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This is a complete and well-reasoned unit introduction. It's very helpful how you described the standards in ways that are specific to your unit. user:Anny1

-Everything looks pretty good. I love how you're going to be teaching students about the culture of hispanic cultures in the United States. There are so many of them and it would be really easy from there to stress the importance of knowing how to speak Spanish. One thing though, I thought that connections had to do with connecting to other disciplines? Just a thought, I could be wrong. Otherwise, I think this would be a fun unit. :) user:lmhowell

I changed our main idea about connections. I based it off of standards 3.1M.a and 3.2M.a which talk about acquiring new content knowledge through the target language and using audio, visual or printed materials to reach this objective. Thanks for the comment. user:beechlau

I love your unit plan so far! I think you have some REALLY great ideas on how to contextualize the material. I think learning about areas with a high concentration of hispanics is a great topic to explore. The number of spanish-speaking individuals in the U.S. is soaring, and I think this is a creative way to talk about it with your students. I'm not sure if you're specifically saying this, but you could talk about how in many areas of the U.S. like Texas (that you said), as well as Miami, LA, etc., Spanish is more widely spoken than English, and that they will most likely have to have basic communication skills for simple errands like picking up their dry cleaning or ordering at a restaurant in the future. It's also great that you're including fitness too! I love the workout video idea. Can't wait to see your plan in more detail later! =) user:Obstinada02

Daily schedule: Neatly organized. I like the variety of activities. Lessons incorporate all language skills. Like it! -- Weiqing

Tech-based lesson plan: good idea to have students choose their own topic and type of presentation. Great idea to design a rubric to guide them. I wonder if you want to lead the class through the rubric or at least give them a minute to read it. Also, you might want to remind them they need to be super careful when typing web addresses. -- Weiqing

  I like the idea of making a video. I guess I'm just not clear about the connection between the fitness plan and going ordering at a restaurant. Can you explain the context a bit more clearly? Why are they doing this? (What is the scenario?) user:Anny1

Anny- I deleted the restaurant aspect of the video because we are gearing it more towards health and fitness. user:beechlau