Goazen itsas txangora! Let's plan a trip to the sea!
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The activities provided by the Boise State World Languages Resource Center (WLRC) serve as foundational activities which can be adapted by any language and scaled up or down on the proficiency scale.
This activity was created by upper-division language students working in the World Languages Resource Center at Boise State University. Our activities seek to help students solidify their interpersonal speaking and interpretive listening skills through task-based situations or communicative activities. We recommend using these activities to help reinforce the content students are learning, allowing the students time to feel comfortable using the unit’s vocabulary and grammar structures through application. Further, these activities should be facilitated in approximately 90% (or more) in the target language, per the recommendation of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
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Most activities contain a connected chapter, two to three “NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do” statements, a warm-up, main activity, and a wrap-up. In addition to the instructions, some activities may include a “cheat sheet” containing the target vocabulary and grammar structures emphasized in the activity. Though most of the lab materials are provided, a computer, projector, printer, and laminator may also be needed to fully utilize materials.
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Goazen itsas txangora! Let's plan a trip to the sea!
Level:
Novice Mid, Lower Primary, Middle School, High School.
In this activity students will plan a trip out to sea, in order to do that they have to manage their budget and choose the correct options. Then they will describe their trip and will have to explain why they have chosen that option.
Relevant Can-Do statements:
I can:
Materials:
Cards for Activity
Keywords:
Basque, euskera, description, plan a trip, txangoa prestatu.
World-Readiness Standards
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Japanese on a variety of topics.
Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Idaho State Content Standards
COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
Warm-Up
Begin by reviewing the Can-Do Statements for today's activity.
In pairs, have students discuss the following questions. Today they will be talking about traveling!
1) Have you ever been on a cruise?
2) What is one thing you would like to do if you were able to go on a cruise?
3) What's your favorite mode of transportation for long trips?
Main Activity
“You are on a cruise ship, and there are many different activities that you could participate in!”
In pairs, students will choose various activities that they want to participate in, and ask their partner what they will need to bring and what they will do while participating in each activity. They should choose at least one activity for each day. Students should be prepared to share with the group the activities, objects, and why they selected them.
Wrap-up questions:
With the whole group:
Each group should share their plan. Students should talk about how they traveled, where they went, what they did, and what they brought with them.