Since we were making up for missed weeks, and since Jesus was still in to continuing on with the lesson we decided to go to the second activity about subject pronouns. This was another explaination page/introduction with examples and then a fill in the blank activity and one where you had to write your own sentances. One of the big differences between Spanish and English is of course the lack of gender for inanimate objects, just as it took some review, extra examples, and getting used to in Spanish I knew it would be a point to focus on when teaching English to Jesus.
I started of by giving him some examples of sentances using names or actual objects, then repeated the same sentances with subject pronouns. He got the drift of the grammar rule really quickly so we moved to the worksheet. As usual the questions there were a jumping point for a bunch of other related questions. We practiced using subject pronouns with examples of the things on the table/around us. (ex. Can you pass the cup to me...Can you pass it to me.) It's great when you can take a break from staring at a worksheet to bring the rest of the environment into the lesson. I'm sure this also makes the grammar points more memorable. I worked some more vocabulary into this worksheet so we took the time to review that during/afterwards. I also thought it would be a good idea to put in some common English names to get him used to pronouncing new words, this worked pretty well except for one example when he automatically read the name 'Peter' as 'Pedro' haha. So the plan is to review the new vocab and for us to meet up again next week...Si Dios nos da licencia. :-)
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