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Totally irregular preterite tense verbs Grammar in Context

Guided notes and contextualized texts and activities for Spanish classes

$3.00
Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate (Levels 2-4), Novice (Levels 1-2)
Formats
PDF
Pages
15 Pages
Duration
90-120 minutes

Teach your students the irregular stems and endings for tener, estar, decir, caber, hacer, andar, traer, saber, poner, poder, querer, and venir.

MATERIALS INCLUDED:

  • 2-page guided notes
  • an English-Spanish translation activity
  • a contextualized conjugation activity
  • A Spanish-language reading that features all 12 verbs
  • four post-reading activities to give targeted receptive and productive practice with the verb forms
  • Answer keys for everything
  • Teaching instructions

These notes are appropriate for a 90 minute block or two 45-minute days. I give them after exposing students to irregular preterite endings using Somos 2 Unit 6.

The storytelling unit and these notes are meant to be taught after the -AR preterite lesson, the -ER/-IR regular preterite lesson, the preterite stem change lesson, and the I-Y spelling change lessons.

WHAT IS GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT?

Grammar in Context lessons from The Comprehensible Classroom are designed to create opportunities for students to notice grammar patterns as they are used in context. Every Grammar in Context lesson includes brief guided notes in English about the grammar pattern, followed by at least one Spanish-language reading that includes many instances of the pattern at hand plus activities that draw students' attention to the role it plays in creating meaning.

Grammar in Context lessons are not designed to be grammar practice for students, nor are they expected to result in the mastery of a grammar concept. Grammar in Context is a more acquisition-focused approach to grammar instruction; noticing the ways in which unique linguistic features impact the overall meaning of an utterance.

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