past tense verbs

Start class with attached do now activity (matching vocabulary words related to music).

Go over word definitions as a class.

Students share their homework as a group--a biography of artist Bebe.

Students read attached biography in groups of two and answer questions about the artist. Go over answers as big group.

Listen to parts of 2 of Bebe's most famous songs, and students come up with words to describe them.

Homework: Students research Puertorican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee

Do now: students arrive and answer questions on attached "do now" worksheet relating to their homework (listening to two Jorge Drexler songs).

La República Dominicana: Students share the information they learned about the Dominican Republic. Identify the DR on map of Latin America and define nationality (dominicano).

Juan Luis Guerra: Our 3rd artist is Juan Luis Guerra from the Dominican Republic. In pairs, students alternate reading attached bio and answer true and false questions. Review answers as a class.

Listening activity: students listen to parts of Jorge Drexler and Juan Luis Guerra songs and identify the artist.

Tarea (homework): research fourth artist: Bebe. Students write 5 sentences about the artist's life, using verbs they know (es/tiene/le gusta) or past tense verbs we've been working on recently.