Sub-topic 9: ¿Cuál es el mejor salón de clases?

Suggested Lexical Content

This vocabulary already was studied; just that students will be putting it into practice.

Specific Learning Objectives

After completing this subtopic, the student will be able to:

1. Understand simple stories that compares the present classroom to the previous one.
2. Write paragraphs describing their classroom.
3. Create a table showing the class schedule.
4. Create a  list of items found in the classroom.
5. Write paragraphs comparing last year's classroom with a current one.
6. Understand simple conversations related to classroom.
7. Understand when others compare a present location with a past location.
8. Hold simple dialogues related to their classroom.
9. Compare the current classroom setting with last year's.

Suggested Activities

Written Comprehension and Expression

Step 1

▪  Ask the students to complete the exercise #33. This exercise contains a reading where two classrooms are compared: the current one with the previous one. Based on the content of the reading, students must answer some comprehension questions based on the reading.

 

Oral Comprehension and Written Expression

Step 1

Play an audio containing a dialogue describing a previous classroom with a current one. Based on the content of the dialogue, students will have to answer some questions found in exercise #34 of the workbook. Questions must be written in Spanish and in complete sentences. The dialogue must include the name of both schools, locations, describe both classrooms, specify times and objects found in them, etc. Speaking in past and present is mandatory. The student has to compare and express likes and dislikes.

Oral Expression

Step 1

In pairs, students will perform the following role play: participant “A” and “B” are new to the school. Both students meet on the first day of class and become good friends. They will discuss what their classroom was like at  school where they studied and what the current one is like. In this conversation, they should include the name of the school, location, class times, and describe the classroom while identifying the objects and people that are in the current and previous classroom.