Elementary World Language First Grade Unit: Las Profesiones Spanish Language Overview. In this unit, students learn about the country of Venezuela. They also learn about types of professions, about equipment and tools used by professionals, and about places where professionals work. Essential Questions: ● What are some professions? (Week 1) ● What do people do at their jobs? (Week 2) ● What tools do people use at their jobs? (Week 3) ● Where do people work? (Week 4) Enduring Understandings: ● People have a choice about their profession. ● Professionals play an important in the community. ● Different professions require different tools. ● Different professions require different actions. CURRICULUM STANDARDS / STUDENT OUTCOMES Communication 1.1 Interpersonal - Students will: ● Ask and answer questions about professions and occupations in Caracas, Venezuela. ● Ask and answer questions about where professionals work. 1.2 Interpretive Reading and Listening - Students will: ● Read and listen to a story and read a picture-based story. ● Identify the sounds of the letters c and q. ● Identify tools used by different professionals. ● Identify places based on professions. 1.3 Presentational Speaking and Writing - Students will: ● Express what profession they would like to have in the future. ● Describe actions performed by people at their jobs. ● Tell which tools are needed for a specific job. ● Explain how some tools are used. ● Use the definite articles el and la appropriately. ● Use and apply the present-­‐tense forms of the verb trabajar. Culture 2.1 Practices and Perspectives - Students will: ● Identify how different professionals help the communities of Venezuela. 2.2 Products and Perspectives - Students will: ● Describe the tools needed for jobs in Venezuela. Connections Elementary World Language First Grade Unit: Las Profesiones Spanish Language 3.1 Cross-curricular - Students will: ● Examine the way people help a community. ● Explore how tools help people in their professions. 3.2 Target Culture - Students will: ● Observe how people in Venezuela help their community. ● Explore how people in Venezuela use tools to help with their professions. Comparisons 4.1 Language - Students will: ● Compare el and la to the article the. ● Distinguish between the sounds of the letters c and q. ● Compare the present tense verb conjugation of trabajar with the English verb work. 4.2 Culture - Students will: ● Compare occupations in Venezuela with jobs they see in their community. ● Compare and contrast the tools needed for occupations in Venezuela and tools required for occupations in the United States. Communities 5.1 Beyond the School - Students will: ● Participate in simulations that replicate authentic conversations about the professions of Venezuela. 5.2 Lifelong Learner - Students will: ● Use authentic media resources to examine the communities of Venezuela. FUNCTIONS • VOCABULARY • STRUCTURES LANGUAGE FUNCTION Identify occupations. CONTENT VOCABULARY Profesiones: ● cocinero/cocinera ● doctor/doctora ● músico/música ● pintor/pintora ● policía ● fotógrafo ● fotógrafa ● ingeniero ● ingeniera La Familia de Katrina: ● papá LANGUAGE STRUCTURE ● ¿Qué vas a ser? ● (Profesión). ● Yo voy a ser (profesión). ● ¿Quién es? ● él/ella es (profesión). ● ¿Quién es (profesión)? ● (Persona) es (profesión). ● El papá es (profesión). ● ¿Qué va a ser tu Elementary World Language ● ● ● ● Explain what actions people do at their profession. mamá abuelo abuela hermano Acciones: ● ayudo/ayuda ● cocino/cocina ● cuido/cuida ● enseño/enseña ● pinto/pinta ● toco/toca Cosas: ● ● ● ● ● Differentiate the sounds of the letters c and q. First Grade Unit: Las Profesiones Spanish Language cuadro enfermos instrumento sopa veterinario amigo(a)? ● Él/ella va a ser (profesión). ● ● ● ● ● ● ¿Qué hace (persona)? Yo (acción). Él/ella (acción). ¿Quién (acción)? (Persona). (Persona) (acción) (cosa). ● ¿Qué hace el abuelo de Katrina? ● El abuelo de Katrina cocina una sopa. C: ● camisa ● cuchillo Ce: ● cereal Ci: ● cocinera Que: ● queso Qui: ● mantequilla Identify tools used by different professions. Explain how some tools work. Herramientas: ● cámara ● computadora ● cuchillo ● fotógrafía ● guitarra ● pincel (brush) ● silbato (whitle) ● pegamento ● regla (ruler) Verbos: ● ¿Con qué trabaja? ● ¿Con qué herramientas trabaja (profesión)? ● (Profession) trabaja con (herramienta). ● Yo trabajo con (herramienta). ● ¿Qué usa (profesión)? ● (Profesión) usa (herramienta). ● Yo uso (herramienta). Elementary World Language First Grade Unit: Las Profesiones Spanish Language ● trabajar ● usar Identify where people Lugares: work. ● estación de policía ● estudio de arte ● hospital ● oficina ● restaurante ● teatro ● ¿Dónde trabaja? ● Él/ella trabaja en (lugar). ● ¿Quién trabaja en (lugar)? ● (Profesión) trabaja en (lugar).