Hernán Cortes Analysis
Lesson 2: Thereby Hangs a Tale
Verbs of Sensation and Indefinite Pronouns
Can you imagine Hernán Cortes when he first entered Tenochtitlan? I’ll give you some information about the things he probably felt, watched, heard or noticed. Think if the action was completed or not. Then, use the verbs of sensation to report what happened. Follow the example.
As he entered the city, he noticed some children following him.
Incomplete: He heard the children shouting at him.
Complete: He heard an Aztec girl curse him in Nahuatl.
1. He saw a group of Aztecs dancing.____________________________________________________
2. He saw a group of warriors approach him. _____________________________________________
3. Cortes felt his soldiers get tense. ________________________________________________________ …show more content…
She sent her children away:_____________________________________________________________
4. The kids struggled to keep the suitcase:___________________________________________________
5. The mother called for her husband’s help: ________________________________________________
6. The kids returned sadly to their house and the mom left: _____________________________________
What do you supposed happened? ________________________________________
*(The mom was taking the kid’s old toys to charity)
Do you like scary movies? Are there any scenes that really scared you or surprised you? Write a little composition about that scene in a scary movie. (80 words)
Example: (Spoiler Alert!)
One of the scariest movie scenes I have ever seen was in a movie called “The Sixth Sense”. The main actor is a young boy who sees dead people. In one scene, in particular, you can see him in his room at night lying on his bed. You can notice the room getting colder and you notice that there’s something strange going on even if we cannot see it. You watch him running into a special place in his room filled with religious images and saints. All of a sudden you see him turn and a dead person is just in front of him. When I saw this scene with my family I screamed so hard I got a sore
Verbs of Sensation and Indefinite Pronouns
Can you imagine Hernán Cortes when he first entered Tenochtitlan? I’ll give you some information about the things he probably felt, watched, heard or noticed. Think if the action was completed or not. Then, use the verbs of sensation to report what happened. Follow the example.
As he entered the city, he noticed some children following him.
Incomplete: He heard the children shouting at him.
Complete: He heard an Aztec girl curse him in Nahuatl.
1. He saw a group of Aztecs dancing.____________________________________________________
2. He saw a group of warriors approach him. _____________________________________________
3. Cortes felt his soldiers get tense. ________________________________________________________ …show more content…
She sent her children away:_____________________________________________________________
4. The kids struggled to keep the suitcase:___________________________________________________
5. The mother called for her husband’s help: ________________________________________________
6. The kids returned sadly to their house and the mom left: _____________________________________
What do you supposed happened? ________________________________________
*(The mom was taking the kid’s old toys to charity)
Do you like scary movies? Are there any scenes that really scared you or surprised you? Write a little composition about that scene in a scary movie. (80 words)
Example: (Spoiler Alert!)
One of the scariest movie scenes I have ever seen was in a movie called “The Sixth Sense”. The main actor is a young boy who sees dead people. In one scene, in particular, you can see him in his room at night lying on his bed. You can notice the room getting colder and you notice that there’s something strange going on even if we cannot see it. You watch him running into a special place in his room filled with religious images and saints. All of a sudden you see him turn and a dead person is just in front of him. When I saw this scene with my family I screamed so hard I got a sore