3.    PARTNER WORK: 

a.    Compare your answers/sentence structure from pages 178, 179, and 180.
b.    Make sure your partner has the information from page 177 about the verb HABER in their notes as well as the VERB ENDINGS for imperfect verbs and the IRREGULAR imperfect verbs.

4.    INDIVIDUAL WORK:
a.    Create a two-panel (regular piece of white printer paper) drawing.  On the LEFT, draw of picture of what you USED TO LIKE TO DO when you were little (imperfect) and on the RIGHT, draw a picture of what you LIKE TO DO NOW (present).  Write a sentence underneath each drawing.

b.    Begin the FIRST DRAFT of your story about HOW YOU MET YOUR CREATURE.  Follow these guidelines:
i.    Use VOCABULARY you KNOW.  Talk about playgrounds, toys, school stuff, shopping, places, etc.  You are demonstrating MASTERY of WHAT YOU ARE LEARNING.  Do not create a story about this first meeting taking place on another planet, in the future, etc.  You don’t know how to say those things yet in Spanish.
ii.    TO HAVE MET = Conocer in the preterit.   “Lo conocí” = I met him.  “La conocí” = I met her.
iii.    Answer the following questions:  (Think about the story I share with you about the day in the zoo when I met my creature.  You are to create a similar story!)
1.    How old were you when you met your creature?
2.    What were you doing?
3.    What were you like then?
4.    What else was happening that day?
5.    What was the day like?
6.    What did your creature look like?
7.    What did you/your creature do when you first met?
8.    Did anyone else meet your creature that day?
9.    What mischievous things happened to get your attention about your creature’s presence?
10.    What fun things have happened with your creature since then?

 THINK: details!…..details!….details!  (Pay attention to verb tense:  Is it NARRATING or DESCRIBING!)

5.    HOMEWORK:
a.    Drawing with 2 sentences, colored, edited, spell-checked and beautiful.
b.    Rough Drafts of Creature Stories answering all questions above.

1. PARTNER WORK: 

1. Read together page 172 and answer (individually) the questions (in Spanish) found on the page in your notes (homework points). 
2. Then read page 184 about Roberto Clemente (famous baseball player) and complete the “INFÓRMATE” at the top of page 185 – answering question number 2 in your notes in English.

1. INDIVIDUAL WORK:
1. Add information found on page 177 to your notes about the verb HABER (underneath the second blue box on the page.)
2. Complete the following in writing with these modified instructions:

                                               i.     Section 4/Page 178:  Write a sentence for YOURSELF for a through h about what you USED TO DO when you were in elementary school.  Use each of the verb phrases as presented in a through h.  THEN ADD THREE more sentences of your own creation.

                                             ii.     Complete Section 5/Page 179:  Mix the two columns to say WHO when WHERE frequently (a menudo) when they were little in complete sentences.

                                            iii.     Section 6/page 180:  A – F (F = create your own).  Describe a person as they USED TO BE and then state HOW THEY ARE NOW.  (imperfect & present tense used here)

                                            iv.     Section 7/page 180:  a – g:  (g = create your own)  Describe what you used to have to do around the house when you were little and what you do now.  (imperfect & present tense used here)

1. HOMEWORK:  Work not completed in class.  Please don’t turn in homework.  Students are to keep their own work in their notebooks.  Thank you!

Here's a PDF of the workbook page assigned in class today.
Use it to complete your homework.

TAREA:

• 1.  Página del libro de trabajo: 5-9
• 2.  Oraciones: 16 – 30

Sorry for the absence online… I haven't had internet connectivity from home (where all of my files for this unit are!).

Today in class, we used the iPod Touches to begin to study the Preterit versus the Imperfect tenses.  Several students asked for the .mov file to be uploaded so they could put it on their own iPods to review before test(s) (as there is more than one during this unit).  Here is that file (right-click to download file or click here to play it in your browser).

Here is the same but in PDF format (no audio, obviously).

Please be sure to bring your textbooks to class EVERYDAY of this unit as well as your notes, etc.  Come focused.  As stated in class, the idea of Preterit versus Imperfect takes some time and practice to learn and perfect!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

1st PERIOD: Username: sad45yp
2nd PERIOD: Username: sajpqoq
3rd PERIOD: Username: sak7ap6
4th PERIOD: Username: sb3fnpf
6th PERIOD: Username: sbkgnwq

..have all been uploaded.

You can now download your photo from here.