Chapter 2

Goals / Metas

In this chapter, students will...

• Identify cognates and new vocabulary by building meaning to the short story El recado.

• Recognize the simple tense of regular and irregular verbs.

• Recognize the present perfect.

• Distinguish the agudo, grave/llano and esdrújulo/sobresdrújulo accents.

• Apply the new vocabulary, the simple tenses and accent rules by writing a composition.

Topics

• Grammar: Simple perfect tenses

• Punctuation: Accents

• New vocabulary from the short story “El recado”

• Geography

• Culture: Music