Lesson+Summary

**The Imperfect Tense**
Each student takes a slip of paper from the container held by the teacher at the door as they enter the classroom (each paper has a unique verb written on it). This will be used in the Round Robin activity to follow. The teacher will demonstrate the concept of the Imperfect by giving a short L2 speech with visuals and gestures to enforce the "feel" of the Imperfect tense.
 * __Introduction:__**

Cuando ** era **niño, mi hijo ** jugaba **con muñecos de peluche. When my son ** was (being) ** a child, he ** used to play ** with stuffed animals.

Student will brainstorm ideas of what they used to do when they were children. Students will pair with one other student and read their list of ideas, adding to their own list any new ideas from their partner. Diads will then share with the class, adding to their own lists any new ideas from other diads. Ideas from the current vocabulary will be added as well.
 * __Think, Pair, Share:__**

__**Guided Practice - Grammar:**__ The Imperfect tense is one of the "past" tenses. This form translates to English as "was/were (verb)ing" or "used to (verb)". Students will use mini whiteboards to practice forming various forms of verbs from the compiled list utilizing the Imperfect tense (all students turn their whiteboards to show the teacher their written response).

__ **Regular Verb Endings:** __
 * **-AR Verb Endings** ||
 * aba || ábamos ||
 * abas || abáis ||
 * aba || aban ||


 * **-ER & -IR Verb Endings** ||
 * ía || íamos ||
 * ías || íais ||
 * ía || ían ||

__ **Irregular Verb Forms:** __
 * **IR – to go** ||
 * iba || íbamos ||
 * ibas || ibáis ||
 * iba || iban ||


 * **VER – to see** ||
 * veía || veíamos ||
 * veías || veíais ||
 * veía || veían ||

The teacher will have students use the verb that they each selected at the door to create a phrase about what they used to do when they were children. The students will conduct a Round Robin in which they will aske each classmate ¿Qué hacías cuando eras niño(a)? , and they will record each answer on their paper. At the end, they will have 30-40 examples of different verbs in the Imperfect tense.
 * ** SER – to be (perm.) ** ||
 * era || éramos ||
 * eras || eráis ||
 * era || eran ||
 * __Verbal Practice:__**

__**Individual Production:**__ The students will create a project about their chidhood utilizing the Imperfect tense in Spanish. Students may choose from a PowerPoint slide show, a scrapbook, a home movie, a display board / collage, or any other prior-approved conceptualization of what they used to do or how they used to be when they were children. Any real childhood images must be copies (either digital or physical). At least 10 different verbs must be used in the Imperfect tense somewhere in the final product. The rubric is found on the following page.