Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
Context for the Integrated Performance Assessment
Students will be part of a mentor program for Hispanic students and are to investigate good choices regarding health and
well-being.
Interpretive Task
First, read suggestions for living better from a Spanish website. Summarize the main idea of these suggestions.
Interpersonal Task
Students will discuss their personal health habits and any changes for improvement.
Presentational Task
Choose one area of self-improvement and tell why i.e., exercise, sleep, eating healthy
Project
Mi Rutina
Unit Understanding(s)
Students will understand that…
 Opportunities and choices vary in target countries.
 Peers in target countries may have different interests
and perspectives.
 Health habits vary based on culture, geography,
economy and history.
 The foods we eat often reflect our backgrounds and
traditions.
Unit Essential Question(s)
 What factors influence teen choices in a given culture?
 How does the notion of teenage independence vary
from culture to culture?
 How does culture impact teenage awareness of social
issues?
 In what areas do teenagers have control?
 What decisions are teenagers expected to make?
Students will …
ask for and exchange information about teenage opportunities.
compare their opportunities with those of other students.
describe personal habits related to teenage life.
make recommendations about positive choices.
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
North Carolina World Language Essential Standards
Students
NM.CLL.1.2 Use memorized responses to simple questions, statements, commands, or other stimuli
NM.CLL.2.1 Understand the meaning of memorized phrases and questions about familiar topics and surroundings.
NM.CLL.2.2 Understand the meaning of memorized words and phrases in sentences
NM.CLL.2.4 Infer conclusions from simple spoken and written passages about familiar topics, using context clues and
cognates
NM.CLL.2.5 Understand language components (stems, prefixes, tones, verb endings, parts of speech) that are used in
the target language.
NM.CLL.3.1 Use memorized words and phrases in presentations on familiar topics, such as likes, dislikes, emotions,
everyday activities, and immediate surroundings.
NM.CLL.3.3 Use appropriate pronunciation and voice inflection in spoken presentations.
NM.CLL.4.1 Compare basic cultural practices of people in the target culture and the students’ culture.
NM.COD.2.3 Interpret short, non-fiction passages from academic content areas using context clues (signs, charts,
graphs, etc.).
NM.CMT.1.1 Use memorized words and phrases to ask and answer simple questions on familiar topics.
NH.CLL.1.1 Use simple phrases and short sentences to exchange information about familiar topics
NH.CLL.1.4 Use simple questions about familiar topics to acquire needed information.
NH.CLL.3.1 Create simple phrases and short sentences in spoken or written presentations to provide information about
familiar topics.
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Lexical
Content
Vocabulary for
identifying health
and fitness activities
Acostarse
Afeitarse
Apagar la luz
Arreglarse
Bañarse
Cepillarse los dientes
Despertarse
Dormirse
Ducharse
Encender la luz
Entrenarse
Lavarse
Levantarse
Maquillarse
Peinarse
Ponerse la ropa
La rutina
Secarse
Tener prisa
Tener sueno
La cara
El codo
El cuello
El dedo
Del dedo del pie
El diente
La garganta
Support
Structures
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Structures for
comparing as
appropriate
Reflexives (p.
119)
Present
Progressive (p.
124)
Direct Object
Pronouns (p.
41)
Indirect Object
Pronouns (p.
46)
Tener
Tener ganas de
Tener que
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
Suggested
Resources and
Materials
 Avancemos 2
 Avancemos 1
Internet resources:
http://www.spaleon.com/ Conjugating Verbs online
– students get immediate
feedback, but cannot be
submitted to teacher
http://www.youtube.com/u
ser/SrMara - Parodies of
Justin Timberlake for Verb
Conjugations
Suggested
Instructional
Strategies
Instructional
Strategies:
 Lotería de Nombres
– Bingo Nombre –
put a list of questions
on the board –
students must write
the questions into a
bingo board –
students then walk
around and find the
students

Pelota Mala –
students speak in
Spanish, if anyone is
speaking English,
they are thrown a
ball. They now have
pelota mala.
Whoever has it at the
end of the block
must do something
(like push in chair,
be the last to leave,
etc.)

Silent Ball – students
are in a circle, sitting
on their desks. silent!
http://www.quia.com/ quiz students online
http://www.epals.com/ get an internet pen pal –
you register and all emails
go to you first
http://www.studyspanish.c
om/ http://www.moma.org/ art exhibits online –
especially useful during
http://www.polleverywher
e.com/ - like a twitter,
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Culture
*Food and eating
habits
*Hygiene
*Healthy lifestyle
choices
*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: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
El hombro
La muñeca
El odío
La uña
anonymous polling – Be
careful with the texting
comments because you
cannot track comments
Personal care items
El cepillo
El champú
La crema de afeitar
El desodorante
El jabón
La pasta de dientes
El piene
El secador de pelo
La toalla
http://www.sheppardsoftw
are.com/ - geography
puzzle pieces
Más
La boca
El brazo
La cabeza
El corazón
El cuerpo
El estómago
La mano
La nariz
El ojo
Los pulmones
La oreja
El pelo
El pie
La piel
La pierna
La rodilla
El tobillo
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

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
http://www.newseum.org online new articles
http://freerice.com/ internet flashcards –
random vocabulary words
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/ Eugene Ashley High School
Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Alisar el pelo
La base
La colonia
Cortarse el pelo
Los cortaúñas
El esmalte
La loción
El perfume
El pintalabios
Pintarse el pelo
El rímel
Rizarse el pelo
La seda dental
La sombra de ojos
Staying Healthy
Enfermo
Fuerte
Herido
Levantar pesos
La salud
Sano
Doler
Elbloqueador de sol
Bucear
Caminar
Hacer esquí acuático
El mar
La playa
Tomar el sol
El/la doctor(a)
El/la paciente
El consultorio
Tener una cita
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
create your own character
– send project with
students and have them email it to the teacher.
Additional resources:
http://quizlet.com/ - Free
site that allows you and
your students to make
electronic flash cards
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
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 content come to
life.
www.voicethread.com –
this allows students to
create a slide show while
narrating the information
on various slides
www.glogster.comstudents can create online
collages to show the
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
La alergia
La gripe
El resfriado
Estornudar
Toser
La medicina
-hacer ejercicio
-remar
-levantar pesas
-fumar
-comida saludable
-pirámide de comidas
-dieta
-perder peso
-aumentar peso
-lastimar(se)
-limited body parts as
needed
-me duele(n)
-evitar
-vegetariano
-vitaminas
-azúcar
-granos
-sangre
-mantenerse en forma
Expressions of
frequency
-primero
-entonces
-luego
-más tarde
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
material they are learning
www.hippocampus.org –
online digital media that
provides homework help
and additional material
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 changes – other
students are to listen
and answer random
questions

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
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
onetruemedia.com students can create various
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
-por fin
-siempre
-nunca
-a veces
-normalmente
-generalmente
-aveces
-con
frecuencia/frecuentam
ente
-de vez en cuando
Vocabulary to
describe choices
and obligations
-es importante +
infinitive
-es necesario +
infinitive
-hay que + inf.
-deber + inf.
-poder + inf.
Vocabulary to
describe timeframes
-después de la
escuela
-el fin de semana
-por la mañana
-por la tarde
-por la noche
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
videos
the conversation and
present it to the class
http://www.opendiary.com
/ - online diary that
students can use for daily
Listening Activities
writing assignments and
can share with others in the
 Alphabet song
class or teachers
http://www.youtube.
quizlet.com – students can
com/watch?v=JUcu9
create flashcards that are
PUh9_A
interactive, practice
material in test form, play
review games
 Numbers to 30
http://www.vizu.com/inde
x.html - this allows you to
create polls you can use in
you classroom that
students can respond to
http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=L26jw
qF9Zro

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=55_G
66g02QU

1 semester of
Spanish love song
http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=ngRq8
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
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
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
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
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
Context for the Integrated Performance Assessment
Students will be part of a mentor of a mentor program for Hispanic students and are to
investigate good choices regarding health and well-being.
Interpretive Task
 First, read suggestions for living better from a Spanish website. Summarize the main
idea of these suggestions.
Interpersonal Task
 Students will discuss their personal health habits and any changes for improvement.
Presentational Task
 Choose one area of self-improvement and tell why i.e. exercise, sleep, eating healthy.
Assessment Rubrics
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
Interpretive Task
No rubric necessary
Interpersonal Task Rubric
1 Does not meet
expectations
Language Use
Student uses little or
no target language
and relies heavily on
native language
word order.
2 Meets
expectations
Student uses the
target language
consistently but may
mix native and target
language word
order.
3 Exceeds
expectations
Student uses the
target language
exclusively and
integrates target
language word order
into conversation.
Student answers
partner’s questions
and uses rejoinders
to continue the
conversation.
Student uses only
recently acquired
vocabulary.
Student asks and
answers questions
and extends the
conversation.
1 Does not meet
expectations
Student gives limited
or no details or
examples.
2 Meets
expectations
Student gives
adequate details or
examples.
3 Exceeds
expectations
Student gives
consistent details
and examples.
Student’s accuracy
with vocabulary and
Student’s accuracy
with vocabulary and
Student’s accuracy
with vocabulary and
Ability to Sustain
Conversation
Student only
answers partner’s
direct questions.
Vocabulary Use
Student uses limited
and repetitive
vocabulary.
Student uses both
recently and
previously acquired
vocabulary.
Presentational Task Rubric
Amount of
Communication
Accuracy
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Unit Theme: How do I stay healthy? Level 2, Unit 2
Spanish 2
Comprehensibility
Duration of Unit: 30 hours
structures is limited.
structures is
adequate.
structures is
exemplary.
Student’s ideas lack
clarity and are
difficult to
understand.
Student’s ideas are
Student’s ideas are
adequately clear and precise and easily
fairly well
understood.
understood.
Rubrics Adapted from Prentice Hall’s Paso a Paso series with permission
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