Do Now8 de septiembre 2014

Las noticias

• Campus Clean Up in less than 2 weeks!• Saturday, Sept. 20th!• 9am – 1pm• *Replace lowest test/project grade with a 100%• *Food and beverages provided

PRACTICA PRONUNCIACION

Pronunciation of Tricky Letters

• H … the H in Spanish is a silent letter, typically, unless coming after a C, it makes a “ch” sound• Examples• Hache• Hablo• Hermano

Pronunciation of Tricky Letters

• G … If a G is found in the middle of a word, and after a vowel, it is pronounced like the letter H in english. If found in a word after a consonant, it is a hard G.

• If at the beginning of a word, it is a hard G• Examples• Gordo• Guapo• Inteligente• Ingles

Pronunciation of Tricky Letters

• A… the A in Spanish is pronounced as if you are saying “ah”, like at the doctor. • Favorita• Clase• Llamo• Aprender

Pronunciation of Tricky Letters

• Ñ… the ñ is specifically a Spanish letter. It is pronounced as if there were a Y after it (ny)• Examples• España• Castaño

Pronunciation of Tricky Letters

• LL… the double L is also a Spanish letter. It is pronounced like the letter Y in English.• Examples• Llamo• Pollo

NOW PRACTICE SAYING THESE POPULAR WORDSClase, repite

Palabras populares

Spanish = English• Quiero = key-air-oh• Ir = ear• España = es –pahn – ya• Porque = pour – kay• Tomar = tow – mar• Me = may• Mi = me

• Inteligente = in-tell-ie-hen-tay• Hermano = air-mahn-oh• Favorita = fah – voh-ree-tah• Cuando = kwan – doh• Donde = dohn – day• Que = kay• Hora = or – ah• Periodo = pear – ie – oh –doh • Baja = bah - hah

Autobiografia Practice

• When I say Go, practice reading aloud the following paragraph on your own (in a whisper voice)

• Hola me llamo Esmeralda. Soy de Atlanta, Georgia. Yo soy alta y guapa. Tengo muchas pecas y gafas también. Además, yo tengo pelo rubio, liso y largo. Me gusta pintar y a veces dibujar. Yo soy muy amable y atrevida. ¡Hasta luego!

Autobiografia Practice

• Turn to someone next to you, stay in your seats• With the copy of an autobiography you get, take turns

reading aloud your different autobiographies to each other• Ex. You read your example autobiography out loud to them,

then they read their example to you

LAS VACACIONES WORKSHEET

• Read through Side 1 as a class, different students read different roles

• Complete preguntas 1-7 on side 1 on your own• Read and complete back side of sheet on your

own• Turn in to “Turn It In” Bin

Exit Ticket

• Tear a small slip of paper off• Write down 1 word that you do not know how to

pronounce in Spanish. • Place en el sombrero