NOTAS LEXICALES...SUFIJO -ISTA

-ISTA: EXPRESSES THE ACTION THAT A PERSON DOES.

Ex: Taxista (conduce un taxi)
      Periodista (escribe en el periódico)
      Dentista (trabaja con los dientes de los pacientes)
      Turista (hace turismo)

Entra en la caja de cometarios cuál tu crees que será el nombre de las personas que realizan las siguientes actividades: (Post a comment with your ideas of the name of the person who performs the following activities):

 

 

NOTAS LEXICALES...SUFIJOS

- ía (Tienda de...store of...)

FLORES          

FLORERíA

RELOJ

RELOJERíA

ZAPATOS

 

ZAPATERíA

comment here IN SPANISH if you know where you can buy the following items:

CARNE...........PIZZA

LIBROS..........MEDICINAS

MANTELES........PESCADO

MUEBLES.........PAN

CAFé............CAMISAS

 

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LEE ESTE ARTICULO PERIODISTICO.

FUTURO 'IR+A+INFINITIVE"

Do you want to know and learn how to use the near future in Spanish? Listen and sing this song with Mac Anthony. I invite you to tell me what the lyric says. Remember that IR+A+INFINITIVE structure is the English TO BE+GOING TO+INFINITIVE.

Come on! Give it a try! And post a comment! Gracias

 

PAPER 2 AND VERBAL TENSES

One of the questions you need to answer to yourself before start writing your TYPE OF TEXT is:

The examiner and the markscheme will check for the USE OF THE RIGHT VERBAL TENSE: PRESENT, PAST OR FUTURE.

Here some advices that will help you to determine and use the right tense of the verbs.

EXPECTATIONS FOR PAPER 1=TEXTS HANDLING

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understand straightforward information that is explicitly stated

skim and extract key points from straightforward texts

distinguish between key points and supporting detail in straightforward texts

understand some details of the text

understand some ideas implicit in the argument

develop ways of coping with unfamiliar language and situations

identify basic elements of genre, purpose and audience

understand the vocabulary of the instructions in examination questions

understand and use a variety of tenses, interrogative words and pronouns.

The text-handling responses are assessed according to a paper-specific markscheme. The maximum mark for paper 1 is 40. The student is assessed for his or her comprehension of the texts, not for language skills. However, if the language used by the student impairs the communication and makes the answer incomprehensible or ambiguous, no mark can be gained for that answer.

IB SPANISH AB LAST YEAR EXAMS (NOV. 2012)

Do you want to know about the IB Spanish Ab exam from last year? Take a look and try to complete them to see how prepared you are. But if you have any difficult come for help.

Prueba 1= preguntas

Prueba 1= lecturas

Prueba 2= escritura

Do you want to try doing the ATRAPO first, for Prueba 2 = escritura (writing)? Go ahead an enter your comment.

A= author

T= type of text (write the parts of the format)

R= Register (formal/Usted or informal/tú)

A= Audience (who is going to read/listen my text?)

P= Purpose (why I am writing this?, the answer use to be a verb: to inform, to advise, to persuade, to announce, to express my feelings, to recommend...)

0= Vocabulary (from what topic you will get words/terms? Education, health, pastimes, nature, etc)

COHESIVE DEVICES

THEY ARE WORDS OR PHRASES USED TO CONNECT OR TRANSIT FROM ONE SENTENCE TO ANOTHER, THEY ARE USEFUL TO ORGANIZE THE SPEECH AND THEY GIVE ELEGANCE TO YOUR WRITING, SO USE THEM!

EX. First......................................................... Primero
        Then........................................................ entonces
        Finally ................................................... finalmente
        In conclusion ......................................... en conclusión
        But ......................................................... pero
        Sin embargo ..........................................  however
        So that ................................................... así pues

Some adverbs ending in - ly (-mente in Spanish), ex:  especialmente, principalmente, rápidamente,
etc.

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU USE THEM OR NOT...

HOW TO GIVE ADVICES IN SPANISH

HOW TO WRITE A NOTE/MESSAGE?

Make sure to include in your message

De: (From)

Para/A: (To)

Hora: (Time)...Fecha: (date)

Mensaje: (Message)

- an appropriate greeting

- introduce yourself

-ask how he or she is doing

- information required by the task

-give your phone number 

HOW TO WRITE AN INTERVIEW?

When you are writing an interview, make sure to include:

- Title (Título)
- Introduction (Párrafo introductorio)
- Greeting (Saludo: Bienvenido, ¿cómo está)
- Q & A (Preguntas y respuestas)  ¿CUáL ES...CUáL ES...CUáL ES...?
- Thank you expression (Agradecimientos)
- Conclusion (Conlusión)

See this sample based on the COMMON TASK previously presented.

RUBRICA PARA PRUEBA 2

COMMON TASK (DIARY)

CUANDO VAYAS A ESCRIBIR EN UN DIARIO, ASEGúRATE DE INCLUIR LAS SIGUIENTES FRASES, ELLAS SON MUY EFECTIVAS E IMPRESIONARáN POSTITVAMENTE AL EXAMINADOR DEL BI, !Y OBTENDRáS PUNTOS EN EL DESCRIPTOR SOBRE EL FORMATO!
 When you are going to write a diary entry in Spanish make sure to include the following phrases, they are very effective and they will impact positively the IB examiner, and you will get point for correct FORMAT.

Completa la siguiente actividad y entra tus comentarios en el blog. 

FECHA DEL EXAMEN (Thursday May 16)

COMMON TASK (TAREA COMUN)

This will be the common task for all type of texts we'll practice to write. Por favor, note that 60 will be now 50 (this is the MINIMUM words you must write). Remember, you might need to write MORE if you still need to include what has been asked in the TASK.

We'll change also the type of text (in bold font). At this time, let's model to write a FOLLETO (brochure) 

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TIPOS DE TEXTOS PARA PRUEBA 2

Based on your responses on the mock exam we are going to work together on DO'S and DON'TS on Prueba 2 (This is a test where you will need to write different types of texts.

MORE COMMON TEXTS HAVE BEEN:  

artículo (article)
anuncio (Advertisement)
blog (blog)
folleto (brochure)
Carta formal (formal letter)
Carta informal (Informal letter)
Correo electrónico (e-mail)
Diario (diary entry)
Entrevista (interview)
nota/mensaje (note/message)
postal (postcard)
presentación (presentation)

TEXTOS PARA PRUEBA 2

TEXTOS PARA PRUEBA 2