La Subas
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"La Subasta"
Proficiency Level:
This activity will expose students to the types of currency from Spanish speaking countries. Students will practice numbers in Spanish and will also use adjectives to describe items that they can sell and buy.
Keywords:
Auction, money, bidding, paddles, win, buy, sell.
Relevant NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can ask and understand how much something costs
- I can talk about and describe a variety of objects
- I can purchase and sell an object
Relevant ACTFL World-Readiness Standards
Communication
Standard 1.1
Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Materials Needed:
Funny Money
Auction Paddles
Auction Cards
Instructions
Google Slideshow (Linked)
Warm-up
- ¡Hoy vamos a tener una subasta! (auction), cada estudiante va a tener dinero para comprar y vender (gesture giving and receiving money) cosas muy interesantes!
We are going to have an auction! Every student is going to have money to buy and sell interesting things. - Aquí están las instrucciones para la subasta. Tienen dos minutos para leerlas (gesture reading the card) y después vamos a hacer la subasta.
Give the instruction cards and have them read over for two minutes.
Main Activity
- Cada uno de ustedes va a tener dinero para la subasta. Necesitan tener (escribir $1425 en la pizarra) $1425 Mil cuatro cientos y veinte cinco dólares.
Give each student the same amount of money (they will be in plastic bags, counted already). Tell them to count their money; everyone should have the same. - Ustedes va a tener unas cosas para vender. ¿Qué significa vender?
They will also get an equal amount of items to auction off (try and make sure there is an equal distribution of expensive and cheaper items) - Ustedes van a vender las cosas uno por uno, en un círculo. Van a empezar con una descripción de su cosa para convencer a las personas a comprarla.
Students will go in a circle one at a time to try and sell their item. They will begin with a description of their item that will try and get the other students to want to buy it. - El resto de los estudiantes van a gritar el precio que quieren pagar por la cosa hasta que el precio sea demasiado y hay solamente una persona que quiere pagar el precio.
The other students will yell out prices they are willing to pay for an item until the amount gets too high and there is only one person left willing to bid that high. - La persona que gana la oferta va a pagar el dinero al vendedor. El vendedor va a darle el objeto a la persona. (Model this “Soy el/la ganador(a) y voy a darle dinero a la persona que vende la cosa y él/ella va a recibir el dinero y me va a dar la tarjeta.)
The person who wins the bid will hand their money to the person selling and the person selling will give them the item. - Después, el próximo estudiante va a vender una cosa. Vamos a hacer esto hasta que todos vendan sus objetos.
Then the next student will get the chance to sell an item. This will keep going until all items have been sold or time runs out. - Ahora, pon el dinero en las bolsas, con la misma cantidad, ¡por favor!
Make sure you have enough time at the end to give the students a chance to put the things in the original bags with the same quantities.
*** If you have a lab with two students, make sure you also play! ***
Wrap-up
Wrap-up questions
- ¿Quieres comprar algunas de estas cosas en la vida real?
- ¿En tu opinión hay una cosa que fue demasiado cara?
- ¿Quieres ir a una subasta en la vida real?
End of lab:
• Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
• Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
Relevant NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can ask and understand how much something costs
- I can talk about and describe a variety of objects
- I can purchase and sell an object