popote = drinking straw
* Una pequeña corrección: “Fui“, como todos los verbos irregulares del pretérito, se escribe sin tilde. “Fui,” like all irregular verbs of the preterit, is written without an accent mark.
Archivo de la categoría: Pretérito / Imperfecto
Actividad creativa: ¿Cómo conociste a tu mejor amigo? (pretérito)
Dibuja una pequeña historieta sobre cómo conociste a tu mejor amigo/a u otra persona importante en tu vida.
En mis tiempos, bloquear a alguien era bloquear a todos (imperfecto) (la “a” personal)
La Monumental Rosca de Reyes de Zacatecas: Story and Activities (preterite versus imperfect) (culture: holiday celebrations)
Main Street is closed for the whole city to enjoy 2 kilometers of cakes! Yes, this really happened! I came upon this scene January 7th of last year in Zacatecas, Mexico, and have been wanting to share this fun celebration the day after Día de Reyes with my students ever since. The result: this read-along video story (narrated by a native speaker from Zacatecas) and accompanying handout for story-based activities. I hope you will find it useful to incorporate into a unit on holidays, for targeted practice for preterite versus imperfect, and/or as a reading comprehension activity.
The following activity sheet features 5 components:
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Vocabulario – quick prep for understanding key words in the story
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Comprehensión de lectura
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Conversación y escritura– retelling the narration to solidify comprehension and practice narration in the past tense
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Gramática – Preterite versus imperfect cloze activity
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Conexiones y culturas – internet search for other celebrations and written description of other ways Día de Reyes is celebrated
Download the PDF here! Rosca story activity sheets (2 pages)
Here´s the video…
And here´s a PDF with just the text of the story: La Monumental Rosca de Reyes de Zacatecas Printable Story
Also, teachers, if you would like to download this story as a Powerpoint or a PDF for a printable book for your classroom, I have uploaded a bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers! Click here!
Any feedback is welcome in the comments!
Yo soñaba: Un cuento para practicar la narración en el pasado (video & activity sheet)
This relaxing story is a great way to practice narration in the past (preterite and imperfect) and calm down a rowdy classroom!
You can download PDFs of the free activity sheet and answer key below. The writing prompt on the handout can also be modified as a conversation activity (or as both).
Yo soñaba: Hoja de actividades (activity sheet)
Yo soñaba. Clave de respuestas (answer key)
Thank you to Samuel García for writing and narrating the story. Samuel is an author and teacher from Zacatecas, Mexico.
¡Que disfruten el video!
Conté un chiste de química, pero… (pretérito)
Entre la invención de la lata y el abrelatas (los números) (los años) (pretérito/imperfecto)
An interesting and quick meme to practice saying years, a skill that I have found takes a lot of practice!
Cuando estaba a punto de decir sí, apareció… (pretérito versus imperfecto)
¡Imprimiste en 3D el ícono de guardar!
Lealtad: Nadie como los perros (pretérito)
