Heritage Spanish · Week 10 · Registro, comunidad y voz académica
El registro: casa y escuela
Students compare how they talk at home and at school and see moving between registers as a skill, not a flaw.
- Students will
- Students compare informal and formal Spanish, including "tú" and "usted", and choose the right register for different listeners.
- SEL skill
- Choose and shift between informal and formal spanish to fit a listener
- What it looks like
- Students build interpersonal skills by seeing movement between home and school registers as a strength.
- Content focus
- Register: informal vs formal language; "tú vs usted"
- Format
- Role play
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean communicating in ways that fit the people you are with, listening well, and keeping connections healthy. More relationship skills 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.CM2.I: Communication Standard 2, Interpersonal Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL1.I: Cultures Standard 1, Culturally Appropriate Interaction (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM6.I: Communication Standard 6, Productive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
More relationship skills activities for Heritage Spanish
- Escribir lo que oímos Relationship skillsStudents turn an oral story, from their family, a book, or an imagined elder, into a written narrative and may share it with the person who told it or someone they choose.
- Las palabras que hieren Relationship skillsStudents analyze how words like "pocho" and "nopal" hurt heritage speakers and practice repairing harm when language is used to shame.
- Corridos de mi gente Relationship skillsStudents write a short "corrido" in pairs that honors a person from their community.
- Revisión entre pares Relationship skillsStudents give specific, kind feedback on a peer's essay and receive feedback without defensiveness.
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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.