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Sobre mi: el futuro

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

Student corrected their quizzes from Thursday as their first activity.

We are continuing to work on student books about their life. As we just learned future, students wrote about their future plans (on attached worksheet).

To break up time writing in their books, we played an activity where students were assigned a famous person (the name was put on their back so they couldn't read it). They had to go around room asking yes/no questions about themselves. ¿Soy político? ¿Soy mujer? ¿Soy viejo?

Students worked on another page in their book, Mis cosas favoritas. In more of a list than text style, they made a list of several of their favorite things. Por ejemplo:

  • color
  • comida
  • sabor de helado
  • música
  • restaurante
  • película
  • actor/actriz
  • libro

Tarea: page for book: Un viaje especial. Students will write a text describing one of their favorite trips.

Class topics: 
futuro
Fluency level: 
Intermediate

Explorando América Latina: 5/4 Festivales

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

For first activity, students matched up words about festivals, including:

  • carroza
  • desfile
  • fuegos artificiales
  • celebración
  • disfraz
  • costumbre/tradición

Students had a few minutes to make final preparations for their presentation about their festival. Students were to come up with a way to bring a festival of their country to life for other students. Students were extremely creative and presentations included:
* a PowerPoint presentation with a drum competition
* puppet show
* making of kites

One more group will present next Wednesday.

Tarea: for Wednesday, rough draft of page in book related to festival from your country.

Fluency level: 
Beginner

3rd Period Matrix- 5/5

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students reviewed mariachi music and the types of instruments they use.
-We discussed the history of Cinco de Mayo and how music is a large part of Mexican culture.
-In partners, students participated in a mariachi project. They had to make a poster, write a song, or create a dance. When finished, students presented their projects to the rest of the class.
-Students have no homework.

Class topics: 
festivals
cinco de mayo
mariachi
Fluency level: 
Intermediate

2nd Period Matrix- 5/5

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students reviewed the history of Cinco de Mayo that we learned last class.
-Students made their own cards to play "Loteria" (Bingo).
-A couple students brought in Mexican snacks to share with the class. Everyone enjoyed homemade flan and guacamole (Gracias Vaughn and Jordan!!).
-We played Loteria to practice the vocabulary we learned last class. Students won Mexican candy for being able to name the picture in Spanish.
-Students have no homework.

Class topics: 
festivals
cinco de mayo
Fluency level: 
Beginner

Sobre mi: futuro

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

Students arrived and completed attached quiz about review topics students presented in the past several weeks. The quiz is attached and students were to correct the mistakes in each sentence given the clue about what topic has the error.

We reviewed the formation and uses of the future. Students translated attached sentences practicing the future.

Tarea: final copy of page Sobre mi in their books. Rough draft of page in their book taking about their family. Please describe your family including names, descriptions and what people like. Can also include favorite aunts, cousins, etc. or relevant information about extended family.

Fluency level: 
Intermediate

Explorando América Latina 5/2: festivales

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

Students translated the sentences below and guessed the country that is described. Each sentence describes a country that a group in our class is studying.

  1. The capital of this country is San Jose.
  2. The president of this country is Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
  3. The most famous music of this country is tango.
  4. Italian food is very common in this country.
  5. The currency (moneda) of this country is the quetzal.

Student pairs received a folder to keep pages of the book they are putting together about the country they are studying. The folder has due dates for various pages of their book including when the rough draft (borrador) and final draft are due.

Students are to choose a festival celebrated in their country. They need to write a page describing the festival in their book (page due next Wednesday) and think of a way to present the festival to the class, bringing it to life. They can show photos, reenact the festival using students in class, show a video, put together a powerpoint presentation or anything else they think of! Students will present about their festival this Friday.

tarea: final draft of book pages (incorporating my edits) of general information, music and food. Be ready to present about your festival on Friday.

Fluency level: 
Beginner

3rd Period Matrix- 5/2

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students discussed the importance of music in our lives, and what kind of music they like.
-We listened to a popular type of music heard in Mexico, called Mariachi.
-We discussed the different instruments found in Mariachi bands, and learned the name of two important ones: la vihuela (small guitar) and el guitarron (large guitar).
-Students listened to a mariachi song called “El Rey” and talked about whether they thought it was happy or sad.
-In partners, students worked on translating the lyrics to the song to see what it was really about.
-Students have no homework.

Class topics: 
Music
Mexico
mariachi
Fluency level: 
Intermediate

2nd Period Matrix- 5/2

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students took a quiz on present tense and food vocabulary.
-Students read about the history of Cinco de Mayo in partners and we discussed it as a class.
-Students learned vocabulary associated with Cinco de Mayo (see attachment).
-On Friday, we will be celebrating this holiday and playing Loteria (Bingo).
-For homework, students should study their vocabulary sheet so they can play Loteria.

Class topics: 
food
present tense
cinco de mayo
fiestas
Fluency level: 
Beginner

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