Young Adolescents Learn About Spanish Tenses
A middle school Spanish teacher, Stacy Siegfried, asked students to design a PowerPoint presentation about their lives, written in Spanish. To provide assistance, she created her own sample presentation (365 KB PowerPoint file) to demonstrate what should be included on each slide. The goal of the lesson was for students to demonstrate what they knew about the past and imperfect tenses. At the same time they were reflecting and demonstrating knowledge, they were also enhancing their skills with the software, developing writing skills, and learning how to organize information. In addition, because they had to present their shows, they used speaking skills as they demonstrated their knowledge (reflection) of the content.