WHAT USED TO BE

As you know the Spanish imperfect past tense is used to describe how things "used to be".  So

use the imperfect past tense describe what you used to do with your family and friends and  how your neighborhood used to be.  Use pictures to illustrate either how things were or how things have changed.  Describe a little how it is now.  {Antes……….     Ahora……….}

Take at least 3 - 4 original  photos to show how things have changed. 

Use 4- 5 photos or illustrations to show how things “used to be”.

Checklist

_______ 7- 8 photos/illustrations used that helped illustrate meaning

_______  Over 15 uses of imperfect tense

________ Variety of vocabulary demonstrate

________Variety of sentence structure demonstrated

_______  includes description of now in present tense

This building used to be called  the National Cash Register Building.  It was an important display in the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905 that took place on the outskirts of NW Portland.  People from all over the US and the world came to this great fair.  

The Cash Register Company not only built a state of the art cash register, it was a progressive company that gave employees shares in the company as well as salary.

The Building was shipped to St Johns on a barge in 1932 where it became a church.  After the minister had an affair with one of the parishoners it changed hands a couple times.  Under one owner it became the site for Gypsy burial services.  Now it is owned by the McMinnamin’s  and is one of their many historic taverns.

This space was the Salvation Army Thrift store for many decades.  Many people in the neighborhood used to shop there.  It was cheaper than Goodwill.   It closed five years ago.  It stood empty for several years after the  close.  Now the Vintage Shop that was there is also closing.

There was a discount grocery store across the street.   You used to be able to buy all kings of exotic groceries and chocolates very cheap. It couldn't compete with Grocery Outlet so it converted to a beer pub.

This used to be the most popular place to eat in St. Johns. People would come and order tuna melts and root beer floats and sit at the counter to eat and talk.   Next door used to be the best place to buy men's clothes.  They always had great quality.

This used to be the St. Johns Post Office.  During the WPA days the Portland artist Louis Bunce painted a mural in the building.  Later Bunce founded the Museum Art School.  The historic mural still exists even now that it has become the Bahai Spiritual Center.

This building used to be a car dealership. It was very elegant with tall glass windows surrounding an oval floor.   Everyone in the neighborhood used to buy their cars there.   Then competition grew.  Before it was torn down they had a big St. John’s party in the semi-circular glass enclosed sales floor where the band played and people danced.  During the economic downturn  it became a storage facility.

This is the first room I taught in at Roosevelt.  I taught Spanish 1-2 and Spanish 3-4.  I loved looking out the windows of this room.  During the winter, geese would often graze on the grass, sometimes hundreds of them.  One time a student chasing them fell and was covered in poop.










The room also had a lot of white board space for writing vocabulary and leaving it up.

This is my houseboat.  When we bought it, it was  a doublewide mobile unit put on flotation.  We rented a WWII amphibious vehicle to move us from our apartment to our house.  It pulled up in front of our apartment and we loaded everything we owned onto it.  Then it drive to Cathedral Park and drove straight into the water and down to our house.

My husband designed the changes and a friend oversaw the construction.

We used to fish for crawfish but now we know the river is dirty.  We used to swim in the river, jumping in at the top of the moorage and swimming down to the end.  We still do, but we make sure to shower.  We used to canoe across the river to pick blackberries.  We still do.

This used to be the prettiest bridge in Portland.  It still is.