Description

While you were staying with your host family, you were deeply impressed by how much they loved each other, and how they always put family first. You found same from your local students and their family, and in fact you found that family is one of the most important value in this country. For those wonderful, loving families of your students, you would like to present your students the concept of family tree and help students make their own in the class. First, you will start with your own tree…

Task

To explain the concept of family tree, you will start with showing them a model; your own family tree. You will choose one of the different styles for your family tree, and you will label the family members in Spanish. You will include at least 4 generations in your tree. If you have pictures of your family members, or if you can draw their faces, it will be more interesting. Additional information, such as birthdates or places of birth will be useful, too.

 

Resources

A. Basic vocabulary on family and relationship

Study Spanish.com
http://www.studyspanish.com/vocab/relationships.htm

Spanish-teacher.com
http://www.spanish-teacher.org/class/ch5-1vocab.html

Allinfo-About.com
http://spanish.allinfo-about.com/vocabulary/vo-family.html

Enchanted Learning.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/spanish/label/family/answers.shtml

B. Sample family trees and styles

Vista higher learning.com - Sample family tree
http://www.vistahigherlearning.com/pdfs/iae.pdf

San Diego County Office of Education – Sample family tree
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sfamtree.htm

Homestead Museum, A Journey Through the Time – 2 sample styles
http://www.homesteadmuseum.org/jtt/family%20tree.pdf

Little Explorers.com – other ideas for family tree activity
http://www.littleexplorers.com/crafts/familytree/

Disney.go.com -- Disney character family trees (3 samples)
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/tiggermovie/familytree.html

C. Online Spanish-English dictionary

World reference
http://wordreference.com/

Process

1. First, visit the suggested sites (A) on Spanish vocabulary on family and relationship, to find proper words to label each of your family members.

2. Second, have a look at some of the sample family trees from the suggested sites (B). You may use one of the sample trees, or create your own style.

3. Third, create your family tree and label the family members in Spanish. You need to include at least 4 generations of your family. If you have pictures of your family members, or if you can draw their faces, feel free to put them on your tree. You may also add additional information such as birth dates or place of birth, etc.

4. Show your family tree to one of your Spanish speaking colleague teachers, to check the correct use of Spanish in your tree.

5. Show your family tree in your class, and help your students to create their own. You may also show other samples, and encourage students to include additional information on their trees.

6. Keep your family tree in your professional portfolio.

Conclusion

Those are awesome family trees that your students and you have created! Some trees are so beautifully decorated, and others have great pictures on them. Notice that some students have many branches on their tree, too. Your class displayed the trees at school, and other students are very interested to see them all. You made a history, today!

National Standards (ACTFL)

Communication
Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or reader on a variety of topics.

Comparisons
Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

Communities
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.

Sunshine State Standards – Foreign Languages (9-12)

Communication (FL.A.3.4)
The student presents information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

Comparisons (FL.D.2.4)
The student recognizes that cultures have different patterns of interaction and applies this knowledge to his or her own culture.

Experiences (FL.E.1.4)
The student uses the language within and beyond the school setting.

Evaluation

Your family tree can be evaluated with following criteria.

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