Lección 4: La hora, el día, el mes y el año

The following information is for class on Tuesday, October 4th. Please copy the following vocabulary into your notebook:

Vocabulario Unidad 3

We will be learning numbers, days, months, holidays and how to tell time.  On Thursday Oct. 6th, we will meet at Academy on McCann Rd.

Tarea:

Please complete the following activities for homework.

1. If you have an iTouch, iPhone or iPad, download the free version of MindSnacks Spanish and play to learn the numbers. http://www.mindsnacks.com/

2. Write out the following times in Spanish: 

A. 8:30 a.m.

B. 10:13 p.m.

C. 6:05 a.m.

D. 9:55 p.m.

E. 12:00 noon

3. Write out the following dates in Spanish:

A. October 31, 2011

B. July 4th, 1776

C. September 11th, 2001

D. May 5th, 1862

E. your birthday and birth year

4. Write out the following numbers in Spanish:

A. ¿Cuántos canales de televisión tienes (do you have)?

B. ¿Cuántas clases tienes (do you have)?

C. ¿Cuántos minutos hay (are there) en un día?

D. ¿Cuántos animales tienes (do you have)?

E. ¿Cuántos días hay (are there) en un año?

5. Complete the test and bring it to class on Tuesday. 

Test for Pronouns, Ser, Adjectives, Gender

Lección Tres: ¿Qué te gusta?

The following information is for class on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012.

We will use the same vocabulary that you copied for the last class, but we will focus on the following sections: "to talk about activities", "to talk about sports", "to talk about classes", "to talk about animals", "to say what you like to do", "to say what you don't like to do", "to talk about what someone likes or doesn't like".

Clase:
In class we will review last week's material and learn how to use the phrase "Me gusta".

Tarea:

1. Complete the worksheet below. You can either print it and hand it in on Tuesday, Oct. 2 OR copy and paste it and email the answers to me. 
Me gusta Practice Worksheet

2. Listen to the following native speakers and answer the questions below:

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/vid/beg05ex.html

A ella le gustan mucho los deportes.
a. Sí
b. No

No le gusta nada el arte.
a. Sí
b. No

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/vid/beg05c.html

A José no le gustan nada los deportes.
a. Sí
b. No

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/vid/beg05d.html

A Alejandra le gusta cocinar.
a. Sí
b. No

A ella no le gusta bailar, pero le encanta cantar.
a. Sí

b. No


3. Write a paragraph in Spanish about yourself and 2 other people in your family, describing them. The paragraph should be at least 5 sentences long.  Here is an example: 

Me llamo Profesora Peters. Yo soy morena y mediana- no soy alta y no soy baja. Scott es trabajador y gracioso. Él es moreno también. Emmeline es bonita y pequeña. Es una chica divertida. Mis perros, Fitzhugh y Goosey son atrevidos y deportistas.

Lección Dos: ¿Quién soy yo?

The following information will be used in class on September 18th and 25th.

Please copy the following vocabulary into your notebook.  It is a little longer than our lists will usually be, but I think the vocabulary is useful.

Vocabulario Unidad 2

Clase: In class, we will talk about gender and number, as applied to adjectives and nouns.

Gender and Agreement

We will also learn how to conjugate the verb SER and find out what "conjugation" means.

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yo	soy	nosotros	somos
tú	eres	vosotros	sois
él, ella, usted	es	ellos, ellas, ustedes	son

HINTS for HOMEWORK and TEST:

When conjugating SER, look for the subject of the sentence before the blank. If it is not the following straight-forward pronouns- yo, tu, el, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, ustedes- then you can go by these hints: 

A name or a singular noun - it will be "es" because it refers back to it or he/she
Two or more people or a plural noun - it will be "son" because it refers back to they/them

On the test, you will see phrases that you will have to replace with a pronoun (yo, tu, el, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, ustedes).  This is asking "what is a simpler way to refer to these people or things?" Here are some examples-

mi perro (my dog) = él  (one male, so it is "he")

Noah y Franklin = ellos (two males, so it is "they")

las clases (the classes) = ellas (two feminine nouns, so it is "they")

tú y yo= nosotros (you and i or "we")

Tarea:

After class on September 18th, please complete the following activities:

1. Worksheet Packet.

2. In "Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses", do activity 2-1 on pg. 23-24 and 2-2 on pg. 24.

3. Without using your notes, complete Test for Pronouns, Ser, Adjectives, Gender  and email me your answers OR print it out and bring your test to class.
4. Write a paragraph in Spanish about yourself and 2 other people in your family, describing them. The paragraph should be at least 5 sentences long.  Here is an example: 

Me llamo Profesora Peters. Yo soy morena y mediana- no soy alta y no soy baja. Scott es trabajador y gracioso. Él es moreno también. Emmeline es bonita y pequeña. Es una chica divertida. Mis perros, Fitzhugh y Goosey son atrevidos y deportistas.