Spanish 2 · Week 20 · Celebraciones, héroes y emociones
Celebramos juntos
Comparing "Las Posadas", "Día de los Reyes", and Coachella Valley celebrations, students learn how others make meaning of holidays.
- Students will
- Students use holiday vocabulary with the preterite and imperfect to compare "Las Posadas", "Día de los Reyes", and local celebrations.
- SEL skill
- Ask a curious question about a tradition different from your own
- What it looks like
- Students learn how others make meaning of holidays and show curiosity about traditions different from their own.
- Content focus
- Holiday vocabulary; preterite and imperfect together
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is taking another person's perspective with empathy, including the perspective of someone whose experience is unlike your own. More social 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.CM1.N: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Novice range)
- WL.CL2.N: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Novice range)
- WL.CL3.N: Cultures Standard 3, Cultural Comparisons (Novice range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication, Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives, Relating Cultural Products and Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Novice
Fits these textbook chapters
- Auténtico 2, Tema 4B: Celebrando los días festivos
- Realidades 2, Capítulo 4B: Celebrando los días festivos
- Senderos 2, Lección 3: Las fiestas
- EntreCulturas 2, Unidad 1: Aficionados unidos
- EntreCulturas 2, Unidad 6: Comunidades unidas
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More social awareness activities for Spanish 2
- Este estilo es mío Social awarenessIn "a mercado" role play, students notice how clothing expresses identity and comment on each other's style with respect.
- ¿Cómo se va? Social awarenessGiving and following directions around Indio, students practice checking that the listener understood before moving on.
- Las historias de mis abuelos Social awarenessStudents imagine childhood in the old Coachella Valley from an elder's point of view and write interview questions with le for a grandparent.
- Un acto heroico Social awarenessStudents narrate a real or imagined rescue story and recognize that everyday heroes often feel afraid and act anyway.
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