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Unit 6
Overview
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Unit Plan
Estimated time:
1 session.
Mapa cultural
:
El «boom» de
la literatura latinoamericana.
MAPA CULTURAL
Estimated time:
1 session.
Writing:
Una reseña.
ESCRITURA
Estimated time:
2 sessions.
Project:
Una exposición de las
obras de arte favoritas.
Self-evaluation:
Autoevaluación.
PROYECTO/ EVALUACIÓN
Estimated time:
6 sessions.
Text:
Un cuento de Borges.
Functions & forms:
r
To give advice and make
recommendations.
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Literature. Literary genres.
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Diminutives.
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Grammatical structures to give
advice and make recommendations.
Culture:
r
Premios literarios.
r
Isabel Allende.
r
Gabriel García Márquez.
Reading:
El Sur.
DESAFÍO 3
Estimated time:
2 sessions.
Todo junto:
Review of
Desafíos 1–3
.
Tu desafío:
r
Desafío A:
Research Velázquez’s
painting
Las Meninas
and prepare
a presentation comparing it with
Picasso’s
Las Meninas
.
r
Desafío B:
Record a presentation
about a building or a sculpture by a
Hispanic artist.
r
Desafío C:
Research a Hispanic
writer and prepare a presentation
about him or her.
Para terminar
Estimated time:
2 sessions.
Test:
Presentational
Speaking: Cultural
Comparison.
HACIA EL
AP* EXAM
Estimated time:
2 sessions.
Text:
Patrimonio cultural.
Functions & forms:
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Useful expressions used to refer to
very valuable artwork, to say that
something happens in a moment,
to say that something is looked
at lightly, and to express that
something is done in depth.
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Review of known vocabulary about
art, architecture, shapes, colors,
materials, and literature.
Las tareas / Antes de empezar
Estimated time:
6 sessions.
Text:
Una catedral vanguardista.
Functions & forms:
r
To give opinions and make value
statements.
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Architecture and sculpture. Materials.
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To state opinions.
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To make value statements.
Culture:
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Rafael Moneo.
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La Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas.
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Eduardo Chillida.
Reading:
Rafael Moneo.
DESAFÍO 2
Estimated time:
6 sessions.
Text:
Paredes artísticas.
Functions & forms:
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To describe and compare objects.
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Art and painting. Art styles.
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Comparisons.
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The neuter article
lo
.
Culture:
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El muralismo mexicano.
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Fernando Botero.
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El arte en la calle.
Reading:
Un gran mural.
DESAFÍO 1
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