Español II el 20 de mayo de 2011

1. 4A - A ver si recuerdas: We continued our mini-review lesson getting ready for our next unit. Text pages 182-183 :

• Activites 3 = JUEGO: 2 cosas verdaderas y 1 mentira. Using the preterite to write and then share about a party in the past. Which thing is NOT the truth? Your partners had to guess.
• Homework review: WB 71 & 72
• Finished the yellow handout from yesterday (re:pp 182-183) - practicing the diminutive (-ito) and the absolute superlative (ísimo).

2. El pretérito: Continued our review of this complicated past tense. - TEST on TUESDAY!

• SONG: "La cucaracha" - with all of the irregulars grouped by verse.
  
• Reviewed our WHITE 3-page reference handout, highlighting the verb to be included on TUESDAY'S TEST (See below)
  
• New pink handout: Review of PRESENTE y PRETERITO: Fill-in conjugations and study guide.
• NEW PACKET - "THE PRETERITE TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS" - went through the study points and introduced the homework.
• Yellow flash cards - these were mistakenly printed front to back - but the information DOES NOT match-up. I'll redo them and we'll practice with them on Monday.

3. Película: We got to watch some more of "Enredados" (:>)

Tarea:
1. Irregular Preterite Packet:
Page 52: Practices B & C
Page 54: Exercise B

2. Study for Tuesday's Preterite Conjugation Test: You will be given an infinitive and a few subject pronouns. You will write out the form of the verb in the preterite for: (A) Regular Preterite Verbs (B) Spelling-changers in "yo" for verbs ending in -car, -gar and -zar (C) Ser & Ir (D) Ver & Dar (E) Tener & Estar (F) Poder (G) Hacer