Spanish IV 04-23-09

Español IV
23 de abril de 2009

1. "Estoy pensando en una palabra": Vocabulary and circumlocution (talking around the word) practice: Using the definitions written as homework on Tuesday, students worked with a partner playing a guessing game based on the vocabulary on page 46.

2. Ser versus Estar - We corrected Ex. C from the packet.

3. Introduction of Haber (page 51) and its use as the "helper verb" (auxiliary verb) in the perfect tenses (Have---ed).
2 Extra handouts:
(a) 2-sided: All of the perfects - which conjugation of Haber they use and how they are translated to English/Outline of all of the tenses to use in practicing conjugation verbs.
(b) 2-sided verb conjugations in all tenses of secar and destruir

4. Guest Speaker: Hannah Smith and her experiences with the Amigos de las Américas program in Uruguay.

Tarea:
3 exercises in the textbook practicing SER - ESTAR - HABER on pages 52-53.
1. Act. 2-8: Select the best verb and write the form needed for the blank.
2. Act. 2-9: Describe a celebrity using the sentences requiring the 3 verbs - Don't use the person's name so we can try to guess whom you are describing.
3. Act. 2-11: Write a description of each of the places indicating incorporating the three verbs.