Direct+Object+Pronouns

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Here is an activity I did that helps students see the difference between Direct Object Pronouns, Indirect Object Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns, using the song //Que vida la mia// by the Mexican group Reik. user:madisonb02

Here are a couple activities I used to teach/practice Direct Object Pronouns:

For the second part, I had written sentences on the back of each card that said "¿Quién tiene --?" I set it up so that someone would start by reading their question, and then the person who had that card had to answer "Yo (lo, la, los, las) tengo" and then read the question on the back of their card. If they did it right, it should go full-circle and end up back at the person who started the chain. I timed each of my classes and they had a lot of fun seeing how fast they could do it. And it was repetitive, so they heard the pattern a lot! Here is the sheet of pictures that I made: user:AmyBas
 * Practicing lo, la, los, las:** I cut out pictures of different nouns and wrote what each was, including the article, on the picture. For example, on a picture of a Christmas present, I wrote "el regalo." My smallest class has 13 students, so I made 13 of these pictures, and I handed them out to 13 students. For the first part of the activity, I asked the class, "¿Quién tiene --- ?, and filled in the blank with one of the nouns. The student who had the card with that noun had to answer "Yo (lo, la, los, las) tengo" and hold up the card. We went through all of the nouns once, and then I had them give their card away/switch cards with someone else.


 * Teaching/practicing me, te, nos:** I used the song "Fotografía" by Juanes and Nelly Furtado to teach this concept. It went over well, and they liked the song a lot. Here is the worksheet I made to go with it: [[file:Fotografía.doc]] user:AmyBas


 * Teaching/learning me, te, nos (with commands too)**: I used "Dimelo" by Enrique Iglesias. It has great examples of me, te in a variety of ways and also includes commands. [[file:Music Dimelo Commands and Direct Object pronouns.pptx]]user:sraluz

//Direct Object Pronoun Song to the Tune of If You're Happy & You Know It// - Fun way to teach direct object pronouns in Spanish (divide the class and have 1/2 sing the question and the other 1/2 sing the response) [|DOPSong.doc] user:chericem1

Each student gets one set of words to cut out including each direct object pronoun. Start out just saying a noun, and have them hold up or put to the front of their desk the direct object pronoun they would use to replace that word. Then start saying sentences. For example: Yo compro los zapatos. They would arrange their papers to say Yo los compro- it's a quick and easy way to figure out if they're getting the sentence structure or not. You can also say things in English and have them translate. I printed this on 2 colors of paper just to give another connection with the order of the words. Here's the version I used, just replace the verbs with whatever you're working on. user:richa521

I used Amy's DOP game "quien tiene" and used the following pictures. I have more students, so I added pictures. There are 36 pictures total here I think. To make this game work for more than one hour with a different amount of kids, you'll need to duplicate pictures. Figure out what your largest class is, and make sure you have that many pictures. Then, for the smaller class the last card skips to the very end (#1) So for a class of 33 as your largest, and 28 your smallest, you need 2 sets of card #28, one that goes to 29, and then one that goes back to the beginning to complete the game for that class. If confused, message me. user:cartierm

- An introduction to DOP that has students following along and walks them through the process. user:cartierm

Direct Objects Notes/Powerpoint, this shows the movement and highlights the DO. user:gerouxje