Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Haz Ahora: el 30 de septiembre

Write a sentence about . . . 

1. what you want.  (Use yo and querer)     

            Ex:  Yo quiero una bicicleta.

2. what your friends have. (Use "mis amigos" and tener)

3. what we at CHS like to do. (Use "nosotos" and gustar)

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Haz Ahora: el 29 de septiembre

Write 3-5 sentences about your weekend (in Spanish!!).

Haz Ahora: el 25 de septiembre

A las ocho y media de la noche, Luis y Maria van al cine para ver la película, "Jennifer's Body."  La película es dos horas y veinte minutos.  ¿A qúe hora termina la película?

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Haz Ahora: el 24 de septiembre

1)  Conjugate the irregular verb "ir".

2)  Then answer the questions:

¿Qué vas a hacer hoy?
__________________________________________

¿Dónde vas a vivir en quince años?
__________________________________________

Haz Ahora: el 23 de septiembre

Answer these questions about people's musical taste in complete sentences:

1) ¿Cuál músico te gusta?
___________________________________________
2) ¿A tus amigos, cuál músico les gusta?
___________________________________________
3) ¿A tu madre, cuál músico le gusta?
___________________________________________
4) ¿A ustedes en la clase, cuál músico les gusta?
___________________________________________

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Haz Ahora: el 22 de septiembre

Answer in 5-10 sentences in English:
If someone were to make a telenovela (Spanish soap opera) set at our school, what would it be about?  What would the main conflicts be?

Haz Ahora: el 21 de septiembre

1. ¿Qué día es hoy?
     ______________________________
2. ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?
     ______________________________
3. ¿Qué hora es?
    ______________________________
4. ¿A qué hora termina la clase?
    _______________________________

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Haz Ahora: el 18 de septiembre

Write the sentences below and fill in the blanks with a form of the verb "ser."

1.  Yo _________ muy responsable.
2.  ¡Tú _________ romántico!
3.  ¿De dónde ___________ ustedes?
4.  Nosotros ___________ poetas.

Haz Ahora: el 17 de septiembre

Conjugate these two regular verbs:  comprar (to buy) and vender (to sell)

Conjugate these two irregular verbs:  querer (to want) and tener (to have)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Haz Ahora: el 16 de septiembre

Each of the phrases below has an error.  Check the noun-adjective agreement and re-write the phrase correctly.

1.  los perros negro y marrón
2.  los hermanos bonita
3.  una chismosa amigas
4.  morenas y trabajadora personas
5.  mi tonto y simpático amigos

Haz Ahora: el 15 de septiembre

Write out two math problems in Spanish, then solve them.  Remember:

más - plus
menos - minus
por - multiply by
dividido por - divided by
son - equals/are

Haz Ahora: el 14 de septiembre

Change the following phrases to make them plural:

1.  la amiga rica ______________________
2.  el álbum nuevo ____________________
3.  una mujer fuerte ___________________
4.  un hombre inteligente ___________________________________
5.  el lápiz amarillo ____________________

Friday, September 11, 2009

Haz Ahoras: el 9-11 de septiembre

Bienvenidos al año escolar 2009-2010.

Haz Ahora: el 11 de septiembre

Review and practice your numbers by solving the following equations.  Write your answers in Spanish.

1.  Seis más siete son ___________________.

2.  Treinta menos cinco son _______________________.

3.  Once por cuatro son ___________________________.

4.  Ochenta y uno dividido por nueve son ____________.

Haz Ahora: el 10 de septiembre

Finish the sentence below in at least 5 different ways.  Be creative in thinking about where you're from.

Soy de . . .   (I'm from . . . )

Haz Ahora: el 9 de septiembre

Read the selections below from your classmates' writing about their names.  Write 3-5 sentences about what you notice or what stands out to you.

-My name is a flower.
-In the English dictionary, my name means mountain.  I like that meaning because I try to live my life like a mountain, setting my goals at the very top and then trying to climb farther and farther up until I reach my full potential.
-I don't like my name because too many people have it.
-My name sounds sweet and nice which I'm not.
-My name means tiny and kind which kinda does describe me.
-When boys ask me my name, they think it's cute.
-I like my name because my mom gave it to me and I would never change it.
-My name sounds unique just like me it describe who I am and it makes me who I am.
-Some girls like my name, they think it its cute.  That makes me more confident, more willing to go to a girl and say, “Hi my name is . . . “
-I think my name is too plain, I want an awesome name like Nero, or Azure, or like Zephyrus or something.  Now those are cool.
-My name is from the Bible.
-My name was given to me from my mother.
-My name is beautiful just like me.
-My name is very common given to me by my mother.  She say that she founded it out of an old book that she was reading and said that she would name her son that if she had another boy.
-I wish I had a different name.  A name no one has.  Something that I can make up.
-I don't really care about what my name is.  I don't hate it and I don't love it.
-I like it because for one it's a very unique name.  two because of what stands behind it such as rep, family, swag, and friends.
-My dad gave me my name because he wanted me to be a junior. 
-People think my name is a seasoning but I think its from Africa.