Spanish Level 3- Activities Designed for Online Instruction
😃 Spanish Level 3, Activity 01: Interés Bingo / Interest Bingo (Online)
Description: In this activity, students will practice discussing their preferences as well as defending and supporting their ideas. Students will play a game of bingo and express how relevant certain ideas are in comparison with others.
Semantic Topics: Bingo, game, defend, support, lotería, juego, defender, apoyar
Grammatical Structures: Questions in Spanish, present perfect, preguntas en español, el presente perfecto
Products: Emotions, interests, opinions
Practices: Sharing emotions, interests, and opinions
Perspectives: What is the importance of expressing feelings, interests, and opinions?
Relevant 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.
Relevant Idaho State Standards:
- COMM 1.1 – Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- COMP 1.1 – Observe formal and informal forms of language.
- COMT 1.2 – Discuss personal preferences in activities and events both within and beyond the classroom.
- 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.
Relevant NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can give reasons for my preference
- I can chat with a partner to defend and support my position on why I believe one opinion is more relevant than another
- I can create open-ended questions in order to spark conversation with my partner Materials
Materials Needed
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- Bingo Cards (Canva Template, free account required)
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Warm Up
- Start by introducing the can-do statements and introducing yourself to the students. After, have the students introduce themselves to the rest of the group.
Hola, ¿cómo están? Estoy ____. Vamos a empezar el lab de hoy con los can-do statements.
Ejemplo, “Me llamo Alex, estudio ciencia política, soy de Idaho y me encanta bailar.” - After the students finish introducing themselves, they will use the questions on the Google Slideshow to talk with their partners for 5 minutes in breakout rooms. Once done, tell them to return to the main session.
Ahora van hablar en parejas por 5 minutos sobre las preguntas de la presentación. Una vez que terminen, vuelvan a la sesión principal y esperen por instrucciones.
Main Activity
- Students are going to work in partners for the main activity. (Have the students go back to their break-out room). Students will ask questions to each other based on the topic on the card. After their partner responds, they will ask a question from their card.
Cada tarjeta tiene temas de conversación. Hagan preguntas abiertas sobre los temas de las tarjetas a su compañero. Por ejemplo (por un cuadrado con familia), “¿Cuantas personas hay en tu familia?” - Students should try to get a BLACKOUT (asking a question about each square or BINGO (by asking students questions about pictures in a row) Do whatever you have more time for (blackout takes longer).
La meta es obtener un lotería de cinco cuadrados (o un blackout). Obtener un Bingo cuando pregunta sobre cuadrados en la misma linea.
Wrap Up
- Wrap-up by asking students what they learned about a classmate
¿Qué han aprendido sobre tus compañeros durante la actividad?
End of Activity
- Does anyone have any questions about the activity?
- Remind students that the expectation is to speak in Spanish 100% of the time.
- 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 activities!
Can-Do Statements:
- I can give reasons for my preference
- I can chat with a partner to defend and support my position on why I believe one opinion is more relevant than another
- I can create open-ended questions in order to spark conversation with my partner
Cultural NOtes:
- Learn more about the Lotería Google Doodle and associated game
- Online version of Lotería
- Article on the history of Lotería
- “It Needed to Be Modernized.’ The Artists Recreating Lotería, the Iconic Mexican Game of Bingo,” Time Magazine Article
- Millennial Lotería (Instagram Account)
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