Spanish II 01-05-09

Español II
5 de enero de 2008

¡Feliz año Nuevo! How nice to be back at school after our extra long vacation!
• I announced a quiz tomorrow over Irregular Preterites and
a Chapter 3A Test on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. (Originally scheduled for December 17th & 18th.)

• Introduced/Reviewed DIRECT OBJECTS AND THEIR PRONOUNS – Using examples from around the classroom we clarified what a direct object is and how one finds it in the sentence.
Note: It is the “object of the verb” – the meaning moves off of the verb onto a thing/person to complete the meaning. “Ask the verb” What? or Who/whom?→ = Direct Object/Compliment(person).
Examples: I just bought a car. What did I just buy(verb)? → a car (direct object).
I just bought it. (Direct Object Pronoun)
I am inviting José to my party. (Whom am I inviting? → José (direct compliment).
I am inviting him. (Direct Compliment Pronoun)
• We watched the Gram Activa DVD over Direct Object Pronouns.
• Green Handout: Apuntes unidad 3A = Direct Object Pronouns = Study notes on one side, activities on the reverse. We completed this in class.

Review of Irregular Preterites:
• Handout of lyrics to a “Rap” Lonnie Dai Zovi’s song– La Novia Presumida (Vibrante Press). The lyrics are composed of questions and answers using the irregular preterite verbs we have been studying. Students listened to it; identified the infinitives used in the question/answer pairs; we went over the meaning; practiced the song taking parts as the novia/questioner & novio/answerer.
• Pink Packet: The Preterite Tense: Irregular Verbs: We reviewed the verbs in Group 1 = Like-grouped irregular stem verbs on page 50 – 51;
Group 2 =“i- sandwich” –er/-ir verbs on page 52
Group 3 = Dar (identity crisis = “thinks it is an “-er verb”) , page 52
Ser & Ir (“ganga” = 2 verbs for the price of one conjugation), p.52
• Corrected our homework – pp. 52 & 53 (top).

I introduced the homework:
Tarea:
1. Complete all of the BLUE Direct Object Pronouns Packet.
2. PINK Irregular Preterite Packet = Page 53 + ADD in the infinitive
3. GREEN 3A- Práctica con los verbos.
4. BE READY FOR PRETERITE QUIZ TOMORROW.