Spanish II 09-18-07

September 18, 2007
I was gone today, so here is a summary of what the students
were to do in class. 

A. Adjective meaning and agreement

1. Listening Activity#1, WAVA workbook,page 1.
2. Homework correction =
WAVA workbook, Activity 5, page 4.
The adjectives should be modified to
reflect the gender and number of the subject described; 
3 adjectives for each subject.
Confirm which form of SER we would use for the subject.

B. Nationality adjectives

1. WAVA Listening Exercise #2,
WAVA workbook, page 1.  

2. Spanish-speaking countries and
adjectives of nationalities
a. Distribute the map packets.  
b. The students separated the packets
and take a "practice test" on the blank maps.
c. Corrected the “test”, using the map page 
the students removed AND the maps in the front
of their text books.
Confirmed the following information: 

             1. Name & Placement of Country, 

             2. Name & Placement of Capital, 

             3. Nationality adjective and forms:  

              Un señor de _ España_ es un_español_, 

              Dos senoritas de __España__ son __españolas___

   d. Partner oral, ?De donde es Maria?

1.Distributed papers (Blue=partner A; White=partner B).
Students added to the instructions 
to use the nationality adjective.

    José es de México; es mexicano.

   2. The answer to one partner's questions are on the

 other partner's map BUT students were NOT to compare papers,
BUT RATHER learn the information orally from their partner.

C. Regular present-tense verbs

1. WAVA listening activity #3, WAVA workbook, page 2.
2.Handout: Para empezar, practice workbook P-4,?Que haces?.  
Students were to work on this alone,
or quietly with seat partner.  
Part A to be done in class,
Part B to be done at home.

D. Reviewed the Interrogativos - page 10, ¿Recuerdas?  
Went over pronunciation and meaning and gave examples.

E. Tarea/homework

1. P-4 handout completed.

2. Page 10, ¿Recuerdas?  - Interrogativos:
Students need to know them for tomorrow:
both meanings and spellings.
(Yes, this DOES mean there’ll be a quiz.)