Spanish Level 1: Unit 2

Let’s Get Together

I can understand, share and discuss about family, food and celebrations.

------PERFORMANCE TARGET ------

How well are students expected to perform?

------ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS ------

  1. What are the social norms in eating situations.
  1. Do people in other cultures eat the same food as me?
  1. How do people celebrate?
  1. What makes a family?

------ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS------

➢understand definite and indefinite articles

➢Yes/no questions - forming and answering

➢negative statements

➢possessives

➢noun/adjective agreement

➢likes and dislikes

➢introduce comparisons

➢subject pronouns with -ar verbs

➢verb/subject agreement -ar verbs

➢“gusta” with singular pronouns me/te/le

------UNIT LEARNING TARGETS ------

What will students be able to do with what they know?

I can…

Interpretive Listening / Interpretive Reading / Interpersonal (Person-to-Person) / Presentational Speaking / Presentational Writing
understand what people say in a short conversation about family members
understand basic descriptions of family members
understand some of what people say about food.
understand what I hear in a restaurant advertisement. / ●understand personal emails, notes and other short readings about family.
understand some of what I read on a menu.
understand some of what I read in a restaurant advertisement. / ● ask and tell what my family members look like and their personalities.
●ask and tell what members of my family like to do and why.
●express that I am hungry or thirsty.
●ask for and understand basic information about what people eat.
●express my opinions about food.
●talk about what I eat for different meals during the day. / ● describe my family.
●talk about what members of my family like and don’t like.
●talk about my food preferences
●give a description of a meal that I typically eat. / ● describe my family.
●write about what members of my family like and don’t like.
●write a description of my favorite meal.
●write about the foods that I eat for different meals of the day.

What intercultural competencies will students be able to demonstrate?

I can...

PRODUCTS / PRACTICES / CULTURAL INTERACTIONS
●read an invitation to a family celebration.
●identify and discuss cuisines from different Spanish-speaking countries.
●read a menu from a Spanish-speaking country.
●recognize important/main foods for each meal. / ●talk about common family celebrations in Hispanic culture.
●demonstrate appropriate practice regarding tipping.
●sometimes identify which topics are appropriate and inappropriate to bring up when invited to a meal.
●recognize different eating schedules between home culture and the target culture. / ●provide a definition of “nuclear family” in the target culture.
●recognize and imitate appropriate table manners
●interact appropriately with a server.
●understand bills (tax, tips, sometimes not itemized, etc.)

------VOCABULARY------

What will prepare students to demonstrate what they can do?

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE CHUNKS

¿Cómoestufamilia? / Mifamiliaes . . .
¿Cuántas personas hay en tufamilia? / Hay ____ personas en mi familia.
¿Cómo se llamantus padres? / Mis padres se llaman . . .
¿Cómo se llama tumadre? / Mimadre se llama . . .
¿Tieneshermanos? / Sí, yotengo . . .
¿Cuántosañostienetuhermano? / Éltiene _____ años.
¿Cómoestuhermana? / Ella es . . .
¿Cómo son tusabuelos? / Misabuelos son . . .
¿Qué le(s) gusta? ¿Qué le gustahacer? / Le(s) gusta ______.
¿Quétegusta? ¿Quétegusta ______? / Me gusta______
¿Tegusta ______? / no, no me gusta______
¿Qué comes paraalmuerzo? / Yocomo . . .
¿Tieneshambre? / No, no tengohambre.
¿Tienessed? / Sítengo sed.
¿Quieres . . . ? / Sí, yoquiero . .

ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE CHUNKS

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

FAMILY
●abuelo/a
●padre/madre
●tío/a
●primo/a
●hijo/a
●hermano/a
●esposo/a
●hermanastro/a
●padrastro
●madrastra
ADJECTIVES
●grande
●pequeño
●mediano
●divertido
●loco / PETS
●perro
●gato
●pájaro
●culebra
●pez
●serpiente
●hámster/ratón
MISC.
●el regalo
●la fiesta / INFINITIVES
●comer
●mirartelevisión
●hablarporteléfono
●usar la computadora
●jugarvideojuegos
●jugardeportes
●usar el internet
●escucharmúsica
●leer
●celebrar
●invitar
●bailar
●cantar
●escribir
●andar en bicicleta
●caminarpor el parque
●cuidarmishermanos / FOODS
●desayuno
●almuerzo
●merienda
●cena
●delicioso
●horrible
●repugnante
●buenprovecho
●el cereal
●los panqueques
●el pan
●el yogur
●la ensalada
●la hamburguesa
●la torta
●el sandwich
●el jamón
●el pollo
●el queso
●las papas fritas
●la pizza
●el chorizo
●la horchada / More FOODS
●la fruta
●el plátano
●la fresa
●la naranja
●la uva
●la manzana
●la mantequilla
●el pastel
●el helado
●el chocolate
●la leche
●el refresco
●el agua
●el café
●el té
●la limonada
●la galleta
●el restaurante
●el atole
●los huevos
●los chicharrones
●los frijoles
●la yerba mate

ADDITIONAL VOCABULARY