Lesson 4: Estructura - El Futuro / El Futuro Perfecto / Pretérito del Imperfecto del Subjuntivo
Duration of Days: 20
Lesson Objective
SWBAT conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the Future Tense to discuss career plans (e.g., "Seré gerente").
SWBAT use the Future Perfect to set deadlines for professional goals (e.g., "Para el lunes, habré terminado el informe").
SWBAT form the Past Subjunctive (using the ellos/ellas preterite base) to express wishes, suggestions, or hypothetical conditions in the past (e.g., "Sugerí que buscaras otro empleo").
¿Cómo visualizas tu vida profesional en diez años? (How do you visualize your professional life in ten years?)
¿Qué metas habrás cumplido antes de cumplir los treinta años? (What goals will you have fulfilled before turning thirty?)
¿Si fueras el jefe de una gran empresa, qué cambios harías? (If you were the boss of a big company, what changes would you make?)
Standard 1.1 (Interpersonal): Using the Future and Future Perfect to debate projected economic trends in different countries.
Standard 4.1 (Language Comparisons): Comparing the "will" in English (an auxiliary word) to the Spanish future (an inflectional ending).
his block covers three distinct but related concepts:
The Future: Unique because the endings are attached directly to the infinitive. Students learn the "Dirty Dozen" irregular stems (tendr-, podr-, querr-, etc.).
The Future Perfect: Combines the future of haber with a past participle to express "what will have happened."
The Past Subjunctive: Introduced as the "Ra-Ra" tense (-ra, -ras, -ra...). It is triggered by the same "WEIRDO" verbs as the present subjunctive, but used when the main verb is in the past.
Purpose: The purpose is Professional Foresight and Sophistication. In a work context, you must be able to project timelines (Future Perfect) and handle professional "what-ifs" or polite requests (Past Subjunctive). This is the level where students stop sounding like tourists and start sounding like professionals.
DOK Levels (Depth of Knowledge)
Level 1: Recall --> Conjugate --> Students practice the "ra, ras, ra" endings and identify irregular future stems.
Level 2: Skill/Concept --> Transform --> Students change sentences from Present Subjunctive to Past Subjunctive based on a change in the main verb tense.
Level 3: Strategic Thinking --> Hypothesize --> Students write a "Ten-Year Plan" using the Future and Future Perfect to describe their career trajectory.
Support (Scaffolding): Use a "Formula Card" for the Past Subjunctive:
Start with Preterite Ellos. 2. Drop the "-ron". 3. Add -ra, -ras, -ra...
Extension (Challenge): Introduce "Si" clauses (Hypothetical conditions): "Si tuviera más dinero, invertiría en la bolsa" (Past Subjunctive + Conditional).
Visual: "The Career Timeline." Use a long piece of tape on the wall. Students place sticky notes with Future Perfect sentences representing where they want to be by specific years (2030, 2040).
Selected formative and summative assessments from the SENDEROS VISTA SUPERSITE.