What´s your name?

My name is Alondra Cristel Montejo Perez

How old are you?

I am 15 years old

When is your birthday?

My birthday I s on jun 15th (month date)

I am a estudiante

Where are you from?

I am from Mexican

Where do you live

I live in macuspana, tabasco. (city/state)

Do you have any brothers and sisters

I (have/do not have) I have 2

What is your favorite tv program?

My favorite tv program is Acapulco shoe

What are your favorite subject (math, englis, biology,etc.)

I like cheomity

Now write brief paragraph with the information you wrote in your answer

My name Alondra cristell montejo perez I have 15 years was born on june 15.

I am from macuspana, tabasco my program favorite Acapulco shoe

1.1 simple present tense

The simple present tense

One of the uses of simple present is to express an action that is repeated or that is usual. The action can be a habit, a pastime, a daily event, a scheduled or programmed event or something that occurs frequently

Simple present is also used to express something that a person forgot or does not normally do.

In a time line we can represent the simple present tense like this.

Form.

1. Simple present tense verbs have two forms. The base form and the –s form2. El tiempo pasado simple tiene la forma base y forma –s

The base form is used whit I, you (singular), we, you (plural), the and plural nous. We use the –s form whit he, she it, and singular nounsUstedes en general usen en plural el sustantivo usamos como ella, it, el.

3. Some verbs have irregular –s forms:Have-has/ tener go-goes/ ir do-does/hacer

Function

1. We use the simple present tense for statements of fact

I study high school / studio la prepa Mexican speak Spanish/ mexicanos hablan español

Elephants live in Africa and india / elefantes viven en Africa y india

2. Another use is for statements of regular activity or repeated action.Karen has guitar lessons on Tuesday and Thursday Karen tiene lecciones en martes y jueves

I usually do my homeworkUsualmente hago mi tarea en casa

The teacher always explains the gramarEl maestro siempre explica la gramatica

Karen seldom goes out with her friends on FridayKaren sale seguido con sus amigos los Viernes

Pronunciation: listen to your teacher

1. To most oh the verbs we ad dan –s to the base form, and simple add the sound /s/.

Sing –sings play –plays take-takes

I like music, and my sister likes music too./ a mi me gusta la musica y a mi Hermana tambien.

Jonathan plays soccer / jonathan juega soquer.

2. When the base form of the verbs ends in ch, sh, x,z,s the sound of the third person singular from includes the e and the s. sounds = /s/.

Brush-brushes watch-whatches fix-fixes kiss-kisses

My mother kisses my father goodbye every morning/ mi madre besa cada mañana a mi padre

Karen brushes her hair every morning / Karen cepilla su cabello cada mañana.

My father watches the new at 10 p.m. / mi papa ve las noticias a las 10 p.m.

Jason´s father is a mechanic. He fixes cars and motorcycles / el papa de Jason es un mecánico. El repara carros y motocicletas.

3. For words that end in ge and ce, we must pronunce an extra syllable. Listen to your teacher´s pronunciation.

I use pencil and my classmate uses a pen. Mi

The doctor charges $200 for consultation.

Kathy dances very well / kati baila muy bien

4. When the bases form ends in a consonant +y we change the y to I and the add –esCuando la forma base termina en una consonante +y cambiamos la y a i y le agregamos –es

I study English and mark studies Spanish

I carry a briefcase and he carries as schoolbag

When the base form ends in a vowel +y, we do not change the y.

I play socces. She plays tennis / juego soquer. Ella juega tenis

5. The auxiliary verb do is pronounced differently for the form do /du/ and for the form of the third person singular which is pronounced in two different ways.

a) With schwa and the z sound /d_z/b) And a strong sound / dAz/, the sound A sound as the u in the word up.

Un sonido fuerte.

We use the base form and the –s form for affirmative sentences.

Subject + verb base form + complementI wake up at 6 o´clock in the morning me desperate a las 6 de la mañana

you study English every daytu estudias ingles todos los dias

Karen (she) eats breakfast every morningKaren come desayuno todas las mañanas

It (the alarm clock) drinks coffe / bebe café

Tom (he) rings before 6 o´clock La alarma suena antes de las 6

We go to school by busNosotos vamos a la escuela por autobus

They drive to schoolEllos conducen en la escuela

Fill in the blanks with information about yourself. If you don’t know the verb in english, find the meaning in a dictionary

Example: I have a red bycicle1. I live________2. I speak______3. I know______4. I play______5. I need______6. I Want______

Work in pairs. Decide what good students and what bad students do. Use the words given.

Example: come on time to school good students come on time to school

Come late to school bad students come late to school

1. Ask questions2. Read a magazine in class3. Look out the windows4. Study the lesson5. Bring the book to class6. Sleep in class7. Pay attention to the teacher8. Participate in class

Listen to the pronunciation of the months of the year. Then, listen again one by one and repeat.

Read the names of the months of the year and identify them in the calendar. What are the names of these months in Spanish?

January may September

February june October

March july November

April august December

Now, write the date of the following holidays and circle in the following dates. If you don’t know, ask your teacher:

a) Christmasb) Mother day (in mexico)c) Independence day in the united statesd) Independence day in mexicoe) Halloweenf) Valentine’s day

Days of the week/ dias de la semana

Listen to the pronunciations of the days of the week. Then listen again one by one and repeat

Put a check mark beside the days of the week that you have English class

Monday Friday

Tuesday Saturday

Wednesday Sunday

Thursday

Seasons of the year

Write for each season three important holidays in your community, in your state or in Mexico.

Spring (From March 21st to june 20th)

Primavera del 21 de marzo a 20 de junio

Summer (from June 21st to September 22nd)

Verano de 22 de junio a 22 de septiembre

Autumm/fall (from September 23rd to December 21st)

De 23 de septiembre a 21 de diciembre

Winter (from december 22nd to march 20th)

De 22 de diciembre a 20 de marzo

Travels formats.

Formato de viajero.

Write the meaning in spanish of the following elements of the format on page 12.

Family name: montejo

First/ given name: Alondra

Birth date 15-08 month 2000 year 15

Country

Sex

Passport number: 00837 airline: aa

Country where you live: Mexico

City where boarded: Mexico City

City where your visa was issued: Miami florida

Date issued: 15/08/2000

City: Mexico City

Sate: Miami Florida

1. Family name: nombre de la familia2. First/givn name : firma del nombre3. Bith date4. Country citizenship 5. Sex (male o female)6. Passport number: numero de pasaporte7. Airline or flight number:8. Country where you live9. City where you boarded10. City where your visa was issued11. Date issued12. Address while is in the united states13. City and state

Occupations/professions

1. Work whit another student2. Look at the following photographs3. Write below each photograph the occupation of the picture

Taxista

Vendedora

Architect

Veterinario

Mecanico

Bombero

Musico

Plomero

Pais country nationality

Mexico Mexico Mexican

Russian Moscow Russian

Brazil Brasilia Brazilian

Argentina Buenos Aires Argentinian

Portugal Lisbon Portuguese

Colombia bogota Colombian

England London Englishman

Belgium Brussels Belgian

Words to describe the period in life or age of people

1. Young joven2. Baby bebe3. Infant niño4. Toddler niño pequeño5. Child niño o niña6. Teenager adolecente7. Adult adulto8. Middle-aged edad media9. Elderly-old anciano, Viejo

Words to describe eye characteristics

Colors: you can describe the intensity of the color by using the words light or dark. You can describe the tone of the color by adding the termination “ish” to the name of the color: for example: blue –blueish, or green – greenish

Brown café

Blue azul

Green verde

Hazel avellana

Size:

Big grande

Small pequeño

Words to describe hair characteristics

Color:

Blonde rubio

Red (red-haired) rojo

White blanco

Brown café

Grey gris

Length

Long largo

Short corto

Amount

Abundant abundar

Bald poco

Partly bald parte

Hairstyle

Pony tail cola de caballo

Braid

Bangs

1. Works in groups of three our four photographs of people with different physical constitutions and ages

2. Write their followings physical characteristics on a piece of paper describe them orally to your classmates

Physical constitution : contrez fisica

Age group grupo de edad

Eyes color: color de ojos size: tamaño

Hair color: color de pelo length: largo

Hairstyle: peindado

Amount type: tipo

Geographical characteristics

Beach / playa

Canyon/ canon

Cascade/ cascada

Lake/ lago

Desert/desierto

Glacer/glaciar

Valley/valle

Volcano/vulcan

Wood/Bosque

River/rio

1.4 ethnic groups and cultural characteristics

Asian/asiático black/negro hispanic/hispano White/causasian

Dark-skinned/piel oscura fair light skinned/de piel clara

Due to the contienent people come from, they are also identified as:

America latin americans, African-american.

America amerisinos latinos, negative

Mexico mexico

Asian people that from china, japan, thailand, Vietnam, india and many other countries

Las peronsas que vienen de cghina, tailandia japon

European people that come from any country in europe

Las personas que vienen de cualquier español

African peolpe that come from any country in Africa

Las personas que vienen de cualquier Africa

Kenia.

Other adjetives related to peoples religión are:

Catholic catolico

Jewish judio

Muslim musulman

Christian Cristiano

Buddhist budista

Protestant protestante

Look at following list of adjetives that can be used to describe people

Find the word Spanish that names these characteristics

Beautiful hermoso

Handsome hermoso

Good-looking elegante

Elegant agradable

Nice bien vestido

Casual casual

Fashionable moda

Eyesglasses/anteojos beard/barba frecles/pecas moustache/bigote

1. Read the following list. Write the words in englis of the different parts of the body that you already know

2. Compare your list with that of another student3. Share your answer with another student or pair of students.4. Chek the spelling of the words you have written. Ask your teacher to look them over and

make corrections if si necessary5. When finishied, look up in a dictionary for those words in English you didn’t know and

complete the following chart.

Eyebrow/cejas eye/ojo cherst/pecho eyelent/pestaña sterno/abdomen

Nunel/ombligo noise/nariz Euclid/parpados fot/pies

Ear had neek wirk arim leg finger

Me lavo los dientes

Me maquillo la cara

Me maquillo

Subo los pied

Me lavo la mano

Ojitos cerrados

Me toco la mano

Me toco la cara

Tocando el pecho

Hago entrenamiento

Pinto las uñas

Describe the physical apparence of these people

Person 1.

Name: Tania Gomez occupation: student

Age: 19 height: 1.60 build: 20 hair: eyes: black

Race other: badd-lokigs

Name: exildraw occupation: student

Age:10 heig:1.30 build:

Hair eyes: black smedil

Race: other: exceys

Name: alberto occupation. Solder

Age: 10 height: 1.36 build: ager

Hair eyes

Race: white other: coct reed

Name: paula occupation hoosthey

Age: 21 hight: 1.95 build:

Race: white other: blow-blue

Name: suad occupation

Age: 31 heigth 1.60 build

Hair_ short bayo. Eyes: black

Race: black

Exercise 8

Give information about your family

1. Look at the above chart2. Identify the relationship between family members3. Fill out following vicubulary table with the corresponding word in Spanish

Family member miembro de la familiaFather padreMother madreParents parientesSon hijaDaugther hijoGrandmother abuelaGrandparents abuelosBrother hermanoSister Hermana

vocabulary Englishfather padredaddy, dad papi, papamother mamamommy, mom mami, mamaparents padresbrother hermanosister Hermanabrothers hermanossisters hermanassibling el hermanosiblings hermanosbaby bebehusband esposowife esposaspouse hijoson hijadaughter hijochild niño

children niñagrandfather abuelograndmother abuelagrandparents abuelosgrandson nietogranddaughter nietagrandchild el nietogreat-grandfather bisabuelogreat-grandson bisnietogreat-granddaughter bisnieta

Activity sequence 10

1. Write your address:Number and street: kg is th Neighborhood: castañoCity: macuspanaZaipcode: 86700State: TabascoCountry: Mexico

Personal information

Date: june 29, 2004

Firname: Alondra middle name: cristell last name: montejoBele, jun 15 15 year

Place of birth date of birth ageMexico student

Address:Kg 15 st850Macuspana, Tabasco.

Grammar presentation

In these cases, the interrogative statement in simple present whit the verb to be is as follow

Verb to be + subject + complement?Am I your classmateIs your mother Mexican?

Her last name powellAre his friends students?

For these questions we may answer in two different ways: an affirmative answer or a negative answer

You: am I your classmateJack: yes, you areYou: are you jacks classmateLorena: no I am not/ no you aren’t.

Affirmative answer

Yes + subject + form of the verb to be according to the subject

Yes, si I am .soyYes, si you/we/it nosotros is. EsYes, si he/she/it nosotros is. Es

Negative answer

no + subject +verb to be according to the subject

no I am. soyno he/she/it yo is. esno you/we/they ella aren’t. es

we can use a contraction of the verb to be (conjugated)+not

are + not = aren’t is not= isn’t

in the case of no, I am not, the only possible contraction is no, I´m not

negative answer using contractions

no + subject + verb to be contracted with not

no he/she/it isn’t no you/we/they aren’t

new century high school application form

last name of student estudia

name of student estudiantname of father Javier montejoname of mother: Alondra del carmensex: femalenationality mexicanoreligion mexicanofathers occupation vendedormother occupation ama de casafull addres estudiar

telephone at residence (whit area code) 936116 6318mobile telephone 9361085070email alomontejolast school attended alocristalladdres of the school bachilleresname of guardian (if any) Jessica Fabiola

what I do and how I live

learning objects

2.1 daily activitiesworking activities/actividad de trabajoleisure activities/pasa tiemposport activities/actividad de deportemeans of transport/medio de transportepublic place/lugar publicadverbs of time and frequency/adverbio de tiempo y frecuenciainformación questions / preguntas de información

diagnostic evaluationReading

identify and aundestard general ideas in a short text related to daily activitiesof others, using basic strategies of reading comprehension.

Daily activities routines

A morning with Karen

Karen is a very active university student. This is what she usually does every morning, from Monday fo Friday.Karen es una universitaria todos los dias esto es lo que hace cada semana.

“every wekkday morning i wake up as son as my alarm clock rings at 6:00 a.m. after 10 minutes get up and go the bathroom . I take a shower. Brush my teeth, and comb my hair. After my shower I dry myself with a big towel go back to the bethroom”

Cada día laborable me despierto en breve a las 6 am. Después de 10 minutos salgo del cuarto y tomo un baño me lavo los dientes y peino mi cabello. Después de mi ducha me seco con una toalla grande volver al baño.

DISCURSS WITH TOYR TEACHER THESE QUESTIONS

1. how frequently does Karen do these activities?2. Are these activities part of a routine3. What do the words in bold type in the paragraph represent?4. What do the words underlined indicate?5. What type words follow the underlined words

Vocabulary

Verbs

Find the meaning of the words on page 66-67 in Spanish. In your notebook. Or on a sparate sheet of paper write a sentence in simple present using these words.

LEVANTAR WAKE UP

BRINDAR TAKE A DRINK

IR GO

RECOJER PIK UP

EAT COMER

BRUSH CEPILLO

WRITE ESCRIBIR

PUT ON PEINAR

TAKE A SHOWER TOMAR UNA DUCHA

ALARM CLOCK ALARMA

SKATE BOARDING PATIN

BATHROOM BAÑO

SEWING COSTURA

BETHROOM CAMA

KITCHEN COCINA

SANDALS SANDALIAS

SHOWER DUCHA

SHOES ZAPATILLAS

COFFE CAFÉ

TOOTH DIENTES

HAIR CABELLO

VACUME-CLEANING ASPIRADORA

ORANGE JUICE JUGO DE NARANJA

MAKEUP MAKILLAJE

GLOVES JUGO DE NARANJA

BREAKFAST DESAYUNO

PEAR PERA

CONRFLAKES CEREAL

CEREAL CEREAL

FRUIT FRUTAS

TOAST PAN TOSTADO

KEYS LLAVES

MERMELADE MERMELADA

PIECE PASTEL

CAR KEYS LLAVES DEL AUTO.