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1. Students may go to the bathroom with a pass, only one at a time. 2. If students finish their assignments early they may work on homework from other classes or read one of the books or magazines provided in the classroom. 3. Please just use your best judgment for other things, students know what is expected of them and are generally very respectful. __Communications__ 1.1.N.RW.j- Share likes and dislikes in the target language with a classmate in writing, using email messages, notes, and letters 1.2.N.R.b- Understand main idea of simple accessible written materials in the target language such as, textbook passages, age-appropriate magazine and newspaper articles/ads, websites/internet, poetry or stories 1.3.N.W.c- Write brief personal descriptions on familiar topics in the target language such as self, friends, family, home, and school __Cultures__ 2.1.N.F.a- Describe family structures and the role of friends within a community or culture in which the language is spoken 4.2.N.a- Identify basic target culture practices and compare them to one’s own **Materials:** 1. Their textbooks 2. A notebook and writing utensil 3. An overhead with a provided transparency of useful vocabulary (Cita- date, Novio/a- boyfriend/girlfriend, prometido/a- fiancee) 4. Possibly dictionaries 1. Ask students what dating is like in the U.S. (make sure conversation remains appropriate!) Discuss for a few minutes; no more than five. 2. Have students get out their books and read page 322 (5 minutes) 3. Have them do exercises A and B on page 323. If students don't understand any of the words have them look them up in the dictionary (20 minutes) 4. When most of the students are finished with the questions, ask them if they believe that people don't date in the same way we do in the U.S. in spanish-speaking countries and why this would be. (2-3 minutes) 5. Have students answer the following questions (you can discuss if you're comfortable with that, but it isn't necessary. Also please have them write them down): Do you go out with a group? Do you go on group dates? If someone asked you, would you say that you go out more frequently with a group of friends or with just one person? Having lived in Spain, and talked with people from several countries from Latin America, they all say that they go on dates just as we do here in the U.S., why might the text say something different? (5-10 minutes, depending on if there's a discussion and how it goes) Have students write in Spanish their perfect date using some of the new vocabulary. They need to write a short paragraph, 5-8 complete sentences. They can possibly describe where the date would take place (Spanish speaking countries encouraged: Spain, Argentina, Peru, etc.), who their ideal date would be or what they look like, and what they would do (dinner, go for a walk, etc.) (15-20 minutes)
 * Unit Plan Substitute Lesson**
 * Title: ** Dating in Spanish-speaking countries
 * Level: ** High School Spanish, any level, grades 9-12
 * Description: ** A culture lesson about dating in Spanish-speaking countries. How is it the same and how is it different? Also, a lesson about how textbook culture lessons are sometimes flawed. This lesson will include some vocabulary and writing practice involving dating.
 * Rationale: ** This lesson is intended to give students some vocabulary about dating. Since many teachers teach directly out of the textbook this lesson is also intended to show students that just because something is in a textbook doesn't mean that it's always true. Students will be instructed to think critically especially about culture lessons from any kind of text.
 * Objective: ** After participating in this lesson, students will be able to recognize and hopefully use some vocabulary regarding dating. Students will also be able to think more critically about textbook lessons and learn to think about what the book is actually saying instead of believing what it says simply because it's in print.
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