1. Hacer Ahora Miercoles, el 13 de abril Responde en inglés: 1. What are three major elements of you “cuento infantil” that must be included in your story in order to receive an A? (HINT: look at your rubric!) 2. What are some elements of a good short story in English that you think will also be important to look for in your own and others’ writing as you edit your “cuento infantil? (Ejemplo: A logical sequence of events) 3. What are some elements that will be important to look for as you edit your own and others’ writing that are unique to the Spanish language? (Ejemplo: accents)

2. Objetivos Review regular verb endings in the past tense as well as the past tense forms of the verbs “ir” and “ser” in order to complete and revise the drafts of your “cuento infantil.”

3. Sentence Starters: These “sentence starters” can be used to create sentences for each page in your story. Remember though – the verbs must be conjugated!!  Hablar con person/people (to talk with…)  Comer el desayuno/almuerzo/cena (to eat…)  Estudiar el/la subject name (to study…)  Jugar el name of sport (to play…)  Caminar a la/al name of place (to walk to…)  Ir a la/el name of place (to go to…)  Escribir/Leer en la clase de subject name(To write/read in ___ class)  Cocinar el desayuno/almuerzo/cena (to cook…)  Limpiar el/la name of room(s) in house (to clean the…)  Practicar el name of sport (to practice…)  Pasar tiempo con person/people (to spend time with…)  Trabajar en (to work in/on…)  Hacer el/la (to do…)

4. Revisiones  You will be focusing on specific aspects of writing as you edit  You will first work in small groups to edit one another’s writing  After receiving feedback from others, you will then edit your own work, making any final adjustments so that you will have a final draft and be ready to put your story book together during tomorrow’s class.

5. Peer Editing: Group Roles  POLICÍA DE ACCENTOS: Check to make sure all accents are used correctly  ORGANIZADOR: Evaluate how well organized the story is. Does it have a clear beginning, middle, and end? Do the events occur in a logical order?  LOBO VERBO: Do all verbs agree with the subject in each sentence? Pay special attention to those verbs on pages 3-5 that should be conjugated in the PAST tense.  VOCABULARIO: Does each writer include a wide variety of vocabulary in their story, or is it repetitive?

6. Para revisar…  Step 1:  If you are checking accents or verb/subject agreement, HIGHLIGHT all words/symbols pertaining to your editing role (“Policia” highlight accents, “Lobos” highlight all verbs)  “Organizador” highlights the first sentence of every page  “Vocabulario” highlights two verbs and at least two nouns on every page

7. Para revisar…  Step 2: Look for any corrections that need to be made to the words/phrases/sentences you’ve highlighted.  If you know how to make a specific correction, make it in a different colored ink than the writer originally wrote in  If you think a correction needs to be made but positive how to do it, circle what you want to correct and put a question mark there  Cross out anything that should be deleted

8. Para revisar…  Step 3: Write specific feedback at the bottom/back of the paper the draft is written on  Write one thing you thought the writer did well, then one thing they need to improve as they begin writing their final draft

9. Borradores: Los eventos Un día, Julia fue a el escuela con su amiges. Él habló con su amiges y entró el escuela. Julia escribió mucho en el clase de ingles. Julia tomó el almuerzo en el cafeterio. Comó un sándwich de pava. En la clase de matemeticas, tomó un exam. Julia regresó a su casa. Pasó tiempo con su hermana y jugó deportes. Comí la cena con la familia y estudó para la escuela. FIN.

10. Objetivos Review regular verb endings in the past tense as well as the past tense forms of the verbs “ir” and “ser” in order to complete and revise the drafts of your “cuento infantil.”

11. Tarea  ESTUDIE para la prueba:  Adjetivos: descripciones físicas  Past tense endings for regular verbs  Past tense forms of “ir” and “ser”

12. Boleto de salida Respond in at least 3 sentences in English: Did revising your own and others’ drafts make you more aware of your strengths and weaknesses in your Spanish writing skills? What did weaknesses did you realize that you will need to pay close attention to as you complete the final version of your project tomorrow? What did you realize were some of your strengths?