End of CAPÍTULO 1 & Beginning of CAPÍTULO 2

This month you will complete Chapter 1, "Empieza un Año Nuevo" and start with Chapter 2, "El Cuerpo y la Salud." Please make sure you understand this long Chapter. We spent some extra time on The Preterite, since these verbs can be tricky; especially the irregular verbs. Make sure that you study The Preterite of regular and irregular verbs for the Quiz, October 16 and the Test, the end of October (the 24th or the 30th - we'll decide in class).

Make sure you copy the "Estructura" on page 29 in your cuadernos - on "Negative and Affirmative Expressions." Work on exercises No. 14, 15 and 16. We will review in class. I won't drive you too crazy with these words, because you need a lot of practice to master them; but you must have a general idea of how we use these words in Spanish.

You can start working on the new vocab Vocabulario II "De compras" on pages 32 and 33. Make sure that you write the new nouns with their respective definite articles. Can you understand the Diálogo II on page 34? You should be able to answer Exercises No. 21 and 22.

We will review again the Indirect and the Direct Object Pronouns - the second and third songs, remember? (¿recuerdas?)

In Chapter 2 you will learn some Reflexive Verbs using the Reflexive Pronouns (me te se nos os se) - the first song. Check page 54 ("Estructura" on Reflexive Verbs). You will also learn the Demonstrative Pronouns, page 66. My goal is to complete Chapter 2 in November.

Check: Señor Jordan's Videos to practice the Preterite of Regular and Irregular Verbs, the Affirmative and Negative Words & Expressions and many others! ¡Que viva el señor Jordan! Sus videos son muy buenos... ¡FABULOSOS!

Test (EXAMEN): el 13 de noviembre del 2014 ustedes van a tener un examen de español (ustedes van a tenerlo - ustedes lo van a tener).

CAPÍTULO 1 - "Empieza un Nuevo Año"

¡Bienvenidas a un año nuevo! Comenzaremos con la Lección A del libro ¡Aventura! Español 2. La Lección A, Vocabulario I, se llama "La Tecnología." La Lección A, Vocabulario II, se llama "De Compras."

We will start (empezaremos/comenzaremos) with Vocabulario I on page 2: el e-mail, el celular (o teléfono celular), el vínculo, el cuarto de charla, el motor de búsqueda, el programa, el mundo, el fax, Marta escribe un e-mail y navega en la internet, a Marta le gusta mucho la tecnología; and the following vocabulary from this lesson: la tecnología, la internet, la información, la comunicación, siempre, mucho, a veces, muy poco, nunca, pronto, navegar, la red, la información, la página de internet (o sitio Web), la página Web, conectados, conectado(a), punto, arroba, aburridos, aburrido(a), ocupados, ocupado(a), bueno(a), malo(a). Please translate these vocabulario. You will also translate all the Diálogos from each chapter and must be able to understand and complete most of the exercises from each chapter.

You will also learn, and in some cases review, the following verbs: tener, hacer, ir, preguntar, usar, enviar, mandar, navegar, hablar, conseguir, seguir, buscar, leer, comprar, viajar, escribir, aprender, recibir, encontrar, ayudar (you MUST know their meanings). Also the verbs on pages 6 and 7 (LIBRO). It's important to review the endings of -AR, -ER and -IR verbs, and also review the Stem-Changing verbs. You MUST already know very well the verbs Ser and Estar.

You will learn gerunds (present participles) in Spanish and the present progressive (page 9). We will practice this for a while, I need to make sure that you understand it very well. You use the present progressive tense to say what is happening RIGHT NOW (the present progressive is used to emphasize that an action is in progress at the time of speaking). It is formed by combining the present tense of the verbo estar and the present participle (gerund) of a verb: ESTAR + GERUNDIO (so please review the "verbo estar"). The following are the present progressive forms of some Stem-Changing Verbs. For verbs whose stem ends in a vowel the ending is "yendo." Examples of these verbs are: leer, oír, traer. For leer the present participle is leyendo (le- + yendo), for oír is oyendo (o- + yen do), for traer, trayendo (tra- + yen do), and for ir (to go), which is a very irregular verb, yendo. Study the Repaso Rápido on page 9.

You will also have to review the Direct Object Pronouns - me te lo/la nos os los/las. You can attach these to the end of the ING- forms in Spanish. Examples: Estoy tendiéndola; Sí, estoy pasándola muy bien; Él está lavándolo, Ella está leyéndolo, etc. If someone. The asks: ¿Están lavando el carro? You may want to respond: Sí, están lavándolo. Another example: ¿Están leyendo revistas? Sí, están leyéndolas.

Assignment 1: Go to Present Progressive (click link) and listen to Señor Jordan carefully,  take notes. Try to understand this video. Any questions, please ask Señora Feld.

Assignment 2: Go to Present Progressive 2 (click link) and study the Web page on this topic (Present Progressive). Then take the Basic Quiz 49a (link on the left side of page), the Mini-Test 49b, and review the Oral exercises 49c (translating sentences). You need to know this material for the first Quiz and first Test you are having this quarter.