Capítulo 4 – Lección B

On Monday, February 11, 2013 we will start learning Lección B from Capítulo 4. Your Computer and Textbook Assignments are the following (use your Aventura Textbook and the Textbook Audio Program):

1.  Page 154 - Vocabulario I: A mí me gusta... Listen and follow this new vocabulary on page 154. Write it down in your notebooks and learn how to use the expression: "A mí me gusta..." (I like...). Example: A mí me gusta patinar (I like to roller skate).Translate all these new words and expressions. At the end, repeat: ¿Dónde vives? Vivo en la República Dominicana.
2. Page 155 - Activity 1: ¿Quién es…? Look at this page on your textbook and answer before
   they do. 1) Me gusta nadar (who likes to swim?), etc. Translate numbers 1 - 6.
3. Page 156 - Diálogo I: Me gusta mucho (check the textbook). Read the conversation and translate it. Repeat and learn to pronounce this dialogue.
4. Page 156 - Activity 3: Understand this exercise answer ¿Qué recuerdas? - What do you remember?, answer the questions from the textbook.
5. Page 156 - Activity 4: Algo Personal (¿Qué te gusta hacer?) - What do you like to do? Write everything in your notebooks and translate please! Answer the question ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
6. Page 156 - Activity 5: ¿Qué les gusta? Me gusta... In your notebooks make two columns, titles: Natalia and Andrés and under their names write what you hear (what they like to do) and circle the things they both like, make sure you enter the numbers too. Example: Me gusta tocar el piano (just write: tocar el piano and the other vocabulary words - you don't have to write the complete sentences). Translate too!
7. Page 158 - Activity 7: Te gusta/Te gustan. Answer the following questions. Write everything down and learn how to answer these questions in a positive and negative way (very important). Translate too!
8. Page 161 - Activity 11: Do this exercise. Listen and answer before they do. Try to understand this exercise. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Mrs. Feld.
9. Page 161 - Activity 12: ¿Qué les gusta? Complete this exercise. Follow the model. They give you the answers here, try to answer before they do. Also translate.
10. Page 162 - Activity 13:  ¿Les gusta a todos en tu familia? Translate and answer all the questions about what everyone in your family likes to do.
11. If you complete all of the above, you may continue with Vocabulario II, page 164 (Characteristics of People) - write all these new vocabulary in your notebooks and translate. 
12. Continue with Activity 18, page 164 ¿Es morena? ¿Es calvo? ¿Es bajo? ¿Es delgado? ¿Son guapas? ¿Es fácil? ¿Es pelirroja? ¿Son canosos? Answer with complete sentences.
13. Page 166 - Diálogo 2: ¿Cómo es ella? Check the textbook, read this dialogue with your book. Repeat and learn to pronounce this dialogue. Translate too. 
14. Page 166: ¿Qué recuerdas?  Answer these questions (they answer them for you, see if you can answer them before they do, and if you understand what they're asking). ¿Cómo es Natalia? ¿De dónde es Natalia? ¿A quiénes les gusta bailar? ¿Con quién está Natalia? Learn how to answer these questions.
15. Page 166 - Activity 21: Algo Personal ¿Cómo eres tú? ¿Cómo es tu amigo favorito o amiga favorita? Dónde estás ahora? Can you answer these questions?
16. Page 166 - Activity 22: ¿Cuál es el opuesto...? (the opposite). They give you the answers, see if you can answer before they do. Learn the opposites of all these adjectives. Write them all down in your notebooks. (8 answers)
17. Page 169 - Activity 26: ¿Cómo son? Describe your relatives, your friends and yourself using the appropriate form of "verbo ser" and one or two adjectives. Modelo: El profesor de inglés es calvo y muy divertido. 1) Yo... (what would you say here?). 2) Mi madre 3) Mis abuelos 4) Mi dentista 5) Mi amiga favorita 6) Los otros estudiantes de la clase de español y yo. 

Homework: Continue working on the above assignments and complete the handouts I gave you, pages 48, 50 and 52 of the Grammar & Vocabulary Workbook on "Using gustar to state likes and dislikes" (I will collect them on Wednesday, February 13, 2013). Make sure you copy in your notebooks the "Estructuras" from pages 158 and 159. Workbook pages (that you need to study for next quiz and test: pages 72, 73 (#4), 74 and 75. Check the vocabulary on pages 173 and 179 and create index cards for all these new vocabulary. We will be done Chapter 4 the end of February. Some of you didn't give me the "Family Tree" assignment, if I don't get it by Wednesday you will get an F (0) on this assignment.

Videos to watch: Me gusta 1 and Me gusta 2 (also on "Favorite Links"). 

Possessive adjectives	Personal pronouns
mi (my)	mí (me)
tu (your)	tú (you)

Examples: (Yo) A mí me gusta cantar (I like to sing) - note: mí has 'tilde' because it's used as a Personal Pronoun here. (Tú) A ti te gusta bailar (You like to dance). A él le gusta patinar (He likes to roller skate). A ella le gusta ir de compras (She likes to go shopping). A usted le gusta leer (You like to read - formal). A nosotros nos gustan las playas de Costa Rica (We like the beaches in Costa Rica or Costa Rica's beaches). A vosotros os gusta ir de compras (You like to go shopping - plural form). A ellas les gusta estudiar español (They like to study Spanish - girls). A ellos les gusta jugar al béisbol (They like to play baseball). A ustedes les gusta tocar el piano (You like to play the piano - plural/formal).

Learn to use gusta and gustan (when do you use one or the other?) 

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. 

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.

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.