1. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE? La tapa:

2. UNIDAD 2A Subjects and Subject Pronouns

3. Cornell Notes Essential Question:  What is a subject and a subject pronoun? Essential Understanding:  Why do I need to know how to identify the subject/subject pronoun?

4. Los sujetos The subject of a sentence is who or what is doing the action.  Ex) Michael walks his dog every morning.  Ex) The tree fell over in the big storm.  Ex) My friends and I are going to a movie.  Ex) Lauren plays on the basketball team. Ask yourself: Who or what is doing the action?

5. Subject pronouns The subject pronoun takes the place of the subject in a sentence.  Ex) Michael walks his dog.  He walks his dog.  Ex) The tree fell over.  It fell over.  Ex) My friends and I are going to a movie.  We are going to a movie.  Ex) Lauren plays on the team.  She plays on the team.

6. yo tú él ella usted nosotros nosotras vosotros vosotras ellos ellas ustedes

7. Subject pronouns 1 st person  yo, nosotros, nosotras 2 nd person  tú, vosotros, vosotras, usted, ustedes 3 rd person  he, she, they

8. A practicar… Who/what is the subject of the following: 1. James ran 4 miles yesterday. 2. Peter and I like to fish. 3. Maria walks to school every day. 4. Mr. Williams is a great teacher. 5. Do you play football? 6. Elena and Marcos are making cookies.

9. A practicar… Now, replace the subjects with the subject pronoun: 1. James ran 4 miles yesterday. 2. Peter and I like to fish. 3. Maria walks to school every day. 4. Mr. Williams is a great teacher. 5. Do you play football? 6. Elena and Marcos are making cookies.