Spanish 3 1-5-09 Purple day periods 1 and 2

Tarea: 1-5-08 due 1-7-08

Please write a half page to a full page answering the following questions. The page will be graded on how well you use the preterit and the imperfect. If you use the imperfect please make sure you have a definite imperfect trigger, like todos los días, or siempre.

¿Cómo pasaron las vacaciones de navidad?

¿Qué hiciste durante las vacaciones?

¿A dónde fuiste para las vacaciones?

¿Qué regalos recibiste para la navidad?

¿Qué comiste durante la navidad?

¿A dónde viajaste para las vacaciones?

Las frases del día 1-5-08

Here is the link to the activity that we completed in class for our las frases del día. As always you can follow this lik to complete the activity if you were absent, or to print the activity off for your notes.

Spanish 3 12-16-08 Day of the midterm

¡Feliz navidad!

y

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

¡Paz en el mundo y buena voluntada a todos!

'Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the casa,
Not a creature was stirring
-- Caramba! Que pasa?

Los ninos were tucked
away in their camas,
Some in long underwear,
some in pijamas,

While hanging the stockings
with mucho cuidado
In hopes that old Santa
would feel obligado

To bring all children,
both buenos and malos,
A nice batch of dulces
and other regalos.

Outside in the yard
there arose such a grito
That I jumped to my feet
like a fightened cabrito.

I ran to the window
and looked out afuera,
And who in the world
do you think that it era?

Saint Nick in a sleigh
and a big red sombrero
Came dashing along
like a crazy bombero.

And pulling his sleigh
instead of venados
Were eight little burros
approaching volados.

I watched as they came
and this quaint little hombre
Was shouting and whistling
and calling by nombre:

"Ay Pancho, ay Pepe,
ay Cuco, ay Beto,
Ay Chato, ay Chopo,
Macuco, y Nieto!"

Then standing erect
with his hands on his pecho
He flew to the top
of our very own techo.

With his round little belly
like a bowl of jalea,
He struggled to squeeze
down our old chiminea,

Then huffing and puffing
at last in our sala,
With soot smeared
all over his red suit de gala,

He filled all the stockings
with lovely regalos -
For none of the ninos
had been very malos.

Then chuckling aloud,
seeming very contento,
He turned like a flash
and was gone like the viento.

And I heard him exclaim,
and this is verdad,
Merry Christmas to
all, and Feliz Navidad!

If you would like to start preparing for second semester the following links will give you a heads up on what we are going to be studying in January!!

Estar + participio (p. 79)

Ser y estar (p. 88)

Ser y estar (p. 88)

Spanish 3 12-12-08 Purple day periods 1 and 2

Next class we will take the Spanish 3 final!!!
Please make sure you study hard!!! It would not be a bad idea to go back over the old tests that we have taken this year.

The last day to turn anything in will be Monday the 15th of December. Nothing will be excepted after 2:35.

Today in class 12-12-08 Today in class we reviewed for our final.

Please complete the following activities before you take the final on Tuesday!!!

Para empezar

• Review of irregular verbs
• Review of present tense stem-changing verbs
• Review of reflexive verbs
• Review of vocabulary and verbs like gustar
• Review of possessive adjectives

Capítulo 1

Practice Activities

• Review of vocabulary and grammar
• Vocabulary practice 1
• Practice with verbs in the preterite tense
• Practice with verbs in the preterite tense
• Vocabulary practice 2
• Practice with the imperfect
• Practice with the imperfect
• Repaso del capítulo

Spanish 3 12-10-08 Purple day periods 1 and 2

Tarea: for 12-10-08 due 12-12-08


Today in class we took the second half of the chapter 1 test. If you were not here you will need to make it up ASAP!!!


Next class we will start to prepare for our final. The final will be cumulative and cover everything we have studied this year in Spanish 3. Below are a bunch of links to activities that I would like you to do in preparation for the final. Each link is a different activity, so do them all. Please bring me any questions that you might have before the final.

Para empezar

• Review of irregular verbs
• Review of present tense stem-changing verbs
• Review of reflexive verbs
• Review of vocabulary and verbs like gustar
• Review of possessive adjectives

Capítulo 1

• Practice Activities
  • Review of vocabulary and grammar
  • Vocabulary practice 1
  • Practice with verbs in the preterite tense
  • Practice with verbs in the preterite tense
  • Vocabulary practice 2
  • Practice with the imperfect
  • Practice with the imperfect
  • Repaso del capítulo
    

Spanish 3 12-8-08 Purple day periods 1 and 2

Tarea: for 12-8-08 due 12-10-08

Study for the test which will be given next class. Look below in the today in class section to help you focus your studies.




Las frases del día 12-8-08

Página 40 of your online text book activity number 32. Try clicking the start activity arrow. If it does not take you to a new page where you can find the activity you will have to log into your online textbook and complete the activity that way. Remember to do the activity in your las frases del día.




Today in class 12-8-08

Can you conjugate the following verbs in both the preterit and the imperfect? Make sure you can in all forms.

estar
vivir
jugar
ver
leer
dar
tener
escribir
ser
decidir
tener
comenzar
parecer
llegar
pasar
decir
levantarse
ponerse
llamar
hacer

para hablar de competencias deportivas
	alcanzar	to reach
	la carrera	race
	la ceremonia	ceremony
	el certificado	certificate, diploma
	contra	against
	eliminar	to eliminate
	la entrega de premios	awards ceremony
	¡Felicitaciones!	Congratulations!
	la medalla	medal
	la meta	goal
	obtener	to obtain, get
	el / la participante	participant
	el / la representante	representative
	salir campeón, campeona	to become the champion
	el trofeo	trophy
	vencer	to beat

para expresar emociones e impresiones
	animado, -a	excited
	asustar	to scare
	darse cuenta de	to realize
	desafortunadamente	unfortunately
	desanimado, -a	discouraged
	duro, -a	hard
	emocionarse	to be moved
	estar orgulloso / orgullosa de	to be proud of
	impresionar	to impress
	pasarlo bien / mal	to have a good / bad time

otras palabras y expresiones
	aparecer	to appear
	así	this way
	hacia	toward
	perder el equilibrio	to lose one’s balance
	sin embargo	however

Spanish 3 12-4-08 Purple day periods 1 and 2

Tarea: for 12-4-08 due 12-8-08

Conjuguemos practice zone grammar activities. All of these activities need to be completed by next class.

GRAMMAR
	1. More practice with preterit vs. imperfect
	2. Preterit vs. The imperfect
	3. Preterit vs. The imperfect #2
	4. Preterite vs. Imperfect #1
	5. Test preperation

Remember to write your answers down on a piece of note book paper, or if you would like you can print the activity once you have all the correct answers . It would also be helpful if you would label each activity so I can distinguish it from the other activities.

Reminder!!!!!
The Preterit vs. Imperfect test will be given Wednesday the 10th of December. Please make sure that you study hard. It will be the last major grade you will receive before you take the midterm.



Las frases del día 12-4-08

Página 60 Preperación para el examen. Número 1 Vocabulario y Número 2 Gramática.


Hoy en la clase de español 12-4-08

Spanish 3 12-2-08 Purple day periods 1 and 2

Tarea: 12-2-08 due 12-4-08

Study for the test


Not including today there are only 4 days left in this semester. That means there are only 4 purple days before midterms. The midterm will cover everything we have studied this year. Before you take the midterm you will have a test covering the imperfect and the second part of chapter 1. We will take that test on either Wednesday December 10 or Friday December 12. I think I would like to have the test on the 10 so we can have the 12 as a review day for the final. Look below to find information that just might help you do well on the imperfect test as well as the midterm. I also want you to be aware that there will be questions about the preterit as well on the imperfect test, so don't forget to go back over the preterit.

If you would like to start to prepare for the test on Wednesday I have created a new activity for conjuguemos that should help you it is called Test preperation Make sure you spend time with this activity. I am not going to give you points for this activity, just realize I highly recommend you do it.




Las frases del día 12-2-08

Here is the link to the review worksheet that we completed for our las frases del día.

Today in class 12-2-08

Click on activity 16!!!! It should take you to another page with notes!

Some words and phrases indicate specific time frames, and therefore signal the use of the preterite.

ayer

(yesterday)

anteayer

(the day before yesterday)

anoche

(last night)

desde el primer momento

(from the first moment)

durante dos siglos

(for two centuries)

el otro día

(the other day)

en ese momento

(at that moment)

entonces

(then)

esta mañana

(this morning)

esta tarde

(this afternoon)

la semana pasada

(last week)

el mes pasado

(last month)

el año pasado

(last year)

hace dos días, años

(two days, years ago)

ayer por la mañana

(yesterday morning)

ayer por la tarde

(yesterday afternoon)

Other words and phrases indicate repetitive, vague or non-specific time frames, and therefore signal the use of the imperfect.

a menudo

(often)

a veces

(sometimes)

cada día

(every day)

cada semana

(every week)

cada mes

(every month)

cada año

(every year)

con frecuencia

(frequently)

de vez en cuando

(from time to time)

en aquella época

(at that time)

frecuentemente

(frequently)

generalmente

(usually)

muchas veces

(many times)

mucho

(a lot)

nunca

(never)

por un rato

(for awhile)

siempre

(always)

tantas veces

(so many times)

todas las semanas

(every week)

todos los días

(every day)

todo el tiempo

(all the time)

varias veces

(several times)