1. Hoy es martes, el 22 de agosto

2. Student Learning Objectives:
Identify the Gender of Spanish Nouns
Greet, Introduce and Say Goodbye to Someone in different Spanish Speaking Countries.
Cultural Difference among Spanish Speaking Countries
Student Learning Objectives:

3. Daily Agenda 1- Palitos y Preguntas 2- Diario #8 Gender of Nouns.
3- Grammar Lesson Review-Gender of Nouns – Making Nouns Plural and Articles
4- Study Spanish Practice
5-Practice with Quizlet Cards
Daily Agenda

4. El Sumario (Table of Contents)
1- Nouns and Articles
El Sumario (Table of Contents)

5. Diario #8 Decide if each noun is masculine or feminine

6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Diario #8 Listen and decide if the words you hear are masculine or feminine.

7. Nouns And Articles Gender of nouns: Making Nouns Plural
Definite Articles
Indefinite Articles

8. All nouns have gender. (They are either masculine or feminine)
With nouns that refer to living things:
Most nouns that refer to males have masculine nouns.
Most nouns that refer to females have feminine nouns.
When nouns refer to non living things follow these general rules. (remember there are always exceptions to the rule, so nouns are taught with the article el or la)
Gender of nouns:
Masculine Endings (el )
Feminine Endings (la) o a or
ora
ista
(the article “el” tells you gender)
(the article “la” tells you gender)
ma/pa/ta
ción s
dad

9. Nouns And Articles Gender of nouns: Making Nouns Plural
Definite Articles
Indefinite Articles

10. Gender of nouns: Making Nouns Plural
If a word ends in a vowel: just add S
If a word ends in a consonant- add a ES
If a word has an accent in the singular, it may or may not have one in the plural (if the rules of stress change)
If a word ends in a Z- change the z to C and add ES
Gender of nouns:
Singular
Plural
chico
chicos
papel
papeles
conversación
conversaciones
lápiz
lápices

11. Nouns And Articles Gender of nouns: Making Nouns Plural
Definite Articles
Indefinite Articles

12. Gender of nouns: Definite Articles The Singular Plural Masculine el
los
Feminine la
las

13. Nouns And Articles Gender of nouns: Making Nouns Plural
Definite Articles
Indefinite Articles

14. Gender of nouns: Indefinite Articles a/an/some Singular Plural
Masculine un
unos
Feminine
una
unas