NOVEMBER PROJECT:

In order to get a head start on our next project, I have included various websites so your research can begin. We will be learning about Spanish speaking countries and there flag. You are responsible in knowing the countries and their flags (HINT HINT). For your project, you will choose to report on one of these countries and include the following.

1. Country's name: Who named the country?
2. Flag: When was the flag adopted and explain what the color represent.
3. Climate
4. Population
5. Important/Common cities
6. Interesting Fact about the country

PLEASE KNOW WHERE YOUR COUNTRY IS LOCATED ON A MAP: for help visit this website

http://www.spanishone.com/maps/maps.html

HERE IS ANOTHER WEBSITE THAT HAS SOME SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES ON IT:

http://www.braser.com/spanish-information.html

WHEN YOU NEED A BREAK FROM ALLLL THIS RESEARCH: HERE IS A FUN GAME TO HELP YOU LEARN THE SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES...

http://www.spanish.bz/hangman.htm

I will explain this project with more detail in class. Also remember to site any and all sources.... even though I have included websites and encouraged you to use them remember THERE IS LIBRARY that has......BOOKS!!!!! :-)

TONIGHTS HOMEWORK

1. Please visit: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
   


2. Click on "adjectives and nouns" from the categories located on the right hand side of the site.



3. Complete exercise # 1.
   

Also:

1. Please visit: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ojala/cancion.html
   
   
2. Listen to the song!! 'Ojalá que Llueva Café' written by Juan Luis Guerra.
   
3. 
   
   We will be discussing the ways El Señor Guerra conjugated these words and talking a bit about the Dominican Republic.
   

EXTRA CREDIT:

This months extra credit is to do research on our next author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez. This native of Columbia won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Here is a website to help you get started. I would like a brief summary of his life and a brief summary of one of his many books or poems.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1982/marquez-bio.html

Enjoy! If you have any questions please post! :-)

Masculine/Feminine Nouns

My future Spanish Scholars :-) ,

I noticed on our last exam that many of us were having trouble with Masculine and Feminine Nouns in Spanish. These nouns are very important. Here is a website that explains it in a different manner and has quizzes to help you along the way.

http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/genoun1.htm

Remember that:

• All nouns have a gender.
• If the noun ends with an "a" then the gender will probably be feminine
• If the noun ends with an "o" then the gender will probably be masculine.
  "The" is translated as "EL" or "LA", these are the two words you will choose from to put into front of your noun. Again, "el" if the noun ends with an "o" indicating it is masculine. Or "la" if the noun ends with an "a" indicating it is feminine.
  

EXAMPLES:

1. The flag. flag=bandera (notice that -bandera- ends with an "a") Therefore "the" would be translated as "la". The flag= La bandera.
2. The desk. desk=escritorio (notice that -escritorio- ends in "o") Therefore "the" would be translated as "el". The desk= El escritorio.

I hope this helps a bit. Remember I will be available after school for extra help Mondays-Thursday until 3:30. =)

HOMEWORK/TAREA

Tonight's homework:

• Start studying and memorizing the alphabet and learn at least one word to represent each letter.
• Read: Pgs. 3-10 and answer the questions at the end of the chapter. (Questions 1-5).
• There will be a quiz on Tuesday on the alphabet.

Bienvenidos/Welcome

As new learners of the Spanish language, you might be a bit discouraged at the beginning. Will I be able to conjugate this verb correctly? How do I pronounce this?
Don't worry! This is a new language for many of us and I will try to do my best to teach you.

• Unit one: We will be learning the alphabet and simple words. This will take much practice and I believe the following website covers just that. Not only does it list the letters, it gives you examples and PRONOUNCES them for you!

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_alphabet

• Unit two: We will be learning GREETINGS. The website below is a wonderful website for this and should be used as a study guide for upcoming quizzes.

http://www.lingolex.com/swom/wom-greetings.htm

• Unit three: We will be starting with verbs (regular 'ar', 'ir', and 'er' verbs). We will learn how to conjugate them in various forms. This will be an ongoing subject for most of the year so the following website should be of much help. It restates the rules, something you will be learning in class.

http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/spanish_verbs.php

Regularly check this blog for updates on the units and homework clarification.