Lesson Plan
Preterite Time Travel
Students will master conjugating and using regular AR/ER/IR verbs and key irregular verbs (hacer, ir/ser, ver), plus car/gar/zar spelling changes in the preterite tense to narrate past events.
Understanding the preterite tense lets students accurately describe completed actions and tell stories in Spanish. Mastery of regular, irregular, and spelling-change forms builds confidence and fluency for real-world communication.
Audience
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Prep
Review and Prepare Materials
15 minutes
Step 1
Warm-up & Activation
5 minutes
Step 2
Direct Instruction: Regular Preterite Conjugation
10 minutes
Step 3
Direct Instruction: Irregulars & Spelling Changes
10 minutes
Step 4
Guided Practice
10 minutes
Step 5
Application Activity
5 minutes
Step 6
Exit Ticket & Reflection
5 minutes
Slide Deck
El Pretérito: Visión General
Objetivos de Aprendizaje
Terminaciones regulares: –AR
Terminaciones regulares: –ER / –IR
Verbos irregulares clave
Cambios ortográficos (yo)
Ejemplos de Conjugación
Actividad de Práctica 🎯
Resumen y siguientes pasos
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Answer Key
