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Actividad 1As an icebreaker for the first week of school, a teacher asks his students to draw a poster that describes him or her. Listen as each student describes him- or herself and match eachdescription to one of the bio-posters below. Write the corresponding number underneath the poster. You will hear each description twice.

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Actividad 2As a second-year Spanish student, David is helping in the school counselor’s office during thefirst week of school. As Spanish-speaking students enroll, he asks their name and nationality.Listen to each conversation, then circle the native country of the Spanish-speaking student.You will hear each conversation twice.

1. Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay

2. Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

3. Honduras, Panamá, Nicaragua

4. México, Puerto Rico, España

5. El Salvador, República Dominicana, Venezuela

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Actividad 3After Alicia enrolls at the counselor’s office, David offers to show her to her first class. As hewalks her to class, he points out his friends to her and tells her what each is doing. Match the pictures with each description of his friends. You will hear each description twice.

A. B. C.

D. E.

1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______E D C A B

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Actividad 4Look at the people pictured. Choose two adjectives from the box to describe each person or group of people and write them on the blanks provided. You may use each adjective morethan once. Don’t forget to change the adjective endings as necessary!

alto guapo pacienteatrevido impaciente reservadobajo inteligente seriodeportista joven sociableestudioso ordenado trabajadorgracioso viejo

1. _______________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________________________

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Answers will vary but should agree in gender withthe subject.

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Actividad 5Read the descriptions of the new students below and then write a complete sentence todescribe each of them. Use at least three different adjectives in each sentence.

1. Marisol trabaja con niños que tienen mucha energía. Ella tiene 24 años y tienemuchos amigos.

2. Gabriel tiene 29 años y es profesor de italiano. Él estudia mucho y trabaja 12 horasal día. También corre mucho y le encanta montar en bicicleta.

3. Juanita y Nicolita son amigas. Ellas hablan por teléfono todas las noches. Las dostienen el pelo bonito y largo, y estudiaron en universidades muy buenas deBoston.

4. A David y a Linda les gusta jugar al tenis todas las semanas. También trabajanmucho en la casa y en el jardín. Les gusta pintar y tocar el piano.

5. ¿Cómo eres tú?

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Answers will vary.

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Actividad 6Some students at school are talking about the things they and their families do on theweekends. Look at each sequence of pictures and tell what the subject does, using thepresent tense.

1. Ramiro _____________________________________________________________________________

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2. Mi familia y yo ______________________________________________________________________

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3. Yo __________________________________________________________________________________

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4. Patricia y Chucho ___________________________________________________________________

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esquía en las montañas, estudia (lee libros), toca la guitarra y

canta.

cantamos, jugamos al tenis y vemos la tele.

dibujo, hablo por teléfono y escribo composiciones (cartas).

corren, leen revistas y montan en monopatín.

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