Capítulo 6

3. Lección 56: Practice of expressing daily activities and routine

In today's lesson, we will continue practicing expressing activities that we do as part of our daily routine orally.  Also, we will practice writing a small description about our daily routine.

¿Qué haces en un día típico?

En un día típico, yo me levanto a las 7 de la mañana y voy a la universidad.

To express activities that we do, and we get the results of it, we use reflexive verbs (because the result reflects on us). Reflexive verbs allow us to express activities that we do to ourselves, such as waking up, taking a shower, etc. 

Student's Learning Outcomes (SLOs) as stated in our syllabus:

Students will be able to:

1.2 Exchange information on a variety of topics concerning daily life including personal relationships, entertainment, shopping, travel, and health.

4.2 Write short compositions in the target language on a variety of familiar topics.

-Discuss my daily routine. (CO 1,4)

What to do?
1. Read Sección 2: Los verbos reflexivos, in the textbook.

2. Complete the following activities:

* Actividad 11. Los productos personales is also available in your textbook, Sección 2: Los verbos reflexivos


Lesson activity: Writing a small paragraph about our daily routine

Describe tu rutina diaria: ¿Qué haces en un día típico?
* Use the following words to organize your description:

Primero: first
Luego: then
También: also
Después: after
En la tarde/En la noche: in the afternoon/at night
Por ultimo: at last
* Include at least 10 activities you do in a typical day

Preparing your description

a) Think about what activities you do every day and write them down using complete sentences.

For example:

Ir: Yo voy a la universidad.

If you do not know that verb in Spanish, you could use an online dictionary, such as wordreference.com to find out how to express that verb.

b)  Organize your description.
What do you do first, second? You could also mention the time you do those activities.

For example:
- Primero, yo me levanto a las 6 de la mañana. Luego, yo desayuno.

c) Write your routine respecting writing conventions, such as starting your sentences with capital letter, using accent marks and special characters.


3. For more practice, complete activities in Pressbooks:                                                 Actividad 12. Preguntas personales                                                                 Actividad 14. ¿Cómo te pones?


4. Practice Questions: Now you practice by answering the following questions in writing and orally.

Listen to this example and after practice describing your routine orally:

 ¿Qué haces en un día típico?



En un día típico, primero yo me levanto a las 7 de la mañana. 
Luego desayuno. También me ducho y me pongo la ropa. 
Después estudio y voy a la universidad. 
En la noche como, escucho música y por último me acuesto a las 11 de la noche.

¿Te afeitas todos los días?
¿A qué hora te duermes?
¿Te pones nervioso en los exámenes de español?