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La nueva Ortografía de la Real Academia Española

November 10, 2010 – 3:41 pm
La i griega será ye. Ch y ll ya no son letras del alfabeto. Solo café solo, sin tilde. Guion, también sin tilde. 4 o 5 y no 4 ó 5. Catar y no Qatar. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/i/griega/llamara/ye/elpepucul/20101105elpepucul_9/Tes

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September 28, 2010 – 4:24 am
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Martes el 31 de marzo

April 7, 2009 – 2:27 am
Today we started the unit on food. La comida unidad 7 pagina 57. We looked at the four different meals Spanish people have: El desayuno - breakfast, El almuerzo- lunch, La merienda (snacks at around 6.30, 7pm) y la cena- dinner. For those meals come four verbs: desayunar (reg), almorzar(radical changing o>ue--> almuerzo...),merendar (radical changing e>ie --> meriendo) y cenar (reg) Looked at vocab pages 58 and 59 and did listening ex 2page 59. Also looked at key phrases to order food or drinks in a restaurant with ex. 3 page 60. Below is a list of important verbs when talking about food: comer - to eat (reg), beber- to drink (reg), traer- to bring (first person traigo, rest reg), pedir- to ask for (radical changing e>i --> pido, pides etc...), poner- to put (first person pongo, rest reg pones, pone...), deber- to owe (reg) and desear = querer- to want (reg) homework: ex 1, 2 and 3 ...

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martes el 24 de marzo

March 30, 2009 – 12:13 pm
In the last ftwo lessons we revised parts of the body and learnt about comparatives and superlatives. Attached is a powerpoint with explanations. Also practises conversations at the doctor's and at the pharmacy. See powerpoint. comparativos al-medico

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Martes el 24 de febrero

March 8, 2009 – 10:01 am
descripciones1 In the last few lessons we revised the present tense and also learnt about adjectives using unit 6 of the book. We also worked on a short film talking about everyday life. Today we started working on describing people. We talked about hair colours / eye colours and learnt vocabulary about parts of your face. Attached is a powerpoint with details about hair/ eye colours and you can use the last few slides to practise. If you want to write a description of these people and bring your work in next lesson, I'll be more than happy to correct it for you. Also below is a list of parts of the face --> la cara Los ojos - eyes, las orejas: ears, el frente: forehead, el menton: chin, los carrillos: cheeks, la boca: mouth, los dientes / las muelas : teeth, la nariz: nose, el pelo: hair, el cuello: neck

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La rutina diaria – Martes el 3 de febrero

February 4, 2009 – 12:22 pm
Today we leant about routine and started unit 6 (p.49). See the powerpoint attached for vocab.rutina-diaria Please note that there are lots of reflexive verbs. A reflexive verb expresses an action you are doing to yourself. For example: lavarse meant to wash (yourself) if you wash the car it is just lavar without the 'se'. Eg. Me lavo, te lavas, se lava, nos lavamos, os lavais, se lavan LIstening exercise ex.4 p.52 to practise and writing ex.4p.105. We also revised lots of irregular verbs including irregular first person and radical changing verbs. Eg. salir, to go out--> salgo; poner, to put --> pongo; hacer, to do --> hago and dormir, to sleep--> duermo; volver, to come back --> vuelvo (ex.1 p.105) Homework: ex. 10 and 11 p.108

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Summary of the last three lessons done on Clothes – Enero 2009

January 28, 2009 – 9:39 am
Things we studied: -         Vocabulario de la moda / la ropa Including details about type of item, material (el tejido), de manga corta/ larga, de cuello en pico, de cuello vuelto, de cuello redondo, tallas / números. -         Conversaciones en una tienda. Powerpoint attached and a conversation to put in order.en-la-tienda-de-ropa ; en-la-tienda-de-ropa -         Los números: 1 >1000 Powerpoint attached los-numeros -         Verbs Llevar: to wear (regular) or to bring/ take, comprar: to buy (regular), quedar à ¿qué tal le queda? – how does it fit him?, probar : to try (radical changing o>ue à pruebo, pruebas…) -         Direct Object pronouns                        Me                                                                Te                                                                 Lo / La                                                          Nos Os Los/las Eg. Me lo puedo probar. (el vestido) Me la puedo probar (la falda) Me los puedo probar (los zapatos) Me las puedo probar (las botas)   -         Demonstratives   Masc. Sing Fem. Sing. Masc. Plural Fem. plural This Este Esta Estos Estas That Ese Esa Esos Esas That one over there Aquel Aquella Aquellos Aquellas   We covered Unit 4 pages 34-40 And exercises pages 98-99

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martes el 9 de diciembre

December 15, 2008 – 1:49 pm
Revised time using presentation attached. Played bingo. (El gordo--> See powerpoint ) Listen to some students in the class reading their diario and made notes. Worked on Gustar. Learnt how to say me too : Yo tambien Me too (to agree with something negative) ; Yo tampoco Practised doing ex 4 and 5 p.103 homework: read texts page 43 revision-la-hora el-gordo

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Martes el 2 de diciembre

December 9, 2008 – 5:20 am
dias-de-las-semana1 la-hora   Sorry did put this post on last week but can’t find it again! Don’t know where it’s gone…   Worked on how to say the time ¿Quéhora es? Powerpoint attached. Practise doing ex. 5 p.52.   Revised days of the week : Los días de la semana Powerpoint attached   Revised hobbies   Put all three things together performing a role play in pairs to complete a diary page asking the question: ¿Qué haces el lunes a la una? Verb Hacer: To do Hago, Haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen. (1st person irregular, rest is normal)   Los deberes: Write a diary of your week in Spanish using days and times.

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Extra Lesson Viernes el 21 de noviembre

November 25, 2008 – 4:51 am
Revision to start off: Family members/ animals/ agreement rules for feminine and plural / verb endings doing exercises 1 to 4 p.93 Ex 8 A and B page 14 Started to learn more verbs looking at hobbies: Las aficiones / los pasatiempos ex. 5 page 12 + Page 18 ex. A and B Que quieres hacer por el fin de semana? --> Verb QUERER to want is radical changing like TENER : Quiero, quieres, quiere, queremos, quereis, quieren. It is followed either by a noun. Eg. Quiero un cafe: I want a coffee. Or a verb in the infinitive. Eg. Quiero beber un cafe. I want to drink a coffee. Ended the lesson with a cultural point (B page 125) on names in Spain. A child takes both his father's surname and his mother's. Also women keep their names even if they marry. Homework: revise everything so far doing exercises pages 90 to 92. Don't forget to ...

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