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-Students reviewed matching adjectives to the noun it's describing.
-We reviewed the vocab about Dominican Republic.
-We began talking about changing verbs in the present tense, for different subjects. We will work on this more on Friday.
-TAREA: NONE
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-Students presented their merengue group projects to Nikki's class.
-We will finish presenting on Thursday.
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Students arrived and watched several presentations from Kimber's students about Merengue, the national dance of the Dominican Republic. Presentations included:
tarea: no hay
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Students wrote the conjugations to gustar and the futuro próximo which we went over.
Gustar (to be pleasing to):
me gusta/n
te gusta/n
le gusta/n
nos gusta/n
les gusta/n
Futuro próximo:
ir a + infinitivo
voy
vas
va
vamos
van
ej. Voy a comer fruta.
Vamos a estudiar español.
palabra del día: gatear/negociar (to bargain)
Vocabulario negocios:
* vender
* comprar
* ¿cuánto cuesta?
Es caro
Es barato
tarjeta de crédito
dinero
dinero en efectivo
cheque
A pair of volunteers practiced a conversation seling something.
Our last group sold some food and drink today from the Dominican Republic. Students practiced buying and selling in Spanish.
We went through a bunch of currency we have in the Spanish room from around the world and came up with a list of countries and currencies:
* Costa Rica -- colones
* Chile -- peso
* España -- euro (formerly peseta)
* Honduras -- lempira
* Perú -- sol
* México -- peso
Tarea: no hay (I'm giving students a break until after expo)
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-Students practiced using "saber" and "conocer" for talking about different things they know.
-We reviewed how to talk about having met someone.
-We played a "beisbol" trivia game where teams created questions for the other team to answer.
-I handed out a map of Dominican Republic and student practiced spelling cities out loud to one another.
-TAREA: none
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-Students took a quiz on verbs "ser" and "estar".
-We reviewed present tense conjugations and played a game using several irregular verbs.
-TAREA: none
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-Students answered questions about our story from Wednesday.
-We talked about the calendar, months, and date.
-We sang "Juanito cuando baila" for practice with body parts vocab.
-We played "People to people".
-TAREA: none
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-Students answered questions about the Dominican Republic.
-We participated in a "mercado" (market) exchange in Nikki's class. Students used vocab to buy and sell food items.
-TAREA: none--a few students need to re-do their previous homework
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-Students answered questions about the homework reading "La isla bonita"
-Students worked on their group projects about merengue. They will present in class on Thursday.
-TAREA: Finish your presentation and practice it out loud.
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Students read an article about the Dominican Republic and answered some listening comprehension questions.
frase del día: la vida es así
We played a verb drill game standing in a circle and tossing a ball conjugating conditional verbs.
Students were paired up and had to come up with 10 clues for an amazing race activity going to different rooms in the school using the conditional (This is where you'd go if you wanted a book).
Tarea: memorize 12 irregular verbs conditional