Portales - PROGRAM SAMPLER

Section Goals In Estructura 2.2 , students will be introduced to: • forming questions in Spanish • rising and falling intonation in questions and statements • tag questions • interrogative words KEY STANDARDS Communication Interpersonal Communication (Activity 5, 6, Teaching options); Interpretive Communication (Activity 4); Presentational Communication (Activity 7, Teaching options) Teaching Tips • Review questions such as: ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Qué clases tomas? Ask volunteers to suggest others. • Model the pronunciation and intonation of the various types of questions in the photo captions and example statements and questions. Point out that these types of questions signal a yes/no response. • Explain that a more common way to form questions in Spanish is to invert the subject and verb. • Emphasize that ¿no? can only be used when the first part of the sentence does not include a negative statement. Tell students to use ¿verdad? after a negative statement. • Point out that the inverted question mark does not necessarily appear at the beginning of the sentence. Estructura 55 TEACHING OPTIONS TPR To add a listening aspect to this grammar presentation, read aloud a series of statements and questions, including tag questions. Have students raise their right hand when they hear a statement and their left hand when they hear a question. Extra Practice Introduce ten statements. Ask students to convert the statements into questions by inverting the subject and the verb. Students can work in pairs to write their questions. When they have finished, ask volunteers to share their questions with the class. Model rising intonation and inverting subject/verb order in the questions. Have the class repeat the questions after you. Extra Practice Using the same ten statements from the previous activity, ask students to say them aloud using tag questions. Be sure to include a few negative sentences so that students will have to use ¿verdad? as a tag question. 55 cincuenta y cinco Forming questions in Spanish ANTETODO There are three basic ways to ask questions in Spanish. Can you guess what they are by looking at the photos and photo captions on this page? ¿Caminan a la universidad? A la Facultad de Bellas Artes, ¿no?  One way to form a question is to raise the pitch of your voice at the end of a declarative sentence. When writing any question in Spanish, be sure to use an upside-down question mark ( ¿ ) at the beginning and a regular question mark ( ? ) at the end of the sentence. Statement Question Ustedes trabajan los sábados. ¿Ustedes trabajan los sábados? You work on Saturdays. Do you work on Saturdays? Carlota busca un mapa. ¿Carlota busca un mapa? Carlota is looking for a map. Is Carlota looking for a map?  You can also form a question by inverting the order of the subject and the verb of a declarative statement. The subject may even be placed at the end of the sentence. Statement Question SUBJECT VERB VERB SUBJECT Ustedes trabajan los sábados. You work on Saturdays. ¿ Trabajan ustedes los sábados? Do you work on Saturdays? SUBJECT VERB VERB SUBJECT Carlota regresa a las seis. Carlota returns at six. ¿ Regresa a las seis Carlota ? Does Carlota return at six?  Questions can also be formed by adding the tags ¿no? or ¿verdad? at the end of a statement. Statement Question Ustedes trabajan los sábados. You work on Saturdays. Ustedes trabajan los sábados, ¿no? You work on Saturdays, don’t you? Carlota regresa a las seis. Carlota returns at six. Carlota regresa a las seis, ¿verdad? Carlota returns at six, right? 2.2 With a partner, take turns saying out loud the example statements and questions on this page. Your pitch indicates whether you are making a statement or asking a question. Then take turns making up statements of your own and turning them into questions, using all three methods. AYUDA Communicative Goal: Ask questions about student life