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Exploring the Subjunctive Mood!
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This Student Activity Page provides you with all your in class assignments for August 9th through August 13th. The links and resources will help you learn the material more effectively. Group and individual assignments will done in class and will be due at the end of each class period.

**Monday: Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood: Why, How, and When is it Used? **

**//In Class: //** Visit and review the following Web sites to begin discovering the Subjunctive Mood. We will further explore how and when it is used together.

Introduction to Subjunctive: Difference between Indicative & Subjunctive How to Form the Present Subjunctive The WEIRDO: When to Use the Subjunctive When NOT to Use the Subjunctive

Pair up with a classmate and work on the practice exercises on StudySpanish.com. Choose 25 for the "Number of Questions", select "No" to exclude the Vosotros(as) form, and click "Make Quiz" to begin. Then, practice speaking with your partner using the subjunctive mood.

On your own, create two original sentences using subjunctive (one on importance/necessities and the other on opinions) to present and share with the class on the ELMO Projector. Then, explain why the subjunctive mood was used.

**Tuesday: Using the Subjunctive to Express Doubt, Influence, & Emotions **

**//In Class: //** View the following document The Spanish Subjunctive: Your Recipe for Successto learn about these specific uses.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Visit the following Web sites to learn about The Subjunctive and Doubt & Denial and Emotions.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Visit the following Web site to play a short quiz game and practice The Subjunctive and Doubt. Click on "Play this Game" to start. Then click "Check Answer" to check your answer and advance to the next question.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Pair up with a new classmate and work on the practice exercises on Spanish Language & Culture with Barbara Kuczun Nelson.Then, practice speaking with your partner using the subjunctive mood.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Form groups of four and compose a short PowerPoint presentation which expresses an emotional, exciting, or fearful story/event (invented or actually occurred in their lives). Use sentences with properly conjugated verbs in the subjunctive mood and include graphics to enhance your presentation.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Wednesday: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Using the Subjunctive to Make Recommendations, Suggestions, and Give** **Advice**

**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Before Class: //** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In Chapter 10 "!Tu Salud es Lo Primero!", study all the vocabulary on pg. 331 on "Las partes del Cuerpo Humano" (Parts of the Human Body), "Problemas de Salud" (Health Problems), etc. for an activity in class on Wednesday.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In Class: //** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Visit the following Website to review the "Top 25 Most Common Words" and "The Complete List" of body parts to advance you vocabulary on the parts of The Human Body.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Visit the following Web site and complete the following exercises in **Sección I.** of the following document in your notebook/ on a sheet of paper to better understand how to Use the Subjunctive to Make Recommendations, Suggestions, and Give Advice. Feel free to complete Secciones II., III. and IV. at home for extra practice. We will review the correct answers together and learn how commonly this concept is used in everyday life.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Pair up with a new classmate and work on practice exercises in Chapter 10 of the workbook. Then, practice speaking with your partner to make recommendations, suggestions, and give advice in the following situations: a friend struggling in a class, roommates trying to get along, and a relative going through a divorce.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The relationship between a patient and their doctor is quite personal. Therefore, when a doctor advices a patient on how to get better they use formal personal expressions as opposed to impersonal expressions, which refer to the population in general.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">You are one of the four doctors at Feneau's Family Practice & Ambulatory Care, and you all would like to create a newsletter to spread awareness on how to avoid getting sick and how to get better if you are already sick. Form groups of four and create a newsletter using Microsoft Word Newsletter Templates to recommend, suggest, and give advice to your patients in your office using the formal personal expressions. Be creative and include pictures and designs which will capture the attention of your patients and entice them to read the newsletter.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Thursday: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Using the Subjunctive in Impersonal Expressions and Making Recommendations, Suggestions, and Give Advice using Impersonal Expressions**

**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Before Class: //** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In Chapter 10 "!Tu Salud es Lo Primero!", study all the vocabulary on pg. 342 on "Los alimentos" (Food), "Las enfermerdades y El bienestar" (Diseases and Well-Being), etc. for an activity in class on Thursday.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In Class: //** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">View the following video "Tips (Consejos) Para Adelgazar: Controla Tu Peso" (Tips to Lose Weight: Control Your Weight) to start brainstorming some ideas of tips, tricks, and advice you would give someone on how to stay in shape and be healthy.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Visit the following Web site to learn about The Subjunctive and Impersonal Expressions. We will begin thinking of scenarios in which impersonal expressions would be used in everyday life.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Visit the following Web site to play a short quiz game and practice The Subjunctive and Impersonal Expressions. Click on "Play this Game" to start. Then click "Check Answer" to check your answer and advance to the next question.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Form groups of four and outline a skit in Inspiration on how to stay fit and/or how to get well when sick using the subjunctive mood and vocabulary. Be creative and include pictures, colors, and designs to enhance the design.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Friday: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Applying Subjunctive Impersonal Expressions to Real Life Scenarios**

**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Before Class: //** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Begin considering what role you will play and brainstorming what dialogue you will include in your script the brief skit you outlined in class on Thursday.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In Class: //** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In your groups, you will organize and role-play a brief skit on how to stay fit and/or how to get well using the subjunctive mood and the appropriate vocabulary. Be creative and original in order to capture your audience's attention.


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