jueves, el seis de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practicing pronouncing unknown words in Spanish. Great job! Your accuracy showed a very internalized understanding of Spanish accent rules.

--calderilla
--guarnición
--haba
--náutico
--puntualidad
--vestigio
--floreciente
--embaldosar
--delgadez
--ñoqui

2. Practice recognizing the meanings of some of our most important irregular verbs (present & preterite).

--dieron…………………………they gave
--anduvo………………………s/he walked
--vemos…………………………we see
--vimos…………………………..we saw
--dijimos…………………………we said
--dicen……………………………they say
--tuve que……………………..I had to
--pueden………………………they can
--hizo…………………………….s/he did/made
--pudo…………………………...s/he managed to
--vinieron………………………they came
--vamos…………………………we go / let’s go
--hay……………………………….there is/are
--fue……………………………..s/he went

3. Listen to our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the remaining three words: pensando, algo, pongo.

**Quick practice writing out our irregular yo song.

4. Finish reading yesterday’s “Cinco de mayo” article, and quick discussion of the comprehension questions.

5. Begin the homework.

Homework: 9-3 & 9-4 (evens translated).

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

1. Practice pronouncing unknown words. (See the Spanish 1 entry above.)

2. Practice forming our commands.

--(-tú)…don’t vomit!......................no vomites
--(-Uds.)..don’t scratch!.................no rasquen
--(+Ud.)..prescribe!........................recete
--(+tú)..sneeze!..............................estornuda
--(+tú)..protect me!.......................protégeme
--(-tú)..don’t protect me!..............no me protejas

3. Listen to our song of the week: “Amores lejanos.” Nice job catching the remaining three words: ése, pongo, esta.

4. Tackle page 2 of our “por/para packet” in table groups.

5. Begin the homework.

Homework: 9-8 (+tran.)