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This week we will finalize Unit 2 (The School) chapters 2, 3 and 4), talk about the courses we study, the grades we receive, the time, describe the teachers, make comparison to Hispanic schools, and talk about after school activities using Ir+ a + lugar and Ir + a + verb.

Voy a la fiesta de san Valentín/ I

Voy al centro comercial después de las clases./ I am going to the mall after classes.

Voy a la casa después de la escuela/ I am going home after school.

or

Voy a estudiar después de la escuela/ I am going to study after school.

Voy a trabajar después de la escuela/ I am going to work after school.

Remember to put No infront of VOY to indicate that you will NOT do someting (No voy a ...)-
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Cultural Comparison chapter 4
Textbook p. 106-107 El trabajo a tiempo parcial, ¿Dónde?

Part time jobs for students in the United States vs. students in Latinoamerica.

1) Pre reading vocabulary

trabajan a tiempo parcial/ they work part time
trabajan a tiempo completo/ they work full time
Estados Unidos/ United States
Trabajo/ I work
No trabajo/ I do not work
ganan dinero/ they earn money
compran cositas/ they buy things
los jóvenes/ young people

2) Identify at least 8 cognates from the reading p. 106. Write 2 news words that you learn.

3) Write the English equivalent for the following sentences taken from the reading

a. Los alumnos en los Estados Unidos trabajan a tiempo parcial. Trabajan en una tienda, en un restaurante o en una gasolinera.

b. Trabajan después de la escuela.

c. Las clases en los colegios latinoamericanos no terminan hasta las cuatro y media de la tarde.

d. Los sábados, las clases no terminan hasta el mediodía.

e. Los alumnos en las escuelas latinoamericanas trabajan mucho, pero trabajan en la escuela, no trabajan en una tienda o en un centro comercial.

Culminating activity Textbook p. 112.

Choose a Written/ Oral activity form p. 112 of your textbook

OR
Create a visual aid of your choice to compare and contrast schools and after school activities in Latin America or Spain and the US.

References: Textbook pp. 106, 108, 110-11, workbook pp. 25-6, the video clips and chapter video activities we saw in class.

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2/13/07

Project option 1: Choose a chapter ( 6, 2, 3, 4) of your choice and create a study guide, a PowerPoint, a board game, a pictionary, a pop up book, flash cards, jeopardy, or a unique activity using at least 30 vocabulary. Remember you can draw or cut/ paste pictures from Newspapers or magazines to illustrate vocabulary.

Project option 2: Create a game, lesson, song, rap, book, PowerPoint, poster board presentation, or a unique activity using the following: me gusta p. 369-70, ser p. 50, tener p.161, 163, tener + que + infinitive and ir + a + infinitive 163. Remember you can draw or cut/ paste pictures from Newspapers or magazines to illustrate vocabulary.

Project option 3: Create an activity, PowerPoint, pop up book, pictionary, flash cards, game, poem, rap or song to teach someone what you learned about telling time in Spanish. Remember you can draw or cut/ paste pictures from Newspapers or magazines to illustrate vocabulary.

Project option 4: Choose 2 chapters ( 6, 2, 3, or 4) use the vocabulary to create a study guide, PowerPoint, pictionary, a lesson, a game board, a rap, a song, a poem, a pop up book, jeopardy or a unique activity of your choice. Remem
ber you can draw or cut/ paste pictures from Newspapers or magazines to illustrate vocabulary.

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The 6 week assessment will be on 2/ 20 and 2/21. Be sure to study the following: the family, home and the school from units 1 and 2 (chapters 6,2, 3, 4).

Tener - to have
Singular forms

Yo tengo/ I have
Tú tienes/ you have
él, ella tiene/ he/ she has
Usted (Ud._ tiene/ you (formal) have

Plural forms
Nosostros tenemos/ we have
ellos, ellas tienen/ they have
Ustedes (Uds) You all have

Yo ______ un apartamento.
Ella ______ dos hermanos.

Ana _____ quince años.

Yo _____ hambre.

Nosotros _____ calor.

Ser- to be

yo soy/ I am
Tú eres/ you are
él, ella es He/she is
Ud. es you are

Plural forms

Nosotros somos We are
Ellos, as son they are
Uds. son you all are

Nosotros ______alumnos en el colegio Miller Grove.
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In this unit you will focus on the school and related topics.
La escuela
School subjects
After school activities
AR, ER/IR verbs
Verbs SER, DAR, IR, ESTAR, TENER
Cultural Connection and Comparison

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****Review the verbs TENER, SER and IR by clicking the PowerPoint link to the left then scroll down to find them on the list.

Take a look at the "Present tense forms of IR" as well.
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Chapter 2 Choose a communication task p. 47 Ex. D, p. 55 Ex, A or B, pp. 62-3 written Ex. A or B
Chapter 3 p. 86 written Ex A or B, oral Ex. A, B or C

Week 5 2/4/08 - 2/8/08

This week you will:
finalize your discussion about the family
talk about what you have to do
what you are going to do
describe your friends
talk about your school and the time
learn some things about Puerto Rico pp. 56-7, 60-61
tell the differences between schools in the United States and Spanish-speaking countries pp.58-9, 80-81, 82-5
complete chapter 6 and 2 video activities
complete a written and oral in-class project on the family and your school.

You should be able to answer these questions.

Pregunta: ¿Qué cursos estudias este semestre?/ What courses are you studying this semester?

Contesta: : Yo estudio ________, ________ y ________ este semestre.

Pregunta: ¿Cómo son los cursos?/ How are your courses?

Contesta: Los cursos son ( faciles, dificiles, interesantes, aburridos, divirtidos, populares, cómicos, etc).

Pregunta: ¿Qué tienes que hacer en la clase de _______? What do you have to do in _______ class?

Contesta: Tengo que hablar español, escribir, leer libros, hacer la tarea, estudiar) en la clase de ______..

¿Qué hora comienza/ termina la clase de _______? What time does your class start/ end?

La clase comienza a las ...
La clase termina a las...

¿Qué notas sacas en español? What grade do you get in Spanish?

Saco una nota (buena) mala en español.

¿Sacas una buena (mala) nota?
Do you get good (bad) grades?

Saco una nota buena en álgebra I

¿Cómo son tus profesores? How are your teachers?

Mis profesores son ______, ______, _______.
You can use the same adjectives used to describe your classmates.

¿Cómo son tus compañeros de clase? How are your classmates?

Mis compañeros de clase son aburridos, divertidos, inteligentes, interesantes, populares, amables, fantasticos, simpaticos, antipaticos, sinceros, atractivos, serios, honestos, cómicos, etc)

¿Qué hora es? What time is it?

Es la ...
Son las...
__________________________________

Use IR + A + INFINITIVE to talk about what your are "going to" do

¿Qué vas a hacer? What are you going to do?
Voy a + infinitive

Singular forms
Yo voy a estudiar/ I am going to study.
tú vas a estudiar
él, ella va a estudiar
Ud. va a estudiar

Plural forms
Nosotros vamos a estudiar
Ellos, ellas van a estudiar
Ustedes van a estudiar