Monday, October 29 How you're feeling or where you are... always use the verb ESTAR.
Working with ESTAR ---- Can you ask and tell where somebody is? Where things are in relation to other things?
Use the verb ESTAR and use your prepositions from last week, as well as the preposition EN ( in on, or at)
Work with friends to practice. Put yourself, books, pencils, papers, other nouns you know in Spanish on top of, under, next to desks and other things and ask each other where the thing(s) (You) are. They answer.
Working with ESTAR and SER
Remember the parts of SER ( soy, eres, es, etc...) When you are describing or identifying people or things in Spanish, use this verb. Also, remember that you describing words ( adjectives) must agree in gender and number with the noun (that is: who you are talking about).
Using people, describe them, identify them and tell where they are. This mixes up the usage of SER and ESTAR so that you can see how to use each verb.
Do you also remember that action verbs ( sing, dance, write, read, work, walk, run, practice, play an instrument, live, etc.....) have a form of the verb for each person doing the action ( I, You, he she it Usted, , we, they, you-all) AND you get that form by taking of the -ar, -er, -ir and adding the correct ending? ( what's the most important word in the sentence? --- Who's doing it? --- In the sentence: My mom is working today. The verb is work ( trabajar) and I take off the -ar and add the ending for "my mom" (she) which is -a. Mi madre trabaja hoy. So the" IS" in this sentence is a helping verb and we ignore it -- it is neither SER nor ESTAR. Don't be fooled!
Here is a great practice for you. It would make a great quiz.
Can you....
describe a member of your family and tell where he / she is today? What is he/ she doing?
describe more than one ( grandparents, siblings, friends) and tell where they are and what they are doing?
Things you know when you can do this: the forms of ESTAR, the forms of SER, When to use ESTAR, When NOT TO USE a verb meaning IS or ARE, how to match endings to people and use verbs in a sentence. You also know that in Spanish, a verb contains both the action/being AND the subject. You are awesome!
Coming up -- learning unos and unas
new vocabulary about the classroom: clock, flag, table, chair, door, window, teacher desk, pencil sharpener, computer, mouse, poster, wastepaper basket ( review HAY)
adjectives to describe ourselves physically --- joven, viejo, alto, bajo, grande, pequeno, guapo, delgado. (muy) ( no muy )( un poco)
adjectives to describe classes and school things -- dificil, interestane, facil, necesario, aburrido, divertido
delante de mi'-- delante de ti' --delante de usted
TUESDAY:
* Play lotto again -- learning new words!
As we acquire these new nouns, can you use them in a sentence to describe something in the picture or tell where something is?
WED/THURSDAY Oct 31 NOv 1
* Collect homework. redo of quiz on adjectives.
Sentence of the day:
My favorite cousins are Richard, Jimmy and Judy. They live in Pennsylvania, but they are in Denver today.
ZOOM OUT! Look at the whole idea of the sentence -- what's going on? location? description, definition, action, liking something? Is it a question? Is it negative? Look for the verbs. Who is doing or being?
BTW -- the conjunctions 'and, but , or' and words like 'because' allow us to combine two short sentences into one longer, more interesting sentence. Because we have a complete thought on each side ( that is, a verb and a subject), we will have, in Spanish, 2 verbs with endings on them (conjugated verbs).
* Speaking and listening practice:
new classroom vocabulary and conversation to practice estar/ser, verbs, adjectives, all...... from our LOTTO game.
play a round or two of LOTTO-- repeat words, make a sentence or two.
Then first two students in row one select a card at random and each speaks a sentence using the word. When one finishes, the next student is "on deck". At the sound of the bell, a student's name is pulled from a hat and he/she chooses one of the words (cards) that has been done and chooses another student to give a sentence using it. It can be the same sentence that was done, or a different one. Today's activities earns 10 points as a project.
Nov 2 FRIDAY
Review on board of verb endings/ gusta, ser, estar, adjective agreement with nouns
people nouns ( mother, cousins, neighbors,teacher, friends,etc)
places nouns -- la casa, la escuela, las montanas, la clase - you already know. Now try these easy words for places: la oficina, el teatro, el parque, la playa ( beach), el campo.... ( the field ).... de futbol americano, de beisbol.
Activity: With a friend tell where people are today and what they are doing. Use the verb ESTAR and one of our other 20 verbs we have worked with. use HOY (today) Use each form : I, you, hesheit, we, you-all, they. Make the YOU- form thing you say a question and make the WE one negative ( where we are not today and what we are NOT doing)
Reading: The Ramsey family visit Spain.
MONDAY NOV 8
Culture Capsule: El dia de los muertos. brief introduction of the Day of the Dead
Ofertas, pan de muertos, papel picado, origin of tradition - culture developing from blending of native culture and influences of Europeans, role of religion in culture. Different cultures' attitudes toward death.
READING ; handout about the Ramsey family -- point out difference between reading and translating/. Work on the selection. Get ready for...
reading : Ferdinando later in the week.
Skills/ concepts for translating: Diamond Words -- keep the two sides separate.
Prepositional phrases ( no nouns or verbs found in these will ever be your subject or verb)
Eliminate "clutter" and confusion and find the VERB and SUBJECT. ( hello MOST IMPORTANT WORDS!)
Use context. Keep the thread of the story line in mind and build the story logically. ( If we're reading about Luisa and need a subject in the next sentence, pull the "she" out of the verb and use it)
Be strategic with the words you choose to look up in a dictionary because one word might be the clue to the
meaning of the sentence. ( If you look up every word you don't recognize, you will spend two hours on one little sentence and it will probably be wrong anyway!)
Know what you will find in the dictionary and what you won't.
STUDENTS: The skills you develop through translating in this way are valuable: logic, problem solving, thinking skills which transfer to ANYTHING you will do in life. They are not just about Spanish, just about grammar or just about language in general. If you can make connections, use context, apply what you already know to new problems in order to solve them, and pay attention to details and think in a logical manner, you can tackle any challenge you face.
TUESDAY:
From our reading about the Ramsey family:
su = his, her, its, your(polite), their, your ( you-all)
my friend = mi amigo his friend = su amigo
my friends = mis amigos his friends = sus amigos THESE ARE POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES. ADJECTIVES AGREE WITH THE NOUN!
their house= su casa their houses = sus casas
DE = OF, FROM, ABOUT su amiga habla de su pais ( her friend talks of/ about her country)
la clase de espanol, la sala de clases, mi libro de matematicas --- see how we say math book, Spanish class and classroom in Spanish using 'de'?
We also say chicken soup as "soup of chicken" and ham sandwich as "sandwich of ham"
NEW-------> When we want to say" Jake's mom", we have a problem in Spanish, because there is no ( 's), so we have to say "the mom of Jake", Ben's house is "the house of Ben" and so forth. De is handy!
We talked about how we use decimal points and commas differently in Europe. We looked at how numbers ( handwriting) look different, especially, 1, 4 and 7. We reviewed the date writing, reminding you that 2/ 7/ 13 is not Feb 7th, but July 2nd. That's handy when you're making a hotel reservation via internet so you book the correct time for your vacation!
NEW ------>It's time to pick up some new vocab -- dictionary, calculator, computer, window, door, wall, chair, table, big desk, here and there, clock, flag, poster, map ( el diccionario, la calculadora, la computadora, la ventana, la puerta, la pared, la silla, la mesa, el escitorio, aqui, alli, el reloj, la bandera, el cartel, el mapa,)
nice ( kind), dificult, easy, boring, fun, interesting (simpatico, dificil, facil, aburrido, divertido, interesante)
For practice: En escuela Write the following in Spanish. Fill in the blanks with some words you know to write a short paragraph about school. ----- When we are in _________class, we study _____________. I use ( a )______________ and (a )____________. the teacher's desk is in back of the students' desks. There is/are _____________ in front of/next to ___________ and a ____next to/ under ______. ETC. There are no windows in the classroom. ______class is ( adjective)______________.
Wed/Thurs
Next unit: FOOD!
verbs -- to buy, to cook, to eat, to drink , to "take", to prepare, to share
nouns --el refresco, el jugo, la leche, el agua, el cafe, el pollo, el arroz, la carne, la ensalada, la lechuga, el tomate, la cebolla, la fruta, el pan
review Columbian exchange
porque Por que?
Reading: FERDINANDO.
Culture Capsule: El dia de los muertos. brief introduction of the Day of the Dead
Ofertas, pan de muertos, papel picado, origin of tradition - culture developing from blending of native culture and influences of Europeans, role of religion in culture. Different cultures' attitudes toward death.
READING ; handout about the Ramsey family -- point out difference between reading and translating/. Work on the selection. Get ready for...
reading : Ferdinando later in the week.
Skills/ concepts for translating: Diamond Words -- keep the two sides separate.
Prepositional phrases ( no nouns or verbs found in these will ever be your subject or verb)
Eliminate "clutter" and confusion and find the VERB and SUBJECT. ( hello MOST IMPORTANT WORDS!)
Use context. Keep the thread of the story line in mind and build the story logically. ( If we're reading about Luisa and need a subject in the next sentence, pull the "she" out of the verb and use it)
Be strategic with the words you choose to look up in a dictionary because one word might be the clue to the
meaning of the sentence. ( If you look up every word you don't recognize, you will spend two hours on one little sentence and it will probably be wrong anyway!)
Know what you will find in the dictionary and what you won't.
STUDENTS: The skills you develop through translating in this way are valuable: logic, problem solving, thinking skills which transfer to ANYTHING you will do in life. They are not just about Spanish, just about grammar or just about language in general. If you can make connections, use context, apply what you already know to new problems in order to solve them, and pay attention to details and think in a logical manner, you can tackle any challenge you face.
TUESDAY:
From our reading about the Ramsey family:
su = his, her, its, your(polite), their, your ( you-all)
my friend = mi amigo his friend = su amigo
my friends = mis amigos his friends = sus amigos THESE ARE POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES. ADJECTIVES AGREE WITH THE NOUN!
their house= su casa their houses = sus casas
DE = OF, FROM, ABOUT su amiga habla de su pais ( her friend talks of/ about her country)
la clase de espanol, la sala de clases, mi libro de matematicas --- see how we say math book, Spanish class and classroom in Spanish using 'de'?
We also say chicken soup as "soup of chicken" and ham sandwich as "sandwich of ham"
NEW-------> When we want to say" Jake's mom", we have a problem in Spanish, because there is no ( 's), so we have to say "the mom of Jake", Ben's house is "the house of Ben" and so forth. De is handy!
We talked about how we use decimal points and commas differently in Europe. We looked at how numbers ( handwriting) look different, especially, 1, 4 and 7. We reviewed the date writing, reminding you that 2/ 7/ 13 is not Feb 7th, but July 2nd. That's handy when you're making a hotel reservation via internet so you book the correct time for your vacation!
NEW ------>It's time to pick up some new vocab -- dictionary, calculator, computer, window, door, wall, chair, table, big desk, here and there, clock, flag, poster, map ( el diccionario, la calculadora, la computadora, la ventana, la puerta, la pared, la silla, la mesa, el escitorio, aqui, alli, el reloj, la bandera, el cartel, el mapa,)
nice ( kind), dificult, easy, boring, fun, interesting (simpatico, dificil, facil, aburrido, divertido, interesante)
For practice: En escuela Write the following in Spanish. Fill in the blanks with some words you know to write a short paragraph about school. ----- When we are in _________class, we study _____________. I use ( a )______________ and (a )____________. the teacher's desk is in back of the students' desks. There is/are _____________ in front of/next to ___________ and a ____next to/ under ______. ETC. There are no windows in the classroom. ______class is ( adjective)______________.
Wed/Thurs
Next unit: FOOD!
verbs -- to buy, to cook, to eat, to drink , to "take", to prepare, to share
nouns --el refresco, el jugo, la leche, el agua, el cafe, el pollo, el arroz, la carne, la ensalada, la lechuga, el tomate, la cebolla, la fruta, el pan
review Columbian exchange
porque Por que?
Reading: FERDINANDO.