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Abstract
The students will be learning about one of the past tenses in
Spanish called the preterite. The basic components of the preterite
will
be discussed before the students learn the endings. For
example, they will learn that the preterite is used when something
has only happened one time
or a limited number of times in the
past. Once they realize that this isn't just a "Spanish thing", we
will move on to the presentation
of the endings through a Power
Point presentation. After practice through the textbook and Amsco
practice sheets, there will be a test given to be sure the students
know their
endings for the preterite. Once the lesson is
complete, the students will then be moving on to the imperfect tense
and then a lesson
comparing the two.
Lesson fundamental understandings:
Essential
Questions:
Standards
National Standards Students engage in
conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions. Students understand and interpret
written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Students show
evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for
personal enjoyment and enrichment. Students demonstrate
understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the
language studied and their own.
State Standards
Lesson
Prerequisite Skills
Students must understand the concept of conjugating a verb. They
will also have a concept of when to use the preterite before they
learn the specific endings.
Teacher
Information/Situations/Setting/Time There is much
practice needed when teaching the students the preterite tense. Any
time they are conjugating the verb in Spanish in a sentence,
they
should also be translating that sentence back to English. This way,
in my opinion, they begin to have an idea what they are talking
about.
They have something in their own language to compare it
to. This will also help the students when they get to the comparison
lesson with the imperfect.
By then, they will have some of the
comparisons sorted in their minds. The lesson should be presented as
you choose. I have included a Power Point presentation
that you
may want to use to help you present this concept.
Assessment
At this point, the assessment will be basic. You will need to
test for knowledge of the endings used with the preterite.
You
may also want to make sure they know the uses of the preterite,
although the emphasis on this point will come in the
last lesson
on the comparison with the imperfect.
The websites provided will
also be useful for practice.
Student Activity/Tasks An oral question
and answer period with students asking them what they did last year,
last night, yesterday or even this morning can be helpful.
Enrichment/Alternate Activity:
Cross-Curricular:
Technology
Requirements/Tools/Materials
The Preterite
Learn Spanish
A
computer with Windows 95 or 98 will be needed to run the Power Point
presentation.
You will also need some kind of projection device
such as a tvator and television or an
overhead projector and LCD
panel.
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