Brian Scott
Spanish Teacher
WL Consultant

Unit 5 – Hay que superar

 

Themes – Familias y Comunidades, Desafíos Mundiales, Identidades personales y públicas, Vida contemporánea

 

Essential Questions

 

¿Cómo afectan a una comunidad los eventos históricos?

¿Qué desafíos tienen que enfrentar comunidades diferentes?

 

Topics covered

 

• 9/11 in Chile and 9/11 in the USA

• The Disappeared in Argentina during the military coup in the70’s/80’s

• German immigrants and culture in Argentina

• Obesity in Mexico/USA

• Hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in the Americas

• Mar Adentro

 

Summative Performance Assessments

 

• E-mail – Volunteer for humanitarian organization

• Essay – Should junk food & fast food companies be able to target children?

• Dialogue – Interview for a program to help the community

• Cultural Comparison – What is the role of government in regards to the wellbeing of its citizens?

 

First Day Hook

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I give the students a reading that is simply titled “9/11” and nothing else.  They assume that it’s going to be about what happened in New York.  I enjoy watching their faces as they look up and realize that another country, Chile, also suffered a traumatic 9/11 event.

Authentic Resources & Activities

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Interpretive Audiovisual – Students watch video about a town in Argentina which consists entirely of Germans.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmBLxdO2FXY&t=106s

 

Interpretive Print – Students read El sur by Jorge Luis Borges.  Before reading the students do a pre-reading activity for which they guess 25 words unknown to them but are variations of words they already know. 

 

Interpretive Audio – Students listen to an audio about the obesity epidemic in Mexico.  They learn that Mexico and the USA battle it out for the #1 position.  They then investigate to find out the causes in Mexico and if they are the same or different here in the USA.

 

Interpersonal Spoken – Students talk in pairs or small groups about their eating habits and whether or not they consider themselves healthy eaters.

 

Interpersonal Written – Students are given an example of an email that would score a 3 on the AP Spanish Language & Culture Exam.  They work in their “familias” to improve the sample so that it would receive a score of 4 or 5.

 

Presentational Spoken – Students work in pairs to create a narrative story for a 6 picture sequence depicting an emergency situation.

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Presentational Written – Students are provided an argumentative essay question followed by two citations from authentic resources.  One is in favor and the other is against.  The students determine which is which.