Oct. 26 – Oct 30, 2009
Monday, October 26: copy notes into the back of their vocab sheet:
| Yo soy alto/a. = I am tall. | Nosotros somos altos. = We are tall.
Nosotras somos altas. = We (girls) are tall. |
| Tú eres alto/a. = You are tall. | Vosotros sois altos. = Y’all are tall. (*Spain only)
Vosotras sois altas. = All you girls are tall. |
| Él es alto. = He is tall.
Ella es alta. = She is tall. Usted es alto/a. = You (formal) are tall. |
Ellos son altos. = They are tall.
Ellas son altas. = They (girls) are tall. Ustedes son altos/as. = Y’all are tall. |
Notice 3 new things going on: We now know all the subject pronouns:
| Yo = I | Nosotros/as = we |
| Tú = you | Vosotros/as = Y’all (spain only) |
| Él = he
Ella = she Usted = You (formal) |
Ellos = they
Ellas = they (girls only) Ustedes = Y’all |
We now know how to conjugate the verb SER = TO BE *** irregular
| Soy = I am | Somos = We are |
| Eres = You are | Sois = Y’all are |
| Es = He/She is, You (formal) are | Son = They are, Y’all are |
We also know that the adjectives like alto only change in four ways based on if the noun they modify are masculine, feminine, singular or plural
| Alto | Alta |
| Altos | Altas |
We will practice looking at different subjects and seeing how they match. Example: Paco y Felipe = ellos, Paco y yo = nosotros. HOMEWORK: Must have 10 subjects memorized by tomorrow – quiz – I will write in Spanish – you write in English. (each one is worth 10%) – please memorize in this order (2 columns also)
Tuesday, October 27: take subject quiz – grade in class – hand in. discuss who subjects are again (paco and felipe = ellos), then practice matching up with the verb. Teach SER clap/rap. P. 92, read green box, and blue vocab – do act. 23 together, how can we tell with only the verb and desc words? p. 93 read adj agreement red box, do Act 24 together. HOMEWORK – memorize people and verb ser chart (like our clap) be able to put in the right order
Wednesday, October 28: warm up – students take quiz = fill in the blank – grade in class – hand in. word search/crossword – practice vocabulary – due tomorrow.
Thursday, October 29: warm up – hand in worksheet – don’t forget your name. Students do workbook pages 23, 24, 25 solo.
Friday, October 30: (culture day) Warm up – Grade workbook – have students create skeletons for Dia de los muertos – hw – review vocabulary words – quiz early next week.
