1/3/12 Naciones y nacionalidades/América del sur

Hi intermediate Spanish class!

I apologize that lesson plans weren't posted the two weeks before holiday break since I was in South America. Students had a substitute from Colombia and continued to learn about South America, including important people, flags, identifying countries on the map and capitals. I am now officially back on track in terms of posting lessons.

In class today, students answered the following question:

Escribe 2 cosas que aprendiste en la clase de Karina (de Colombia, de banderas, capitales, personas, y geografia de América del sur)

We practiced past tense conjugations (see below) and students asked each other what they did over break. They talked with everyone and filled out the attached form.
Ej.: Estudiante a: ¿Qué hiciste durante las vacaciones? Estudiante b: Fui a Nueva York.
To conjugate in the past for regular verbs, drop the ending (ar/er/ir) and add the following endings:
-ar (é, aste, ó, amos, aron)
-er/ir (í, iste, ió, imos, ieron)

I explained that for my break I went to South America and did a cruise. Students were paired up and received attached worksheet. We went to the computer lab and students were to use clues to come up with the name of places described. Then, they were to plot the places on a map to come up with the most likely route of the cruise.

Tarea: finish above activity.