gustar

-Students practiced conversational skills. I discussed how I would like to see them advancing in their confidence and pronunciation when speaking Spanish.
-I walked the students through this website to make sure all understood how to access our lesson plans.
-We discussed the correct way of expressing if you like something. If what you like is singular, you say, “Me gusta”. If what you like is plural, you say, “Me gustan”.
-We discussed the ways to change the article according to who likes it. For “you like”, you say, “te gusta(n)”.
-Homework was given on this subject. It is due next class period, 11/9. (see attachment for assignment)

Students completed attached quiz to finish up our unit on gustar.

Students drew a person, and we went over el cuerpo humano (the human body) vocabulary.

cabeza (f) head
pelo hair
ojos eyes
nariz (f) nose
boca (f) mouth
orejas (f) ears
cuello neck
hombro shoulder
brazo arm
mano (f) hand
dedos fingers
pecho chest
estómago stomach
piernas legs
pies feet
dedos del pie toes

tarea: estudiar las partes del cuerpo (study above vocabulary)

Students completed attached do now activity.

Reviewed verb gustar as a class and drilled practice sentences. There will be a brief quiz on Friday making sure everyone understands the concept.

Students received attached translation of a short text about Eduardo, bringing together concepts we've been working about since the beginning of the year.

Tarea: students need to complete the translation about Eduardo and review _gustar_for Friday's quiz.

All AS students missed class Monday, so we extended Monday's class.

Reviewed on board how gustar is used.

Individually, students received the attached worksheet to use with the class activity. Students received a stack of notecards, each with a word on it. Students needed to put the cards in order to create a sentence, which they wrote down. Once students correctly ordered and wrote down sentences, they passed along the cards/sentence to the next person. Students on Monday got through about 5 sentences, so their task today was to try to complete 17 sentences.

Tarea: review gustar concepts for us to wrap up unit after break.

Students completed attached do now activity explaining their knowledge of how the verb gustar is used.

Reviewed on board how gustar is used.

Proposed a sentence that students needed to put in order:

escuela la gusta me

Students ordered the sentence: Me gusta la escuela.

Individually, students received the attached worksheet to use with the class activity. Students received a stack of notecards, each with a word on it. Students needed to put the cards in order to create a sentence, which they wrote down. Once students correctly ordered and wrote down sentences, they passed along the cards/sentence to the next person.

Tarea: translate the sentences you ordered in English (under column inglés).

Do now activity: students corrected the mistakes in the sentences below:
1. Me gusto la escuela. (Me gusta la escuela).
2. Te encanta los perros. (Te encantan los perros).
3. Me gustan viajar. (Me gusta viajar)
4. Te gusta español. (Te gusta el español).
5. Me gusta no correr. (No me gusta correr).

Students received attached worksheet and had to match the descriptions with the students and answer questions on the second page.

Tarea: complete worksheet from class. Several students already completed the assignment in class.

Students completed attached do now activity.

As a class, we reviewed the verb gustar.

Me gusta el chocolate.
Te gusta el chocolate.
Me gusta estudiar.
Te gusta estudiar.
Me gustan los animales.
Te gustan los animales.

Using attached worksheet with all student names and a space to write what each person likes or dislikes. Students were to choose a like and dislike from their list of likes and dislikes. Students were then to go around and ask everyone in class what they liked and what they disliked using model below:
¿Qué te gusta? Me gusta el chocolate.
¿Qué no te gusta? No me gustan los insectos.

Reviewed use of third person singular pronoun le.
¿Qué le gusta a Liora? A Liora le gusta el océano.
¿Qué no le gusta a Liora? A Liora no le gustan los insectos.

Tarea: attached translations

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