FUT: Overview

El Futuro

Students will learn about professions and technology expressions in an attempt to help them create longer and more complex sentences in the target language. Emphasis will be placed on incorporating vocabulary and grammar from "Las Profesiones y Tecnología." The future tense, adverbs and comparisons will be introduced in this chapter.

"Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember... " This line, arguably the most famous in the history of Spanish literature, is the opening of el Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes, the world's first modern novel. In this module students will be introduced to the author and contents of this novel.

Essential Questions

  1. What will be your profession in the future? Could you describe daily tasks you will do in your future job?
  2. Could you describe daily activities in a given workplace based on vocabulary on "Las Profesiones y La Tecnología"?
  3. Can you identify future tense in Spanish and use it correctly?
  4. Do you know how to form an adverb in Spanish?
  5. Can you make comparisons in Spanish?
  6. Have you ever heard of "El Quijote de la Mancha"?

Key Terms

  • Las profesiones: Professions
  • La tecnología: Technology
  • El futuro: The future
  • De vacaciones: On vacation
  • Cervantes: Author Miguel de Cervantes
  • Rincón Cultural: Cultural Corner
  • Adverbios de tiempo: Adverbs of time
  • Comparación: Comparison

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