El+individuo+y+la+personalidad


 * __Stage 1__**

__Unit theme - The Individual and Personality __ __Sub-themes:__
 * 1) Family, friends, and others
 * 2) Physical descriptions and characteristics
 * 3) Personality descriptions and characteristics
 * 4) Expressing preferences

__Standards Addressed:__ 1.1 Interpersonal communication 1.2 Interpretive communication 1.3 Presentational communication 2.1 Cultural practices and perspectives 2.2 Cultural products and perspectives 4.2 Compare target culture and own 5.2 Communications and life-long learning

__Essential Question:__ Who am I and how does that reflect my culture?

__Guiding Questions:__
 * 1) How can I describe myself and those around me?
 * 2) What do I have in common with those around me? How are we different?
 * 3) What are my likes and dislikes, and how do they reflect who I am?
 * 4) What defines my culture?
 * 5) What are the many faces of the Spanish speaking world?

__**Stage 2**__

__Assessments:__

Personal Portfolio Project Menu __[|Learner Targets] __
 * **Slide Show** – Using PowerPoint, VoiceThread, or Prezi, develop a slide presentation that includes images that best highlight who you are and what you enjoy. Depending on your format of choice, include either audio or text captions to accompany the illustrations. || **Glogster** – Build an online poster with images, symbols, music, and captions that describe who you are and what you enjoy. Optional - you may add a video component to the Glogster if you wish. || **Painting/Sketch** – Using the media of your choice (markers, paint, pencils, watercolors, etc.) invent a self-portrait. In class, you will present describe how the artistic style, colors, and imagery used in the portrait reflect who you are and what you enjoy. Please include a written/oral explanation of your choices ||
 * **Song/Poem** - Compose an original song or poem of approximately 2 to 3 minutes duration that represents your personality and interests. You may perform the piece live or record it and present it digitally via a video or podcast. || **Dance Presentation** - Prepare an interpretive dance presentation of approximately 2 to 3 minutes that represents who you are and what is important to you. You may perform the piece live or present it digitally via a video or podcast. Please include a written/oral explanation of your routine. || **Letter for the future** - Imagine that you are a grandparent writing a letter to your grandchild that he or she will open on his or her 21st birthday. Create a written picture of yourself, your interests, and your daily life in the year 2011. ||

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 * __Stage 3__**

__Activities and Strategies:__

Interpretive:
 * Students will describe people based on [|photos] or videos.
 * First, students will view the following video with the volume off. They should describe the characters in as much detail as possible and guess what is going on. They should try to infer the relationships portrayed as well. Then, play the video again with the sound on for a great laugh!!

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 * Students will explore personal interests through personality tests, color interest tests, and multiple intelligence tests that help define individual personality and preferences.
 * Students will watch the following biography video of Salvador Dalí. They will also read this article. Using a [|Timeline Table], they should note significant life events according to the years mentioned. Then, they will create a brief mini-biography of Dali in their own words.

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Interpersonal:
 * Students will exchange information with a partner via a Personal Interview.
 * The interviewer will compare and contrast opinions, preferences, and personal interests with those of his or her partner.
 * Students will share their biographies and edit their work with a classmate using the [|Peer Editing Worksheet].

Presentational:
 * Students will create a biography of their partners using the R.A.F.T. Prompt below. They may share their results via Google Docs, a slide show presentation, or Word Document.

Your old best friend has made it to the big time!! Now that he (or she) has become rich and famous, his fans are dying to know about what he was like in high school. Write a biography to be published in the local newspaper that describes him when he was a teenager (What was he like, where he used to live, where he liked to go, what he liked to do, etc.).
 * R.A.F.T. Prompt:**
 * ROLE || Newspaper reporter ||
 * AUDIENCE || Your old friend's new fans ||
 * FORM || Newspaper column (Biography) ||
 * TOPIC || You old friend's life as a high school student ||