Famous+people

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 * Objective of this unit: to get to know and to be able to talk about famous Hispanic people.**

**1. Choosing who? **
> **Comprehension** - students listen to Frida Kahlo's life: > media type="custom" key="22473138" > media type="youtube" key="NoeUBvW-TaA" height="315" width="420"
 * **Reading** and **listening** activity (page 20-21, Gente Joven 2). Students read and match short biographies from famous Hispanic people.
 * Art Gallery to look at different paintings form different artists. We describe the paintings using this template.
 * Virual tour of Botero Museum:
 * Pin Boardwith pictures of famous Spanish speaking people. We look at them in class. Students choose one from the pin board or from their own research.
 * **Quiz- Game** to practice the simple past: students create question cards from all the famous people they have learned about with 3 answers (only one the correct answer) such as: ¿ Qui**én se convirtió en** una astronauta? /¿ Qui**én** **empezó a** trabajar como actriz /¿ Qui**én** **trató de** pintar la realidad de su vida? /¿ **Dó nde nació **Botero? /¿ **Dó nde murió ** Dali? /¿ Qui**én** se cas**ó ****con** Diego Rivera? /¿ Qui**én se fue a** vivir en los Estados Unidos? ....

**2. Research**
Students do research on the Internet using Spanish search engines and websites. They gather information using the document here.

**3. Writing**
> ====**4. Speaking**==== > Students present their biographies. This time they speak as if they were the famous person. They have to speak in the first person. They come dressed up as the person.
 * 1) Students write a biography in the 3rd person using their findings. They fill in the template here. They create figures using hangers and art supplies:[[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RA6kYsjevew/T8gKx5XkLnI/AAAAAAAAByQ/AxCOCQ9LZDY/s320/023.JPG]]

Vocabulary: jobs

Grammar:
 * Simple past
 * Verbs with prepositions: //converstirse en, empezar a, tratar de// ....

Culture:
 * Painters: //Goya, Picasso, Miro, Kahlo// ...
 * Writers: //Neruda, Cervantes, Cortazar// ....
 * Artists: //Amaya, Vargas// ....
 * Legend: //la llorona//

Assessment:
 * Writing: write a biography using the grammar points above.
 * Speaking: tell the life of someone famous as if you were the person (in the 1st person).