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Nombre:_______________________________
Unidad 1 Lección 1
pp. 30-53
LEARNING TARGETS: “By the end of this chapter I will be able to…”
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 talk about activities
 tell where you are from
 Say what you like to do and don’t like to do
GRAMMAR: “I will use the grammar below to meet the learning targets.”
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 Use subject pronouns and the verb ser pp. 37-41
 Use ser de to express origin pp. 37-41
 Use verbs to talk about what you like to do pp. 42-44
VOCABULARY: “I will use the vocabulary on p. 47 to meet the learning targets.”
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 Saying Where People Are From
 Saying Where You Live
 Expressing Likes
 Snacks Foods and Beverages
 Other Words and Phrases
CULTURE: “I will learn about culture to meet the learning targets.”
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 Significance of October 12th
NOTES:
Per: ________
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I. DESCRIBING PEOPLE: SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND THE VERB SER p. 37
GOAL: Learn how to use subject pronouns and the verb ser. Then practice the verb forms
of ser with de to talk about where you and others are from
ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.
Subject pronouns indicate who is being described or who does the action in the sentence.
We are friends.
Nosotros somos amigos.
APPLICATION: Ser means _______________. Use ser to identify a person or say where
he or she is from.
ser – to be
SINGULAR
PLURAL
subject pronoun
subject pronoun
ser
ser
familiar 
 familiar
formal 
SINGULAR
PLURAL
Use tú with
Use vosotros(as) with friends, family and
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a friend
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a family member
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someone younger
Use usted with
younger people on in Spain
Use ustedes in Latin America with any group of
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a person you don’t know
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someone older
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someone to whom you want to show
Nosotras, vosotras and ellas are used when all
respect
the people you are talking about are female.
people.
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SER + DE + PLACE TO EXPRESS ORIGIN p. 37
GOAL: Learn how to use subject pronouns and the verb ser. Then practice the verb forms
of ser with de to talk about where you and others are from
APPLICATION: To say where a person is from use the formula:
_________________ + _________________ + _________________
Useful vocabulary – Write the Spanish translation:
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Where are you from?
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I am from…
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Where is he/she from?
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He/She is from…
PRÁCTICA: Write where the following people are from.
1. yo/Miami
4. papá y yo/Miami
2. Claudia y Pablo/México
5. Fernando/Ecuador
3. Marisol/Puerto Rico
6. Mario/la República
Dominicana
¡PARA y PIENSA! Did you get it? Match the phrases to make a complete sentence.
1. Cristobal y yo
a. soy de México.
2. Tomás
b. somos de Honduras.
3. Yo
c. es de la Repaública Dominicana
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II. USING VERBS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO: GUSTAR +
INFINITIVE p. 42
GOAL: Learn how to express what people like to do using the verb gustar. Then use
gustar to say what you and others like to do.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: An infinitive is the basic form of a verb, a word that
expresses action or a state of being. In English, most infinitives include the work to. In
Spanish, infinitives are always one word that ends in –ar, -er, or –ir.
I like to run.
Me gusta correr.
APPLICATION:
Use the formula _________________ + _________________ to talk about what people
like to do.
Here’s how: Use phrases like me gusta + infinitive
Me gusta leer.
Nos gusta leer.
Te gusta leer.
Os gusta leer.
Le gusta leer.
Les gusta leer.
To change the statement to a pregunta, simply add question marks at the beginning and end of the
phrase.
¿Te gusta correr?
Do you like to run?
¿Le gusta escribir? Does he/she like to write?
To say someone doesn’t like something, use no at the beginning of the phrase.
No me gusta correr.
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I don’t like to run.
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When you want to really emphasize of identify the person that you are talking about,
add a + noun/pronoun.
A Lola le gusta leer.
A ella le gusta leer.
Lola likes to read.
She likes to read.
These are the pronouns that follow a.
A mí me gusta leer.
A nosotros(as) nos gusta leer.
A ti te gusta leer.
A vosotros(as) os gusta leer.
A él, ella, usted le gusta leer.
A ellos, ellas, ustedes les gusta leer.
¡PARA y PIENSA! Did you get it? Complete each sentence with the correct gustar
phrase.
1. _______ comer. (a ella)
2. ¿_______ nadar? (a ti)
3. _______ cantar. (a nosotros)