Spanish I Week 20 Para Empezar 19 de enero Fill in the blanks with the appropriate family member in Spanish. 1) El padre de mi madre es mi _______ 2) El hermano de mi padre es mi ______ 3) La hija de mi hermana es mi _______ What’s coming up? Family Vocab Quiz TOMORROW Práctica de Escritura The producers of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” are trying to pick a new reality TV family and you want your family to audition! Write a paragraph about your family describing why and how they are unique. You MUST include the following: 1) An opening sentence describing your family 2) At least three family members with three sentences describing each family member Words to help our composition… • con- with • tambien- also • como- like • entonces- and so Para Empezar 20 de enero Please translate the following into English. La familia de Maria es muy simpatica y grande. Maria tiene dos hermanas y cinco hermanos. What is Proficiency? Language proficiency refers to a person’s ability to use a language for a variety of purposes, including speaking, reading and writing Novice Low Novice Mid Novice High Describe it using only words. Try to think of the ten most important words to describe it. Be very generic. There can be spelling errors and wrong words like a Kindergartener would make. Describe it using simple phrases and lists. You do not need to have verbs. There can be spelling errors and wrong words. “Me like” Describe it using simple sentences with few details. Use “I like”, “It has” and “It is”. Limit the sentences to 4 words or less. Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate high Describe it using detailed sentences with words like “with” “in” “at” “also”. Describe it using detailed sentences. Combine some of your sentences with transition words like “furthermore” “however”. Describe it using a paragraph with detailed sentences. Include a simple personal story in the past tense. When I was little, I went… Also include ordinal words like “first” “last” and “then”. What proficiency level are you writing at? • Read your paragraph over again • Based on the rubric and the proficiency definitions, what level do you think your writing is at? • Why? Práctica de Lectura El libro de texto p. 76-77 Para Empezar 21 de enero In the text below there are a few errors. Read the text and then re-write the text to imake it correct. La familia de Maria es muy simpatico y grande. Maria tengo dos hermanas y cinco hermanos. Su hermano mayor me llamo Jose y él es muy intelligente y atletica. Objetivo I can name the rooms in a house la sala el comedor las escaleras el patio la cocina el cuarto/el dormitorio/la recámara el baño el garaje el jardin el ático el sótano