Spanish Level 1, Activity 06: Las Ubicaciones / Locations (Online)
Description: In this activity, students will be going over prepositions by playing a game of Kahoot and identifying places on a map of the Boise State University campus.
Semantic Topics: Spanish, novice, preposiciones, maps, preposiciones, mapas
Grammatical Structures: Prepositions, present tense of estar, preposiciones, el presente del verbo estar
Products: Maps (see cultural notes)
Practices: Using hand movements/gestures to demonstrate directions
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret spoken and written Spanish on a variety of topics.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1 – Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinion
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can talk about the location of objects and the directions they move
- I can present basic information about my community and university
- I can name places on a map
- I can navigate my campus and potentially other campuses around the world (Intercultural)
Materials Needed
Warm Up
Materials Needed for Warm Up
- Start by opening the Google Slideshow and introducing the Can-Do statements.
Hola, ¿cómo están? Estoy ____. Vamos a empezar el lab de hoy con los can-do statements. - Review the prepositions of place with the students.
(You could use a mug/small box with a small item to demonstrate the location)
Vamos a repasar las preposiciones en cuanto a localidad. - Play a Kahoot game to practice the prepositions of place.
Ahora vamos a jugar Kahoot para repasar las preposiciones.
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
- Google Slideshow
- NOTE: If you would like to use a different map, such as your city or campus, you can make a copy of the slide show and insert a different set of maps.
- Using the slides with maps, ask questions about where certain buildings are in relation to each other.
Vamos a ver un mapa de BSU y usar las preposiciones para describir la localidad de un lugar. - The students should work together to describe the location. Have them try to use prepositions to describe where the place is at.
Con un compañero describan la localidad.
Por ejemplo; ¿Dónde está el edificio de educación en relación con Riverfront Hall? El edificio de educación esta cerca/a la izquierda del Riverfront Hall. - Repeat with each slide
Wrap Up
- Ask the following questions as a wrap-up
- ¿Dónde haces tu tarea en Boise State? (Where you do your homework at Boise State?)
- ¿Cuál es tu restaurante favorito cerca de Boise State? (What is your favorite restaurant near Boise State?)
- ¿Prefieres usar un mapa físico o una aplicación como el mapa de google? (Do you prefer to use a physical map or an app like Google Maps?)
End of Lab
- Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with cards
- Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
Can-Do Statements:
- I can talk about the location of objects and the directions they move
- I can present basic information about my community and university
- I can name places on a map
- I can navigate my campus and potentially other campuses around the world (Intercultural)
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