SPN 101: Mid-TERM Performances Friday March 01, 2013

SPN 101: Mid-Term Performances Viernes/Friday 01 Marzo, 2013

Using the sentences you have written so far in the semester and the grammar exercises, create with another classmate a performance SCRIPT: a dialogue/skit to be performed in front of class. This SCRIPT (in Spanish and English) will have questions and answers related to the content and grammar structures covered so far (see below). Be creative and reuse the sentences you have created and imagine a situation in which you use Spanish language to get to know someone.  Main Topic: GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE. Possible scenarios/sub-topics: getting to know a new student/person from a Spanish-speaking country in Owensboro, describing where you come from, what you study at Brescia University, and describing some members of your familia. The script needs to have a minimum of eight sentences/ 80 words. Write in English/Spanish the context of your script (a small summary of the situation for the dialogue/skit). See modelo below for a FINAL semester performance.  

Possible questions:

1. Buenos días/tardes/noches. ¿Cómo está hoy? (How are you (doing)?; 2. ¿De dónde es usted? (Where are you from?); 3. ¿Está usted cansada/o? ¿Por qué? (Are you tired? Why?); 4. ¿Qué estudia en la universidad? (What do you study at college?); 5. ¿Cómo se llama usted? (How do you call yourself?); ¿Cuál es su/tu nombre? (What is your name?) ¿Cuál es su apellido materno? (What is your mother’s last name?) ¿Cuál es su apellido paterno? (What is your father’s last name?) 6. ¿Cómo se escribe su nombre? (How do you write you name?); 7. ¿Cómo se escribe su apellido? (How do you write your last name?); 8. ¿Dónde vive usted? (Where do you live?); 9. ¿Trabaja? (Do you work?); 10. ¿Cuándo es su cumpleaños? (When is your birthday?); 11. ¿Cuál es su curso favorito? (What is your favorite course/subject (at college)?); 12. ¿Qué fecha es hoy? (What date is today?); 13. ¿Qué hora es por favor? (What time is it please?); 14 ¿Estudia biología? (Do you study biology?); 15. ¿Dónde come en la noche? (Where do you eat in the evenings?)        

GRAMMAR ESTRUCTURAS OR CONTENT SPN 101 Mid Semester
(1/2) Nouns and Definite and Indefinite Articles; (3) Verb SER in the present tense; (4) Descriptive Adjectives; (5) Cardinal Numbers 1-1000; (6) Time, days, dates, months, seasons, (7) Regular –AR, -ER, -IR verbs endings in the present tense; (8) Interrogative questions and negative forms; (9)Irregular present tense: verbs Group 1: “Yo”; (10) Uses of prepositions: “A” and “DE”.

Grading
This PERFORMANCE AND SCRIPT will be graded according to this rubric: RELEVANCE (20) (The script is connected to getting to know someone), CREATIVITY (30) (Students use different means (body, props, voice) to make an interesting and unique dialogue), LANGUAGE (40) (Students use clear pronunciation of words and intonation of sentences), and SCRIPT (10) (Students hand in a hard copy of script in Spanish and English).

Modelo (The following modelo is a FINAL performance of a group of BU students for the Spring 2011 semester. See the use of grammar structures indicated. Make sure you use the grammar estructuras and content used so far. Don’t write the estructuras or content used in your SCRIPT as below).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrAOOyYA-A&feature=youtube_gdata

Two students meet at a new student fiesta at Brescia University.

A: Hola, ¿Cómo te llamas? (Use of QUESTION WORD) (Hi. How do you call yourself)
D: Hola. Me llamo Diego. (I call myself Diego)
A: Me llamo Andrés. ¿De dónde es usted? (I call myself Andres. Where do you come from?)
D: Soy de Honduras. ¿De dónde es? (Use of SER for origin) (Use of “DE” origin) (I am from Honduras. Where are you from?)
A: Soy de Elizabethtown, KY. Do you speak Enlglish? (I am from Elizabethtown, KY)
D: No hablo inglés. (Negation of sentence) (I don’t speak English)
A: ¿Qué estudia en la universidad? (Use of –AR verb: ESTUDIAR) (What are you studying at college)
D: Estudio matemáticas. (I am studying math)
A: ¡Qué bueno! ¡Qué bueno! ¿Practica deportes? (That’s good! That’s good! Do you practice any sports?)
D: Si. Yo juego al golf en la Universidad de Brescia. ¿Y tú? (Yes. I play golf at BU. And you?)
A: Si, Yo corro para la Universidad de Brescia. ¿Por qué estás solo? (Yes, I run for BU. Why are you alone?)
D: Soy un estudiante nuevo. No tengo amigos. (I am a new student. I don’t have friends).
A: Soy TU AMIGO. ¿Quieres bailar? (I am YOUR FRIEND. Do you want to dance?)
D: Yo no quiero bailar porque no puedo bailar. (I don’t want to dance because I cannot dance)
A: Te puedo enseñar cómo. (I can teach you how)
D: No. No.
A: Sí, sí. Mueve tus caderas. Todo está en las caderas. Todo está en las caderas. (Yes, yes. Move your hips. Everything is in the hips. Everything is in the hips.)
D: Me siento tonto. (I feel silly.)
A: OK. ¿Vamos a ir a comer? (OK. Are going to eat?)
D: Sí, muchísimo… (Yes, a lot…)