Imperfect+tense

Before and after pictures to compare Imperfect to Present user:burgeramy

I did this activity with my Spanish II classes, and they enjoyed it & were very successful with it. I set a timer for 5-7 minutes and gave each student a command in Spanish, and they had to keep doing what I told them to do until the timer went off. The commands were things like walk around the room, do the macarena, give high-fives to everybody, draw flowers on the board, etc. Once everyone was doing something, I asked the class (in Spanish), "What is so and so doing?" and they answered in Spanish, and I did this until the time ran out. Then I explained to them that the timer going off was the preterite interrupting the imperfect. Imperfect tells us what was going on when the timer went off, etc. I reminded them that we can use the imperfect to say "So and so //was walking//" or "They //were playing,//" etc. Then they wrote down as many things as they could remember that people were doing when the timer went off, and then we talked about what they had written. They had fun doing silly things and everyone was participating...the only things I did differently in 1st and 3rd hour were to increase the time on the timer (5 min seemed too short), and told them that they needed to pay attention to what everyone else was doing (I told my 1st hour this, but I emphasized it more with the second class). Other than that it went well and was a fun way to show the difference between preterite and imperect. Here is the link where I found it on FLTEACH: [|Imperfect idea] user:AmyBas
 * Practicing describing what was going on/what people were doing**

Students wrote down two things that were true about their childhood and one thing that was false, then they shared their sentences with other classmates, who had to guess which one was the lie. Then I had some students share with the whole class and we tried to guess. My students really got into this & were more willing to speak Spanish an they usually are, so it worked great! user:AmyBas
 * Communicative Practice -- Two truths & a lie**

I created this powerpoint for students to make up the childhood of celebrities. The students really enjoyed it. Listen to the people they talk about or TV show character to possibly change people. user:gerouxje
 * Como Era las personas famosas?**



=**Imperfect Story Book**= Materials Needed: Large pieces of construction paper, sissors, glue and markers Directions: Fold the large piece of paper into 1/8ths. Fold it together and cut in order to make a flip book. I will include pictures below to give a visual on how to make the booklet. On the description sheet the students are giving 4 specific examples of sentences they are going to complete with the imperfect and then add a picture to go along with that sentence or if they do not have pictures of their own I allowed them to use pictures off the internet because I couldn't assume all students have baby pictures that their parents would allow them to use.The description sheet and rubric are below and I will post some pictures as a visual. user:LRobertson1386