Spanish Level 2- Face-to-Face Activities
🤩 Spanish Level 2, Activity 05: Me gusta, me encanta… / I like, I love… (Face-to-Face)
Description: In this activity, students will share their likes and dislikes. Students will use complete sentences to discuss their preferences on multiple topics including activities, food, clothing, items, and more.
Semantic Topics: Preferences, likes, dislikes, agree, disagree, compare, contrast, preferencias, algo que le gusta, algo que no le gusta, acuerdo, desacuerdo, comparar, contrastar
Grammatical Structures: Verbs like gustar, comparisons, the personal ‘a’, superlatives, verbos como gustar, comparaciones, el ‘a’ personal, superlativos
Products: Popular foods and activities from a variety of Spanish-speaking countries
Practices: The use of ‘me gusta’ and similar verbs for talking about preferences, likes, and dislikes, comparing and contrasting preferences
Perspectives: How do preferences differ from country to country? From person to person?
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.
- Standard 1.3 – Students present information, concepts, and ideas in Spanish to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.2 – Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of Hispanic cultures
Idaho State Content Standards:
- COMM 1.1 – Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- COMM 2.1 – Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- COMM 3.1 – Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
- CLTR 2.2- Describe the connections of products from the target culture with the practices and perspectives of the culture.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can exchange preferences with my friends about our likes and dislikes
- I can say if I agree or disagree with someone’s preferences
- I can compare and contrast preferences with those from Spanish-speaking countries (Intercultural)
Materials Needed:
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Warm-Up
- Begin 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.
- Today students are going to practice the use of verbs like gustar by stating their opinions and preferences.
Hoy vamos a practicar el uso de verbos como gustar. Vamos a charlar sobre nuestros gustos favoritos y menos favoritos. Para empezar, tengo una presentación y ustedes van a compartir sus preferencias. Recuerden es importante que respondan con frases completas. - Using the first 5 slides of the google slide presentation, ask each question presented on the slides and ensure each student answers the question in a complete sentence.
Por ejemplo: “¿Qué soda te gusta más?” // “Me gusta la Coca-Cola más que Pepsi.” - Then give the cultural fact about the slide by clicking the right arrow button.
Por ejemplo: A los peruanos, les gusta beber la Inca Kola.
Main Activity
- Now students are going to share their preferences using a dice game. Each slide has two photos. For example, Pepsi and Coca-Cola. One person is going to throw the dice. After, they will create a sentence using the verb they receive.
Ahora vamos a compartir nuestras preferencias sobre algunos temas divertidos. Tengo algunas diapositivas que tienen dos fotos. Por ejemplo, Pepsi y Coca-Cola. Una persona va a tirar él dado (dice) y después va a crear una oración usando el verbo que recibe. - Repeat for the rest of the activity. Make sure students are answering in full sentences.
Después de responder, una nueva persona va a tirar él dado y repite el proceso.
Wrap-Up
- Ask students the following questions to finish the lab:
- ¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre? (What do you like to do on your free time?)
- ¿Qué tipo de música te gusta más? (What type of music do you like the most?)
- ¿Qué actividades te gusta hacer con amigos? (What activities do you like to do with your friends?)
- ¿Qué estación del año te gusta más? (What season do you like most?)
End of lab:
• Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
• Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can exchange preferences with my friends about our likes and dislikes
- I can say if I agree or disagree with someone’s preferences
- I can compare and contrast preferences with those from Spanish-speaking countries (Intercultural)
Cultural NOtes:
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