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MOT CharterMOT Charter

Manu Chao’s Me Gustas Tú

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• Canción para comenzar

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?

In Spanish many words have a gender…

Video Lessons• Gender & Adjectives video clip

– Sra. Ebert is going to teach this lesson for me….

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…

Review 1x Video Lessons

• Spanish Articles

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.

EQs for Exit Visa

• 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?