martes, el veintiséis de octubre del dos mil diez

Today’s Agenda:

1. Discuss how stem-changing verbs work in the preterite.

Stem-changing verbs in the present tense are also called “boot verbs.” Stem-changing verbs in the preterite work differently! They are not boot verbs!

In fact, -AR & -ER stem-changing verbs don’t have any spelling change in the preterite. They’re totally regular verbs. –IR stem-changing verbs, however, do have a spelling change.

–IR stem-changing verbs have a spelling change only in the bottom two forms, so instead of them changing inside the “boot,” they’re said to change inside the “sandal.”

One last detail about these –IR “sandal” verbs: we only change the spelling to the first letter. For example, dormir changes o-->ue in the “boot,” but it will only change o-->u in the “sandal.”

ACOSTARSE (o-->ue) (to go to bed)
me acosté………………..nos acostamos
te acostaste…………………………………….
se acostó………………….se acostaron

DORMIRSE (o-->ue) (to fall asleep)…a little different than DORMIR (to sleep)
me dormí………………….nos dormimos
te dormiste……………………………………..
se durmió………………….se durmieron

2. Listen to our song of the week: “La danza de los esqueletos.” Nice job catching the first three missing words: esta, nuestro, pelo.

3. Practice our ch. 0-2 gestures.

4. Review the homework from Friday: w/b 2-3, 2-4 (evens translated).

5. Begin to write an “A-level” story together as a class using our new writing rubric.

Homework: Finish your ch. 2 flashcards for Thursday!