Sub-topic 6: ¡A divertirnos se ha dicho!
Suggested Lexical Content:
Pasatiempos:
Jugar fútbol / baloncesto / voleibol / softbol…
Ir a nadar / bailar / pescar / cantar / pasear / la playa / comer / correr…
Visitar las islas / los cayos / cuevas / los sitios mayas / galerías / otros países…
Estar con mis amigos / mi familia
Ver televisión / películas
Escuchar música
Specific Learning Objectives
After finishing this subtopic, the student will be able to:
- Describe their favorite hobby with friends.
- Understand stories from the past related to friends and entertainment.
- Talk about his/her personal likes or dislikes and those of a friend.
- Understand simple letters about having good times with family or friends.
- Write family letters sharing their favorite hobby with his/her friends.
- Understand simple stories about tourist trips.
- Write narrative stories about tourist trips.
- Write dialogues related to friends and/or tourist trips.
Suggested Activities
Oral Comprehension and Expression
Step 1
The teacher will start the class by asking some students the following questions:
¿Qué es lo que más les gusta hacer para entretenerse?
Students must answer in complete sentences based on what they learned in Unit 1 about "what they like and don't like to do."
For example: A mí me gusta bailar pero no me gusta cantar.
The teacher will elicit and write the students’ favorite hobby on the board to create the vocabulary for this lesson. For example:
Bailar
Cantar
Jugar…
Written Comprehension and Expression
Step 2
The teacher will ask the students to do Exercise # 31 of the workbook. In this exercise, Instruction 1 consists of the development of written comprehension skills by understanding a passage and Instruction 2 aids in the development of written expression skills by completing a comprehension exercise with open-ended questions. Detailed instructions can be seen in the workbook.
Oral Comprehension and Expression
Step 3
The teacher will ask each student the following question:
¿Cuáles son tus pasatiempos favoritos?
Each student will answer the question in a complete sentence.
For example:
Mis pasatiempos favoritos son ir a la playa, jugar fútbol y ver televisión.
The teacher will write on the board the hobbies that the students mention to expand the vocabulary.
To reinforce the vocabulary, the teacher will do an interactive activity with the students. The activity consists of the following:
The teacher will ask the students the following question:
¿Cuáles son tus pasatiempos favoritos?
Every time a student answers the question, the teacher will assign another student to state the hobby/hobbies of the previous student.
For example:
If “Ana” answered that her hobby is swimming in the river, listening to music and reading, the teacher will select another student “Marcos” (for example) and ask him: ¿Cuáles son los pasatiempos de Ana?
Marcos should answer in a complete sentence: El pasatiempo de Ana es nadar en el río, escuchar música y leer.
Another student will be called to answer the initial question. The exercise will be repeated every time a student answers the initial question.
Oral Comprehension
Step 4
The teacher will play an audio that contains the students’ pastime/hobbies as previously narrated. Students must complete Exercise # 32 of the workbook. Detailed instructions can be seen in the workbook.
Written Comprehension and Expression
Step 5
The teacher will ask the students to do Exercise # 33 of the workbook, which contains a reading passage that needs to be read and assimilated. Exercise # 33 will assist in developing written comprehension skills.
The student will complete Exercise # 34 of the workbook in which the written expression skill will be developed by carrying out a comprehension exercise, with open-ended questions based on the reading passage of Exercise # 33. Detailed instructions for both exercises can be seen in the workbook.
Written and Oral Expression
Step 6
The teacher will ask the students to write two paragraphs describing an experience related to their hobby. The teacher should assist the student if they are unfamiliar with certain Spanish words and to verify that the assigned paragraphs are written in the past tense. The aim is to create a comprehensible text.
Upon the completion of the paragraphs, the students will be given considerate time for them to become familiar with the content. On an assigned date, each student will come forward to present their experience in Spanish without using notes.
After each presentation, the teacher will ask the presenter about the content of their paragraphs to verify if the student really understands what he/she is saying.
Written Comprehension
Step 7
Students will be doing Exercise # 35. The teacher will request from the students to carefully read to have a better understanding of the letter found in Exercise # 35 of the workbook.
The students will then do Exercise # 36. Instructions for both exercises are provided in the workbook.
Written Expression and Oral Comprehension
Step 8
Each student will write a letter about his/her past experience when they were enjoying their favorite hobby. The letter must contain a heading, greeting, body and a farewell (closing). The body of the letter needs to have two or more paragraphs.
The body of the letter needs to contain the student’s past experience when doing his/her favorite hobby, the place where he/she enjoyed it, the people with whom he/she was with, the feeling how he/she felt, the actions stating what he/she did and his/her personal opinion on what he/she thinks of that specific experience.
After the letter has been completed, the teacher will select some students to read the letter to classmates.
The teacher will ask the class questions based on the content of the letter read by the students.
Written Comprehension and Written Expression
Step 9
The teacher will introduce a vocabulary about describing places.
Using this vocabulary, students will do Exercise # 37 of the workbook. Written expression skills will be developed in the exercise. Detailed instructions of the exercise are found in the workbook.
Written Comprehension
Step 10
The teacher will ask students to carefully read and understand the text found in Exercise # 38 of the workbook. Then, the students will complete Exercise # 39, which contains closed and open-ended questions based on the story from Exercise # 38. Detailed instructions for both exercises are found in the workbook.
Oral Comprehension
Step 11
The teacher will present an audio to the students about visiting a tourist destination.
Students will complete Exercise # 40 of the workbook, which is based on the audio content. The exercise will develop oral comprehension skills.
Oral Expression
Step 12
Each student must bring to class a color photograph, size 8X10, of a tourist destination. Each student will go to the front of the class to present their picture to their classmates.
For this presentation (without using consulting notes), the student will state the name of the place, the location, five activities to be carried out at the place, and descriptive words describing the place.
Written Expression
Step 13
The teacher will ask the students to write two narrative paragraphs stating their personal experiences when visiting a tourist destination.
The teacher should assist the students with the Spanish translation of words or phrases that they do not know.
Oral Expression
Step 14
In groups of three, the students will prepare a dialogue based on a tourist trip.
Each group will have to come to the front of the classroom to present the dialogue without consulting notes. Therefore, the students need to be well acquainted with the content of the dialogue.
