Spanish 4 and AP · Week 11 · Comunidades y vida contemporánea
Correo electrónico formal
Students answer an AP style email from a community leader, adjusting register and tone to the reader.
- Students will
- Students write an AP style formal email in the "usted" register, adjusting tone and register to the reader.
- SEL skill
- Choose respectful words and a polite tone for a specific reader
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by choosing words that show respect for the reader.
- Content focus
- AP interpersonal writing: formal email in the "usted" register
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean connecting well with others by speaking clearly, listening closely, working together, and resolving conflict. 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.CM5.I: Communication Standard 5, Receptive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication, Language Comparisons
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
- AP Spanish Language and Culture theme: Families and Communities
More relationship skills activities for Spanish 4 and AP
- Comparación cultural: la identidad Relationship skillsStudents rehearse a one minute version of the two minute AP style cultural comparison on identity between their community and a Spanish speaking country, practicing calm delivery.
- La conversación simulada Relationship skillsStudents practice the AP simulated conversation and learn to keep talking through uncertainty with natural filler phrases.
- La música que nos une Relationship skillsStudents share a song from their family's playlist and find common ground across different musical tastes.
- Mi obra, mi voz Relationship skillsStudents create and share a short poem or artwork in Spanish about what they have learned to see as beautiful in themselves.
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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. AP and Advanced Placement are trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in making and does not endorse RoseThread Connect.