Computer Lab, Wednesday, Feb. 1

Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 1, we will be meeting in the 6th floor computer lab (room 640). Please go directly to room 640 and not to our usual classroom. I will post a sign as well since I did not announce this in class.

Here are important links for tomorrow:

quizlet.com/LaGuardiaAL -> Click on "Classes" then click "Spanish."

https://conjuguemos.com/verb/frog_game/133

This will be helpful for our test next Friday, February 10. '

Two students in each class with the highest scores for our most recent Quizlet sets will receive 3 extra points towards our upcoming test (one student for Scatter, and one student for Space race).

Pen Pal Assignment - Due Tomorrow, Feb. 1

Write 100 words about yourself in Spanish. Be sure to have a word count at the end of your composition. Names and places do not count as words.

Use the questions below as a guide to write a letter to a pen pal. Be sure to introduce yourself and ask them at least two questions. Be sure to write at least 100 words.

1.  ¿Cómo te llamas?

2.  ¿Qué estudias en LaGuardia?

3.  ¿Cuántos años tienes?

4.  ¿De dónde eres?

5.  ¿Cuántas clases tienes en LaGuardia?

6.  ¿Qué clases asistes en LaGuardia?

7.  ¿Cuál es tu clase preferida?

8.  ¿Qué te gusta hacer?

9.  ¿Cuál es tu restaurante preferido?

10.                  ¿Cómo es tu familia?

11.                  Ecc.

 

This will be collected tomorrow, February 1.

Examen Final, el 18 de enero

The final exam for this class will be on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (there is an official Final Exam Schedule on the LaGuardia website that has been chosen by the school, should you wonder why our final exam is not on a Friday). The exam will take place during a regular class period. The format will be the same as the other exams that I have given this year. There will be listening, reading, writing, and grammar sections on this exam. The final is worth 10% of your final grade (this final grade goes on your high school transcript for Spanish 1).

For the final, you should study:

Chapter 1
- Vocabulary: Greetings (p. 6-11)
- Subject Pronouns (p. 14)
- Numbers 1-100 (p. 18, Quizlet)
- Time (p. 20)
- The date, the months, days of the week (p. 21)
- The Spanish alphabet (p. 22)
- Ser (p. 24)
*Page 35 has a lot of vocabulary to review for Chapter 1.*

Chapter 2
- Vocabulary: Adjectives (p. 44-45, 47)
- Ser with adjectives (p. 48)
- Gender and adjective agreement (p. 50)
- Question formation and question words (p. 52)
- Vocabulary: Me gusta (p. 56- 57, 58)
- Nouns and definite articles (p. 60)
- The verb "gustar" and porque (p. 62)
- The preposition "de" (p. 64)
*Page 73 has a lot of vocabulary to review for Chapter 2.*  

Chapter 3
- Vocabulary: a mis amigos y a mi' nos gusta… (p. 82-83, 85)
- Gustar with infinitives (p. 86)
- Querer, querer with infinitives (p. 90)
- Vocabulary: los fines de semana me gusta…(p. 94-96)
- Present tense of regular -AR verbs (p. 98)
- Ir and Jugar (p. 100)
- Weather expressions (p. 102)
*Page 111 has a lot of vocabulary to review for Chapter 3.*

Chapter 4
- Vocabulary: Tengo muchas cosas, pero… (p. 120-122)
- Indefinite articles; cuanto, mucho, poco (p. 124)
- Tener and idioms with tener (p. 126)
- Venir (p. 128)
- A + time (expressing at what time a person does something) (p. 128)
- Vocabulary: En el colegio (p. 132-134)
- Ir + a + infinitive (p. 136)
- The present tense of  -ER and -IR verbs (p. 138)
- Tag questions (no, verdad) (p. 138)
- Irregular -ER/-IR verbs: hacer, poner, traer, saber, ver, salir (p. 140)
*Page 149 has a lot of vocabulary to review for Chapter 4.*

Chapter 5
- Vocabulary: family members (p. 158)

Please be sure to manage your time efficiently, and don't forget to use Quizlet. Please speak to me should you have any questions. 

Tarea, Period 7 only

Copy the following sentences. Conjugate the given verbs (pay attention to whether the verbs are –ER, -IR, or -AR).

1.  La tienda ___________ (abrir) a las 8 de la mañana.

2.  Los estudiantes __________________ (escribir) mucho en la clase de inglés.

3.  Mi amigo y yo ____________________ (comer) en la cafeteria juntos.

4.  La chica ________________ (leer) revistas a la playa.

5.  ¿Tú y tus amigos ___________________ (estudiar) durante el fin de semana?

6.  Quiero ____________________ (correr) en el parque con mis amigos.

7.  Yo ________________________ (ver) muchas películas con mis padres.

8.  ¿Adónde _________________ (comer) el almuerzo tú?

9.  Yo __________________ (escribir) cartas a mi amigo en Puerto Rico.

10.      Nos gusta ____________________ (comer) en los restaurantes.