Spanish II:
Conjugate (into all 6 people) an irregular verb (from your skunk hand out) in the past (preterite), and draw/print a picture that represents that verb in the past.
For example:
Verb-meaning
conjugations (6)
Picture

Spanish IV:
Greeting card in Spanish

If you had a grade of "C" or lower on our first test, you can re-take it on Wed. 10/7 2:45 p.m., but you must first come in for the help session scheduled this Wednesday 9/30 at 2:45 p.m., and show me how you are studying and practicing.

Spanish IV:
Write 5 things you wish you were and why you wish you were those things.

Regular verbs follow the pattern for the endings, but irregular verbs are different. They may take a different ending, or look different all together. In English, for example, "to go" is an irregular verb. I can say "I go" but when I use it in the past it's "I went," so "go" becomes "went" a completely different looking word.

The irregular verbs in the present are on the first page of your review packet. They include verbs like: poner, estar, ir, ser, querer, poder, poner, etc.

Here is an example:

Estar
Estoy Estamos
Estás Estáis
Está Están

When we conjugate (change the verbs into the 6 different people) we take off the ending and add a new ending, but there are some verbs that also change in their root or base. These are called shoe or stem-changing verbs.

Dormir (to sleep), for example, changes from "o" to "ue" when you conjugate it. All forms change except for "nosotros" and "vosotros":

Yo duermo Nosotros dormimos
Tú duermes Vosotros dormís
Él duerme Ellos duermen

The present progressive or "ing" like in "I'm writing" is formed in Spanish with the verb "estar (to be)" and with the ending "ando" for verbs that end in "ar" (like "hablar") and "iendo" for verbs that end in "er/ir" (like "comer" and "vivir").

For example:
I am talking.= Estoy hablando (I conjugated "estar" in "yo" form, and I took off the "ar" and added "ando" to the verb.)

She is swimming.=Está nadando.

Spanish II:
Write a sentence in Spanish with each of the following verbs (6 sentences total): conseguir, seguir, decir, ir, dormir, querer.

Spanish IV:
Study for the perfect tenses test.

Thursday 9/24: perfect tenses test.

Spanish II:
Wednesday 9/23: vocabulary quiz on the left side of the sheet.
Friday 9/25: test on irregular verbs, shoe verbs (all verbs on first page of yellow packet), and "ing."

Spanish II:
Please complete the translation worksheet.

Spanish IV:
Review worksheet (for perfect tenses).

Spanish II:
Write all of the technology vocabulary (lesson 1) twice in Spanish once in English. For example: la arroba, la arroba, @

Spanish IV:
Please complete the worksheet for the perfect tenses (hoja de tarea).

Spanish II:
Finish the weather worksheet and hand it in.

Spanish IV:
Finish and hand in the reading worksheet.

Spanish II:
Finish the Britney Spears reading worksheet. Don't forget the drawings, the questions, and to translate it into English.

Spanish IV:
Final draft of accident report.

Spanish II:
Write a paragraph in Spanish comparing two famous people, and use at least one shoe verb.

Spanish IV:
First draft of your accident report.

Spanish II:
Finish story drawings and translate the story.

Spanish IV:
Conjugate a verb in all the 6 forms of the perfect tenses (use your perfect tenses handout as an example).

Spanish II:
Translate the story you read in class today (the elephant one).

Spanish IV:
Do subjunctive practice excercises in your subjunctive packet (1-30).

Spanish II:
Write a sentence in Spanish for each of the following verbs: (5 sentences total)
hablar
comer
vivir
bailar
escribir

Spanish IV:
Write a sentence in Spanish for every UWEIRDO catergory (7 total sentences). The complete list of expressions is in your review packet for Spanish III.

Conjugation:
To conjugate means to change a verb (an action) into the different people and tenses. For example:
I eat, you eat, he eats, we eat, you all eat, they eat.

You need endings in Spanish to conjugate. Every verb in Spanish in its original form ends in Ar, Er, or Ir. For example: hablar (to talk), comer (to eat), vivir (to live).
All the verbs that end in Ar (like hablar, nadar, pasar, etc.) have the endings: o, as, a, amos, ais, an.
Every ending corresponds to a person or persons. Before you can add the ending you must take off the "ar." For example: "hablar" goes to "habl" and then to "hablo"

o=yo (I) Hablo (I speak)
as=tú (you) hablas (you speak)
a=él/ella/usted (he, she, it, you formal) habla (he speaks)
amos=nosotros (we) hablamos (we speak)
áis=vosotros (you all) habláis (you all speak)
an=ellos/ustedes (they, you all) hablan (they speak)

Verbs that end in Er (like comer/to eat) have these endings:
o=yo Como (I eat)
es=tú Comes (you eat)
e=él/ella/usted Come (he eats)
emos=nosotros Comemos (we eat)
éis=vosotros Coméis (you all eat)
en=ellos/ustedes Comen (they eat)

Verbs that end in Ir (like escribir/to write) have these endings:
o=yo Escribo (I write)
es=tú Escribes (you write)
e=él/ella/usted Escribe (he writes)
imos=nosotros
ís=vosotros
en=ellos/ustedes

Spanish II:
Conjugate hablar, comer, vivir in the present tense (using the endings).
There will be a portfolio check tomorrow (binder, dividers, and all materials I've given you until now.)

Spanish IV:
Autobiographies (picture, one-page typed, on construction paper to display)

Spanish II:
Personal profile in Spanish (picture of you, name, age, likes, and who you live with)

¡Bienvenidos! I hope you are as excited as I am for the start of the school year. I hope you all had a great summer, and that you are ready to learn a lot of Spanish.

Please make sure to read and sign the class procedures and grading policy and hand it in to me as soon as possible.

Spanish II:
Please write the meaning in English for as many words as you can (at least half to receive credit) in the Spanish I review packet (yellow packet).

Spanish IV:
Conjugate the following verbs in the present, preterite, and present subjunctive:
hablar, comer, ir, ser, and tener