Chelsea+Barnard+Unit+Plan

Unit Plan Students enjoy going to the movies, and the enjoy talking about movies. Whether they are comedies, horror films or romantic, movies are a great way to engage conversation. Most American students have never seen a Spanish movie, with a Spanish director and Spanish actors. This lesson will show them that movies do exist beyond Hollywood, show them different aspects of Spanish culture and the different topics that movies in the United States do not address. Students will demonstrate the 5 C’s in the following ways: //Communication:// Communicate likes and dislikes in Spanish about movies but also to other topics that have been previously learned. They will create a dialog that allows them to be able to use the grammar and vocabulary in an everyday scenario. //Culture:// The students will see Spanish culture through movies and discuss what it says about the culture in general. //Connections:// We will discuss the topics and come up with reasons why the Spanish culture chooses to use each specific culture. We will use historic events, government policies and anything else that will help us draw conclusions. //Comparisons:// The students will compare topics in American movies with Spanish movies. They will see how they are both different and in some ways the same. //Communities:// The students will be discussing their own likes and dislikes within the movie world. This is something they already enjoy doing so they can use this knowledge outside of the classroom with each other. The use of gustar, American movie general background, etc.
 * Language:** Spanish
 * Level:** 2nd year
 * Textbook:** ¡En Español!
 * Time Period:**
 * Unit Title:**
 * Unit Topic:** Spanish Movies
 * Unit Theme (Essential question):** What can we learn about a culture from the movies that are produced? And when we watch a movie, is it more because we are personally interested in it or because we can culturally identify with it?
 * Unit Rationale (Why are you teaching this?):**
 * Standards-based Unit Goals:**
 * Assumed Prior Knowledge:**

- Impromptus on movies, likes and dislikes, themes, cultural happenings - Main Project – Create either a Spanish or American movie trailer with characteristics of typical movies from that country, it should be about 2 minutes long. Write a short essay explaining why it is an American movie or Spanish movie. - Talk to classmates about what kind of movies the like, are interested in, etc. (worksheet) using verbs like gustar
 * Major and Minor Activities:**

- Verbs like Gustar: encantar, faltar, fascinar, importar, interesar, molestar - Indirect and Direct Object pronouns – Double object pronouns - Vocabulary: las aventuras, la ciencia ficción, la comedia. La escena. El estreno, el horror, el musical, romántico, el tema, el actor, la actriz - Otras palabras para criticar las películas: bastante, demasiado, llenar, mojado, seco, vacío
 * Specific Learning Objectives**

3 Week Schedule:

Final Project

Power Point Lesson

Internet based Lesson plan

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