Class Objectives: In this course the objectives are: • For the student to develop skills by using dialogues and stories from real-life situations.
• To express ideas and generate questions in order to communicate with others in Spanish.
• To acquire vocabulary, sentence structure and good Spanish pronunciation by listening to the teacher, classmates and native Spanish speaking people with the use videos.
Welcome to La Clase de Español del octavo grado Class overview: September –Preliminary review –Expressing likes (Gustar – To Like) –Tener (To have) October –-AR present tense –-ER & -IR present tense –Irregular verbs November –Venir (To come) STEM CHANGING VERB –Jugar (To play) STEM CHANGING VERB –Present progressive (-ING) December –Decir (To say) STEM CHANGING VERB –Affirmative Tú commands –Give instructions January –Stem Changing verbs o-ue (Dormir – To sleep) –Indirect Object Pronouns (to whom – for whom the action of the verb is performed) February –Ordering Food – Express extremes –Stem changing verbs e-ie (Cerrar – To Close) March –Reflexive verbs (Daily routine) –Negative Tú commands –Irregular affirmative Tú commands April –Deber (Must/Should/ Ought to) –-AR verbs Past tense –-ER & -IR Past tense May –-CAR, -GAR, -ZAR verbs past tense –Hacer, Ir, Ser Past tense June –Irregular verbs Past Tense (Dar, Querer, Tener) –Demonstratives adjectives –Review Past Tense