Spanish II 04-06-09

Español II
06 de abril de 2009

1. Review of Reflexive Verbs (see page 80 in text)
(a) What they are - The person who DOES THE ACTION also RECEIVES the action.
Examples:
NOT Reflexive:
Lavo el coche = I wash the car
I do the washing to the car
the car DOES NOT WASH ITSELF.
Reflexive:
Me lavo la cara = I wash my face (I wash my face for myself)

(b)We use SPECIAL PRONOUNS and these pronouns are like the ones in English that end with "-self". Me = myself; te = yourself, etc.
(c) These REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS are sandwiched BETWEEN the subject pronoun (yo, tú, Ud., etc.) and the FORM OF THE VERB.

2. We reviewed the VERB GRIDS that we to have been completed over the weekend. Many DID NOT do them; others seemed confused over HOW to do them. We went over all of the REFLEXIVE verbs on page 96: meanings and forms. TAKE CARE TO CONJUGATE THE INFINITIVE.
(a) Take the "se" off of the end of the form in the vocabulary list.
(b) Conjugate the verb for the subject as you would in any other verb. - WATCH OUT for the Stem-Changers, or the irregular form of YO for Poner.
(c) Write the REFLEXIVE PRONOUN IN FRONT of the conjugated form.

3. We practiced conjugating our reflexive verbs on our grids with the Ball Toss Game.

4. PACKET: Parts of the Body; Clothing. We went over the vocabulary on the first two pages: (A) El cuerpo and (B)La ropa. As on page 70 and last week's vocabulary sheet, but with some new items as well, including some reflexive verbs.

5. We completed Exercises A & B in class, and then began Exercise C together. Next I gave some in-class time to work on the packet.

We had to have a discussion over behavior expectations with a substitute - in one of the classes in particular the notes from the substitute from last week indicated that it was difficult to proceed with the lessons as planned as so much time was taken up with managing behavior. Nothing malicious, mind you, it sounded like lots of socializing and interrupting the learning environment. I am hoping to not have such comments, should I have to be away from class in the future.

6. Tarea: Complete the packet. For the composition in Exercise E, be sure to include the same type of information as shown in the EXAMPLE, using the vocabulary from the packet. (1) What does your friend LOOK LIKE and (2)What clothing is s/he wearing today (hoy).