For my high school Spanish class today, the students are planning to take a written quiz on the proper uses of the present tense conjugations of ir, ser, and estar. That is, they’d better be planning that way; I am!
After that, we’ll do oral pronunciation and translation work using these two lists:
- paja, fecha, cita, dátil, difícil, fácil, útil, mañana, con, hoy, también, ayer, sin, popote
- las estaciones del año, primavera, verano, otoño, invierno
And these statements:
- Hoy es martes.
- Este día tengo cita para una clase de español.
- Ayer fue lunes.
- Mañana es miércoles.
- Estamos al ocho de octubre.
- En esta fecha no tenemos cumpleaños.
Somewhere amidst all that, I’ll toss in three meanings for date with their distinct Spanish words. If you know them, tell us below.
And if you have questions, please feel free to ask (unless you attend my Spanish class). 😆
Oh, and do you have a Spanish-English dictionary to recommend for high school use? I found these three on Amazon:
- Merriam-Webster’s Spanish-English Dictionary (used by CLE)
- The New World Spanish/English, English/Spanish Dictionary
- Larousse Concise Dictionary: Spanish-English / English-Spanish (used by BJU Press)
Now excuse me while I build that quiz and get tomorrow’s assignment figured out. 🙁
Date? as in fecha, datil (yeah, I know it has an accent on the a, but you know.) and noviar? Not too sure about that last one.
I have been satisfied with my Vox Compact Spanish and English Dictionary — you know, mostly agreed with it, although sometimes if someone didn’t have a clue about the meaning or context, it didn’t always work. But of the few I’ve used, this is my preference.