22 may 2011

Spanish I - Talking about ourselves

This is how the students of Spanish I are able to communicate and express themselves in Spanish. In this video, they ask and answer questions about: where they live, their families, the school and their likes and dislikes.

It has been a great year and everybody has learned A LOT!

20 may 2011

13 may 2011

Preterite tense: -AR verbs

We are going to learn one of the past tenses we have in Spanish: el pretérito.

Let´s see how it works for the first conjugation, the -AR verbs.

11 may 2011

Periphrasis - Tener que / Ir a

A periphrasis is a special construction with at least two verbs that behave as a group like a single verb would.

We are going to learn how to express obligation with tener que + infinitive and how to express near future actions with Ir a + infinitive.


Fill in the blanks

¿Qué vamos a hacer después del trabajo?

Ir a: Rags to riches

¿Qué vamos a hacer mañana?Link
¿Qué tienen que hacer?

Challenge board

Battleship

6 may 2011

Spanish II - En la Consulta del Médico

Los alumnos de español 2 performed a scene at the doctor’s office to practise vocabulary and expressions about health.

Check out some of their great skits!

5 may 2011

Cinco de Mayo

¡Viva México! ¡Viva Benito Juárez!

Cinco_mayo

The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico’s Independence Day, which is actually September 16.

(source: Mexiconline.com)


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Cinco de Mayo vocabulary

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2 may 2011

Spanish I - My Fantastic Family

Los alumnos de Español 1 trabajaron en el proyecto “Mi familia fantástica”.

They created a presentation about their fantastic family, using family members vocabulary and adjectives to describe everybody in the family.