Brian Scott
Spanish Teacher
WL Consultant

 

Unit 1 – ¿Quién quiero ser?

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Themes – Familias y comunidades, Desafíos mundiales, Identidades personales y públicas, Vida contemporánea, Belleza y estética

 

Essential Questions

 

¿Qué significa “ser miembro de una familia”?

¿Cómo se mantiene la identidad familiar?

 

Topics covered

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• How families around the world function similarly and differently

• Traditional and changing roles of men, women and grandparents

• Definition of independence for young adults in different societies

• Economic crisis in Spain – Living with parents until your 30’s or leaving the country to find work

• Maintaining cultural traditions such as language, food, fashion, holidays

• Los Castellers (Human Towers) in Catalonia, Spain

 

Summative Performance Assessments

 

• E-mail – Investigation about maintaining family traditions

• Essay – Do families function better or worse now that both parents work?

• Dialogue – Conversation with friend about relationship with parents and plans for future.

• Cultural Comparison – How does family impact our identity?

 

First Day Hook

 

Disney Pixar short film La Luna.  This is a short film without dialogue or subtitles.  After viewing, students discuss what are the messages and/or purpose of the film as well as provide examples.

 

Authentic Resources & Activities

 

Interpretive Audiovisual – Students watch a video about the Castellers in Catalonia, Spain.  Students then investigate and make comparisons of all types of family activities both traditional and eccentric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1HWyUIZ5kk

 

Interpretive Print – Students read and annotate passages about traditional families in the Spanish-speaking world, and how they are changing.

 

Interpretive Audio – Students listen to audios that simulate phone conversations about several family topics such as changing family traditions, teenagers contributing to family income. https://phone.dliflc.edu/default_spanish.asp

 

Interpersonal Spoken – Students have conversations with the Heritage Students from the Spanish for Spanish Speakers classes to talk about how they celebrate holidays and family events similarly and differently.

 

Interpersonal Written – Students write to one another taking on the roles of teenagers working and helping to support their families.

 

Presentational Spoken – Students present to their classroom “familias” about their own family history and traditions.

 

Presentational Written – Students write their personal opinions about child labor and the necessity to survive while using any resources they have read, listened to or watched during the unit.