In this exercise, you have to think about what it is like to be a teenager and how you see the world. You have to complete the sentences mentioned in the task.

Nos importa que…- write down what is important to teenagers
Nos sorprende que… –write what surprises you
Queremos que…- write down what teenagers want
Nos alegramos que… – write what makes you happy
Es una lástima que… – write down what you regret/feel sorry for
Nos molesta que… – write what bothers teenagers

Nos importa que los adultos nos respeten.
Nos sorprende que la vida de los adultos sea más complicada de lo que imaginábamos.
Queremos que la escuela termine pronto.
Nos alegramos cuando tenemos vacaciones y no tenemos que ir a la escuela.
Es una lástima que no nos vayamos a ver tan a menudo cuando nos vamos al colegio.
Nos molesta cuando los adultos nos tratan como niños.

This is a continuation of the previous exercise. In that one, you had to fill out some phrases, working in groups. You had to think about teenagers nowadays. You had to write three different responses to each of the phrases.

Phrases: „Nos importa que…“ – it is important to us that…
„Nos sorprende que…“ – it surprises us that…
„Queremos que…“ – we want to…
„Nos alegramos que…“ – it makes us happy that…
„Es una lástima que…“ – it is a shame that…
„Nos molesta que…“ – it bothers us that…

In this exercise, you have to share your answers with the rest of the group. After that, choose the answers that are repeated the most and put them in order or importance, according to you. You have to think what is most important to you and what is not and make the list accordingly.

In this exercise, you will have to present a proposition about the topics most important to the teenagers. You have to imagine you had an opportunity to talk to the authorities and inform them about the troubles and issues young people nowadays have.

Refer back to what you have done in the previous exercise, when you had to write some of the ideas what is bothering teenagers nowadays and working with all of the class, arrange them on a list from most important to the least important.

Write down the phrases and then explain them, saying why they are important. Make it as a presentation, maybe also using some pictures, graphs and videos. It will make it more interesting and fun for others.

Model: „Nos parece injusto que no podamos votar hasta los 18 años. Tenemos…“ – We think it is injust that we cannot vote until we are 18. We have…“