Spanish 4 and AP · Week 10 · Comunidades y vida contemporánea
Los voluntarios del valle
Students analyze a local need in Indio or Coachella and propose with the subjunctive how young people could respond.
- Students will
- Students use the present perfect subjunctive ("me alegra que hayan ayudado") to analyze a local need and propose a youth response.
- SEL skill
- Test an idea for realism and fairness before proposing it
- What it looks like
- Students weigh a community problem and practice influencing others with integrity.
- Content focus
- Present perfect subjunctive ("me alegra que hayan ayudado"); volunteering vocabulary
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Responsible decision-making
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What you get
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Standards
- WL.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM5.I: Communication Standard 5, Receptive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CN1.I: Connections Standard 1, Connections to Other Disciplines (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpretive Communication, Making Connections
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
- AP Spanish Language and Culture theme: Families and Communities
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