Fun in the Spanish club
Las Unidades de Español 1
Frases de Supervivencia en la clase de español.
Basic Survival Words and Phrases for the Spanish Class.
Las Introducciones
Unit 1 (Aug. - Oct.): In this unit we will learn about the Spanish alphabet, numbers 0-30, subject pronouns, using the verb ser, telling time, and introductions and greetings.
Dentro de la clase
Unit 2 (Oct. - Dec.): In this unit, we will be learning how to use AR verbs, asking questions, numbers > 30, and the verb estar.
La Familia
Unit 3 (Jan. - March): In this unit we will be learning how to describe family members, tell who things belong to, and work with ER and IR verbs.
Los Pasatiempos
Unit 4 (March - May): In this unit we will learn vocabulary related to sports and pastimes. We will learn to talk about things that we are going to do later and use several irregular verbs.
El Calendario Español 1
Las Unidades de Español II
Al Principio
We will spend the first couple or weeks of school reviewing what we learned in Spanish 1.
Las Vacaciones
Unit 1 (Aug. - Oct.): We will learn terminology useful when on vacation. We will learn how to say what we are presently doing, differentiate between ser and estar, and utilize estar with conditions and emotions..
De compras
Unit 2 (Oct. - Dec.): We will learn vocabulary useful when shopping. We will work with regular verbs in the preterite past tense as well as Ser and Ir. We will learn how to express what we know about people and things.
La Rutina Diaria
Unit 3 (Jan. - March): In this unit we will learn conversations about ones daily routine using reflexive verbs. We will talk about indefinite and negative words, the imperfect past tense, and other verbs that conjugate like gustar.
La Comida
Unit 4 (March - May): In this unit we will discuss foods, be able to compare things and state that something is the best or worst. We will also work with more stem changing verbs in the preterite tense.
El Calendario Español 2
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Ventajas de ser bilingüe
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Google Translate???
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¿Puedo ir al Baño?
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El Viaje a Honduras
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