11/5/15 and 11/6/15
Post date: Nov 05, 2015 7:44:32 PM
Today and tomorrow’s class agenda:
· Students took unit 2 lesson 1-version #2 quiz today
· The students worked on the verb Ir (to go) and tener que (to have to…) by piecing together information provided to them.
1) El chico
2) Las chicas
3) Tú
4) Yo
5) Ustedes
6) Nosotros
2) ir al baño/tener que lavar las manos
3) ir al estadio/tener que mirar el fútbol
4) ir a la escuela/tener que aprender
5) ir a la clase de ciencia/tener que hacer los experimentos
6) ir a la oficina/tener que hablar con la directora
7) ir al gimnasio/tener que practicar el volibol
8) ir a la cafetería/tener que comer el almuerzo
9) ir a la biblioteca/tener que tomar apuntes para el examen
10) ir a la clase de matemáticas/tener que practicar el cálculo
11) ir al cuarto de pesas/ tener que levantar pesas
12) ir al autobús escolar/tener que llegar a la escuela a las ocho
Playing the “dots” game with the dice students were taught how to use the verbs ir and tener que together with the connecting word porque (because) to create complete thoughts. So, if a student rolled a 6, 6 their sentence would read:
Nosotros vamos a la oficina porque tenemos que hablar con la directora.
We are going to the office because we have to speak with the principal.
To do this successfully students need to remember the conjugation of ir:
Yo voy
Tú vas
El, ella, usted va
Ellos, ellas, ustedes van
Nosotros vamos
And the conjugation of tener que:
Yo tengo que
Tú tienes que
El, ella, usted tiene
Ellos, ellas, ustedes tienen
Nosotros tenemos
After playing the dice game, and as a written class assignment, the students used the above numbers and information to write a complete sentence for the following
Number combinations:
1) 1 and 4
2) 2 and 6
3) 3 and 8
4) 4 and 9
5) 5 and 10
6) 6 and 12
7) 1 and 5
8) 2 and 7
9) 4 and 2
10) 6 and 3
Upon completion this assignment was turned in for graded credit.
· The students worked on the verb Estar (page 115) today. This verb means to be and is used for 2 reasons:
a) Temporary feelings and emotions
b) Location of people, places, and things
· The conjugation of Estar is:
Yo estoy Nosotros estamos
Tú estás
El, Ella, Usted está Ellos, ellas, ustedes están
One use of the verb estar is to express how a person is feeling (temporary). To discuss feelings, or temporary emotions, an adjective is required. Unit 2 expects the students to learn these adjectives:
Cansado tired
Content happy
Deprimido depressed
Emocionado excited
Enojado angry
Nervioso nervous
Ocupado busy
Tranquilo calm
Triste sad
I explained to the students that because these words are adjectives, they are constantly changing depending on the pronoun they are describing. For example:
Yo estoy cansado (male), estoy cansada (female)
Las chicas están cansadas
Nosotros estamos cansados
The second use of the verb estar is to express the location of a person, a place, or a thing. In unit 2 we are focusing on being in or at locations in the school. Some of the more important places at the school the students need to know are:
El baño the bathroom
El estadio the stadium
La escuela the school
La clase the classroom
La oficina the office
El gimnasio the gym
La cafetería the cafeteria
La biblioteca the library
Yo estoy en el baño
Nosotros estamos en la clase
Los estudiantes están en la cafetería
To practice the use of estar today we created two tic tac toe boards. One with feelings and emotions and one with school locations.
The feelings and emotions board contained this information:
Estar cansado
Estar emocionado
Estar nervioso
Estar tranquilo
Estar content
Estar enojado
Estar ocupado
Estar tranquilo
Estar triste
The school locations board contained this information:
Estar en el estadio
Estar en la escuela
Estar en la oficina
Estar en el gimnasio
Estar en la cafetería
Estar en la biblioteca
Estar en el cuarto de pesas
Estar en el baño
Estar en la clase de español