6 de febrero de 2017

Orden del día Repasar la gramática: artículos definidos/indefinidos Para y piensa #6 Capítulo 1 (pp. 22-27) Pronombres personales (Subject Pronouns): p. 22 El verbo “ser”: p. 23 Acts. 5-6: 24 Hay/No hay: 26 Act. 9: 26

Gramática: Gender of Nouns MASCULINE nouns end in –o el chico FEMININE nouns end in –a la chica More endings: –ión -dad, -tad, -umbre la televisión la libertad la cumbre Exceptions: el día el mapa el problema el avión Exceptions: la mano la foto Suggestions for use: Explain that while nouns referring to male beings are generally masculine and nouns referring to female beings are generally feminine, grammatical gender is arbitrary.

Gramática: Gender of Nouns Suggestions for use: Explain that while nouns referring to male beings are generally masculine and nouns referring to female beings are generally feminine, grammatical gender is arbitrary.

Gramática: Definite and indefinite articles When referring to a person’s occupation, the article is used only if the noun is modified: Soy estudiante. Soy una estudiante seria. Suggestions for use: Have students look around the room and talk about what they see, using indefinite articles: una pizarra, unas ventanas, unos escritorios.

Para y piensa #6 ¿Un, una, unos o unas? 1. _____ casa 2. _____ mano 3. _____ marcadores 4. _____ teléfono 5. _____ libro 6. _____ calculadora Suggestions for use: Have groups pick a conversation to act out for the class, who will guess which group they are representing.

Gramática: Subject pronouns Suggestions for use: Ask students to identify which subject pronouns refers to the first person, second person, and third person.

El sujeto What subject pronouns would you use to (a) talk directly to these people and (b) talk about them? 1. los dos señores del grupo 1 2. las señoras del grupo 4 3. la niña del grupo 3 4. el señor del grupo 2 5. los dos niños del grupo 3 6. las personas del grupo 1 Suggestions for use: 1. Review tú and usted by asking students which they would use in formal and informal situations. 2. For an added challenge, ask students to imagine that this is a party in Spain and have them repeat the activity.

Gramática: Present tense of ser The verb ser means to be. It is used to identify people and things. Suggestions for use: Tell students that ser is an irregular verb, which means its forms don’t follow the regular patterns that most verbs follow. You will need to memorize the forms.

Gramática: Hay + nouns Hay means there is or there are. Use no hay to say there isn’t (any) or there aren’t (any). Hay is used with both singular and plural nouns. Hay can be used with numbers and indefinite articles, but not definite articles. Suggestions for use: 1. Remind students not to include an article when using hay + number + noun. 2. Also remind them not to use an article with no hay. 3. Have pairs of students create an example sentence for each of the bullet points.

hay Pronunciación Remember that the h is silent in Spanish. Therefore, the words hay and ¡Ay! (Oh!, Ow!) are pronounced the same. Context will determine which word is being used. Hay dos chicas. ¡Ay, qué interesante!

El verbo hay 1. Hay unos estudiantes. 2. No hay chicas. Read these statements and look around your classroom. Indicate whether each statement is cierto (true) or falso (false), based on what you see. If it is false, provide the correct information. 1. Hay unos estudiantes. 2. No hay chicas. 3. Hay dos profesores. 4. Hay cuatro ventanas. 5. Hay unos escritorios. 6. No hay sillas. 7. Hay un mapa. 8. Hay seis puertas. 9. Hay una computadora portátil. 10. No hay hojas de papel en la mesa. Suggestions for use: After completing the activity, have students work in groups of three. Have them take turns making statements using hay about objects that are and are not found in the classroom. Some statements should be true and others should be false. The other group members should respond by saying cierto or falso; if they say falso, they should supply the correct information.