Unit Theme: What is a Family?
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
Context for the Integrated Performance Assessment
Your class is discussing the different roles that family members play in different circumstances and cultures.
Grammar Task
Vocabulary
Possessive Adjectives
Family
Tener + Que + Obligation
Tener Expressions
Interpretive Task
Read a story and answer questions about the family from the story.
Interpersonal Task
Answer questions about your family.
Presentational Task
Discuss your family, characteristics, likes and dislikes
Project
Family Project
Unit Understanding(s)
Students will understand that…
 The concept of what makes a family can be culturally
defined
 Familial responsibilities can vary depending on culture
Unit Essential Question(s)
 How are responsibilities determined in a family?
 How does culture influence the concept of a family?
Students Will
 Students will speak about their families in depth
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Unit Theme: What is a Family?
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
North Carolina Essential Standards
NH.CLL.1.1 Use simple phrases and short sentences to exchange
information about familiar topics.
NH.CLL.1.2 Generate conversations using familiar vocabulary and
structures in short social interactions.
NH.CLL.1.3 Generate responses to familiar questions, statements,
commands, or other stimuli.
NH.CLL.1.4 Use simple questions about familiar topics to acquire
needed information.
NH.CLL.2.1 Understand ideas on familiar topics expressed in short
sentences and frequently used expressions.
NH.CLL.3.1 Create simple phrases and short sentences in spoken or
written presentations to provide information about
familiar topics.
NH.CLL.3.3 Produce simple dialogues and short skits using familiar
structures and vocabulary.
NH.CLL.4.1 Classify basic cultural practices of people in the target
culture and the students’ culture.
NH.CLL.4.2 Use learned cognates and loan words to express ideas
on familiar topics.
NH.CLL.4.3 Analyze the language conventions from simple written
and spoken texts in the target language.
NH.COD.1.1 Use simple phrases and short sentences to exchange
information about topics in other disciplines.
NH.COD.3.1 Use the target language to give short spoken or written
presentations about familiar academic topics.
NH.COD.3.3 Use readily available technology tools and digital
literacy skills to present academic information in the
target language.
NH.COD.4.1 Understand cultural practices and perspectives from
the target culture.
NH.CMT.1.1 Use simple phrases and short sentences in short social
interactions.
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Unit Theme: What is a Family?
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
NH.CMT.4.1 Compare traditions and events of the target culture
and the students’ culture.
NH.CMT.4.2 Identify examples of products, practices, and
perspectives in the community related to the target
culture.
NH.CMT.4.3 Identify key characteristics of target culture traditions
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Unit Theme: What is a Family?
Vocabulary
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Responsibilities
for family
Limpiar
Arreglar
Lavar los platos
Sacar la basura
Pasar la
aspiradora
Hacer la cama
Cocinar
Hacer quehaceres
Cuidar a
Cortar el césped
Ayudar
Estudiar
Hacer la tarea
Planchar la ropa
Barrer
Dar la comida
Poner la mesa
Quitar el polvo
Regar las plantas
Quitar la mesa
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Vocabulary for
Family
La familia
La madre/mama
El padre/papa
El hijo
La hija
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Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Grammatical
Content
Comparatives
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
Resources and Materials
Instructional Strategies/Culture
Instructional Strategies:
 Lotería de Nombres – Bingo
Ser v Estar
Nombre – put a list of questions on
the board – students must write the
Tener Que Infinitive
questions into a bingo board –
to discuss obligation http://www.youtube.com/user/SrMara
students then walk around and find
the students
- Parodies of Justin Timberlake for
De to show

Verb Conjugations
possession
 Pelota Mala – students speak in
http://www.quia.com/ - quiz students
Spanish, if anyone is speaking
Possessive
online
English, they are thrown a ball.
Adjectives
They now have pelota mala.
http://www.epals.com/ - get an
Whoever has it at the end of the
internet pen pal – you register and all
block must do something (like push
emails go to you first
in chair, be the last to leave, etc.)
Internet resources:
http://www.spaleon.com/ Conjugating Verbs online – students
get immediate feedback, but cannot
be submitted to teacher
http://www.studyspanish.com/ -

Silent Ball – students are in a circle,
sitting on their desks. silent! They
toss the ball to each other and call
out vocabulary words. Review
activity.

Onion activity – have students (or
teacher) write questions on paper
and crumple up the paper and roll
the paper on top of the other papers.
Teacher plays music, and students’
play hot potato with the ball. When
the music stops, they must peel a
question off the onion and answer it
http://www.moma.org/ - art exhibits
online – especially useful during
http://www.polleverywhere.com/ like a twitter, anonymous polling –
Be careful with the texting comments
because you cannot track comments
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ geography puzzle pieces
http://www.newseum.org - online
new articles
http://freerice.com/ - internet
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Unit Theme: What is a Family?
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Los hijos
La madrastra
El padrastro
El hermano
La hermana
El hermanastro
La hermanastra
El tío
La tía
El primo
La prima
Los primos
El abuelo
La abuela
El sobrino
Los tíos
Los padres
Los abuelos
El esposo
La esposa
El bebé
Gato
Perro
Caballo
La media hermana
El medio hermano
El pájaro
El pez
El conejo
El lagarto
La rana
El hámster
La sobrina
El nieto
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
flashcards – random vocabulary
words

Speaking Drills – create a
transparency (or any other data
point) with columns of information.
Students must quickly go through
the information and speak. You can
do this with ANY information you
are covering. Make it work for you.
They are super easy to create

Speak for 1.5 minutes about getting
to know each other – talk about
gestures in other countries – ask
students to incorporate appropriate
gestures

conversation circles – 10 questions
on a note card, divide students up –
inside circle has a questions and asks
the same question – outside circle
moves and answers

Attendance questions – 10 min.
activity - while taking attendance,
students answer certain questions,
sometimes all the same, sometimes
all different – up to the teacher

Buenas noticias – 30 sec activity students begin with the weather and
date and information for the day

Yarn activity – student is required to
pull out colored yard and speak in
Spanish until the color o the yarn
http://jeopardylabs.com – create a
jeopardy game for your students.
Options for Online Projects
http://animoto.com/ - online projects
http://www.audacity.com/ - upload
voices
http://www.pixton.com/ - create your
own comics – best if used as a project
outside of class or in 20 minutes at a
lab (not including instructional time)
http://goanimate.com/ - create your
own character – send project with
students and have them e-mail it to
the teacher.
Additional resources:
http://quizlet.com/ - Free site that
allows you and your students to
make electronic flash cards
www.mindomo.com – students can
create Venn diagrams
www.techsmith.com/jing/ - this
allows students to capture images and
create videos or share information
www.voki.com – this allows students
to add a voice and information to
various characters. It makes the
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Unit Theme: What is a Family?
- La nieta
Possessive
Adjectives
-el apartamento
-El armario
-La casa
-La cocina
-el comedor
-El cuarto
-la escalera
-el jardín
-el patio
-el piso
-la sala
-el suelo
-el garaje
-el ático
-la paredlos muebles
-alfombra
-la cama
-la comoda
-el bano
-la yarda
-la cerca
-las cortinas
-el espejo
-la lámpara
-el sillón
-el sofá
-la mesa
-la nevera
(congelador)
-la estufa
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
changes – other students are to listen
and answer random questions
content come to life.
www.voicethread.com – this allows
students to create a slide show while
narrating the information on various
slides

www.glogster.com- students can
create online collages to show the
material they are learning
www.hippocampus.org – online
digital media that provides homework
help and additional material
vimeo.com – this allows students
upload videos
http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
- This site provides a different daily
news article with a series of
discussion questions every weekday
throughout the school year.
www.wordle.com – students can
create various word art using terms
from daily lesson
www.timetoast.com – this provides
interactive timelines for students to
view and they can create their own
www.bubblecomment.com – this
allows teachers or students to add 30
second videos in a bubble form to
any website
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Talk a thons – 2 week activity students are giving a document and
have to write the conversation with
the questions who, what when where
why and how. The conversations
are graded on their grammar and are
paired up. The students then
memorize parts of the conversation
and present it to the class
Listening Activities

Take a Spanish song and delete
some of the words. Students receive
bonus credit for every word they get
correct.

20 yr old guy who knows 11
languages – Alex Rawlings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5
5_G66g02QU
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1 semester of Spanish love song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n
gRq82c8Baw
Unit Theme: What is a Family?
-el refrigerador
-el lavaplatos
-el microondas
-los audiofonos
-el techo
-
Prepositions
A lado de
Cerca de
Debajo de
Delante de
Dentro de
Detrás de
Encima de
Lejos de
Emotions
-cansado
-contento
-enfermo
-deprimido
-enojado
-emocionado
-nervioso
-ocupado
-preocupado
-tranquilo
-triste
-confundido
Avergonzado
-sorprendido
Possessive
Adjectives
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
onetruemedia.com - students can
create various videos
http://www.opendiary.com/ - online
diary that students can use for daily
writing assignments and can share
with others in the class or teachers
quizlet.com – students can create
flashcards that are interactive,
practice material in test form, play
review games
http://www.vizu.com/index.html this allows you to create polls you
can use in you classroom that
students can respond to
www.doodle.com –this allows
students to respond to events you are
holding or use calendars to remind
them of assignments
www.slideshare.com – this allows
students to upload PowerPoint’s to
create a video
www.xtranormal.com – this allows
students to create cartoons to express
their comprehension of the material
www.animoto.com – this allows
students to create a short video that
contains content information
www.zooburst.com – this allows
students to create interactive 3D pop
up books
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Culture:
*family
* Galeria Hispanica – take photos and
upload to a power points. Teacher
writes an excerpt for each picture (
Flags, people, food, literature, art, all
about one country )
Unit Theme: What is a Family?
-mi(s)
-tu(s)
-su(s)
-Nuestro/a/os/as
-Vuestro/a/os/as
Comparatives
-más que
-menos que
-tan como
-tanto como
-más de
-menos de
Time Vocabulary
-luego
Más tarde
Próximo
Primero
Después (de)
Antes
De vez en cuando
Muchas veces
Mucho
Nunca
Siempre
Todos los días
Cada día
Tenemos
Tienen
En punto
A tiempo
Cuarto
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
www.imageloop.com – this allows
students to create videos using
images and content
www.toondoo.com – this allows
students to create cartoon strips for
the information
www.chestercomix.com – this
allows you to find comic books that
discuss social studies topics
www.linoit.com – this allows you to
create a bulletin board of post it notes
that students can add to and you can
have an online discussion or share
information
www.wikispaces.com – this allows
you to create a document that
students can edit and add information
to
bubbl.us –students can create
thinking maps
Eugene Ashley High School
Unit Theme: What is a Family?
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
Minuto
Media
La hora
Menos
De la mañana
Tarde
Noche
Es la
Son las
A la
A las
El horario
A qué hora
Temprano
tarde
Eugene Ashley High School
Unit Theme: What is a Family?
Level 1, Unit 4
Spanish
Eugene Ashley High School
Duration of Unit: 30 hours