Personal Preferences, Novice Mid-High, English Foundations

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by Amber Hoye, Madi Goertzen, Gabby Bates, Alexis Araiza, Abby Cain, Claire Werlin, Madison Gallagher

Personal Preferences Activity

Theme: Personal preferences, hobbies, future tense using “go”

Description: In this activity, students will take a fun quiz to find out what kind of traveler they are. This will allow students to understand how to describe interests and include words that associate with traveling. 

Relevant Can-Do statements:

  • I can answer questions about what I like and dislike
  • I can ask and talk about friends and classmates

Materials Needed:
The following materials are needed for this activity:

Buzzfeed Quiz and iPads: It is preferred to make your own quiz based in your specific language. Below is an example of a traveling quiz:

Heads Up Cards: (Print & Laminate)

Download: Heads Up Cards.pdf

Can-Do Statement CardPRINTED & LAMINATED

Download: Can-Do Cards Personal Preferences.pdf


Warm-up

Start by saying, "Today we are going to play Head's Up"

  1. Start with the Head's Up cards in a deck, facing towards the middle of the table.
  2. The students are going to play in a big group. One student is going to choose a card from the deck without looking. The student is going to put a card on their forehead so that the rest of the group can see.
  3. The rest of the group is going to give hints to the person who has the card on their forehead. The students will give the hints in Spanish only.
  4. All of the students will start with 10 points for the game.
  5. There are 3 ways you all can lose points: 1. If a students uses English (minus 1 point) 2. If a student doesn't know a hint to give to the person guessing, they can pass their turn (maximum of 2 times) but they will lose a point for every time they pass 3. If the student who is guessing can't name the word on the card after everyone has given a hint and they don't have more hints, the student guessing can ask what the word is. However, they will lose a point.


Main Activity

1.Tell your students that you'll be using a stopwatch today during lab. 

2. As a lab, including the lab instructor, will have 3 minutes TOTAL of English. Use it wisely. The lab will be held completely in Spanish and to receive credit, they MUST speak only in Spanish. We will not sign their sheet if they use English! 

Part A

1. Hand out the quiz to each student and tell them the following:

"Today we are going to take a fun quiz! You are going to see what kind of traveler you are. Find a partner and ask the questions to each other. Fill in (Gesture to circling an answer on the quiz)the answer that your partner chooses. Make sure to take turns asking questions and reading the answers out loud." 

2. After the students have taken the test, tell the following to your students:

"Now, count the number of As, Bs, Cs, y Ds on your quiz. Tell me the letter with the most responses. I will give you a card that corresponds with the letter!"

3. The students should read the results of their cards and share which type of traveler they are with the group. 

Ask the students: "Is this true or false?"

Personality Key:

A majority of A's- (Choose a region that speaks your language)

A majority of B’s- (Choose a region that speaks your language)

A majority ofC’s- (Choose a region that speaks your language)

A majority of D’s-(Choose a region that speaks your language)

Parte B

  1. Use the following questions to have discussion with the students. They can also make their own questions as well. Be sure to model an answer for the first few questions.
    1. "What is your favorite hobby?"
    2. "When you go on vacation, do you like to do hobbies?"
    3. "What is your favorite coffee shop in downtown Boise?"
    4. "Is there another coffee shop you like to go to?"
    5. "Do you prefer to go to a museum or swim in a pool on vacation?"
    6. "Do you like to play video games? What is your favorite video game?" 
    7. "When you are on vacation, what activities do you like to do?"
    8. "What time do you prefer to eat lunch during your vacation?"
    9. "Where would you like to go on vacation this summer?"
    10. "Do you prefer to travel with your friends or family? Why?"

Everyone should answer (make sure everyone shares at the table):

  • Name one thing you would like to bring with you on vacation.
  • Name a place that you would like to go for fun.
  • Do you remember the place you got on the activity above? 
  • Name a perfect destination for a vacation.
  • Name a horrible destination to go on vacation.


End of lab: Can-Do statement check-in... “Where are we?”

  • Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with cards 
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self evaluation
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
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