Some resources for Preterit Practice

Here is the answer key from last night's homework.

Here are 2 great sites to practice preterit:

Choose from preterit regulars, preterit irregulars, and mixed verbs on conjuguemos.

Or, go to the COLBY site and practice there.  

martes el 7 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Hablamos de las diferentes categorias de verbos irregulares en el pretérito, especificamente los verbos de sandalia
• We talked about the different groups of irregular verbs in the preterit, especially the irregular "sandal" verbs
• Empezaron sus investigaciones de una obra de arte de sus mentores
• You started researching a piece of your mentor's artwork 

Tarea:

• Hoja 2 - preterit irregulars

lunes el 6 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Practicaron gramática mixta con las sillitas musicales
• You all practiced mixed grammar w/ musical chairs
• Usaron el pretérito en la carrera de las estaciones de los irregulares del pretérito
• You all used the preterit in the race through the irregular preterit conjugation stations

Tarea:

• Hoja 1 - los irregulares del pretérito
• Here are the notes on how to conjugate irregulars if you missed class today

Práctica del pretérito

Ándense a este sitio de red de COLBY para practicar el pretérito.

viernes el 3 de enero, 2012

En Clase:

• Jugamos al José Dice y repasamos el pretérito v. imperfecto en el sitio de Colby
• We played Simon Says and reviewed the preterit vs. imperfect on the Colby site
• Tomaron una evaluación de partes del cuerpo y de pretérito v. imperfecto
• You all took and assessment on body parts and preterit vs. imperfect
• Empezaron las redacciónes de sus artistas
• You started your artist reports

Tarea:

• ARTIST REPORT DRAFT DUE MONDAY!!! Here are the expectations and grading rubric.

jueves el 2 de febrero, 2012

En Clase:

• Miramos La Cinta Que Envuelve Una Bomba", un documental de Frida Kahlo
• We watched "The Ribbon Around a Bomb", a documentary about Frida Kahlo

Tarea:

• Study body parts vocab (see the blog post below this for a link to the conjuguemos site) for the assessment tomorrow.
• Here is an answer key for the homework (body parts and numbers) from last night. Here is the answer key to the preterit and imperfect story. 

Partes del Cuerpo

• You can practice body parts on conjuguemos, but here are some things you should know:
• (the) ears - I taught you "(las) orejas" but conjuguemos uses "los oídos".  You can use either - I don't care.
• There are other words we don't have as vocab. SO YOU DON'T HAVE  TO KNOW THESE WORDS but you will see them:
• the jaw = la mandíbula
• the cheek = la mejilla
• the hip = la cadera
• the abdomen = el abdomen
• the thigh = el muslo
• the calf = la pantorrilla
• the hair = el cabello / el pelo
• the gums = las encías
• the forehead = la frente
• the eyelid = el párpado
• the breast = el pecho (same as chest)

En Clase:

• Escuchamos a la canción "En El Muelle de San Blas" de Maná y discutimos el uso del pretérito e imperfecto
• We listened to the song On the Peer of San Blas by Maná and we discussed the use of preterit and imperfect.
• Corrigieron la tarea de partes del cuerpo. 
• You corrected the body parts homework.  Here is the answer key to that if you didn't get to it in class.
• Practicaron con pretérito e imperfecto en el sitio de colby.
• You practiced with preterit and imperfect on the colby website
• Uds. trabajaron en sus investigaciones de artistas
• You all worked on your artist research.

Tarea:

• Cuerpo - hoja 3 
• Pret v. Imp hoja 2
• FINISH artist research form by the end of the day tomorrow (3:15 en punto!!)