Heritage Spanish · Week 7 · Mi español: acentos, ortografía e historias
Los cuentos de mi abuela
Students interview an elder in Spanish and capture a family story, honoring the voice of the storyteller.
- Students will
- Students interview an elder in Spanish and prepare to retell a family story in the preterite and imperfect.
- SEL skill
- Ask open questions and restate an elder's meaning in your own words
- What it looks like
- Students show empathy by honoring the storyteller's voice and noticing what the story means to them.
- Content focus
- Oral family stories; preterite and imperfect in narration
- Format
- Role play
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and feelings and appreciating that people come from different backgrounds and experiences. More social awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- WL.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM2.I: Communication Standard 2, Interpersonal 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
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More social awareness activities for Heritage Spanish
- No hay español malo Social awarenessComparing words across Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, students reject the idea of bad Spanish and respect every variety.
- Mi vecindario habla Social awarenessStudents practice interviewing an imagined neighbor in Indio or Coachella with accented question words and listen for the stories behind the answers.
- Gloria Anzaldúa y la frontera Social awarenessReading excerpts from Borderlands, students reflect on living between languages and cultures and how others experience that space.
- La casa en Mango Street Social awarenessReading vignettes from "La casa en" Mango Street, students connect Esperanza's search for belonging with their own.
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