Sub-topic 1: ¡Allá!

Suggested Lexical Content

¿En dónde está…?

Specific Learning Objectives

After completing this subtopic, students will be able to:

1. Identify appropriate vocabulary to indicate positions
2. Use appropriate vocabulary to say the positions of something or somebody.

 

Suggested Activities

Introducing vocabulary

Step 1

▪ The teacher will introduce the vocabulary of this lesson through images.

▪ To introduce the vocabulary, the teacher can print the images in a size that can be seen from far or project it. When presenting each image, the teacher will ask the class to indicate what it means in English, guided by the images; for example: if presented with the image of the word “entre” (see the following figure) the students would say “Between”. The same dynamic will continue until all the vocabulary is presented.

Practicing the vocabulary

Step 1

The teacher will print images that represent the vocabulary, without labels. For example:

Step 2

The teacher will ask students to place the pupil’s chairs to the center of the classroom, leaving the sides free.

Step 3

The teacher will paste the images around the classroom wall; then he/she will mention a vocabulary word. The students, who are standing, will have to group themselves in front of the figure that represents the word that the teacher mentioned.

Step 4

The teacher must go through the different groups and ask them why they consider that the image represents the word he/she mentioned, in Spanish. Students should explain it based on the image.

 

Note: a single image can represent several vocabulary words; for example, the following image can be applied to the following words: between, in the middle, to the right, to the left,

The groups will again move away from the image and wait for the teacher to mention another word, and then look for the image that represents the word. The dynamic will continue until the vocabulary is completed.

 

Applying the vocabulary

Step 1

The teacher will introduce the question: ¿En dónde está el/los/la/las…? Giving its respective translation in English.

Step 2

The teacher will provide written examples of its usage, utilizing the figures presented in the previous activities: ¿En dónde está Dalianny? Ella está entre Princess y Freddy. 

Oral comprehension and Expression

Step 1

Using classroom objects (seen in previous lessons), the teacher will select a student and ask for the location of a specific object; for example: the teacher selects Karla and asks her: ¿En dónde está el florero? Students must answer in Spanish and in complete sentences.

Once Karla answers, she must select one of her classmates who she will ask the location of another object in the classroom; and so on

The teacher will continue with this activity until everyone participates: asking and answering

Written comprehension and Expression

Step 1

The teacher will ask students to complete exercise #35 from the workbook. This exercise contains images with different objects in different positions; likewise, each image contains a question in which the student is asked to locate a specific object. After locating the objects, the student must answer the questions in Spanish and in complete sentences.