8to+Grado

= __Welcome to Spanish 8!__ = = = = Speaking Tasks- "Turn and chat" time =

= I recommend the following websites to practice what we have learned in class =

Grade 8 students will use this webstie to review and practice listening activities completed in class ☺.

[|University of Texas- Listening Practice]

= Travel Unit- Un viaje en tren =

It’s time to pack your suitcase and head out to Spain ☺! Research the following website and answer the questions below. Answer in Spanish using complete sentences (webquest attached).

Trains In Spain- "Renfe" Website (for your webquest and performance based assessment)

[|Renfe (National Train Company)- Spain]

= Ser vs. Estar- Videorepaso ☺ =

Ser and Estar are two important verbs, review when to use each by watching this short video!

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1.) Antonio Machado- La primavera besaba (Watch the video and follow along, reading the poem, to help with your memorization ☺.)

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[|Futbolista español- Fernando Torres]

**Los acentos en la computadora ** ===When typing in Spanish, you must include accent marks as part of correct spelling at all times. You can always go to **__Insert__**, and then **__Symbol__** and then choose the letter you need. However, below are some shortcuts so that you can use accent marks as you continue to type. ===

===I. To use the following codes on a PC, press the NUMBER LOCK on the number pad on the right-hand side of your keyboard. Do __not__ use the numbers at the top of the keyboard. In order to get the symbol, PRESS and HOLD the "ALT" button, then type the appropriate code. ===
 * á || ALT + 160  ||
 * é || ALT + 130  ||
 * í || ALT + 161  ||
 * ó || ALT + 162  ||
 * ú || ALT + 163  ||
 * ñ || ALT + 164  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Ñ || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: center;">ALT + 165  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">¿ || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: center;">ALT + 168  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">¡ || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: center;">ALT + 173  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">ü || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: center;">ALT + 129  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">1a || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'bell mt','serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: center;">ALT + 166  ||

II. I<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">f you are using a MAC computer, the accent codes are as follows:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">"option e" will put an accent on the next letter you type (á, é, í, ó, ú). ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">"option n" will put a tilde on the n (ñ). ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">"option u" will put an umlaut on the u (ü). ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">"option 1" will give you an upside down exclamation point (!). ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">"option, shift, ?" will give you an upside down question mark (¿). ||

<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">As a very last resort, you can always hand-write the accent with a black pen…//just don't forget the accent marks!//
__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Writer’s Checklist Self-Editing __

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Content __ <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">1.) Does the writing meet all the assignment requirements? <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">2.) Have you reviewed the assignment checklist or rubric? <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">3.) Have you given your best effort for the assignment?

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Verbs __ <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">1.) Have you included as many unit verbs as possible, appropriate for the assignment? <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">2.) Have you gone through the assignment carefully and checked your verb forms as well as subject verb agreement?

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Vocabulary __ <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">1.) Have you used rich and varied vocabulary on the assignment? <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">2.)Have you included as much unit vocabulary as possible, appropriate for the assignment? <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">3.)Have you included vocabulary from other or prior units for the assignment? <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">4.)Have you gone through the assignment carefully and checked your spelling using the vocabulary list and dictionary?

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Adjectives __ <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">1.) Have you gone through the assignment carefully and checked for adjective agreement? Example: -o, -a, -os, -as/masculine & feminine/singular & plural

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Linked Sentences __ <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">1.) Have you made an effort to link sentences using connector or linking words? <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">2.)Have you made an effort to link sentences within paragraph using cohesion or connector or linking words?

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Involve Reader __ <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 15px;">1.) Many forms of writing can involve including your reader. Have you incorporated questions in your writing to keep the reader interested and involved?

= One of the "big ideas" in grammar this year is the use of the two (simple) past verb tenses in Spanish, "Preterite vs. Imperfect" ☺/Use the notes below to help you study or complete homework ☺ =

Here are two super useful verb charts, for comparison between present and preterite tenses.
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Los tiempos verbales- <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 13px;">El pretérito y el imperfecto

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 27px;">El pretérito vs. el imperfecto __ <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">(from Somos así listos) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Sentences in the past may contain various combinations of the two past tenses… <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">preterite/preterite <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">imperfect/preterite <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">imperfect/imperfect <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">preterite/imperfect __<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 21px;">El pretérito __ <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">(from Mastering Spanish) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Is used as or to express… <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">1.) a narrative tense. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">2.) a single past action or state. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">3.) the beginning or end of a past action. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">4.) a series of acts viewed as complete in the past.

<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">(from Somos así listos) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Is used as or to express… <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">1.) actions or events that were completed in the past. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">2.) a simple past action in the past. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">3.) simple facts. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">4.) what happened during the repeated or ongoing action (imperfect).

__<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 21px;">El imperfecto __ <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">(from Mastering Spanish) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Is used as or to express… <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">1.) a past descriptive. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">2.) to describe past actions, scenes or conditions which were continuing for an indefinite time in the past. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">3.) the speaker transfers himself mentally to a point of time in the past and views actions or situations as though it were taking place before him. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">4.) there is no beginning or end of the action or situation described.

<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">(from Somos así listos) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Is used as or to express… <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">1.) an ongoing past action. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">2.) a repeated or habitual past action. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">3.) a longstanding situation. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">4.) to refer to a physical, mental or emotional characteristic or condition in the past. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">5.) to describe or provide background information. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">6.) to indicate past intentions. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 13px;">7.) simultaneous ongoing actions or conditions. <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">Note **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">: The **<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">imperfect **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';"> is used to state weather, someone’s age, and to tell time in the past. **

<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 21px;">Study Guide <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 21px;">The Imperfect Tense **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">Why use the imperfect tense? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">For –ar verbs: For –er and –ir verbs: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">-aba - ****<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">á ****<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">bamos - ****<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">ía -íamos **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">-abas -ais - ****<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">ías -ías **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">-aba -aban - ****<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 19px;">ía -ían **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">The imperfect is ****__<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 21px;">Generally __****<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';"> used in the following situations: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for actions that were repeated habitually or continually
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for actions that “set the stage” for another past action
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for stating one’s age, physical conditions, emotional states, attitudes and desires
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">to identify location, weather, time, or date

<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">An easier way to remember is……”**APE LAD WAIT”**:

<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">A <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Appearance** (El enfermero era alto.) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">P <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Physical Condition** (Me sentía muy mal.) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">E <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Emotional State** (Raúl estaba triste.)

<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">L <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Location** (Gloria estaba en la casa de Raúl.) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">A <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Age** (Arturo tenía dieciséis años.) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">D <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Date** (Era el ocho de octubre.)

<span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">W <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Weather** (Hacía bastante frío.) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">A <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Attitudes and Desires** (Él no quería ir al hospital.) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Imperfect** tense <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 19px;">T <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">for **Time** (Eran las cuatro de la tarde.)

//<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">So…..the next time your teacher says, “Remember why you use the imperfect?” You can say, “APE LAD WAIT!” //

= Another "big idea" in grammar this year is learning the informal (tú) commands ☺/Here are notes on the irregular forms ☺ = <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">Here is how you can remember the __irregular tú commands__ in Spanish as fast as our “amigo”… <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">Inglés… <span style="display: block; font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 37px; text-align: center;">Vin Diesel has ten weapons. <span style="font-family: 'elephant','serif';">Español… <span style="display: block; font-family: 'elephant','serif'; font-size: 37px; text-align: center;">Ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé. <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">Many of the 8 irregular tú commands are “go-go” verbs. <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">ven (venir -> vengo) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">di (decir -> digo) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">sal (salir -> salgo) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">haz (hacer -> hago*) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">ten (tener ->tengo) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">ve (ir -> voy*) <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">pon (poner -> pongo) ¡Hola! Me llamo Vin Diesel. <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif';">sé (ser -> soy*)