Mis amigos y
Los Adjetivos
Sra. Waters
NHS español I
• Quiz will be on Friday 7/11/14
Review your notes!!
La Abeja
• Create a 3 column chart, titled adjetivos
positivos y adjetivos negativos.
• Fill in the chart with at least 2 adjetivos
positivos y adjetivos negativos to
describe yourself & your amigos
• Find your amigos list from last week to
help you begin this abeja.
Nombre
Sra. Waters
adjetivos
positivos
adjetivos
negativos
Alta y Inteligente Seria y No soy
artistica
Unit Objectives
Throughout this unit students will revisit:
– Greetings & Salutations
– the verb Ser in the present tense
– Subject pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella, etc)
Students will be able to:
 Understand gender as it applies to Spanish
nouns & adjectives
 Practice using definite & indefinite articles
• Describe their personality & physical attributes
as well as those of their friends
• Express likes and dislikes using the verb Gustar
Lesson Goals
• Use adjetivos to describe myself &
my friends.
I can Statements
• I can choose dos adjetivos positivos y
dos adjetivos negativos to describe
myself y mis amigos
Compañeros
• Compañero = conversation partner
• 4 step process
1. Select a person sitting next to you at your table
group/ a seat mate whom you’ll feel comfortable
speaking Spanish with.
2. Decide who’s going to speak 1st. They raise their hand
when Sra. Waters says “Empezamos”
3. Following examples, begin your conversación/ review
practice. Then switch when your done, so that your
compañero has a chance to start the conversación.
4. Listen for the “Silencio” command from Sra. Waters
which is your clue to stop conversing & be silent!
Let’s practice….
Find your Compañero…….Empezamos
..... ¡Silencio!
Lista de adjetivos
• Work with your compañero to figure
out the list of adjetivos de
personalidad y físico
• Use cognate strategy to break down
the Spanish words
Compañeros
• Compañero = conversation partner
• 4 step process
1. Select a person sitting next to you at your table
group/ a seat mate whom you’ll feel comfortable
speaking Spanish with.
2. Decide who’s going to speak 1st. They raise their hand
when Sra. Waters says “Empezamos”
3. Following examples, begin your conversación/ review
practice. Then switch when your done, so that your
compañero has a chance to start the conversación.
4. Listen for the “Silencio” command from Sra. Waters
which is your clue to stop conversing & be silent!
Let’s practice….
Find your Compañero…….Empezamos
..... ¡Silencio!
Describing Cards
• Work with a Compañero
1. In your notes draw the people as
they are described on the card you’ll
receive.
2. Next translate the description into
English.
¿Como eres?
• ¿Como eres? Rap video will intro our
next actividad.
• Escribe 3 sentences that describe you
using ser y adjetivos.
– Yo soy alta.
– Yo soy bonita.
– Yo soy seria (negativo)
• Remember AGREE IT!!
Modelo para la conversaciòn:
• Go around the room and have 8 mini
conversaciònes en español with your
classmates. Write down how they describe
themselves and sign each other’s papers.
– Sra. Waters: ¿Cómo eres tú?
– Cecilia: Yo soy baja, flaca, y inteligente. ¿Cómo
eres tú?
– Sra. Waters: Yo soy alta, seria, y bonita.
¿Cómo eres?
Nombre
1 Cecilia
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Adjetivo
#1
Baja
Adjetivo
Adjetivo
#2
#3
Inteligente Flaca
Describing Hair & Eyes
• To describe these 2 features we use
a different verb in Spanish
Yo tengo
• NOT the Tango… that’s a dance.
• Copy down the conjugation chart fror
tener.