8th GRADE

¿Qué vas a aprender este año? (What will you learn this year?)

Hola a todos mis estudiantes. We are going to focus on the usage of the preterite versus the imperfect tense in conjunction with the topic of sports. Below are the Quizlet links for each.

https://quizlet.com/19284048/srb-imperfect-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/39255853/el-imperfectosbs-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/49167365/voces-los-deportes-y-los-pasatiempos-sports-and-hobbies2-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/49165754/voces-los-deportes-y-los-pasatiempos-sports-and-hobbies1-flash-cards/

Use these for the assignments provided on the lesson plan. Note that you will be using the two texts I provided: Spanish Now! and Spanish For Mastery 2.

Please note that any topics moved to the far right hand side of the page have been covered in the class.

Vocabulary:

1. Family

2. School/work/careers

3. Animals/nature

4. Food and drink

5. Weather/seasons/holidays

6. City

7. Interrogatives

8. Colors

9. Religion

10. The arts/culture

11. Home and housekeeping

12. Travel and leisure

13. Health

14. Sports

15. Going shopping/services



Grammar:

1. Present tense of -AR; -ER; and -IR verbs

2. Irregular verbs and stem-changing verbs

3. Tener + expresssions

4. Ser and Estar

5. Hacer and expressions

6. Acabar de + infinitive

7. Preterit (regular forms)

8. Preterit (irregular forms)

9. Imperfect tense (regular/irregular forms)

10. Advanced future tense

11. Conditional tense

12. Command forms

13. Hay que + verb

14. Reflexive verbs

15. Direct/indirect object pronouns

16. Demonstrative adjectives

17. Diminutives

18. Por versus para


Culture:

1. Famous Hispanic people

2. Artists/ musicians/ authors and works

3. Features of each Spanish-speaking country.

4. Gastronomy

5. Mexican folklore

6. Religious influences throughout the ages

7. Traditional celebrations/ popular holidays

8. Pledge of Allegiance (in Spanish)

9. Prayers: Hail Mary; Our Father; Prayer of Saint Francis; etc. (in Spanish)


Journal entries:

1. La importancia de Dios en mi vida

2. Si perdiera todas las cosas materialistas......

3. Le doy a Dios las gracias por...... (I give thanks to God for........)

4. Diálogo : Entre tú y el aduana

5. La Navidad es......... (Christmas is.......)

6. Diálogo: El problema es..... Y La solución es...........

7. El mundo ideal es........ (The ideal world is.....)

8. La Pascua representa.......... (Easter symbolizes.......)

9. La importancia de respetar a mis padres (The importance of respecting my parents)

10. Mis padres me han enseñado cómo ser/estar...... (My parents have taught me how to be.........)