BIENVENIDOS A OAXACA

Content objective(s):

State of Oaxaca, Mexico (cultural norms, food, indigenous peoples)

Language objective(s):
Review materials, develop reading skills

Standards (ACTFL & MI):

• Communication – Interpretational, presentational
• Comparisons – English and Spanish, Cultures
• Culture
Communication Standards: Multiple Intelligences:
• Interpretive • Reading
• Presentational • Speaking

Materials Needed: Preparation:

• Text book • Prepare PowerPoint slides
• Worksheets (assignment • Choose groups
sheets) • Research Oaxaca

Announcements: Passbacks:
• Schedule for next week • Second draft Diario
• Diario help
• Oriole Time passes

Warm up:
Students will be given menu from Burger king in Spanish. They will be
asked to choose which of the three meals provided they liked best.
They will need to tell me which of the meals they like best and why
while using “I like” and adjectives showing extremes (we worked on
this grammar earlier this week and worked with Burger King menus
yesterday).

Activity 1: Time
Finish Notes from 4.3. 30 min

Rationale:
Easy grammar that the students need to know and should already
have a good handle on based on past topics.
Teacher will be giving notes on an overhead and students will be filling
in blanks on a guided notes worksheet. We will also assign foods for
food show and tell (students are bringing in food for a party and they
will need to describe it for the class).
Activity 2: Time:
Cultural readings 35-40
Rationale: Students need to work on reading and they will be tested
over the culture of Oaxaca on their next test. It seems fitting to have
them read about the culture.

Students will be divided into 6 groups of 5. There are three separate

readings about the culture of Oaxaca. In their groups students will be
asked to read one of the sections. Each group will be responsible for
recording relevant information that they will then present to the class.

Within each group students will take turns reading sentences and
translating them to English. Someone will in charge of writing down
the important information.

As there are two groups per section, these two groups will meet and
create an overhead which a few representatives will be responsible for
presenting to the class.

I have a PowerPoint with lots of pictures and information to add to

what they are presenting. I plan to let each group talk and then add
pictures that support their findings.

All students will be responsible for taking notes as information could be

Used on an open notebook quiz in the future.

Activity 3: Time:
Remainder of
Passback second drafts of diario writing assignments class
Rationale: Students final drafts will be due tomorrow and generally
they have questions as to why I made corrections that I did.

Students will have free work time to either ask questions about their
diario assignments or get started on the project that was assigned in
class today.