Course Title: 7th Grade Spanish Grade: 7
Unit: Chapter 8 – The House
Month Presented:
October-November
Unit Length (in weeks): 5
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Essential Question (s): What do you do at home?
- ¿Qué haces en tu casa? |
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Learning Objectives: §2 Tell where you live. §3 Describe your home. §4 Name household chores. §5 Discuss the
importance of patios in |
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Skills: §1 House-related vocabulary used to describe one’s home. §2 Use of distance-related vocabulary, such as lejos de, cerca de to talk about the layout of your house. §3 Discuss daily chores using tener+que+infinitivo. §4 Describe the
importance of community within Spanish-speaking countries and Hispanic
communities here in the §5 Using furniture vocabulary to talk about what one can find within your house. §6 Using the verbs poner & hacer to talk about what you and your family members do at home. §7 Conjugate “ir” verbs correctly into the present tense – especially the verb vivir to talk about where people live. §8 E to IE stem-changing verbs in the present tense. Focus on the verb preferir. §9 Using possessive adjectives mi, tu, su, nuestro, vuestro, su. |
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Instructional Strategies & Activities: §1Vocabulary Bingo §2 Card game §3 Flashcards §4 Verb Battleship with “ir” verbs. §5 Language Lab §6 Audio activities §7Video activities §8 Paired activities §9Group work §10 Project – Layout of students’ houses. Presentation to class describing their house. §11 Power-point presentation on vocabulary. §12 Internet activities – primarily www.quia.com |
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Materials Utilized: §1Textbook §2 Workbook §3 Language Lab §4 Power Point §5 Audio Tapes §6 Video Tapes §7Flashcards §8 Computers/Internet |
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Assessment Strategies: §1Quizzes §2 Unit Test §3 Project §4 Classroom participation §5 Homework completion §6 Language Lab “check-ins” |