Vamos Unit 4 | Barriletes | Exploratory Spanish
The Vamos Curriculum™ for Exploratory Spanish
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Beginner (Level 1), Elementary, Novice (Levels 1-2)
- Formats
- Google Drive, PDF
- Duration
- 11+ days
The Vamos Curriculum™ is a proficiency-oriented curriculum designed for Exploratory Spanish courses. As an Exploratory curriculum, Vamos has three primary objectives:
- development of linguistic proficiency
- exposure to products, practices, and perspectives from a range of Spanish speaking communities
- fostering interest in continuing language study
VAMOS UNIT 4: BARRILETES
Unit 4 of The Vamos Curriculum assumes that students are in the early days of their Spanish learning journeys and have already completed Unit 1, Unit 2, and Unit 3 of the Vamos Curriculum. Each day is filled with communicative, target language activities that build connections within the classroom and between the classroom and the outside world.
- Core Verbs: puede (ver), va, vive
- Featured Country: Guatemala
- Cultural Focus: El festival de los barriletes gigantes
Throughout the course of this unit students will learn about the geography of Guatemala, narrate different events, play games, communicate about the frequency of actions, learn cross curricular content such as volcanoes and Mayan culture, and learn facts about Guatemala's giant kite festival and geography: all in the target language!
Content is scaffolded to build confidence in students as they get their first taste of a language class!
MATERIALS INCLUDED
- activities for introducing vocabulary
- a suggested ClipChat script
- an animal guessing game
- story-based activities
- an informational text
- authentic videos
- the materials to games
- a slideshow including daily warm-ups
- complete lesson plans
- a student printables files
- infographics about volcanoes and Mayan culture
- answer keys
- detailed activity instructions
- Paperless worksheets
- a complete unit overview with abbreviated daily plans, can-do statements, World Readiness standards, Common Core alignment, AP themes, Essential questions, and Proficiency Orientation
All unit materials are stored in a Google Drive folder that is accessed via a clickable link in the purchased Licensed Access Document. Materials may be downloaded and editable files converted to Powerpoint or modified in Google Suite.
Other Units from the Vamos Curriculum:
- Vamos Unit 1 | Chocolate
- Vamos Unit 2 | Faroles
- Vamos Unit 3 | Papas
- Vamos Unit 5 | El dominó
- Vamos Unit 6 | Rapa Nui
- Vamos Unit 7 | El Carnaval
- Vamos Unit 8 | Adrenalina
- Vamos Unit 9 | Orgullo
- Vamos Unit 10 | Coquí
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I am so greatful for Vamos! Vamos is definitely perfect for middle school ages.
Maria Beltre -
My students loved this unit. They especially loved the elimination game and learning about Barriletes. I really appreciate the variety that is included in each unit. My students come to class eager to find out what we are doing in class every day.
Letitia Brisson -
I started using this with my 8th graders. They had used Vamos previously in 7th grade and really enjoyed the process! So far they are really liking this unit and are excited to learn more!
Sara Moldenhauer -
My students enjoyed this unit as much as the first three. Great resource, lots of printables for in class and absent.
Fiorella N. -
My students and I absolutely love the activities included in Vamos!
Samantha H. -
I love the Vamos curriculum! This one has great activities that really engage my students!
Becky C. -
Loved this resource for my 8th grade Exploratory course! I love how Vamos and Somos get the students talking from day 1. Will continue to use this every year. Thank you!
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