Spanish II 09-05-08

Spanish II 09-05-08

• I credited students for having their textbooks covered and verified the Latino name they wanted to use for class.
• Partner oral practice: Partners asked and answered their homework of personal information questions. Everyone worked with 4 different partners while I checked their textbooks and names.
• Text cover contest: We had 5 outstanding examples, so they all won!
• Homework syllabus partner quiz: Students circulated around the classroom, giving their quiz to least 3 other classmates. Afterwards we debriefed as a whole class, and verified their answers.
• Reviewed the interrogatives (question words – Cómo, Qué, Quién, Cuál, Cuánto, Qué tal, Para qué, Por qué, Dónde, Cuándo), and then corrected our personal information questions, and typical answers.
• Introduced the textbook
1. See pages xvi-xxix = the countries of the Spanish-speaking World. We will review these, and you’ll need to know the names of these countries, their capital cities, and be able to locate them on a map = but not for a Monday!☺
2. Pages xxx-xxxi = Overview of how textbook is organized and Study Tips.
3. Page 1 = Unit Opener = photos based on theme of unit, the unit goals/objectives and a Fondo Cultural-cultural reading related to the unit’s theme.
• Began our first unit = Review Unit called, Para empezar. Page 2: We listened to the dialogues, ¿Cómo eres tú? as we read along in our books, and then we answered the questions in Actividad 1, page 2.
• Reviewed how adjective endings change for the people being described – See Gramática: Adjectives, top of page 3.
• I showed a practice website for the adjectives in the box on page 3 labeled ¿Recuerdas? Students need to be able to correctly write the Spanish of these adjectives from their English equivalents for Monday, and may want to use this site to practice. http://www.quia.com/jg/1160515.html
• Tarea/Homework:
1. Study the adjectives on page 3 and be able to correctly spell their meanings in Spanish from their English equivalents.
2. Write answers, in complete sentences, to the 3 questions in Actividad 2, pg. 3. In case you haven’t yet been able to get your book, here are the questions:

Actividad 2, página 3

Y tú ¿cómo eres?

1. Según (according to) tus amigos, ¿cómo eres tú? ¿Artístico(a)? ¿Talentoso(a)? ¿Simpático(a)?

2. ¿Eres paciente o impaciente? ¿Eres trabajador(a) o perezoso(a)?

3. ¿Cómo es tu mejor amigo(a)?