Educating Our Eagles - Issue 19

HIGH SCHOOL:
Characters of the Spanish-speaking world
Spanish Language students will research about different people from Latin America and
Spain who have left a mark in history and are an inspiration to others. These people have
shown that with hard work and resiliency they can achieve their goals. They have inspired
other people to better themselves and their communities. Some of them are still in their
countries, others are immigrants, and others are of Hispanic heritage. Throughout this lesson,
each student will research a different person in the target language. They will write a report in
Spanish and give an oral presentation in Spanish to the other students in class about what they
have learned.
As a result of instruction students will be able to:
• learn more about very important Latin American and Spanish people who have made
history and are making a great impact in the world.
• learn about the diversity of professions these characters have and try to identify with
some of them.
• learn about their great contributions to our communities and to humanity at large.
• practice reading, writing, listening and speaking using only the target language.
Observations:
The students had fun learning about these people while they continued perfecting
pronunciation and fluency.
MA Standards:
1. Interpretive Communication - In narrative, descriptive, and persuasive texts and
conversations on a variety of concrete topics of personal, general, or public interest, relying
upon understanding of short paragraphs containing multiple time frames, consisting of
straightforward or descriptive language.
a. Analyze traits of multiple cultures and communities. (IH.1.a)
b. Analyze the main message or story line and some supporting details. (IH.1.b)
3. Presentational Communication - In presentations on a variety of concrete topics of
personal, general, or public interest, in a wide variety of settings, creating mostly short
paragraphs, sometimes relying upon circumlocution, in such a way that speakers/signers of
the language usually understand.