Los Pensamientos

Homework on the corner of your desk:

Period 4: page 4 if not already checked Period 5:
page 6 and 9
Índice del trabajo/Table of Contents
Pg 10 Definite and Indefinite Articles
Pg 11 Review Packet Unit 1B
Los Pensamientos
1. Put the words in order so they make a correct
Spanish sentence
eres / perezosa / tú / una chica
2. Write the pronoun that would describe the people in
the picture.
they
 Anuncios/ Announcements
• Period 4: we will do the word order
lesson with page 9 on TUESDAY
• Unit 1B test is next Thursday
• All late work page 1 to the most
recent is due next Thursday
• Binders will be turned in next
Thursday
• We will work on a unit project inside
of and outside of class next week
 Objetivos de hoy
• Say and write definite and
indefinite articles in Spanish.
• Match definite and indefinite articles
with specific and non specific nouns
according to gender
 Definite and Indefinte
Articles.


 Are they really

 THAT important?

 Apertura/ Opening
Instrucciones: Write your answer to


the question on the screen. Then,

turn to one partner sitting next to
you and tell him/her your answer.
Write your partner’s answer in the
space below
 Differences between “the”
and “a”
When and why would it be important


to be specific when you are talking

about these four things?


1)Significant others
2)Pairs of shoes
3)Wedding dresses
4)Snacks

 #1 Significant Others
• Are you going to dance with
“the” significant other…or “a”
significant other, any old one?


 or
 #2 Pairs of Shoes
• Do you want to wear
“the” shoes or “some” shoes?
 # 3 Wedding Dresses
• Do you want to wear “the” dress or
just “a” dress?

 # 4 Snacks

• Do you want just “a” snack or do

you want “the” snack?
•
•
 or

 Apuntes/ Notes
Write the notes in red that you see on
the screen.

CHAMP “apuntes” “notes”

 Definite and Indefinite
Articles.
•
A definite article in English is the

word
“the”.

I n I panish there are

I words for the
 la (feminineI
 e l (masculineI
Definite and Indefinite
Articles
We use definite articles when we


want to talk about something

SPECIFIC--when you have one
thing in mind.


Example: “Michael, will you loan



me the pencil?”


 I CLEARLY want the one he is

writing with right now.
 Definite and Indefinite
Articles
 An indefinite article in English are
the words “a” or “an”.


 In Spanish the indefinite articles

are:


 una (feminine)
 un (masculine)
Definite and Indefinite
Articles
We use indefinite articles when


are not talking about something

specific.


Example: Asia says, “I need a



dress for prom.”



She does not have a specific

dress in mind. Yet.
 Definite and Indefinite
Articles.
Almost always, the nouns that end in


“o” will use el or un in front of

them.


Almost always, the nouns that end in



“a” will use la or una in front of

them.

 Esactiones/ Stations
Instrucciones:
Walk to the 5 stations and write

down the articlethat describes the

noun that you see in Spanish.
Use the article that is written in

English to describe the noun.



CHAMP “trabajo en grupo” “group



work”

 Práctica independiente/
Independent Practice
Instrucciones: Look at the pictures/words


in Spanish.


1.Decide if it is asking you to use a definite

(the) or indefinite (a/an) article.
2.
2. Decide if the noun (the word or the thing

represented by the picture) is masculine or

feminine.


3. Select the correct article and write it on


 Práctica independiente/
Independent Practice
EXAMPLE __el___ the / chico


1. It wanted me to write “the” which is a

definite article
2. “chico” is masculine and so I have to pick

the masculine definite article

3. “el” is the masculine definite article
 Práctica independiente/
Independent Practice
1.La the / chica


2. Un
 a / zapato (shoe)
  
3. El
 the / libro (book)


4. Una an / hoja de papel



5. La
 the / amiga (friend)
 El Cierre/ Closing
Put your Agenda Española in the “Cosas para
entregar” box
Put página 10 on the corner of your desk

Pregunta del cierre/Closing Question:

1.Write the appropriate article to translate the
word in English and describe the picture.
2.
 a +
1.When is your Unit 1B test?

 Tarea/ Homework
• Review packet pg 11