Español Uno (1):
Collected: (2nd period): Quiz reflections w/parent signature. If you didn’t have a stapled quiz reflection with the quiz you received yesterday, you did not need to complete the reflection.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Continue practicing our new, chapter 8 preterite (“-ed”) endings.
2. Take some culture notes about “Carnaval,” which is the party/festival referenced in our song.
Carnaval
--multi-day festival in Catholic societies
--celebrated throughout all of Latin America
--largest & most well-known Carnaval is in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
--main events occur in February, right before the start of Lent (the one month preceding Easter)
--ends on Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday" the day before Ash Wednesday...the beginning of Lent)
--large parades of dancing samba schools that compete to be the crowd favorite
--samba music: fast music w/ lots of drumming
3. Listen to our song of the week: “Paces.” Nice job catching the last two missing words: necesitamos, otra.
4. Establish some new chapter 8 gestures, and quickly review previous chapters’ gestures.
pasa la aspiradora……………………………..s/he “passes” the vacuum (s/he vacuums)
saca la basura………………………………….s/he takes out the trash
hace la cama…………………………………...s/he makes the bed
señala el cartel…………………………………s/he points to the poster
corta el césped…………………………………s/he mows the grass
se corta el pelo…………………………………s/he cuts his/her hair (literally: s/he cuts the hair on him/herself)
5. Begin the homework, practicing our new chapter 8 vocabulary.
Homework: 8-1 & 8-2 (evens additionally translated).
Español Dos (2):
Today’s Agenda:
1. Receive the vocabulary quizzes. If you had a stapled reflection page, please complete it tonight and get a parent signature for tomorrow.
2. Practice the present progressive.
3. Take some culture notes about “Carnaval,” which is the party/festival referenced in our song.
Carnaval
--multi-day festival in Catholic societies
--celebrated throughout all of Latin America
--largest & most well-known Carnaval is in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
--main events occur in February, right before the start of Lent (the one month preceding Easter)
--ends on Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday" the day before Ash Wednesday...the beginning of Lent)
--large parades of dancing samba schools that compete to be the crowd favorite
--samba music: fast music w/ lots of drumming
4. Listen to our song of the week: “Paces.” Nice job catching the last two missing phrases: tobogán, nos abrazamos.
5. Practice our chapter 8 gestures, and establish some new gestures.
--se pinta las uñas con esmalte de uñas
--sube / baja en el ascensor
--sube / baja la escalera
--sube / baja la escalera mecánica
--la caja
--la ropa para caballeros
--la ropa para damas
--les vende ___
--Lo gasta todo.
6. Review the homework: 8-1 & 8-2.
7. Practice defining our chapter 8 vocabulary with our circumlocution phrases.
Homework: Finish your five, thorough definitions of the vocabulary using your circumlocution phrases.
