Ms. Hernandez-Cruz

Adjetivos posesivos

HOy es martes 29 de marzo de 2011.

Hoy hace frio, esta nublado y hace un poco de viento.

Today we reviewed family vocabulary and introduced the two forms to express ownership in Spanish:

la madre de mi primo - su madre (mi, mis, tu, tus, su, sus, nuestro(a), nuestro(as), vuestro(a), vuestros(as), su, sus)

Students also worked on their first page of the project: Mi libro de familia. Rubrics and more information to come tomorrow.

TAREA/HOMEWORK: study vocabulary

La familia - introduccion

Hoy es lune 28 de marzo de 2011.

Hoy esta nublado, llueve y hace mucho frio.

Today we had our body parts and health vocabulary quiz.

We also introduced the family vocabulary  by making a family tree with students in the class. We learned about the relationships among them and how to say those in Spanish. Students need to study that vocabulary.

VOCABULARIO:

el padre, la madre, el esposo, la esposa, el abuelo, la abuela, el hijo, la hija, el nieto, la nieta, el hermano, la hermana, el tio, la tia, el yerno, la nuera, el suegro, la suegra, el primo, la prima, el sobrino, la sobrina, el padrastro, la madrastra, el hijastro, la hijastra, el hermanastro, la hermanastra, el medio hermano, la media hermana.

Las conversaciones

Hoy es viernes 25 de marzo de 2011.

Hoy hace sol, hace fresco, hace viento. la temperatura es 65 grados Farenheit.

Today we reviewed health problems and expressions to talk about them: Me duele/duelen..., tengo dolor de..., tengo...

In small groups students worked on conversations at the doctor's office and presented them to the class. Third, sixth and seventh periods still need to present on Monday.

TAREA/HOMEWORK: Students need to study for the quiz on Monday. Check yesterday's blog for vocabulary

En el consultorio medico

Hoy es jueves 24 de marzo de 2011.

Hoy hace fresco, hace sol y hace viento. La temperatura es aproximadamente 65 grados Farenheit.

Today we reviewed vocabulary of body parts and health problems. Students proposed different solutions to health problems using structures: deber + verbo en infinitivo, tener que + verbo en infinitivo, necesitar + verbo en infinitivo.

We read a conversation at the doctor's office and took note of new vocabulary.

TAREA/HOMEWORK: Answer questions related to conversation on the back of worksheet.

VOCABULARY FOR THE QUIZ ON MONDAY MARCH 28, 2011.

BODY PARTS:

cuello, piernas, bigote, rodillas, muneca, brazos, hombros, barba, orejas, nariz, pies, dedos, manos, espalda, ojos, pecho, cabeza, lengua, boca, pelo, dientes, muelas, garganta, estomago.

WORDS TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE/BODY PARTS:

largo vs. corto, delgado vs. gordo, grande, mediano, pequeno, moreno, rubio, pelirrojo, bronceado.

HEALTH VOCABULARY;

nariz tapada, tengo dolor de...., doler (me duele/me duelen), tos, gripe, temperatura=calentura, fiebre, vomito, escalofrios, estar enfermo, que te pasa?, que te duele?, deprimido, insomnio.

Problemas de salud

Hoy es miercoles 23 de marzo de 2011.

Hoy hace sol, hace buen tiempo. La temperatura es aproximadamente 75 grados Farenheit.

Today we reviewed body parts vocabulary and introduced vocabulary to talk about health problems. Students identified health problems and gave some solutions for them (ex. flu symptoms and what to do when you have flu)

TAREA/HOMEWORK: study vocabulary. remember we have quiz on Monday on body and health.

Descripcion fisica

Hoy es martes 22 de marzo de 2011.

Today we reviewed vocabulary of body parts, talked about the word order of the sentences when describing someone physically and the gender/number relationship that exists between noun and adjective.

Students described some famous people and then wrote a paragraph describing themselves without using their names. Classmates read the descriptions and had to guess who the people were.

TAREA/HOMEWORK:

STUDY VOCABULARY. THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON MONDAY MARCH 28 ON BODY PARTS AND ADJECTIVES AND OTHER NOUNS USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE PHYSICALLY

Descripcion fisica

Hoy es lunes 21 de marzo de 2011.

Hoy empieza la primavera!!! Hoy hace sol, hace viento, la temperatura es aproximadamente 75 grados Farenheit. Un dia muy bonito.

Today we reviewed the vocabulary on body parts. We added some adjectives to describe them like largo, corto, grande, pequeno, delgado, gordo. Students played a guessing game describing a classmate and the rest of the class had to guess who they were describing. We also had a "dictation" activitiy in which I described a person/animal/monster and students had to draw it, at the end we compared their drawings with my monster. Students wrote questions and answers about physical characteristics of the monster.

TAREA/HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary of body parts and adjectives to describe them.

Review for the test

As part of the review for the test, you can go to the book website:

www.realidades.com webcode: jcd-0403

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/Activities/Chapter4AL1/Chap4AL10401B.html

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/puzzles/L1-A_Ch04A_Crossword_files/Content.html

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/puzzles/L1-A_Ch04A_Word_Search_files/Content.html

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/puzzles/L1-A_Ch04A_Word_Search_with_Clues_files/Content.html

Also, you can check the following power point presentations:

Download Adonde voy

Download El verbo IR + preposiciones warm up

Download Los lugares de la ciudad

 

 

 

La semana del 14 al 18 de marzo de 2011.

Lunes 14 de marzo

We reviewed definitions of places in the city and also located places on a map. In pairs students had to fill out their maps asking their partners with specific places where. For homework they had to write questions and answer them about how to locate places in the school (cafeteria, media center, clinic, etc.)

Martes 15 de marzo de 2011.

Students worked on some worksheets in which they practiced conjugations of verbs of the three different groups. They also had additional practice on the conjugation of verb "IR". And finally, they worked on their study guide for the test this Friday

Miercoles 16 de marzo de 2011.

We checked the work students did yesterday and had additional conversational practice to locate people and places in the school.

Jueves 17 de marzo de 2011.

THERE IS STUDY SESSION FOR THE TEST TOMORROW ON THURSDAY AT 8:15 AM

We  will review the materials for the test in class.

• vocabulary of places in the city
• definitions of places in the city
• verb "IR" (to go)
• verb IR + prepositions (con, para, a, en)
• verb ESTAR and prepositions to locate places
• conjugations of verbs of the three different groups.

 

vIERNES 18 DE MARZO DE 2011.

EL EXAMEN

Ir mas preposiciones

Hoy es viernes 11 de marzo de 2011.

Hoy hace sol, hace viento y la temperatura es aproximadamente 55 grados Farenheit.

Today we checked the definitions of places in the city. We also talked about the prepositions that are frequently used with verb "IR":

• IR + A + PLACE (DESTINATION)
• IR + PARA + VERB IN INFINITIVE (PURPOSE)
• IR + CON + PERSON/ANIMAL (COMPANY)
• IR + EN + TRANSPORTATION (TRANSPORTATION)

We also began studying some other prepositions to locate places in the city.

REMEMBER... We have a test on verb "IR", prepositions used with this verb, places in the city, prepositions and expressions used to locate places and give directions.

TAREA?HOMEWORK: ESTUDIAR!!!