Spanish 4 and AP · Week 9 · Identidades y familias
Las tradiciones que guardamos
Students describe a family tradition and reflect with "ojalá" on what they hope to keep alive and why it matters to them.
- Students will
- Students use "ojalá" plus the past subjunctive and traditions vocabulary to describe a family tradition and what they hope to keep alive.
- SEL skill
- Express gratitude for a tradition and say why it matters
- What it looks like
- Students express gratitude for traditions and name why they matter.
- Content focus
- "Ojalá" + past subjunctive; traditions vocabulary
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Social awareness is understanding and empathizing with others, including people whose experiences are different from your own, and showing gratitude for what they do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- WL.CM3.I: Communication Standard 3, Presentational Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM6.I: Communication Standard 6, Productive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL2.I: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication, Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
- AP Spanish Language and Culture theme: Families and Communities
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More self-awareness activities for Spanish 4 and AP
- ¿Quién soy y cómo me ven? Self-awarenessStudents compare how they see themselves with how others see them and present a short spoken self-portrait.
- Bilingüe y orgulloso Self-awarenessStudents read testimonies of bilingual Californians and use the subjunctive of emotion to express how language shapes belonging.
- Los viajes que transforman Self-awarenessStudents read a travel "crónica" from Peru and reflect on how leaving a comfort zone changes the way a person sees themselves.
- Reflexión del semestre Self-awarenessStudents write a semester reflection with "si" clauses about what they would do differently and what they are proud of.
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