1. lunes, 05 de enero de 2015 LOS ANIMALES

2. ActivityExpectations All Watch the video and make a note of the animals that you see On the worksheet, match up the animals and then number them in the order that you spot them on the video. Extension Note down what the animals are doing Click here to watch the videohere On the worksheet, match up as many of the actions as you can.

3. Check your answers: Verbo Animal 1. Agarrar – to grab 10Un búho 2. Bailar – to dance 15Un elefante 3. Bostezar – to yawn 2Un flamenco 4. Buscar – to look for 12, 14Un mono 5. Cantar – to sing6Un ratón 6. Gritar – to shout 8Un oso 7. Guiñar – to wink 1Un perezoso 8. Levantarse – to get up 5Un pez 9. Masticar – to chew 4Un rinoceronte 10. Mirar – to look 13Un hipopótamo 11. Nadar – to swim 13Un zorro 12. Sacar la lengua – to stick your tongue out 10Una girafa 13. Saltar – to jump5Una cebra 14. Soltar una risita – to chuckle 9Una chinchilla 15. Tirar – to pull 3Una foca 7Una rana 14Una araña Have you noticed anything about these verbs? Look at the ending… That’s right. They all end in –AR. There are 3 types of verb in Spanish: AR, ER and IR. The most common are AR verbs: -ar verbs: 85% -er verbs: 7% -ir verbs: 8% That’s right. They all end in –AR. There are 3 types of verb in Spanish: AR, ER and IR. The most common are AR verbs: -ar verbs: 85% -er verbs: 7% -ir verbs: 8%

4. What is an AR verb? La jirafa mira The giraffe looks La jirafa mira The giraffe looks El perezoso agarra el árbol The sloth grasps the tree El perezoso agarra el árbol The sloth grasps the tree El cebra baila The zebra dances El cebra baila The zebra dances An –AR verb is a ‘doing word’ that ends in –AR. Eg: hablar to speak mirarto look escucharto listen In order to say who is doing the action you need to change the ending. Look at the examples on the right: An –AR verb is a ‘doing word’ that ends in –AR. Eg: hablar to speak mirarto look escucharto listen In order to say who is doing the action you need to change the ending. Look at the examples on the right:

5. E.g. bailar – to dance How do you form AR verbs? Step 1: Find the infinitive Step 2: Take off the AR ending. You are left with the stem Bailar X Step 3: Choose the correct subject for your verb Yo (I) Tú (you singular familiar) Él/ella/Usted (he/she/you singular polite) Nosotros/as (We) Vosotros/as (You plural familiar) Ellos/ellas/Ustedes (They m/f/You plural polite)

6. Step five: Add the new ending to the stem yo Tú Él/ella/usted Nosotros/as Vosotros /as Ellos/ellas bail o as a amos áis an

7. Using the vocabulary and verb lists from the video clip activity, make some sentences: The owls look The fish dances The elephants pull The hippo yawns Los búhos miran El pez baila Los elefantes tiran El hipopótamo bosteza

8. What have you learnt today? Good Hola, me llamo Tito. Tengo dos amigos y hablamos mucho, ¿hablas con tus amigos? Mi amigo el elefante mira la tele los lunes pero yo escucho música. Los sábados bailamos en la discoteca. Mi amigo el mono nada en el río. Make a list of all the ar verbs you can find in the text. Great Translate the verbs into English. Even Better Translate the whole text into English.

9. PLENARY Good Name 5 animals Great Name 5 animals and 5 AR verbs Even better Make 5 sentences using an animal and an AR verb ¿Lo sabías? Animals speak Spanish too! Which animals make these sounds? Guau, guau Mu Miau Cuac cuac ¿Lo sabías? Animals speak Spanish too! Which animals make these sounds? Guau, guau Mu Miau Cuac cuac