Spanish IV 02-04-09

Español IV
04 de febrero de 2008

• Warm-up: I distributed the workbook packet for Prelimiar (our current chapter), and had students practice “active reading” circling/underlining the key study points in the introductory review of NOUNS. Students will be well served by studying the top of PAGE 2 – this is really the only new information, and not only will it prove to be helpful in your future use of Spanish…YES! It is will be on the chapter test.

• Began our Review of the Basics: The Parts of Speech (En español: Las partes de la oración).
1. We brainstormed over what are the different parts of speech; what they are, and how they are called in Spanish.
2. I showed a Power Point, and added notes on the Smart Board, going over Noun-Adjective Agreement issues.

• Conversation practice: what are typical “get to know you” questions? Students jotted down some ideas, and then I wrote some of them down, and added some more. We used these as a springboard for our Round-Robin conversations, rather like musical chairs, getting to know one another through mini-conversations in Spanish.

• Tarea: WB2 & 3, Exercises P-1 & P-2. This is practicing gender, so if in doubt…LOOK IT UP! The back of your book, a Spanish-English Dictionary, or www.wordreference.com