- What is the best gift you’ve ever received? Given?
¿Cuál es el mejor regalo que has recibido? ¿Qué has regalado? - What is the easiest way to meet new people?
¿Cuál es la manera más fácil para conocer nuevas personas? - What is the best advice you’ve been given?
¿Cuál es el mejor consejo que te han dado?
Spanish Level 2- Face-to-Face Activities
🥳 Spanish Level 2, Activity 10: Las celebraciones y citas / Celebrations and Going on Dates (Face-to-Face)
Description: In this activity, students will discuss cultural traditions, holiday traditions, and going on dates in their own cities. They will practice giving recommendations and explanations to others.
Semantic Topics: Holidays, celebrations, relationships, dates, parties, festividades, celebraciones, relaciones, citas, fiestas
Grammatical Structures: Imperfect, preterite, present perfect, past perfect, el imperfecto, el pretérito, el presente perfecto, el pluscuamperfecto
Products: Holidays
Practices: Traditions and celebrations
Perspectives: How are holidays celebrated in other Spanish-speaking countries? What party traditions are common in Hispanic cultures?
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
- Standard 4.2 – Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons between Hispanic cultures and their own.
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.
- CONN 2.3 – Compare and contrast cultural similarities and differences in authentic materials.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can talk about how I celebrate holidays and special events with my family and friends
- I can provide recommendations of a place to celebrate a birthday or go on a date in my city
- I can talk about my past friendships and relationships, along with my plans for the future
- In my own and other cultures, I can identify how people celebrate local and national holidays or festivals (Intercultural)
Materials Needed:
Optional physical materials:
- “Heads Up” Cards
- Question Cards
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Warm-Up
- Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and introduce the Can-Do statements.
Hoy vamos a discutir las tradiciones y las citas. Aquí están los Can-Do statements. Vamos a leerlos. - The students will play heads up by scanning the QR code or with a set of cards with useful vocabulary
Hoy vamos a jugar “heads up.” ¿Saben cómo jugar? Una persona va a elegir una tarjeta, pero NO puede ver la palabra en la tarjeta. Va a poner la tarjeta en su frente y el resto del grupo va a describir la palabra para que la persona con la tarjeta pueda adivinar la palabra en la tarjeta. - There is a cultural takeaway on the Google Slideshow about New Year’s Eve in Spanish-speaking countries. In Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries, it is customary to eat 12 grapes when the new year begins. A bell rings 12 times, and with each ring, the people eat one grape. People practice this tradition to bring them 12 months of good luck.
En España y otros países hispanohablantes, la gente come doce uvas cuando el año nuevo empieza. Una campana suena doce veces y, con cada sonido, la gente come una uva. Es una tradición que la gente hace para recibir doce meses de buena suerte en el año nuevo.
Main Activity
- The students will chat about dates and celebrations. We have question cards the students can use to move the conversation along. (Use the small cards with text, also handout “a lugares para ir de cita” to each person)
¡Vamos a charlar sobre las citas y las celebraciones! Hoy tenemos muchas preguntas de discusión y vamos a usar estas tarjetas en la mesa para ayudar la discusión. - Students will take turns choosing a card. The person who chooses a card will read it out loud. Then, everyone must answer or contribute to the conversation.
Tengo una baraja de tarjetas. Una persona va a elegir una tarjeta de la baraja y leerla en voz alta. Todos van a contestar y participar en una discusión breve. Después, otra persona va a elegir una tarjeta nueva y repetir los pasos.
Wrap-Up
- Ask students the following questions to finish the lab:
- Read Can-Do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with comprehension checks, either verbal or nonverbal
- Encourage students to be honest with their feedback
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can talk about how I celebrate holidays and special events with my family and friends
- I can provide recommendations of a place to celebrate a birthday or go on a date in my city
- I can talk about my past friendships and relationships, along with my plans for the future
- In my own and other cultures, I can identify how people celebrate local and national holidays or festivals (Intercultural)
Cultural NOtes:
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