common verbs

Students arrived and wrote a few sentences describing themselves in Spanish.
ej. Soy estudiante en Logan. Tengo pelo rizado y ojos azules. Soy simpática y feliz. Me gusta equiar y leer.

Students received attached handout with several different categories. Students are going to put together a book about their life using concepts we've been working on since the beginning of the year. They should have already completed a page in their book about their typical weekly schedule. In class, students were to write at least 4 sentences in each category. We went over some common connector words:
en - in/on
con - with
y - and
o - or
también - also

Tarea: complete 4 sentences in each of these categories: Sobre mi, mi familia, Mi ciudad

Students completed attached do now activity describing their winter break using preterite past.

Students went around and asked everyone in class about their break:
¿Qué hiciste durante las vacaciones?
Each person shared one thing they did and others wrote it down (changing yo past to él/ella.

Students read attached text about a trip to Egypt and started answering questions posed in Secciones A, B, C, D.

Tarea: Complete class activity (Secciones A-D). On page 3 of the attached activity, there are several phrases used in the text about Egypt. Students are to choose a trip they've taken (or can invent a trip) and write a text using as many of the phrases as possible.

Students corrected mistakes on their test as do now activity.

Students received a copy of the attached word list (including mostly cognates) and practiced pronunciation in pairs. Students asked if there were any vocabulary they didn't know.

Introduced gustar (to be pleasing to) and explained how it's different than most verbs.
Me gusta el chocolate (Chocolate is pleasing to me. Chocolate is doing the action)
Students asked their partner if they liked 5 things on the list:
¿Te gusta la música?
Sí, me gusta la música.
o No, no me gusta la música.

When talking about plural nouns (mountains, animals, insects), the verb changes to gustan.
¿Te gustan las montañas?
Sí, me gustan las montañas.

Tarea: 5 things students love (me encanta/n)
5 things students don't like