Dec 2, 2013
lunes
Acc Sp2
Per 2, 3, 6
Greet, Take Attendance, Read Bulletin in Per 2
1. COLLECT EXTRA Credit Papers
Changes: I must have the paper you completed and the results recorded and sent to me—no
exceptions.
You have until Friday to do or redo any acts that you didn’t record and send.
If you get at least 80% with a minimum of 50 words attempted, you can get the full credit.
If you keep trying and can’t get the 80%, you need to get at least 60% to get partial credit, but it
still has to be out of 50 attempts (#of words conjugated).
2. DISTRIBUTE handout: Topics to review for the Final Exam Sem1
Give students 5 mins to discuss the answers with their neighbor.
Use sticks to pick students to review the answers.
Ask students to find and bring the Notebook packets that cover the topics on this list so
they can have all the activities and worksheets we did as study guides for the final exam.
3. Explain the WRITTEN PART OF THE FINAL EXAM which will take place TOMORROW!
You will be writing a formal letter or interview:
See the Characteristics of each text on the back of the handout H: Topics to review for the Final
Exam Sem1.
If time permits:
4. START teaching the comparative and superlative using PPT: 1—C1B El Comparativo APUNTES y
Práctica
5. Distribute and work on: WS Comparatives & Superlative NOTES and Practice
La Tarea:
1. Find the notebook packets that cover the topics on the final exam
2. Study the characteristics for writing a formal letter and an interview (Back of Handout H)
3. Come prepared with a Spanish-English dictionary for the written part of the exam TOMORROW
Nombre ____________________________
Fecha ____________________
Per_______
Conjuguemos.com
Extra Credit—Semester 1
1. Go to the website www.conjuguemos.com
2. Click the (blue) link on the right under the sign in boxes that says “Not a member? Join us!”
3. Click the orange box that says “Student Registration”
4. Enter 511 for the School ID
5. Your Username will be your period number, first initial, last name, period number
Ex:
Jennifer López in period 1 would be 1JLopez1
Enrique Iglesias in period 3 would be 3EIglesias3
6. Choose a password that is at least 5 characters long.
7. Confirm your password by entering it again in the “Confirm password” box
8. Enter your first and last name
9. Choose “California” as your School location.
10. Select “Sra. Bernal” as your teacher.
11. Click SPANISH VERBS on the left side of the page.
12. Select an activity from the list on page 2 of this document.
13. Click start. You will practice for 5 minutes.
14. You will see a pronoun and subject or a vocabulary word in English. Type the conjugation or
the word in Spanish and press Enter. If you need an accent mark, type the letter then click the
“Add Accent” button below the answer line. You will either receive a pop up that says
CORRECT, or you will see a pop up that gives you the correct answer. You must type in the
correct answer in order to move on.
15. When time is up, you will see a box pop up with your score. Record the information you see
on page 2 of this document. Click OK.
16. Scroll down to your score and to the right you will see a link that says “Record / Send Results.”
If you were able to score at least 80% on the activity with a minimum of 50 attempts, please
press “Record / Send.” If you were not able to meet this requirement, do the activity again until
you succeed.
17. Complete steps 12-16 for each of the remaining activities.
Verbs
1. PRESENT TENSE—Regular Verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
2. PRESENT TENSE--Stem-Changing Verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
3. PRESENT TENSE--Reflexive Verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
4. PRESENT TENSE—Irregular verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
5. PRETERIT TENSE—Regular verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
6. PRETERIT TENSE—Stem/Spell-Changing Verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
7. PRETERIT TENSE—Irregular verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
8. PRETERIT TENSE--ALL Verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
9. IMPERFECT TENSE—ALL verbs
Words correctly identified _______
Attempts _______ Percentage _______
Redo anything you got less than an 80% score
with a minimum of 50 attempts until you succeed.
Nombre ___________________________________ Fecha _____________ Per _____ Pg H
Topics to review for Semester 1 Final Exam
I. Question Words that complete the question based on a response.
Example:1. ¿ _____ vas a la escuela? Voy para aprender. 2. ¿ _____ vas a la escuela? Voy de lunes a viernes.
3. Voy con mis amigos. ¿ ________ vas a la escuela? 4. Voy caminando. ¿______ vas a la escuela?
II. How to Conjugate and Use Verbs in the Infinitive, Present tense (Regular, Irregular, Go-Go, Stemchanging, Reflexive verbs)
Example: 1. ¿Entiendes la lección? Sí, _________________________ la lección.
2. ¿Necesito mis materiales? Sí necesitas _______________ tus materiales todos los días.
3. ¿Cuándo comen ustedes el almuerzo? ________________ en la escuela con nuestros amigos.
III. SER vs ESTAR (Paco & Pablo Have Never Cooked Insect Oatmeal 4 ME; Santa Clause Loves Pizza)
Example: 1. Ella ____ de México pero ahora _____ en Colombia.
2. La fiesta _____ el sábado. La fiesta _____ en mi casa.
IV. CONOCER vs SABER
Conocer is DIRECTLY followed by a person, place or thing.
Saber is DIRECTLY followed by a relative pronoun (question word), info, if (si), or an infinitive
Example: 1. Yo ________ a la Sra. Bernal. 2. Yo ________ que ella enseña español.
3. Yo no ________ su primer nombre. 4. ¿_________ tú Charter Oak? 5. ¿_______ la historia de CO?
V. POSSESSIVE ADJS
Example: 1. La foto no es mía; es de mi hermano. Es ___________________.
2. ¡Oye tú! Esos dulces son míos. No son ____________________.
VI. COMPARITIVE & SUPERLATIVE (más/menos que; el más/el menos de; tan/tanto como)
Example: 1.(+) ¿Piensas que las chicas son __________________ inteligentes que los chicos?
2.(-) ¿Piensas que el básquetbol es _____________ popular que el fútbol americano en CO?
3. ¿Piensas que el fútbol es ______________ popular como el fútbol americano en los EEUU?
4. ¿Estudias ________________ como tu hermana?
5. ¿Sabes quién es el estudiante más inteligente _______________ la escuela?
VII. AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE WORDS
Example: 1. ¿Conoces a ______ en CO? No, no conozco a ______ pero mi hermano conoce a ______ personas.
VIII. TRANSLATIONS to show that you know how to use grammatical structures like the following
examples: 1. I am going to watch the movie at my friend’s house.
2. Before we watch the movie, we have to make popcorn.
3. We are watching the movie for our Spanish class.
IX. IMPERFECT: Conjugation of Regular and Irregular Verbs
Example: 1. Yo (trabajar) ________ en McDonald’s cuando (tener) _______ 16 años.
2. Yo siempre (comer) ___________ una hamburguesa con queso. (Ser) ______ mi comida favorita cuando
(ir) _________ a comer a un restaurante.
X. PRETERIT: Conjugation of Regular and Irregular Verbs
Example: 1. ¿Por qué no (hacer) __________________ tu tarea? –Yo no (tener) _______________ tiempo.
2. Pero tus amigos y tú (salir) _______________ al cine y (ir) _____________ a comer ¿verdad?
3. Es verdad. Nosotros (ver) ______________ una película muy buena y (comer) ____________después.
There are also 3 more parts to the final exam.
Reading Comprehension
Speaking: Bring a family picture (or pretend a magazine picture is a family picture). You will need to
describe what we see in the picture and then I will ask you questions about your “family” picture.
Writing a formal letter or Interview: Study the characteristics of each type of text (on the back of this
paper).
A FORMAL LETTER:
Sender’s address (you can make it up)
Your name
Street number and name
City, State
Country, Zip Code
Receiver’s address (you can make it up)
Title of Receiver (Sr. Director)
Title of Company
Street Name and number (notice that the number follows the name)
Zip Code, City, Country
City, Date in Spanish
(Covina, 2 de diciembre de 2013)
Salutation (Estimado señor(a)/señores/señorita):
If you know the person’s name, be sure to include the title (Sr./Sra./Srta.)
Only use the person’s first name in INFORMAL letters
Only use Querido in INFORMAL letters
Introduction=Purpose for writing (Le escribo para…)
Body=Details, Pertinent Info
Give info relating to your reason for writing. Use Paragraphs and Cohesive words (Para empezar,
así que, por lo tanto, por fin, etc)
Closing (Le doy las gracias de antemano por su respuesta, OR En espera por una pronta respuesta,)
Thank the person for their time, give them your contact info, and tell them you hope to hear
from them soon.
Farewell (Atentamente, NOT Sinceramente)
Signature
P.S. (P.D.)
AN INTERVIEW:
Introduction: Explanation of the situation / circumstances and introduction of the people involved in the
interview.
Name of the person asking the question (bold or underlined): followed by a question
Name of person answering the question (bold or underlined): followed by a the answer
Keep this format until the end of the interview. The names of the people involved in the interview can
be abbreviated.
Conclusion: Thank the person for the interview / Final comments
Spanish Comparatives and Superlatives
Spanish comparatives and superlatives are fairly simple. Comparatives are the comparison of one person
or thing to another (more, less, or as... as), while superlatives indicate that one person/thing is the most,
best, least, or worst of all.
I. Comparatives come in three varieties:
Superiority
más... (que)
more... than or ____er than
Inferiority
menos... (que)
less/fewer... than
Equality
tan... como
as... as
tanto... como
as much/many as
With numbers más/menos…de more/less…than
Notes
1. In comparatives of equality, tan is used with adjectives (tan guapo como) and adverbs (tan rápidamente
como), while tanto (tanta, tantos, tantas) is used with nouns (tanto dinero como) and verbs (trabajamos
tanto como).
Tú eres más interesante (que nosotros). You are more interesting (than we are).
Ana es más alta (que Lucas).
Ana is taller (than Lucas).
Sevilla es menos caro (que Barcelona).
Sevilla is less/not as expensive (than/as Barcelona).
Soy tan guapo como José.
I'm as handsome as José.
Tengo tanto dinero como Uds.
I have as much money as you.
II. Superlatives are formed with the definite article + noun + más or menos + adjective. Note that when
the superlative uses "in" (e.g., the tallest in the world, the happiest in the house), "in" is translated by de.
Carlos es la persona más inteligente que trabaja
aquí.
Carlos is the most intelligent person who works
here.
Es la ciudad menos interesante del mundo.
It's the least interesting city in the world.
Es el profesor más amable de la escuela.
He is the nicest teacher in the school.
III. Exceptions: Bueno / Malo; Viejo (age) / Joven (age) have irregular forms for the comparative and
superlative.
Comparative Superlative
Comparative Superlative
Bueno mejor(es)
El/los/la(s) mejor(es) Viejo
Malo
El/los/la(s) peor(es)
peor(es)
mayor(es)
El/los/la(s) mayor(es)
Joven menor(es)
El/los/la(s) menor(es)
In the superlative, they are placed in front of the noun they modify.
Mi restaurante es mejor (que éste).
My restaurant is better (than this one).
Son los mejores profesores de la escuela. They are the best teachers in the school.
El libro es peor (que la película).
The book is worse (than the movie).
Es la peor idea del mundo.
It's the worst idea in the world.
Nombre __________________________________________ Fecha ____________________ Per ______
WS 100.1
Comparative & Superlative
Translate. Be careful with word order, especially with the irregular words best, worst, youngest, oldest.
Example. “the tallest student”el estudiante más alto
but “the best student” el mejor estudiante
1. My mother has more books than my father.____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. To read is better than to watch TV. ___________________________________________________
3. I live in the most interesting city in the world. ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
4. You are as nice as your brother. ______________________________________________________
5. Luis buys fewer clothes than I. _______________________________________________________
6. I have the best family of all. _________________________________________________________
7. Marco wants to win as many games as we (do). _________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
8. His job is worse than your job. ______________________________________________________
9. Do you want the best grade in the class? _______________________________________________
10. They have the worse car that exists! __________________________________________________
11. He is the youngest student in the school. ______________________________________________
12. She is the oldest singer in LV. ________________________________________________________
Complete the sentences with the missing comparative or superlative words:
más/menos…que
tan/tanto…como
el más/menos…de
mejor/peor/mayor/menor
1. Los jóvenes tienen (-) _______________ años _______________ los mayores.
2. La Sra. Gómez es (=)_______________ simpática _______________ la Srta. López.
3. ¡Ustedes son los (+)_______________ estudiantes _______________ mundo!
4. Taz tiene las (-)_______________ notas _______________ la clase.
5. Yo trabajo (=)_______________ horas _______________ ellos.
6. Nosotros tenemos la (+) _______________ profesora _______________ toda la escuela.
7. Tú eres (+)_______________ inteligente _______________ él.
8. Ella come (=)_______________ _______________ su hermano menor.
9. Mi hermano juega al fútbol (-)_______________ _______________ yo. ¡Yo juego muy bien!
10. Mi abuelo es (+)_______________ _______________ mi papá. Él tiene 65 años y mi papá 45.