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Unit 4: My School Life Structure Notes. Beginning Language Level 1 (A). Functions. I can understand what people say about school schedules, subjects, and class supplies. I can understand when I hear people talk about locations within a school.
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Unit 4:My SchoolLifeStructure Notes BeginningLanguageLevel 1 (A)
Functions • I can understand what people say about school schedules, subjects, and class supplies. • I can understand when I hear people talk about locations within a school. • I can understand information about supplies for class. • I can understand short readings that describe classes and teachers. • I can speak with another person about my school day. • I can say what classes and teachers I have and when I have them. • I can say what materials I have and need for each class. • I can describe my class as difficult or easy. • I can talk about my school schedule. • I can tell what school supplies I have & need. • I can describe my classes and teachers. • I can write information about my class schedule. • I can write a description of my classes and teachers.
Structures • Articles • Verbs: TO GO • Present tense AR Verbs • Present tense ER/IR Verbs • Class and weekdaywords • Ordinal Numbers
Discussing Culture • I can tell you about school schedules in the target culture. • I can give some information about teenage participation in sports. • I can tell how students and teachers interact in the target culture.
Articles • In English, wehave1 definitearticle, THE, whichreferstospecificthings (theboy, theidiot). • Wealsohaveindefinitearticles, A and AN, whichrefertoone of thosethingsin general (a boy, anidiot). • In Spanishthere are 4 definitearticlesand they match thenounthey are describing. • ElcocheLapuerta • LoscochesLaspuertas • Indefinitearticlesalsohave4 forms. • UnlibroUnapersona • UnoslibrosUnaspersonas
TheVerb IR (togo) • Use theverbIRtosayGOorGOESorIS GOING • Theforms are: • Voy, vas, va, vamos, van • Use Afor “to” • ¿Adónde? isthecorrectquestionwordto use withtheverb IR. Example: • Ella va a la tienda. • Shegoestothestore.
Presenttense AR verbs • Verbs are theactionorpowerwordsin a sentence; they describe whatsomeoneisdoing. • In Spanish, verbsmustbechanged(conjugated) to match theperson(subject) usingtheverb. • Thereisnice, easypatterntothesechanges (conjugations) of theverb. • Simplymemorizethepattern in ordertoconjugateverbs. • Remember: YOU MUST CHANGE THE VERBS TO MATCH THE SUBJECT!
Pattern: • ToconjugateARverbs, youmustfirsttaketheSTEM of theverb. • Thestem of any AR verbistheINFINITIVEminus AR (theinfinitiveisthestem + AR). • HABLAR = infinitivemeaning “tospeak” • TheSTEM of HABLAR HABL • Once youhavethestem of theverb, simplyaddtheendingthat match eachsubject. Yo = O I speak= Yo hablo. Tú = AS Youspeak= Tú hablas. Él / Ella / Usted = A He/Shespeaks= Habla. Nosotros (as)= AMOSWespeak= Nosotros hablamos. Ellos / ellas / Uds. = ANThey/Youallspeak = Hablan.
PatternforPresenttense ER/IR verbs • ToconjugateER or IRverbs, youmustfirsttaketheSTEM of theverb. • Thestem of anyER or IRverbistheINFINITIVEminusER or IR(theinfinitiveisthestem + ER or IR). • VIVIR = infinitivemeaning “tolive” • TheSTEM of VIVIR VIV • Once youhavethestem of theverb, simplyaddtheendingthat match eachsubject. • Yo = O I live = Yo vivo. • Tú = ESYoulive = Tú vives. • Él / Ella / Usted = E He/Shelives = Vive. • Nosotros(as)=EMOS/IMOSWelive= Vivimos. • Ellos / ellas / Uds. = ENThey/Youalllive = Viven.
Classand WeekdayWords • Use class (una materia) and weekdayvocabularywordsto describe whenyouhaveclasses. • Use ELorLOS in front of thedays of theweek in orderto mean “On” • Examples: • El lunes tengo la clase de arte. • OnMonday I have Art class. • Los martes y miércoles ellos tienen la clase de historia. • OnTuesdays and WednesdaystheyhaveHistoryclass.
UsingOrdinal Numbers • Ordinal Numbers describe numbersin order(orSequence) • Thewordsprimero + tercerolose the “O” before a masculine, singular noun. • El primerlibro… • All ordinal #s changethe “o” toan “a” to match a singular, femininenounfollowingthe #. • La tercera escuela… • Ordinal Numbers (FirstthroughTenth) 1st = Primero 6th = Sexto 2nd = Segundo 7th = Séptimo 3rd = Tercero 8th = Octavo 4th = Cuarto 9th = Noveno 5th = Quinto 10th = Décimo