lunes, el diecisiete de mayo del dos mil diez

Español Uno (1):

Thank you: Thank you 1st hour for such a wonderful surprise this morning. I LOVED the card and the wonderful baby gifts. You really made my day. :)

Today’s Agenda:

1. Quick announcement about my upcoming absence this Wed. for a doctor’s appt. While we will start with speaking assessments tomorrow, they will not happen Wed. during my absence. We’ll continue with them on Thur. & Fri.

If we’re lucky, we’ll have your long-term substitute (Profe Gaynor) here with you on Wednesday…not sure yet if that will be possible. Profe Gaynor will officially start subbing on Tuesday, June 1st.

2. Read, in English, for ten minutes during SSR.

3. Discuss & write what a classmate did during the weekend to have fun, answering the following question:

¿Qué hizo tu compañero/a para divertirse?

4. Complete a few more sections on our blue, present tense packet.

We tackled the remaining reflexive verbs (ponerse, divertirse) and two “backward” verbs (doler, gustar). 2nd hour also tackled the remaining stem-changing/”boot” verbs (pensar, pedir).

PONERSE (“to put on oneself”)
me pongo……………….nos ponemos
te pones……………………………………….
se pone……………………se ponen

DIVERTIRSE (e-->ie) (“to entertain oneself”)
me divierto……………..nos divertimos
te diviertes……………………………………..
se divierte……………….se divierten

DOLER (o-->ue) (“to ache”)
(a mí) me duele/n……………(a nosotros/nosotras) nos duele/n
(a ti) te duele/n………………………………………………………………………
(a él/ella) le duele/n………...(a ellos/ellas) les duele/n

GUSTAR (“to be pleasing to”)
(a mí) me gusta/n…………….(a nosotros/nosotras) nos gusta/n
(a ti) te gusta/n………………………………………………………………………
(a él/ella) le gusta/n………….(a ellos/ellas) les gusta/n

PENSAR (e-->ie) (“to think”; “to plan”)
pienso…………………........pensamos
piensas……………………………………..
piensa……………………….piensan

PEDIR (e-->i) (“to ask for”; “to request”; “to order”)
pido…………………………….pedimos
pides…………………………………………
pide…………………………….piden

5. (2nd hour only): Practice our gestures.

Homework: Keep preparing yourself for the speaking assessments starting tomorrow. Remember, your story needs to be in the PAST!

Español Dos (2):

Today’s Agenda:

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

2. Write & discuss what a classmate did over the weekend to have fun.

3. Take a quick listening quiz on our weekend discussion.

4. Tackle some preterite/imperfect sentence translations with ch. 9 vocabulary.

Homework: Keep preparing for this week’s speaking & vocabulary assessments!