Possessive Adjectives & More - Capítulo 4

En el Capítulo 4 están aprendiendo los adjetivos posesivos y los verbos -ir en español (in Chapter 4 you are learning the possessive adjectives and -ir verbs in Spanish). To practice how to use them, please check the “Señor Jordan” videos, Possessive Adjectives 1 (seen in class) and Possessive Adjectives 2 (homework), and improve your notes. Also: Present Tense of "Verbos -ir." Try to understand how to add these adjectives to sentences and/or question sentences and how to conjugate -ir verbs (like: vivir, abrir, descubrir, escribir, cumplir, recibir, subir, salir); i.e. ¿Dónde vive tu abuelo? ¿Dónde viven tus primos? ¿Dónde vives tú? ¿Dónde vive ella? ¿Dónde vive Carmen? Carmen vive en Los Ángeles. Mis padres y yo vivimos en Nueva York, etc. (using the “Verbo VIVIR” – that you must learn for this chapter). Note: Verbo salir is different for "Yo," you say "Yo salgo" not "Yo salo."

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Notice that -er and -ir verbs have the exact same endings except in the "nosotros/ nosotras" and "vosotros/vosotras" forms.

Go to the following sites to practice the possessive adjectives: Worksheet (here you can check your score and practice over and over to make sure you understand the Spanish possessive adjectives), Worsheet 2, Worksheet 3 and Flashcards1, Flashcards 2 (you can listen to the pronunciation too - bottom section). Also study the handout on "Possessive Adjectives" and Page 139 of the Aventura Textbook, and all the pages from Capítulo 4, Lección A in the Aventura Grammar & Vocabulary Workbook Web page and practice all the pages from Lección A (I gave you some of these).

Review Lección A from this chapter and do the exercises mentioned on the previous entry. On Friday you can review these exercises again in the Windows Lab (Aventura Internet Resource Center – Textbook Audio Program). Listen to Page 134, Vocabulario I, to learn how to pronounce this new vocabulary; Page 134, Activity 1; Page 136, Diálogo I; Page 136 Activities 4 and 5; Page 140, Activity No. 9 (you can work with a classmate and help each other); Page 142, Activity 14 (pay attention to how they ask questions using the “verbo vivir” and how they answer them). Page 142, Activity 15 (¿A qué hora salen?) – pay attention to how they create sentences with the information provided, using the “verbo salir.”

When you complete ALL the exercises and activities from Vocabulario I, Lección A, continue with Vocabulario II, Lección A. You can skip Page 152. Listen carefully and repeat all these exercises. Learn how to pronounce this new vocabulary and also the new expressions. At home enter them on index cards. You will also learn many new adjectives on this chapter (adjectives: words or phrases that describe or modify a noun).

Quiz on Possessive Adjectives, "Verbo Ir" and "La Familia y Amigos" Vocabulary: Viernes, 8 de febrero. Play de Family Game: "La Familia" to review and to learn the correct pronunciation and also "La Familia 2." You can find another Family Game here: "La Familia 3" (you can change the images by clicking "New Images."

Test: Martes, 26 de febrero (Lección A y Lección B - Capítulo 4).

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I also want you to start learning the months of the year: enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre. Check: Video 1 and Video 2. (Also under Favorite Links - under "Months of the Year 1" and "Months of the Year 2") If you have any questions, feel free to see Mrs. Feld (Windows Lab). I'm available for tutoring after 3 PM.

Capítulo 4 & Midterm Information

Today we started with Capítulo 4 - "Mi Familia y Mis Amigos." You must learn new vocabulary about families (like padre, madre, hermana, hermano, tío,  tía, abuelo, abuela, etc.). Capítulo 4 will not be included in your Midterm, but you will have a quiz some time after the Midterms (don't worry, I'll give you plenty of time to study).

PLEASE CHECK THE YOUTUBE VIDEO ON "LA FAMILIA" POSTED UNDER FAVORITE LINKS (or click the link on this paragraph). You will see this video on Wednesday, January 16th and take notes. You can review it at home to improve your notes, since you cannot connect to YouTube from school.

I need you to translate the callouts on page 135. Also read the Diálogo 1 and answer the questions on Exercise No. 3 - ¿Qué recuerdas? and No. 4 - Algo Personal. You can do Exercise No. 5 in the Windows Lab. Also do Exercise No. 8 (reviewing adjectives, remember how to change masculine adjectives to feminine and plural forms). Make sure that you read the "Repaso Rápido" on page 138 before you do Ex. No. 8. You will do Exercise No. 9 in groups, and later work on Exercises No. 10 - "Nuestra Familia" and No. 11 - ¿Quién va a venir...?

Other vocabulary words to add: hermanastro (stepbrother), hermanastra (stepsister), cuñado (brother-in-law), cuñada (sister-in-law). I may mention a few more in class. Homework this week: Workbook - pages 61, 62, 63 - #4 only, and page 64. Some of you still owe me the Capítulo 3 translations and the Storybird or PowerPoint Project.

MIDTERM 
(Friday, January 25, 2013 - 8:45-9:55 am)

Please review the following for next week's Midterm (you can copy and paste the information below in a Word Document and print it for yourself):

1. Capítulo 1: Greetings and farewells (common greetings and farewells learned in class). Check Workbook (WB) page 11, No. 1, you must understand what these words and expressions mean. Also: bienvenido, lo siento, con permiso, mucho gusto, perdón, de nada, ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Cuántos años tienes? ¿Qué hora es? mayúscula, minúscula, tilde.
2. Capítulo 1: How to tell time in Spanish (WB page 18).
3. Capítulo 2: Definite and Indefinite Articles (WB page 28, # 12 - practice adding indefinite articles to these words too).
4. Capítulo 2: Plurals of nouns (WB page 29, #14). Also learn the vocabulary from this chapter (common classroom articles and things). Grammar & Vocab. handouts pages 11 and 12 (Mrs. Feld gave you these handouts and all the ones mentioned here).
5. Capítulo 2: Verbos -ar, like necesitar, hablar, estudiar, cantar, etc. (Review WB pages 34, # 7 and 35). Grammar & Vocab. handouts pages 18 and 19, #10.
6. Capítulo 2: Colors/colors as adjectives and the adjective "nuevo." (WB page 33, #5 and 34, # 6). Grammar & Vocab. handouts page 16.
7. Capítulo 2: Verbo "Ir" (to go). (WB page 47 and 48). Grammar & Vocab. pages 29, 30, 31 and 32, #3.
8. Capítulo 3: Verbos -er, like beber, comprender, leer, creer, etc. (WB pages 56, #7 and 58). (Review the Grammar & Vocab. handout page 35.)
9. Verbos Ser y Estar (Verbo Ser, G & V pages9 and 10, #s 2 and 3 - Verbo Estar, G & V page 21) - Capítulos 1 y 2.
10. Days of the Week (lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado y domingo).
11. Articles of Clothing (common articles of clothing learned in class).

 You can also review some of the videos (del Señor Jordan) under "Favorite Links" and previous blog entries. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Mrs. Feld.