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Students arrived and corrected the errors in each of these sentences:
As a "test" of what students got out of our unit on the house, I described a house and things in a house while students drew the house I was describing. I also explained what four people in the house were doing.
Tarea: bring Spanish binder to class on Monday.
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Students arrived and completed translations:
inglés ---> español
* They are eating in the kitchen.
* We are reading in the living room.
* I am cooking in the kitchen.
Español ---> inglés
*Mi hermana está duchándose en el cuarto de baño.
*Estoy relajando en la sala.
Reviewed how to form the present progressive in Spanish.
Students received white boards and markers. One student acted out one of the verbs we've been working on while students wrote what the person was doing:
* Está duchándose.
* Está despertándose.
* Está leyendo.
I gave students some sentences with errors which they had to correct.
* Está ducharse. (Should be está duchándose).
* Yo relajando. (Should be yo estoy relajando).
* Está acostando. (Should be acostándose).
Tarea: students should review vocabulary and verbs related to our house unit. On Friday students will listen to me describe a house with things in a house and people doing various activities. Their drawing will be graded for accuracy.
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Students arrived and wrote four verbs that take place in each room. We came up with master list:
dormitorio/habitaciȯn
* dormir
* leer
* relajar
* jugar
* vestirse
* despertarse
* levantarse
* acostarse
sala/salón
* relajar
* mirar la televisión
* conversar
* leer
cocina
* cocinar
* preparar
* hornear
* comer
cuarto de baño
* bañarse
* ducharse
* lavarse
We are going to learn present progressive (I am relaxing) to describe what people are doing in the house.
We haven't seen many verbs yet, so I reviewed some basic verb information:
* There are three verb endings in Spanish: -ar (hablar), -er (comer), -ir (vivir). Generally, verbs ending in -er and -ir are conjugated in the same way.
* The list of verbs above includes several verbs that end in -se, which is a reflexive pronoun. They are used for actions that people do to themselves, and often used with verbs of routine: to brush one's teeth, to shower, to get dressed, to go to bed. For the grammar lovers out there, reflexive verbs are ones where the subject and object are the same.
* I am washing my hands. (Reflexive, I am doing the action to myself).
* I am washing the dishes. (Not reflexive, I am washing dishes).
* I am getting dressed. (Reflexive, I am dressing myself).
* I am dressing my baby. (Not reflexive, dressing baby, not self).
What is the difference between?
I run.
I am running.
I run is a general statement, true in the past, now, and in the future.
I am running is something I am doing right now, in this moment.
Present progressive verbs include the verb estar (to be) and -ar verbs ending in -ando (equivalent to the -ing in English) or -er/-ir verbs ending in -iendo.
Yo estoy (I am)
Tú estás (you are)
él/ella/usted está (he/she/you formal are)
nosotros estamos (we are)
ellos están (they/you all are)
To create the -ing, drop the last two letters in a verb and add -ando for verbs ending in-ar and -iendo for verbs ending in -er/-ir.
lavar --> lavando
hablar --> hablando
conversar --> conversando
mirar --> mirando
comer --> comiendo
correr --> corriendo
vivir ---> viviendo
escribir --> escribiendo
She is watching TV. Ella está mirando la television.
We are working. Nosotros estamos trabajando.
They are writing a letter. Ellos están escribiendo una carta.
Tarea: students need to make sure they know all the verbs that take place in different rooms of the house. They also need to know conjugations for the verb estar. We will be practicing the present progressive on Monday.
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Students arrived and labeled up down right and left arrows with vocabulary:
Students received a drawing of a house and had to describe the house to their partner while the partner drew the house. Switched roles with different house.
Tarea: students need to continue working on vocabulary of things in a house. Each student has a worksheet where they've written 10 things in each room that they should be using to study from.
