Monday, February 28th

Spanish 7 students will continue with the new chapter this week. There are no tests for a while.

Spanish 8/Spanish I students will go over the last test in class. Retakes will be at any lunchtime of their choice. They will have a vocabulary quiz on the coming E day.

Monday, February 14th

Spanish 8/Spanish I:

• Took a chapter test today.  Tests will be returned on F day, and can be retaken at any lunchtime.
• Started making flashcards for new words (Etapa 2, unidad 1) for a vocab quiz on Tuesday, March 1st

Thursday, February 10th

Spanish 7: sections 2 and 5

• went over the vocabulary quiz and got it back. They can retake it at any lunchtime of their choice. Grammar Lesson today: Family relationships, pronouns, and the verb "tener":

• family relationships

There is no apostrophe in Spanish, so you have to change the order of the words.
Ana es la madre de Francisco. = Ana is Francisco's mother. (Ana is the mother of Francisco)

Spanish I:

• reviewed pronoun/verb agreement

1) When there is a name of one person, you replace it with "he" or "she"; él or ella
You use the third person singular verb: tiene

Juan has a dog. He has a dog. = Juan tiene un perro. Él tiene un perro.

2) When there are two or more people, you replace their names with "they": ellos o ellas
You use the third person plural verb: tienen

Juan y Ana have a dog. They have a dog. = Juan y Ana tienen un perro. Ellos tienen un perro.

3) When you are talking about yourself and another person, you replace it with "we": nosotros o nosotras
You use the "nosotros" form of the verb

Juan y yo tenemos un perro. = Juan and I have a dog.

4) When you are talking about a group of people, and there is a "you" in the sentence and other people in it, you can replace it with either "vosotros" or "ustedes":
You use the vosotros or ustedes form of the verb.

Juan y tú tenéis un perro.  = Juan and you have a dog.
Juan y ustedes tienen un perro. = Juan and you have a dog.

Wednesday, February 9th

Spanish 8/Spanish I:

• went over the study guide for the chapter test on Monday, February 14th.

Students must know:
Spanish 8:

• 1) How to describe a family relationship:

Pablo es el padre de Manuel. = Pablo is Manuel's father

• 2) Must be able to recognize the following family words from a word bank:

father = el padre
mother = la madre
brother/sister = el hermano/la hermana
son/daughter = el hijo/la hija
grandfather/grandmother = el abuelo/la abuela
uncle/aunt = el tío/la tía
cousin = el primo/la prima

• 3) How to use possessive adjectives

Shawn es mi hijo. = Shawn is my son.
Nuría es nuestra abuela. = Nuría is our grandmother.

La camisa es de Juan. Es su camisa. = The shirt is Juan's shirt. It is his shirt.

• 4) How to recognize the possessive adjectives from a word bank:

mi(s) = my
tu(s) = your (tú version)
su(s) = his/her/their/your ( the 'your' here is the usted and ustedes version)
nuestro(s)/nuestra(s) = our
vuestro(s)/vuestra(s) = your (vosotros version)

• 3) How to conjugate the verb "tener" = to have

I will give you a table with all the pronouns in it. You must know the six different forms of 'tener'.

Yo tengo                       nosotros tenemos
Tú tienes                       vosotros tenéis
Él/Ella/Usted tiene         ellos/ellas/ustedes tienen

• 4) How to give someone's birthday

El cumpleaños de Ana es el 2 de mayo. = Ana's birthday is May 2nd.

• 5) How to write the date

Hoy es miércoles, el 9 de febrero. = today is Wednesday, February 9th.

Spanish I students must know all of the above, but they will not have a word bank.

Tuesday, February 8th

Spanish 7: Sections 2 and 4 had the vocabulary quiz today. They can retake it at any lunchtime of their choice.

Sections 1, 3, and 5 went over the vocabulary quiz and got it back. They can retake it at any lunchtime of their choice.
Grammar Lesson today: Family relationships, pronouns, and the verb "tener":

• family relationships

There is no apostrophe in Spanish, so you have to change the order of the words.
Ana es la madre de Francisco. = Ana is Francisco's mother. (Ana is the mother of Francisco)

• pronouns

Singular                                 Plural
Yo = I                                   Nosotros (as) = We
Tú = you (familiar)                 Vosotros (as) = You (familiar, only used in Spain)
Él = He                                  Ellos = They
Ella = She                              Ellas = They (only girls)
Usted = You (formal)             Ustedes = You (formal in Spain, formal and familiar in other Spanish-speaking
                                                                        countries)

• the verb "tener" = to have

Yo tengo                             Nosotros tenemos
Tú tienes                              Vosotros tenéis
Él/Ella/Usted tiene                Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tienen

Monday, February 7th

Spanish 7: Sections 1, 3, and 5 had their vocabulary quiz. Results are already posted on family access. Students can retake the test at any lunchtime of their choice.

Thursday, February 3rd

IMPORTANT:

Spanish 7: have a vocabulary quiz their next Spanish lesson. You only have to translate the Spanish word into English. You do not have to answer any questions in Spanish.
Example:
Translate the following words:
1) prima = girl cousin

Spanish 8/Spanish I:
I will not be in school tomorrow. Spanish 8 and Spanish I students will finish the text book exercises you began last lesson, and need to finish them for homework. We will go over the exercises next lesson, and then you will have a chapter test on the next B day.
If you have trouble with the exercises, ask a class mate (Spanish I student preferably).

Tuesday, February 1st

Spanish 8:
All Spanish 8 (and Spanish I) reviewed the material in Unidad 1, etapa 3:

• family relationships

There is no apostrophe in Spanish, so you have to change the order of the words.
Ana es la madre de Francisco. = Ana is Francisco's mother. (Ana is the mother of Francisco)

• pronouns

Singular                                 Plural
Yo = I                                   Nosotros (as) = We
Tú = you (familiar)                 Vosotros (as) = You (familiar, only used in Spain)
Él = He                                  Ellos = They
Ella = She                              Ellas = They (only girls)
Usted = You (formal)             Ustedes = You (formal in Spain, formal and familiar in other Spanish-speaking
                                                                        countries)

• the verb "tener" = to have

Yo tengo                             Nosotros tenemos
Tú tienes                              Vosotros tenéis
Él/Ella/Usted tiene                Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tienen

• possessive pronouns

Mi(s) = my                                   nuestro/a (os/as) = our
Tu(s) = your (goes with "tú")         vuestro/a (oas/as) = your (goes with "vosotros")
Su = his/her                                   su(s) = their
        your (goes with "usted")                     your (goes with "ustedes")

• how to make the adjective agree with the noun it describes.

Adjectives need to agree with the noun, depending on whether it is masculine, femenine, singular or plural

Mi libro es rojo.  Mis libros son rojos.
Su libro es azul.  Sus libros son azules.
Mi casa es roja. Mis casa son rojas.
Su casa es azul. Sus casas son azules.

There will be a chapter test on all the material covered today (not next Spanish lesson, but the one after that).

Students spent class time working on exercises in the book. This is not homework, and will be finished during the next Spanish lesson.

Monday, January 31st

Spanish 7:
All Spanish 7 classes invented a family tree, gave everyone a name, and answered questions on the family members, using the following vocabulary:
el padre = father
la madre = mother
el hijo = son
la hija = daughter
el hermano = brother
la hermana = sister
el abuelo = grandfather
la abuela = grandmother
el tío = uncle
la tía = aunt
el primo = boy cousin
la prima = girl cousin

They had to write a sentence about each family member. For example:
Alicia es la abuela de María.

We will review this exercise during the next Spanish class. Spanish 7 have a vocabulary quiz on all the vocabulary during their next Spanish lesson. They need to be able to recognize the Spanish word, and say what it means in English.