Spanish II 04-21-09

Español II
21 de abril de 2009

1. Review handout over pages 98 and 99: Shopping vocabulary and big numbers. Students worked on this first as a self-check to see how much they remembered from yesterday and/or before. I asked them to indicate on their papers what they know without having to check the book, to help them focus on what they wanted to be sure to learn. I collected and checked-in homework while they worked on this handout.

2. Corrections and review: The handout above and Activities 2 & 3 from last night's homework.

3. New vocabulary introduction, pages 102 & 103 (period 2 did both; period 4 did only the first page). Using our books we described the drawings, and then with the CD, we listened and repeated the words, and also read passages with the words in context.

4. Introduction of the past tense: El pretérito
(a) Demonstrated present to preterite actions
(b) Time expressions that imply the preterite
(c) Verb grid(pink)with endings given for all of the subject pronouns, and many of the verbs already conjugated
(d) SPELLING-CHANGERS in ONLY the YO form

5. Las expresiones del tiempo para el pretérito = KNOW these for THURSDAY (Quiz)
Yesterday = Ayer
Yesterday morning = Ayer por la mañana
Yesterday afternoon = Ayer por la tarde
Last night = Anoche
Last week: la semana pasada
Last summer: el verano pasado
Last year: el año pasado
Two years ago: Hace dos años + verbo/pretérito
For a month: Por un mes.

Tarea:
1. Quiz on the Time Expressions above.
2. CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY fill-in the missing verb forms on your pink preterite verb grid.
3. 12 Flashcards of the subject pronouns on one side/ and their preterite endings on the other. Ex: One side has "YO pret./-ar" the other side has "-é". Do one for each of the columns at the top of your verb grid (Yo, tú, etc.) and their endings for -ar verbs. Then do another set for their endings for -er/-ir verbs.
4. KNOW the MEANINGS of the VERBS on the VERB GRID - if you don't already.