El cuerpo: Descriptive Sentences.

La boca es grande

Today we practiced the parts of the face and the body with magnets and Mr. Potato pieces. Keep practicing those for next week.

We also reviewed that the definite article the translates into el/la (singular) and los/las (plural) in Spanish:

El Alamo (the poplar) / Los Angeles (the angels)
La Joya (the jewel) / Las Vegas (the medows)

Homework for both groups (intro and intermediate)

1. Please practice the videos and online activities on the parts of the body we have been studying for the past two weeks.

2. Find a picture of your favorite character, actor, hero (or draw one ) and bring it to class with a basic description of his or her face and or body. Be prepared to present your description to your group and the class. Use a dictionary if you want to find adjectives other than colors: eg. grande (big), bonito/a (pretty), interesante (interesting), feo/a (ugly).

Please use es (is) and son (are) or tiene (has) to make full sentences like the examples below. Remember that adjectives in Spanish agree in gender and number with the noun they modify:  bonito becomes bonita for femenine nouns and bonitos, bonitas in the plural.

El pelo es bonito,
La boca es bonita,
Los ojos son bonitos,
Las orejas son bonitas

Link es un elfo (an elf). Link tiene pelo amarillo o (or) rubio (blond); los ojos son azules. Link tiene dos orejas; las orejas son grandes (big). La nariz no es grande.


Other color coded examples from last week:

Mr. Potato tiene dos brazos rojos, dos pies amarillos y una boca grande

Mr. Potato has two red arms, two yellow feet and one big mouth

La boca de Mr. Potato es roja, la nariz es anaranjada y las orejas son verdes. 

Mr. Potato's mouth is red, his nose is orange and his ears are green.

3. Watch this "crazy fast" video if you dare and see if you can understand anything (clue: tiene muchas partes, means it has a lot of parts. Also un/una means a or one. Es muy especial means it is very special).

VIDEO: El Cuerpo




Hasta el martes.

El cuerpo

Today we continued practicing the family and the parts of the house.

Next week we will move on to the parts of the body.

In preparation for class, please practice some of the main parts of the body by watching these videos and doing the interactive activities in the links below.

I do not particularly care if you know ALL the parts. However, see how many you can learn and memorize for class

Play the videos and online activities as many times as you need to. Remember that in learning repetition can be helpful and that hearing them once may not be enough for you to remember.



THE FACE

VIDEO: The face




You can find an interactive activity to learn the face here  and an interactive game here.


THE BODY

The song in the video below is a fun way to learn and remember las partes del cuerpo (the parts of the body). Remember, you do not need to learn all of them, though.  Parts of the song you need to know:

Las partes del cuerpo         The parts of the body,
vamos a cantar                  we are going to sing,
y tú                                    and you,
las tienes que tocar            have to touch them


Las partes de la cara          the parts of the face

Empezamos otra vez          we start again.

Y no empezamos otra vez   and we do not start again.


VIDEO: Parts of the body in Spanish. 




You can find an interactive link to practice the parts of the body here and a game here.

Martes, 11 de febrero: El cuerpo humano

Today we practiced our alphabet while spelling our names.

For next class, please come prepared to spell (in Spanish) your last name and your mother's maiden name.

You can watch the video below for practice (specially that trilled rr sound we talked about in class today)




El abecedario o el alfabeto




We also started learning the parts of the body. You can practice the body (el cuerpo) here and here and the features of the face (la cara) or head (la cabeza) here and here.

See you soon!