Capítulo 3

Starting Friday, December 7, 2012, we will be working on Capítulo 3 - Lección A: ¿Adónde vamos en la ciudad?

You will learn the verb "ir." Not the verbs ending in "-ir" yet, but the "verbo ir" which means "to go." Please write the Estructura on page 104 in your notebooks and notice that the endings are just like the "verbo estar" (this should make it easier for you to learn). The only difference with the endings of "estar" is that there are no accents, no tildes.

Yo voy, tú vas, él/ella/usted va, nosotros vamos, vosotros vais, ellos/ellas/ustedes van.

You will have a Quiz (on Monday, December 17) on this verb (ir) and I will ask you to complete sentences similar to the ones on Exercise 28 (page 104). I will also ask you how to change different adjectives to feminine, and plural form, and you must understand when the adjective remains the same (when referring to a singular/masculine subject pronoun) and how to add the appropriate question words to complete "question sentences." Any questions, please feel free to ask Mrs. Feld.

The present tense of the "verbo ir," conjugated above, is irregular. The most irregular verbs in Spanish are also the most common. Remember that "ir" (verbo ir) in Spanish means "to go" in English.

Another verb that is conjugated like the verbos "estar" and "ir" is "dar" (to give):

Yo doy, tu das, él/ella/usted da, nosotros damos, vosotros dais, ellos/ellas/ustedes dan.

So " dar" is not conjugated like the typical "-ar verbs" for the first person singular pronoun (personal pronoun) "yo." Look at these endings: yo estoy (estar), yo voy (ir), yo doy (dar) - they're the same!

So, remember this: "ir" and "dar" are conjugated like the "verbo estar" (same endings except for the "tildes"). "-ar verbs" are conjugated like "estar" except for the first person singular "yo" (or you can say that "ir," "dar" and "estar" are conjugated like " -ar verbs" except for the personal pronoun/first person "yo"). PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND IT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER (when learning Spanish).

Suggestion: write these verbs (all the ones you learned and will learn in this Chapter) on index cards. Have them handy to review and study. I know some of you are not writing the Spanish vocabulary and verbs on index cards or your notebooks.

Also write the adjectives you have learned and the question words (interrogative pronouns) on index cards and your notebooks. When you write things down, you learn better!

 Computer Assignment (Friday, December 7, 2012):

Go to page 90 of the Aventura Textbook and write all the vocabulary down (I know I asked you to hand-in this vocabulary and translation on Thursday, December 20th, as well as Diálogo I), but I need you to start understanding this new vocabulary for this lesson. You can start this assignment . (I will collect the Vocabulary I and Diálogo I from pages 60, 61 and 62 this Friday).

Listen to the Textbook Audio Program mp3's for these new pages (90, 91 and 92). Listen carefully, repeat the new vocabulary and expressions so you learn how to pronounce them properly. You can also listen to the Activities for the different pages (skip Activity 6), follow your textbook.

Remember: you MUST write the "Estructuras" in each Chapter in your notebooks. Read them and try to understand them. We will review this material in class. Also write the "Repaso Rapido" from page 96 (very important to review the question words).

Besides qué, de qué, dónde, de dónde, cuál, cuáles, cómo, quién, quiénes - I asked you to add por qué and adónde. Also add cuándo, cuánto, cuánta, cuantos, cuántas. 

You already worked in groups finding two questions for 9 of these question words. I need you to create two more questions for the other words. You can find more than two, check the different chapters from your Spanish textbook and workbook and find examples of "questions." Also understand what they are asking (you must know the "meaning" of these question words). On Monday, December 10, I will collect this assignment. I need to see two questions for all the 16 words mentioned above. 

Thursday, December 20: I need the Vocabulario I, pages 90 and 91 and the Diá logo I, page 92. You must write the words, expressions, questions and answers down (loose leaf) in Spanish and then translate them. Remember that at the end of the chapter, page 131, you can find the translation of the chapter's vocabulary, and that there is a dictionary at the end of the book (page 440). I also want the translation of Vocabulario II, page 100 and the Diálogo II, page 102. Write everything down and translate!

Your Christmas Project is due January 9, 2013 - moved from December 20th (Storybird storybook or PowerPoint). Ask Mrs. Feld if you have any questions about this project and check the Storybird links on the upper right, next to Favorite Links, to get ideas by looking at the samples Mrs. Feld created.