Quasimodo:• What is…– A noun?

• Person/place/thing/idea• Example: player – jugador, stadium -- estadio

– An adjective?• Describes a noun• Example: athletic – atlético, big -- grande

– An adverb?• Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb• Example: very – muy / a lot -- mucho

– A verb?• Action/state of being• Example: is – es / runs -- corre

• Give me an example in English and Spanish of each one!

El jugador es muy atlético.

El equipo corre mucho en el estadio.

Práctica con un diccionario:

• You look up the word “fast” on Spanishdict.com. You have 3 main options to chose from. – Rápido(a)– Ayuno (m)– Ayunar

• Just from looking at them, which do you think is a verb? Which is a noun? Which is an adjective?

• Which would use for the sentence “The player is fast.” ?

Which word would you use

for a sports net? (like

tenis, soccer, or volleyball would use)

Spanishdict.com

Which word would you use for “The team marched into the

stadium.” ?

Which would you use for “We are going to the game in

March.” ?

Project work time:

• You don’t have computers today – work on the rough draft of your essay.

• There are dictionaries up front. If you aren’t sure which word choice to go with ask me for help.MONDAY – work day with computers

TUESDAY – Rough draft due (just as pretty as the final draft!) – Peer editing dayWEDNESDAY – Work day with computersTHURSDAY & FRIDAY – Presentations.