Heritage Spanish · Week 35 · Orgullo y puente entre casa y academia
Carta a mi yo futuro
Students write a letter to their future self in academic Spanish about the language and identity they want to keep.
- Students will
- Students write a personal letter to their future self using the future and conditional about language and identity.
- SEL skill
- Name who you want to become and what you want to keep about your language and identity
- What it looks like
- Students build hope by naming who they want to be and what they want to keep.
- Content focus
- Future and conditional; personal letter
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own feelings, thoughts, values, and strengths and how they shape who you are becoming. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- WL.CM3.A: Communication Standard 3, Presentational Communication (Advanced range)
- WL.CM6.A: Communication Standard 6, Productive Structures in Service of Communication (Advanced range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Presentational Communication
- Proficiency range: Advanced
More self-awareness activities for Heritage Spanish
- Mi español, mi historia Self-awarenessStudents write a language autobiography and name the feelings, pride or insecurity, attached to their Spanish.
- Mi nombre con tilde Self-awarenessStudents write their names with correct accents and explain why their name deserves to be spelled and pronounced correctly.
- Spanglish y cambio de código Self-awarenessStudents reflect on when they switch languages and what feelings or audiences drive the switch.
- Reflexión del semestre Self-awarenessStudents compare their first writing sample to a recent one and name their growth in accents, spelling, and register.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.