Personal Reflection
The goal of this project was to understand how to use the imperfect, preterite and perfect in a sentence. Learning about the life of a Spanish-speaking person and writing their biography, we had to write in the past tense. In this way, it was necessary for us to learn how to use the imperfect and preterite, so when the time came for us to present our biography to others at the exhibition, we were well prepared and could speak with ease. Now when I must write or speak in the past tense I know the difference between the imperfect and preterite and which to use in any context.
The person I chose to research for this project was Paulo Coelho, a writer. I wanted to learn about his life because his most famous novel is one of my favorite books. It was surprising to learn that he had been institutionalized in a mental hospital when he was a teenager by his parents. Apparently they thought his introverted personality was abnormal and needed to be corrected. In his twenties he traveled around South America, Europe and North America living as a hippie. I liked reading about this part of his life because it shows that he had the same aspirations as most young adults these days, but he actually did those things. I felt like I could relate to Coelho even more after reading about his life before he became a world-known writer.
The exhibition went very well. Before I presented my project, I walked around the room and listened for a bit to everyone's presentations. I liked that one girl researched Evita because she doesn't seem to be very widely known to my generation. I saw at least four different presentations on Salvador Dali and two that painted a copy of his The Persistence of Memory painting. I was impressed with one girl's presentation of a boxer because she successfully dressed up in a boxer's outfit. When I gave my presentation, two ladies listened and asked questions about my person. I think my elevator speech was delivered well. My own mother listened to me present and asked many questions including my seven that were laid out on the table. A few students stopped by to hear a little about my person and one of my friends remained throughout the entire power point asking a question here or there. So I'd say my presentation was successful. At the end of it, I thought my Spanish-speaking was delivered with ease and flow.
The goal of this project was to understand how to use the imperfect, preterite and perfect in a sentence. Learning about the life of a Spanish-speaking person and writing their biography, we had to write in the past tense. In this way, it was necessary for us to learn how to use the imperfect and preterite, so when the time came for us to present our biography to others at the exhibition, we were well prepared and could speak with ease. Now when I must write or speak in the past tense I know the difference between the imperfect and preterite and which to use in any context.
The person I chose to research for this project was Paulo Coelho, a writer. I wanted to learn about his life because his most famous novel is one of my favorite books. It was surprising to learn that he had been institutionalized in a mental hospital when he was a teenager by his parents. Apparently they thought his introverted personality was abnormal and needed to be corrected. In his twenties he traveled around South America, Europe and North America living as a hippie. I liked reading about this part of his life because it shows that he had the same aspirations as most young adults these days, but he actually did those things. I felt like I could relate to Coelho even more after reading about his life before he became a world-known writer.
The exhibition went very well. Before I presented my project, I walked around the room and listened for a bit to everyone's presentations. I liked that one girl researched Evita because she doesn't seem to be very widely known to my generation. I saw at least four different presentations on Salvador Dali and two that painted a copy of his The Persistence of Memory painting. I was impressed with one girl's presentation of a boxer because she successfully dressed up in a boxer's outfit. When I gave my presentation, two ladies listened and asked questions about my person. I think my elevator speech was delivered well. My own mother listened to me present and asked many questions including my seven that were laid out on the table. A few students stopped by to hear a little about my person and one of my friends remained throughout the entire power point asking a question here or there. So I'd say my presentation was successful. At the end of it, I thought my Spanish-speaking was delivered with ease and flow.