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Capítulos 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A
Fechas del ExamenSpeakingEssay and Short AnswerListening and readingPoint breakdown
13 Speaking
10 Listening
20 Reading
42- Essay (2 questions x 21 points each)
15- Short Answer (5 questions x 3 points each)
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Capítulo 3B, p.157
o ¿Cómo se va…?
 Giving directions for getting to places p.180
 Direct object pronouns me, te, nos p. 166
 Irregular affirmative tú Commands p.168
 Irregular forms of the present progressive p. 171
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Capítulo 4A, p. 185
o Cuando éramos niños
 Childhood Toys and Games p.208
 The imperfect tense p.194
 The imperfect tense of irregular verbs p.196
 Indirect Object Pronouns p.199
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Capítulo 4B, p.211
o Celebrando los días festivos
 Describe holiday celebrations p.234
 Other uses of the imperfect tense p. 219
 Reciprocal actions p.224
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Capítulo 5A, p.239
o Un acto heroico
 Discuss emergencies, crises, rescues, and heroic acts p.262
 The preterite and imperfect: other uses p. 248
 The preterite of double-vowel verbs: oír, leer, creer, and destruir p.250
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Grammar and Vocabulary: Using your textbook, complete the following for each Chapter:
3B: ¿Cómo se va…?
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Vocabulary- p. 180 Read the entire vocabulary list and write down your top 10 most difficult
vocab words:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
Direct object pronouns me, te, nos p. 166
Singular
Plural
Irregular affirmative tú Commands p.168
Infinitive
Yo-form
Command
Hacer
Ser
Ir
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Irregular forms of the present progressive p. 171
Decir
Pedir
Creer
Repetir
Seguir
Leer
Servir
Traer
Vestir
Dormir
4A: Cuando éramos niños
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Vocabulary- p. 208 Read the entire vocabulary list and write down your top 10 most difficult
vocab words:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
The imperfect tense p.194
Use the imperfect tense to talk about actions that happened ___________________________________________________
-ar
-er/-ir
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The imperfect tense of irregular verbs p.196
SER
IR
VER
Indirect Object Pronouns p.199
An indirect object tells ____________________________________________ an action is performed.
Singular
Plural
IOPs are placed ___________________ the conjugated verb or ______________________ to the infinitive.
4B: Celebrando los días festivos
Vocabulary- p. 234 Read the entire vocabulary list and write down your top 10 most difficult vocab
words:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
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Other uses of the imperfect tense p. 219
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To describe _____________, ______________, and ______________ in the past.
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To talk about a past action when no ___________________ or _________________ is specified.
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To describe the ______________________ or ___________________ _____________________ when something else
happened or interrupted the ongoing action.
Reciprocal actions p.224
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Sometimes the reflexive pronouns _______ and _________ are used to express the idea “________
______________ _________________”
5A: Un acto heroico
Vocabulary- p. 262 Read the entire vocabulary list and write down your top 10 most difficult vocab
words:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
The preterite and imperfect: other uses p. 248
Había and hubo are forms of haber and both mean “there was, there were”
Había is used to ______________________________________________________________________________.
Hubo is used to say __________________________________________________________________________.
The preterite and imperfect tenses may both be used in a single sentence.
Use the imperfect:
Use the preterite:
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These verbs are often used in the imperfect to describe states of being:
1.
5.
2.
6.
3.
7.
4.
The preterite of double-vowel verbs: oír, leer, creer, and destruir p.250
Oír
Creer
Leer
Destruir
Speaking and Essays- You will not receive the specific speaking prompts in advance.
You will be called up at random in small groups and be assigned one of the following themes to talk
about:
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Childhoods (4A)
Holidays (4B)
Accidents and Natural disasters (5A)
In order to prepare for this midterm, try to come up with some possible questions and answers and
practice speaking with your classmates. Also, make sure you comment on what other people said (i.e. Me
too! Me neither! What a shame! Really? You don’t say! Etc.)
I will pick students and themes at random and have you speak in small groups at my desk.
These prompts will also be similar to your essay prompts. Both speaking and essay prompts are in
English. You must complete the tasks in Spanish.
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4A: Childhood theme (p. 185-209) Write down 3 possible prompts and answers as well as some
comments. Use your textbook as a resource.
1.
2.
3.
4B: Holidays (p. 210-235) Write down 3 possible prompts and answers as well as some comments. Use
your textbook as a resource.
1.
2.
3.
5A: Accidents/Natural Disasters (p. 238-263) Write down 3 possible prompts and answers as well as
some comments. Use your textbook as a resource.
1.
2.
3.
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Essay: You will not be given the specific essay prompt, however, one of the essay prompts has to do with
childhood, holidays and relatives. Using Chapters 4A and 4B, practice writing at least 10 sentences below
based on the prompts you wrote.
4A/4B- Write a 10-sentence essay
5A- The other essay will have to do with natural disasters and the news coverage. Using the prompts you
came up with practice writing at least 10 sentences below.
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Short Answer: You will have to answer questions in a complete sentence.
Make sure you know the following 11 question words in Spanish.
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What?
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To where?
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How?
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From Where?
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Who?
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Which?
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With whom?
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Why?
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How much/many?
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When?
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Where?
Now come up with 5 questions and answers for each Chapter. Refer to the textbook activities listed next
to each chapter for ideas. Create at least one original question for each chapter.
3B- p. 162 act. 5, p. 165 act. 11, p.175 ¿Y tú qué dices?
1Q.
1A.
2Q.
2A.
3Q.
3A.
4Q.
4A.
5Q.
5A.
4A- p. 197 act. 18,
1Q.
1A.
2Q.
2A.
3Q.
3A.
4Q.
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4A.
5Q.
5A.
4B- p. 218 act. 9, p. 222 act. 15
1Q.
1A.
2Q.
2A.
3Q.
3A.
4Q.
4A.
5Q.
5A.
5A- p. 247 act. 11, p. 249 act. 14, p. 253 act 21
1Q.
1A.
2Q.
2A.
3Q.
3A.
4Q.
4A.
5Q.
5A.
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Listening and Reading: In your etext, go to the study guide pages for chapters 3B, 4A, 4B and 5A.
Complete the listening and reading activities and write your answers below.
3B p. 181
Listening-
Reading-
4A p. 209
Listening-
Reading-
4B p. 235
Listening-
Reading-
5A p. 263
Listening-
Reading-
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