Thursday, December 20, 2012

Capítulo 3 continues...

Like I said in class, I need you to review Capítulo 3, Lección A during your break and some of Lección B. You will have a test on January 10th. Also review your latest Quiz and the handouts for these lessons (pages 29 - 33 from the Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook Mrs. Clemente or Mrs. Feld gave you - if you're missing any of these handouts, please come see Mrs. Feld at the Windows Lab or go to G&V handouts -click this link- and select those pages from Capítulo 3, Lessons A and B). Read page 94 and try to understand how to introduce people in Spanish, do Exercises No. 8, 9 and 10 - we'll review these exercises when we come back from our Christmas vacation. Introductions won't be included in the test!

Review the question words we learned in class (check previous entry and page 96). Do the Textbook Exercises No. 14, 16 and 17 (pages 97 and 98). Study (review) "Verbo Ir," page 104 and Exercises No. 28, 29 and 31 (study these exercises for the test of January 10, 2012). You must know the "Palabras y Expresiones" on page 109. Note: that when you say "by car," or "by bus," in Spanish you say "en" most of the time (which is really 'in' or 'on') - you don't say "por" (the actual translation of "by"). Examples: Vamos en carro. Él va en avión. Pedro va en autobús. El señor y la señora Morales van a Europa en barco. ¿Vosotros vais en bicicleta? Exceptions: Ella va al parque a caballo (Note: for caballo you use "a" instead of "en" also for pie - a pie - Ella va a pie, meaning she's walking, or going on foot).

Lección B, page 110: start learning this new vocabulary, do Exercise No. 2. In Lección B you will also learn how  to conjugate "Verbos -er" (verbs that end in -er) - check page 120. If you notice, the difference with -ar verbs is that instead of "a" you use "e" for the endings (maybe this is an easier way to remember how to conjugate these verbs). For instance: Nosotros comemos (ends in "emos" not "amos"). For Yo (First Person Singular) the ending is the same - "o." So, practice conjugating the verbs: comer, aprender, creer, beber, comprender, leer, responder and vender. Also practice the verbs: hacer, saber and ver (which are different for "yo"). For hacer - yo hago, saber - yo sé, ver - yo veo. Check the video: Present Tense of "-Er" Verbs click this link or go to "Favorite Links" on this blog - right side. I suggest you write the conjugation of "-er verbs" in your notebooks and also conjugate the verbs mentioned above.

In January we will review Lección B, including Exercises No. 8, 9, 15, 21 and 22 - pages 114-121 (study these exercises for the test of January 10, 2012). We must quickly jump to Capítulo 4, "Mi Familia." In Chapter 4 you will learn about families and -ir verbs, we will also review a few things from previous chapters, to be able to form better sentences and question sentences.

Test: Thursday, January 10, 2012. Study: Capítulo 3 (Lessons A and B). Check highlighted sections above. Skip the "Introductions." "Verbo Ir" - you must know this verb really well, so please memorize it. Also study "-er verbs" like "comer" y "comprender." You must be able to conjugate these verbs properly. Page 104, exercises 28, 29 and 31. Pages 114-121, exercises 8, 9, 15, 21 and 22. Handouts mentioned above. Also: Workbook pages 47 and 48 and G & V Handout ("Verbo Comer" and other -er verbs).

Midterm: The midterm will include Chapters 1 - 4.

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