Post on 22-Dec-2015
Mis Amigos y YoMis Amigos y YoMis Amigos y YoMis Amigos y YoSra. WatersSra. Waters
MOT CharterMOT Charter
Amigos en Español• Video clip….• Most of you already know the
words for our Unit’s title… So tell me what are we going to studying???
Unit ObjectivesThroughout this unit students will revisit:
– Greetings & Salutations– the verb Ser in the present tense– Subject pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella, etc)
Students will also be able to: • Understand gender as it applies to Spanish
nouns & adjectives• Practice using definite & indefinite articles• Describe their personality & physical
attributes as well as those of their friends • Express likes and dislikes using the verb Gustar
Lesson Goals• Understand gender as it applies to
Spanish nouns & adjectives• Introduce definite & indefinite articles
Abeja • On your abeja sheet, list the
names of at least 5 friends you have.
• Next class we’re going to list adjectives to describe them…
Essential Questions
• Q1: How can I figure out the gender of words in Spanish?
• Q2: What the heck is a definite article? Or an indefinite article? Do these exist in English?
• Q3: How are these 2 types of articles different? When should they be used in Spanish?
Definite Articles help us figure out Gender
• Masculine nouns have the article "el" in singular form & the article "los" in plural.
• Feminine nouns have the article "la" in singular form & the article "las" in plural.
• When a plural includes both masculine and feminine elements, the masculine noun is used with the article "los" (for example: parents are "los padres", children are "los niños”
♂ ♀ el pasajero la pasajerael médico la médicael cirujano la cirujanael perro la perra
FEMININE Words 1) Words that end in – tad, – tud y – dad are FEMININE
la amistad, la libertadla lentitud, la multitud, la juventudla felicidad, la calidad
2) Words that end in – ción y – sión are FEMININE
la canción, la sensación, la imaginaciónla sesión, la ilusión, la revisión
3 Words that end in any letter of the A,B, C are FEMININE
a, b, c, d, etc.
Definite/ Indefinite ArticlesDefinitivo Indefinitivo
Masculino Femenino Masculino Femenino
Singular el la un una
Plural los las unos unas
Check out the worksheet…
Online Help…• http://www.e-spanyol.hu/en/gram
mar/gender.php
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/conversational_spanish
Exit Visa & A Song • Spanish Articles Song
– Notice this is a student project… I want us to get to this point!
– On your abeja paper, answer the 3 EQs for today.