Tuesday, March 17, 2009

MS Spanish 3.17.09

Please finish conjugating two verbs and make sentences at your discretion, for every person (I, you, he, she.... Yo, tu, el, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ustedes) with each verb in present tense only. The first verb is "escribir" to write (which we went over in class). Remember the second verb was one of your choosing from my "verb" book.

There will be a test on Thursday, March 19th. Please study the verbs we have gone over. The test will be over the verbs in present tense only. The bonus questions will come from past and future tenses.

Verbs are as follows:

ser - to be (permanent)
estar - to be (temporary)
tener - to have
querer - to want
escribir - to write

If you need help with these verbs, please ask me for help BEFORE the test.

Intermediate Spanish 3.17.09

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Today, everybody came up with a sentence having to do with St. Patrick's Day. ( at least their version of it)

All sentences are possible test material for this Thusday, March 19th, along with last week's sentences and articles of clothing.

Basic St. Patrick's Day vocabulary:

1. Dia de San Patricio (St. Patrick's Day)
2. verde (green)
3. oro (gold)
4. arcoiris (rainbow)
5. Irlanda (Ireland)
6. trebol (clover)
7. olla de oro (pot of gold)
8. duende (elf or leprechaun)
9. col o repollo (cabbage)
10. bailar (to dance)

1. Feliz Dia de San Patricio! (Happy St. Patrick's Day!) - Rachael
2. Yo voy a robar una olla de oro! (I'm going to steal a pot of gold!) - Robbie
3. Yo hare cinco arcoirises. (I will make five rainbows.) - Lauren
4. El oro verde sabe a col. (Green gold tastes like cabbage.) - Spenser
5. El color verde representa al Dia de San Patricio. (The color green represents St. Patrick's Day) - Orion
6. A los duendes verdes les gusta comer col. (Leprechauns like to eat cabbage.) - Emma
7. Los treboles verdes bailan rapido con el viento. (The green clovers dance quickly with the wind.) - Rozwell

Intermediate Spanish 3.12.09

Please review this conversation from today's class.
All words are possible material for future tests.

The "n's" in ano and cumpleanos should have a tilde. (That funny little horizontal line over some "n's" in Spanish. It creates another letter and another sound. Unfortunatly, that letter is not on a typical keyboard. Also, please remember that in Spanish, exclamation and question marks go on both sides of a sentence, not just at the end.

Simple conversation.

1. Hola (hello)
2. Como te llamas? (What is your name?)
3. Yo me llamo____________. (My name is _______)
4. Como estas? (How are you?)
5. Cual es tu numero de telefono? (What is your telephone number?)
6. Cuantos anos tienes? (How old are you?)
7. Yo tengo _____________ anos. (I am __________ years old.)
8. Mi cumpleanos es el__(day)__ de _(month)__.
9. Cuando es el tuyo? (When is yours?)
10. Quieres ser mi amigo? Do you want to be my friend? (masculine) amiga (femenine)
11. Si! (Yes!)
12. Adonde vives tu? (Where do you live?)
13. Yo vivo en Colorado. (I live in Colorado.)
14. Cual es tu animal favorito? (Which is your favorite animal?)
15. Mi animal favorito es el ________.(My favorite animal is the ________.

Intermediate Spanish

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

MS Spanish

Middle School Spanish:
3.10.09 due 3.12.09

1. Please finish the 2nd page of your test.
2. Review the rules for the letter "g". When is it a soft "g" and a hard "g"? (written and spoken)
3. If you have any outstanding homework, please turn it in.

Intermediate Spanish

Intermediate Spanish Class - 3.10.09
Due: 3.12.09

Please write and translate the following:

1. George Washington entro a Macys y compro una camiseta rosa el lunes.
2. John Adams vino en el verano y compro un vestido verde para su esposa.
3. Thomas Jefferson entro a Dillards ayer y se probo unos pantalones azules.
4. James Madison se convirtio en un conejo con un toxido morado muy bonito.
5. James Morrow compro una chamarra negra para el invierno.
6. John Quincy Adams entro a Sears y compro un traje de bano anaranjado el jueves.

Helpful vocabulary:
entro - entered
compro- bought
para - for
esposa - wife
probo - tried on
convirtio - converted or turned into

Students should know the rest of the vocabulary in these sentences. If they don't, they may look them up in their study guides.