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 * __UNIT PLAN INTRODUCTION__**

__Language__: Spanish

__Leve__l: Spanish 2 (could be adapted for higher levels)

__Textbook__: Ven Conmigo - Level 2

__Time Period__: 3 weeks

__Unit Title__: Destiny

__Unit Topic__: Pan's Labyrinth

__Unit Theme__: Can one person change their own destiny/fate?

__Unit Rational__: I chose the movie Pan's Labyrinth because it is full of true, historical facts about Spain during an extremely important time, Francisco Franco's dictatorship. This period had a great impact on the country and its people and its repercussions are still being felt today. It also has a fantasy element that is interesting and thought provoking for all my students.

__National Standards__: The 5 C's

Students will demonstrate the national standards in this unit in the following ways.

//COMMUNICATION//: The students will hopefully be interested and engaged in this topic. I hope they have a strong reaction to the dictatorship and intense thoughts about fate and destiny. By picking such a high interest topic, discussions will occur almost everyday. The students will learn how to give their opinion and support it while using Spanish the whole time. They will also be presenting information on Franco to their peers. They will be in charge of teaching the new material.

//CULTURES//: This movie is all about culture. After getting to know the characters in the movie and going even further in depth about the Spanish civil war and life during the dictatorship, students will begin to understand what Spain was like in the past, and why and how it is like it is in present day. A lot of new vocabulary will be learned and used while talking about the movie and the differences in culture.

//CONNECTIONS//: Students will make connections to history, philosophy, and literature. They will see how these are connected to the movie and the world. We will have a class discussion about what Spain is like today and what it was like during the dictatorship. The students will also be asked to make connections between Spain and the U.S. We will be learning government vocabulary to help the students discuss these matters to a more full extent.

//COMPARISONS//: After learning about a history so radically different than that of the United States, the students will be encouraged to make comparisons and relationships about both. Is everything different? What are the similarities? Why? We will be learning the grammar structure for comparisons and the students will be encouraged to use them as much as possible.

//COMMUNITIES//: There are still so many primary resources available about the topics we will be covering because the history is so recent. I will encourage students to look on the web and find journals or documentations about life during Franco.

__Specific Language Objectives__: //Vocabulary//: The vocabulary will be from the movie. I will group them by topics such as: Imperfect tense Comparisons
 * Government vocabulary
 * Fantasy vocabulary
 * "Past" vocabulary
 * Descriptive vocabulary

//Activities and Projects:// Analyzing Quotes Write fantasty story using preterito/imperfecto Internet FRANCO research project

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