Unit Title: “ Saludos, emociones, y expresiones de cortesía” (Greetings, Feelings, and
Exptessions of Courtesy)
Stage 1 - Desired Results
Established Goals:
Students will be able to communicate exchanging greetings and feelings, as well as
incorporating expressions of courtesy at the novice level.
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that there are
• How would I greet someone
similarities and differences regarding the
informally?
exchange of greetings, feelings, and
• How would I greet someone
expressions of courtesy across cultures.
formally?
• How can I express the way I’m
Students will understand the differences
feeling and inquire about others’
between the formal and informal address
feelings?
of one another in the Spanish speaking
culture.
Essential Vocabulary:
(Included in the Knowledge section)
Resultant Knowledge: (At the novice
level)
Students will know…
• Vocabulary for:
Introductions
Greetings
Feelings
Expressions of courtesy
•
Grammar related to:
“Tú vs. Usted”
“Estar”
Gender of adjectives
Resultant Skills: (At the novice level)
Students will be able to…
• Ask someone’s name and respond
accordingly.
• Ask how someone feels and
respond accordingly.
• Use formal and informal means of
address.
• Participate in an introductory
conversation.
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks:
• Written assessments
• Listening assessments
• Speaking assessments
Other Evidence:
• Formative assessments
Adapted from Understanding by Design: Professional Development Handbook. McTighe and Wiggins. ASCD. 2004.