Aula Internacional 3: B1.2 Overview
Chapter 4: Va Y Le Dice… (He Goes and Tells Him…)
Write a Movie Synopsis: Summarize the storyline of a movie or book and share anecdotes or jokes.
- Narrate events in the present tense.
- Summarize a book or movie plot.
- Tell anecdotes and jokes.
- Grammar:
- Connectors for narration: y entonces (and then), en aquel momento (at that moment), al final (in the end), de repente (suddenly), de pronto (all of a sudden).
- Porque (because), como (since), aunque (although), sin embargo (however).
- Form and uses of direct object (DO) and indirect object (IO) pronouns.
Chapter 5: Busque Y Compare (Shop & Compare)
- Design and Present an Advertising Campaign: Create and present an advertising campaign, providing advice and recommendations.
- Recommend and give advice.
- Give instructions.
- Describe an advertisement.
- Grammar:
- Form and uses of the affirmative and negative imperative.
- Placement of reflexive pronouns and DO/IO pronouns.
Chapter 6: ¡Basta ya! (Enough Already!)
- Write an Open Letter to Report a Problem: Address a problem and propose actionable solutions in an open letter.
- Express wishes, complaints, and needs.
- Propose solutions.
- Write an open letter denouncing a problem.
- Grammar:
- Present subjunctive.
- Querer/pedir/exigir/necesitar + infinitive (to want/ask/demand/need to…).
- Querer/pedir/exigir/necesitar que + subjunctive (to want/ask/demand/need someone to…).
- Proposing solutions: debemos / tenemos que / se debe / deberían / se debería / habría que (we must / one must / they should / it should be…).
- Cuando + subjunctive, antes de que + subjunctive (when, before something happens).