Actividad 1 AUDIO. 1. Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay. 2. Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay. 3. Honduras, Panamá, Nicaragua. 4. México, Puerto Rico, España

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1 AUDIO Actividad 1 As an icebreaker for the first week of school, a teacher asks his students to draw a poster that describes him or her. Listen as each student describes him- or herself and match each description to one of the bio-posters below. Write the corresponding number underneath the poster. You will hear each description twice Actividad 2 As a second-year Spanish student, David is helping in the school counselor s office during the first week of school. As Spanish-speaking students enroll, he asks their name and nationality. Listen to each conversation, then circle the native country of the Spanish-speaking student. You will hear each conversation twice. 1. Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay 2. Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay 3. Honduras, Panamá, Nicaragua 4. México, Puerto Rico, España 5. El Salvador, República Dominicana, Venezuela Audio Activities Para En la empezar escuela 1

2 AUDIO Actividad 1 As an icebreaker for the first week of school, a teacher asks his students to draw a poster that describes him or her. Listen as each student describes him- or herself and match each description to one of the bio-posters below. Write the corresponding number underneath the poster. You will hear each description twice Actividad 2 As a second-year Spanish student, David is helping in the school counselor s office during the first week of school. As Spanish-speaking students enroll, he asks their name and nationality. Listen to each conversation, then circle the native country of the Spanish-speaking student. You will hear each conversation twice. 1. Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay 2. Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay 3. Honduras, Panamá, Nicaragua 4. México, Puerto Rico, España 5. El Salvador, República Dominicana, Venezuela Audio Activities Para En la empezar escuela 1

3 AUDIO Actividad 3 After Alicia enrolls at the counselor s office, David offers to show her to her first class. As he walks her to class, he points out his friends to her and tells her what each is doing. Match the pictures with each description of his friends. You will hear each description twice. A. B. C. D. E. 1. E 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B 2 Audio Activities Para empezar

4 WRITING Actividad 4 Look at the people pictured. Choose two adjectives from the box to describe each person or group of people and write them on the blanks provided. You may use each adjective more than once. Don t forget to change the adjective endings as necessary! alto guapo paciente atrevido impaciente reservado bajo inteligente serio deportista joven sociable estudioso ordenado trabajador gracioso viejo Answers will vary but should agree in gender with the subject Writing Activities Para empezar 3

5 WRITING Actividad 5 Read the descriptions of the new students below and then write a complete sentence to describe each of them. Use at least three different adjectives in each sentence. 1. Marisol trabaja con niños que tienen mucha energía. Ella tiene 24 años y tiene muchos amigos. Answers will vary. 2. Gabriel tiene 29 años y es profesor de italiano. Él estudia mucho y trabaja 12 horas al día. También corre mucho y le encanta montar en bicicleta. 3. Juanita y Nicolita son amigas. Ellas hablan por teléfono todas las noches. Las dos tienen el pelo bonito y largo, y estudiaron en universidades muy buenas de Boston. 4. A David y a Linda les gusta jugar al tenis todas las semanas. También trabajan mucho en la casa y en el jardín. Les gusta pintar y tocar el piano. 5. Cómo eres tú? 4 Writing Activities Para empezar

6 WRITING Actividad 6 Some students at school are talking about the things they and their families do on the weekends. Look at each sequence of pictures and tell what the subject does, using the present tense. esquía en las montañas, estudia (lee libros), toca la guitarra y 1. Ramiro canta. cantamos, jugamos al tenis y vemos la tele. 2. Mi familia y yo dibujo, hablo por teléfono y escribo composiciones (cartas). 3. Yo corren, leen revistas y montan en monopatín. 4. Patricia y Chucho Writing Activities Para empezar 5