Antes y Ahora
Then and Now
The imperfect arrives to partner with the preterite: how things used to be versus what happened — childhood memories, family history, and a changing world, narrated with both past tenses.
Unit objectives
- Form the imperfect for description and habit: era, había, jugaba
- Contrast imperfect and preterite functionally
- Narrate a childhood memory using both tenses
- Interview a parent about “antes”
Can-Do targets
- I can describe how life used to be.
- I can tell a memory mixing what-was with what-happened.
- I can interview an adult about their childhood.
Vocabulary scope
era, había, jugaba, vivía, siempre, todos los días, mientras, de niño/a, en aquella época, cambió
How this unit builds
Grade 7’s preterite gains its partner; the two-tense narration is the grammatical summit of the program, opening real literature and family history.
What this unit will contain
Lessons are produced in the same fully interactive format as Kindergarten — flashcards with audio, games, listening tasks, and take-home activities — and will unlock here as they are finished.
El imperfecto — how things were
Los dos pasados — contrast in action
Mi memoria — childhood narration
La entrevista — parents’ antes
IPA: Antes y ahora
Cuando yo era niño…
Every culture has its “back in my day” — students collect real antes stories from parents and grandparents, some in Spanish, and archive a generation’s memory.