Lesson 20 - Comida (Food)
Vocabulary
Language Focus: Food
Classroom activities: Pictionary - Students pick one of the foods and draw a picture of it on the board to communicate it to their team.
Grammar
Language Focus: How to use the words mucho and poco, how to use the word ending -ísimo to make a word emphatic
Classroom activities: The students work in pairs asking and answering questions about what they have in their kitchen at home. If they have a medium amount, they can just pick one (mucho or poco). Make sure that mucho or poco agrees in gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) with the noun.
- ¿Cuánto(-os/-a/-as) _____ tienes?
- Tengo mucho/muchos/mucha/muchas/poco/pocos/poca/pocas.
- No tengo _____.
Dialogue
Language Focus: Grocery shopping dialogue
Classroom activities: Have students practice with the dialogue in pairs.
Reading
Language Focus: Nutrition reading
Classroom activities: Have students write down in Spanish everything that they eat during a 24-hour period. Then have them label each food by category (fruta, vegetal, etc). Have students discuss in pairs or small groups if they were able to meet the USDA recommendations and what changes they will make in their diet to try to be healthier.
Quiz
Have the students review any portions of the lesson that they made mistakes in on the quiz.
Important Links
Pronouns - Pronunciation - Verbs
