Elementary Spanish Unit Continents and Oceans Language
Course/level
Targeted Proficiency Level
Thematic unit
Unit length
Spanish
Elementary Spanish (Grade 3)
Novice-Low
Continents and Oceans
9 weeks
Stage 1: Desired Results
Standards: Check as many as
apply.
Enduring Understanding(s)
Essential Question
Guiding Questions
__X__1.1 Interpersonal communication
__X__1.2 Interpretive communication
__X__1.3 Presentational communication
__X__2.1 Cultural practices and perspectives
__X__2.2 Cultural products and perspectives
__X__3.1 Connections to other disciplines
__X__3.2 Acquiring new information
__X__4.1 Language comparisons
__X__4.2 Cultural comparisons
Use geographic tools to answer questions about the geography of the world
How are the regions of Colorado defined by geography?
• What are the continents and oceans of the world?
Learning goals
At the end of this unit learners can answer questions about the world using maps and other
geographic tools. They can locate places on maps using a compass.
Functions
Knowledge
What can learners do?
What context, structure and culture will learners need to show their knowledge?
Functions
Context
Structure
Culture
• physical geography
• adjectives: colors
• division of
identify Earth’s continents and
continents in other
• continents
• question words: ¿Dónde
oceans and tell their location on a
countries
está?
• oceans
map.
• directions: cardinal points • cultural geography
• directions (cardinal
(countries and
points)
• location: está
languages)
• countries
• maps
recognize the geographic regions of
the world.
Interpretive
verb vivir
demonstrative pronouns:
este, esta, estos, estas
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
Summative Performance Assessments
Listening a presentation about the continents, oceans and their features and answer the questions.
•
•
maps
regions
•
•
Discuss what part of the world you would like to visit. (Me gustaría)
Create and present a poster showing the Spanish speaking place they would like to visit and why.
Formative Assessments
Other Summative Assessments
• Interpret instructions in Spanish to color and label
• Label cultural map of the world with Spanish speaking
the continent and oceans of the world.
countries.
Interpersonal
Presentational
Stage 3: Learning Activities
Interpersonal
•
work with a partner to interpret
instructions and find continents and
oceans in a map using a compass
Interpretive
•
Interpret geographic tools (physical
maps, political maps, compass) to
answer questions about world
geography.
Other Learning Activities
Resources
Presentational
•
tell the location of the
continent/ocean they choose.