Repasa para la prueba

Vocabulario: Las actividades diarias Verbos/Pronombres Reflexivos

Calentamiento

Write the following in the proper order from a.m. to p.m. (don’t just number them):

1. Me duermo2. Me acuesto3. Me cepillo los dientes4. Me despierto5. Me lavo la cara

Calentamiento – ¡Respuestas!Put the following in the proper order:1. Me despierto2. Me lavo la cara3. Me cepillo los dientes4. Me acuesto5. Me duermo

Reciprocal Verb Practice

http://www.trentu.ca/academic/modernlanguages/spanish/masarriba/reflexivereciprocal.html

Theme: Comparisons of Equality & Inequality

Objective & Big Picture: To be able to compare two things where one is more/less than another.

Language Objective: TSWBAT tell who is the most friendly in the class and who is the least tall

Theme: Comparisons of Equality & Inequality

Prepare: Pre-write 163-166 Procedures:

Present:   Rules of Comparison of equality & inequality

Participate - Take notes & responds to presentation prompts for practice

Practice - Read the conversation in exercise 5-13, copy all comparisons & translate them to English; create comparisons according to prompts

Personalize - create two sentences: tell who is the most friendly in the class and who is the least tall

Evaluation: 5-13, 5-15, MSL 5:20-26

COMPARISONS OF EQUALITY

(Las comparaciones de igualdad)

Objective: TSWBAT compare their height or personality to someone in the class of similar height or personality & having as many pencils as someone else in class

To compare similar things with adjectives & adverbs in Spanish…

Use the following construction: Tan + adjective/adverb + como Just as + adjective/adverb + as

La Señorita Meinecke es tan bonita como Miss Universo. (Je! Je!)

Ms. Meinecke is just as pretty as Miss Universe. (Hee! Hee!)

Think of TAN as “just as” COMO with no accent means “like/as”

La Señorita Meinecke es tan bonita como Miss Universo.

=

To say you are just as tall as someone else…

I am Yo soy

Just as Tan

ADJECTIVE Alto Alta

AS Como

Object of comparison

When saying “as much ___as”…

Use the construction: Tanto + noun + como Los chinos comen tanto arroz como los

japoneses. The Chinese eat as much rice as the Japanese.

=

tan + adjetivo o adverbio + comoas + adjective or adverb + as

• Joaquín es tan amable como Roberto.Joaquín is as nice as Roberto.

• María habla tan despacio como su hermana.María speaks as slowly as her sister.

verbo + tanto + comoverb + as much + as

• Alberto estudia tanto como Manuel.Alberto studies as much as Manuel.

In these uses, tan and tanto both function as adverbs and are therefore, like all adverbs,

invariable.

adjective

adver

b

verb

es tan pequeña comoEsta casa ésa.

with an adjective

tan . . . como (as . . . as)

baila tan bien comoDora Ricardo.

with an adverb

tan . . . como (as . . . as)

Dora

Ricardo

TANTO COMO (AS MUCH AS)

habla tanto comoMarilú su papá.

Blah, blah, blah

Blah, blah, blah

When used with a verb, tanto is an adverb and is therefore invariable.

with a verb, tan → tanto

1. tanto + masc. sing. noun + como• Arturo compra tanto queso como su hermano.

Arturo buys as much cheese as his brother.

However, tanto can also function as an adjective. Since its base form ends in o, it is a four-form adjective that agrees in

gender and number with the noun it modifies.

2. tanta + fem. sing. noun + como• Tú tienes tanta paciencia como Eugenio.

You have as much patience as Eugenio.

3. tantos + masc. pl. noun + como• Marta tiene tantos amigos como ustedes.

Marta has as many friends as you (all).

4. tantas + fem. pl. noun + como• Paquito come tantas enchiladas como su papá.

Paquito eats as many enchiladas as his dad.

TANTO . . . COMO (AS MUCH . . . AS)

tiene tanto dinero comoTeodoro.

with a masculine singular noun

Arturo

¡Tengo tanto dinero como tú!

Arturo Teodoro

TANTA . . . COMO (AS MUCH . . . AS)

come tanta comida como sus padres.

with a feminine singular noun

Juanito

Juanito

los padres de Juanito

TANTOS . . . COMO (AS MANY . . . AS)

tiene tantos globos comoAndrés Lucas.

with a masculine plural noun

AndrésLucas

TANTAS . . . COMO (AS MANY . . . AS)

lee tantas novelas comoMariana Laura.

with a feminine plural noun

Mariana Laura

Tell that you have just as many pencils as the person you were as tall as…

I have Tengo

Just as many Tantos/tantas/tanto/tanta

Pencils Lápices

AS Como

Person of comparison _________

Tengo tantos lápices como _____.

¡a practicar!

On a piece of paper: compare your height or personality to someone

in the class of similar height or personality Tell that you have as many pencils as someone

else in class Turn it in!!! Completar 5-13 y 5-14

FIN

In a sentence, tell who you are taller than

I am Taller Than ______. In your final sentence, tell who you are LESS

tall than… I am Less tall Than ______.