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Una Artista en Familia
Video - Una artista en Familia
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Una Artista en Familia - listening
Overview
This is.a listening (audio and visual) task utilizing both individual and group work to construct meaning in the target language (Spanish) and to be able to communicate that meaning withing small and large group contexts. Students will watch a video in Spanish, then talk about what they understood, first in pairs and then as a class.
Included in the lesson are the necessary resources as well as an assessment rubric, should the teacher choose to use one.
Listening
Manuela is a little girl who moved to Kentucky from Colombia, the home country of her grandmother, Miriam Llamas. Miriam is a painter. During a visit to Kentucky, she showed Manuela some of her paintings and taught her some of the songs and dances of Columbia.
Listen to the video clip, Una Artista en Familia, individually.
After listening to the video, discuss with a partner these two questions:
1) What were some of the things Manuela learns from her abuela? (Identify at least 2)
2) What can we learn about the culture of Colombia through the interactions between Manuela and her abuela? (Think of at least 3)
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Learning Goals of this activity
Students will practice listening comprehension as the listen to and watch video in the target language.
Students will construct meaning through both audio and visual cues.
Students will share ideas in small and larger group settings about what they learned through the video in the target langugage.
To extend learning in a future lesson, students will practice use of the target language as they create collages about the art and culture of Colombia.
Now, listen to the video again, together with your partner, pausing where necessary, to answer the questions on the attached worksheet.
At the end of class, we will share some of our ideas together as a class. Be ready!
Tomorrow, be ready for some artistic fun of our own! We will be making collages about the culture of Colombia in class.
Assessment
See the attached assessment to know what is expected during this task.