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Unit Title: Pobre Ana Bail Tango (Poor Ana Danced Tango) Time Frame: 3-4 weeks (10 class periods)
Course: Spanish 3 (2nd year 1st semester) Grade Level: 10th & 11th

CURRICULUM/STANDARDS
List all appropriate national, state or district curriculum or standards that align to this unit:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2 National Foreign Language Standards

KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS
List the key themes/questions that are guiding this unit:

Storytelling in Spanish using the past tense.
Food, drink, geography, dance, and lifestyle in Argentina.
Traveling as a means of learning new skills and about another cultures.
Making new friends, greeting, saying good-bye in Spanish.
Finding goods/services and making purchases in Spanish.

ASSESSMENT
List the assessments that will be used to gauge student learning. This may include traditional quizzes or exams, as well as major learning activities such
as simulations, labs, etc.

Free write using vocabulary from the unit
Quizzes
Unit Test
Final Writing Assignment
Market Simulation

RESOURCES/MATERIALS
List all resources (copyrighted or otherwise) that you will need to teach this unit. This should be a comprehensive list of all resources you will need to
create or borrow (including textbook chapters, additional readings, videos, power points and teaching notes, handouts, assessments, etc.)

Class set of the novel Pobre Ana bail tango

Video of tango
Tourist Video
Lonely Planet Video
Audio of song Casarn de tejas (found at www.todotango.com)
Mate (Argentine tea) with traditional gourd and straw
Map of South America and Argentina
Pictures of Aconcagua Mountain
Milonga Song

Unit Calendar

(For each class period, list the topic of the day, as well as main learning activities. You may list standards if you choose.)
(Insert or delete days of the week as appropriate for your school district calendar. Add or delete weeks depending on the length of your unit.)

MONDAY
Trabajo Inicial (Bellwork)
Video: Buenos Aires Guide
Vocab. PABT Ch. 1
Grammar: Past Tense
Read PABT Ch. 1
Comprehension activities

TUESDAY
No Class (Block Schedule)

WEDNESDAY
Trabajo Inicial
Read PABT Ch. 2
Geography of Argentina
(Aconcagua)
Climate of Argentina
Quiz Ch. 1 & 2

THURSDAY
No Class (Block Schedule)

FRIDAY
Trabajo Inicial
PABT Ch.3
Phone Conversations:
Asking about class
schedules & Making
Reservations
Foreign Currency &
Exchange Rates

Trabajo Inicial
PABT Ch. 4
Breakfast in Argentina
Meeting new people
Quiz Ch. 3 & 4




Trabajo Inicial
PABT Ch. 7
Readers Theater
Argentine Food: La
Parillada
Video: Lonely Planet
Argentina



Trabajo Inicial
PABT Ch. 10
Saying Goodbye
Writing a goodbye note to
a friend

No Class (Block Schedule)

Trabajo Inicial
PABT Ch. 5
Making a purchase
Market Simulation Activity

No Class (Block Schedule)

No Class (Block Schedule)

Trabajo Inicial
No Class (Block Schedule)
PABT Ch. 8
Tourist Places in B.A. Video
Activity: A student lead
tour of B.A.
Quiz Ch. 7 & 8

Trabajo Inicial
PABT Ch. 9
Mentira o Verdad? : Talking
about truths vs. lies
Music of Argentina:
Milonga

No Class (Block Schedule)

Trabajo Inicial
Unit Exam PABT
Writing Assignment
Summary and alternate
ending to the book

No Class (Block Schedule)

Trabajo Inicial
PABT Ch. 6
Mate Presentation
Video: Tango
Quiz Ch. 5 & 6