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This bundle include the ten guided notes pages I use to walk my students through the Preterite vs. Imperfect. For younger students these notes pages may stretch out over several months, but for older students they can be used as a quick review. Also included are teacher copies of each notes page with all the blanks filled in. I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use

This is a project that can be used at several different levels to culminate a Preterite vs. Imperfect unit in Spanish class. This file contains a three page handout to give to the students and includes instructions, resources, a rubric, and a graphic organizer to begin brainstorming. The project is simple: tell me a story. Students have the option of either thinking of something that really happened to them or coming up with a fictional story (I typically ask students who choose this option to

This half-page worksheet helps students practice the verb "haber" (hubo or había) in the Preterite and the Imperfect in Spanish. It can be used as either homework or as an in-class activity.

This is an activity I use in class to practice the use of Preterite and Imperfect. The text is a version of the Three Little Pigs that I wrote, using all verbs that could be understood by beginning/intermediate Spanish students. I have students work with a partner to read the story out loud. One partner reads one paragraph and then they switch. After each paragraph, students discuss what they think happened and also try to figure out some of the blanks on the side (based on their familiarity w

This is a big bundle of all the resources I've created for Preterite vs. Imperfect over the years. I call it "Preterite vs. Imperfect: tales, tools, and tradecraft" because it includes stories with fictional characters, all kinds of tools to present and practice the topic, and many tricks I've learned over the years (supposedly the term "tradecraft" nowadays only refers to what spies do, but I feel like sometimes what teachers do is similar--trying to make students think they are doing one thing

This file contains one video, which tells the story of two fictional characters (Peter Preterite and Irwin Imperfect), along with a one-page pdf document with the same text as the video (to be used as a handout). It was inspired by a major flop of a lesson during my first year of teaching. I tried teaching Preterite vs. Imperfect in a very straightforward way and wasn't getting anything across to the students. Everyone left my classroom more frustrated that day, so I went home and tried to thi

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review the verbs ir, ser, ver, and dar in the Preterite Tense in Spanish. I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use the page as a study guide by covering up the info on the right and quizzing themselves with the main ideas on the left. NOTE: See my "Preterite vs. Imperfect Notes Bundle" for all notes pages in this un

This worksheet practices the Preterite vs. Imperfect in Spanish. Students read a sentence in English, then the sentence in Spanish with a blank and they must choose the correct form (Preterite or Imperfect) of the verb in parenthesis. NOTE: The worksheet has images of two fictional characters of mine - Peter Preterite and Irwin Imperfect. It can be used in conjunction with the story about them (see VIDEO: Preterite vs Imperfect Story - Peter Preterite and Irwin Imperfect) or you can simply ign

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review Preterite stem-changing verbs in Spanish. I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use the page as a study guide by covering up the info on the right and quizzing themselves with the main ideas on the left. The left margin is larger to allow for easy three-hole punching. NOTE: See my "Preterite vs. Imperfect No

This file includes 4 different simple PowerPoint presentations that have one verb on each slide (about 30 slides each), as well as a Microsoft Word file that describes in detail 5 different simple games I use in class to practice Preterite vs. Imperfect in Spanish. The PowerPoints are used as prompts in the games for students to try to translate verbs into/from the Preterite and Imperfect. There are many different ways to use these in class though. I hope this helps you find something new a

This one-page document has taken me several years to develop. It is the result of much trial and error in correcting student work in my Spanish classes. At first, I used to write in all the corrections out in words and phrases, which took forever and was very repetitive. Then I developed a code from A to Z with all the most common student errors, but without trying to make the letters correspond in any way to the correction they were indicating. Over the past year, I've revised the document s

This slideshow can be used to either introduce or review the Preterite vs. Imperfect in Spanish. It includes a clear overview of each tense, a description of when to use each (along with the lightning bolt and wave metaphor) as well as a practice section at the end to check for comprehension. NOTES: See video of this lesson available in my marketplace. Also, see the story of Peter Preterite and Irwin Imperfect that goes along with this overview and helps students visualize the difference betwe

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review Preterite regular verbs in Spanish. I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use the page as a study guide by covering up the info on the right and quizzing themselves with the main ideas on the left. Left margin is larger to allow for easy three-hole punching. NOTE: See my "Preterite vs. Imperfect Notes Bundle"

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review six of the irregulars verbs in the Preterite tense (half of the "dirty dozen"). This notes page focuses on those that have an "i" (hice, quise, etc.) or a "j" (dije, traje, etc.). I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use the page as a study guide by covering up the info on the right and quizzing themselves with

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review six of the irregulars verbs in the Preterite tense (half of the "dirty dozen"). This notes page focuses on those that have a "u" (tuve, estuve, pude, etc.) I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use the page as a study guide by covering up the info on the right and quizzing themselves with the main ideas on the le

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review the three irregular verbs in the Imperfect tense in Spanish. I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use the page as a study guide by covering up the info on the right and quizzing themselves with the main ideas on the left. Left margin is larger to allow for easy three-hole punching. NOTE: See my "Preterite vs

This in an activity I do in class to practice recognition of Preterite Tense verbs in Spanish using the song "Todo Cambió" by Camila (YouTube). This is what I typically do for the lesson. First, I do a listening challenge game between the two or three different class periods. Before handing out the lyrics page, I have students listen to the song (if the music video is appropriate, I let them watch it as they listen). I tell them to write down all the Preterite tense verbs that they hear. When

This quiz is a harder, more comprehensive assessment of the students' knowledge of Preterite vs. Imperfect in Spanish. It would be good to use after several days/weeks of practice (depending on the level).

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review Preterite vs. Imperfect in Spanish. The symbols and images used on the page go along with a story I tell about two characters I made up: Peter Preterite and Irwin Imperfect (see product in my store). However, the notes page still functions perfectly without reference to the story. I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can

This is the guided notes page I use to introduce/review regular verbs in the Imperfect Tense in Spanish. I like the "Cornell Style" notes with important info/questions along the left side and details for students to fill in along the right side because students can later use the page as a study guide by covering up the info on the right and quizzing themselves with the main ideas on the left. Left margin is larger to allow for easy three-hole punching. NOTE: See my "Preterite vs. Imperfect