these boots…………………………….estas botas
--those suitcases (far away)………aquellas maletas
--these gloves……………………………estos guantes
--that ski cap (far away)…………….aquel gorro
--those pyramids………………………esas pirámides
--this coat………………………………….este abrigo

**Keep in mind that the words for "this/these/..." WILL be on your upcoming grammar quiz.

2. Listen to our song of the week: “Inevitable.” Nice job catching the last four missing words: lluvia, encuentro, empezar, peor.

3. Finish reading “Las vacaciones terribles" in table groups. We reviewed the meanings of the underlined words in the story:

--1. (it) wanted to go
--2. (it) planned to swim
--3. (they) put
--4. (they) went
--5. (it) wanted to go
--6. (it) planned to ski
--7. (it) had/got
--8. (it) had/got
--9. (it) said
--10. (they) went
--11. it was
--12. (they) didn’t have
--13. (it) put on
--14. it was windy
--15. it was snowing
--16. (they) cost
--17. (they) had
--18. (they) were

4. Illustrate four scenes from the story:

--La familia Ortega quería ir de vacaciones a Puerto Rico. Ellos pusieron trajes de baño, anteojos de sol y bronceador en una maleta.

--La familia Martínez quería ir de vacaciones a Chile. Ellos pusieron abrigos, guantes, bufandas y botas en una maleta.

--Cuando la familia Ortega llegó a Puerto Rico, tuvo una maleta con abrigos, guantes, bufandas y botas. Ellos se pusieron los abrigos y fueron al mar.

--Cuando la familia Martínez llegó a Chile, tuvo una maleta con trajes de baño, anteojos de sol y bronceador. Ellos se pusieron los trajes de baño y fueron a esquiar.

5. Practice retelling this story to a partner. Listen to a few brave volunteers share their version of the story with the class. Nice job!

Homework: Keep preparing yourself for the upcoming grammar, vocab & speaking assessments.

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Discuss commands. As we wrap up chapter 7 and head into Spring Break, we will be working with “positive tú commands” (run!, walk! stop!). [A "negative" command would have "don't": "don't run!," "don't do that!"]

We already have become used to hearing a lot of these “positive tú commands," as many of our gestures can be used as commands:

--escribe (write!), corre (run!), camina (walk!), recuerda (remember!), abraza (hug!)

Your ears have also become used to hearing these “positive tú commands” with pronouns (it/her/him/them/yourself) added to the end. Your eyes, however, might not be used to what they look like yet.

--léela (read it), pregúntale (ask him/her), contéstame (answer me), acuéstate (go yourself to bed), tócame el piano (play me the piano), cuélgalo (hang it up), pruébatelo (try it on yourself), pórtate (behave yourself), empújalo (push it/him), despídete (say good bye)

We also have eight irregular positive tú commands to learn. Fortunately, there is a little song to accompany them: “Ten, ven, pon, sal, di, sé, ve, haz.”

2. Listen to our song of the week: "Inevitable." Nice job catching the remaining four phrases: supe, mismo, decirlo, te conozco.

3. Practice our gestures and sing our songs.

4. Practice our new “long form” possessive adjectives and our possessive pronouns in table groups.

Homework: Study your vocabulary for your upcoming vocabulary quiz.