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