Travel Plans and Activites

Countries and Nationalities

Asking for and Giving Directions

Topic: Travel Plans and Activities

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Discuss and make travel plans.
    
  • Ask and answer questions about travel and vacations, to include transportation schedules, modes of transportation, destinations, and activities.
    
  • Discuss past travel experiences.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Interpret materials providing travel information.
    
  • Oral and Written Presentation
    
  • Describe past travel experiences and future travel plans.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss common modes of transportation in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss typical vacation spots and resorts in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss what teens in Spanish-speaking countries enjoy doing while on vacation.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Discuss temperature and weather in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss the use of the 24-hour clock in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify the geographical locations of Spanish-speaking countries and their neighboring countries.
    
  • Do mathematical computations to figure travel costs.
    
  • Discuss the impact of current events on foreign travel.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare travel and vacations in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to travel.
    
  • Compare the importance of public transportation in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Utilize authentic materials to make travel plans to go to or travel within Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Modes of transportation
  
• Affirmative and negative commands
  
• Prepositions with places and transportation
  
• Vocabulary for places of interest
  
  

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Topic: Countries and Nationalities

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask and answer questions about nationality and country of origin.
    
  • Ask and answer questions about countries.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify various countries and nationalities.
    
  • Interpret maps of Spanish-speaking regions.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Discuss countries, cities, and languages spoken in Spanish-speaking regions.
    
  • Give geographical locations for countries, cities, and geographical features.
    
  • Present information about nationalities and/or origins.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss the impact of geography on daily life.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Discuss or write about news events related to the geography of Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Increase awareness of various socioeconomic groups in Spanish-speaking countries and the United States.
    
  • Identify cognates for countries and nationalities.
    
  • Contrast the use of capitalization with adjectives of nationality and languages in English and in Spanish.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Locate and use resources with information about Spanish-speaking countries (Internet, brochures, etc.).
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary for geographic locations (N, S, E, O, etc.)
  
• Ser and estar
  
• Adjective agreement and placement
  
• Prepositions of location with cities and countries
  

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Topic: Asking For and Giving Directions

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Ask for and give directions.
    
  • Discuss where various places are located within a Spanish-speaking country.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Understand written and spoken directions.
    
  • Interpret directions with the assistance of a map.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Tell about going to specific places using various time frames (past, present, and future).
    
  • Give directions to a destination.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss typical modes of transportation and places found in Spanish-speaking cities and countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Use map-reading skills to interpret a map of a Spanish-speaking city or region.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Identify similarities and differences between American cities and cities in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Access and interpret maps from Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary for places in a city
  
• Prepositions of location
  
• Affirmative and negative commands
  

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