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Gustar: introduction

Class Activities: 

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

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