Spanish II 01-08-09

Español II
08 de enero de 2008

• Review of family member titles over 3 generations. I drew out the “Stick figure family” and explained the relationships – including grandchild = nieto/a and niece/nephew = sobrina/o. I also discussed the importance of godparents and the terms for them: Padrino & Madrina.
• Page 182 – we reviewed the pronunciation and meanings of these items, showing examples of table setting items and giving memory hints/tricks.
• Activity 1, page 182: We did ALL THREE parts of this vocabulary in context review about planning a celebration.
• Practice of the Prepositions of Place Rhyme for Monday’s test. Students formed their groups of (no less than) 3 or (no more than) 4 members and practiced the words and motions. REMEMBER that you’ll also need to be able to correctly write out the words as well as perform it on Monday.
• Page 208 – Chapter Review Page – I used this as a chapter introduction, and talked about the IMPERFECTO. This is used to generally describe the past and is often translated with the expression “used to”.
• Tarea: Make flash cards for the items on page 208.