Angela Bruno
ICC 523
Mini Project #3

Student will be able to:

  1. form the imperfect tense of all -ar, -er, and -ir regular verbs.
  2. form the imperfect tense of the three irregular imperfect verbs ser, ir and ver.
  3. use the imperfect and the preterite tense correctly in their writing.
  4. define vocabulary taken from an authentic text.

The lesson was created to help practice the imperfect tense vs. the preterite tense for my Spanish Level II class. They are learning how to form the imperfect tense of all ar, er, and ir verbs. They have three irregular verbs to learn (ser, ir and ver) as well. I have taken an authentic text in the form of a short story fable and used it to demonstrate uses of the imperfect tense vs. the preterite.

Index

A.  Pre-listening/Pre-reading
B.  Identify main elements
C.  Identify details
D.  Organize/revise main ideas/details
E.  Recreate text
F.  React to text/explore intertextuality

1.  Preparation: Students are going to preview the text both in the antes de leer and in the actual text of El cuento de la ranitas verdes. First, they will develop background knowledge through reading a brief explanation in the section antes de leer. Next, teacher will read the story aloud, followed by a silent reading by the students by him/herselves, lastly students will group together in partners to read the story again.
2.  Comprehension: Students are going to the identify unknown vocabulary by looking at the vocabulary page to help identfy meaning. Students are then going to identlfy main points of the fable through the comprehensión section underneath the reading.
3.  Interpretation: This section will be done in class by teacher lead questioning.
4.  Application: student will create their own fable in the past tense using both the imperfect and the preterite tenses.
5.  Extension: Student will then analyze their own creations and compare them to the authentic text. We will be sharing the stories amongst each other in class.