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Family and adjective test

Class Activities: 

Students take test on vocabulary we've been working on around: family, nationalities, professions, descriptions, and verbs.

Students who have been behind or have missed several recent classes did some review and will take the test Wednesday. Here's Friday's class to help you prepare for test.

Tarea (homework): none for students who took test today. For students taking test Wednesday, homework is to prepare for test.

Fluency level: 

Preparing for test: Family and descriptions

Class Goals: 

To prepare for Monday's family and adjective test.

Class Activities: 

Do now activity (attached). Go over together in group.

Prepared students for test on Monday. The test will have 5 sections: translations, opposite words, vocabulary, family, and errors. Went over a few practice questions in each category to prepare for test:

translations:
She is a talented singer. Students wrote: Ella es cantante talentosa.
My dad is laid-back. Mi padre es tranquilo.
He is not social. Él no es sociable.

opposites:
alto (bajo)
joven (anciano)
simpático (antipático)
triste (feliz o alegre)
liberal (conservador)

vocabulary:
Canadian (students wrote: canadiense)
Mexican (mexicano)
Columbian (colombiano)

familia:
El hijo de mi tío es mi... (The son of my uncle is my...cousin): primo
La madre de mi madre es mi...
La esposa de mi padre es mi...

errores:
Mi madre es activo. The mistake in this sentence is: activa (because mom is feminine, therefore adjective descriptor must be feminine).

To prepare students, make sure they know vocabulary on the sheet attached. You can quiz them on the individual words and then ask them to put it together in practice sentences.

ej. The doctor is friendly.
The lawyer is interesting.
is = es
he = él
she = ella

Tarea: prepare for test

Fluency level: 

Describing people: inventing characters

Class Goals: 

To utilize recent vocabulary around adjectives, professions, nationalities, and family.

Class Activities: 

Complete attached do now activity.

Review and complete story of Esmerelda.

Last part of story:
Esmerelda viaja a España.
Conoce a Guillermo.
Guillermo tiene 80 años.
Es simpático, viejo, y gracioso.
Es perfecto!
Guillermo es el nuevo mejor amigo de Esmerelda.
FIN

In pairs, students create a small poster inventing a character of their own. Using vocabulary we've been working on, students draw and describe their invented person, including profession, nationality, physical description, personality and family. Verbs to use: se llama, tiene, es.

Complete invented person for homework.

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