Sub-topic 3: En el mercado

Suggested Lexical Content

Specific Learning Objectives

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

1. Understand vocabulary listing fruits, and vegetables.

1. Understand the description of fruits and vegetables.
2. Understand when individuals describe the places where fruits, vegetables are sold.
3. Identify and use vocabulary about fruits, vegetables, and clothing.
4. Describe fruits and vegetables.
5. Describe a stall where fruits and vegetables are sold.

Suggested Activities

Introduction of vocabulary

Step 1

▪ With anticipation, the teacher will print images of fruits and vegetables to depict vocabulary presented in the lesson; in a size that can be visible from far.

▪ The teacher will present the class with images of fruits or vegetables and will ask them one of the following questions:

¿Cómo se llama esta fruta/verdura en español?

¿Cuál es nombre de esta fruta/verdura en español?

¿Cómo se dice “wartermelon” (ejemplo) en español?

¿Qué fruta/verdura es esta en español?

 

The student can answer in a simple or in a complete sentence. The idea is to introduce the vocabulary.

The teacher will write the vocabulary on the whiteboard meanwhile the students respond to given questions. 

 

Practicing the vocabulary

Step 1

To practice the vocabulary, the students will play the game “Frutas vs. Verduras”.

For this game, the teacher will ask the students to leave the center of the classroom empty.

Being the center of the classroom empty, the teacher will place haft of the student to the right side of the classroom and the other haft to the left; each group will face each other to form opposite lines.

The teacher will draw a line on the floor between both groups such it is showed in the following example:

Having arranged the class as shown in the diagram above, the teacher will provide images of fruits each member of group one and images of vegetables to each member of group two.

Have each student identify the fruit or vegetable depicted in the given image and show it to their classmates.

The teacher will hold one image too, for example: el coliflor

 

Step 2

The teacher will start the game displaying his/her image “el coliflor”, by saying: Yo quiero comer coliflor, pero no quiero comer “naranja”.

The student who has the image of “naranja”, has to step forward as soon as the word “najranja” is called. If the student takes more than 5 seconds to step forward, he/she will stay in his/her place where he/she will say: Yo quiero comer naranja (the image that he/she has) pero no quiero comer cebolla (an image for the other group).

Rules of this game:

Objective of the Game: The group that crosses the center line first is the winner of the game.

The student will say that he/she wants to eat the fruit/ vegetable that he/she has in the given image, and that he/she doesn’t want to eat is the fruit/vegetable of the opposite group. For example: the group who has the images of vegetables wants eat vegetables but not fruits, and vice versa.

Each student from any of the two groups has 5 second to step forward once the fruit or vegetable depicted in their image is called. If the student doesn’t step forward within 5 seconds, He/she will remain standing on the same place and will continue with the game.

The student will step forward every time the name of his/her image is called.

If one of the group members makes a mistake in stepping forward with the wrong image, every member of the group will take a step backwards.

The group that successfully crosses the center line first is the winner.

 Oral Comprehension and Expression

Step 1

Using a real or electronic wheel spinner with images of fruits and vegetables, the teacher will implement the following activity:

The teacher will randomly select a student and have them spin the wheel to select a fruit or vegetable.

As soon as the wheel stops (for example manzana), the teacher will ask the student, in Spanish: ¿Cómo es la manzana?

The student has to respond in Spanish and with a complete sentence; for example: la manzana es redonda, pequeña, roja y muy deliciosa.

 

Note: the student already study, in the previous lessons, how to describe things based on its shape, size, color, taste and aspect.

 

The activity will continue until most of the students participate.

Oral Comprehension and Expression

Step 1

With anticipation, the teacher will ask students to prepare an oral presentation in which they will describe a fruit / vegetable stall. Presentation shall include:

Name of the stall

Location

How it looks

The fruit they sell (7 minimums)

The vegetables they sell (5 minimums)

Describe 2 fruits.

Describe 2 vegetables.

Describe the vender

Step 2

Each student will bring along a large colorful picture of the fruit / vegetable stall selected and will paste it at the front. Students will orally describe the stall, without using notes. 

At the end of each presentation, the teacher will select a student to either answer a question or formulate a question based on the presentation. All the students need to present his/her stall.