Cities, Places, Activities, and Transportation

Shopping

Restaurants and Food

Topic: Cities, Places, Activities, and Transportation

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about a city.
    
  • Ask about and give directions to a site within a town or city.
    
  • Ask and answer questions regarding modes of transportation in a city.
    
  • Ask and answer questions about when and where activities and/or celebrations take place.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify locations on a map.
    
  • Identify locations where activities take place.
    
  • Find a location based on verbal directions.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Give directions to a city location or activity.
    
  • Describe a day's activities, including locations.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss the layout and characteristics of cities and towns in Spanish-speaking countries (plazas, mercados, narrow streets in older neighborhoods, etc.).
    
  • Discuss cities in various Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Identify geographic locations and/or features of Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare use of mass transit in Spanish-speaking countries and the United States.
    
  • Analyze social issues relating to city life in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries (night life, etc.).
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to locations in a city, transportation, and directions.
    
  • Compare one verb for "to be" in English versus two verbs in Spanish.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Identify activities, celebrations, and locations in Spanish-speaking cities.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary for giving directions
  
• Geography vocabulary
  
• Prepositions of location
  
• Question formation and interrogative expressions
  
• Commands
  
• Present tense of ser, estar, and ir
  

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Topic: Shopping

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about stores and types of merchandise.
    
  • Discuss shopping experiences.
    
  • Ask for or give the description of an item being purchased.
    
  • Ask and answer questions regarding where items can be purchased and how much they cost.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify items for sale in an advertisement.
    
  • Identify locations where specific items can be purchased.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Describe an item for sale in a store.
    
  • Tell about the purchase or sale of an item.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss products unique to Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss the differences in shopping customs between the U.S. and Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss the importance of the mercado in Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Convert foreign currency to U.S. dollars.
    
  • Compare merchandise prices in the U.S. to those in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
    
  • Compare the custom of bargaining (regatear) in Spanish-speaking countries and in the U.S.
    
  • Demonstrate the use of usted and tt and the importance of using usted while shopping in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to shopping.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Identify merchandise available on the Internet, through catalogs, and/or in advertisements from Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Types of stores
  
• Adjective agreement and placement
  
• Present tense of costar, querer, preferir
  
• Courtesy expressions me gustarra and quisiera
  
• Direct and indirect object pronouns
  
• Usted vs. tú
  
• Numbers
  

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Topic: Restaurants and Food

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about food.
    
  • Ask and answer questions about a meal or restaurant experience.
    
  • Order or take an order for a meal at a restaurant.
    
  • Ask and answer questions regarding items on a menu.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify grocery and food items in an advertisement, menu, recipe, etc.
    
  • Identify locations where specific foods can be purchased.
    
  • Comprehend written and oral information about items in a market.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Describe a restaurant meal.
    
  • Present descriptions and opinions about food.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss the cuisines and eating customs of Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss shopping for food in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify food served at celebrations in Spanish-speaking countries (mole at weddings, pan de muerto, etc.).
    
  • Discuss typical mealtime schedules.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Discuss the influence of Hispanic foods and cuisine in the United States.
    
  • Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
    
  • Discuss the differences between Hispanic and American cuisine.
    
  • Compare the role of food in celebrations in the U.S. and Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify Spanish and Hispanic foods commonly used in the U.S.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Demonstrate an understanding of recipes and/or menus on the Internet from Spanish-speaking countries or from local restaurants serving Spanish or Hispanic food.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Shopping for food
  
• Expressions for ordering a meal
  
• Present tense of pedir, querer, servir, comer, and beber
  
• Courtesy expressions me gustaría and quisiera
  
• Familiar and formal commands
  

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