Hey, just so you know these are personal questions about you, if you don't know what it says use google translate!!!
Well, I can't completely help, but I do know some tricks.
For example, write it out fully in English, or the best language you have fluently, then put the whole essay into a translator. Next, make a new document, and copy and paste the translated version into it. Read it out many times, get some quick help (I know some podcasts that can help you learn Spanish easier, like Duolingo) and, once you have learned a bit more (another trick is to read through it using the translator, and see some of the translation parts to learn more Spanish from words that you used) filter out any kinks, and turn it in! It seems harder written out than it is, but it's an efficient way!
#2 Cognates are words that we use from a different language!!
Ayer Nora y yo comimos la cena en la cabaña.
Comimos is the plural form of comer and means to eat, Nora and I ate...
Claudio y yo llegábamos al hostal cuando el portero cerró la puerta.
Cerró is singular and in third person (he did), it means to close and is also in past. He closed the door.
Tú reservaste la habitación individual el mes pasado.
Reservaste is to book something, it’s in second person and in past. You booked the room...
Yo llegué en mi auto al hostal a las cinco de la tarde.
Llegué, first person and in past. It means to arrive somewhere. I arrived in my car...