6th grade Spanish Unit 5: La familia

Unit Description:
This is unit 5 of 6 for the year. This is a 6-week unit. Students will be able to talk about family. Students will be able to describe
people with common adjectives. Students will be able to say common professions.
Essential Questions:
How do people describe the family and family members? How do people say their family members’ professions? How are a person’s
surnames determined in the Spanish speaking world?
Proficiency Target-Interpersonal Proficiency Target-Speaking Proficiency Target-Listening Proficiency Target-Reading Proficiency Target-Writing
Novice-Low Novice-Low Novice-Low Novice-Low Novice-Low

I Can Statements
I can exchange some personal
information.
I can ask and talk about family
members and their
characteristics.
I can ask and talk about
friends, classmates, and
teachers.
I can exchange information
using texts, graphs, or
pictures.
I can ask about and identify
familiar things in a picture
from a story.
I can interact with others in
everyday situations.
Assessments:
Diagnostic:
1. Essential Questions
2. Class Participation
3. Digital Components
4. Pre-Test
5. Homework
6. Oral/aural assessments
7. Games/songs
I Can Statements I Can Statements
I can present information I can sometimes understand
about my life using phrases questions about how old I am,
and simple sentences. where I live, what I do in my
I can describe my family and free time, etc.
friends. I can sometimes understand
I can tell about what happens questions or statements about
after school or work. family.
I can talk about others’ likes I can sometimes understand
and dislikes. questions or statements about
I can give basic biographical my friends and classmates or
information about others. workmates.
I can understand when
someone describes physical
descriptions from a photo or a
work of art.
Formative:
1. Vocabulary Quiz
2. Grammar Quiz
3. Graded Homework
4. Class Participation
5. Classwork
I Can Statements
I can understand messages in
which the writer tells or asks
me about topics of personal
interest.
I can understand what an e-pal
writes about interests, school,
and family.
I can understand a simple
posting on a friend’s social
media page.
Summative:
1. Unit Test
2. Projects
I Can Statements
I can write information about
my daily life in a letter, blog,
discussion board, or email
message.
I can introduce myself.
I can describe my family and
friends.
I can write short notes using
phrases and simple sentences.
Standards to address in Unit:
ML1.PS1.Ip1: Students are able to express, in spoken and written language- basic greetings, farewells, courtesies, and likes/dislikes.
ML1.PS2 .IP2: Students are able to use formal and informal forms of address as well as initiate and participate in brief oral and written exchange.
ML1.PS3 .INT1: Students are able to identify some main ideas and details when reading and listening as well as show comprehension of simple
instructions.
ML1.PS4.P1: Students will be able to give basic information about self and others.
ML1.PS5.CU1: Students are able to describe customs and traditions of the culture such as greetings, celebrations, and courtesies.
ML1.PS7 .CCC2: Students compare and identify patterns and behavior of target culture as well as their own.
ML1.PS8.CCC3: Students compare basic elements of the target language to their own, recognizing differences in sound, writing, cognates and
intonation.
Know: Understand: Do:
Descriptive adjectives (physical description, How family members are related Identify people in one’s family
personality) Professions Talk about family
Vocabulary of the family How adjectives change form to agree with nouns Describe people and things
The family tree The order of nouns and adjectives in sentences Talk about family members’ professions.
Professions How surnames of Spanish-speakers differ from
American surnames
Families in the Spanish-speaking world
Major Concepts: (Consider all 4/5 Cs)
Concept 12 Concept 13 Concept 14
Family members and pets Adjectives Professions

Essential Vocabulary: Essential Vocabulary: Essential Vocabulary:

WEEK 25 WEEK 27 WEEK 29

La familia alto/a un/a maestro/a
El padre/El papá bajo/a un/a doctor/a
La madre/La mamá bonita un/a artista
El hijo/a feo/a un/a cantante
El abuelo/a guapo/a un/a enfermero/a
El tío /a Yo tengo/él/ ella tiene pelo un/a secretario/a
El primo/a moreno un/a ingeniero/a
El hermano/a un/a abogado/a
rubio
un/a dentista
castaño
WEEK 26
Las mascotas pelirrojo WEEK 30,
El perro largo un/a músico/a
El gato corto un/a bailarín/ina
El hámster
El conejo
La tortuga
El loro
La cobaya
El pez
La lagartija
El ratón
Essential Structure:
Review Agreement in gender
and number
The concept of LOS…(including
masculine and feminine: Los
padres)
Review INDEFINITE articles
versus DEFINITE articles
Text/Digital Resources
Actividad- mi familia:
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un/a agricultor/a
WEEK 28 un/a jardinero/a
serio/a un/a obrero
gracioso/a un/a cocinero
simpático/a un/a gerente
antipático/a un/a policía
un/a director/a
viejo
joven
malo
bueno
inteligente
Essential Structure: Essential Structure:
Review Agreement in gender Review INDEFINITE articles
and number (articles & versus DEFINITE articles
adjectives) GENDER & PROFESSIONS:
Review Placement of El/la maestro(a)
adjectives in a Spanish El/la policía
sentence El actor/ la actriz
Text/Digital Resources Text/Digital Resources
Adjectives- la familia: Actividad: charades- las
https://fultonk12- profesiones:
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Example of historietas to
demonstrate understanding
(using storyboardthat):
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