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Ave5e Activity Pack Overview
Ave5e Activity Pack Overview
The Activity Pack provides the following sections for each of the 16 lessons
in AVENTURAS:
• Vocabulario activities focus on vocabulary. They encourage students to practice
the lesson’s vocabulary in both spoken and written form. Activity types include
crossword puzzles, word searches, short dialogues, scavenger hunts, and word or
picture identification activities.
• Gramática activities focus on grammar. There are two pages of discrete practice
for each grammar point (six to eight pages per lesson). Section A is typically a
multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank exercise, followed by Section B, an open-ended
writing activity. Some activities are designed to support oral and aural practice by
having students work with a partner after they have written questions, for example.
Task-based activities also form some of the activities in the Gramática sections.
• Comunicación activities focus on spoken communication. Information Gap
Activities, interviews, role-plays, and classroom surveys support the use of natural
language. These activities provide prompts and situations that encourage students to
use all the grammar and vocabulary they know in order to communicate in Spanish.
• Task-based activities, NEW to this edition, focus on spoken and written
communication. Each task-based activity has a context, an interpretive task, an
interpersonal task, and a presentational task. These activities can be used as in-class
practice or for assessment. Each activity comes with a rubric so that students will
know what is expected of them. Keep your expectations simple and concrete, since
students have limited linguistic abilities at this early stage. These criteria will become
more complex as students’ abilities develop.
• Recapitulación activities cover all of the lesson’s vocabulary and each grammar
point. Two pages long, the closed-ended questions provide a quick way to review material,
gauge retention, and can be used for test preparation. The last activity asks small groups to
collaborate on a skit, an interview, or a project that can then be shared with the class.
With this plethora of individual, pair, and group practice that focuses on
writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills, we hope that your students
develop their communication skills and you find material that is suitable for
your AVENTURAS class.
The AVENTURAS 5/e Authors and the Vista Higher Learning Editorial Staff
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