Spanish Geniuses Level 1
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Señora Gose has taught more than a thousand students how to become proficient in Spanish comprehension, speaking, grammar, literature, and culture. Now, you too can enjoy her classes on any device you like for just $10 per lesson.
Each Weekly Video Lesson Includes:
Weekly Printable notes
Weekly homework assignment packet to print
Weekly Audio/Video Lesson ("Class time")
Weekly Vocabulary practice (We call them Vocab Labs)
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Access to Video Lessons
You'll want to view one Lesson at a time and complete the daily assignments for that lesson. When finished, the next lesson is ready for you.
What do I need?
1) Just the video lesson - comes with a PDF ebook for your assignments.
2) Spanish Now Textbook. That's it! (Barron's Spanish Now Textbook) - https://amzn.to/36TF9eo
3) Optional to skip printing your own: Spanish Guidebook so you have a hard copy of the weekly assignments and notes. https://www.flipflopspanish.com/collections/high-school-adult/products/spanish-now-level-1-with-mp3-cd
Physical Textbook
Daily assignments from the textbook (Barron's Spanish Now Textbook include stories, fill-in-the-blank grammar exercises, personal, open-ended questions - as well as an answer key in the back!) and audio (listen and repeat, answering questions) of about 20 to 25 minutes each will help your student with practice, understanding, absorption, and confidence.
Purchase your Spanish Now textbook, and get started! https://amzn.to/3KjdYXK
Would you like to skip the printing each week? The whole year's Level 1 Guide Book is now available: https://www.flipflopspanish.com/collections/high-school-adult/products/spanish-geniuses-guide-book-level-1
In summary:
~Each Spanish video lesson is approx 20-25min. (pause and repeat as much as you like for 5 weeks).
~Daily Spanish assignments should take about 20-30 minutes per day (four days per week).
~Each Spanish Vocab Lab is approximately 5-7 minutes.
If you want to learn Spanish (and not just “check it off,”) you’ve come to the right place.
Spanish Geniuses, a division of Flip Flop Spanish (flipflopspanish.com), is instructed and created by Señora Gose.
Spanish Geniuses Level 1 integrates all the modalities of Spanish, including speaking, reading, writing, and listening, to help students achieve a basic level of proficiency and confidence in communicating in the Spanish language.
Each class, or video lesson, includes a section of downloadable notes and daily assignments in PDF format, and usually two separate videos. One video gives the class-time notes (approximately 20-30 minutes in length), the other dictates the targeted vocabulary for that week’s lesson (approximately 6-8 minutes in length).
The vocabulary and pronunciation exercises expect that the student will listen and repeat aloud frequently, in addition to reading their homework exercises aloud, and is targeted at acquiring non-regional Spanish, meaning the goal is to have an accent and word choices akin to being “Midwestern” in the United States. In short, upon completion, students will be understood and understand basic Spanish in all Spanish speaking countries.
Daily homework is estimated to take about 20 to 30 minutes, outside of the video viewing day, plus added time for vocabulary practice. Classes are designed to move forward weekly, but can be accomplished more quickly or slowly.
Spanish Geniuses provides 26 separate lessons allowing students to study the elementary concepts of pronunciation and grammar, vocabulary, semantics, syntax, dialogue, and culture, being lead through toward understanding via short, entertaining stories and conversations orally and in print in the textbook Spanish Now! Level One, published by Barron’s.
General topics covered by Textbook Units and Grammar notes: (quizzes and exams and some extra “holiday helps” will be inserted between some units)
1: Gender and Number, definite and indefinite articles, Spanish sounds
2: Vocabulary focus = city life vs. country life, review of articles, introduction to conjugation
3: Regular -ar conjugation, vocabulary theme = birthday
4: Regular -er and -ir verb conjugation, vocabulary theme = mystery party
5: Negation, theme = history class
6: Indefinite articles with negation, vocabulary = shopping/ food
7: Counting, time, day, months. Vocabulary = travel
8: Irregular verbs, vocabulary = sports, school
9: Prepositions, vocabulary = schedule, city activities
10: prepositions continued, vocabulary = gifts, holidays
10.5 FREE LESSON: VOCAB BINGO REVIEW
11: Uses of ser, vocabulary = basic inanimate objects, riddles
12: Uses of estar, vocabulary = sickness
13: Comparisons, vocabulary = emotional and physical descriptions
MIDTERM EXAM AND REVIEW
14: Larger numbers, vocabulary = adjectives in more detail
15: Comparison, vocabulary = summer camp
16: Command forms, vocabulary = maps and directions
17: Possessive Adjectives, vocabulary = class and student nouns and adjectives
18: Demonstrative Adjectives, vocabulary = house, neighborhood, animals condition
19: Adverbs, vocabulary = fairy tales
20: Stem changing verbs, vocabulary = luck, Infinitives, vocabulary = I want to, I have to
21: Prepositional Pronouns, vocabulary = repaso
22: Direct Object Pronouns
23: Indirect Object pronouns
24: The formation and use of gustar & Regular Preterite Tense Verbs
25: Irregular Preterite tense verbs, Reflexive Verbs
FINAL EXAM AND REVIEW
For more information please see our Spanish Geniuses FAQ page.
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Exclusive Live Spanish Group Practice and Tutoring Links By Month
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CENTRAL TIME ZONE - duration 30 minutes
TYPICAL Base MONTH Bonus Sessions Schedule:CENTRAL TIME ZONE - duration 30 minutes
Week 1: Monday @2pm + Friday @11am
Week 2: Tuesday @ 2pm
Week 3: Monday @ 2pm + Thursday @2pm
Week 4: Tuesday @2pm + Friday Game Day @11amDECEMBER:
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Spanish Geniuses Level 1 Pre-Lesson
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No textbook needed - print the homework and notes packet, push play, and enjoy learning Spanish at your own pace.
When you are ready to begin, purchase the textbook, Spanish Now! (You can click here: https://amzn.to/3KjdYXK)
and print as you go, or grab the Spanish Geniuses Guidebook: https://w... -
SGSG Level 1 Lesson 01: Gender, Number, Vowels +Vocab
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The very basics of Spanish - Manners, Colors, and the first foundation of Spanish Grammar.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 02: Verb Conjugation Intro, City vs. Country Life
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An introduction to Spanish Verb Conjugation, how to use Sentence starters and fun vocabulary comparing city and country life in a simple Spanish story, includes audio
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 03: Regular -ar Conjugation, Birthday Vocab
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The first bit of verb memorization. Giving statements in Spanish with -ar verbs. Birthday themed vocabulary as a little boy experiences his party preparations in a simple Spanish story. Audio included
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 04: Forming Questions, Mystery Party Vocab
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How to form sentences in Spanish. Asking and answering questions, and using your own decoding to decipher new Spanish vocabulary. Using context clues in Spanish versus English.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 05: How to Negate, -er/-ir conjugation, History Class Vocab
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Being negative in Spanish! A funny class lesson story in Simple Spanish, includes audio and skit reading.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 06: Indefinite Articles, Shopping & Food Vocab
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How to use UNO in Spanish! Spanish Vocabulary from the grocery store, making lists and amounts.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 07: Indefinite articles, negation
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How to NO one is doing something, or you have NOTHING or NONE of an item in Spanish.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 08: Time-Telling, Sports and School Vocabulary
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Telling time in Spanish - Spanish Days, Spanish months, Spanish seasons and clothing options
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 09: Tener Phrases, Prepositions, Vocabulary
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Tener phrases, Clothing, Weather Phrases in Spanish, Days, Months and Seasons Review
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 10: Go-Go Verbs, Saber & Conocer, History Class Vocabulary
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Do Lesson 10 FIRST, and THEN Lesson 10.5 for the Vocab Exam preparation and Studying after at least a week.
Lesson 11 is a new lesson.
You can take your vocab exam NOW or wait and take it in conjunction with your midterm on the Fall Break. (Week/Lesson 12) -
SGSG Level 1 Lesson 11: Small words: De, A, acabar de
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Use Lessons/Videos labeled 10.5 to provide a break between the two exams, or continue with Lessons 10-11 and THEN complete the two semester exams.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 12: MidTerm: Semester Review Session & Exam (Oral/Written)
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This is typically taken over two to three weeks - one to two weeks to review, and then the exam, then Christmas break.
If you haven't taken your first semester Vocab Exam (Lesson 10.5) do that now as well, before continuing on with Lesson 14 -
SGSG Level 1 Lesson 14: MidTerm Exam Answer Key + New Lesson
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This is an important part of your Spanish Education. Be SURE to review, correct, and copy your corrections on to your own notes before continuing on to the next semester.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 15: Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers, The Verb Ir
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How to count in Spanish and give the order of things in Spanish.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 16: The Imperative (Subjunctive), formal Commands
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Being BOSSY in Spanish... politely.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 17: Possessive Adjectives
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How to say what is yours, his, and theirs in Spanish.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 18: Demonstrative Adjectives + Vocab: House Words & Adj.
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This, these, that and those in Spanish.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 19: Opposites & Stem Changers Verbs
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Opposite vocabulary and Stem Changers Verbs. Not the most fun lesson, but important.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 20: Prepositional Pronouns & Second Semester Vocab Exam
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How to prepare for you Spanish Vocabulary Exam for Semester 2, and the difference between SUBJECT and OBJECT pronouns in Spanish.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 21: Direct Objects & Vocab Exam Answer Key
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How to say IT in Spanish with direct objects. Includes the Semester 2 Spanish vocab exam answer key.
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 22: The preterite Tense, News Vocabulary
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Learning the new charts - Spanish Preterite Verb Tense
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SGSG Level 1 Lesson 23: Irregular Preterite Tense Verbs
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Don't forget to look up Señor Jordan's Youtube song on the yo form for the irregular preterite tense Spanish verbs.
Only ONE chart, (hooray) but all the go-go verbs are irregular in Present tense, AND Preterite tense