Spanish II

2008/2009

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WEEKLY ACTIVITIES, ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS OBJECTIVES

                                           WEEK OF: 01/05/09

Note to Parents: Dear Parents

 

Monday: Objective:  To work with new vocabulary, adjectives of nationality, and saber and conocer.  We will begin with a review of the vocabulary on pages 74-75.  We will have a quiz on these words on Friday.  We will review adjectives of nationality on page 80 and saber and conocer on page 81.

Homework:  Copy vocabulary on pages 83 and 86 into notebooks and begin to study the vocabulary on pages 74-75 for the quiz on Friday.  

Tuesday:  Objective: To work with the new vocabulary and demonstrative adjectives.  We will work with the new vocabulary on pages 74 and 75.  We will also review the vocabulary on pages 83 and 86.  We will have a quiz on these words next week.  Demonstrative adjectives will be introduced on page 82 and we will complete a worksheet in class on demonstrative adjectives.

 HomeworkActivity 1 on page 92.

Wednesday: Objective:  To work with the new vocabulary, demonstrative adjectives, and stem-changing verbs in the preterite tense.  We will review the vocabulary on pages 74-75 for the quiz that will be given on Friday.  We will review Activity 1 on page 92 and continue to work with demonstrative adjectives.  Stem-changing verbs in the preterite tense will be introduced on page 84. 

 Homework: Copy the verbs on page 84 into notebooks and do Activities 12 and 13 on page 85.  Also, study for the vocabulary quiz that will be given on Friday. 

Thursday:  Objective: To work with the new vocabulary, demonstrative adjectives, and stem-changing verbs in the preterite tense.  We will drill and practice the new vocabulary for the quiz that will be given on Friday.  We will watch the lesson video.  Demonstrative adjectives and stem-changing verbs in the preterite will be reviewed and we will complete activities 4 and 5 on page 93.

  Homework:  Study for the vocabulary quiz on pages 74-75.  

Friday:  Objective: To work with the new vocabulary and reading and translating.  We will begin with a review of the vocabulary and then the quiz will be given.  We will read and translate pages 76-77 and 88-91.  We will review the work we covered this week in class.

Homework:  Study the lesson. 

 

 

Spanish 2     Midterm Exam Grammar Review                                           

 

 

Present Tense

 

  AR                                                 ER                                              IR

 

o       amos                               o        emos                                   o      imos

as      ais                                   es       eis                                      es      is

a        an                                    e        en                                       e      en

 

 

GO verbs  - these are verbs that end in –go in the YO form.

 

salir   - yo salgo        poner   - Yo pongo         traer   -  Yo traigo            oir   - Yo oigo

 

Stem- Changing verbs in the present tense.

 

1.  u to ue      example:  jugar

2.  o to ue                       encontrar, volver             Stem changes are made on all forms except the

3.  e to ie                        pensar, querer                   nosotros and the vosotros ( boot or shoe verbs).

4.  e to i                          pedir, servir 

 

 

Reflexive Verbs

 

You must use the reflexive pronouns with reflexive verbs.

 

me      nos              Example:     Yo me llamo                      Nosotros  nos llamamos

te        os                                    Tu te llamas                       Vosotros  os llamais

se        se                                     El, ella, Ud. se llama         Ellos, ellas. Uds.   se llaman

 

Ir + A  implies a future action

Acabar de implies a past action (just)

 

 

Preterite Tense    Past tense

 

The preterite is used to express a completed, one time, or specific action in the past.  Some words that would indicate that the preterite should be used are:  ayer, anoche,  la semana pasada, el mes pasado, el ano pasado, etc.

 

AR verb endings                                         ER verb endings                Ir verb endings

 

e            amos                                            i           imos                          i            imos

aste       asteis                                            iste      isteis                          iste        isteis

o           aron                                              io         ieron                          io          ieron    

 

 

 

 

Ar verbs in the Preterite

 

 A verb that ends with a car, gar, zar, has the following endings in the Yo form.

car  -- que           gar—gue            zar—ce        There is no stem- changing for ar verbs in the preterite.

 

ER verbs in the Preterite

 

No stem-changing for er verbs in the preterite.

Dar and ver take the endings of er/ir verbs with one exception, there are no accents on the yo and el forms.

Aer, eer, uir, and oir have a spelling change in the preterite.  On the el, ella, Uds. And ellos, ellas, Uds. forms, the  “i “  becomes a  “y”.  Example:  leer  - el leyo,   ellos leyeron

                                                                     oir   -  el oyo,   ellos oyeron   Also, the i of these verbs, with the exception of the uir verbs, have an accent on the i

 in all the other forms  - ex.  leiste.

 

Ir verbs in the Preterite

 

If the ir verb has a stem change in the present, it also has a stem change in the preterite.  This stem change will occur on the el, ella , Ud., ellos, ellas, Uds. Forms.

Example:   dormir                    el durmio       ellos durmieron

                  Servir                     el  sirvio         ellos sirvieron

 

The preterite of ir and ser are conjugated, are the same in the preterite tense.

 

fui           fuimos

fuiste      fuisteis

fue          fueron 

 

“J”  verbs in the Preterite tense

These verbs have a “  j  “ in their irregular stem and take on the following endings:

 

Decir    -   dij                                          e            imos

Traer    -    traj                                        iste        isteis

Traducer   -    traduj                               o            eron   

 

“I”  verbs in the Preterite

These verbs have an  “ i  “ in their irregular stem and take the following endings:

 

Hacer  - hic                                             e              imos

Querer  - quis                                          iste          isteis

Venir  - vin                                              o             ieron 

 

“U” verbs in the Preterite

These verbs have a “u” in their irregular s

tem and take the following endings:

                                                                                                                                 e       imos

Andar    -    anduv           Estar      -    estuv             Poder     -    pud                       iste   isteis

Poner     -   pus                Saber     -    sup                Tener     -    tuv                        o       ieron

 

The Imperfect tense

 

The imperfect tense is a past tense.  It is used to express a repeated or habitual past action, also to express time, age, and weather in the past.

 

AR                                                     ER                                            IR

 

aba             abamos                     ia           iamos                           ia                   iamos

abas            abais                        ias          iais                               ias                 iais

aba             aban                         ia            ian                               ia                   ian

 

 

There are only 3 irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

 

 

SER –to be                                                 IR –to go                                       VER- to see

 

era           eramos                         iba                   ibamos                         veia             veiamos

eras         erais                              ibas                 ibais                             veias           veiais

era           eran                              iba                   iban                              veia            veian

 

 

Spanish 2 Midterm Review                                                              

 

 

Etapa preliminar:

 

  1. Vocabulary – p. 25.
  2. Greetings- p. 3
  3. Verb “gustar” –p. 5
  4. Agreement of adjectives and nouns- p. 7.
  5. Verb “tener” –p. 9.
  6. Verbs “ser” and “estar” p. 10.
  7. Interrogatives- p. 13.
  8. Telling time- p. 15.
  9. Present tense of regular verbs – p. 17.
  10. Stem changing verbs in the present tense-p. 23.

 

Unidad 1:

 

Etapa 1:

 

  1. Vocabulary – p.49.
  2. Preterite tense of regular verbs- p. 36.
  3. Spelling change verbs in the preterite- p.38.
  4. Irregular preterite tense of “ ir, ser, hacer, dar and ver- p. 40.

 

Etapa 2:

 

  1. Vocabulary – p. 71.
  2. More stem-changing verbs in the preterite tense- p. 58.
  3. More irregular verbs in the preterite- p. 61.

 

Etapa 3:

 

  1. Vocabulary – p. 95.
  2. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns- p. 82.
  3. Stem-changing verbs in the preterite- p. 84.
  4. Adjectives of nationality- p. 80.

 

 

Unidad 2:

 

Etapa 1:

 

  1. Vocabulary- p. 121.
  2. Possessive adjectives and pronouns- p. 108.
  3. Reflexive verbs- P. 110.
  4. Imperfect tense of  regular and irregular verbs- p. 112.

 

 

Cultural Information:

 

Review all the cultural notes and information in all these lessons.

 

Pages to study for the cultural information discussed in class:

                 

 

 

                 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly readings and assignments