Interests and Leisure Activities

Weather and Seasons

Topic: Interests and Leisure Activities

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions related to interests and leisure activities, including likes and dislikes.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Comprehend simple, culturally-authentic announcements and advertisements related to leisure activities.
    
  • Identify activities being described.
    
  • Determine whether a person likes or dislikes a particular activity.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Tell the degree to which a person likes or dislikes various activities.
    
  • Tell when and how frequently a person participates in various activities.
    
  • Tell what leisure activities a person does or does not do.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Identify popular sports and leisure activities in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss the role of leisure activities in a young person's daily life.
    
  • Discuss where young people meet during leisure time.
    
  • Identify and discuss prominent individuals involved in sports and/or the arts in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss the impact of geographic location on popular leisure activities.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Compare the sports studied and played in physical education (P.E.) class in the U.S. with sports played in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare extracurricular activities in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Compare typical customs of socializing among young people.
    
  • Contrast the use of various verbs and prepositions with sports and activities in English and Spanish.
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates for interests and activities.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Describe sports and leisure activities in the Spanish-speaking community.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Gustar used with infinitives
  
• Jugar a, tocar, practicar, hacer
  
• Present tense verbs
  
• Question formation and interrogative expressions
  
• Adverbs of frequency
  
• Negation
  
• Vocabulary for likes and dislikes
  

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Topic: Weather and Seasons

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about weather and seasons.
    
  • Ask and respond to questions about activities and weather during different seasons.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify weather and seasons based on spoken and written descriptions.
    
  • Identify weather and seasons as represented by symbols (e.g., picture of sun labeled hace calor or hace sol).
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Describe a variety of weather conditions and seasons.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss the influence of weather on lifestyles and activities in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify varying climates in different geographic locations in Spain and Latin America.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Describe the use of the metric system in giving temperatures.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Identify the differences in seasons throughout the Americas and Spain.
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to weather and seasons.
    
  • Discuss the influence of the Spanish language on English weather expressions such as el niño, la niña, and huracán.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Interpret a Spanish language weather report.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Seasonal activity vocabulary
  
• Weather expressions
  
• Hacer, haber, estar
  
• The preposition en with seasons
  
• Tener expressions related to weather
  

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