Write a short persuasive essay in Spanish about a natural disaster you experienced. You will write four sentences in Spanish to
tell a friend how to prepare for a natural disaster. Remember to keep your sentences short and simple and use only vocabulary, culture, and grammar you have learned in the course. You can look at the first page of this lesson for an example. You may also use the we
include in your rough draft table below to guide your answers.
may use this template to complete the assignment, or you may use a word processing document or any other creative way you would like. If you choos
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You will well if you follow this checklist!
What to include in your rough draft
Hint
Start with a hook,
Remember
Write one questionnish to ask the reader if he/she knows an interesting. Use saber in the imperfect tense
fact about a natural disas
Claim:
Remember:
Write one sentence in Spanish cribe something that was being done
because of the natural disaster.
Use one progressive tense verb in the preterite tense or Serfect tense
First fact:
Remember
for action that you would
Write one sentence in Spanish that provid.
like your reader to take.
Use one persuasive phrase.
Use one progressive tense verb in the present.
imperfect tense
preterite tense, or
Second fact:
Remember:
I Write
sentence in Spanish that provides a second
ection that you
Use one persuasive phrase
In general terms, “ser” is used to refer to facts and characteristics and “estar” is used to describe perceptions and opinions, but the use of the two verbs is much more complex than it seems at first sight and each one has uses specific and special needs to be learned.
Debimos establecer medidas más eficaces para que los ciudadanos protejan (proteger) el medioambiente. 2) Muchos europeos querían estudiar los efectos secundarios de los alimentos genéticamente modificados antes de que las multinacionales los distribuyan (distribuir). 3) El experto nos dijo que era muy importante que nosotros reduzcamos (reducir) las emisiones de contaminantes en el aire. 4) A nadie le sorprendió que California adoptase (adoptar) medidas ecológicas. 5) El problema de los inmigrantes indocumentados no se solucionará a menos que nosotros examinemos (examinar) las causas que los motivan a salir de su país. 6) Es una lástima que algunos no tengan (tener) conocimiento de los problemas de los inmigrantes
