{"id":2793,"date":"2013-10-08T06:31:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T13:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2013-10-08T06:31:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T13:31:03","slug":"todays-spanish-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2013\/todays-spanish-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Spanish Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my high school Spanish class today, the students are planning to take a written quiz on the proper uses of the <strong>present tense conjugations of <i>ir, ser<\/i>, and <i>estar<\/i><\/strong>. That is, they&#8217;d better be planning that way; I am!<\/p>\n<p>After that, we&#8217;ll do <strong>oral pronunciation and translation<\/strong> work using these two lists:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:-1.2em\">\n<li>paja, fecha, cita, d\u00e1til, dif\u00edcil, f\u00e1cil, \u00fatil, ma\u00f1ana, con, hoy, tambi\u00e9n, ayer, sin, popote<\/li>\n<li>las estaciones del a\u00f1o, primavera, verano, oto\u00f1o, invierno<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And these statements: <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:-1.2em\">\n<li>Hoy es martes.<\/li>\n<li>Este d\u00eda tengo cita para una clase de espa\u00f1ol.<\/li>\n<li>Ayer fue lunes.<\/li>\n<li>Ma\u00f1ana es mi\u00e9rcoles.<\/li>\n<li>Estamos al ocho de octubre.<\/li>\n<li>En esta fecha no tenemos cumplea\u00f1os.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Somewhere amidst all that, I&#8217;ll toss in <strong>three meanings for <i>date<\/i><\/strong> with their distinct Spanish words. If you know them, tell us below.<\/p>\n<p>And if you have questions, please feel free to ask (unless you attend my Spanish class). \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and do you have a <strong>Spanish-English dictionary to recommend<\/strong> for high school use? I found these three on Amazon:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:-1.2em\">\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Merriam-Websters-Spanish-English-Dictionary-Merriam-Webster\/dp\/0877799164\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Merriam-Webster Spanish-English Dictionary on Amazon\">Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Spanish-English Dictionary<\/a> (used by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clpcle.com\" title=\"Christian Light Education | Anabaptist Bookstore\">CLE<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spanish-English-Dictionary-Diccionario-espa\u00f1ol\/dp\/0451181689\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"The New World Spanish\/English, English\/Spanish Dictionary on Amazon\">The New World Spanish\/English, English\/Spanish Dictionary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Larousse-Concise-Dictionary-Spanish-English-English-Spanish\/dp\/2035410096\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Larousse Concise Dictionary: Spanish-English \/ English-Spanish on Amazon\">Larousse Concise Dictionary: Spanish-English \/ English-Spanish<\/a> (used by BJU Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now excuse me while I build that quiz and get tomorrow&#8217;s assignment figured out. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring a built-by-me quiz over <i>ir, ser<\/i>, and <i>estar<\/i>. 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