Dharma Leon

Spanish II - miercoles, 9 de febrero

Dharma Leon — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:47:00 GMT

Mas nieve, chicas!

Favor de memorizar: Juan 14:6 "Jesus le dijo: 'Yo so el camino, y la verdad, y la vida; nadie viene

al Padre, sino por mi'.

Favor de leer el Dialogo sobre "Problemas automovilisticos" en la pagina 132 y favor de contestar las preguntas en

la pagina 133 en oraciones completas.

Actividad 4 pagina 137: The students are talking about things they are going to do.

You will copy # 2, 3, 6, and 7. Then you will rewrite the sentence as if you did the activity yesterday.

Remember to change the adverbs to match your preterite tense - tonight to last night, today to yesterday,

this morning to yesterday morning, etc.

Next, you will switch each sentence to the ir + a + infinitivo construction and write another sentence.

You will have 3 sentences for each, or a total of 12 sentences.

For example: Voy a jugar al tenis hoy.

Yo jugue al tenis ayer. (The bold "e" should have an accent)

Yo fui a jugar al tenis ayer.

#1. Marta: Voy a practicar al piano dos horas esta noche.

Yo practique al piano dos horas anoche. (The bold "e" should have an accent)

Fui a practicar al piano dos horas anoche.

Paragraph of 8 sentences: Write a paragraph narrarating what you did yesterday, from morning till night. Use as many

of your verbs, adjectives, adverbs as you can. Be creative, make it melodramatic and funny! When you tell me what you had

for breakfast, lunch and dinner, tell me in Spanish. The Spanish II book has more menu words on page 35 and 36. Look through

your book, get familiar with it. The Reference Tables in pages 314 to 346 have a lot of information that can help you. Read pages 344-346

to know the difference between por and para. This will help you when you write.

Las veo en Jester's!

Sra. Leon

Spanish I - miercoles, 9 de febrero

Dharma Leon — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:56:00 GMT

Mas nieve! (Look it up and tell me what it means by texting me or emailing me; the word "mas" is supposed to have an accent)

Classwork for Wednesday: Read "a personal" on page 92, then proceed to do Act. 5 and Act. 6.

Write out Act. 5 and just supply the "a" if it is necessary for Act. 6.

Memorize your Bible verse and know the reference (pag. 93)

Read Pronunciacion (pag. 94) and know which intonation pattern is used for statements, exclamations, commands, and information questions

and which intonation pattern is used with yes/no questions. This will be on the quiz on Friday.

In your Activities Manual page 137, do section IV- A.

The following is the vocabulary quiz for Spanish I students: Chase, Joel, Kate, Garaleigh, Emily, David, and Jacob;

8th grade Spanish I already had their quiz on Monday. (Good for you for being prepared!)

You will all have a quiz on Friday for Lesson 11, so study. See you tomorrow at Jester's!

For the following quiz, you may just highlight and print out and take or have a parent read it to you just like I do in class

and you write the correct Spanish word on notebook paper. Please remember to write your "nombre y fecha".

Once you have taken the vocabulary quiz, please check with a red pen and copy each misspelled word

(that includes wrong article and accents) three times. Turn this in along with homework on Friday.

Spanish I Vocabulary Quiz for Lesson 11

Translate please:

1. to play (an instrument) _____________________

2. to look for ___________________

3. to wait ______________________

4. to teach or show ___________________________

5. to reserve __________________________

6. to invite _____________________________

7. to take or take out ________________________

8. to preach _______________________________

9. the piano _______________________________

10. the xylophone ___________________________

11. the rehearsal ____________________________

12. the duet ______________________________

13. the musical instruments ________________________________

14. the trumpet _____________________________________

15. the guitar ___________________________________

Spanish I and II - viernes, febrero 4 del 2011

Dharma Leon — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:17:00 GMT

Hola!

Just go to my previous post and see what I had already written up for you to do for Friday.

Both Spanish I and II will have Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, February 7th, so study.

It will count for grade!

Spanish I - Musical terms and instruments - 22 words

Spanish II - Automobile parts and situations - 31 terms (includes parts of car, things that happen to cars,

and things you have to do to cars before you go on a trip)

Know the words on page 134: frenos, motor, llanta, accidente, gato, bateria, deposito de gasolina, aceite, agua,

presion de aire

New car related verbs: fallar, recalentar, reventar, descargar, usar, llenar, cambiar, revisar, y tuvieron

Tuvieron un accidente = They had an accident. Tuvieron is the preterite (past tense) of tener. We will study this in lesson three

of chapter five, page 154. No need to worry about it yet!

yo tuve nosotros tuvimos

tu tuviste vosotros tuvisteis

usted, el, ella tuvo ustedes, ellos, ellas tuvieron

Spanish II girls have fun with this vocabulary, use it as a bonding moment with your fathers. Your fathers

probably deal with hispanics in their work areas and this may come in handy to help in time of need. You

never know when someone has a flat tire and you can help by translating.

Dios los bendiga!

Spanish II - February 2-4, 2011

Dharma Leon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:03:00 GMT

Buenas tardes, muchachas. Que mucho frio hace, verdad? Cuidado al salir, ponte guantes, bufanda, abrigo y sombrero, porque hace mucho, mucho frio. Tambien hace mucho viento!

Time-out for English: I am blogging late because I had already told you what to do, but I am repeating instructions as well as reviewing to give you confidence. I am also adding the work for Wednesday and Thursday.

I am blogging from my laptop, and I have not yet learned how to do the accent marks or upside down punctuation marks, so just imagine the correct punctuation is there as you read the Spanish. And no, the same does not apply to you with your work, just in case you wanted to use this excuse when you turn in your homework next!

Tuesday (martes, 1 de febrero): Today you were supposed to be studying for your quiz on lesson 25.

- Know your vocabulary of house chores.

- Know how to use the phrase "acabar de"; remember that we only conjugate "acabar" not the second verb.

- Know how to conjugate all these chore verbs into the preterite (past) tense:

lavar

yo lave(con acento) nosotros lavamos

tu lavaste vosotros lavasteis

usted, el, ella lavo(con acento) ustedes, el, ella lavaron

- Know how to conjugate the yo form of the verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar, such as:

tocar - yo toque(con acento) marcar - yo marque(con acento) indicar - yo indique(con acento) sacar - yo saque(con acento)

aplicar - yo aplique(con acento)

jugar - yo jugue(con acento) pagar - yo pague(con acento)

almorzar - yo almorce(con acento) empezar - yo empece(con acento) comenzar - yo comence(con acento)

- Know which verbs need the preposition "a" after them when following the verb + a + infinitive:

If it is a verb of motion - ir, venir, o salir, it needs an "a" after it.

Elena va a ir a la escuela. Yo vengo a comer a tu casa hoy. Nosotros salimos a jugar baloncesto con los muchachos, y ellos nos ganaron.

If it is a verb of learning, teaching, or beginning - aprender, ensenar, empezar, comenzar, etc. it needs the "a" after it.

La Sra. Leon ensena a hablar espanol a los estudiantes de Applewood. Las muchachas de noveno grado aprenden a escribir y hablar espanol.

Applewood empieza a tener clases despues de la nieve.

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Wednesday (miercoles, 2 de febrero): Take the Quiz on Lesson 25. You do not have to know the verse. Buena suerte!

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Thursday (jueves, 3 de febrero): Empezar a trabajar en el libro de Espanol II - Por fin! (finally)

Capitulo 5, pagina 131 - Copia el versiculo 4 veces: Juan 14:6 "Jesus le dijo: 'Yo so el camino, y la verdad, y la vida; nadie viene

al Padre, sino por mi'.

Pagina 133 y 134 - El automovil - Copia las palabras 4 veces y las oraciones y frases en la pagina 134.

Hacer - Actividad 1 en la pagina 134 y 135 - Escribe las palabras or frases

Repasar (review) paginas 135 - 137

Leer pagina 138: Los verbos ir y ser en preterito. (These verbs are exactly the same when in the past tense; it is the context that determines which verb is used.)

ir ser ir ser

yo fui (I went) (I was) nosotros fuimos (we went) (we were)

tu fuiste (you went) (you were) vosotros fuisteis (you went) (you were)

Ud., el, ella fue (you, he, she went) (you, he, she was) Uds., ellos, ellas fueron (you all, they went) (you, they were)

Hacer: Actividad 5 en la pagina 138: Write out the sentence, and then put in parentheses if it is (ir) or (ser) which is being used.

#1. Nosotros fuimos a Costa Rica en autobus. (ir)

#2. Margarita fue la primera en llegar. (ser)

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Friday (viernes, 4 de febrero del 2011): Libro de Actividades Manuales

Pagina 125 - Hacer secciones I - A y B

Pagina 127 - Hacer seccion III- B

Pagina 127 - Hacer seccion IV - Escribe "ir" o "ser" en el blanco, por favor

Quiz on Monday, February 7: Muchachas, deben estudiar el vocabulario del automovil y saber como conjugar el preterito de ir y de ser. Van a tener una prueba el lunes, 7 de febrero. Estudia!

PS: A good exercise would be to take "Post-it" notes or index cards and copy the vocabulary words for each part of the automobile and then go to your parent's car in your garage, hopefully, and tape it to every part on the inside. Teach your whole family how to say these words, and practice while you drive back and forth to places (although we won't be going back and forth anywhere in these next two days, but hopefully in the weekend.)

Spanish II - febrero 2-4 del 2011

Dharma Leon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:03:00 GMT

Buenas tardes, muchachas. Que mucho frio hace, verdad? Cuidado al salir, ponte guantes, bufanda, abrigo y sombrero, porque hace mucho, mucho frio. Tambien hace mucho viento!

Tuesday (martes, 1 de febrero): Today you were supposed to be studying for your quiz on lesson 25.

- Know your vocabulary of house chores.

- Know how to use the phrase "acabar de"; remember that we only conjugate "acabar" not the second verb.

- Know how to conjugate all these chore verbs into the preterite (past) tense:

lavar

yo lave(con acento) nosotros lavamos

tu lavaste vosotros lavasteis

usted, el, ella lavo(con acento) ustedes, el, ella lavaron

- Know how to conjugate the yo form of the verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar, such as:

tocar - yo toque(con acento) marcar - yo marque(con acento) indicar - yo indique(con acento) sacar - yo saque(con acento)

aplicar - yo aplique(con acento)

jugar - yo jugue(con acento) pagar - yo pague(con acento)

almorzar - yo almorce(con acento) empezar - yo empece(con acento) comenzar - yo comence(con acento)

- Know which verbs need the preposition "a" after them when following the verb + a + infinitive:

If it is a verb of motion - ir, venir, o salir, it needs an "a" after it.

Elena va a ir a la escuela. Yo vengo a comer a tu casa hoy. Nosotros salimos a jugar baloncesto con los muchachos, y ellos nos ganaron.

If it is a verb of learning, teaching, or beginning - aprender, ensenar, empezar, comenzar, etc. it needs the "a" after it.

La Sra. Leon ensena a hablar espanol a los estudiantes de Applewood. Las muchachas de noveno grado aprenden a escribir y hablar espanol.

Applewood empieza a tener clases despues de la nieve.

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Wednesday (miercoles, 2 de febrero): Take the Quiz on Lesson 25. You do not have to know the verse. Buena suerte!

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Thursday (jueves, 3 de febrero): Empezar a trabajar en el libro de Espanol II - Por fin! (finally)

Capitulo 5, pagina 131 - Copia el versiculo 4 veces: Juan 14:6 "Jesus le dijo: 'Yo so el camino, y la verdad, y la vida; nadie viene

al Padre, sino por mi'.

Pagina 133 y 134 - El automovil - Copia las palabras 4 veces y las oraciones y frases en la pagina 134.

Hacer - Actividad 1 en la pagina 134 y 135 - Escribe las palabras or frases

Repasar (review) paginas 135 - 137

Leer pagina 138: Los verbos ir y ser en preterito. (These verbs are exactly the same when in the past tense; it is the context that determines which verb is used.)

ir ser ir ser

yo fui (I went) (I was) nosotros fuimos (we went) (we were)

tu fuiste (you went) (you were) vosotros fuisteis (you went) (you were)

Ud., el, ella fue (you, he, she went) (you, he, she was) Uds., ellos, ellas fueron (you all, they went) (you, they were)

Hacer: Actividad 5 en la pagina 138: Write out the sentence, and then put in parentheses if it is (ir) or (ser) which is being used.

#1. Nosotros fuimos a Costa Rica en autobus. (ir)

#2. Margarita fue la primera en llegar. (ser)

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Friday (viernes, 4 de febrero del 2011): Libro de Actividades Manuales

Pagina 125 - Hacer secciones I - A y B

Pagina 127 - Hacer seccion III- B

Pagina 127 - Hacer seccion IV - Escribe "ir" o "ser" en el blanco, por favor

Quiz on Monday, February 7: Muchachas, deben estudiar el vocabulario del automovil y saber como conjugar el preterito de ir y de ser. Van a tener una prueba el lunes, 7 de febrero. Estudia!

Spanish I - Tuesday and Wednesday, February 1 and 2, 2011

Dharma Leon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:48:00 GMT

Tuesday, February 1, 2011: Study for Quiz of Lesson 10

First of all, I am blogging from my laptop and I have not yet found out how to get accent marks and upside down puctuations, so please imagine them as I write out Spanish examples:

Next, we reviewed in class for this quiz and you were given the quiz to take on Wednesday. The following is a review highlight so that you can be confident when you take the quiz.

An area I did not overemphasize is the accent marks section on page 87 under "Pronunciacion". Read that section again and read page 79 again, since the quiz will have four words in which you have to decide if they need accent marks or not and you must rewrite the ones that do with the accent mark on the correct letter.

Summary of stressing syllables and accent mark rules:

1. The stress falls on the next to the last syllable if the word ends in a vowel or in n or s.

ga - to ca - mi - no ven - ta - na co - ci -na can - ta

2. The stress falls on the last syllable if the word ends in any consonant except n or s.

a - mor doc - tor can - tar nor - mal

3. Any word that is an exception to the two rules above contains an accent mark; thus, the stress falls on the syllable containing the accented vowel.

la(con acento) - piz na - cio(con acento) n ver - si(con acento) - cu - lo

Clue: A good rule to know, in Spanish every word that ends in -cion or -sion, always has an accent on the "o".

Review: personal pronouns and verbs - Know how to conjugate:

1. yo gano 4. nosotros ganamos

2. tu ganas 5. vosotros ganais

3. usted, el, ella gana 6. ustedes, ellos, ellas ganan

Know your memory verse and reference: "Os es necesario nacer de nuevo." Juan 3:7b

Understand how to use preprositions "con" and "para" with personal pronouns and object pronouns "mi(con acento)" and "ti". Remember that mi and ti are used in the predicate, in other words, after the verb. That is what object pronouns are; they receive the action like the direct objects.

para mi(con acento) para ti para ella para nosotros para vosotros para usted

conmigo contigo con ella con nosotras con vosotras con ustedes

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Wednesday (miercoles): Take the Quiz on Lesson 10.

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Thursday (jueves, 3 de enero del 2011):

Vocabulario en la pagina 89 - copiar 4 veces (remember to also copy the titles 4 times each) You should have 22 words in total.

Versiculo de la Biblia en la pagina 93 - copiar 4 veces - Romanos 6:23 "Porque la paga del pecado es muerte, mas la dadiva de Dios es vida eterna en Cristo Jesus Senor nuestro".

Read (lee) "Gramatica" en la pagina 90 y trabaja en las Actividades 1, 2 y 3.

Actividad 1: just write the correct form of the verb

Actividad 2: Call someone from your class (I will assign who to call) and ask these questions and get their answers. Write out the question and answer. The caller asks questions 1-3, the one who receives the call asks questions 4-6. Remember to write both the question and answer.

Jacob B. calls Sevannaugh John D. calls Hannah T. Kris W. calls Katelynn Sevannaugh calls Hannah B. (Sevannaugh only has to write out her 4-6 questions)

Actividad 3: Write simple sentences for numbers 1-6.

In case we have school on Friday - then study these vocabulary words you copied, I will quiz you on them in class just as we have done in the past.

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Friday (viernes, 4 de enero del 2011): If we do have school, then I will quiz you on the new vocabualry that you copied on Thursday - musical terms, insturments, and verbs. Next, we will do the Activity Manual excercises on page 135.

If we do not have classes, then you just do the excercises on page 135 as follows: Trabajar en seccion I - A, B y C

High School Drama for February 2 - 3, 2011

Dharma Leon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:39:00 GMT

Hello fellow thespians,

This is a reminder that you must have memorized your monologues by Wednesday. For clarification purposes, a monologue is a performance by one actor, but it can involve the performance of two or more characters. For example, I could choose to portray a monologue from the scene in Little Women where Jo and Beth are going to the theater with Laurie and Amy wants to go with them. In this scene, I as an actor portray Beth, Jo, and Amy. How do I do this? I choose to play Beth at front and center with a soothing manner and voice; I play Jo to my right with an overbearing expression and commanding voice; I play Amy to my left with a whinning voice and different facial gestures and body postures. The times I speak as a different character and / or change body positions are called transitions. These transitions must be quick, smooth, and clear to the audience. Your characterization of these roles must also be complete so that your audience will understand the scene, since they do not have the benefit of reading the lines and seeing who is speaking.

Most of your monologues for audition involve only one character speaking to another silent character. In order for the audience to see the most of your expressions and gestures, make sure you rehearse with your body in full front body position. If we have class on Friday, then we will meet in the Sanctuary where Auditions will take place.

Teaser or Introduction: Remeber to have a creative teaser in your introduction to your monologue (read the introduction page in the copies I handed out last week) and to have your monologue down to a minute. When I say a minute, I mean in your acting. Time yourself or have someone time you when you rehearse. Adapt your monologue so that it makes sense to the audience with a beginning, middle, and an end. When adapting, cut out any unnecessary bits that may be omitted because they don't really have much action or are not needed in order to make sense. Choose the parts that are intersting, funny, or give you as an actor opportunities to show your skill.

Remember, that in your audition you are judged from the moment your name is called and you stand up and begin walking to the front of the panel, be they judges in a competition or the director and assistants during an audition.

Resumes for Audition: Good job on your resumes girls. As for the students to whom I returned so that you could type and hand in with a picture please have these ready for Friday. (Emily Walton, Erin Cloud and Jacquelyn Sims) If you are able to scan or provide a picture (head shot) on paper, great! If not, then just include your school picture and I'll return after casting for the play.

Props: In a monologue competition you are not allowed costumes or props. In an audition, we do not want costumes, but if your character uses a prop or you want to incorporate a prop to augment your performance then by all means use it. (For example: a baseball cap,a lollipop, a hat, a scarf, a clipboard, etc.) This demonstrates your ambition, commitment to your acting, passion for your character, creativity, and initiative.

PS: A good trivia excercise during all this down time: Look up where the term "thespians" comes from and e-mail me your answer at dharmaleon@att.net.

Break a leg!

Spanish II - Friday, January 21

Dharma Leon — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:51:00 GMT

Hola muchachas. ¡Qué mucha nieve! ¡Diviértanse! Pero primero, favor de hacer la tarea de hoy.

Reminder: Make sure you have a recipe selected and printed out for this Monday so we can plan who is cooking when.

Wow, I am so excited. We are finally in the past tense, girls. You are the first class in Applewood to arrive to the past tense. ¡Felicidades!

The following is answers to some of the activities you had to do for Thursday so that you can check your work and know if you did it correctly.

Act. 1 página 209 - 1. María y Andrés acaban de tomar una clase de piano. 2. Ellos acaban de ensayar con el coro.

Act. 2 página 209 - 1. Gracias, Roberto, pero acabamos de jugar al volibol.

Act. 3 página 210 - 1. El señor Blanco llamó por teléfono. 2. Diego llegó tarde al trabajo.

Friday's classwork assignment: Actividad 4, 5 y 6 en la página 211.

Si tienes preguntas, llámame al (660)829-2869.

Spanish I - Friday, January 21

Dharma Leon — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:36:00 GMT

Hola muchachos y muchachas. Tarea para el viernes, enero 21 del 2011:

Activities Manual - page 133 and 134 - Do Sections I: Verbos -ar - A, B, C, and D and Section III: Vocabulario; skip Section II.

Remember to dedicate 15 minutes to review past vocabulary from the beginning to lesson nine, such as: Saludos y Despedidas, Presentaciones, Los numeros, La familia, La clase, Los dias de la semana, el alfabeto, La iglesia, La casa, El colegio, Adjetivos, El centro, preposiciones, La hora en el reloj, etc.

Remember to review conjugating irregular verbs: tener, estar, and ser.

Reminder that we have a unit test next Wednesday, January 26th.

If you do not understand or need to be sure you are doing everything correctly, call me at (660)829-2869. I'll be here at home grading papers and enjoying the snow (la nieve)!

Spanish II - miércoles, 12 y jueves, 13 de enero del 2010

Dharma Leon — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:29:00 GMT

¡Hola muchachas! Espero que estén gozando de la nieve y del descanso en sus casas! Ya terminamos la lección nueve, así que van a tener una prueba (quiz) el viernes, 14 de enero. Estudia el vocabulario de las partes del cuerpo y los pronombres reflexivos. ¡Buena suerte!

miércoles, 12 de enero y jueves, 13 de enero: Do these exercises to help you review for your quiz on Friday. You may need your Spanish/English dictionary.

Lección 24

I. Vocabulario

A. Escriba la parte del cuerpo asociada con el sustantivo indicado.

1. el sombrero la cabeza

2. los zapatos ________________

3. los pantalones _________________

4. los guantes ___________________

5. la bufanda ___________________

6. los lentes _____________________

7. el dentista ____________________

B. Termine las oraciones con el nombre de una parte del cuerpo.

Modelo: Para jugar al béisbol usamos los brazos, las manos y las piernas.

1. Para jugar al baloncesto usamos _________________________, ____________________________, y _____________________________________________________.

2. Para jugar al fútbol usamos ___________________________ y _________________________, pero no podemos usar _______________________________.

3. Tenemos dos manos: _________________ derecha (right) y la mano izquierda (left).

4. La mayor parte de los pitchers de béisbol usan _________________________ derecho, pero algunos usan el brazo ____________________________.

5. Para jugar al voleibol usamos ________________________ y _______________________.

6. Para patinar (to skate) usamos ___________________________ y _______________________.

II. Otros usos de los verbos reflexivos

A. ¿Reflexivo o no?

1. Yo duermo en mi casa. (dormir / dormirse)

2. La clase de geometría no es muy interesante, y Alvaro _____________________ porque está aburrido. (dormir / dormirse)

3. ¿Cómo _______________________ Usted? (llamar / llamarse)

4. ___________________ mucho oír que su hermano está en el hospital. (sentir / sentirse)

5. ¿Dónde __________________ el estadio de fútbol? (quedar / quedarse)

6. Micaela y yo _________________ a la fiesta juntos. (ir / irse)

7. Lola está enferma hoy. ________________________ muy mal. (sentir / sentirse)

8. Mis padres ______________________ de vacaciones, pero yo _____________________ aquí. (ir / irse) (quedar / quedarse)

B. Responda a las preguntas.

1. ¿Te duermes en una de tus clases? ________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

2. ¿Cómo te sientes en este momento? _______________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

3. ¿Por qué se miran Uds. en el espejo? _______________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

III. El infinitivo de los verbos reflexivos

A. Antónimos. Escriba el verbo de sentido contrario.

1. dormirse: _______________ 2. levantarse: ___________________

3. quedarse: _________________ 4. quitarse: ____________________

B. Escriba la forma correcta de los verbos reflexivos.

1. Voy a acostarme temprano esta noche. (acostarse)

2. Luis tiene que ________________ a las seis. (levantarse)

3. No queremos ________________ aquí sin Uds. (quedarse)

3. ¿Prefieres __________________ por la mañana o por la noche? (ducharse)

5. Ud. ________________________ fácilmente, ¿no? (despertarse)

C. ¿Reflexivo o no?

1. Lisa _________________ a su hermanito a las ocho. (acostar / acostarse)

2. Mamá siempre ____________________ una buena comida. (preparar / prepararse)

3. Elena y Maricela van a ___________________ los vestidos nuevos para el programa. (poner / ponerse)

4. Chele ______________________ después del partido de fútbol. (duchar / ducharse)

5. ¿Tú ________________________ nervioso cuando tomas un examen? (sentir / sentirse)

Llámame si tienes preguntas y no entiendes o necesitas ayuda. Mi teléfono es el (660)829-2869, mi celular es el (660)473-2503.

Spanish I - miércoles, 12 de enero y jueves, 13 de enero del 2010

Dharma Leon — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:59:00 GMT

¡Hola estudiantes de español! ¿Cómo están ustedes? Tenemos tarea para hoy y mañana.

Wednesday, January 12th Classwork:

First a note on possessive adjectives: Remeber that the form of the possessive adjective in Spanish depends on the gender and number of the thing possessed and not on the possessor. (mi libro, mis libros; nuestro carro, nuestros carros).

1. Page 78 in textbook, Actividad 11: Write out the sentence and remember that you are writing as if you were Noemí. Use the correct adjetivos posesivos (possessive adjectives) of page 77.

2. Page 78, read note at bottom about the possessives "nuestro and vuestro."

3. Page 79, Actividad 12: Copy paragraph in your notebook paper and fill in the blanks with correct form of nuestro.

4. Go to your Manual de Actividades, página 130 and do Section I A and B.

Thursday, January 13th Homework:

1. Use your Activities Manual or Manual de Actividades, página 130 through 132 and finish Sections II, III, and IV.

Quiz on Friday, January 14: Remember to review vocabulary on telling time and periods of time such as: mediodía, medianoche, en punto; temprano, a tiempo, tarde; and be able to tell the difference between the use of "de la mañana, de la tarde, de la noche" vs. por la mañana, por la tarde, por la noche.

Know how to answer questions: ¿A qué hora es...? and ¿Qué hora es?

Know how to phrase the time for 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45 and the other hours.

Know how to conjugate and use the verb ser.

Know the verse I Juan 1:9.

Kris Wassam: Make sure you study number words in pages 66 and 67, since you were absent and you will need to know these for this quiz.

Study hard and you will all do great!

Spanish II - lunes, 10 de enero y martes, 11 de enero del 2011

Dharma Leon — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:54:00 GMT

¡Espero que disfurten su día libre! No tenemos escuela, pero sí tenemos tarea.

Tarea para el lunes, 10 de enero:

1. Finish reading the Lectura: La salud on page 198. Next, answer the questions with short answers in Spanish.

2. Complete Actividad 4 on page 201. Answer in complete sentences making sure you use the correct reflexive pronoun. Remember to conjugate the verbs according to the subject.

3. Complete Actividad 5 on page 202. Remember that some of these verbs are stem changing verbs. Review pages 164 and 167 to help you conjugate correctly.

Tarea para el martes, 11 de enero:

1. Read notes on page 202, then complete Actividad 6.

2. Complete actividad 7; write the correct word on your paper.

3. Read Pronunciación on page 203, Cognados and Nota Cultural on page 204.

4. Review vocabulary of "Las partes del cuerpo".

¡Dios te bendiga!

Spanish I - lunes, 10 de enero y martes, 11 de enero del 2011

Dharma Leon — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:32:00 GMT

¡Buenos días! Tenemos nieve, y no tenemos escuela. Sí tenemos tarea.

For Monday's class work:

1. Read Lectura on page 72 and answer questions about Noemí. These can be short answers not complete sentences.

2. Read Nota Cultural on page 80 and answer questions.

3. Read page 76 above Act. 7. Remember that si without the accent means if. After you look up the meanings of the words in bold temprano, a tiempo, and tarde, then complete Actividad 7 and Actividad 8 on pages 76 and 77. Actividad 8 uses the flight arrival chart above. In Act. 8 I want you to write out the time in words just as in the example.

For Tuesday's homework:

1. Study possessive adjectives in box on page 77. Copy these adjectives 3 times each.

2. Complete Actividad 9 #'s 1-5 and Actividad 10 # 1-5. Complete each just as in the example in a complete sentence.

Remember to review vocabulary and the verse I Juan 1:9.

¡Dios te bendiga!

Snow Day - 15 de febrero del 2010 - Spanish I, II y Experiential

Dharma Leon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:06:00 GMT

Warning to parents in all Spanish classes:

First of all, let me give a warning to all parents. I always tell my students to call me if they have doubts, do not understand the instructions, or do not think they know how to do the exercises. I've had some students repeatedly abuse the idea that because "I didn't understand, I don't do my homework or do it halfway". Yet none have ever called me, and only two students have ever sought me out during lunchtime or after school to get clarification. Therefore, all of my students have been warned that if they show up at school with their homework halfway done or not done, and they have not called me or e-mailed me so that I can help them, they will receive an automatic zero. I am available, and it is always my pleasure to help my students understand. Call me at (660)829-2869, or (660)473-2503.

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Spanish I - Español 1

Página 85 - Actividad 5 - Just as we did in class last Friday, you will now do the second part. Take the paragraph about Peter and John healing the lame man in front of the temple and change the verbs to the informal second person - tú - ending. This time a friend is talking to Pedro about what he an Juan did to the lame man. Hint: you have to change 4 verbs to the -as ending.

Página 86 - Read top of page about the use of pronouns with prepositions.

The pronouns you have already learned are: yo, tú, usted, él, ella, nosotros, ustedes, ellos, ellas.

Now you will add the pronouns: mí and ti

Mí = me and ti = you when used as direct objects after the verb. Let me explain again. Yo and tú are first person and second person pronouns respectively, or subject pronouns. Usted is a subject and object pronoun. Mí and ti are object pronouns. Are you confused yet! Let's do some examples together.

The book gives you these sentences at the top of page 86.

El dinero no es para mí; es para ti. = The money is not for me; it is for you.

El chico está con usted, ¿no? = The boy is with you, right?

¿Trabajas para el Sr. López? - Sí trabajo para él. = Do you work for Mr. López? - Yes, I work for him.

¿Es para nosotros este pastel? - No es para ustedes, es para ellos.= Is this cake for us? - It is not for you, it is for them.

All subject pronouns are used with prepositions, except mí and ti. When we use the preposition con with mí or ti, we write it out as conmigo and contigo.

¿Deseas cantar conmigo? - ¿Contigo? No, yo canto con ella.

Do you wish to sing with me? - With you? No, I sing with her.

Pablo canta con ustedes, no canta con nosotros. = Pablo sings with you, he does not sing with us.

con + mí = conmigo; con + ti = contigo; but con él, con ella, con nosotros, con usted, con ustedes, con ellos, con ellas

Página 86: Actividad 6 - Write these dialogues as if Mayra and Manuel are speking about the people, just as in the example. (Remember: you are answering questions, so when you answer in the negative, you use a double negative, and the second "no" is right in front of the verb.)

1. Paula / no = Mayra: ¿Trabajas con Paula?

Manuel: No, no trabajo con ella. (Use the pronouns that take the place of the noun)

Página 86: Actividad 7 - Write the correct pronoun in the blank according to the noun(s) or pronoun(s) given within parentheses.

1. Hablan de _______. (Eva y Juana) = 1. Hablan de ellas.

2. La casa es de _______. (Luis y Pablo) = 2. La casa es de ellos.

Página 87: Versículo - Memorize the verse and look it up in you Bible so that you know what it means.

"Os es necesario nacer de nuevo". Juan 3:7b

(Remember, this version of the Bible in Spanish is the Reina-Valera of 1569, so it is the equivalent of the King James Version.) We'll discuss what "os" means in class on Wednesday, meanwhile see if you can figure out what it means.

Página 87: Read Pronunciación - Los acentos. Accents are very important and they can change the meaning of a word, such as:

mi = my mí = me

el = the él = he

tu = your tú = you (familiar)

que = that, which, who qué = what

solo = musical or vocal solo as in soloist sólo = only

Página 87: Nota Cultural - Read and answer the following questions and turn in on Wednesday.

1. ¿Cómo se llama la comida principal?

2. ¿Cuándo se sirve?

3. ¿Qué se toma después de la comida?

4. ¿Qué se sirve entre las seis y las ocho de la noche?

5. ¿Que es una merienda en inglés?

Quiz on Wednesday:

Verbs: Memorize the verbs at the beginning of the chapter, know what they mean and how to spell them. I will say "to speak" and you will write "hablar".

Verse: You will be quizzed on the verse in written and oral form. Make sure you practice pronounciation.

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Spanish II - Español 2

Study for test on Wednesday. The test will be on what we covered in class on Friday. If you took good notes, kept your homework papers and read what I corrected on them, and study, you should ace this test.

I will also be nice and include a brief study guide of what was covered on the board and you took notes on this past Friday!

But first, let's practice new verbs and the pattern of regular verb conjugation in Spanish:

-AR Verbs: Review the -ar verbs in your Vocabulary Manual on page 40 & 42, and learn the meanings of these new verbs.

entrar = to enter ganar = to win cantar = to sing

comprar = to buy llegar = to arrive tomar = to drink, to take

trabajar = to work caminar = to walk desear = to desire, to want

desear = dese + ending

yo deseo nosotros deseamos

tú deseas vosotros deseáis (this is the formation used in Spain and in the Bible)

usted desea ustedes desean

él/ella desea ellos / ellas desean

-ER Verbs: Review the -er verbs in your Vocabulry Manual on page 70.

comprender = to understand aprender = to learn comer = to eat

beber = to drink vender = to sell escoger = to choose

creer = to believe leer = to read responder = to respond (to answer)

ver = to see (this is the only exception in conjugation)

comer = com + ending Don't get confused with "leer" and "creer"!

leer = le + ending creer = cre + ending

Yo como nosotros comemos yo leo nos. leemos yo creo nos. creemos

tú comes vosotros coméis tú lees vos. leéis tú crees vos. creéis

usted come ustedes comen ud. lee uds. leen ud. cree uds. creen

él / ella come ellos / ellas comen él/ella lee ellos/ellas leen él/ella cree ellos/ellas creen

Why is ver an exception? When you drop the -er to add the ending, you are left with just the letter "v". Thus when you conjugate for "yo" you will add an "e" and then the "o", as in "veo"

ver = v + ending

Yo veo nosotros vemos I see we see

tú ves vosotros veis you see you see (plural)

usted ve ustedes ven you see you see (plural)

él / ella ve ellos / ellas ven he / she sees they see

-IR Verbs: Review -ir verbs in Vocabulary Manual on page 74.

escribir = to write recibir = to receive vivir = to live

asistir = to attend abrir = to open cubrir = to cover

decidir = to decide descubrir = to discover permitir = to permit, to allow

prohibir = to prohibit

New -ir verb to learn: subir = to go up to, to board

subir = sub + ending

yo subo nosotros subimos I go up we go up

tú subes vosotros subís you go up you go up

usted sube ustedes suben you go up you go up

él / ella sube ellos / ellas suben he / she go up they go up

Did you notice the pattern? -Er and -ir verbs have almost the same endings, except in the pronouns nosotros and vosotros:

nosotros comemos nosotros subimos

vosotros comeis vosotros subís

What is the other pattern? The endings are basically the same for -ar, -er and -ir verbs.

-AR -ER -IR

trabajar aprender abrir

yo trabajo yo aprendo yo abro

tú trabajas tú aprendes tú abres

usted trabaja usted aprende usted abre

él / ella trabaja él / ella aprende él / ella abre

nosotros trabajamos nosotros aprendemos nosotros abrimos

vosotros trabajáis vosotros aprendéis vosotros abrís (Used in Spain and in the Bible)

ustedes trabajan ustedes aprenden ustedes abren

ellos / ellas trabajan ellos / ellas aprenden ellos / ellas abren

Test Study Guide:

Me llamo Dharma. Mi apellido es León. Yo vivo en 1309 S Mildred.

Mi hijo se llama Raymond. Mis hijas se llaman Carla y Xiara.

Mi nombre completo es Dharma Iris Cardona de León.

¿Cómo se llama su esposo?

Su nombre es Carlos.

Hay cinco personas en mi familia. (present tense) Había ocho lápices en mi mocila. (past tense)

Mi clase favorita es el español. Yo soy puertorriqueña. ¿Y tú eres americano o español?

Esta clase es fácil. La clase de álgebra es dificil.

Mi mochila es fea. Tus libros son grandes. Sus pantalones son rojos.

mi libro mis libros nuestros libros

tu libro tus libros vuestros libros

su libro sus libros

este libro estos libros

esta silla estas sillas

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Experiential Spanish

Página 72: Read Lectura about Noemí and answer questions. Then proceed to write a story similar to hers. Add as many details as you can with the verbs and vocabulary you know.

Página 82: Read and answer questions.

Página 88: Read and answer questions.

Página 95: Read and answer questions.

Página 102: Read the dialogue on this page and answer the questions. Prepare your own dialogue of a shopping trip, using as many of the vocabulary words as possible. Be ready on Friday to do outloud!

Página 109: Read the dialogue and answer questions.

¡Nos vemos el viernes!

Spanish I, II and Experiential

Dharma Leon — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:59:00 GMT

Spanish I - 8th Graders

Vocabulario - Tuesday Homework

Pg. 83 - Copy vocabulary words 4 times each and Bible verse on page 87 (3x's). You can look up the meanings of these verbs in your textbook's glossary. After copying of vocabulary, read page 84 and learn how to conjugate or form these -ar ending verbs in the present tense.

Classwork - Monday

DO Actividad 1 on pg. 83 , Actividades 2, 3 & 4 on page 85

Actividad 1 - Write out the complete sentence and underline the verb you are completing.

1. Uds. estudian francés.

2. Yo canto en el coro.

3. Nicolás toma Coca-cola.

Actividad 2 - Write out simple sentences with the words provided.

1. Yo / compar - Yo compro mi perro.

2. mi madre / llegar - Mi madre llega mañana.

Actividad 3 - Finish the sentences by putting the verbs in the proper form. Write out the complete sentence and underline the verbs you formed.

1. Uds. estudian historia; Juan y Pablo estudian ciencia.

Actividad 4 - Answer the questions using the correct form of the verb.

1. ¿Dónde estudias, en casa o en la escuela? Yo estudio en casa y en la escuela.

2. ¿Qué idioma hablas en casa? Yo hablo ... (look up the word idioma in the glossary of your book or the Spanish/English dictionary you should already have)

¡Buena suerte! Call me if you have any questions: (660) 829-2869, I'm home all day enjoying the snow.

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Spanish II

Vocabulary Manual page 88, list 16 B- Write out vocabulary words 4 times each and conjugate the verb conocer in all its present tense formations - Yo, tú, usted, él, ella, nosotros, ustedes, ellos, y ellas.

Vocabulary Manual page 76, list 13 B - Write out time expressions 4 times each. Read the following explanation about telling time and do the following exercises. You can also review in your textbook 1A, page 164 & 165.

To tell time in Spanish, use the verb ser. Es is used with one o'clock, the words for noon and midnight. Son is used with all other hours. Estar is never used to tell time.

When you hear the question - ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?)

You answer with the sentence: Son las cinco y diez. or whatever time it is.

Remember that in Spanish, you state the hour and minutes past the hour, such as:

Son las cinco y cuarto (5:15) Son las dos y media. (2:30) Es la una. (1:00)

Es mediodía. (noon or 12:00 PM) Es medianoche. (midnight or 12:00 AM)

But after "half past," once the minute hand is past the thirty minutes, you will state the hour to come and subtract the minutes left till the next hour, such as:

Son las seis menos cuarto. (5:45) It's six minus a quater or fifteen minutes.

Son las cuatro menos veinticinco. (3:35) It's four minus twenty five minutes.

To distinguish between A.M. and P.M., Spanish speakers use the following expressions:

Son las once de la mañana. (11:00 A.M.)

Es la una de la tarde. (1:00 P.M.)

Son las siete y veinticinco de la noche. (7:25 P.M.)

Son las dos y media de la madrugada. (2:30 A.M.)

In other words, these time expressions are specific to the time of day. But when the exact hour is not mentioned or known, then Spanish speakers use the preposition por instead of de, such as:

La práctica de fútbol es por la tarde. Football practice is in the afternoon. (not exact time)

La clase de español es a las nueve de la mañana. Spanish class is at nine in the morning. (exact time)

When you want to know at what time an event will take place, you ask the question: ¿A qué hora es?

¿A qué hora es el concierto? Es a las siete y media de la noche.

Notice that the answer begins with the verb es. ¿Qué hora es? asks What time is it?

¿A qué hora? asks At what time is such an event?

Do this exercise in time expressions with the verb llegar which means to arrive. Complete the story. The first sentence states the time on the clock at the moment of the statement. Is the person late, early or on time? Use vocabulary in list 13 B.

1. Son las cuatro. Rosa tiene una reunión con su profesor las cuatro. Ella llega _____________.

2. Son las siete menos diez. Samuel tiene su clase de matemáticas a las ocho. El llega ____________.

3. Son las siete y veinte. Roberto tiene una práctica de drama a las siete de la noche. El llega ________________.

Answer the questions in Spanish by using the phrases in vocabulary list 13 B: before school, in the beginning of school, during school, at the end of school, or after school.

1. ¿Cuándo saludamos la bandera de los Estados Unidos, la bandera cristiana, y la Biblia? _________________________________________________.

2. ¿Cuándo tenemos la clase de Biblia? ______________________________________.

3. ¿Cuándo comemos almuerzo en la cafetería? __________________________________.

4. ¿Cuándo celebramos la graduación de los alumnos? ___________________________________.

5. ¿Cuándo son las prácticas de baloncesto? _______________________________________.

¡Buena suerte! Favor de llamar si tienes preguntas. Mi teléfono es el (660)829-2869. ¡Goza de la nieve!

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Experiential Spanish

Vocabulario página 96 - Favor de escribir estos verbos 4 veces cada uno. Los significados de los verbos están en el glosario del libro de español.

Favor de completar Actividad 2 en la página 96.

Lee la página 98 y completa la Actividad 5, números 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, y 8; Actividad 6 - escribe pregunta y respuesta a los números 2, 4, y 6.

Lee la página 104 y escribe el vocabulario 4 veces cadad uno. Repasa el verbo ir y completa la Actividad 1, números 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, y 8 .

Repasa el verbo dar en la pógina 105 y completa la Actividad 2, números 1 y 4.

Lee la página 106 y completa la Actividad 3 y Activida 4.

Lee la página 110 y completa la Actividad 1, 2, 3, y 4.

Nos vemos el viernes, si Dios quiere! Favor de llamar a mi teléfono si tienen preguntas. Mi teléfono es el (660)829-2869. ¡Dios te bendiga!