Power-point presentation on the "Day of the Day" in Mexico.
List of activities:
1. In pairs, students to discuss what they think they know about the "Day of the Dead".
2. Translation from Spanish to English. Support extra vocabulary has been included.
3. Video on the "Day of the Dead" by a leading animation artist.
4. Presentation of some the features of the celebration: "altares de ofrendas", "calaveras de azúcar", typical food, etc.
5. Reading exercise. Students to fill-in the gaps on a series of sentences by using some of the words on a given list.
6. Listening exercises. students to decide from two choices of adjectives to describe the celebrations. Audio has been imbedded to the slide and its ready to be played.
7. Typical food ("tamales", "atole" & "pan de muerto"). Matching-up exercise (images and descriptions in the TL).
8. Typical drinks ("tequila", "mezcal" & "pulque").
- Matching-up exercise (images and names) after reading a short paragraph describing the alcoholic beverages resulting from "ágave" fermentation.
- Students to find all connectives in the text and tow rite three sentences using as many of them as they can.
9. Plenary: Translation (from Spanish to English), It is based on all of the key vocabulary seen throughout the lesson, so students should perform better than in the starter. This could be followed by an Afl discussion on how to tackle language that has never been seen before.
10. Writing on "Bonfire Night" with two extension questions that challenge high-ability students to use the Near Future Tense and the Preterite.
List of activities:
1. In pairs, students to discuss what they think they know about the "Day of the Dead".
2. Translation from Spanish to English. Support extra vocabulary has been included.
3. Video on the "Day of the Dead" by a leading animation artist.
4. Presentation of some the features of the celebration: "altares de ofrendas", "calaveras de azúcar", typical food, etc.
5. Reading exercise. Students to fill-in the gaps on a series of sentences by using some of the words on a given list.
6. Listening exercises. students to decide from two choices of adjectives to describe the celebrations. Audio has been imbedded to the slide and its ready to be played.
7. Typical food ("tamales", "atole" & "pan de muerto"). Matching-up exercise (images and descriptions in the TL).
8. Typical drinks ("tequila", "mezcal" & "pulque").
- Matching-up exercise (images and names) after reading a short paragraph describing the alcoholic beverages resulting from "ágave" fermentation.
- Students to find all connectives in the text and tow rite three sentences using as many of them as they can.
9. Plenary: Translation (from Spanish to English), It is based on all of the key vocabulary seen throughout the lesson, so students should perform better than in the starter. This could be followed by an Afl discussion on how to tackle language that has never been seen before.
10. Writing on "Bonfire Night" with two extension questions that challenge high-ability students to use the Near Future Tense and the Preterite.
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