Berto y sus buenas ideas

Essential Questions:

• Why is school important?
• What makes up the culture of a place?
• How are the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Madrid, Spain, similar and different to mine?

#Idiota

Preguntas Esenciales (Essential Questions):

• What is the difference between learning a language and acquiring a language? Which will help me to be able to communicate?
• Do songs/stories help me to acquire the language? If so, how and why?
• What effects can social media have on a relationship?
• How are the cultural products, practices, and perspectives  in the song/story "#Idiota" similar and/or different to mine?

Enduring Understandings (Students will understand that):

• Acquiring a language feels easier compared to learning a language.
• Acquiring a language involves lots of listening, which then leads to → reading → writing → and finally speaking. 
• Acquiring a language will lead to communication. 
• However, language acquisition is slow, piecemeal and different for everyone.
• In order to acquire high frequency structures and vocabulary, a lot of repetition and input are required.
• An engaging story, images, and acting help me to acquire the language in an enjoyable way. 
• Social media can have a variety of impacts on a relationship, both positive and negative.
• The cultural products, practices, and perspectives in the song/story "#Idiota" are similar and different to mine.

Evaluaciones:

• Interpretive Listening: Cierto/falso statements about Nuestra Historia
• Interpretive Listening and Writing: Edpuzzle
• Presentatinoal Speaking: Say a summary of the story with the same structures and vocabulary.
• Presentational Writing: Write an original story with similar themes, structures, and vocabulary.
• Interpersonal Speaking: Answer questions as if you were Juan.