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Unit Plan 1- La familia March 9-20 In this part of the textbook, students are learning to talk about their families and describe people in greater detail. We will practice the vocabulary using activities from the textbook. Students will show their knowledge of the language by creating and presenting a family tree including a few photos to describe their family members.


 * Standards-based proficiency goals:
 * Ask and answer basic questions about family. (1.1.N.SL.b)
 * Ask questions about physical appearance, character, and personality traits of family and answer using a list of traits. (1.1.N.SL.e)
 * Present brief personal descriptions on familiar topics in the target language, specifically family dynamics. (1.3.N.S.b)
 * Illustrate and present materials in the target language- family tree. (1.3.N.W.a)
 * Describe family structures within a community or culture in which the language is spoken. (2.1.N.F.a)
 * The “Tournament”
 * Students will be creating and presenting a poster with their family tree on it. The tree will include at least 3 pictures of family members, which the students will have to describe in their presntation.
 * Students will turn in a written description of their family as well as the people in the pictures along with their poster.
 * Timeline
 * Introduction: Go over objectives for the chapter on family. Introduce vocabulary and project by presenting the students with my own family tree with photos. Reinforce vocabulary using the family tree and activities in the textbook. (Days 1-3)
 * Reinforce vocabulary while teaching grammar concepts of possessive adjectives and stem-changing verbs in the present tense using textbook and supplementary activities. (Days 4-7)
 * Family Tree project (Days 8-10) Day 8-part of class to sketch tree and go over rubric. Day 9-class time to work on poster and written component for describing family. Day 10-presenting posters and answering questions about their families.
 * Key Learning Activities
 * Textbook activities 1-15 (writing, listening, speaking, reading)
 * Daily questions about family (oral and written)
 * Family Tree project