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A2.22 (Spanish lesson): Mixing up the past

Mezclando el pasado

A2.22 (Spanish lesson): Mixing up the past

Learning goals:

  • Situation: Narra historias del pasado (Narrate stories from the past)
  • Situation: Hablar sobre el pasado (Talk about the past )
  • Verb: Traer (to bring) - Pretérito indefinido, indicativo (Simple past, indicative)
  • Verb: Traer (to bring) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Andar (to walk) - Pretérito indefinido, indicativo (Simple past, indicative)
  • Verb: Andar (to walk) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Venir (to come) - Pretérito indefinido, indicativo (Simple past, indicative)
  • Verb: Venir (to come) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Grammar: ¿El pretérito imperfecto o el pretérito indefinido? (The imperfect tense or the preterite tense?)
  • Culture: "Dolor y Gloria": Redescubriendo el Pasado ("Pain and Glory": Rediscovering the Past)

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

Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

Listening materials

Video, audio, exercises and worksheets available.

A2.22.1 A Walk with Surprises

Pedro y Ana caminan juntos y hablan sobre un cuento lleno de sorpresas.

(Pedro and Ana walk together and talk about a story full of surprises.)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

A2.22.2 Spanish grammar: The imperfect tense or the preterite tense?

(Brief explanation of the difference between the imperfect past tense and the simple past tense.)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

A2.22.3 Cuento corto: El Personaje Misterioso

A2.22.3 Spanish short story: The Mysterious Character

Historia sobre un personaje misterioso que aparece y desaparece en un bosque.

(Story about a mysterious character that appears and disappears in a forest.)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

A2.22.4 Spanish culture: "Pain and Glory": Rediscovering the Past

Descubre "Dolor y Gloria" de Pedro Almodóvar, una película sobre la vida y el cine. Ideal para conocer la cultura española.

(Discover 'Pain and Glory' by Pedro Almodóvar, a film about life and cinema. Ideal for getting to know Spanish culture.)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes