El Vocabulario Vibrante

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

World Languages

Grade(s)

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

This intermediate-low to intermediate-high Spanish activity encourages students to push their vocabulary skills to the next level. Students play an interactive game in which they draw one of 30 topics and then spend 90 seconds writing down as many adjectives that they can associate with this topic. After 90 seconds, students compare notes. Students only receive points if no one else has a specific word. (Similar to the scoring in the game Scattergories.) If a word is duplicated in the classroom then no one gets the point for that word. This encourages students to recall less common words, a skill that will assist in improving their overall speaking and writing skills.

World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

WL17.WL.L3.8
Compare characteristics of the target language and the native language in a variety of time frames.

Knowledge

Students know:

a variety of the target language specific vocabulary.
verb conjugations in a variety of time frames.
both high frequency and other common idiomatic expressions from earlier levels.
cognates and false cognates.
when to use formal and informal langauge in the target culture.
uses of various time frames.

Skills

Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:

identify which situations would require formal or informal forms of language.
use correct word order when writing and speaking about dates and descriptions.
recognize and use very common idomatic expressions.
match words from the target language to similarly structured words in the native language.

Intermediate Mid Level
Students are able to:

identify and use a variety of target language vocabulary.
use correct word order when writing and speaking about dates and descriptions.
communicate in present, past, future, etc..
use idiomatic expressions to convey thoughts in culturally appropriate ways.
compare and connect language similarities and differences using cognates and false cognates.

Understanding

Students understand that:

culture and language are inextricably linked together.
structures and writing systems of the target language and English have similarities and differences.
different linguistic structures communicate different meanings.
by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.
other understandings will depend on theme taught.

World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

WL17.WL.L4.8
Compare characteristics of the target language and the native language in a variety of time frames and moods.

Knowledge

Students know:

common idiomatic expressions in the target language.
formal and informal forms of address and language.
the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.

Skills

Intermediate Mid Level
Students are able to:

identify and use a variety of target language vocabulary.
use correct word order when writing and speaking about dates and descriptions.
communicate in present, past, future, etc..
use idiomatic expressions to convey thoughts in culturally appropriate ways.
compare and connect language similarities and differences using cognates and false cognates.

differentiate between when to use formal and informal register.
recognize and understand idiomatic expressions in listening and reading.
use idiomatic expressions appropriately in speaking and writing.
communicate in the target language in a variety of time frames and moods.

Understanding

Students understand that:

formal and informal registers of language are indicative of the practices and perspectives of the target culture.
by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

OER Commons

License Type

Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/54060-spanish-202-lab-13-vocabulario-vibra…

Approved Date

2021-07-19

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