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A2.18 (Spanish lesson): Childhood and memories

Infancia y recuerdos

A2.18 (Spanish lesson): Childhood and memories

Learning goals:

  • Situation: Hablar sobre el pasado lejano y describir recuerdos (Talk about distant past and describe memories)
  • Situation: Habla sobre tu infancia (Talk about your childhood)
  • Situation: Pretérito imperfecto (Pretérito imperfecto)
  • Verb: Ser (to be) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Vivir (to live) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Trabajar (to work) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Decir (to say) - Condicional simple, indicativo (Simple conditional, indicative)
  • Verb: Pedir (to ask) - Condicional simple, indicativo (Simple conditional, indicative)
  • Verb: Ver (to see) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Ir (to go) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Comer (to eat) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Grammar: El Pretérito Imperfecto (The Imperfect Past Tense)
  • Culture: "Chicos en la playa": el retrato de la juventud, la inocencia y el pasado ("Kids on the Beach": the Portrait of Youth, Innocence, and the Past)

Learning module 3 (A2): El buen pasado (The good old past)

Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

Core vocabulary (12)

 Morir (to die) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Yo muero de risa cuando descubro un chiste bueno.

(I die of laughter when I find a good joke.)

Morir

(To die)

 Salir (to leave / to go out) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Ella sale temprano para subir la montaña.

(She leaves early to climb the mountain.)

Salir

(To leave / to go out)

 La infancia: The childhood (Spanish)

Siempre echo de menos mi infancia porque era muy divertida.

(I always miss my childhood because it was very fun.)

La infancia

(The childhood)

 El juguete: The toy (Spanish)

Cuando era niño, tenía un juguete favorito.

(When I was a child, I had a favourite toy.)

El juguete

(The toy)

 La memoria: The memory (Spanish)

Las memorias de mi infancia me recordaron cuánto disfrutaba jugar con mis amigos.

(The memories of my childhood reminded me how much I enjoyed playing with my friends.)

La memoria

(The memory)

 El recuerdo: The memory (Spanish)

El recuerdo de mi infancia es muy divertido.

(The memory of my childhood is very amusing.)

El recuerdo

(The memory)

 El bebé: The baby (Spanish)

El recuerdo del bebé jugando con su primer juguete es inolvidable.

(The memory of the baby playing with their first toy is unforgettable.)

El bebé

(The baby)

 El adolescente: The teenager (Spanish)

Las adolescentes se apreciaban porque compartían memorias increíbles de la infancia.

(The teenagers appreciated each other because they shared incredible childhood memories.)

El adolescente

(The teenager)

 El adulto: The adult (Spanish)

Recuerdo cómo los adultos siempre tenían historias sorprendentes para contar.

(I remember how the adults always had amazing stories to tell.)

El adulto

(The adult)

 La nostalgia: The nostalgia (Spanish)

Siento nostalgia cada vez que vuelvo a mi antigua casa.

(I feel nostalgic every time I return to my old house.)

La nostalgia

(The nostalgia)

 Echar de menos: To miss (Spanish)

Cuando era niño, siempre echaba de menos a mi abuela cuando se iba de viajes.

(When I was a child, I always missed my grandmother when she went on trips.)

Echar de menos

(To miss)

 Divertido: Fun (Spanish)

Los días en el campamento eran más divertidos que cualquier otra cosa que hacíamos.

(The days at the camp were more enjoyable than anything else we did.)

Divertido

(Fun)

Word list (30)

Core vocabulary (12): Verbs: 2, Adjectives: 1, Interjection: 1, Nouns: 8,
Context vocabulary: 18

Spanish English
Brillaba Was shining
Capturaba He captured
Cenábamos We were having dinner
Divertida Fun
Divertido Fun
Echaba de menos He always missed
Echar de menos To miss
Echo de menos I miss
El adolescente The teenager
El adulto The adult
El bebé The baby
El juguete The toy
El recuerdo The memory
Era I was
Escenas Scenes
Escuchábamos We listened
Ibas You used to go
Juguetes Toys
La infancia The childhood
La memoria The memory
La nostalgia The nostalgia
Morir To die
Morían Were dying
Muere Dies
Mueren Die
Os quedabais You stayed
Salgo I go out
Salir To leave / to go out
Salías You used to leave
Veíais You saw