Story script to target -AR imperfect verb conjugations

Hey amigos, I’ve got a new script for you! And guess what?? It TARGETS -AR imperfect conjugations! Yes, folks…this script here will provide your students with some good ol’ comprehensible, targeted input! Update: click to read more!

EL REBELDE

CORE VOCABULARY

se quejaba de – s/he or I complained about

a partir de ese momento – from that moment on

aguantaba el comportamiento – tolerated the behavior

PLOT OVERVIEW:

The main character is always late somewhere. Lots of people complain. His/her behavior is tolerated by an authority figure for a long time. Eventually, the authority figure yells at the main character. From then on, the main character arrives late and then engages in an additional bad behavior once there. The cycle repeats until finally the main character is arriving late and then doing lots and lots of naughty things until some kind of resolution is reached.

CLASS DECIDED DETAILS:

• Identity of main character
• Regular event to which main character arrives late
• Identity of authority figure
• 3+ bad behaviors of main character *try to stick to -ar verbs—see ideas below!
• Complaints from other attendees
• Reasons that authority figure tolerates bad behavior

SCRIPT:

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LOCATION IDEAS:

• church
• (x) class
• work

BAD BEHAVIOR IDEAS:

• Gritaba (erráticamente, románticamente) en (alemán, japonés, etc.)
• Practicaba (el tenis, el fútbol, etc.)
• Jugaba a Candy Crush a todo volumen
• Tocaba (la guitarra, el piano, etc.)
• Caminaba en círculos enfrente del (pastor)
• Llamaba a 911
• Se comunicaba con (espíritus, extraterrestres, etc.)
• Hablaba con sus amigos
• Escuchaba (música en su iPhone)
• Bailaba (en un bikini, música sexy, etc.)

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