2.12: End-of-Chapter “I can” statements, goal-setting activities and vocabulary list

Before moving on to Chapter 3, reflect upon what you can do with the language. Check off all of the things on the list below that you can do.

For any actions you cannot yet do, review the topic and seek out additional resources such as tutoring, extra help from your instructor, online materials, etc

After completing this chapter, i can:

• Distinguish between the different subject pronouns.
• Produce written and spoken sentences describing myself and others using the verb ser (to be) and adjectives that describe personality and physical characteristics.
• Employ the use of numbers between 0 and 100 to ask and answer questions.
• Express posession using the verb tener.
• Produce written and spoken sentences describing myself and others using the verb estar (to be) and adjectives that describe conditions, emotions, and feelings.
• Describe the location of places on campus in relation to one another.
• Discuss the world around me using the calendar, clock, and expressions for weather.
• Test my theories and assumptions about Spanish by using the language even when I am uncertain whether I am using it correctly.

¡A reflexionar sobre los objetivos!

Goal setting, Paso 1. As we are working to be our best language learners, we need to regularly check in on our progress toward our goals. Use the questions below to reflect upon the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the chapter.

My two short term goals were:

1. ________

· Did you follow your action plan? In what way(s)? What worked? What didn’t work?

· ________ I have achieved this goal/ ________ I made progress toward this goal/ ________ I have not made progress toward this goal and should make a revision to my goal or my action plan.

2. ________

· Did you follow your action plan? In what way(s)? What worked? What didn’t work?

· ________ I have achieved this goal/ ________ I made progress toward this goal/ ________ I have not made progress toward this goal and should make a revision to my goal or my action plan.

My one long-term goal was:

3. ________

· Did you follow your action plan? In what way(s)? What worked? What didn’t work?

· ________ I have achieved this goal/ ________ I made progress toward this goal/ ________ I have not made progress toward this goal and should make a revision to my goal or my action plan.

How do you feel about your initial greatest fear about learning Spanish? Better? Worse? Why?

¡A revisar los objetivos!

Goal setting, Paso 2. Before moving on to the next chapter, take a moment to update your goals and/or action plans. It is okay to keep goals that you set for yourself previously if you are still working toward them.

My two short term goals with action plans:

1. ________

·

2. ________

·

My one long-term goal with an action plan:

3. ________

·

Study strategies I find useful:

New study strategies I could try:

Vocabulario del Capítulo 2

Español	Inglés
A	To / At (only with time)
A la(s) ___:___	At ________ o’clock
A la derecha (de)	To the right (of)
A la izquierda (de)	To the left (of)
Abril	April
Aburrid@	Bored/ Boring
Activ@	Active
Agosto	August
Al lado de	Next to
Allí	There (pointing)
Aquí	Here
Atractiv@	Attractive
Avergonzad@	Embarrassed
Baj@	Short (in stature)
Calvo	Bald
Cansad@	Tired
Cerca (de)	Close (to)
Conservador(a/es/as)	Conservative
Content@	Happy/ Content
De buen/ mal humor	In a good/ bad mood
De la mañana/ tarde/ noche	In the morning/ afternoon/ evening (when a time is given). Use “por” instead of “de” if no time is given.
Diciembre	December
Domingo	Sunday
Él	He
Ella	She
Ellas	They (all women)
Ellos	They (all men, mixed group)
Emocionad@	Excited
En	In/ at/ on
En punto	On the dot
Enamorad@	In love
Enero	January
Enfadad@	Mad/ Angry (Spain)
Enferm@	Sick
Enojad@	Mad/ Angry (Latin America)

Español	Inglés
Está despejado	It’s clear
Está granizando	It’s hailing
Está lloviendo	It’s raining
Está nevando	It’s snowing
Está nublado	It’s cloudy
Está soleado	It’s sunny
La estación	Season
Estar	To be (state of being & location)
Febrero	February
La fecha	The date
Feliz	Happy
El fin de semana/ Los fines de semana	The weekend(s)
Gord@	Fat
Hace fresco	It’s brisk/ chilly
Hace (mucho) calor	It’s (very) hot
Hace (mucho) frío	It’s (very) cold
Hace (mucho) sol	It’s (very) sunny
Hace (mucho) viento	It’s (very) windy
Hace (muy) buen tiempo	It’s (very) good weather.
Hace (muy) mal tiempo	It’s (very) bad weather.
Hay (mucha) humedad	There’s (a lot of) humidity
Hay niebla	There’s fog
Hay nubes	There are clouds
Hay tormentas	There are storms
Idealista	Idealist/ Idealistic
Inteligente	Intelligent
Interesante	Interesting
Introvertid@	Introverted
El invierno	Winter
Jueves	Thursday
Julio	July
Junio	June
La temperatura está a __ grados	It’s ________ degrees
Lejos (de)	Far (from)
Liberal	Liberal

Español	Inglés
Llueve	It rains/ It’s raining
Loc@	Crazy
Lunes	Monday
Martes	Tuesday
Marzo	March
Mayo	May
La medianoche	Midnight
El mediodía	Noon
El mes	Month
Miércoles	Wednesday
Moren@	Dark complexion, hair & eyes
Negr@	Black
Nervios@	Nervous
Nieva	It snows/ It’s snowing
Nosotros	We, males or mixed group
Nosotras	We, all females
Noviembre	November
Octubre	October
Ocupad@	Busy
Optimista	Optimist/ Optimistic
El otoño	Autumn
Pelirroj@	Redhead
Pequeñ@	Small/ little
Perezos@	Lazy
Pesimista	Pessimist/ Pessimistic
Pobre	Poor
La primavera	Spring
¡Qué calor/ frío!	How hot/ cold!
Realista	Realist/ Realistic
Ric@	Rich
Rubi@	Blonde
Sábado	Saturday
Septiembre	September
Ser	To be
Son las / Es la ___:________	It’s ________ o’clock
Sorprendid@	Surprised
Tener	To have

Vocabulario Personalizado

Words you looked up / Words that came up in class

Español	Inglés