Español I el 12 de abril de 2010

Español I
el 12 de abril de 2010

1. Warm-up: Fill-in Vocabulary Practice - Half of the vocabulary from page 96.

2. Fondo Culturales & Connections with Latin, Español e Inglés - Read the cultural information on pages 80-81. English taught in Latin American Schools, Cognates between Spanish and English with common Latin roots, The Roman Empire and its influence in Spain - re: language, architecture.

3. VERBS!
(A) We took more NOTES over "operational terms" for verbs - Infinitive & Conjugation.
(B) Pages 86-87: Activities 16, 17, 18 & 19 - Talking about what activities we do ourselves; Asking/answering others about what s/he does; Comparing what WE both do. We used the graphic organizer - Venn Diagram to compare/contrast these activities all the while PRACTICING CONJUGATIONS OF -AR VERBS.

4. Homework corrections - Workbook pages 35-36 (Subject Pronouns & Verb Conjugations).
I BRIEFLY showed a fun website to practice more conjugations - Conjuguemos.com
Here are the instructions to practice some more:

Verb practice website = http://www.conjuguemos.com/home/index.html
1. Go to the first page and register as a student.
2. Go to the LEFT-HAND COLUMN At the LOG-IN page.
3. Select “Spanish Verbs”
4. Select Activity #2 – Present tense regular verbs
5. Scroll down to select ONLY the –AR verbs from our lesson.
6. Scroll back up and select “START” to begin the conjugation game.
7. How many can you get right in the 5-minute test?

Tarea:
1. Workbook page 37
2. White 2-sided handout: Tarea - Repaso 2A
3. STUDY! -AR VERB Test tomorrow: KNOW the verbs on your Verb Grid. Meanings AND conjugations (forms of the verbs.)