En el Mercado y Restaurante

Students will work as groups work in Spanish involving shopping at a market, mercado section outside a restaurant, which is full. They will write dialogue ahead of time and practice with each other, and use vocabulary presented in their worksheets and by the teacher. They will have repeated the words for the items displayed at the "market" and some may have brought items to add the market !! They browse the market to appease their hunger while waiting for a table and use Spanish expressions in their skits. They can talk about the items, or even buy some, in Spanish of course. Later the next scene will involve "sitting at the table and interacting with me, the waitress", ordering from the menu. ( This is a beginner class so my questions will have prompts they have used in class to trigger answers in Spanish). One student will have to order a sandwich and be able to describe each layer of it to the class by ingredient. The class has cut out visuals for lettuce, cheese, lunch meats, tomato, cucumbers etc and the student will pretend he is a child taking apart his sandwich explaining each section to the group--(Humor is permitted) Others in the group will order from the menus the students have previously created in a previous assignment and dress up is permitted. The rest of the class will be graded as an audience, who will respectfully listen and be quiet until their turn. I would like a student to film each group so that we can review and show this in class later for reinforcement, and further humor that will ingrain the words in students minds in a non-threatening, comfortable class environment, yet still with structure and accuracy. I would also like for the other classes to get to see the groups they missed. Students are graded for creatividad (creativity), contenido (content) , correcto (accuracy), and cooperacion (cooperation). This will also review the Adopt a Country reports and power points done last semester, and have students role play vocabulary used in travel, or in US cities where Spanish is spoken. This activity is enjoyed by all academic levels - from strugglers to gifted and talented, and includes everyone. They enjoy all the visuals I display for the market, and will have used a total of 30 different play foods, and "artesanias" or artizan items and souvenirs as they shop.