Regular -ar Verbs: Build and Conjugate

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Regular -ar Verbs: Build and Conjugate
World Languages · Spanish 1 · Grades 8-10 · 50 minutes
Time needed
50 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet (one per student). Write the five -ar endings on the board (see
Before Class).
Technology
None.
Student
independence
High. Students work alone with the endings chart.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet, Whiteboard or chalkboard
Goal for today: Students will conjugate regular -ar verbs in the present tense and use the correct form in sentences.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ Write on the board: -ar verbs: drop the -ar, then add: yo -o | tú -as | él/ella -a | nosotros -amos | ellos/ellas -an.
Example: hablar → hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, hablan.
☐ Keep the answer key on your desk. It has a translation for every sentence.
Say this to start
Good morning! Today in Spanish we are working on verbs that end in -ar, like hablar (to speak) and bailar (to dance).
To use them, you remove the -ar and add an ending that matches who is doing the action. The endings are on the
board, and there is an example in the first chart. Work on your own, and ask a neighbor for help if you get stuck.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance the way the school requires. Hand out the
worksheet. Read the board explanation aloud and point to
the example hablar.
Settle in and read the board.
5–10
Tell students to read the verb list and study the hablar row
in the chart. Ask them to cover the rest and say the
endings quietly (-o, -as, -a, -amos, -an).
Study the endings and the example row.
10–20
Tell students to complete the conjugation chart (Part A) for
cantar, estudiar, trabajar and caminar.
Fill in the chart.
20–30
Tell students to complete questions 1–8 (fill in the correct
form of the verb in parentheses).
Conjugate the verb in each sentence.
30–36
Tell students to answer questions 9–11 (multiple choice).
Choose the correct verb form.
36–44
Tell students to build four sentences (questions 12–15)
using the word bank, then translate questions 16–17.
Build and translate sentences.
44–50
Read the answers from the key. Students mark their work.
Collect all worksheets.
Check answers and hand in the worksheet.

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If things go wrong
• If students ask why the verb changes, tell them the ending shows who is doing the action, like I, you, he, we
or they.
• If students ask how to pronounce a verb, say you do not speak Spanish and ask a classmate who does.
• If students are stuck on the chart, tell them to copy the hablar row and change only the beginning of the
word.
• If students finish early, use the early finisher list.
Early finishers
• Choose two other -ar verbs from the list and conjugate them on the back of the worksheet.
• Write four original sentences using different subjects and verbs from the list.
• Write a question in Spanish using tú and a verb from the list (for example, ¿Hablas inglés?).
Support and challenge
• Support: Let students complete the chart for cantar and estudiar only, plus questions 1–5 and 9–10.
• Challenge: Write six sentences that use a different verb and a different subject in each.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
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How far the class got / what to pick up next:
Students who were especially helpful:
Anything the teacher should know: