Español 08 Tarea 13—17 de febrero del 2012
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use the demonstrative adjectives in ten original sentences which
clearly show that you understand what they mean…in relation to your location
and viewpoint. The demonstrative adjectives are ESTE, ESTOS, ESTA, ESTAS,
ESE, ESOS, ESA, ESAS, AQUEL, AQUELLOS, AQUELLA, AQUELLAS. Example: Este
colegio aquí en Darién, Connecticut, es mucho más grande que aquel colegio,
allá en Darién, Panamá. Esta tarea de español es más fácil que esa tarea de
ciencias.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a short scene in a clothing shop, in which the following
occurs: The clerk (dependiente) greets you and asks how he/she may help you.
You tell him/her that you are seeking a certain clothing item. He/she asks
what size you take. You respond. He/she then asks which colors you prefer.
You mention two colors you like. He/she then says there are three choices:
this garment, that garment, or yonder garment. They are each a different
color and fabric. You tell which you prefer. Please write this conversation
in the form of a play.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please look at the “Así se dice” box on Page 247 of your textbook. Notice
that one may express preferences when looking at two items by using “el”
or “la” or “los” or “las” with one descriptive word to refer to one specific
item. For example, to answer “¿Cuáles te gustan más? ¿Los zapatos deportivos
blancos o los grises?”, you might respond, “Me gustan más los blancos.”
Please write five similar questions and five answers.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use the verb QUEDAR to write ten different, original sentences,
reflecting the many different meanings attached to that verb. It can refer to
location (¿Dónde queda la farmacia?). It can refer to size (Estos zapatos
deportivos ya me quedan pequeños.). It can refer to attractiveness. (Esas
perlas te quedan bastante bien.) As a reflexive verb (QUEDARSE), it can
mean “to stay” or “to remain” (Cuando fuimos a Bogotá, nos quedamos en el
Hotel Tequendama.) Please frame your sentences so that your use of the verb
is appropriate for the situation.
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PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 6—10 de febrero del 2012
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please fully describe what you are wearing while you do your homework (using
the present progressive mode) and then tell us what you are going to wear for
the rest of the week – including colors and fabrics. EXAMPLE: Ahorita, estoy
llevando una camiseta blanca de algodón y unos pantalones de mezclilla, con
zapatos deportivos blancos. Mañana, voy a llevar una sudadera anaranjada……
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a description of what you ought to wear (in detail, and
including fabrics) in the following situations: a.) Para caminar con mi
familia en las montañas cuando hay mucha nieve…… b.) Para ir a una fiesta
elegante….. c.) Para trepar a un árbol (to climb a tree)……
d.) Para ir a una feria e.) Para ir a la playa en julio con mis compañeros
de clase…. f.) Para visitar la Escuela Nicanor en Darién, Panamá… g.) Para mi
graduación…. h.) Para ir con mi clase a Philadelphia… i.) Para caminar en el
camino Post en febrero j.) Para jugar en el parque cuando hace mucho sol
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make comparisons (more than…..less than….the same as…) to write ten
sentences. You may focus on clothing or other subjects, utilizing the
expressions más……que, menos….que, and tan……como. Other helpful vocabulary
includes barato/barata (inexpensive); caro/cara (expensive); cómodo/cómoda
(comfortable);
útil (useful); apropiado/apropiada (appropriate).
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write ten sentences about appropriate, useful clothing items you’re
going to buy for (or give to) each of ten different people.
Español 08 Tarea 30 enero—3 de febrero del 2012
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please tell us what you are going to buy, plan to buy, wish to buy, or need
to buy for ten different people in ten different stores. Please use Chapter 9
vocabulary - including, of course, indirect object pronouns - to do this
job. EXAMPLE: Voy a regalarles unas galletas a mis amigos, de la panadería.
Pienso comprarle unas rosas a mi mama en la florería.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please make believe that ten different people – new to Darien – stop you on
the Post Road, to ask directions to ten different shops. Please respond to
their questions (i.e. ¿Dónde queda la juguetería?) by courteously telling
them where it is, using prepositions you previously learned. EXAMPLE: La
farmacia queda cerquita de la estación del tren, en el camino Post, enfrente
del restaurante Wild Ginger.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please use indirect object pronouns to create ten original sentences of your
choosing, each one indicating what someone is doing, is going to do, or has
done to or for someone else. You might write, “I am going to give my Aunt
Mathilda a plant for her birthday” (Le voy a regular una planta a mi tía
Matilda, para su cumpleaños) or “I wrote a letter to Lulu Larue last night”
(Anoche, le escribí una carta a Lulu Larue). Please be creative and find new
ways to use indirect object pronouns in your sentences.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare conscientiously for a short quiz tomorrow on the indirect
object pronouns (Me, Te, Le, Nos, Os, Les) and other material in the Primer
Paso of Capítulo 9.
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 TAREA 23—27 de enero del 2012
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1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please practice reciting your poem, which must be recited in its entirety on
Wednesday. It is recommended that you listen to the recorded version on-line,
and that you recite it repeatedly – so as to comfortably memorize the poem by
Wednesday. Please remember that any pauses not deliberately dramatic in
intent will count as “errors” on the grading rubric. Please watch your
diction, and please try to interpret the poem with attention to what you
believe to be the poet’s intent. Wednesday will be the day of our recitation
celebration in class.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please practice reciting your poem, which must be recited in its entirety on
Wednesday. It is recommended that you listen to the recorded version on-line,
and that you recite it repeatedly – so as to comfortably memorize the poem by
Wednesday. Please remember that any pauses not deliberately dramatic in
intent will count as “errors” on the grading rubric. Please watch your
diction, and please try to interpret the poem with attention to what you
believe to be the poet’s intent. Wednesday will be the day of our recitation
celebration in class.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a composition, consisting of a minimum of ten to twelve
sentences, in which you tell us what you, your family members, and your pals
did yesterday or last night. Please try to include some reflexive verbs as
well, and please use your resources to help you do this assignment and use
the preterit tense accurately.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look at Chapter 9 and the Así se dice box on Page 237 in your
textbook. We know that the indirect object pronoun “le” signifies “to her”
or “to him.” It also means “to you” when the formal (Usted) form is employed.
Please write ten sentences in which you tell you what you are going to give
to ten different people for Groundhog’s Day. EXAMPLE: Para el Día de la
Marmota, voy a regalarle chocolates a mi abuelita. Pienso regalarle flores a
Pliquéstera para el Día de la Marmota. Le voy a regalar una pelota de
béisbol a mi hermanito para el Día de la Marmota.
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Homework assignments from the past appear below:
Español 08 TAREA 17---20 de enero del 2012
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about the long weekend we have all just experienced, and think
about what you, your friends, and your family members did. Please write a
composition, consisting of at least ten to twelve sentences, in which you
tell us what you did, where you went, and what transpired – being careful to
use the required accentuation. In addition, please be certain that you are
able to recite at least half of your chosen poem by tomorrow.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please think about what you did last summer, and what your family members and
your pals did. Having reflected on these past events, please write a brief
composition which consists of at least ten to twelve sentences, telling us
what you and others did last summer. In addition to this, please be certain
to memorize your entire poem, which will be presented in class next week.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Can we contrast what we did last night with what we are doing right now, in
school? In order to do this, we must phrase our sentences in this
manner: “Last night, I watched television. Right now, I am watching the
teacher. Last night, I slept. Right now, I am concentrating.” We need to
use the preterit mode and also the present progressive. Please write five
sentences (or pairs of sentences) which use these forms, and which contrast
last night’s occurrences with what we are doing in school.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 9—13 de enero del 2012
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you and a friend are in a restaurant in a Spanish-
speaking community. The waiter has just taken your order and is en route to
the kitchen. You and your friend will now engage in small-talk. You should
talk about what you are doing right now – sitting in the restaurant, waiting
for a delicious meal. Please write a dialogue between you and a friend, using
Unit vocabulary. There should a minimum of 10-12 lines of dialogue.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please remember that we use only the formal (Usted) form when speaking to
waiters or others we don’t know well whom we meet in stores or restaurants.
Please write a dialogue involving a waiter/waitress and a customer,
consisting of at least 10-12 lines of dialogue, in which only the formal,
polite form (Usted) is used. EXAMPLE:
Camarero: Bienvenido. ¿Qué le parece esta mesa?
Cliente: Me parece bien. ¿Me puede traer la carta, por favor?
Camarero: Con todo gusto. ¿Desea algo para tomar?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare diligently for your restaurant improvisation tomorrow
(Thursday) and Friday. Please remember that your job is to replicate a real-
life, authentic dining experience in a Spanish-speaking restaurant. Please
practice use Chapter 8 grammar and vocabulary.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare conscientiously for your restaurant improvisation, to
be presented tomorrow. In addition, please continue to practice your
poem by reading and reciting it aloud at home.
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Below are past homework assignments:
ESPAÑOL 08 Tarea 3—6 de enero del 2012
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Let us review the uses of the two verbs, SER and ESTAR, both translated into
English as “to be,” with the unit vocabulary: Food. Please write five
sentences which are spoken about food items in general. Please skip a few
lines on the paper and then write five sentences spoken by people in the
lunchroom, in a restaurant, or at the table in your home, while food is being
eaten. EXAMPLE: (ser) Los guineos son amarillos, suaves, y dulces. (estar)
Esta hamburguesa está muy rica, y me encantan estas cebollas.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a short sequence, in the form of a scene from a play, in which
you and a friend order dessert in a restaurant (after having eaten a fine
meal), and you then ask for and pay the check. Vocabulary for paying the
check may be found on Page 218 of your textbook. When you discuss the amount
of the check, please write out the number. EXAMPLE:
Camarero: ¿Desean algo de postre?
Cliente #1: Sí. Gracias. ¿Me puede traer sorbete de Granada, por favor?
Oye, Luís…¿qué vas a pedir?
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please practice the first stanza of your poem, so that you may recite it
expressively in class tomorrow, well-memorized and thoughtfully presented.
Thank you.
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 19—23 de diciembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please imagine that you are in a restaurant, and you are speaking to the
camarero/camarero (waiter/waitress). Following the Así se dice model on Page
218 of your textbook, please ask this person to bring you a wide variety of
items…in ten good sentences. You might ask that a dirty plate be replaced
with a clean one. You might request another spoon. You might request another
dish of ice cream. Please be very polite in your making your requests.
EXAMPLE: Camarero, este platillo está muy sucio. ¿Me puede traer un platillo
limpio? Gracias.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please make believe that you are celebrating “Healthy Diet Day” tomorrow.
Using lots of vocabulary from Chapter 8, please write a composition which
consists of a minimum of ten sentences, telling us what you are going to eat
tomorrow for breakfast, what you are planning to order (pedir) for lunch, and
what you intend to have for your evening meal. Please use a lot of different
vocabulary, bearing in mind the need to eat a healthy meal (comida saludable;
una dieta sana, etc.).
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please begin to write a script for a restaurant visit, in which you and a pal
are going to have dinner – and the waiter is very helpful and polite. Please
use only the Usted form in talking to the waiter, and in his responses – and
please use vocabulary found in your binder and textbook. EXAMPLE:
CAMARERO: Muy buenas noches. ¿Cuántos son?
CLIENTE #1: Somos dos.
CAMARERO: Pasen, por favor. ¿Desean sentarse aquí?
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please complete writing the restaurant script which you began yesterday. It
should end with the paying of the check.
FELIZ NAVIDAD.
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Homework assignments from the past may be found below:
Español 08 Tarea 12—16 de diciembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
It is time for all artists to step forward! Please draw a full place setting
at a dinner table, labeling each item in Spanish. Please include the
following vocabulary: a.) el mantel (tablecloth) b.) el bajoplatos (o el
salvamanteles) (placemat) c.) el plato (plate) d.) el platillo (bread plate
or saucer) e.) la servilleta (napkin) f.) el tenedor (fork) g.) el
cuchillo (knife) h.) la cuchara (spoon) i.) la taza (cup) j.) el vaso
(glass) k.) la copa (goblet) l.) el salero (salt shaker) m.) el
pimentero (pepper shaker) n.) el servilletero (napkin ring)
o.) la panera (the bread-basket) p.) el plato hondo or el tazón (the bowl)
….and anything else one might find at a dinner table. Please be as creative
as you like.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
The word “otro” (otra, otros, otras) means “other” or “another,” and must
agree in number and gender with the noun it modifies. Please make believe
that your friend is a little bit clumsy, and keeps dropping a utensil…or
spilling a glass of milk….or is otherwise in need of replacements. With this
in mind, please write ten sentences in which this person politely asks
for “another” item while dining in a local restaurant. EXAMPLE: ¿Me puede
traer otra servilleta, por favor? ¿Me trae otro vaso de leche, por favor?
¡Ay! ¡Mi tenedor! ¿Me podría traer otro tenedor, por favor?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Which utensil do we use to eat/drink the following foods: a.) bistec b.)
camarones c.) ensalada d.) flan e.) galletas f.) agua
mineral g.) té con limón h.) sopa de pollo i.) huevos fritos con
jamón j.) helado de guanábana con jarabe de chocolate ? Please write a
sentence for each of the above foods, telling which utensil(s) we use to eat
them. EXAMPLE: Usamos (or “uso”)(or “se usa”) un tenedor para comer
pescado.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look up the populations (población) of five (5) different towns,
cities, states, or countries – and write the large numbers out correctly, in
sentences. EXAMPLE: La población de Darien, Connecticut, es diecinueve mil,
setecientos once (19.711).
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST
Español 08 TAREA 5—9 de diciembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use your binder, your resources, and your textbook to find food
vocabulary which you have not used extensively up to now. Having done so,
please write a composition which includes any twenty (20) of these food
terms, and please underline them. EXAMPLE: Esta noche, pienso comer una
ensalada mixta, unos panecillos, y también vamos a comer pollo asado, con
zanahorias, puré de papas, y arvejas. This homework assignment may make you
hungry.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please prepare for a short quiz tomorrow, on the following: ENCANTAR, food
vocabulary, tomar/comer, and the O>UE stem-changing verbs (such as almorzar,
poder, costar, etc.)
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe you are at your usual table in the lively MMS lunchroom.
The table is crowded with eighth graders, eating foods they typically eat.
Please write ten different comments about foods each person is eating, and
which each person is describing (using the verb ESTAR). EXAMPLE:
Inez: El pollo está muy sabroso. La limonada está fría.
Anita: Las papitas están muy saladas.
Gerardo: ¡Ay! El helado está riquísimo, y muy dulce. ¡Qué sabroso!
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a letter, consisting of at least ten sentences, in which you
invite a friend to come to your house for a big dinner on Sunday. Please
describe the menu in exquisite detail!
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST
Español 08 Tarea 28 noviembre—2 de diciembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please look at the questions posed in the “Así se dice” book on Page 207 of
your textbook. The questions are “¿Qué tomas para el desayuno?” ( In Spanish,
we frequently “take breakfast,” so the verb TOMAR refers to both food and
drink.) “¿Qué tomas para el almuerzo?” and “¿Qué hay para tomar en el
comedor MMS?” Please write these three questions and answer them in detail,
with at least three complete sentences for each individual question. You
might wish to use “A veces,” (sometimes), “De vez en cuando,” (once in a
while), “los sábados,” (on Saturdays), etc. to preface some of your remarks.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use the verb ENCANTAR to write ten sentences, telling us what you,
your family members, and your various Pals truly love to eat. EXAMPLE: A mi
tía Hortensia le encantan las cerezas.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please use IR + A + INFINITIVO to tell us precisely what you are going to eat
tomorrow for “desayuno,” “almuerzo,” “una merienda” (snack), and “cena.”
Please go into detail and use as much vocabulary as possible, for this will
help you to learn it in a very pleasant manner. EXAMPLE: Mañana, para el
desayuno, voy a tomar jugo de piña, sémola de maíz con salchichas y manzanas
fritas.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look at the O>UE stem-changing verbs, such as ALMORZAR, PODER, DORMIR,
and VOLVER (to return). Please use these stem-changing verbs in sentences
which deal with the subjects covered in Chapter 8. EXAMPLE: Mamá, tenemos
mucha comida esta noche. ¿Puedo invitar a Filomena? Cuando vuelvo a casa,
siempre como algo sabroso.
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BELOW ARE SOME HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 14—18 de noviembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
There are many delightful idiomatic expressions in Spanish which use the verb
TENER. Please write a minimum of ten carefully-constructed sentences, in
which you use these expressions in the context of accepting or declining an
invitation to go out with someone. EXAMPLE: Gracias por invitarme, pero la
verdad es que no tengo deseos de ir a ese concierto. Oye, tengo prisa
ahorita, pero te llamo más tarde. No puedo salir esta noche, porque tengo
mucho sueño y mis padres dicen que tengo que acostarme tempranito.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a letter to a friend, very graciously and politely declining an
invitation to attend a party. You should explain that you are thankful for
the kind invitation, but that you are unable to attend. Please give some very
logical reasons, and use the vocabulary found in the second “paso” of Chapter
7. EXAMPLE:
Querida Pliquéstera,
Gracias por invitarme a tu fiesta el sábado. Me encantaría ir, y tengo
deseos de ver a nuestros amigos, pero no puedo asistir. Yo tengo que……..
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please be prepared for a quiz which, due to special schedules and shortened
class periods, may be extended over two days. The subjects covered will
include the following key items:
o Reflexive Verbs
o IR + A + Infinitive
o PENSAR + Infinitive
o TENER idioms
o Telephone Conversations: Extending, accepting, and graciously
declining invitations
o All vocabulary associated with the above
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
(Please see miércoles)
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 7—11 de noviembre del 2011
1.
lunes (para entregar el miércoles)
Have you ever wondered just how long it takes you to do the various dreary
tasks we must all do to get ready for school in the morning, and the dreary
chores we must perform before going to sleep at night? Using IR + A +
INFINITIVO, please tell us exactly when you will do your individual morning
and evening tasks tomorrow. Please divide your paper into two sections:
mañana and noche. Each each category, please write as many sentences as
needed to outline your routine, and how long it will take to do each task.
EXAMPLE: Mañana ---- Voy a despertarme a las 5:30, y voy a levantarme a las
5:45. Voy a lavarme las manos y la cara a las 5:50. Voy a cepillarme los
dientes y hacer gárgaras (to gargle) a las 5:53.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
What do you plan to do this weekend? What must you do before or after you
engage in these planned activities? Please write a minimum of ten sentences,
telling us your plans (and those of your family members and your pals) and
then tell us what each person must do before or after the activity. Example:
Pienso correr en el campo con mis cuates. Voy a ducharme después de correr
todo el día. Mis padres piensan salir a comer en su restaurante preferido el
viernes. Van a lavarse las manos antes de cenar. Pienso ir al teatro con
Pliquéstera el sábado. Voy a ponerme una camisa blanca y una corbata para
irme al teatro.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a delightful quiz on the reflexive verbs; IR + A +
INFINITIVO; pensar + infinitive; and more telephone conversations and
invitations. We should know the more significant reflexive verbs which figure
into our daily routines, and should know the reflexive pronouns (me, te, se,
nos, os, se). If any questions arise, your teacher will be delighted to help
you at any time.
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST
Español 08 Tarea 31 octubre—4 noviembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please practice the structures and vocabulary learned in class today as you
speak with friends and family this evening. By speaking Spanish outside of
class, you will gradually see your abilities improve.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a brief composition, consisting of a minimum of ten sentences,
in which you tell us what you have to do each morning in order to get ready
to come to school. Please use reflexive verbs to describe your customary
routine, remembering to convert the reflexive pronoun so that you are talking
about yourself.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a brief composition, consisting of a minimum of ten sentences,
in which you tell you what you must do each afternoon and evening, in order
to bring your day to an end and prepare to go to sleep. Please use reflexive
verbs from your vocabulary list to tell us about your customary routine,
beginning from the time you leave school until the time you fall asleep.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
We have learned that IR + A + INFINITIVE may be used to describe what we
are “going to do.” Please write a composition – consisting of at least ten
sentences – in which you tell us what you, your pals, and your family members
are going to do this weekend. EXAMPLE: Mis amigos van a divertirse este fin
de semana. Yo voy a montar en bicicleta el sábado. Mi hermana va a visitar
a nuestros primos este fin de semana.
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 TAREA 24—28 de octubre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe you are calling two friends, to invite them to go with
you to two different places on your vocabulary list. Unfortunately, you get a
recording both times. You must leave a message for your friends! Please write
two different telephone messages for two different friends, using all the
vocabulary found in your Chapter 7 resources. EXAMPLE: Hola, Juliancito. Soy
Paquito. Oye, ¿te gustaría ir con nosotros al circo este sábado…………….?
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a telephone conversation in which you invite a pal to go
somewhere with you………….but you must use E to IE stem-changing verbs (and
underline them) at least ten (10) times in the conversation. These verbs
include (but need not be limited to) QUERER, TENER, PREFERIR, VENIR, EMPEZAR,
COMENZAR. It is not necessary to use ten different verbs. For example, you
might say “¿A qué hora empieza la fiesta?” and respond with, “Empieza a las
7:00.” Please write the conversation in the form of a play, and please
remember to underline the stem-changing verbs which you have conjugated
correctly.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare for a quiz tomorrow (Thursday) on the Primer Paso of Chapter
Seven. This covers the stem-changing E to IE verbs, and the telephone
conversation/lugares vocabulary. You should know how to invite someone to go
out; the places or events to which your friend might be invited; and how to
conjugate stem-changing verbs. If you are still having trouble conjugating,
your teacher will be delighted to help you – and your present-tense
conjugation sheet (on card stock) will be extremely helpful as well.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
The verb PENSAR, followed by the infinitive, means “to plan to do something.”
Please write ten sentences in which you tell us what you, your pals, and your
family members plan to do within the near future. EXAMPLE: El sábado, yo
pienso ir al circo con mi familia y algunos amigos. Mis hermanitos piensan
andar en patineta.
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 17—21 de octubre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you are inviting a friend to go to one of the places
found in the vocabulary provided within Chapter 7 (el circo, el teatro, el
parque de atracciones, etc.). With this in mind, please write a
conversation – in the form of a play – which includes your greetings, small
talk, invitation, further information, and closing comments, and also your
pal’s response. For those students who already feel comfortable with the
vocabulary, you may wish to challenge yourselves by including a brief
dialogue with your friend’s parent before your friend comes on the phone.
Please use your resources (textbook, class notes, etc.) to do this
assignment, and do not attempt to “wing it” or write without lots of printed
resources in front of you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please make believe that you are calling a friend, but your friend is not at
home. Your friend’s parent/guardian/older family member answers the
telephone. You must exchange pleasantries with this individual and then ask
whether you may leave a message for your friend. Please write a telephone
conversation – in the form of a play – in which you politely leave a message
for your friend. Please remember to use the polite form (usted) when you are
speaking with your friend’s family member. Thank you.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please take notice of the stem-changing verbs in which the E switches to IE
(except in the nosotros, vosotros, and vos forms). These verbs include QUERER
(to want, or to love); TENER (to have); PREFERIR (to prefer); EMPEZAR (to
begin); COMENZAR (to start); VENIR (to come); CONFESAR (to confess); and many
others. Please write a minimum of ten good sentences, using these verbs
(conjugated) in contexts which fit the present unit of study. EXAMPLE: La
fiesta de sorpresa empieza a las 8:00 en punto. Mis amigos quieren ir al
parque de atracciones este fin de semana, porque les encanta la montaña rusa.
Frasquita no tiene dinero y no puede ir al teatro con nosotros el viernes.
Diviértanse esta semana y estudien bien.
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 3—7 de noviembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that a special guest from Bolivia is visiting our
cheerful classroom, and does not speak English. You must introduce ten (10)
classmates to this fine guest. We know that to say “This is….” we use “Éste
es___” (masculino) and “Ésta es__________” (femenino) or, for plurals, “Éstos
son___________y __________” and “Éstas son______________y ____________.”
Please state the names and some salient characteristics of each classmate you
introduce. EXAMPLE: “Ésta es Matilda. Ella es cariñosa, aplicada, y
estudiosa.”
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Our delightful projects will begin to be presented in class tomorrow, and the
presentations will continue on Thursday. Please be certain to use no English
in your movie or Power Point. There should, in fact, be no writing of any
kind on your Power Point, as you will do the narrating “live” in class.
Movies should be burned onto a DVD so that they may be swiftly shown in
class. Power Points may be on a flash drive which we may quickly bring up and
watch. Please practice what you are going to say, and design your Power
Point so that the pictures will provide obvious “clues.” We look forward to
enjoying some creative and entertaining movies and Power Point presentations
which give you an opportunity to show how much Spanish you have learned.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
The presentations will continue on Thursday. Please be certain to use no
English in your movie or Power Point. There should, in fact, be no writing of
any kind on your Power Point, as you will do the narrating “live” in class.
Movies should be burned onto a DVD so that they may be swiftly shown in
class. Power Points may be on a flash drive which we may quickly bring up and
watch. Please practice what you are going to say, and design your Power
Point so that the pictures will provide obvious “clues.” We look forward to
enjoying some creative and entertaining movies and Power Point presentations
which give you an opportunity to show how much Spanish you have learned.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
The verb DECIR may be the most important verb of all, and yet Chapter 6 only
uses it in passing. DECIR (to say, or to tell) is conjugated thusly: Yo digo,
tú dices, usted dice, él/ella dice, nosotros decimos, ustedes dicen,
ellos/ellas dicen. What does your grandma tell you that you ought to do? Mi
abuelita dice que yo debo hacer mandados para mi familia. Please write ten
sentences which use DECIR + QUE (says that/say that) to tell us what various
people say or tell you. EXAMPLE: El profesor dice que debo hablar más español
y menos inglés. La Dra. Boccanfuso dice que debemos ser bondadosos. Mis
abuelitos dicen que soy buena persona.
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BELOW ARE SOME HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 26—30 de septiembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
We know that our town, Darien, takes its name from the Province of Darién, in
the rainforest of Panamá – and that El Darién literally connects North and
South America. How are the kids here in Darien similar to those in Darién?
How are they different? What household chores might a good, helpful Darien
student do to help the family? What sorts of chores might a young person in
the Darién rainforest do to help the family? Please write a brief
composition, consisting of at least ten thoughtfully-worded sentences, in
which you compare and contrast and speculate as to how kids in the two
Dariens are alike and are different. (Green Team students should directly
refer to things learned by studying the display case near our library.)
2.. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
We all do things we like to do, but we also know that there are other things
we really ought to do, but don’t. We may watch TV at night, when we really
should do the dishes or clean the kitchen. We may play baseball or
flickerball outside before our evening meal, but we really ought to be
setting the table. Please write a minimum of ten sentences, telling what we,
our brothers and sisters, and our pals do at home…and what we or they really
ought to do to help our families. EXAMPLE: Yo lucho con mi hermano en el
pasto, pero yo debo cortar el césped. María mira televisión y come papitas
todo el día, pero debe planchar la ropa. Mi hermana y yo vamos de compras los
sábados, pero debemos pasar la aspiradora para ayudar a nuestra mamá.
3. miércoles (para entregar el viernes)
Please work on your Chapter 6 project, following the guidelines and seeking
the best ways to illustrate the extent of your learning during the past
month. It is our hope that you will really enjoy this project, and this
chance to apply what you have learned to a creative activity. Please follow
the rubric and check for accuracy at each point along the way. Thank you!
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BELOW ARE SOME HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 19—23 de septiembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please write out the final draft of your letter to post on our Darien a
Darién blog, following the rubric cautiously and using your textbook and your
binder resources to be certain you have eliminated all errors. Since this
assignment will yield a quiz grade, with points deducted for errors, it is
wise to carefully use all your resources and stick to the material we are
learning in class, rather than to try to write things we have not yet
studied. Once your final draft has been approved by your teacher, you may
post it on our blog. Thank you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use your GUSTAR/ENCANTAR resources to write ten good, thoughtfully-
designed sentences which tell us what you, your family members, and your pals
like, and what you like to do. Please explore the language and write longer
sentences.
EXAMPLE: A mi hermana le gusta salir a la playa con sus amigas cuando hace
sol, para nadar y también para charlar con todo el mundo. A mis amigos y a
mí nos gustan las cerezas. A mis abuelitos les encanta viajar durante el
invierno. A ti te gusta mucho pelear con bolas de nieve, ¿no es verdad?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please use your conjugation sheets and your listing of household chores to
write a short composition – consisting of a minimum of ten sentences –
telling us what you, your family members, and some of your classmates do to
help out around the house. Please be certain to conjugate the verbs
accurately, depending upon the person doing the action. EXAMPLE: Yo siempre
lavo los platos después de cenar. Juliancito pasa la aspiradora para ayudar
a su mamá. Mis hermanitos ponen la mesa y mi hermano mayor saca la basura
todas las noches.
4. jueves ( para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a fine quiz tomorrow on the follow subjects: A.) The
Possessive Adjectives (my, your, our, their, etc..) B.) Family
Vocabulary C.) The Personal “A” (Yo ayudo a mi abuelita) and D.) Physical
Descriptions (eye and hair color, etc.) and Salient Characteristics
(personality traits, values, etc.) These are all things we’ve worked on
every day in class, and have practiced in our blog writings. Let us see how
effectively we are learning these important concepts found in Chapter 6.
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 12—16 de septiembre del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please read the “Nota Gramatical” on Page 160 of your textbook, and notice
that the verbs HACER (to
do, or to make) and SALIR (to go out) are irregular in just the “yo” form.
HACER, in the “yo” form,
becomes hago, while SALIR becomes salgo. It isn’t always easy to find
creative ways to use HACER in
the present tense, so here’s some suggestions: HACER LA TAREA, HACER MANDADOS
(to do errands),
HACER EJERCICIO (to exercise), HACER LA CAMA (to make your bed), NO HACER
NADA (to do
nothing), HACER RUIDO (to make noise), and HACER LA MALETA (to pack one’s
suitcase). Please write
five HACER sentences in the “yo” or first person singular form, and five
SALIR sentences in the “yo”
form. EXAMPLE: “Yo salgo con mi familia los domingos. No hago nada cuando
estoy muy cansado y
necesito descansar.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
One of the most challenging grammatical concepts for Spanish students to
grasp is the use of the
“personal a,” which is briefly discussed on Page 161 of your textbook. When
the direct object of an
action is a person, we must use the “personal a” before the noun. For
instance, “We visit our
grandma” becomes “Visitamos a nuestra abuela,” because Grandma is a
person. “I help my friends”
becomes “Ayudo a mis amigos,” because your friends are people. “Abrazo a mi
madrina” is “I hug my
godmother,” and “Veo a la Dra. Boccanfuso” means “I see Dr. Boccanfuso.”
Please try to write ten
good sentences using the “personal a.” Thank you.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a rough draft of a post for our DARIEN A DARIÉN blog. It should
be autobiographical.
What is your name (English name)? Age? What grade are you in (Estoy en el
octavo grado)? What is
your best subject? What do you look like (eye color, etc.)? How many siblings
have you? What type of
person are you (please….spare me “funny” and “athletic,” as I am about to
fall sound asleep reading
those two!!)? What is your family like? Parents or grandparents or
godparents? Please use everything
we are studying in this unit to write a good self-introduction.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please re-write your autobiographical post, incorporating all the changes and
updates recommended.
Please write very neatly, as the approved final draft will go up on our blog
and be read in Darién,
Panamá. Please be creative, as it would be nice to have a variety on the
blog, instead of identical
mini-essays. Thank you.
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BELOW ARE SOME HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 6---9 de septiembre del 2011
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please read the Así se dice box on Page 154 of your textbook. There are two
guiding questions in this section: “¿Cuántas personas hay en tu familia?”
and “¿Cómo es tu familia?” (What’s your family like?). Please bear in mind
that descriptions of Latin American families will typically include
grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, godparents (padrinos) and others
found on your rose-colored vocabulary sheet. Please use the resources in your
binder and textbook to write a paragraph – consisting of a minimum of ten
sentences – which answer the two Así se dice questions thoroughly. EXAMPLE:
Somos once en mi familia. Mi hermanita, Florencia, tiene 8 años y es muy
cariñosa y creativa. Mi tío, Zenón, es compasivo y bondadoso, pero sus hijos
son un poco fastidiosos……
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please use your Possessive Adjectives sheet to write ten good sentences which
show us that you understand the appropriate use of these important words. For
instance, we know that “su” – in modifying a noun – can mean his, her, your
(formal), your (plural) or their. To illustrate the use of “su” to
mean “her,” we might write: “Mi hermana tiene 15 años, y mañana es su
cumpleaños.” Please use su, sus, nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras, tu,
tus, mi, mis in ten well-designed sentences – and be sure to be creative
problem-solvers as you practice using these possessive adjectives. Thank you.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
What do your family members do on weekends? Which activities do you do
together? What do your cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles typically do
on weekends? Please conjugate verbs in an appropriate manner as
you write ten sentences which tell us what happens in your family on
weekends. EXAMPLE: Los fines de semana, mi primo Juliancito anda en
patineta.
Mis hermanitos y yo visitamos a nuestra abuelita. Mis padres salen a comer en
su restaurante favorito.
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BELOW ARE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 23—27 de mayo del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please conscientiously prepare for our two current projects – one being the
research you will turn in
on Friday for a quiz grade. Please be certain to confine your research to
cultural sites and activities
through which you may gain an insight into the history and character of your
target country and its
people. Bullets or phrases, and not complete sentences, should be your aim
in preparing the
research you are going to hand in. For your other project, please practice
using the preterit mode,
the progressive, direct object pronouns, and commands (mandatos) throughout
the week.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please conscientiously prepare for our two current projects – one being the
research you will turn in
on Friday for a quiz grade. Please be certain to confine your research to
cultural sites and activities
through which you may gain an insight into the history and character of your
target country and its
people. Bullets or phrases, and not complete sentences, should be your aim
in preparing the
research you are going to hand in. For your other project, please practice
using the preterit mode,
the progressive, direct object pronouns, and commands (mandatos) throughout
the week.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please conscientiously prepare for our two current projects – one being the
research you will turn in
on Friday for a quiz grade. Please be certain to confine your research to
cultural sites and activities
through which you may gain an insight into the history and character of your
target country and its
people. Bullets or phrases, and not complete sentences, should be your aim
in preparing the
research you are going to hand in. For your other project, please practice
using the preterit mode,
the progressive, direct object pronouns, and commands (mandatos) throughout
the week.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
You must hand in your research for a quiz grade. Enjoy a thoroughly pleasant
week and please
continue to practice your Spanish.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 16-20 mayo del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe your best friend and his or her grandfather or
grandmother comes to your house.
The grandparent wants to help you get ready for the big party you are giving
tonight. You politely
ask him/her to do five tasks, always adding “please,” and using the formal
(usted) form of the
imperative. Your pal is being a bit of a nuisance. You tell him/her NOT to do
5 certain things, using
the negative command form. There should be a minimum of ten good sentences,
all carefully using
the imperative mode.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
All your classmates have come over to help you get ready for the huge party
you are all giving this
evening. Please give them a total of fourteen (14) commands, using your
Chapter 10 vocabulary and
the plural command form, telling your pals to do fourteen different tasks to
prepare for tonight’s
party, which you are throwing together at the last moment.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please ask your pal whether or not he/she has done the necessary tasks for
the big party tonight. He
or she will assure you that the chore has already been done. There should be
ten questions, in the
preterit tense, all with short answers, which include direct object pronouns.
EXAMPLE: ¿Inflaste los
globos? Sí, ya los inflé.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please see Page 271 of your text, with the phrase “lo pasamos bien” included.
Please write a 10-
sentence composition bearing the title “Lo Pasamos Bien,” telling us how you
and your pals enjoyed
the present school year…all written in the preterit tense. Please include
the things you did together,
as well as individually.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 9—13 de mayo, 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you are having a big party in your house, and ten of
your classmates have come to give you some assistance. Please use your
Chapter 10 party vocabulary, along with the imperative mode, to tell these
ten individuals to do ten different tasks to help you get ready for the big
event…in ten well-constructed sentences.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use each of the irregular forms of the imperative mode, either in a
sentence telling a pal to do something, or with direct and/or indirect—direct
object pronouns attached. There are ten irregulars: DECIR, IR, IRSE, SER,
PONER, PONERSE, TENER, VENIR, HACER, and SALIR. Please write a sentence or
form a complex command with attached object pronoun(s) for each of them.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please be prepared for a brief quiz on direct object pronouns and basic forms
of the imperative tomorrow. We all know that object pronouns are used all
the time, in connection with every topic and in company with every
grammatical structure, but they fit very naturally with the imperative. Our
quiz on Thursday will deal with both the object pronouns and the informal
imperative.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write five “requests” to a friend (“Me haces el favor de…..” etc.) as
found on Page 266, followed immediately by five direct commands, using the
imperative mode. You are contrasting these two methods of asking that a pal
do something.
¡Hablen mucho español esta semana!
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 2---6 de mayo del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please write a composition consisting of at least ten good sentences, in
which you tell us what you and your family members and pals did all weekend.
Please remember to change the spelling and insert a “u” to maintain the
hard “g” sound in jugar (Yo jugué) or to change the “c” to “qu” to maintain
the hard “c” sound in practicar (Yo practiqué). Please use your preterit
guide to do this assignment.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please prepare for a pleasant quiz tomorrow on the preterit tense. You should
know how to speak about what you did last night (anoche) and what you did
last week (la semana pasada) and what you did last year (el año pasado). You
should know a few basic orthographic changes (-GAR, -CAR, -ZAR verbs in
the “yo” form).
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
The word “ya” can mean “already” (as well as “right now”). Please write ten
questions in the preterit tense --- about getting ready for a big party ---
and follow each one with an answer which uses a direct object pronoun. In
English, it would look like this: Did you inflate the balloons? Yes, I
already inflated them. In Spanish, it would be: ¿Inflaste los globos?
Sí, ya los inflé. EXAMPLE: ¿Compraste los refrescos para la fiesta? Sí,
ya los compré.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Tonight is VARIETY SHOW 5. Your homework is to speak Spanish with your
friends at the show. There is no written homework due to be turned in
tomorrow. Remember that it is extremely important to speak as much Spanish as
you possibly can, to practice all the concepts and structures you are
learning so well in class each day. Right now, talking with your friends
about what happened in the past (last night, last week, earlier today, etc.)
would be very helpful.
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Below are a few interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 25—29 de abril del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use the resources in your binder (do not try to do this assignment
without reference materials) to write a composition
consisting of a minimum of ten good sentences, in which you tell us what you,
your family members, and your pals did during the week-
long “spring break.” Please watch your written accents and your punctuation.
EXAMPLE: La semana pasada, yo trabajé en el jardín
con mi abuelita. Mi hermana limpió las ventanas y mi hermanito anduvo en
patineta con sus cuates.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please make believe they had a big party last night at the
Nicanor School in Darién, Panamá. Through a special
videoconference, you saw their party. Please write a composition which
consists of at least ten sentences, in which you describe their party in the
preterit tense, telling us what happened last night at the big party at
Nicanor School. EXAMPLE: Anoche, los estudiantes y maestras de la Escuela
Nicanor tuvieron una fiesta. Rosa rompió una piñata muy grande. Todos
bailaron.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe you had the bad luck of attending the worst and most
ridiculous party imaginable last night. Everything was either a
disappointment or a silly disaster. Obviously, you must use the preterit
tense to describe this absurd and thoroughly forgettable party. Please
remember that, when you say “I didn’t like it,” you are actually saying “it
was not pleasing to me” (no me gustó). Please write an account of this
dreadful party, in a composition consisting of at least ten sentences.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please be prepared for a short quiz on the preterit tense tomorrow, and
please be certain to use written accents when they are required.
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Below are some interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 11—14 de abril del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please imagine that a big party is being given by your class – the biggest
party ever thrown by MMS students. Unfortunately, you are on a bus coming
from Saskatchewan and you are not present to help put this party together.
You are texting with your pals, however, and they are telling you what each
person is doing to plan for the party. Please write ten good sentences, using
your fiesta vocabulary from Chapter 10, to tell us what ten different people
are in the process of doing in connection with this big party.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
You are now getting ready for a big party in your house. Ten students from a
different team here at MMS are in your house to assist you. You don’t know
these students extremely well, but they are all nice people. Please consult
the “Así se dice” section on Page 266 of your textbook. Please use the forms
given on Page 266 to ask ten different students to help you in ten different
ways, and then give a short response after each request. EXAMPLE: ¿Me ayudas
a inflar los globos? Sí, cómo no.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
What did you did last week to get ready for the party last night? What did
you do at the big party? Please use the preterit tense to write a minimum of
ten splendid sentences, all using your Chapter 10 fiesta vocabulary to tell
us what you did last week and also last night, day by day. EXAMPLE: El
jueves, mandé las invitaciones. El viernes, compré el helado. El martes, mi
hermana y yo inflamos los globos. Anoche, colgué las decoraciones….
¡Espero que pasen unas felices pascuas!
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Below are some interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 4—8 de abril del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
On Page 261 in your textbook, a number of “días festivos” (holidays) are
depicted. Please write a sentence in the preterit mode about each of the
following “días festivos,” telling us how you and your family members and/or
pals celebrated last year:
a.) la Nochevieja b.) el Año Nuevo c.) La Nochebuena/la Navidad d.) el Día
de los Reyes Magos e.) el Día de la Independencia f.) el Día de Acción de
Gracias g.) el Día de las Madres h.) el Día de los Enamorados i.) el Día
Conmemorativo (en que se recuerda los caídos en la guerra) j.) el Día de los
Veteranos. EXAMPLE: El Día de Acción de Gracias, yo fui a la casa de mi
abuelita y comí una cena sabrosa.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
We are in a highly active school community, in which a lot is going on all
the time. Please use the present progressive mode to write ten sentences
telling us what ten different Middlesex folks are doing this week. EXAMPLE:
El Sr. Keen está planeando su próximo viaje. La Dra. Boccanfuso está
organizando la reunión para mañana. La Srta. Harrendedge está bailando el
mambo.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please look at the “Así se dice” box on Page 264 of your fine textbook. Two
phrases used to ask for and to express opinions are presented. Please use
these two forms to write ten original questions – with answers – all dealing
with Chapter 10´s party theme. EXAMPLE: ¿Crees que necesitamos más globos?
Creo que no. ¿Qué te parece si invitamos a Pliquéstera? Me parece bien,
porque sabe bailar el mambo.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a short and pleasant quiz on the present progressive mode.
We learned in a long time ago and have re-learned it for Chapter 10.
Tomorrow, we’ll celebrate with a quiz.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 28 marzo—1 abril del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please practice the present progressive by speaking, aloud, in sentences
which tell what you and your pals and family members are doing right now. If
possible, ask a classmate the question of the day: ¿Qué estás haciendo?
There is no substitute for practicing your Spanish daily, and this should be
an easy question to ask and answer.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please practice the present progressive by speaking, aloud, in sentences
which tell what you and your pals and family members are doing right now. If
possible, ask a classmate the question of the day: ¿Qué estás haciendo?
There is no substitute for practicing your Spanish daily, and this should be
an easy question to ask and answer. Please vary your responses, so that you
practice using a wide variety of verbs.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a composition consisting of one or two paragraphs, and a minimum
of ten sentences (preferably more) on one of the following topics: a.) Our
Trip to Philadelphia b.) Last Night
c.) “Kindness Counts” on Monday evening (*obviously, only for members of
Kindness Counts)
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use your Chapter 10 vocabulary to write a brief composition,
consisting of a minimum of ten good sentences, about an imaginary party
taking place in your house right now! You’ve invited all your classmates, of
course, and they are all doing something right now, either to get ready for
the big party or to simply enjoy it. Please use the progressive mode to tell
us what the various folks are doing at the present moment. EXAMPLE: Mi mamá
está decorando la sala ahorita.
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Below are some interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 21—25 de marzo del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please practice saying the phrases and words one would use in an authentic
shopping experience, buying clothing in a Spanish-speaking country. Please
keep in mind that the words you are using are not English words, and that you
need to produce very different sounds in order to pronounce them accurately.
Please prepare for your presentations tomorrow and Wednesday.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please practice saying the phrases and words one would use in an authentic
shopping experience, buying clothing in a Spanish-speaking country. Please
keep in mind that the words you are using are not English words, and that you
need to produce very different sounds in order to pronounce them accurately.
Please prepare for your presentations tomorrow and Wednesday.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
You have all used the present progressive (progresivo) form throughout the
year, to tell us what you are doing right now (ahorita). Please write ten
sentences, using the helping verb ESTAR and the appropriate present
participle (-ando or –iendo) to tell you what you, your pals, and your family
members are doing right now..while you are writing this assignment.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
There are many holidays throughout the year. Please identify your favorite
holiday and write a composition consisting of at least ten sentences, in
which you tell us how you and your family celebrate that holiday. EXAMPLE: El
día festivo que más me gusta es el Día de los Reyes Magos. Mi familia y yo
recibimos regalitos que dejan los reyes cerca del arbolito.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 14—18 de marzo del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Let’s momentarily forget about shopping for ourselves. Please make believe
you are at a clothing shop because you need to buy clothing for a sister,
brother, or close friend. They need some clothes for school at once, and you
have been given the funds to purchase these things for them. Please write a
minimum of ten good sentences in which you tell what you are buying for
others (Tengo que comprarle unas blusas a mi hermana, y unos zapatos
deportivos a mi hermanito), including size, fabric, color, style, clothing
vocabulary, indirect object pronouns, and demonstrative adjectives. If you
wish to write the scene in the form of a play, please do so.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please study the “Así se dice” section on Pafe 248 of your textbook, and
write ten questions, plus answers, regarding what ten different clothing
items typically cost. Please remember to use “cuesta” for singular items
and “cuestan” for plurals. EXAMPLE:
¿Cuánto cuestan estas camisetas Darien a Darién? Estas camisetas cuestan
diez balboas (o dólares). ¿Cuánto cuesta esa pulsera dorado? La pulsera
cuesta ciento treinta y tres dólares.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please look cautiously at the fine Vocabulario page (Page 255) of Chapter 9.
When you do so, please find at least fifteen words or phrases with which you
sincerely believe you still need practice. Please write at least ten good
sentences in which you underline the vocabulary you still wish to practice.
EXAMPLE: Esas dos sudaderas, la blanca y la verde, son del mismo precio.
Me encanta la chaqueta anaranjada, y además, me queda bastante bien.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please practice your Chapter 9 vocabulary, so that you will be ready for the
exciting Chapter 9 Project, an improvisation.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past.
Español 08 Tarea 7—11 de marzo del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
It is challenging to create sentences in which you use the demonstrative
adjectives (Este, Estos, Esta, Estas, Ese, Esos, Esa, Esas, Aquel, Aquellos,
Aquella, Aquellas) in a context which clearly displays your understanding. I
suggest using phrases such as “que tengo aquí,” “que llevo,” “que tengo en la
mano” to frame statements with “Este, Esta,” etc. “Allá” and “Allí” can be
used for “Ese, Esa” sentences. Please write 10 sentences, using Este, Estos,
Esta, Estas, Ese, Esos, Esa, Esas, and your choice among the Aquel/Aquella
Group. Remember that “Aquel/Aquella” can also imply something far removed in
time.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
The “Así se dice” box on Page 247 of your textbook gives you some examples of
the use of such phrases as “el azul” or “la anaranjada” to refer to the item
previously mentioned by someone. Please write five original questions and
five original answers using this pattern. EXAMPLE: ¿Cuál te gusta más: la
camisa negra con rayas blancas, o la camisa verde? Me gusta más la verde.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe you are in a store with a friend. The phrase “Te queda
bien” or “Te quedan bien” can mean either “It looks/They look good on you,”
or “It fits/They fit you well.” It can sometimes mean both. Please write ten
sentences in which you use the verb QUEDAR in this sense. EXAMPLE: Este
abrigo es muy cómodo y me queda bien, así que lo voy a comprar.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a brief sequence, in the form of a play, in which you walk into
a shop to look for a clothing item. The salesclerk greets you and asks
whether he/she may help you. You say you are looking for a certain item. The
clerk asks your size and the color, material, etc. you prefer. Please be
creative and authentic.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 28 febrero –4 de marzo del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please remember that the word “más” carries a written accent over the “a” as
you write ten good sentences which compare clothing items (using más…que,
menos….que, and tan…..como) in terms of expensive (caro/cara/caros/caras) and
inexpensive (barato/barata/baratos/baratas). EXAMPLE: Estos zapatos
deportivos blancos son más caros que esas botas Uggs.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a short composition consisting of at least ten sentences, in
which you compare the clothing worn by students in Darien, Connecticut to the
clothing typically worn by young folks in Darién, Panamá. When you go to a
party with your family, do you wear clothing which is “más formal” than what
you might see in Darién, Panama? Do they wear clothing designed for the hot
and humid rain forest? What do they wear to school? Do they wear clothing to
school which is “más formal” or “menos formal” than what we typically wear?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please list at least five clothing items you or your family members have in
your closets made of the following fabrics: a) algodón, b) cuero b)
lana c) polyester, rayón, nylon d) seda o satén
EXAMPLE: una blusa morada de seda; un vestido verde de satén, de mi mamá….
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a brief, pleasant quiz tomorrow on the Segundo Paso of
Chapter 9. This will involve clothing items, fabrics, comparisons (más…que,
menos…que…tan…como), caro/barato, and formal/cómodo, cómoda.
¡Feliz marzo! ¡Disfruten!
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Below are some interesting homework assignments from the past.
Español 08 TAREA 14—18 de febrero del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Very few 8th grade students are familiar with fabrics and materials, whereas
parents customarily pay attention to such matters when they shop for
clothing. Using the fabric vocabulary on your Chapter 9 resource sheet,
please write ten sentences which tell us what various clothing items you,
your friends, and your teachers wear are made of. EXAMPLE: Muchas chamaquitas
llevan botas de cuero o de ante. El traje del profesor es de lana.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use these three forms of comparison: más…..que, menos…..que, and
tan………..como, to write ten very good sentences in which you compare two
objects or two pieces of clothing. EXAMPLE: La camisa anaranjada es más cara
que la camiseta blanca. Los pantalones de mezclilla son más cómodos que los
pantalones de lana. La falda morada es menos formal que el vestido blanco.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a composition consisting of at least ten sentences, in which you
explain to your friends in Darién, Panamá, what middle school students
typically wear in each of the four seasons (verano, otoño, invierno, y
primavera). Please use your clothing vocabulary sheet, and do not forget
about coats and gloves in the freezing winter. EXAMPLE: En el invierno,
típicamente llevamos suéteres de lana, abrigos, gorras, guantes………..
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please pretend that you are going to a wide variety of places next week –
ranging from a fancy party to a friend’s house, where you promised to help
clean out the attic. You must dress appropriately for all these occasions.
Please write ten sentences, telling us what you are going to wear to these
ten different places. EXAMPLE: Voy a llevar un traje azul y una corbata para
ir a la fiesta de mis vecinos.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 TAREA 7—11 de febrero del 2011
1.lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please imagine five different types of stores, using the vocabulary in your
binder, and write five different sentences which tell us that you plan to go
these different stores. Next, please follow each sentences with another which
tells us for whom you wish to purchase something in each of these shops.
EXAMPLE: Pienso ir a la joyería esta tarde. Quiero regalarle un collar de
amatista a mi mamá.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think of a secret place, and don’t tell any of your classmates what it
is. It should be a public place in Darien which everyone knows, such as the
Darien Playhouse or Ring’s End lumberyard or Wild Ginger. Please describe
where it is situated, using prepositions and other vocabulary in your binder.
You may use driving directions, if you wish. On Wednesday, your classmates
will have to guess what your secret place is. Please give the clearest
directions you are able to give.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare for a brief quiz on Thursday, on the Primer Paso of Chapter 9.
This will include indirect object pronouns, and vocabulary pertaining to
stores and giving directions. Everything on the quiz will be found on Pages
237-240 of your fine textbook.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look at your list of clothing vocabulary, and write a brief
composition, consisting of a minimum of ten sentences, in which you tell us
what you and your friends customarily wear for different occasions. EXAMPLE:
Cuando salgo a una fiesta, siempre llevo….. Para trabajar en el jardín, yo
llevo…….. Cuando las chamaquitos participan en Kindness Counts, ellos
llevan_______________.
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Past assignments are found below:
SNOW EVENT ASSIGNMENT:
Please go to our DARIEN TO DARIÉN blog, a link to which is found on the right
side of the MMS home page.
When we post a comment on a blog, we are – in effect – publishing to the
world. We are representing ourselves, our families, our school, our
community – and, in some instances, our country. We have a responsibility to
blog with sensitivity and care.
Please write a thoughtful message in Spanish and post your poem on our blog.
You must reflect before your write. Please avoid such clichés as “hola”
or “¿cómo estás?” One should have something to say before trying to write
anything. Please reflect. Do you want to tell people in Darién, Panamá, about
our school, our weather, and our classes? Do you want to ask them questions
about living in the rainforest of Latin America?
The subject is your own….but please use your best Spanish, write a rough
draft before you get started, and make your posted comment interesting and
different, reflecting your own sincere interest to exchange ideas and
information with our new friends in Darién.
Español 08 Tarea 31 de enero—4 de febrero del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please take a fresh look at the “Así se dice” section on Page 237 of your
textbook, and write five sentences which tell us what gift you are going to
give, plan or give, or want to give to five different people – or groups of
people. Next, please use the very BUSCAR (to look for), to tell us, in five
good sentences, what sort of gifts you are seeking for five different people.
EXAMPLE: Voy a regalarle unas flores a mi tía. Busco un juego de mesa para
mi primo.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please notice the activity marked “6” on Page 237 of your textbook. The
question is “¿Para quién es/son……?” Please make believe you have a room
loaded with gifts which have not as yet been gift-wrapped. The gifts are for
friends and classmates. Please write ten sentences telling us for whom ten
different items are intended, and the reason you are giving the present, and
please use Chapter 9 vocabulary. EXAMPLE: Los dulces son para Filomena, para
el Día de los Enamorados. Los aretes son para Nora, para su cumpleaños. Los
juguetes son para Juliancito, para su santo.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe you are on the Post Road in Darien, enjoying an ice cream
cone with four or five friends. A bewildered lady from Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
comes along and asks directions to five different sites in Darien. You must
give her good, clear directions. Please write the lady’s five questions and
your five answers. EXAMPLE: ¿Me puede decir dónde queda la tienda Whole
Foods? Sí, señora. Queda cerca de la carretera 95, a tres cuadras de aquí.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write ten sentences, telling us what you are going to buy in ten
different stores – for ten different folks. EXAMPLE: Voy a comprarle unas
galletas a Betito en la panadería.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 24—28 de enero del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please prepare diligently for your Chapter 8 restaurant improvisation, which
will be done in class tomorrow. By this time, you should all be able to order
a meal in a restaurant, interact with the waiter and other diners, and speak
readily in your second language – without resorting to silent pauses or “sí…
sí…”
It matters not whether you are the wait person or the guest. Everything on
the rubric applies to all participants. Enjoy showing how much you have
learned!
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please notice the “Así se dice” section on Page 216 of your textbook. You
will note that a critical customer tells a wait, “Este plato está sucio…”
(This plate is dirty!). Obviously, we shun restaurants of that caliber!
Nevertheless, LIMPIO/LIMPIA/LIMPIOS/LIMPIAS (clean) and
SUCIO/SUCIA/SUCIOS/SUCIAS (dirty) are both used with the verb ESTAR, to
describe things which are clean or dirty. Please write ten good sentences in
which you use these terms to describe things in our environment. EXAMPLE: El
salón de clase está muy limpio. La chaqueta de Filomena está muy limpia.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please use indirect object pronouns and the verb REGALAR to tell us what you
plan to give to various people for Valentine’s Day, Groundhog’s Day, or
Presidents’ Day, in 10 sentences. EXAMPLE: Pienso regalarle flores a Matilda
para el Día de Enamorados. Pienso regalarles chocolates a mis compañeros de
clase. Pienso regalarle una planta a mi tía para el Día de la Marmota.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use Chapter 9 vocabulary and the preposition PARA to write ten
sentences to tell us which items – in a roomful of gifts –are for which
members of the class. EXAMPLE: Los aretes son para Teresa. El juego de mesa
es para Felipe.
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Other homework assignments may be found below:
Español 08 TAREA 18—21 de enero del 2011
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please very conscientiously practice your poem until you really know it well.
You should say the words repeatedly, until you know them extremely well –
and, at that point, you may truly begin to recite the poem expressively. Last
week, far too many people were groping for words and struggling to recall
each line. Please devote the time it takes to really learn your chosen poem.
I am here to help you, and I know you will all perform excellently, if you
will put in the required time for practice. Thank you.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe you are attending a big dinner party, and you have ten
different food items in front of you! There are samplings of two main
courses. There are three different vegetables. There are rolls, biscuits, or
popovers. There is a variety of fruit. You have rice or potatoes. You have a
beverage. There is even sherbet or ice cream being served. Please write ten
sentences using ESTAR and describing ten different foods you are in the
process of eating..and please use lots of different adjectives to describe
the foods, being certain they agree in number and gender with your nouns (the
food items). Please do not use “bien.” Thank you.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please make believe you have five younger siblings or cousins who are dining
with you in a Latin American restaurant, while your parents are attending an
interesting International conference. You must order dinner for yourself and
for the five kids you are in charge of. Obviously, ¿Me puede traer…? becomes
¿Le puede traer…? (Can you bring her/bring him….?) or ¿Les puede traer..?
(Can you bring them….?). Please write ten sentences in which you order
typical Latin American dinners for yourself and your younger charges.
EXAMPLE: ¿Nos puede traer unos vasos de agua? ¿Les puede traer leche a
ellos, por favor?
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Below are some interesting assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 10—14 de enero del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please practice reciting the first half of your poem in class tomorrow, for a
quiz grade. You must project your voice, memorize accurately – starting with
title and author -, pronounce each word correctly, and recite expressively.
Please remember to express the author’s sentiments, using your voice.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please look at Page 218 in your textbook, and study the “Así se dice” section
at the bottom of the page. Having done so, please write a brief sequence – in
the form of a play – in which a waiter/waitress asks if you desire something
more. You ask for the check. The waiter/waitress tells you how much it is,
and you ask whether the tip is included on the bill.
3, miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a review of our very own “restaurant,” El Comedor MMS, telling
us what they have and what they do not have (“No hay camareros, y no hay
manteles en el comedor del colegio”). Do you like the ambience? Do you really
love the ice cream on Fridays? Do you like the salads and the sandwiches?
What are some typical dishes of this “restaurant?” Your composition should
include a minimum of ten sentences.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
At times, each of us feels famished. Please make believe you are extremely
hungry and thirsty. You and a friend are in a restaurant. You ask each other
how your main course is….but you are so terribly hungry and thirsty that you
keep asking the waiter to bring more (¿Me puede traer otro batido de mora?
¿Me trae más panecillos con mantequilla, por favor? ¿Nos trae otros vasos de
agua, por favor? ¿Eh? ¿Ya comí todo el arroz? Por favor, ¿me puede traer más
arroz?). Please write in the form of a play.
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 3—7 de enero del 2011
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please divide your homework into four categories: Las legumbres/Los
vegetales/Las verduras is the first category. Please write beneath this
category three sentences, telling us which of these foods you or your family
members love, like or “have to eat.” EXAMPLE: A mi hermana y a mí nos
encantan las zanahorias. Your next category is La carne. “Tengo que comer la
cecina, pero no me gusta para nada.” Your third category will be Las frutas.
Your fourth category will be Las bebidas. Suggestion: Include as much
vocabulary as possible in your responses. It will be to your advantage to do
so, for you will thereby amplify your food vocabulary.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a short composition which bears the title, “El restaurante que
más me gusta aquí en Darién.” This composition should include a minimum of
ten interesting sentences. Please include the following: 1) a brief
description of your favorite local restaurant 2) the most popular dishes
served there (Los platos más populares son:_________) 3) what you really
like to eat there and what your family members like to eat there 4) why
you would recommend this restaurant to others.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write down any ten large numbers which are over 300…..and then write
out the words to express that number. EXAMPLE: 311 trescientos
once. 417.746 cuatrocientos diecisiete mil, setecientos
cuarenta y seis. Please remember that decimals and commas are the opposite
when transferring from Spanish to English.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please consider a very challenging – but fun – part of your upcoming Chapter
8 project performance: the restaurant improvisation. You and your partner
will be required to engage in small-talk in Spanish. Engaging in small-talk
is not easy for second-language learners, and is especially difficult for
middle school students. Please write a short sequence, consisting of twelve
(12) lines – written in the form of a play – in which you and a pal discuss
food, the restaurant, and related matters while waiting for your food to be
delivered.
CLIENTE #1: A mis padres les encanta este restaurante.
CLIENTE #2: Sí. Es muy popular con mi familia también.
CLIENTE #1: ¿Qué está comiendo esa señora?
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Below are homework assignments from last year:
Español 08 TAREA 13—17 de diciembre del 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
“What are you doing??” We are frequently asked that question. Please use the
present progressive mode to tell us what you, your family members, and your
pals are in the process of doing while you are writing this homework
assignment. EXAMPLE: Mi mamá está cocinando ostras fritas. Yo estoy
escribiendo. Mi hermana Nora está charlando con sus amigas. Please remember
that estás, está, and están carry written accents.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use the verb ALMORZAR to answer these five questions:
a.) ¿Con quién almuerzas en el comedor MMS? b.) ¿Cuándo almuerzan ustedes
los sábados? c.) ¿Dónde almuerzan tus abuelitos los domingos? d.) ¿Qué te
encanta almorzar? e.) ¿Qué va a almorzar la Señorita Spedaliere mañana?
Please use ENCANTAR correctly to answer these questions: a.) ¿Qué le encanta
al profesor? b.) ¿Qué te encanta comer? c.) ¿Qué les encanta hacer los
sábados? d.) ¿A ti y a tu mejor amigo/amiga, qué les encanta almorzar? e.)
¿Qué te encantaría probar en Panamá?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare for a delightful quiz tomorrow on all the fine things we have
studied during the past couple of weeks!!
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look at the use of the word OTRO/OTRA/OTROS/OTRAS on Page 216 of your
fine textbook. Having done so, please write ten sentences in which you – in a
fine restaurant – politely ask the waiter or waitress to bring you
another……. EXAMPLE: ¿Me puede traer otra servilleta, por favor? ¿Me puede
traer otra cuchara, por favor? ¡Gracias!
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Below are interesting assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 6---10 diciembre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you and your family are in a fine restaurant in
Panamá, enjoying a sumptuous repast. From appetizer to dessert, you have a
variety of splendid dishes. Please write ten sentences which answer the
waiter’s question, ¿Cómo está(n) el/la/los/las…..? in a variety of
interesting ways. Please pay close attention to gender and number, and use
lots of vocabulary.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
We know that there are stem-changing verbs in Spanish in which the O is
changed to UE during conjugation, except in the Nosotros, Vosotros, and Vos
forms. Please write ten sentences in which you conjugate and use the
following stem-changers: ALMORZAR ( to have lunch), PODER (to be able to),
COSTAR (to cost), CONTAR (to count, or to recount a story), RECORDAR (to
remember), VOLVER (to come back), VOLAR (to fly), ACOSTARSE (to go to bed),
PROBAR (to try, as in “to try a new food”), SOÑAR (to dream -- * in Spanish,
we say “sonar con…” for “to dream about”). Please vary your subjects (and do
not use “Yo” for every sentence).
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Artists---this is your day. Please draw and label a complete place setting,
in Spanish. Please be certain that your table is correctly set, and use the
following in your drawing: a) mantel b) placemat (el salvamanteles) c)
servilleta d) plato e) cuchillo f) cuchara g)
tenedor h) vaso i) taza j) platillo k) tazón/plato
hondo l) salero m) pimentero n) copa (goblet) o) panera (bread
basket). You don’t have to have a fingerbowl (aguamanil) or napkin ring
(servilletero). Enjoy being creative!!
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please practice using (ACCURATELY) gustar, encantar, and probar in ten
sentences concerning Latin American foods. EXAMPLE: A él le gustaría probar
la carimañola panameña.
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
ESPAÑOL 08 TAREA 15--19 de noviembre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe you are speaking on the telephone with a pal, inviting
this person to go somewhere with you. You use various different sentences
during your conversation, all having to do with what you’re planning for that
day….but you must use only stem-changing verbs. These include QUERER,
PREFERIR, PENSAR, DIVERTIRSE, EMPEZAR (to start), COMENZAR (to begin), CERRAR
(to close), etc. Please write seven (7) sentences which include stem-changing
verbs, and five (5) which specifically use the “nosotros” form, in which the
stem does not change. EXAMPLE: Mi amiga piensa lavarse el pelo antes de
salir. Nosotros preferimos ir al circo hoy.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please prepare – by speaking aloud – for the Proyecto 7, which will be
presented tomorrow (Wednesday) in class. Please remember to listen to the
person with whom you are doing the telephone conversation. You must respond
appropriately, regardless of what they say to you.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write an “email” to a friend, consisting of a minimum of ten (10)
sentences, in which you give a horribly flimsy excuse for declining an
invitation to go somewhere. We may offer a prize for the flimsiest excuse
offered in class, providing the Spanish is grammatically accurate and the
spelling is correct.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look at the phrase “tomar desayuno,” as featured on Page 207 of your
textbook. It means “to take breakfast,” and refers both to eating and
drinking. Please write an account of what you take for breakfast on a typical
day in Darien, Connecticut. Then, looking at Page 207 of your textbook,
please write an account of what “los ecuatorianos” typically take for
breakfast. EXAMPLE: Típicamente, yo tomo………. Los ecuatorianos
toman_______________para el desayuno.
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Below are some interesting homework assigments from the past:
ESPAÑOL 08 TAREA 8—12 de noviembre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please write a telephone conversation, in the form of a play, in which you
include the following elements: a.) Ask your friend what he or she would
like to do on Saturday. b.) Ask your friend “When are we going to go?” c.)
Ask “Who is going to go with us?” d.) Ask your friend what she or he is
going to wear. Your goal is to use the IR + A + INFINITIVE construction
throughout the conversation, along with ¿Te gustaría?, TENER QUE +
infinitivo, and los reflexivos. In this way, your homework will truly help to
prepare you for this week’s quiz.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about the TENER idioms (modismos) we learned in class today.
Having done so, please write twelve (12) good sentences which include twelve
TENER idioms, used in a context which shows that you truly understand their
meaning. It is not enough to write “Tengo frío.” Instead, you must write, “Es
enero y está nevando, y mis amigos y yo tenemos frío.”
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please examine Pages 193-194 of your textbook, ¡Ven conmigo!, and write an
email message to a friend, consisting of at least ten sentences, in which you
tell her or him why you cannot accept an invitation to go somewhere. Please
be gracious and courteous. Please use lots of vocabulary from the Tercer Paso
of Chapter 7. EXAMPLE:
Querida Ynez: Gracias por tu invitación. Tengo deseos de ir al campo contigo
y con tu familia, pero es que no puedo. ¡Qué lástima! Tengo que llevar una
canasta de golosinas a mi abuelita, porque está un poco enferma…..”
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a fine quiz on the material we have learned during the
past couple of weeks: phone conversations, stem-changing verbs, TENER idioms,
IR + A+ INFINITIVO, etc. ¡Buena suerte!
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____Below are interesting assignments from past weeks:
Español 1—5 de noviembre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el miércoles)
Now that you have learned to conjugate the reflexive verbs, please write a
list which tells us what you, your family members, and your friends do each
day…either in the morning or the evening…in the present tense. Please try to
use the first and third persons, both singular and plural. We may give a
prize for the longest list. Who knows? EXAMPLE: Mi mamá se baña todas las
tardes. Mis abuelitos se levantan muy tarde los sábados. Nosotros nos
lavamos las manos antes de comer, porque no queremos enfermarnos.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
What do you plan to do in the next couple of days? What do your family
members and your pals plan to do? Please use the verb PENSAR plus an
infinitive to construct as many sentences as you can create. EXAMPLE:
Filomena piensa lavarse el pelo esta noche, pero Francisco piensa ir al cine
con sus cuates.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please make believe you are writing an email to a friend you haven’t seen in
a long time. Unbeknownst to your friend, you are being paid a tidy sum for
every TENER expression you can use in your email. Please underline each TENER
idiom you employ, so that we may see which student has written the email with
the most TENER expressions included! ¡Tengan cuidado!
EXAMPLE: Buenas tardes, Juliancito: Tengo que escribirte, pero tengo sueño
en este momento, y tengo dolor de cabeza. No tengo deseos de salir a
jugar……………
Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 25—29 de octubre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use the reflexive verbs and the phrases “¿Estás listo?/¿Estás lista?”
and “Todavía no” to create a scenario in the form of a play, in which 10
assorted parents ask various members of the class whether they are ready to
go to school – and then the students reply that they are not yet ready,
because they still have to do something first, using a reflexive verb.
EXAMPLE:
Mamá: ¿Estás listo para la escuela, Juliancito?
Juliancito: Todavía no, Mamá. Tengo que lavarme la cara.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use the form distributed in class today to complete a telephone
conversation, in which you call a friend; the parent answers; you politely
ask to speak with your friend, using the formal (Usted) form; you then ask
your friend to go somewhere, within the hour; your friend responds that
he/she is not ready, because there is something they must do first, using a
reflexive verb.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please think of everything you have to do between the time you leave school
and the time you fall asleep tonight. Then, please think about the things
you absolutely must do between the time you awaken tomorrow morning and the
time you get to school. We’ll have a contest tomorrow, with a prize for the
student who comes in with the longest CORRECT list of “Tengo que…….” phrases,
which must consist of REFLEXIVE VERBS only, listing chronologically. EXAMPLE:
Tengo que despertarme. Tengo que levantarme.
4. jueves (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare for a brief quiz, tomorrow, to assess your understanding of
the reflexive verbs. ¡Prepárense!
Español 08 Tarea 4—8 octubre 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please prepare for a brief quiz tomorrow, which will assess your knowledge of
the Chapter 6 verbs SALIR, HACER, and DEBIR. You should also know the
vocabulary connected with “los quehaceres,” and you should be able to use
the “personal a” appropriately. Of course, you should know how to describe
people and to be able to make nouns and adjectives agree in number and
gender. Please go through Chapter 6 in your textbook and bring in any
questions you may have.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please work on your Chapter 6 project, making absolutely certain that you
follow all the stops outlined on the sheets distributed in class. A Power
Point must be on a flash drive and must contain only PICTURES, and NO WORDS.
A movie must be burned onto a DVD. Nothing else will be acceptable. Thank
you! Please be certain that your nouns and adjectives agree in number and
gender. This is essential!
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please work on your Chapter 6 project, making absolutely certain that you
follow all the stops outlined on the sheets distributed in class. A Power
Point must be on a flash drive and must contain only PICTURES, and NO WORDS.
A movie must be burned onto a DVD. Nothing else will be acceptable. Thank
you! Please be certain that your nouns and adjectives agree in number and
gender. This is essential!
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please work on your Chapter 6 project, making absolutely certain that you
follow all the stops outlined on the sheets distributed in class. A Power
Point must be on a flash drive and must contain only PICTURES, and NO WORDS.
A movie must be burned onto a DVD. Nothing else will be acceptable. Thank
you! Please be certain that your nouns and adjectives agree in number and
gender. This is essential!
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 27 septiembre—1 octubre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please select any friend, sibling, cousin, or neighbor you care to think
about – and write a short composition, consisting of a minimum of ten
sentences, which provide the following information: a) a physical
description of the person (color of eyes and hair, etc.) b) a description of
this person’s salient characteristics in terms of personality c) what this
person likes to do and what this person likes to eat d) which chores this
person does around the house e) which chores this individual ought to do
at home. Please don’t forget the “personal a,” if it is needed in any of
your sentences. EXAMPLE: “Matilda es una chamaquita muy cariñosa y humilde.
Es delgada, pelirroja, y tiene los ojos verdes……”
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
The question you have been asked is as follows: ¿Qué hacen ustedes los fines
de semana? Your job is to tell us what you and your family do together (not
individually) on weekends. Please write a composition consisting of a
minimum of ten sentences, telling us what you and your family do together on
weekends. EXAMPLE: Los fines de semana, nosotros salimos a cenar en nuestro
restaurante favorito. Luego, casi siempre visitamos a mis abuelitos…..”
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe that you have gathered your parents, siblings, cousins,
and closest pals together in your home. Your teacher has come for a visit,
and you must introduce each of your family members. You will use the
phrases “Éste es…….,” “Ésta es…….,” “Éstos son…..,” and “Éstas son……,” and
then give a description of each person, being certain to use masculine or
feminine, singular or plural forms, as you like. EXAMPLE: Éstos son mis
padres. Son muy serios, estudiosos, y aplicados.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please make a thorough study of Page 173 in your textbook, which is
the “vocabulario” of Chapter 6. Please write ten good sentences, using a
minimum of twenty (20) vocabulary phrases or words which you have not yet
used very often this month. Please underline the vocabulary words, being
certain to use them in appropriate contexts. EXAMPLE: “La esposa de mi primo
es delgada y tiene canas.”
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 TAREA 20—24 de septiembre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please note that on Pages 160-161 of your textbook, we are dealing with the
verbs SALIR (to go out) and HACER (to make, or to do), both of which are
irregular only in the “yo” form, in the present tense. ¿Con quién sales los
fines de semana? means “With whom do you go out on weekends?” You might
respond, “Salgo con mi familia” or “Salgo con mis amigas” or “Salgo con mis
amigos (o mis cuates).” To tell where you go, use a (to) and then either an
infinitive (“Salgo a comer,” “Salgo a jugar”) or give a place name, followed
by “para” (in order to..) and then an infinitive (“Salgo al centro comercial
con mi familia, para comprar varias cosas.) Please write ten interesting
sentences, telling us when you and your friends and family members go out,
with whom you go, what you do when you go out, and how frequently you do it.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write ten grammatically-accurate sentences which tell us which
household chores you and your family members do around the house. Please use
the vocabulary distributed today in class, along with the structure found on
Page 165 of your textbook. Please remember to conjugate the verbs if you are
using them as the chief verbs in your sentences (“Yo pongo la mesa todas las
noches, para ayudar a mi familia”). EXAMPLE: Mi hermanita lava los platos
después de la cena casi todas las noches.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
We all know that there are things we enjoy doing, and also things which we
really ought to do. Using the verb DEBER (meaning should, or ought to),
please write ten sentences telling about what you, your family members, and
your pals do each day, but what you really should do to be of real help to
your family. EXAMPLE: Yo miro televisión y como papitas todo el día los
sábados, pero debo lavar el carro. Mi hermana baila el mambo todas las
noches, pero debe pasar la aspiradora para ayudar a nuestra mamá.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please make believe that you have a pal, a sibling, or a cousin who is
slothful and quite reluctant to assist with household tasks. This poor
attitude is causing distress for the person’s family. Please write an email
message or a letter, consisting of a minimum of ten sentences, in which you
tell this person what he or she ought to do around the house, to help the
family maintain a well-run household. EXAMPLE: Querida Pliquéstera: Mira,
tú debes lavar la ropa para ayudar a tu familia. No debes mirar televisión
todo el tiempo, pero debes planchar la ropa de vez en cuando.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 13—17 de septiembre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please select any six (6) people with whom you are acquainted, making certain
that 3 are feminine and 3 are masculine. Please write two sentences (minimum)
describing each of these individuals. One sentence should be a physical
description, and the other should describe personality traits or other
salient characteristics. Please omit such hackneyed vocabulary as “alto”
and “atlético.” Many of our fine students are struggling with noun/adjective
agreement, which is a major reason for this assignment. Students who have
long since mastered this skill should stretch themselves and do the
assignment more ambitiously, with complex sentences and sophisticated
vocabulary.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about what your parents, grandparents, godparents, aunts and
uncles, siblings, and pals like to do at home. Please use the verb GUSTAR
accurately, coupled with the possessive adjectives, to write ten sentences –
using both plural and singular subjects – telling us what ten different
groups and individuals like to do in their own homes. EXAMPLE: A mis
padrinos les gusta leer novelas en su casa, por la noche. A Frasquita le
gusta escuchar música y comer cerezas en su cuarto todas las tardes.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Tomorrow, Thursday, we shall have a delightful quiz which covers the material
in Ven conmigo (Chapter 6, Primer Paso, Segundo Paso) which we have studied
since the beginning of the school term. You should be able to display
knowledge of noun/adjective agreement, new vocabulary relating to family
members, the proper use of the verb GUSTAR, and the possessive adjectives
(My, Your, Her, His, Our, Their, etc.). Please study your corrected homeroom
and be prepared to do a splendid job on this fine, brief quiz.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please think about our brief study, one week ago, of the “personal a” in
Spanish. You did homework which revealed some uncertainty with regard to
this “non-translatable a.” Please write ten outstanding sentences, using
the “personal a” in a variety of creative ways. Example: Mis primos y yo
visitamos a nuestros abuelitos los fines de semana. Ofelia saluda a sus
profesores todo el tiempo. Su madrina ayuda mucho a Teresa. Papá castiga a
Memo cuando es desobediente. Yo quiero conocer a la tía de Nora. Tú nunca
escuchas a tu bolsista.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 7—10 de septiembre, 2010
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please consider the question, ¿Qué haces con tu familia los fines de semana?
We all enjoy doing things with our families on weekends. Our friends
sometimes engage in different sorts of activities with their own families.
Reflecting on all these practices, please write a minimum of ten sentences,
in which you tell us about things you sometimes do with your family on
Saturdays and Sundays….and things which your friends do with their families
on weekends, too. Please stretch yourselves and use a lot of appropriate
vocabulary. EXAMPLE: Muchas veces, yo salgo a cenar en un restaurante con mi
familia los sábados. Elena monta en bicicleta con su familia los fines de
semana, cuando hace buen tiempo.
2. miércoles (para entregar el viernes)
One of the most challenging concepts for students of Spanish to grasp is that
of the “Personal A.” In Spanish, when we visit a person….see a person….help
a person….respect a person…or even know a person, we must place the “personal
A” before that person’s name. Hence, “I help Mom” is “Ayudo a mamá.” “I see
Ms. Spedaliere” is “Yo veo a la Srta. Spedaliere.” “I respect Mr. Acosta”
is “Yo respeto al Sr. Acosta.” Please write ten original sentences in which
you correctly use the “personal A” in front of the name of the person who is
the object of the action in the sentence. EXAMPLE: Mis hermanos y yo
visitamos a nuestros abuelitos los fines de semana. ¿Conoces a Emeterio
Berlanga? Tú ayudas a tu mamá con la cena, ¿verdad?
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 30 de agosto—3 de septiembre, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
The homework for this evening is to politely ask your parents to read the
welcoming booklet given to you in class today. After doing so, please ask
them to tear off the back page, fill it out, and sign it. You will return
that back page. The rest of the packet is for your parents, and should be
kept at home. We do not want it back at school. Thank you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
There is no additional homework, other than to please bring in the signed and
filled-out parent form, in the event you did not do so yesterday, and the
signed book contract. Please cover your book, and obtain a 1.5” binder with
five dividers for Spanish class.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please select any family members you wish – and remember that extended family
is always included in Latin American cultures – and write ten sentences in
which you describe these people to us. I would suggest selecting five
different family members and writing two sentences about each. Please
remember that feminine nouns must be modified by feminine adjectives, and
masculine nouns must be modified by masculine adjectives. Please be cautious
with singular and plural forms as well. Please consider both physical
characteristics and personality traits as you write your descriptions. You
may include people who are “like family” to you, as well as actual family
members. EXAMPLE: Mi madrina es muy bonita, delgada, y cariñosa. Tiene los
ojos verdes y es canosa. Mi hermanito es inquieto y travieso, pero es buena
persona. Es bajo, rubio, y tiene los ojos azules.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please study the Nota Gramatical on Page 154 of your textbook, having to do
with possessive adjectives. Having done so, please write ten sentences which
clearly use MI(S), TU(S), SU(S), NUESTRO(S/NUESTRA(S) and SU(S) to describe
things belonging to your family members. Please be certain to phrase your
sentences so that it is clear that you understand how to use the possessive
adjectives. EXAMPLE: Mi amiga está en su casa esta tarde, hablando con su
mamá. Nuestro perro es grande y feroz, y cuida la casa para nosotros.
¡Bienvenidos al año escolar 2010—2011!
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Below are some homework assignments from last term:
Español 08 Tarea 7—11 de junio, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
The verb SENTIRSE (ie) is reflexive. It refers to the state of one’s physical
or emotional health. Hence, the phrase “No me siento bien,” meaning “I don’t
feel well,” can refer to physical ailments or to one’s momentary state of
mind. The verb DOLER (ue) is a stem-changer used with indirect object
pronouns to explain what hurts or causes us pain. Thus, “No me siento bien.
Me duelen las cejas” means “I don’t feel well. My eyebrows hurt.” Please
write ten sentences in which you tell us about ten different people who don’t
feel well, and what hurts them – or, if you like, tell us what they need to
do to feel better. “Filomena no se siente bien. Le duelen las rodillas.
Necesita estirarse.”
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Stress can be a dreadful part of life if it is excessive. Please write a list
of commands (informal) to another 8th grader to help that person manage
stress. Please begin with “Para manejar el estrés,” and then write your
suggestions: i.e. Duerme mucho más. Haz ejercicio todas las mañanas.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a composition which consists of a minimum of ten sentences and
which tells us how you lead a healthy lifestyle (llevar una vida sana). Do
you eat a healthy breakfast? Do you run every morning? Do you engage in
community service? Do you drink 8 glasses of water a day? Please share your
thoughts with the class in a composition based on Chapter 11 vocabulary.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please draw two things: a face and a full view of a person. If you find it
very difficult to draw, you may seek something on-line. Please label these
drawings with all the vocabulary in Spanish, as found in Chapter 11 of your
textbook.
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Various homework assignments from the past are listed below:
Español 08 Tarea 1—4 de junio, 2010
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about the various things which occurred during your 8th grade
year at Middlesex. After you have brought to mind a number of events you
believe you’ll remember throughout the future, please write a composition in
the preterit mode, telling us about everything memorable which occurred this
year. Obviously, you must write in the preterit tense, remembering your
accents on the last vowel – except with irregular preterit verbs. Please try
to include direct and indirect object pronouns wherever possible.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe that everyone in your class has a pen-pal in 7th grade
who will be in this Spanish class next year!!! You want your pen-pal to have
a great experience in this class, so you must write a letter to him/her with
lots of good advice. The way to give advice is to use the command form
(mandatos). Please write a letter consisting of at least ten sentences or
more, advising your 7th grade pen-pal and telling this person what to do to
meet with success in 8th grade Spanish. The more conscientiously you do all
homework assignments, the better-prepared you will be for all assessments.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use comparisons and demonstrative adjectives (Este, ese, aquel, esta,
esa, aquella, estos, esos, aquellos, estas, esas, aquellas) to write a
composition which consists of a minimum of ten sentences and which compares
Middlesex Middle School to the Escuela Nicanor in the rainforest of Darién,
Panamá. How do our students differ from their students? How does the
rainforest differ from our town in Connecticut. Do they have some advantages,
just as we have some advantages? Please use más…que, menos…que, tan…como,
etc. to help with your composition. Gracias.
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Below, you will see a few homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 TAREA 24—28 de mayo, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please think about ten different Spanish-speaking countries, cities, towns or
villages. Please write ten sentences about ten different places and tell us
what the weather was like when you (supposedly) went to those places. We know
that “Hace sol” means “It is sunny.” “Hizo sol” would mean it was sunny,
setting the action in the past. Hizo may be used
with “calor,” “frío,” “viento,” and other weather expressions. You must,
however, form the preterit of LLOVER (to rain), NEVAR (to snow). Please be
creative as you craft ten sentences about how the weather WAS when you
visited these sites. EXAMPLE: Hizo buen tiempo cuando estuve en Bolivia.
2. martes (para entregar el martes)
Please use the verb TRAER (to bring) and LLEVAR (to carry, to bring along) to
write ten creative sentences about what you and your various family members
are planning to bring with you when you take your next trip to a Spanish
speaking country. EXAMPLE: Voy a traer lentes de sol, un sombrero grande, y
unas botas de cuero para caminar en la selva tropical.
3. miércoles (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe you went to ten different places last summer, and you
want to tell us how you liked each one, or what sort of time you had in these
places. The preterit of está is estuvo; the preterit of están is estuvieron;
the preterit of me gusta is me gustó; the preterit of me gustan is me
gustaron. “I had fun” is “Me divertí.” Please write ten sentences. EXAMPLE:
Fuimos a Montevideo, y me gustó mucho esa ciudad. Nos divertimos mucho.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a 10-sentence composition about how you plan to celebrate
Memorial Day (El Día Conmemorativo.) Gracias.
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Interesting homework assignments from the past appear below.
Español 08 Tarea 17—21 de mayo, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you are at the end of a fine day, and you are asked
whether there’s anything you were supposed to do which you didn’t do. You go
through a list of all your responsibilities and respond that you’ve already
done everything on your agenda. Please write ten sentences which tell us how
you complied with all responsibilities today. EXAMPLE: Ya di de comer al
perro. Ya hice toda la tarea.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please review pleasantly by writing the following: A) Two sentences using
the present progressive mode, to tell us what you’re doing right now B)
Two sentences which form commands for your brother/sister/pal C) Four
sentences in the preterit, telling what you did today D) Two
sentences using direct object pronouns. There should be a total of ten
sentences. Thank you.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe that you attended a truly terrible party last weekend. It
was possibly the worst party you’ve ever attended. Since it occurred in the
past (last weekend), please use the preterit tense to explain why the party
was so dreadful. If you can, try to use some direct object pronouns (No me
gustó la fiesta, porque invitaron a mi mejor amiga, pero no la vi allí.)
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please make believe that your pal and his or her uncle or aunt just came to
your front door. Please make them welcome, using five informal commands and
five formal commands for each one. EXAMPLE: Pasa. Pase Ud., señor. Dime
que quieres. Ordene Ud.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
ESPAÑOL 08 Tarea 10—14 de mayo, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you attended a very fine party last night, and you
had a lot of fun. Using the party vocabulary in your Spanish binder, please
write at least ten sentences in which you tell us about at least ten
different things (or more, if possible) which happened at the party last
night. Of course, you will need to write in the preterit tense to tell us
about last night’s event. Please do so with great care. EXAMPLE: Mi amiga
bailó el mambo con mi primo, Zenón. Carlitos recibió muchos regalitos, y Ana
comió torta y mucho helado.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Direct object pronouns (lo, los, la, las) are briefly explained on Page 274
of our textbook, and we have discussed them in class as well. They refer to
something or someone already mentioned. If the teacher asks Juliancito,
¿Hiciste la tarea? – he will probably answer, Sí, señor, la hice anoche. La
(it) refers to la tarea (a feminine, singular noun.) Please write ten
questions, and answer each one with a direct object pronoun. EXAMPLE:
¿Lavaste los platos? Sí, los lavé después de comer.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare yourself for a fine quiz tomorrow (Thursday) on the preterit
tense. This will include regular verbs, reflexive verbs, and verbs with
orthographic changes (Yo busqué mi guante de béisbol anoche.)
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a composition about an imaginary party, consisting of a minimum
of ten sentences, in which you try to use as many direct object pronouns as
possible. EXAMPLE: Mis amigos vinieron a mi casa anteayer. Mi mamá los
invitó. Mi tía hizo una torta sabrosa, y mis amigos la comieron con gusto. Yo
no la vi antes de la fiesta.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 3—7 de mayo, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use your Preterit guide to write a composition consisting of a minimum
of ten good sentences, in which you tell about your day in school. What did
you do? What did your pals do? What happened in school today? Please try to
describe the school day, writing in the preterit tense about the occurrences
which stand out in your mind. Reflect on all aspects of the school day and
please be cautious in using written accents directly over the last vowel in
regular preterit forms.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about all the routine tasks you performed today. Presumably, you
brushed your teeth and washed your face and hands. Please use the list of
reflexive verbs in your binder to write a composition consisting of a minimum
of ten good sentences, telling us what you did to prepare yourself for the
day and/or to prepare for going to sleep. EXAMPLE: Me desperté tarde y me
levanté. Mis hermanos y yo nos duchamos, y me cepillé los dientes……
3. Miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please give some thought to the spelling irregularities in the preterit form
(verbs ending in –CAR, -GAR, -ZAR, etc.) and the other verbs with stem
changes in the preterit mode. With your binder open, please write at least
ten sentences in which you use as many of these verbs as you possibly can,
for this is how you will learn them. EXAMPLE: Jugamos al béisbol, y yo
lancé esta tarde. Busqué a mis amigos, pero averigüé que se habían ido a New
Canaan. ¡Fo!
4. Jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a fine quiz Friday, dealing with the preterit tense –
including the verbs with spelling changes in the preterit (Yo jugué, etc.).
You have all learned very well, and I’m proud of all of you!
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 26-30 abril, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that an old friend of your parents is coming to visit
your home. You are in the house when this fine person arrives, and you have
been asked to serve as host/hostess, because your parents have stepped out
for a short time. You must ask this person to come in, to sit down, to have
refreshments, to relax, etc. In order to do this courteously, you will use
the formal (Usted) commands. Please write ten good, well-designed sentences
using this form to politely invite your parents’ guest to feel at home.
EXAMPLE: Pase Ud.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
You are giving a fine party, and your best friends have come early to help
you get ready. They want to help you prepare for the party, because they are
good friends. Please write ten sentences, using the plural (USTEDES)
commands, and telling the group of chamaquitos what to do to help you.
EXAMPLE: Inflen los globos, ¿quieren? Preparen la ensalada, ¿está bien?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe you have a younger brother or sister or a pesky little
cousin. This younger person does a lot of things which are not commendable.
You must tell him/her what not to do, using the negative “tú” commands.
Please write ten sentences in which you tell this young child what NOT to
do. EXAMPLE: No tires la pelota en la sala. No grites en la cocina. Oye,
no hagas eso. No comas más dulces.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a brief composition, consisting of at least ten sentences, in
which you tell us what you and your family and your pals did last night. You
must, of necessity, employ the preterit tense. Please remember that it is
imperative that you use written accents when you write in the preterit mode.
Thank you.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 19—23 de abril, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please pretend that you are preparing for a party to celebrate your promotion
from middle school to high school. You have guests coming from many parts of
the world, and you must hasten to get everything ready. Please use the
chapter vocabulary to write ten good sentences using the imperative mode to
request that others help you to get everything ready for the event. EXAMPLE:
Cuelga las decoraciones para mi, Teresa, ¿quieres? Fernandito, infla esos
globos, ¿está bien?
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
We have learned that there are eight irregular commands in the informal (tú)
positive mode. Please use these eight irregular commands to write ten
sentences, telling a pal or sibling what they may do to help you get ready
for a family birthday party. Remember that the irregular verbs are HACER,
SER, DECIR, PONER/PONERSE, IR/IRSE, VENIR, SALIR, and TENER. SER uses a
written accent on the command, Sé (Sé cortés, Sé respetuoso).
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
It appears that the average 8th grade is asked to do many different things
from dawn until dusk, by parents and teachers and other family members and
even by acquaintances or neighbors. Please write an interesting list of 15
imperatives (commands) which you have probably heard during the past month.
You may use imperatives directed at you or your siblings or pals. EXAMPLE:
¡Despiértate! ¡Lávate las manos! ¡Ayúdame! ¡Limpia tu cuarto! ¡Haz la tarea!
¡Come más legumbres!
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please be prepared for a fine quiz tomorrow on the Segundo Paso of Chapter 10
(requests, responses, and commands). Gracias.
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Español 08 Tarea 5—9 de abril, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please write a short scene in the form of a play, consisting of at least
twelve (12) lines of dialogue. You are busily preparing for a party with your
classmates. Please use the present progressive mode to ask and answer
questions about what is happening right now – and also ask your friends’
opinions, using models located in the “Así se dice” box on Page 264 of your
textbook. EXAMPLE:
YO: ¿Qué estás haciendo, Paquito?
PAQUITO: Estoy colgando las decoraciones.
YO: ¿Qué te parece si colgamos los globos allí también?
Please prepare for a fine QUIZ tomorrow on the first “Paso” of this unit of
study.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please study the “Así se dice” box on Page 266 of your textbook. There, you
will find a form of informally asking a pal to do something for you. Please
write ten original questions, following that model – and provide brief,
appropriate responses as well. EXAMPLE:
¿Me pasas las decoraciones, por favor? Cómo no.
¿Me ayudas a limpiar el salón? Seguro que sí.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
You and your pals are preparing for the party our class is giving. You are
using the imperative mode to tell your friends, one at a time, what you want
them to do, because you are in charge of planning this party. Please write
ten sentences in which you give ten separate commands to ten different
friends. You must not attempt this homework until you have been taught the
imperative mode in class.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use the irregular commands, as well as regular ones, to write
an “email message” to a younger sibling, cousin, or a younger neighbor. Tell
this person what he or she must do while you are away for the weekend. Please
give good, sound advice – using the imperative mode.
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Below are homework assignments from the past.
Español 08 Tarea 29 marzo—1 abril, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please think about ten different people you know – family members,
classmates, teachers, and other individuals with whom you are personally
acquainted – and write ten original, carefully-crafted sentences in which you
tell us what these people are doing at this moment – while you are writing
your sentences. You may begin the sentences, if you like, with a phrase such
as “En este momento” and then use the present progressive mode, which we
learned in class. Thank you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about the celebrations and parties we are studying in the first
part of our present unit, and make believe you and your classmates are
preparing for a big party at this very moment. Each student is being graded
on the work which she or he is doing to help get the party ready. Please
write ten sentences in which you tell us what at least ten of your
classmates, and you, are doing at this very moment --- using, of course, the
present progressive mode.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please study the “Así Se Dice” box on Page 264 of your textbook. You are
going to ask a friend for an opinion about the big party you are planning for
our class. Please write ten different questions which ask for an opinion, and
give a short response to each one – using the model presented in the “Así Se
Dice” box on Page 264. EXAMPLE: ¿Crees que debemos comprar más helado para
la fiesta? Creo que sí. Vamos a comprar más helado de guanábana. ¿Qué te
parece si inflamos más globos anaranjados? Me parece bien. Vamos a hacerlo.
¿Crees que el profesor nos va a dar más dinero para comprar refrescos? Creo
que sí. Vamos a hablar con él.
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Below are homework assignments from the past.
Español 08 Tarea 22—26 de Marzo, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please prepare diligently for your presentation tomorrow, reviewing the
rubric to make certain that you include everything which is required. Please
bear in mind that the “Chapter 9 vocabulary” task on the rubric does not
refer to the fine recycled 6th or 7th grade vocabulary (i.e. camiseta) we
have also used in this chapter. You must employ newly-learned vocabulary as
well.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please prepare diligently for the presentations which will continue tomorrow,
reviewing the rubric to make certain that you include everything which is
required. Please bear in mind that the “Chapter 9 vocabulary” task on the
rubric does not refer to the fine recycled 6th or 7th grade vocabulary (i.e.
camiseta) we have also used in this chapter. You must employ newly-learned
vocabulary as well.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please turn to Page 255 in your textbook. Looking at the vocabulary, please
find twenty words/expressions with which you sincerely believe you still need
practice. Please write ten sentences, using two vocabulary words/phrases in
each one, and underline the target vocabulary. Tomorrow, we’ll have a quiz on
this most recent unit of study. EXAMPLE: ¿Me puede mostrar unas camisas de
cuadros y unos zapatos deportivos blancos, número 8? No me queda bien, y
además, es caro.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Welcome to Chapter 10! Please select any five holidays or special occasions
and write ten sentences, telling how you and your pals or family members
celebrate them. EXAMPLE: Para celebrar el Día de la Independencia, voy a ver
los fuegos artificiales y tengo un picnic con mi familia.
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Below are listed some assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 16—19 de marzo, 2010
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please practice, once more, your use of the important indirect object
pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os, les) by writing ten good, original sentences
involving such fine verbs as regalar, dar, decir, quedar, escribir, and
pasar. Please think carefully before you write each sentence, being certain
that you understand what each indirect object pronoun really means. EXAMPLE:
María le va a dar un vestido bonito a su hermanita. ¿Qué le vas a escribir a
tu abuelita? Te queda muy bien esa chaqueta.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please practice all the required components of your Chapter 9 improvisation,
closely following the rubric which was distributed several days ago. Please
keep the following in mind: indirect object pronouns should be used
accurately; customers and clerks will always use the “usted” form when
speaking with each other --- and not the informal “tú” form of address;
please do not try to be amusing, as this is not a comedy act and the focus
should remain on trying to replicate a real-life shopping trip; please use as
much vocabulary from this unit as you possibly can, stepping away from your
comfort area and employing new words and concepts you have learned during the
past few weeks.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please practice all the required components of your Chapter 9 improvisation,
closely following the rubric which was distributed several days ago. Please
keep the following in mind: indirect object pronouns should be used
accurately; customers and clerks will always use the “usted” form when
speaking with each other --- and not the informal “tú” form of address;
please do not try to be amusing, as this is not a comedy act and the focus
should remain on trying to replicate a real-life shopping trip; please use as
much vocabulary from this unit as you possibly can, stepping away from your
comfort area and employing new words and concepts you have learned during the
past few weeks. Your group will present in class tomorrow.
La primavera llegará el sábado. ¡Viva la primavera!
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 8—12 de marzo, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el lunes)
Please make believe you are in a store, trying to decide between three
similar clothing items – one of which you are going to purchase. You have one
article in your hands. Another is behind the counter. The third one is out in
the store window. You are telling a friend your rationale regarding the
prospective purchase, using comparisons (más…que, menos..que, etc.) and
demonstrative adjectives (este, ese, aquel, etc.). Please write a minimum of
ten sentences about this situation. EXAMPLE: Pues, esta camisa azul es más
cómoda que esa camisa verde…
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use the verb QUEDAR, with indirect object pronouns, to write ten good
sentences about how clothing fits various people and how well clothing items
look on certain individuals. EXAMPLE: Estos zapatos deportivos ya no me
quedan me bien. ¡Me duelen los pies! Ese collar de amatista te queda muy
bien.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a brief script which takes places in a store. You and a pal are
talking with the salesclerk. Please ask to see a garment. The clerk asks your
size. You tell him/her. Your pal tells you how it looks on you. You ask the
price. Please write this sequence in the form of a play, with a minimum of
ten lines.
DEPENDIENTE: Buenas. Pasen. ¿En qué les puedo ayudar?
CLIENTE #1 : Busco unos zapatos deportivos.
DEPENDIENTE: Muy bien. ¿Qué número usa?
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please practice using “el,” “la,” “los,” and “las” as you see on Page 247 of
the textbook, to indicate “the red one,” “the orange one,” etc. You are
looking at T-shirts and there are ten different ones on display. Please
comment on each. “La roja no me queda muy bien.” “La morada es menos cara
que la negra.”
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
ESPAÑOL 08 TAREA 1—5 de marzo, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please give some consideration to the prices one must pay for the various
purchases one makes. If you were forced to shop for clothing this week, would
you compare prices between garments in order to reach a decision? Please use
the irregular verb COSTAR (cuesta/cuestan) and the forms más…que and menos…
que to help you write ten sentences in which you compare the cost of clothing
items. EXAMPLE: La camisa anaranjada cuesta más que la camisa blanca. Los
pantalones de mezclilla cuestan menos que la chaqueta de cuero.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use the two forms illustrated in the Así se dice box on Page 245 of
your textbook to ask eight questions and to provide an answer for each.
EXAMPLE: ¿Cuáles son más baratos – las botas o los zapatos deportivos? Las
botas de cuero son más caras que los zapatos deportivos. ¿Son los calcetines
blancos tan caros como las medias grises? Si. Son del mismo precio.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
In some Spanish-speaking communities, people ask shopkeepers “¿Cuánto cuesta
(n)?” and, in other places, they may ask ¨¿Cuánto vale(n)?” in order to find
out a price. Please write five questions to a clerk in a clothing store,
followed by five answers---but please spell out the numbers of the prices. We
need lots of practice in writing numbers out. EXAMPLE: ¿Cuánto cuesta el
vestido anaranjado? Pues, cuesta trescientos veintitrés dólares. ¿Cuánto
valen los pantalones de mezclilla? Valen dieciocho dólares.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use your vocabulary sheets for clothing and fabrics, designs, etc. to
write an inventory of the clothes you have which you’re likely to wear to
school or on the weekend. EXAMPLE: Tengo tres camisetas blancas de algodón,
un traje gris de lana, muchos zapatos deportivos blancos, una chaqueta parda
de cuero, una camisa verde de poliéster….
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Below may be found some homework assignments now part of the past:
ESPAÑOL 08 Tarea 22—26 de febrero, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that we are having a big party at the end of the year –
to celebrate the pleasant times we’ve had in class, and you must buy gifts
for ten classmates. Using indirect object pronouns (le, les), please write
ten sentences telling us what you are going to give to ten different
classmates, followed by a brief account of where you plan to go to buy each
gift. EXAMPLE: Voy a regalarle una cometa a Juliancito. Pienso ir a la
juguetería esta tarde. Les voy a regalar unas fruslerías a Elena y a Matilda.
Necesito irme a la tienda de regalos.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please prepare conscientiously for a quiz tomorrow on the Primer Paso of
Capítulo 9. Ask yourself these guiding questions: Can you use indirect
object pronouns with the verbs REGALAR, DAR, and DECIR? Can you politely ask
directions? Can you answer the question ¿Para quién es esa corbata? Can you
answer the question ¿Qué tipo de regalo buscas para Pliquéstera? Do you know
the names of different types of stores which one might patronize in a Spanish-
speaking country?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
On page 242 of your textbook appears this question: ¿Qué ropa vas a llevar a
la fiesta? You might answer by saying “Voy a llevar un vestido anaranjado,
un collar dorado, y unos zapatos chocolates a la fiesta el viernes.” Please
write ten very good sentences, telling us what you and your family members
and your friends plan to wear to different events within the next few days.
EXAMPLE: Mi abuelita piensa llevar una falda morada, una blusa blanca, y unos
zapatos plateados para salir al restaurante con mi abuelito. Betito va a
llevar una camiseta blanca, unos pantalones de mezclilla, y unos zapatos
deportivos blancos a la escuela mañana.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please begin making some good comparisons, using MÁS….QUE, MENOS….QUE, and
TAN….COMO – and combining them with such adjectives as caro/cara,
bonito/bonita, barato/barata, cómodo/cómoda, elegante, and lindo/linda, to
form sentences which compare and contrast clothing. EXAMPLE: La camisa
morada es más cara que la camiseta amarilla. Los pantalones de mezclilla son
más cómodos que los pantalones grises de lana. Estos zapatos deportivos
blancos son más baratos que esas zapatillas plateadas.
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 8—12 de febrero, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please think about what your family members and friends like best. After
doing this, please write ten well-constructed sentences in which you use
indirect object pronouns twice: once with the verb GUSTAR (or ENCANTAR), and
once to express to whom you are going to give a pleasing gift. Please follow
this pattern: EXAMPLE: Yo le voy a regalar rosas a mi mamá, porque a ella
le gustan las flores. Yo voy a regalarle un libro a Panchito porque a él le
encanta leer. Voy a regalarle un collar a María Elena, porque a ella le
gusta salir a bailar. Please be very cautious in your use of the verb
GUSTAR.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write five questions, asking where a certain store is situated. Next,
please answer each question fully and thoughtfully, using vocabulary dealing
with prepositions of location. EXAMPLE: Perdón. ¿Me puede decir dónde está
la juguetería? Está a tres cuadras de aquí, a la derecha del banco y muy
cerca de la pescadería.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write a composition, consisting of a minimum of ten sentences, in
which you tell us what sort of gift you seek for a friend or family member
(Busco…..) and then what you plan to buy for this person (Pienso regalarle……
le voy a comprar……) and then ask directions to that store (¿Me puede decir
dónde queda la librería?). All this vocabulary is situated in Chapter 9,
Paso 1 (pages 237-240 of your textbook).
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a short quiz on Paso 1 of Chapter 9 by studying Pages 237-
240 of your fine textbook. You should know the indirect object pronouns,
prepositions of location, and pertinent vocabulary. Gracias.
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Homework assignments from the past may be found below:
Español 08 Tarea 1—5 de febrero, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please work diligently to prepare for your presentation and to create your
menu, both of which are due on Wednesday. The rubric and the assignment sheet
explain the requirements of both culminating projects. Please do a
conscientious job which represents your very best effort. Thank you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please continue to work diligently to prepare for your presentation and to
create your menu, both of which are due tomorrow. The rubric and the
assignment sheet explain the requirements of both culminating projects.
Please do a conscientious job which represents your very best effort. Thank
you.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please look at Page 237 and study the Así se dice section at the top of the
page. “Le” is an indirect object pronoun, meaning “to her,” “to him,” or “to
you (formal).” ¿Qué piensas regalarle a tu hermana? may be translated
as “What are you planning to give your sister (as a gift)? You may
reply: “Pienso regalarle una cartera” or “Le pienso regalar una cartera.”
Please write five original questions and five answers with this pattern.
EXAMPLE: ¿Que piensas regalarles a tus abuelitos? Pienso regalarles un
paraguas.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look at Page 237 and study the Así se dice section at the top of the
page. Please focus on the question ¿Qué tipo de regalo buscas para tu mamá?
Respond with Busco una planta bonita para mi mamá. Please write five
questions using this pattern, and follow each one with an appropriate
answer. ¿Qué tipo de regalo buscas para la Dra. Boccanfuso?
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
ESPAÑOL 08 Tarea 25—29 de enero, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you are having dinner in a fine Latin American
restaurant. You are dining with a friend whose tastes in food and in
restaurants differ considerably from yours. Please write a script, in the
form of a play, in which a waiter or waitress interacts with you and your
friend. Everything you order is not what your friend likes, so he or she
orders something completely different. Please use the vocabulary in your
binders and your textbook in order to do this assignment. EXAMPLE:
Camarero: ¿Qué les puedo traer?
Yo: ¿Me puede traer el gallo pinto, por favor?
Amiga: ¡Ay, no! A mí no me gusta eso para nada. Yo prefiero la parrillada.
Me encanta la carne asada.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write ten large numbers, over one thousand --- and then, next to each
number, please write out the words which equal that number. EXAMPLE:
3.711 = tres mil, setecientos once. 494.582 = cuatrocientos noventa y
cuatro mil, quinientos ochenta y dos. Please use your textbook and your
notes.
3. jueves (para entregar el martes)
Please look at the verb DESEAR (to wish), which is frequently used by polite
waiters and waitresses in fine restaurants. It is a regular verb, conjugated
quite normally. It may be used to express food orders (Do you wish some
raspberry sherbet for dessert?) or with an infinitive, to express a desire to
do something. (Deseo salir de aquí = I wish to leave). Please write ten
sentences with the verb DESEAR, to help you familiarize yourself with the
verb for your restaurant scenes connected to the Chapter 8 project.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please give some thought to the “small talk” you will use in the restaurant
scene we are doing in class. It is certainly not sufficient to ask ¿Cómo
estás? repeatedly. Please write a scene which consists of at least ten
sentences – and write it in the form of a play – in which you and a friend
engage in small talk in a restaurant, while waiting for your food to arrive.
EXAMPLE:
Yo: Pues, ¿Qué te parece el restaurant?
Filomena: A mí me encanta el ambiente. El cocinero es extraordinario. Voy a
pedir las ostras fritas.
Yo: Buena decisión. Parece que mucha gente está comiendo mariscos.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 19—22 de enero, 2010
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please practice your poem, which must be presented on Thursday. In addition………
please make believe you are going out to lunch with a friend. The waitress or
waiter greets you both at the door, welcoming you (Bienvenidos or
Bienvenidas) and asking you to step in (Pasen ustedes). You sit with your
friend and ask each other what you’re going to order. The waiter then comes
and asks what he may bring you. You order politely. Please write this little
scene in the form of a play.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please very carefully and conscientiously practice reciting your poem, which
must be presented in class tomorrow in its entirety. It cannot be rattled off
like a grocery list. It must be delivered expressively, to convey meaning. I
recommend practicing in front of your friends and family. Tomorrow is the big
day.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please think about finishing a fine meal in a restaurant where everyone
speaks Spanish. The waiter asks whether you wish anything more. You and your
friend decide to order a rich dessert. Please remember that in Panamá and
other Spanish-speaking countries, they do not bring the check unless you ask
for it. Please use the Así se dice section on Page 218 to write a short
script, in the form of a play, in which a waiter asks whether you wish more,
you order dessert, you express your opinions about the dessert, you ask for
the check, you ask whether the tip is included (it sometimes is, in Latin
American cities), and you pay and depart. Please use your vocabulary sheets
and your textbook to do this job conscientiously. The finished product should
be as long as it needs to be, in order to cover all the required vocabulary.
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Below, you will find some homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 11—15 de enero, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
In order to enhance your understanding of the difference between the usage of
the verbs SER and ESTAR to discuss the nature of food, please write five
sentences from the point of view of a person standing on a busy street with
five restaurants, trying to decide which one to patronize (“El ceviche que
sirven allí es sabroso”). Next, please write five sentences from the point of
view of a diner eating a meal with friends in your favorite restaurant (“La
sopa está caliente y muy rica”).
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please challenge yourself, and write five sentences in which you use both SER
and ESTAR in the same sentence….commenting about food! You may wish to use
demonstrative adjectives (Este, Esta – this, or Estos/Estas – those). Another
helpful word might be visualmente, meaning usually). EXAMPLE: El helado es
visualmente dulce y sabroso, pero este helado está agrio y no está frío.
¡Fo! * Tomorrow, we shall have a quiz on the Segundo Paso of Chapter 8.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please examine the Tercer Paso of Chapter 8 and use the adjective
OTRO/OTRA/OTROS/OTRAS to write ten sentences, in which you politely ask the
waitress or waiter to bring you another napkin or glass of water or fork or
dish or sherbet, etc. (EXAMPLE: ¿Me puede traer otra servilleta, por
favor? ¿Nos puede traer otros tenedores, por favor. Estos tenedores están
sucios).
* The poem will be presented tomorrow….minimum of first HALF.)
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use the vocabulary in Chapter 8 to write a dialog in play form (10
sentences minimum) in which you and a friend order dinner and interact with a
fine waitress or water. Use “¿Me puede traer…..?” and please use only
typical Latin dishes.
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Below are a few homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 4—8 de enero, 2010
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please be certain to read aloud, and memorize, your selected poem. In
addition, please write a composition which consists of a minimum of ten
sentences, telling us about lunch in the comedor – and using the stem-
changing verb ALMORZAR to tell us with whom you have lunch each day, and what
you each like to eat or love to eat, using the vocabulary found in the Primer
Paso of your fine textbook, ¡Ven conmigo!
EXAMPLE: Todos los días en el comedor MMS, yo almuerzo con Paulina,
Juliancito, Josefina, y Pepito. A Josefina le encantan las uvas……..
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please be certain to read aloud, and memorize, your selected poem. In
addition, we’ll have a quiz tomorrow (Twelfth Night) on the material we have
worked on for some time now (Primer Paso, Chapter 8 – Encantar/Gustar,
Almorzar/Poder, O>UE stem-changers, food vocabulary). To prepare, please
write ten sentences using forms of the stem-changing verbs ALMORZAR (to eat
lunch), PODER (to be able to), DORMIR (to sleep), VOLVER (to return), and
ENCONTRAR (to find). EXAMPLE: Tengo mucha hambre cuando vuelvo a mi casa
para la tarde. Mi abuelita no encuentra sus lentes.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please be certain to read aloud, and memorize, your selected poem. In
addition, please study Page 212 and understand that when we comment about
food we are in the process of eating, we always use the verb estar. The
waiter or waitress in a restaurant asks us how a particular food tastes to us
(¿Cómo está el pescado?) and we respond with the verb estar (El pescado está
rico….or la corvine está deliciosa.)
Please write five waiter/waitress questions and five responses….all using
ESTAR plus Chapter 8 vocabulary.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please try to have the first stanza of your poem memorized, so that you may
recite it in class tomorrow. Please try to recite expressively, and not as
though you were reading a laundry-list. Poetry exists to express thoughts,
ideas, sentiments, and philosophies by means of pleasing and extraordinary
words, phrases, and sounds. Please enjoy learning the poem you have selected –
and please present it to the class with expression which represents your
finest effort.
Deseándoles un próspero Año Nuevo
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Below are homework assignments from the old year:
Español 08 Tarea 14—18 de diciembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
There’s a lot of worthwhile food-related vocabulary in Chapter 8 of your
textbook. Please write ten good, original sentences in which you use at least
twenty (20) food vocabulary words. Please underline the food vocabulary, so
that you know you have used the correct number. EXAMPLE: Yo tomo huevos con
tocino y leche para el desayuno, pero los niños de Darién toman hojaldras,
salchichas, y chocolate calentado. A mí me encantan las toronjas, las
naranjas, y las piñas, pero mi hermana prefiere las cerezas.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
There are stem-changing verbs in Spanish which switch the O to UE. Almorzar,
poder, volver (to return), recordar (to remember), and dormir (to sleep) are
a few of them. Please write ten sentences using O>UE stem-changers,
remembering that the nosotros, vosotros, and vos forms do not change the
stem. EXAMPLE: Yo almuerzo con mis amigos en el comedor a las 12:00, y
siempre almorzamos juntos. Mi hermana no puede ir al parque porque tiene
mucha tarea.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please think about the many differences which exist between Darien,
Connecticut, and Darién, Panamá. We do not celebrate holidays in exactly the
same way. We eat different foods at times. We may dress differently. We may
use different forms of transportation. The climate and topography may be
different. Please write ten sentences which compare and contrast different
aspects of life in the two Dariens. EXAMPLE: Yo recibo un montón de regalitos
en diciembre, pero los niños de Darién reciben pocos. Yo como los perros
calientes falsos del comedor MMS, pero los darienitas comen carimañolas.
4. jueves (para entregar el martes)
Please do all homework assigned by today’s guest lecturer.
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 TAREA 7—11 de diciembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use the verb ENCANTAR, which is employed in precisely the manner of
the verb GUSTAR, to write ten sentences which tell us which foods a typical
Latin American family might love to eat for breakfast…and which you
(pretending for the moment that you are also living in Latin America with
that family) also love to have in the morning. Please use new vocabulary you
have learned, along with the correct forms of the verb ENCANTAR. EXAMPLE: A
Juliancito le encantan las salchichas, los hojaldres/las hojaldras, y las
toronjas. A mí me encantan las carimañolas.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use the stem-changing verb ALMORZAR (O>UE), as outlined on Page 210 of
your textbook, to write ten good sentences to tell us about your lunch
customs. When do you lunch? With whom do you and your friends lunch? Where do
you lunch on weekends? Where, when, and with whom do your family members
lunch? Where do you and your pals lunch at school. Remember that our school
lunch-room is el comedor, and not a coffee shop (cafeteria). Example: Mi
mamá almuerza con su bolsista en un restaurante muy lindo en Stamford.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
This evening, we have an art project!!!!!!!!! Please draw a fine place
setting on a table, labeling all of the following: a) el mantel
(tablecloth); b) el salvamantel (placemat); la servilleta (napkin); el
tenedor (fork); el cuchillo (knife); la cuchara (spoon); el plato (plate); el
plato hondo (bowl); el vaso (glass); la taza (cup); el platillo (the saucer);
la copa (the goblet); la ensaladera (salad bowl). If you do not know where
these items should go in a formal place setting, please ask your Family
Studies teacher or consult a reliable on-line source.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use food adjectives from your Spanish binder to comment on various
Latin American dishes as you write ten sentences describing ten different
food items. These individual items may be spicy, sweet, sour, hot, cold,
thick, salty, yummy, refreshing, etc. Although you may not have actually
tasted some of the Latin American foods we are learning about, please imagine
how they must taste as you write these sentences to describe them.
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Below are some interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 30 noviembre-4 diciembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please select any ten (10) different idiomatic expressions with TENER, and
write ten well-crafted sentences which place these modismos in context, so
that it is obvious that you understand the meaning of the phrase and how to
use it. EXAMPLE: Cuando el profesor dice que es necesario hablar español
todos los días, él tiene razón. Tengo deseos de comer langosta, pero voy a
comer un perro caliente falso del comedor MMS.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use IR + A + INFINITIVO to construct ten good sentences which tell us
what you, your family member, and your pals are GOING TO DO this week. Please
do not tell us where you and the others are going to go. We only want to know
what you are going to do. Thank you. EXAMPLE: Yo voy a acostarme temprano
esta noche. Mi mamá va a comprar cortinas esta semana, porque las
necesitamos. El profesor va a rastrillar hojas con los chamaquitos esta
semana.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
How gracious and well-mannered can you be? Let’s find out. Please make
believe that you have been invited to go somewhere very special or to do
something which is a lot of fun. Unfortunately, you are unable to accept this
wonderful invitation. Please write a note, consisting of at least ten
sentences, which expresses your sincere regrets. EXAMPLE:
Querida Pliquéstera,
Muchísimas gracias por haberme invitado a la fiesta el sábado. Me
encantaría asistir, pero……………………………………………………………..
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please study the Así se dice box on Page 207 (Chapter 8) of your textbook.
You will notice that there are three questions there. Please add the
following two questions: ¿Qué tomas para la cena? and ¿Cuál es tu postre
favorito?
Please answer these five questions TWICE….writing a total of ten sentences in
response to the five questions. One can be your own answer, and the other can
be the response of a friend or relative. Thank you.
¡Diviértanse esta semana!
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 23--25 de noviembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please complete the sheets handed out today in class, and be ready to discuss
them on Tuesday. Thank you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please practice your Chapter 7 project.
Enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families!
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Below are some past homework assignments:
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Español 08 Tarea 16—20 de noviembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please write ten good, well-thought-out sentences in which you accurately
conjugate ten different reflexive verbs in the present tense. You may utilize
any vocabulary from your “Cuando” sheet (found in your binder) to help set up
a sentence in the present tense which requires reflexive verb conjugation.
EXAMPLE: Mi hermana se lava las manos antes de sentarse a comer. Todos los
días, yo me despierto tempranito y corro un poquito antes de ducharme.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please make believe that you have just been invited to spend the weekend with
a close friend. You are extremely eager to go, but – at the last moment –
your parents tell you this: “Uh-uh!!” This is very disappointing. You must
write an email to your friend, graciously explaining that you cannot go.
Please write a make-believe email consisting of at least ten sentences, in
which you use all of the following expressions from Page 193 of your
textbook: ¡Qué lástima! Ya tengo planes. Tal vez el año que viene. Me
gustaría, pero no puedo. Estoy ocupado/ocupada. Me siento mal. Tengo que (+
infinitivo).
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please study your TENER expressions (Tener deseos de + infinitive, Tener que
+ infinitivo, Tener sueño, Tener prisa, Tener hambre, Tener sed, etc.) and
write ten interesting sentences using ten different expressions with TENER.
EXAMPLE: Nosotros tenemos que estudiar esta noche, porque hay una prueba
mañana. Tú siempre tienes suerte, y ganas todo el tiempo. La clase empieza en
tres minutos, así que tengo prisa y no puedo hablar contigo. Tengo mucha
hambre, y me gustaría comer unos tamales.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a short quiz on the reflexive verbs, the excuses for not
accepting an invitation, and the TENER idiomatic expressions. Speaking
Spanish with your friends – especially when you enter the classroom – will be
very helpful.
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Below are interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 9—13 de noviembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please think about what you plan to do tomorrow before you go and school and
after you get home from school, all involving reflexive verbs and things you
do to yourself. Do you plan to take a shower tomorrow morning, brush your
teeth, comb your hair, or put on a sweater? What will you do to get ready to
go to sleep tomorrow evening? Please write five sentences telling us what you
plan to do to get ready for school tomorrow…and five sentences telling what
you plan to do to get ready for a good night’s sleep tomorrow night. EXAMPLE:
Pienso lavarme y secarme el pelo antes de salir para la escuela mañana. Mis
hermanitos y yo pensamos acostarnos temprano mañana.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
What are you going to do before going to the circus with your classmates?
What are your friends going to do before they go to the amusement park?
Please write ten good sentences which tell us what you and others are going
to do before going out to have a pleasant time. EXAMPLE: Voy a ducharme y
peinarme antes de salir al circo con mis compañeros de clase. Mis hermanitos
van a ponerse los zapatos deportivos antes de ir al parque de atracciones con
nuestros primos.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare for a fine quiz tomorrow (Thursday) on the Segundo Paso of
Chapter 7. This includes PENSAR, IR + A + INFINITIVO, and the reflexive verbs
in the infinitive form. You should know the most important reflexive verbs by
this time. Please study and learn them, so that you may readily use them in
conversation. Thank you.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please study Page 193 of your textbook, paying close attention to the Así se
dice section. Having done so, please write five (5) invitations to a friend
(i.e. Oye, ¿Te gustaría ir con nosotros al parque de atracciones el sábado?),
followed by a response which turns down the invitation and offers an excuse
(i.e. Me gustaría, pero no puedo. Tengo la gripe porcina, y mi mamá no me
deja salir de la casa. Tal vez otro día.)
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Below are are few homework assignments from the past to which you might like
to refer:
Español 08 Tarea 2—6 de noviembre
1. lunes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please take the very challenging concept we learned in class today and write
ten well-constructed sentences in which you tell us what you must do, should
do, ought to be, or have to do before going out with your family or friends.
Each sentence must begin with “No estoy listo (or lista) porque todavía…” and
then continue with “tengo que,” “debo,” “necesito,” and the rest of the
sentence. Please be cautious in wording these important sentences.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please use such phrases as “todos los días,” “todas las tardes,” “todas las
noches,” “con frecuencia,” “casi todo el tiempo,” “de vez en cuando,”
and “cada semana” in combination with the new verbs you have learned –
combined with such verbs as NECESITAR, TENER QUE, DEBER, etc. to create ten
sentences explaining necessities related to your daily routine. Please do not
attempt to do this homework until you have learned how to do it in class on
Wednesday.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please practice using the new verbs you have learned in class this week, and
don’t forget to attend Variety Show 3 at 7:00 tonight in the MMS auditorium.
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Below are past homework assignments:
Español 08 Tarea 26—30 de octubre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use the verbs we addressed in class today, which are stem-changing
verbs in the E>IE category. With your conjugating sheet in front of you,
please write ten sentences involving as many stem-changing verbs as you can
possibly incorporate. EXAMPLE: Tú quieres ir al circo este sábado, pero
nosotros preferimos ir al rodeo mexicano. Mi hermana empieza a hacer su tarea
a las 6:00, pero yo comienzo a trabajar a las 7:00.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use the stem-changing verb VENIR to write ten well-constructed
sentences in an appropriate manner. Please remember that the first-person
singular form of the verb is Vengo (just as TENER is conjugated in the first
person as Tengo). EXAMPLE: ¿Vienes a mi casa esta tarde? Mi abuelita viene a
visitarnos en noviembre. Venimos al colegio con una sonrisa, porque nos
encanta aprender con nuestros amigos.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
The verb PENSAR, when it is not followed by “que” but, rather, by an
infinitive, means “to plan to do something.” Pienso ir al zoológico con mis
primos el sábado means “I plan to go to the zoo with my cousins on Saturday.”
Please write ten sentences – which can include questions – telling what you,
your family members, and your pals plan to do in the near future...or asking
others about their own plans. EXAMPLE: ¿Qué piensas hacer este fin de
semana? Mis hermanos y yo pensamos ver el Espectáculo 3 aquí en el colegio
la semana que viene. Mi mamá piensa preparar arroz con pollo mañana.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
It is extremely important to practice and use the IR+A+INFINITIVE
construction, to express what one is “going to do” in the near future. Please
write ten good, carefully-worded sentences using IR+A+INFINITIVE to tell us
what you, your family members, and your pals are going to do soon…..and not
where you are going. EXAMPLE: Yo voy a montar en bicicleta esta tarde,
después de hacer la tarea. Mi hermanito va a luchar con sus cuates, como
siempre. Mis abuelitos van a bailar el mambo esta noche, porque hay una
fiesta en la casa de sus amigos. Yo no voy a regresar esta noche.
Español 08 Tarea 19—23 de octubre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please use Page 183 of your textbook as a model, and write a telephone
conversation in which you call a friend on the telephone. Your friend’s
parent answers the telephone. You very politely greet the parent and you ask
to speak with your friend. Please use the vocabulary on Page 183 – and other
appropriate vocabulary – to create your own telephone conversation.
2, martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use ¿Te gustaría? Si, me gustaría. ¿Les gustaría? and Sí, nos
gustaría to write ten inviting questions and ten accepting responses. You are
inviting a friend or classmate – or a group of friends – to go somewhere or
to do something. For each invitation, there must be an appropriate response.
Please use Page 184 in your textbook to guide your invitations and
responses. EXAMPLE: ¿Te gustaría ir al circo con nosotros el sábado? Sí, me
gustaría mucho ir con ustedes. ¿A qué hora nos vamos?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please be very cautious with your spelling as you write ten sentences
(including questions, if you like) using the verb QUERER, as outlined on Page
185 of your textbook. EXAMPLE: Amigos, ¿quieren ir conmigo al cine el
viernes? Mis hermanos no quieren hacer la tarea, pero es necesario. ¿Qué
quieres hacer esta tarde, a las cuatro?
4. jueves (para entregar en viernes)
Please study the stem-changing verbs in the E>IE category, such as QUERER,
and use the verbs PREFERIR (to prefer), EMPEZAR (to begin), COMENZAR (to
start), VENIR (to come)(*Yo vengo), and CERRAR (to close or shut) to write
ten good sentences – paying careful attention to spelling and accurate
conjugation – with all the aforementioned verbs. EXAMPLE: Tú vienes a mi
fiesta el viernes, ¿verdad? ¿Prefieres el azul o el verde? El profesor
nunca cierra la ventana. ¿Cuándo comienza el programa?
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Below are some interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 TAREA 5---9 de octubre, 2009
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please take your rough draft, written in class last week, concerning los
buenos modales (good manners), and carefully turn it into a composition which
consists of a minimum ten sentences. There is no maximum length. Please use
the vocabulary we studied last week, along with the verb DEBER, from Chapter
6. What should we do to be the best-mannered students in Connecticut? Please
amplify what you have already written, and neatly re-copy everything onto a
clean sheet of paper. Thank you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please pretend that you are a columnist, giving advice to other 8th graders.
With this in mind, please write three typical 8th grade problems, using ideas
from Page 164 of your textbook. Please answer each of the problems, using
DEBER for your responses. EXAMPLE: Pregunta: Mi mamá dice que no tiene
tiempo para cocinar, porque ella llega (arrives) muy tarde a la casa. Yo
quiero comer, y tengo hambre. ¿Qué debo hacer? Respuesta: Tú debes
aprender a cocinar. Tú y tu hermana deben preparar la cena.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please notice the verb PONER, as outlined on Page 165 of your textbook. This
verb, meaning “to put” or “to place”) has an irregular conjugation in the
first person singular (Yo pongo). The rest of the conjugations are regular
(Tú pones, Vos ponés, Usted pone, Él/Ella pone, Nosotros/Nosotras ponemos,
Vosotros/Vosotras ponéis, Ustedes ponen, Ellos/Ellas ponen). Please write ten
interesting sentences, using the verb PONER in sensible contexts. EXAMPLE:
Tú siempre pones tu mochila en el casillero a las 7:30, ¿verdad? Mi mamá
pone flores en la mesa todas las tardes.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please work on your Chapter 6 project, which must be presented in class next
Tuesday. There can be no extensions. It must be presented on Tuesday. Please
work diligently. If you wish, you may enlist the help of a pal to do the
filming or to assist with the pictures for your Power Point.
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Below are some homework assigments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 29 septiembre—2 octubre
1. Martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please prepare diligently for a brief quiz tomorrow on the material we have
recently learned in class (the “personal A” in Spanish, as in “Yo ayudo a mi
mamá”), describing physical characteristics of others, the verbs SALIR and
HACER, and talking of what you do with your family on weekends. This is all
found in the “Segundo Paso” of Chapter 6 in your fine textbook.
2. Miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write ten sentences which tell us what you do nearly every day and, at
the same time, what you really OUGHT to do each day, to be truly helpful at
home with your family. Please use the verb DEBER, as outlined on Page 164 of
your textbook. EXAMPLE: Yo miro televisión y como papitas todo el día, pero
yo debo cortar el césped. Mi hermana habla por teléfono todo el día, pero
debe poner la mesa y lavar los platos.
4. Jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a letter – consisting of at least ten sentences – to a younger
brother, sister, or cousin. If you have none of these, people write to a
friend or some young person in your neighbor. In this letter, please tell the
person what he or she OUGHT to do, using the verb deber, to restore harmony
to his or her household and to truly be a useful member of the family. Please
use the verb DEBER and your “quehaceres” vocabulary.
EXAMPLE:
Querida Inez:
En mi opinión, tú debes hacer mucho más para ayudar a tus papás en la casa.
Debes hacer la cama por la mañana, y debes poner todo en orden en tu
habitación. Los fines de semana, debes trabajar en el jardín, como yo. Tú
pasas mucho tiempo hablando por teléfono. Debes lavar la ropa cuando tu mamá
está cansada…..
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Below are older homework assignments to which you may wish to refer:
Español 08 TAREA 21—25 de septiembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please consider all the things you and your family do together, as you
examine the “Así se dice” box on Page 160 of your textbook. As you respond to
the two guiding questions found in that box, writing 10 original sentences
telling you what you and your family do on weekends and whether you do
anything special in the summertime, please remember to conjugate your verbs
in the “nosotros” form. EXAMPLE: Salimos juntos los fines de semana y
viajamos a Pennsylvania para navegar en el Río Delaware.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please study the verb SALIR (as presented on Page 160 of your fine textbook.
This verb, meaning “to go out,” is irregular in the first person singular
or “yo” form. Please write ten sentences which tell us how, where, when, and
with whom you, each sibling or pal, your parents or grandparents, etc. go out
on weekends or at other times. EXAMPLE: Yo salgo los sábados, para caminar
con el bosque con mis amigos. Mis abuelitos salen a comer, casi todos los
domingos, en su restaurante preferido. Tú no sales con tus papás los lunes
por la noche, ¿verdad?
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
The personal “a” is very important in the Spanish language. Please pay heed
to the Nota Gramatical on page 161 of your textbook, and write ten good,
thoughtfully-worded sentences in which you correctly use the personal “a”
when you do something to or for another person. EXAMPLE: Mis hermanos y yo
vamos a visitar a nuestros abuelitos el sábado. Yo siempre llamo a mis
amigas antes de hacer la tarea. La profesora ayuda a los estudiantes todo el
tiempo.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please practice your use of the present tense, the verb SALIR, the
personal “a,” and everything else we have studied this week as you write a
composition consisting of a minimum of ten sentences, bearing the title “Un
fin de semana típico.” Please describe your typical weekend with as much
variety as possible, telling us what each member of your family typically
does on a weekend, and also what you do together. EXAMPLE: Cada fin de
semana, mi mamá prepara un desayuno extraordinario. Mi hermana siempre sale a
correr a las 6.00 y entonces trabaja en el jardín antes de desayunar con la
familia. Casi siempre visitamos a mi abuelita, una señora muy cariñosa.
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Below are homework assigments from the past.
Español 08 Tarea 14—18 de septiembre
1. lunes (para entregar el lunes)
This evening, we are going to take a pre-quiz on-line. Please go to your
teacher’s Teacherweb site. This may be found by visiting either the Tan Team
or Green Team, clicking on “Mr. Smith,” and then clicking on LINKS. The last
link on the LINKS page is the one you will need. It links you to an on-line
Chapter 6 pre-quiz. Please enter your name and the period you have Spanish.
Your teacher will know exactly when you did the assignment, and the results
will be reviewed in class. Please think carefully as you take this on-line
pre-quiz.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write a short composition, consisting of a minimum of ten good
sentences, bearing one of the following titles: a) Mis Padres b) Mis
Padrinos c) Mis Abuelitos d) Mis Profesores. The purpose of this
assignment is to use plural nouns, adjectives, possessive adjectives, and
GUSTAR construction. Please make all sentences apply to more than one
person. EXAMPLE: Mis padrinos son muy cariñosos, afectuosos, y bondadosos.
Tienen los ojos azules y son rubios. A mis padrinos les gusta caminar por el
bosque y trabajar en su jardín. Sus dos perros son grandísimos y feroces.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write ten good sentences, responding fully and carefully to the
following five questions: a) ¿Qué haces con tu familia los fines de
semana? b) ¿Qué hacen tus abuelitos todos los días? c) ¿Qué hacen tú y
tus amigos los sábados? d) ¿Qué hacen ustedes en el verano? e) ¿Qué
hace tu mejor amigo/amiga los fines de semana. Please pay careful attention
to the conjugation of the verb in the question and think before you respond.
Ask yourself: What is this question really asking me?
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a fine quiz tomorrow, on the material in Chapter 6 which
we have covered in class since the beginning of the school term. You should
know the following: a) possessive adjectives b) family vocabulary c)
masculine/feminine – singular/plural noun\adjective agreement d) the
accurate use of the verb GUSTAR (*i.e. “A mi mamá le gusta ir de
compras,” “A mis padrinos les gusta ayudar a los demás,” etc.)
QUIZ: September 18th
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Below are assignments from the past:
Español 08 TAREA 8—11 de septiembre
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please study the interesting Así se dice box on page 154 of your textbook.
Please write full responses to the questions, following the models found in
Chapter 6 of your textbook, as follows: a.) ¿Cuántas personas hay en tu
familia? b.) ¿Cómo es tu familia?
c.) ¿Tienes mascotas? ¿Cuáles? d.) ¿Cómo son tus abuelitos?
e.) ¿Qué te gusta hacer con tu familia?
There are five questions to be answered as fully as possible, making certain
to aim for grammatical accuracy.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please pay close attention to the ways in which we describe people, as
presented throughout Chapter 6. Keeping in mind the need to make nouns and
adjectives agree in both gender and number, please write ten sentences which
describe – always in a positive manner – your wonderful classmates. Please
make at least two of your sentences plural (about two classmates). EXAMPLES:
Teresa es morena, muy amable, tiene los ojos cafés, y es bondadosa.
Juliancito y Memo son delgados, rubios, traviesos, y muy activos.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please make believe that a truly wonderful family has just moved into your
neighborhood. They are now you neighbors, and you are exceptionally fond of
them! Using all the important concepts and vocabulary found in Chapter 6 of
your textbook, please write a composition which consists of a minimum of ten
sentences, describing for us this imaginary family. Who are they? How many
people are there in the family? What are their names and what does each one
look like? What do they like to do? EXAMPLE: La familia Acosta vive al lado
de nosotros. Es una familia grande, contenta, y muy amigable. La mamá es
baja, muy linda, y tiene los ojos azules. A ella le gusta hacer pan, tortas,
y pasteles. Sus hijos son………
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Below are homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 31 de agosto-4 de septiembre
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please read the packet with your parents and politely request that they sign
it, making certain that they make a note of your teacher’s rather unusual e-
mail address. Please leave the packet at home, but bring back only the last
sheet, with a signature. Please also get your book contract signed and cover
your Spanish textbook. Thank you.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write ten sentences in which you describe various members of your
family. Please remember that extended family and godparents are significant
and much-appreciated in Hispanic cultures, so you need not confine your
subjects to just the immediate family members. EXAMPLE: Mi tía es alta,
delgada, y muy generosa. Mi abuelito tiene los ojos azules y el pelo blanco.
Mi primito es travieso, muy activo, y chistoso.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Because the verb GUSTAR can be challenging, we should practice the right way
to use it to describe what our various family members like to do. Please be
very careful as you write ten sentences, telling us what any of your family
members like to do. EXAMPLE: A mi hermanito le gusta pescar con sus amigos.
A mi tía política le gusta ir de compras. A mis primos les gusta luchar.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use the Nota Gramatical on Page 154 of your textbook to help you use
the possessive adjectives accurately. After thinking about the best ways to
use these important adjectives, please write ten original sentences in which
you tell us about yourself and your family members…and about things belonging
to them, using the appropriate possessive adjectives. EXAMPLE: Mis hermanos
y yo vamos a visitar a nuestros abuelitos. Mi mamá está en su cuarto.
Nuestro perro es grande, negro, y feroz. Mis tíos no están en su casa.
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Below are homework assignments from the past
Español 08 Tarea 8—12 de junio, 2009
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Looking at Activity #14 (Dificultades) on Page 295 of your textbook, please
think about how you feel when various things occur around you. Having done
so, please write ten sentences which tell us how you feel as a result of some
occurrence in your life. You may use the verbs SENTIRSE, ESTAR, or TENER to
express your feelings at the moment. For example: Tengo muchísima tarea y me
siento frustrado (o frustrada). Mi amiga me insultó, y estoy enojado (o
enojada). Voy a empezar un trabajo nuevo, y me siento nervioso. No me lavé
las manos antes de comer y ahora tengo gripe porcina.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please consider the terrible effects of stress. After reading the interesting
article on Page 297 of your textbook, please write ten well-constructed
sentences which tell us how to manage stress. Please entitle your paper “Para
manejar el estrés.” EXAMPLE: Para manejar el estrés, camina todos los días
y haz ejercicio. Para evitar el estrés, pasa un ratito con los amigos todos
los días.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write ten sentences which tell us what hurts you and various friends
and family members – and try to tell us why this is so. Please use the verb
DOLER (ue), which – as you remember – works like the verb GUSTAR. Example:
A Nora le duele la garganta porque está resfriada. A mi tía le duele la
espalda, porque trabajó mucho en el jardín. A Ofelia le duelen los dedos,
porque hizo mucha tarea anoche.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a short composition, consisting of at least ten sentences, in
which you tell us what you plan to do next year, in order to experience a
healthy lifestyle when you start college. You will need to use IR + A +
INFINITIVO, plus all the interesting vocabulary found in Chapter 11. Please
use “El año que viene” (next year) to express your intentions for a healthy
year as a freshman. EXAMPLE: El año que viene, voy a correr todos los días
con mis amigos. Pienso acostarme más temprano, y voy a pasar menos tiempo
sentado (o sentada). Voy a tomar ocho vasos de agua todos los días el año que
viene.
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Please look below to see homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 TAREA 1—5 de junio
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please practice describing the scenes depicted in your Review of Chapter 6—10
packet, remembering that there is no substitute for speaking (aloud) your
second language, with your friends and at home. Please practice all the
themes and subjects covered in your review packet, consisting of everything
we have covered throughout the year.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please practice describing the scenes depicted in your Review of Chapter 6—10
packet, remembering that there is no substitute for speaking (aloud) your
second language, with your friends and at home. Please practice all the
themes and subjects covered in your review packet, consisting of everything
we have covered throughout the year.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write ten sentences which explain to us what you, your family members,
and your pals do to stay in good physical condition and to avoid becoming
ill. EXAMPLE: Para mantenerme en forma, hago ejercicio todas las mañanas.
Para mantenerse en forma, mi hermanito montana en bicicleta con sus amigos.
Para evitar la gripe porcina, me lavo las manos con frecuencia.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a short composition, consisting of at least ten good, well-
constructed sentences based on Chapter 11 vocabulary and structures, telling
us what’s the matter with a particular friend of yours who is out of shape
and frequently becomes ill. Bearing the title “¿Qué le pasa a
____________________? , please tell us why this individual needs to change
his or her lifestyle to be in good form.
EXAMPLE: ¿Qué le pasa a Juliancito? Juliancito se sienta en el sofá y mira
televisión los sábados, comiendo papitas todo el día. Debe correr y montar en
bicicleta. Nunca come fruta…………..
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BELOW ARE INTERESTING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE PAST:
Español 08 Tarea 26—29 de mayo, 2009
1. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please have your Spanish-speaking country assignment typed and ready to turn
in tomorrow (Wednesday), carefully following the guide handed out in class
which explains the manner in which this project must be undertaken.
2. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please cautiously use your study guide, handed out in class many days ago, to
review what we have done this year in class – and to help you formulate
questions to raise during tomorrow’s review session.
3. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a brief composition which tells us what you plan to do or are
going to do during July and August. This composition should consist of at
least ten sentences, and must be written in your best style, employing all
the grammatical concepts and vocabulary studying during this school term.
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BELOW ARE PAST HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Español 08 Tarea 18—22 de Mayo
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please conscientiously practice – aloud – the remarks you are going to make
during your Chapter 10 presentation. You must be able to form informal (tú)
commands. You should be able to describe things which are taking place at
this moment, using the present progressive mode. You ought to know how to
appropriately employ direct object pronouns. All this should be done in the
context of talking about a party which you are planning, attending, and
enjoying.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please continue to practice – aloud – the remarks you are going to make
during your Chapter 10 presentation. Presentations will take place tomorrow.
You must be able to form informal (tú) commands. You should be able to
describe things which are taking place at this moment, using the present
progressive mode. You ought to know how to appropriately employ direct object
pronouns. All this should be done in the context of talking about a party
which you are planning, attending, and enjoying.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please use the reflexive verb SENTIRSE (ie) to write ten sentences, telling
us how you feel at the moment – and why – and also how your family members
and your pals feel at present, and with associated reasons. EXAMPLE: Me
siento bastante bien, porque dormí mucho anoche. Mi abuelita se siente mal,
porque sufre con el reumatismo.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please write a letter to a younger sibling or cousin, telling him/her what to
do to lead a healthy lifestyle (para llevar una vida sana). Please use
informal commands to tell this young person what he or she must do to have a
healthy way of life. EXAMPLE: Querido Juliancito: Para llevar una vida
sana – estírate y entonces haz ejercicio. Corre todas las mañanas, y luego
dúchate y anda rápidamente al colegio.
¡Proyectos: el miércoles!
Español 08 Tarea 11—15 mayo, 2009
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe you have a wonderful party in progress at your home.
Please write three (3) sentences in the form of commands, telling a friend or
a sibling what to do at the party, in order to help you make it a success.
Next, please write three (3) sentences which tell us what you and your pals
are doing at the party, at this moment (using the present progressive mode).
Then, please write two (2) sentences in the preterit tense, telling us what
you and others did last night, to get ready for the party. Last, please write
two (2) sentences with direct object pronouns (EXAMPLE: Pliquéstera está
aquí porque mi mamá la invitó.) regarding the party. This is a fine
opportunity to practice your grammatical structures.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about your exciting year as an eighth grader, keeping in mind
the fact that we’ll be wrapping it all up within approximately six weeks.
Please write a composition, consisting of a minimum of ten good sentences, in
which you tell us – in the preterit tense – what you, your pals, your
teachers, and your parents did during this school year. Please do not forget
to write accents as you use the preterit.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please write ten good and logical sentences – or, if you prefer,
questions/answers – using the direct object pronouns we have learned to work
with in Chapter 10 of our fine textbook. We shall have a pleasant quiz
tomorrow on the direct object pronouns, so your homework will assist you in
preparing for it. EXAMPLE: ¿Viste hoy a la enfermera? Pues, sí, la vi esta
mañana. Mi mamá compró unas uvas muy ricas, y yo las comí anoche.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please work on your Chapter 10 project. If you are ready, perhaps you may
present the project in class on Friday. In speaking, please remember that
Spanish is not pronounced as English is pronounced….and there is an enormous
difference between the words “brinco” and “brincó” – so please be exceedingly
cautious as you speak the words you have learned during this eventful and
extremely important unit of study.
Quiz on Thursday. ¡Buena suerte!
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Below are assorted homework assignments from past days:
Español 08 TAREA 4—8 de mayo, 2009
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please consider all we have learned about communicating in the preterit
indicative tense as you write a composition consisting of a minimum of ten
sentences, recounting the events and occurrences of this past weekend. What
did you do? Where did you go? What occurred at home? What did your parents,
siblings, and pals do with you or for you this past weekend? Please use
indirect and direct object pronouns, as needed, with your verbs in the
preterit tense. EXAMPLE: Este fin de semana, mi hermanito y yo anduvimos en
patineta, pero mi mamá nos llamó porque nuestros primeros vinieron a
visitarnos.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write five questions which you will then answer with the help of a
direct object pronoun, taking the place of a noun. EXAMPLE: ¿Ayudaste a tu
mamá anoche? Si, la ayudé mucho. ¿Compraste la pelota de béisbol que
querías? Claro que sí. La compré ayer.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please make believe you had the most wonderful party in the world last night.
Using the vocabulary from Chapter 10 which we have used for a number of
weeks, please write a composition consisting of a minimum of ten sentences,
telling us about what happened at last night’s party. Who did what? What
interesting things transpired? Who broke the piñata? Who ate the delicious
cake? Who danced with Pliquéstera? Please use your imagination and find ways
to meaningfully employ the preterit tense.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please prepare for a fine quiz on the Tercer Paso of Capítulo 10 by writing a
short, ten-sentence composition entitled, “Lo pasamos bien el fin de semana
pasado.” Please tell us how you enjoyed yourself, writing entirely in the
preterit tense, and conclude your composition with a jubilant
declaration, “¡Lo pasamos muy bien!” EXAMPLE: El sábado pasado, mi
familia
y yo nos divertimos mucho, porque fuimos a la casa de mi abuelita. Cuando la
vi, mi abuelita me dio un abrazo y entonces nos cocinó una cena exquisita.
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Below are some past homework assignments:
Español 08 Tarea 27 abril—1 mayo
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
My dear students, this is a somewhat different school week for us, because a
number of special programs will be pre-empting certain classes on Monday,
Thursday, and Friday – and possibly on Tuesday and Wednesday as well. As a
result, your homework will be to complete the sheet handed out to you during
class today. If your class was pre-empted today, your homework is simply to
study Chapter 10, Tercer Paso in your fine textbook and workbook. Enjoy a
thoroughly pleasant week.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
My dear students, this is a somewhat different school week for us, because a
number of special programs will be pre-empting certain classes on Monday,
Thursday, and Friday – and possibly on Tuesday and Wednesday as well. As a
result, your homework will be to complete the sheet handed out to you during
class today. If your class was pre-empted today, your homework is simply to
study Chapter 10, Tercer Paso in your fine textbook and workbook. Enjoy a
thoroughly pleasant week.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
My dear students, this is a somewhat different school week for us, because a
number of special programs will be pre-empting certain classes on Monday,
Thursday, and Friday – and possibly on Tuesday and Wednesday as well. As a
result, your homework will be to complete the sheet handed out to you during
class today. If your class was pre-empted today, your homework is simply to
study Chapter 10, Tercer Paso in your fine textbook and workbook. Enjoy a
thoroughly pleasant week.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
My dear students, this is a somewhat different school week for us, because a
number of special programs will be pre-empting certain classes on Monday,
Thursday, and Friday – and possibly on Tuesday and Wednesday as well. As a
result, your homework will be to complete the sheet handed out to you during
class today. If your class was pre-empted today, your homework is simply to
study Chapter 10, Tercer Paso in your fine textbook and workbook. Enjoy a
thoroughly pleasant weekend ahead.
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Past homework assignments appear below:
Español 08 Tarea 20---24 de abril, 2009
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please practice what we have learned in class by writing ten sentences which
include informal negative commands, warning a pal or a younger sister or
brother about what he or she should not do at a party, or to get ready for a
party. Remember to switch to the opposite vowel and add an “s” to form the
negative command. EXAMPLE: No insultes a los invitados. No comas tantos
dulces durante la fiesta. Oye, no brinques en el sofá antes de la fiesta.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please think about your science class and your celebration of Earth Day
tomorrow, April 22nd. With this in mind, please carefully write ten plural
commands, warning your friends about what they should do to protect the
environment. Here is some helpful vocabulary: reciclar (to recycle); el
medio ambiente (the environment); conserver (to converse); respetar (to
respect); fauna/flora natural (wildlife); los pantanos (wetlands); árboles
(trees); botellas (bottles), latas (cans); espuma de poliestireno
(Styrofoam). EXAMPLE: Protejan los bosques. Tengan cuidado con los fósforos.
Apaguen las luces antes de salir del cuarto.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please prepare for a pleasant quiz on the mandatos (commands) tomorrow. We’ll
address the informal negative commands, the formal commands, and the plural
commands, both positive and negative. Everything connects with Chapter 10
vocabulary about parties.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please challenge yourself by writing ten informal, negative commands with
reflexive verbs or with associated direct and indirect object pronouns. .
Remember that ¡Dímelo! becomes ¡No me lo digas! and ¡Siéntate! becomes ¡No te
sientes!
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Below are some interesting homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 13—17 de abril, 2009
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that you are going to spend a week with relatives in
another community. You have a younger brother or sister at home – or, if not,
you have a younger cousin who will be staying in your house while you are
gone. You are generating a list of things which your young sibling or cousin
must do while you are away. Please write to this individual and list, with
bullets, a minimum of ten things he or she must do in your absence. Please
use the positive, informal commands (mandatos). EXAMPLE: Querido Memo:
Oye, esto es lo que tienes que hacer esta semana -- Limpia tu cuarto.
Ayúdale a mamá con la cena. Obedece a mamá y papá. Dale de comer al perro….
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please use all the informal, positive irregular commands to write ten
sentences, telling a friend or sibling what to do --- and please include
appropriate responses, as found on Page 268 of your textbook. EXAMPLE: Oye,
haz la tarea de una vez, y luego podemos jugar al béisbol. Está bien. Pon
la mesa para ayudarle a mamá, ¿quieres? De acuerdo.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Tomorrow, we shall have a fine quiz on the informal, positive commands
(regular, irregular, and reflexive). To practice, please write four commands
with regular verbs, four with irregulars, and four with reflexives. EXAMPLE:
a) Ayúdame con estas cajas, ¿quieres?
b) ¡Vete de aquí!
c) ¡Quítate la gorra!
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please make believe your grandparents’ close friend has come to your home –
but your parents and grandparents are out. You must make this older person
feel at home, and you must be very courteous. Please write ten sentences,
using formal commands, in which you invite this elderly individual to come in
and to be very comfortable in your home while you are the temporary host or
hostess. EXAMPLE: Pase Ud., don Luís. Siéntese aquí en el sofá, señor.
Tome una limonada, si tiene sed.
Welcome to the 4th Quarter of the 2008—2009 school term!
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Below, you will find homework assignments from the past:
Español 08 Tarea 30 marzo—3 abril 2009
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Please make believe that a big party is being given in your home this
evening. Your friends have come to help you and your family to get things
ready for the wonderful party tonight. Using the yo, él/ella, nosotros, and
ellos forms of the present progressive mode, please write five sentences
telling us what is being done earlier in the day to prepare for the
event….and five sentences telling us what is taking place right now, at the
party. EXAMPLE: Pascual y yo estamos colgando las decoraciones para la
fiesta. Mis amigos están bailando y charlando.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Tomorrow, we shall have a pleasant quiz on the Primer Paso of Chapter 10,
covering the present progressive mode and associated vocabulary from the
first section of the chapter. To prepare for this event, please write ten
good sentences in the progressive which tell us what you are doing to
celebrate ten different holidays or festivals. We realize that most 8th
graders are totally captivated by their own birthdays, but these are not
holidays or widespread celebrations, so please stay with what is found on the
sheets in your binder. EXAMPLE: Para el Día de las Madres, estoy comprando
rosas para mi mamá. Para el Día de Acción de Gracias, mis hermanitos están
comiendo pavo.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Please examine the ways to cheerfully ask for help, found in the “Así se
dice” section on Page 266 of your textbook. Please write ten pleasant
requests, followed by ten brief responses from your pals or siblings.
EXAMPLE: ¿Me haces el favor de secar los platos, Ramón? Cómo no.
¿Me pasas el jugo de guanábana? ¡Con todo gusto!
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please use the imperative mode to write ten sentences in which you tell a pal
or a younger brother or sister to do something for you. Unlike the requests
we wrote yesterday, you are now telling someone to do something. Please use
chapter vocabulary, regarding parties and celebrations, to frame your
sentences. EXAMPLE: Dame esos globos, por favor. Llámale a Filomena, y dile
que la fiesta empieza a las siete. Limpia la cocina, por favor, porque está
muy sucia.
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Interesting assignments from the past appear below:
Español 08 Tarea 23—27 de marzo
1. lunes (para entregar el martes)
Homework Assignment #1: Please bring in the signed permission form for the
concert, plus the check made out to Middlesex Middle School.
Homework Assignment #2: Please select ten different días festivos, and write
a sentence for each one, telling something about how you celebrate the
holiday. EXAMPLE: Para celebrar el Día de los Enamorados, yo le regalo
chocolates a mi novia.
2. martes (para entregar el miércoles)
Please write ten sentences which use the present progressive form to tell us
what you, your family members, and your pals are doing right now. EXAMPLE:
Mi mamá está planchando la ropa en este momento. Mi hermanito está subiendo
en el árbol con sus cuates.
3. miércoles (para entregar el jueves)
Are you doing your homework in a quiet spot in your home? Are you doing it at
a pal’s house? Are you writing your homework assignment at school? Please
write a ten-sentence composition in which you describe exactly what is going
on in the room where you are doing your homework, using the present
progressive mode. What are you and the others in the room doing? What is
happening around you? EXAMPLE: Estoy escribiendo la tarea, y mi perro está
ladrando. Mi mamá está silbando.
4. jueves (para entregar el viernes)
Please look at the fine Así se dice box on Page 264 of your textbook. You
will note that there are two guiding questions (¿Crees que…? and ¿Qué te
parece si…?) and we must practice using both of them. With the questions on
Page 264 to serve as your guide, please write ten original questions and then
briefly respond to them, following the model in your textbook.
EXAMPLE:
• ¿Qué te parece si vamos a Baskin-Robbins esta tarde? Me parece bien.
Me encantaría.
• ¿Crees que hay una prueba hoy en la clase de inglés? Creo que no.
• ¿Crees que debemos inflar globos para la fiesta? Creo que no. No
vale la pena.
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Below are some homework assignments from the past:
