Classes and School Routines

School-Related-Activities

Health and Fitness

Topic: Classes and School Routines

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about classes and school routines.
    
  • Give and understand basic instructions on class and school procedures.
    
  • Exchange information about past, present, and future school plans.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Understand announcements related to school day and schedule.
    
  • Understand procedures for using the computer.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Produce spoken and written presentations in relation to classes and school routines.
    
  • Present rehearsed and unrehearsed material, such as role-plays, skits, poems, plays, short narratives, and songs.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Identify some aspects of school systems of Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Identify educational and vocational options for students in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and contrast school routines in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to classes.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Describe school routines of teenagers in Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Asistir a
  
• Computer terminology
  

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Topic: School-Related-Activities

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about school-related activities.
    
  • Exchange information about past school-related activities compared to current school-related activities.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Interpret spoken and written materials about school-related activities.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Produce spoken and written presentations about school-related activities.
    
  • Present rehearsed and unrehearsed material in Spanish about school-related activities such as role-plays, skits, poems, plays, short narratives and/or songs.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Describe school-related activities in Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Identify after-school activities and extracurricular sports available in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and contrast the popularity of school-related activities such as yearbook, band, and theater in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to school activities.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Identify activities offered through community clubs in Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Past tenses
  

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Topic: Health and Fitness

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about fitness and exercise.
    
  • Ask and answer questions about a nutritional diet.
    
  • Exchange information about maintaining good health.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Understand directions of a fitness or diet plan.
    
  • Comprehend information advocating a healthy lifestyle.
    
  • Identify body parts based on oral or written information.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Produce spoken and written presentations about health and fitness.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss the importance of health and fitness in Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Discuss health and fitness issues as presented in P.E. class.
    
  • Express height and weight using the metric system.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and contrast what is perceived as a healthy lifestyle in Spanish-speaking countries and in the U.S.
    
  • Compare fitness activities and sports complexes (such as gyms) in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
    
  • Compare structures used to express pain and injury in Spanish and English.
    
  • Compare use of reflexive and nonreflexive verbs to discuss health conditions in Spanish and English.
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates for health and fitness items.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Interpret authentic Spanish language material related to health and fitness.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary for giving advice for good health
  
• Reflexive verbs
  
• Commands
  
• Use of definite articles with body parts
  

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