CHAPTER 2 CAPTULO 2 v Alumnos y Cursos

CHAPTER 2 – CAPÍTULO 2 v Alumnos y Cursos - Objectives • Describe people and things • Talk about more than one person or thing • Tell what subjects you take in school and express some opinions about them • Tell time • Tell at what time an event takes place • Talk about Spanish speakers in the United States

VERBO SER video

VERB TO BE v In the Spanish language the verb to be is divided in two conjugations • Ser • Estar

SER (TO BE) v Ser (to be) is permanent v Ser (to be) tells about our character and other permanent things about us. v Ser (to be) is accompanied with adjectives that describe people, animals and things.

VERBO SER To describe Characteristics

TO DESCRIBE CHARACTERISTICS v Domain • Personal pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella, nosotros, ustedes, vosotros, ellas) • Conjugation of verb to be “ser” (soy, eres, somos, son, sois, son) • Adjectives the most and advance form to describe people, things or places.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS v Video (click here) & Verb Ser – Practice your skills Don’t Forget! (click here)

CONJUGATION OF VERB “SER” (TO BE) Plural Singular v Yo soy (I am) v Nosotros (as) somos (we are) v Tú eres (you are) or Usted es v Ustedes son / Vosotors sois (you are)(formal way) (you are) v Él es (he is) / Ella es (she is) v Ellos son / Ellas son (they are) Video

ADJECTIVES v Are important to describe people, things and places (click here) v Basic Adjectives that you have to know (click here) v Basic Descriptive Adjectives Video (click here) v The 100 most common adjectives in Spanish (click here) v The list of most advanced descriptive adjectives for writing an essay.

CLOSING v Write your autobiography using all the elements learned during the lesson of “verb ser” - characteristics. v How to write a biography (click here)

VERBO SER Describing people, classes, activities, friends, schedules, and telling time during the school.

USES OF VERB SER v To Describing classes, professors, activities, friends, schedules, and telling time during the school. • • To Describe Date Months and dates Occupations Telling the time Classroom Commands Classroom Objects Classroom Questions

VERBO SER To Describe Occupation, Relation and Origin

VERBO SER To Describe Relationship with our Ancestors Page 66 - 67

CLOSING v Write in your journal more than 100 words about: • The first, second and third person of singular and plural • What is my knowledge about the conjugation of verb “ser” (to be) • Why the knowledge and use of descriptive adjectives is important in a formation of a sentence. • The use of verb “ser” in the acronym DOCTOR

SPANISH SPEAKERS IN THE US

VERBO SER