Sub-topic 7: Necesito rentar una casa
Suggested Lexical Content
¿Qué?, ¿Para qué?...
Specific Learning Objectives
After completing this subtopic, the student will be able to:
- Understand written directions.
- Understand descriptive paragraphs about a house or neighborhood.
- Understand simple dialogues related to house renting.
- Understand signs and flyers on house renting.
- Understand house rental advertisements.
- Write descriptive paragraphs about own house or neighborhood.
- Create flyers advertising the renting of a house.
- Write dialogues about renting a house.
- Understand simple descriptions of a certain place.
- Understand vocabulary about furniture and electronic appliances.
- Understand simple conversations related to home.
- Understand dialogues or announcements related to renting a house.
- Name the different sections of house.
- Name and describe the different objects found in each section of own house.
Suggested Activities
Note: This subtopic has been developed with the sole purpose of preparing students so that they can understand and express themselves – in writing and verbally – using a vocabulary to rent or when looking for a house to rent; this will help their parents, who do not speak Spanish, when they face a situation like that, whether inside or outside the country; also, when the students travel to a Spanish country..
Most of the vocabulary for the development of this topic has been seen in previous lessons; therefore, written comprehension exercises will be developed to identify the new vocabulary
Written Comprehension
Step 1
Students will be asked to complete exercise #27 of the workbook. This exercise contains a reading material on renting a house. To complete the comprehension exercise, students must answer some questions related to reading. These must be done in Spanish and in complete sentences.
Written Comprehension and Expression
Step 1
▪ Ask students to complete exercise #28 from the workbook. The exercise consists of a dialogue on renting a house. Next, students will be asked to complete “part 2” of it, which consists of ten questions based on the dialogue.
Written Comprehension
Step 1
Students will be asked to complete exercise #29 from the workbook. This exercise contains a house rental advertisement. To complete the exercise, students must answer some questions, based on the content of the advertisement.
Written Expression and Oral Comprehension and Expression
Step 1
Each student must design an advertisement promoting the rental of a house. This ad should be made on a full card stock or at a size that can be viewed from far. The ad must contain: title, location, description of the neighborhood and the house itself, price, services, restrictions, if it is furnished or not, contact, etc. The ad must be fully illustrated (pictures).
Step 2
Each student must present their announcement. Designate two students to ask questions to the presenter (each one) based on the presentation. It is up to the teacher's discretion to ask questions as well. All students must participate in this presentation.
Oral Expression
Step 1
In pairs, students must prepare a role-play in which participant “A” is looking for a house to rent; while participant "B" has a house to rent. They meet in the park and start a conversation about the house they are renting.
The following should be covered in this conversation: talking about the location, the neighborhood, the material and color of the house, the number of sections it has, the conditions/rent restrictions, the services it offers, whether it is furnished or not, the price, the method of payment, etc.
Step 2
Each pair should perform the role play. Notes are not allowed in this presentation. Each student must be evaluated individually and informal. The teacher must correct the structuring and pronunciation of words in Spanish.
