Today's class went well. I read a short dictation to start the class. It highlighted basic vocabulary, the "tener que" construction, possessives, and agreement of adjectives. The students did well for the most part with some having a harder time than others. We went over the sentences in Spanish and translated them into English.
We then briefly reviewed -ER and -IR verbs, tener, venir and tener que. We started going over the homework, getting through the first two pages before the break.
After break, we continued reviewing the homework. The students had difficulty with section F, which dealt with contractions and the personal a. Before going over the section, we had a short grammar lesson on the personal a and the contractions al and del. We did the práctica in the book (p. 72 and 73) to practice those structures. I would encourage reviewing the personal a again, and emphasizing the difference between the preposition a and the personal a. Since it does not exist in English, some students had a hard time grasping the concept.
They are going to finish the handout for homework. I also told them that there would be no quiz this week, but there would be a test on Chapter 1 -3 on Monday. They should be ready after additional review on Thursday, Friday and time to study, over the weekend.
Some students mentioned that they would like us to come into study hall (held on M, W, F evenings) for the extra opportunity to practice, ask questions and review concepts.
Have a good class tomorrow.
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