Heritage Spanish · Week 13 · Registro, comunidad y voz académica
Intérprete de mi familia
Students reflect on the pressure of interpreting for family and practice phrases that let them pause or ask for help.
- Students will
- Students learn medical, school, and office vocabulary and practice phrases that let them pause or ask for help while interpreting.
- SEL skill
- Use a pause or help phrase to stay calm when interpreting gets stressful
- What it looks like
- Students notice the pressure of interpreting for family and choose phrases that help them stay calm.
- Content focus
- Vocabulary for medical, school, and office settings
- Format
- Role play
Self-management
Self-management means steering your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can stay steady and reach your goals. More self-management 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.CM5.I: Communication Standard 5, Receptive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL2.I: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication, Relating Cultural Products and Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
Fits these textbook chapters
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More self-management activities for Heritage Spanish
- La sílaba tónica Self-managementStudents learn accent rules step by step and treat mistakes as normal steps rather than proof they do not belong.
- Tilde sin vergüenza Self-managementStudents edit their own writing for accents with a calm checklist instead of shame.
- Leer en voz alta Self-managementStudents read a poem aloud and set a personal fluency goal, building confidence in academic Spanish.
- Mi ensayo personal Self-managementStudents draft a personal essay about their identity that could grow into a college application essay.
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