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Carmen Astacio

Postcard preterite activity.

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Subjects: World Languages

Student Instructions

iHola Estudiantes! Please go to : Seesaw: Click add for our postcard activity. You will write a postcard directed to a family member, friends or Sra. Astacio about an imaginary trip you took in the past. You may pick any Spanish Country or city (If you choose to visit Spain) to take this trip. Your postcard needs to include sentences using mostly preterit tense. Have our preterit tense chart conjugation on hand and previously clothing and activities vocabulary. For this project you will be using and uploading your postcard rough draft that we did in class. photo a few images or 1 drawing of your vacation (if you are very artistic), an imaginary address and a post stamp from the country that you chose. (They are available online). Talk about your favorite activities to do while on vacation, where you went and what you did while you were there. What kind of clothes do you need to bring to your trip. What is the weather? The more detailed you are with the description, the easier it will be to complete the sentences. Remember that you are talking about a vacation YOU took in the past. Please use: 1. Preterite Chart 2. Class vocab 3. Google maps 4. Wordreference 5. Post stamp from your Spanish country better with colors and please do not hesitate to ask questions to Sra. Astacio.

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

Resources: Your best LIVE resource: Sra. Astacio (Ask me, I am here to help you). www.wordreference.com for transitional words, individual word meaning, etc. Using another online translation tool is not allowed and will be addressed according to your Student handbook consequences. www.googlemap.com Travel around the area you would like to visit, check for stores, malls, zoo, restaurants, interesting places you would like to meet for example if you are traveling to Barcelona you can look around the area where “La Sagrada familia” is located. Search for Spanish countries post stamps online.

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