La corrida de toros - Room 2310-B: La clase de español
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La corrida de toros - Room 2310-B: La clase de español
La corrida de toros a cultural study for Spanish 1 Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom Image CC-BY-SA 2008 Miki flickr.com NOTES FOR THE TEACHER • Thank you so much for purchasing this unit! • If you find any errors or typos in this document, please notify me immediately by emailing martinaebex@gmail.com (make sure my middle initial ‘e’ is included!). I will correct the mistake immediately and re-upload the file. Thank you! • This unit is expanded from one that I teach in the fifth week of Spanish 1, which can be downloaded here (beware that many of the activities overlap, so until Teachers Pay Teachers creates the ability to provide coupon codes--which they are working on--you would be double-purchasing some of the resources. I apologize for this!) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Storytelling-Unit-Las-novias-de-mihermano-7-day-Lesson-Plans-Spanish-I-453039 Students are prepared for this miniunit by following the lesson plans from the first five units in my Spanish 1 curriculum. • Lessons are designed for 45 minute class periods. Modify as needed to fit your class schedule, and remember to always be flexible and go with the flow! It seems that nothing ever takes the exact amount of time that you planned for it. • Any links included in these lesson plans can be accessed by (1) clicking on the link when viewed as a PDF on the computer or (2) visiting www.martinabex.com and searching for the blue underlined phrase. Many activities are not explained in detail in these plans, but their instructions and any applicable forms are on my website. • For additional authentic and non-authentic resources that could be used to expand this unit even further, please visit my Corrida de toros pinboard: http:// www.pinterest.com/martinabex/la-corrida-de-toros/ Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●2● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day one 1. La campanada Slide 2 Prompt: [show students image of bleeding bull with banderillas hanging off] Mira esta imagen. ¿Qué ves? Descríbela. 2. Choose a Cantaninja to choose when to listen to a song. 3. Show the “Anatomía de un toro” slide to students (or distribute the worksheet from Page 11). Slide 3 1) Tell students, “Éste animal es un toro. ¿Cómo es un toro?” and give students time to respond. You might get answers like, “es un animal”, “es violento”, “es grande”, etc. You can ask yes/no questions to generate responses, if needed. 2) Review the bull’s body parts one by one. Point to them and say, “Éste es un cuerno. El toro tiene dos cuernos.” etc. 3) Allow students time to answer the comprehension questions on their own, or ask them aloud to the class if you are using the slide instead of the worksheet. 4) End the discussion by asking, “¿Te gustan los toros? ¿Son animales buenos o malos?” 4. Complete the first two columns of the KWL chart with students (Know / Want to know / Learned). Encourage students to express what they know and what they want to know using the language that they already have; avoiding topical vocabulary that they will learn in the unit. Try to address the questions “Who” “What” “Where” “When” “Why” and “How” in each column! Slide 4 5. Show students these video clips of bullfights: do not yet explain to students what they are seeing; simply let them watch and consider. • “El Fandi - Poniendo banderillas y parando al toro” uploaded by TaRiNoNcHo: show clip from 0:00-1:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LVp5YED2VI (shows two sets of banderillas being stuck in the bull) • “el fandi,tira los zapatos y la lia bilando con el toro...IMPRESIONANTE - juano” uploaded by Juan Rico: show the whole video https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=wFCg4Q5Z6Nk (shows the ‘artistry’ of a torero) • “La Estocada de Fandiño a camara lenta” uploaded by Taurovideos dos: Show the whole video https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVoIhgRc3C0 (shows the death of the bull) 6. Show students the “Mi perspectiva inicial” slide and give them time to write down their initial thoughts on bullfighting, not knowing anything about it. Collect what they wrote to save for later. Slide 5 Copyright © 2015 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●3● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day two 1. La campanada Slide 6 Prompt: Completa cada oración: (1) Un toro es un animal _______. (2) Durante una corrida de toros, el toro quiere ____________. (3) Durante una corrida de toros, el toro está _______. 2. Discuss the Campanada. 3. Read together the Los toreros reading as a class. As you read, circle target structures, check for comprehension, and personalize the reading. For more information on these key TPRS®/CI strategies, please visit http://martinabex.com/teacher-training/essential-strategies-for-tprsci-teachers/ Slides 7-11 • Ask the discussion questions provided while reading the slides to help you personalize the discussion. The discussion questions are in the Presenter Notes of the PPT file, or you can print out the “Presenter notes for corrida de toros” slideshow PDF included in the .zip file for a printed version. • Alternatively, students could read it individually, but this is not ideal! Reading on Page 13 4. Divide students into groups of 4 students (or so). 5. Show students a Corrida de toros. There are zillions out there to choose from, and this is the one that I prefer to use: El Juli. Aste Nagusia, Bilbao 24 08 2012 uploaded by Canal de ffriasn: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QXptjTatvQ I chose it because it shows all of the components of the fight and has many close-ups. The video that I use is almost 19 minutes long, so here are two things that I do to keep up engagement while we watch: 1) While students watch the Corrida de toros, they must work with their team to write down any sentence that they can think of that describes what they are seeing, in Spanish, on the form provided. Collect these before class ends! Page 15 2) Pause the video any time a new, traditional element of the bullfight is shown and describe it in Spanish. If you are not familiar with bullfights and their traditions, use the guide on Pages 16-17. Encourage students to use the bullfighting vocabulary that you describe as they write their sentences. • I do NOT describe what is happening on the screen á la MovieTalk. This is because I want my students to generate a narration of the bullfight by developing their own descriptive sentences with their teammates. The Comprehensible Input will follow the video as the teams share their descriptions with the class. • If you have any students that will be sickened or otherwise traumatized by watching the Corrida, excuse them from this activity. Instead, have them locate an organization online that raises awareness or otherwise protests bullfights, and have them make a list of five things that someone in the U.S. or Canada could do to help bring an end to bullfighting. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●4● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day three 1. La campanada Slide 12 Prompt: Completa cada frase con tu opinión en español: (1) En mi opinión, las corridas de toros son _________. (2) En mi opinión, los toreros son _________. (3) En mi opinión, las personas que van a las corridas de toros son __________. 2. Choose a Cantaninja to choose when to listen to a song. 3. Have students get back into their teams from yesterday and hand back their description forms to play a modified version of Back At’Cha. You will have multiple teams instead of just two. Page 18 • On their turn, each team should share one of the sentences from their page. They don’t have to be in order. If possible, type the sentences as they are shared in a Word Document that is projected for the whole class to see. As you type them, try to put them in the order in which they happened in the fight, so that at the end you have a sequential narration of the bullfight. As always, circle target structures, check for comprehension, and personalize the content that the students share! You could type their sentences on Slide 13 4. Now that you’ve reviewed what happened in the bullfight, go back and discuss the Campanada. 5. Listen to “Toro y Torero” by Los Victorios. listen to/watch the song ‘Toro y Torero’ by Los Victorios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw_UGeb9G6Y 1) Have them watch it one time, then ask students “¿Al cantante le gustan las corridas de toros?” to see what their initial impression is. 2) Then, distribute the lyrics sheet. Page 19 (Projectable lyrics on Slide 14) 3) First, have students fill in the missing translations. 4) Finally, have students underline or highlight the correct answer in each either/or question as you discuss them as a class. Personalize them and find out how each of your students would respond to each question! 6. Watch several “Bullfight Bloopers”--there are so many to choose from! Just search “Blooper” on my ‘Corrida de toros’ pinboard: http://www.pinterest.com/martinabex/la-corrida-detoros/ Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●5● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day four 1. La campanada Slide 15 Prompt: Contesta esta pregunta con frases completas en español: Describe una corrida de toros. ¿Qué ocurre? 2. Choose a Cantaninja to choose when to listen to “Toro y torero”. 3. Give students the extended Los toreros reading. Have them read through it individually. Page 21 4. While students read, ask them to underline or highlight any word, phrase, or sentence that stands out to them for any reason. It can be something that they agree with, something that they think is awful, something that seems odd or curious to them, something that they want...anything! 5. When they are finished reading, students must complete the True/False/Probable activity to demonstrate comprehension. Page 22 6. Once most students have finished, read aloud the text to them slowly as they follow along on their papers. Anytime that you (the teacher, who is reading the article aloud) comes to a word, phrase, or sentence that they highlighted or underlined, they must read it aloud along with you. In this way, sometimes the teacher will be the only person reading, but other times there will be one or many voices reading aloud with him or her. (Alternatively, a native speaker student could read instead of you!) 7. Discuss the read-aloud with students: which words, phrases, and sentences had the most people joining in to read? Why did those words stand out to students more than others? Also take this opportunity to check for comprehension and clarify meaning of any new information that appeared in this reading but not the previous one. 8. Review True/False/Probable activity. Ask students to defend and debate why they categorized any given answer as they did. Sometimes, it is tricky! For example, it is most likely that El Cid prefers big corridas so that he can earn more money, but who knows? Maybe he likes smaller venues. It is okay if your class comes up with different answers than those that are provided on the activity sheet--not everything is black and white: as long as you get some great Comprehensible Input from the discussion, it doesn’t matter what the final decision is!! Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●6● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day five 1. La campanada Slide 16 Prompt: Contesta estas preguntas con frases completas en español: (1) ¿Qué es una actividad controverdida para muchas personas de este país? (2) ¿Estás en favor de esa actividad o estás en contra de (against) la actividad? 2. Discuss the Campanada. 3. Choose a Cantaninja to choose when to listen to “Toro y torero”. 4. Read the “La tauromaquía: un arte” slides from the slideshow in order to explain to students why some consider bullfighting to be an art. As you do, be sure to check for comprehension, clarify meaning, circle new structures, and personalize the content! Slides 17-20 • This is a great link to scroll through and show students some of the different suertes con muleta http://www.elartetaurino.com/suertes%20de%20muleta.html 5. Time to practice the art of bullfighting! Students will split into groups and see who can best imitate some famous suertes. 1) Preparation: Before class, you will need to gather the following supplies: • Bull mask: Download template and instructions to make masks here: http:// www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mplate-cow.htm If you want to be a real overachiever, you could make a complete bull costume like the one in this post: http:// 3boysandadog.com/howdy-to-homemade-costumes/comment-page-1/ • Cape: This could be a small blanket, an actual capes, or a jacket/sweater if you are desperate. Ideally, it would be red or pink...but any color will suffice. • Sword: Yardstick, broom handle, wrapping paper tube...any of these will work. • Knee-high tights or socks • Brimmed hats: If you can find a black hats, more power to you! Cowboy hats, sombreros, safari hats, heck even pirate hats will serve the purpose. • Print out TPR vocab sheets for all students in the class. Page 24 Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●7● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day five (continued) 2) One at a time, have two volunteers come to the front of the room. One will be the bull, and one will be the bullfighter. Have the bull put on the mask or costume, and have the bullfighter take up his/her cape and sword and don a hat. She or he should tuck his/her pants into the knee-high socks or stockings. ¡Olé! With the volunteers’ backs to the screen, show one of the suerte images Slides 22-26 3) The class must shout out directions in Spanish for the bull and for the bullfighter. When a student wants to give a direction to one of the actors, s/he should raise his/ her hand and wait for you to call on him/her. First, the student needs to say to which actor s/he is speaking. Then, s/he must use the TPR cards to give [perhaps muddled] instructions. Ex: “Torero, inclina hacia atrás” or, “Toro, baja la cabeza”. The actors can only move when instructed by their classmates. Since the actors may not understand the instructions, the teacher will physically move the actors as per the students’ instructions (make sure you are careful where you place your hands when you do this!). 1) How to keep it comprehensible: you, the teacher, must direct everything. When a student tells you something, first repeat it back accurately to the class as a question. Ex: Student: “Torero, levanta derecha brazo” Teacher: “Torero, ¿levanta el brazo derecho?” Then, use the opportunity to circle and clarify meaning. Ex: [lift the torero’s left arm] ¿Éste es el brazo derecho? ¡No! Éste es el brazo izquierdo. [grab right arm] ¡Éste es el brazo derecho! El torero levanta el brazo derecho [lift]. “¿Así?” “¿Más arriba? etc.”. Since you will be acting out (or forcing the actor to act out) all of the commands and students in the class can look at their vocabulary cards to confirm their understanding, it is not necessary to orally translate what is being said, other than when you check for comprehension. 4) Once the class is satisfied with the positioning of the bull and bullfighter, have a student in the class take a picture! That way, the student actors can see what they looked like. Furthermore, you can do a side-by-side comparison of the two photos (the original and the class re-enactment) at a later date to get more repetitions of the TPR vocabulary. Then, (with student actors’ permission), send the photo to me (martinaebex@gmail.com) to share on The Comprehensible Classroom’s facebook page!! 5) Repeat for each suerte! Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●8● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day six 1. La campanada Slide 27 Prompt: Contesta estas preguntas con frases completas en español: (1) ¿Por qué dicen algunas personas que la tauromaquia es un arte? (2) En tu opinión, ¿los matadores son artistas? 2. Discuss the Campanada. 3. Explain to students that while many people think that bullfighting is cultural and is an art, there are also many people that think that it is torture and should be illegal. In fact, Sofia, the former Queen of Spain, never went to a bullfight because she thinks that they are horrible. Many opponents and animal rights groups organize protests outside of bullfights. 4. Show students a slideshow of images from bullfighting protests. As you do, discuss what students see in the image, what message the protestors are trying to convey, and whether or not your students would ever participate in a protest like that. • Unfortunately, this slideshow is not ready-to-go for you to use in class because 99 percent of the images are copyrighted and cannot be included in a commercial product like this lesson plan. What I did, however, was gather images that will work: you just have to put them together. You have two options, and IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE, please email me at martinaebex@gmail.com. I know that this is a huge inconvenience for you, and unfortunately there’s no way to include the powerful images in this product. I will help you figure it out, though!! Slides 28-36 a) Check out my “Corrida de toros” Pinterest board and look for any pin with a description that begins “PROTEST SLIDESHOW”. Use the images to create your own slideshow. b) On slides 29-36, I replaced any image that I was not able to include with the link and a description of what the image looks like. Click on the link, then add the image to that slide (and delete the text box). 5. To lighten the mood a bit, teach the song Torero by Chayanne to students. a. First, show students the music video, available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZzuQvv7uc b. Give students the lyrics sheet, and have them match each stanza with its comprehensible paraphrase while they listen to the song on repeat. Page 25 c. Review the correct answers and discuss and personalize the song lyrics! (Singalong on Slide 37) Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ●9● La corrida de toros lesson plans - day seven 1. La campanada Slide 28 Prompt: Contesta estas preguntas con frases completas en español: (1) ¿Quieres ver una corrida de toros o quieres protestar las corridas de toros? ¿Por qué? (2) ¿La corrida de toros es cultura o es tortura? Explica tu respuesta. 2. Choose a Cantaninja to choose when to listen to “Toro y torero”. 3. Hand back the “Mi perspectiva inicial” writing prompt that students completed at the end of Day 1. Have students compare their initial perspectives to the ones that they just wrote for the Campanada, and discuss! 4. Revisit the KWL chart from the beginning of the unit. Recall what you wrote in the first two columns, and fill in the second column with what students (L) LEARNED during this study of bullfighting. In particular, focus on what the “Perspective” is that they can take away now that they have learned about the “Practice” of bullfighting. Help them to see that it is a controversial practice in Spain, and relate it to the controversial practices that exist in your country! 5. Optional: Administer assessments • Listening Assessment: Teacher reads a series of statements, and students must state whether each statement would have been made by a FAN or a CRITIC of bullfighting. Page 27 • Writing Assessment: View the different writing assessment forms to choose which one will work best for your class. The first option (describing a bullfight and opinion on the subject) is the easiest and works well for Level 1 classes. Page 28 The second option is to imagine that the student is going to a bullfight and must explain if s/he will be viewing or protesting. Three different forms are provided for the second option; each with a different rubric so that you can choose the rubic that is most appropriate for your class’s target proficiency level. Pages 29-31 Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 10 ● Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ ANATOMÍA DE UN TORO los cuernos la espalda las orejas el rabo el corazón las patas Preguntas de comprensión--responde con frases completas en español: 1. ¿Cuántas patas tiene un toro? 2. ¿Un toro tiene más corazones que un ser humano? 3. ¿Un toro tiene más orejas que rabos o tiene más rabos que orejas? 4. ¿Cuántos cuernos tiene un toro? 5. ¿Qué tiene un toro al final de la espalda? 6. ¿Qué tienes tú que tiene un toro también? 7. ¿Qué otras partes tiene un toro? Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 11 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ ANATOMÍA DE UN TORO los cuernos la espalda las orejas el rabo el corazón las patas Preguntas de comprensión--responde con frases completas en español: 1. ¿Cuántas patas tiene un toro? Un toro tiene cuatro patas 2. ¿Un toro tiene más corazones que un ser humano? No, un toro no tiene más corazones que un ser humano 3. ¿Un toro tiene más orejas que rabos o tiene más rabos que orejas? Un toro tiene más orejas que rabos 4. ¿Cuántos cuernos tiene un toro? Un toro tiene dos cuernos 5. ¿Qué tiene un toro al final de la espalda? Un toro tiene un rabo al final de la espalda 6. ¿Qué tienes tú quedos tiene un toro también? Tengo un corazón, orejas... 7. ¿Qué tiene un toro? Tieneotras ojos,partes una boca... Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 12 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ LOS TOREROS Un torero1 es una persona que participa en una corrida de toros2. Durante una corrida de toros, un torero combate un toro. El objetivo es matar3 el toro. Los toreros tienen fama. Ellos van a muchas ciudades4 diferentes para participar en las corridas de toros. Cuando van a las ciudades, ¡son celebridades! Muchas personas van a las corridas de toros para ver a su torero favorito. Muchas personas que van a las corridas de toros tienen fotos de sus toreros favoritos y quieren sus autógrafos. Todas las chicas quieren ser la novia de su torero favorito. También5, los toreros famosos tienen fortuna. Los toreros más talentos y más famosos tienen la oportunidad de recibir el equivalente de $75.000 o más por matar un toro. Tienen casas grandes y tienen carros rápidos. ¡También tienen novias atractivas! Los toreros también tienen mucha controversia. Muchas personas tienen opiniones sobre6 las corridas de toros. Muchas personas van a las CC 2008 MarcusObal WikimediaCommons.org corridas de toros. Ellos van a las corridas porque, en su opinión, es un arte. También, dicen que es una tradición cultural. Dicen que los toreros tienen un talento extraordinario y son artistas. Pero también hay muchas personas que dicen que las corridas de toros son horribles. Ellos nunca van a las corridas de toros. Están enojados con los toreros. Están enojados con las personas que van a las corridas. Tienen compasión por los toros y dicen que los toreros son crueles. 1toreros - bullfighters 4también - also 2corrida de toros - bull fight 5ciudades - cities 3matar - to kill 6sobre - about 1. What are three things that toreros have, according to the reading? 2. What are two reasons that people that go to bullfights give to explain why they go? 3. Bullfighting’s critics are angry! With which two groups of people are they angry? Translate these two sentences into English: 4. “Tienen casas grandes y tienen carros rápidos. ¡También tienen novias atractivas!” 5. “Muchas personas van a las corridas de toros para ver a su torero favorito.” Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 13 ANSWER KEY Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ LOS TOREROS Un torero1 es una persona que participa en una corrida de toros2. Durante una corrida de toros, un torero combate un toro. El objetivo es matar3 el toro. Los toreros tienen fama. Ellos van a muchas ciudades4 diferentes para participar en las corridas de toros. Cuando van a las ciudades, ¡son celebridades! Muchas personas van a las corridas de toros para ver a su torero favorito. Muchas personas que van a las corridas de toros tienen fotos de sus toreros favoritos y quieren sus autógrafos. Todas las chicas quieren ser la novia de su torero favorito. También5, los toreros famosos tienen fortuna. Los toreros más talentos y más famosos tienen la oportunidad de recibir el equivalente de $75.000 o más por matar un toro. Tienen casas grandes y tienen carros rápidos. ¡También tienen novias atractivas! Los toreros también tienen mucha controversia. Muchas personas tienen opiniones sobre6 las corridas de toros. Muchas personas van a las CC 2008 MarcusObal WikimediaCommons.org corridas de toros. Ellos van a las corridas porque, en su opinión, es un arte. También, dicen que es una tradición cultural. Dicen que los toreros tienen un talento extraordinario y son artistas. Pero también hay muchas personas que dicen que las corridas de toros son horribles. Ellos nunca van a las corridas de toros. Están enojados con los toreros. Están enojados con las personas que van a las corridas. Tienen compasión por los toros y dicen que los toreros son crueles. 1toreros - bullfighters 4también - also 2corrida de toros - bull fight 5ciudades - cities 3matar - to kill 6sobre - about 1. What are three things that toreros have, according to the reading? fame, fortune, controversy, big houses, fast cars, pretty girlfriends, talent 2. What are two reasons that people that go to bullfights give to explain why they go? bullfighting is an art and a cultural tradition, bullfighters are talented artists 3. Bullfighting’s critics are angry! With which two groups of people are they angry? with the bullfighters and with the people that go to the bullfights Translate these two sentences into English: 4. “Tienen casas grandes y tienen carros rápidos. ¡También tienen novias atractivas!” They have big houses and they have fast carts. They also have attractive girlfriends! 5. “Muchas personas van a las corridas de toros para ver a su torero favorito.” Many people go to the bullfights to see their favorite bullfighter Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 14 Nombres y apellidos ___________________________________________________________________ While you watch the bullfight, work with your team to write as many sentences as you can that describe what you see. Use the words on this page to help, but also use any other Spanish words that you know! In particular, try to use the bullfighting vocabulary that your teacher explains to you while you watch the video. el toro una persona un muchacho Pantalones puerta capa nunca rapidamente enojado furioso calmo tranquilo curioso Exhausto rojo rosado dice es se llama llama ve camina corre Abre cierra son quiere toma habla tiene estA va mueve ataca aplaude ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 15 LA CORRIDA DE TOROS: AN OVERVIEW by Martina Bex Descriptions match this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QXptjTatvQ In a traditional corrida de toros, three different matadores fight two bulls each, for a total of six rounds. The bulls that they fight must beat least four years old and will usually weigh between 1,000 to 1,300 pounds. There are six main participants in a bullfight. Together, they compose la cuadrilla. All six of these participants are considered toreros. La cuadrilla is composed of two picadores, three banderilleros, and one matador. TERMS: el tercio: Each of the six bullfights is divided into thirds, each of which has a specific purpose. el traje de luces: This is worn by the matador and received its name because of the gold embroidery that covers it. el capote: A cape that is pink on one side and yellow on the other. This is used in the first two tercios. la muleta: the smaller red cape used by the matador in the third tercio. EVENTS: 1. El paseillo: A parade of the participants around the arena (Not shown) 2. El tercio de varas 1. First, the matador uses the capote to “size up” the bull. He performs a series of paseos, or passes, which is called “la tanda,” to impress the crowd. (1:18-2:30) 2. Next, the picadores, which are mounted on horseback, stab at the bull with a long spear-like lance called a vara. They stab at a mound of muscle just behind the bull’s neck to weaken its neck muscles, which will make the bull hold its head lower. This means that its charges are weaker and will allow the matador to make more impressive paseos. The bull loses a lot of blood from the varas, so this round is the most difficult to watch. (2:40-6:00) 3. El tercio de banderillas: Three different banderilleros run up to the bull and stab a set of banderillas, or sticks with pointed barbs on the ends, into the bull’s back to make it more angry and aggressive. After they stab it, they run away. (6:00-8:00) 4. El tercio de muerte, or “La faena”: The matador fights in the “suerte suprema”, playing with the bull while tiring him out by using traditional movements that combine waves of the muleta with dance-like moves. If the crowd enjoys a movement, they shout “¡Olé!” and clap (ex: 3:50). Eventually, the matador will fetch a special sword and stab the bull in the heart, killing the bull instantly. This move is called the estocada. The meat is usually distributed to the restaurants in the town. (8:30-end; estocada begins CC 2005 Manuel González Olaechea y Franco WikimediaCommons.org at 17:00) Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 16 THE PRIZES: 1. Una oreja, Dos orejas, or Dos orejas y el rabo: A brave and artistic bullfighter may be awarded one of the bull’s ears, both its ears, or both of its ears and its tail. The bullfighter parades its prizes around the ring (received 2 orejas at 18:39). The prizes are decided by the Presidente, or the official (first shown at 4:50), of the fight, but the Presidente must take into account the public’s opinion. If you like the fight, you should wave a white pañuelo to let the Presidente know that you think the bullfighter should be rewarded. For a very impressive fight, the bullfighter will be carried out of the ring on someone’s shoulders. It is an honor for the bullfighter to be able to leave through the main door, or la puerta grande, showing that he is not injured. 2. The bull can also receive prizes. If a bull fought very well, it is awarded a vuelta, which means that, after it has died, it is dragged around the ring once while the public aplauds. If the bull fights very, very bravely, it may be awarded an indulto before the tercio de muerte, which means that it leaves the ring alive and returns to the ranch that it came from, never to fight again. CC 2005 Manuel González Olaechea WikimediaCommons.org Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 17 BACK AT’CHA adapted from Cynthia Hitz OVERVIEW: This activity from Cynthia Hitz is a way to review a story or discuss a topic. It requires output from the students, but the output is not forced and is very low-pressure. The teacher still guides the activity and reflects the student-generated output back to the class, allowing many opportunities for Comprehensible Input. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Have the whole class stand up. 2. Split the class in two (side “a” and side “b”) 3. One student at a time says a sentence in Spanish about the story or topic. 4. After a student on side A answered, the teacher repeats the sentence and possibly circles it to get more repetitions. 5. A volunteer from side B says a new sentence, and the teacher repeats it and possibly circles it. 6. Game play continues back and forth between sides until the story has been fully retold or the topic sufficiently covered. 7. Possible extension: Have someone record what has been said in a projectable word document, then sequence the events when the game is over SCOREKEEPING (OPTIONAL) • Five (5) points for each NEW (previously unsaid) sentence from the story that is said by a team member that has NOT already contributed • Three (3) points for each NEW (previously unsaid) sentence from the story that is said by a team member that HAS ALREADY contributed. • One (1) point for each sentence from the story that has already been said, as long as it is said by someone that has NOT already contributed. Even though it’s a repeat, the goal is to get kids talking in a low-pressure situation and to get in repetitions of the structures. • Zero (0) points for each sentence from the story that has already been said, if it said by someone that HAS ALREADY contributed. This will prevent kids from just repeating one or two statements forever. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 18 http://martinabex.com/2013/01/27/back-atcha/ Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ TORO Y TORERO Los Victorios Virgen de la macarena en tu infinita bondad un caprichito montuno te vengo a solicitar esta tarde de domingo un caprichito montuno te venimos a solicitar Virgin of the Macarena in your _______________ kindness a wild craving I come to _______________ from you. This _______________ afternoon a wild craving we come to _______________ from you: que coja el toro al torero es eso lo que más quiero que vea la gente demente cómo le pinchan el cuero That the bull gets the bullfighter; this is what _______________ most. That the _______________ people see how they pierce his skin. que coja el toro al torero que sufra lo que se siente la ley del ojo por ojo diente por diente That the bull gets the bullfighter; that he _______________ what it feels. The law of an eye for an _______________ and a _______________ for a tooth. ¡Olé! ¡Olé! (¡Olé! ¡Olé!) ¡Olé! ¡Olé! (¡Olé! ¡Olé!) ¡Oleeeeeeeé! ¡Oleeeeeeeé! que coja el toro al torero es eso lo que más quiero que vea su gente demente cómo le rajan el cuero That the bull gets the bullfighter; this is what _______________ most. That the _______________ people see how they slice his skin. que coja el toro al torero que sufra lo que siente la ley del ojo por ojo diente por diente That the bull gets the bullfighter; that he _______________ what it feels. The law of an eye for an _______________ and a _______________ for a tooth. 1. ¿El cantante quiere ver el toro atacar al torero o quiere ver al torero atacar al toro? 2. En la opinión del cantante, ¿las corridas de toros son justas o son injustas? 3. ¿El cantante tiene una opinión buena o tiene una opinión mala de los toreros? 4. ¿El cantante va a las corridas de toros o no va a las corridas de toros? 5. En la opinión del cantante, ¿las personas que van a las corridas son buenas o las personas que van a las corridas son malas? Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 19 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ TORO Y TORERO Los Victorios Virgen de la macarena en tu infinita bondad un caprichito montuno te vengo a solicitar esta tarde de domingo un caprichito montuno te venimos a solicitar Virgin of the Macarena in your infinite kindness a wild craving I come to solicit from you. This Sunday afternoon a wild craving we come to solicit from you: que coja el toro al torero es eso lo que más quiero que vea la gente demente cómo le pinchan el cuero That the bull gets the bullfighter; this is what I want most. That the demented people see how they pierce his skin. que coja el toro al torero que sufra lo que se siente la ley del ojo por ojo diente por diente That the bull gets the bullfighter; that he suffers what it feels. The law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. ¡Olé! ¡Olé! (¡Olé! ¡Olé!) ¡Olé! ¡Olé! (¡Olé! ¡Olé!) ¡Oleeeeeeeé! ¡Oleeeeeeeé! que coja el toro al torero es eso lo que más quiero que vea su gente demente cómo le rajan el cuero That the bull gets the bullfighter; this is what I want most. That the demented people see how they slice his skin. que coja el toro al torero que sufra lo que siente la ley del ojo por ojo diente por diente That the bull gets the bullfighter; that he suffers what it feels. The law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 1. ¿El cantante quiere ver el toro atacar al torero o quiere ver al torero atacar al toro? 2. En la opinión del cantante, ¿las corridas de toros son justas o son injustas? 3. ¿El cantante tiene una opinión buena o tiene una opinión mala de los toreros? 4. ¿El cantante va a las corridas de toros o no va a las corridas de toros? 5. En la opinión del cantante, ¿las personas que van a las corridas son buenas o las personas que van a las corridas son malas? Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 20 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ LOS TOREROS ¿Qué quieres ser en el futuro? En los Estados Unidos, muchos chicos quieren ser atletas profesionales en la NFL. En España, muchos chicos quieren ser otro tipo1 de atleta profesional: ellos quieren ser toreros. Quieren ser toreros porque, en España, los toreros tienen mucha fama y mucha fortuna…pero también tienen mucha controversia. Un torero es una persona que participa en las corridas de toros. Hay tres tipos de toreros que participan en las corridas de toros. El tipo de torero más importante se llama el matador2. El objetivo del matador es matar al toro. Los otros toreros tienen la responsabilidad de preparar al toro para el matador. Por eso, ¡una corrida de toros un evento muy controversial! Muchos chicos quieren ser toreros porque, en su opinión, los toreros tienen vidas3 perfectas. Los toreros--y los matadores en particular--tienen mucha fama. Ellos van a muchas ciudades diferentes para participar en las corridas de toros. Típicamente, las corridas de toros ocurren durante festivales muy grandes. Los toreros van a ciudades como Madrid, Barcelona y Valencia. Cuando van a las ciudades, ¡son celebridades! Los habitantes de la ciudad y los turistas quieren ver a sus toreros favoritos. Muchas personas que van a las corridas de toros toman fotos de sus toreros favoritos y quieren hablar con ellos. ¡Quieren sus autógrafos! Todas las chicas quieren tomar una foto con su torero favorito porque quieren ser su novia. Los toreros tienen fama y tienen fortuna también. Los matadores más talentosos y más famosos tienen la oportunidad de recibir el equivalente de $75.000 o más por matar a un toro. Los matadores que tienen mucho talento y elegancia reciben más dinero--matadores como “El Juli”, Enrique Ponce y El Cid. Cuando van a eventos grandes, reciben mucho dinero. Cuando van a eventos pequeños, reciben poco dinero. Cuando son muy famosos, van a muchas corridas de toros prestigiosas y tienen la oportunidad de recibir millones de dólares. Tienen casas grandes y tienen carros rápidos. ¡También tienen novias atractivas! Es cierto4 que los toreros tienen fama y fortuna, pero también tienen mucha controversia. ¡Ser torero es muy controversial! Muchas personas tienen opiniones fuertes5 sobre las corridas de toros. Muchas personas van a las corridas de toros. Para6 ellos, no hay problema con las corridas de toros. Para ellos, los toreros no son malos. Ellos van a las corridas porque, en su opinión, es un arte y es una tradición cultural e importante. Dicen que los toreros tienen un talento extraordinario y que son artistas. Pero también hay muchas personas que dicen que las corridas de toros son horribles. Ellos nunca van a las corridas de toros. Están enojados con los toreros. Están enojados con los observadores. ¡Están enojados con las autoridades porque permiten las corridas de toros! Tienen compasión por los toros. Dicen que los toros son inocentes. Dicen CC 2006 Beatrice Murch Flickr.com que los toreros son crueles. Los toreros dicen que tienen respeto por los toros, pero sus oponentes dicen que no es respetuoso matar a un toro. 1tipo - type (kind) 2matador - killer 3vidas - lives 4cierto - true 5fuertes 6para - strong - for Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 21 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ LOS TOREROS: ¿Cierto, falso o PROBABLE? Read each of the following statements and determine whether it is true (Cierto - C), false (Falso - F), or probable (Probable - P) based on the reading. Then, summarize the sentence(s) from the reading that support(s) your answer below each statement A los toreros no les gusta la fama. Los matadores no quieren matar a los toros. El Cid no quiere participar en corridas de toros pequeñas. Los oponentes de las corridas de toros las protestan. En España, las corridas de toros son legales. Un matador es un torero que tiene mucha experiencia. Para las autoridades, la cultura es más importante que la crueldad a los animales. Valencia es una ciudad grande en España. Múltiples toreros participan en una corrida de toros. Los turistas nunca van a las corridas de toros. Para muchas personas, los toreros son artistas. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 22 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ LOS TOREROS: ¿Cierto, falso o probable? Read each of the following statements and determine whether it is true (Cierto - C), false (Falso - F), or probable (Probable - P) based on the reading. Then, summarize the sentence(s) from the reading that support(s) your answer below each statement C Los matadores que tienen mucho talento...matadores como ... Enrique Ponce... P A los toreros no les gusta la fama. Quieren ser toreros porque, en España, los toreros tienen mucha fama... F Los matadores no quieren matar a los toros. Quieren ser toreros porque, en España, los toreros tienen mucha fama... P El Cid no quiere participar en corridas de toros pequeñas. P C En España, las corridas de toros son legales. P Un matador es un torero que tiene mucha experiencia. P P Valencia es una ciudad grande en España. C Múltiples toreros participan en una corrida de toros. F Los turistas nunca van a las corridas de toros. C Cuando van a eventos grandes, reciben mucho dinero. Cuando van a eventos pequeños, reciben poco dinero. Los oponentes de las corridas de toros las protestan. Están enojados con los toreros. Están enojados con los observadores. En España, muchos chicos quieren ser otro tipo de atleta profesional: ellos quieren ser toreros. El tipo de torero más importante se llama el matador. Para las autoridades, la cultura es más importante que la crueldad a los animales. Están enojados con las autoridades porque permiten las corridas de toros. las corridas de toros ocurren durante festivales muy grandes. Los toreros van a ciudades como Madrid, Barcelona y Valencia. Hay tres tipos de toreros que participan en las corridas de toros. los turistas quieren ver a sus toreros favoritos. Para muchas personas, los toreros son artistas. Dicen que los toreros tienen un talento extraordinario y que son artistas. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 23 Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 24 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ TORERO Chayanne De lunes a domingo voy desesperado, el corazón prendido en el calendario El cantante dice que necesita a la mujer. buscándote y buscando como un mercenario, Dice que todo es muy caótico cuando él tú dime dónde estás, que yo no te he encontrado. no está con ella y cuando ella no habla Tus manecillas giran, yo voy al contrario, con él. comiéndome la vida a sorbos y a tragos me viste así, de frente, ¡qué tremendo impacto! Para unirme a tu mirada dime si hay que ser ESTRIBILLO: Si hay que ser torero poner el alma en el ruedo no importa lo que se venga pa’ que sepas que te quiero como un buen torero Me juego la vida por ti (x2) Y te cuentan que ya me vieron en solitario en un callejón, que ya no duermo y desvarío, que el humor ya me cambió y tú, ¿por dónde estás que mi presión ya no me va? Te buscaré, vuelve conmigo y que tú no sabes que yo te necesito como el perro al amo, que si tú no respondes, aquí todo es caos, me viste así, de frente, ¡qué tremendo impacto! Para unirme a tu mirada dime ESTRIBILLO En noviembre hasta enero sí que te necesito, de junio a febrero quiero que estés conmigo y en marzo el amor, en diciembre tú y yo, no importa, mi amada, si hay, si hay que ser El cantante dice que quiere estar con la mujer en cada momento del año. El cantante dice que él está desesperado cuando no está con su novia. Dice que está triste y deprimido. Él quiere ver a ella otra vez. El cantante está frustrado y desesperado porque quiere una novia pero no tiene una. El cantante ve a una mujer y ella tiene un impacto tremendo en él. ¡Él quiere ser su novio! El cantante le dice a la mujer que él quiere ser su novia y que va a luchar (to fight) por ella. ESTRIBILLO Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 25 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ TORERO Chayanne De lunes a domingo voy desesperado, el corazón prendido en el calendario El cantante dice que necesita a la mujer. buscándote y buscando como un mercenario, Dice que todo es muy caótico cuando él tú dime dónde estás, que yo no te he encontrado. no está con ella y cuando ella no habla Tus manecillas giran, yo voy al contrario, con él. comiéndome la vida a sorbos y a tragos me viste así, de frente, ¡qué tremendo impacto! Para unirme a tu mirada dime si hay que ser A B ESTRIBILLO: Si hay que ser torero poner el alma en el ruedo no importa lo que se venga pa’ que sepas que te quiero como un buen torero Me juego la vida por ti (x2) C Y te cuentan que ya me vieron en solitario en un callejón, que ya no duermo y desvarío, que el humor ya me cambió y tú, ¿por dónde estás que mi presión ya no me va? Te buscaré, vuelve conmigo E En noviembre hasta enero sí que te necesito, de junio a febrero quiero que estés conmigo y en marzo el amor, en diciembre tú y yo, no importa, mi amada, si hay, si hay que ser El cantante dice que quiere estar con la mujer en cada momento del año. F D El cantante dice que él está desesperado cuando no está con su novia. Dice que está triste y deprimido. Él quiere ver a ella otra vez. D y que tú no sabes que yo te necesito como el perro al amo, que si tú no respondes, aquí todo es caos, me viste así, de frente, ¡qué tremendo impacto! Para unirme a tu mirada dime ESTRIBILLO E El cantante está frustrado y desesperado porque quiere una novia pero no tiene una. A El cantante ve a una mujer y ella tiene un impacto tremendo en él. ¡Él quiere ser su novio! B F ESTRIBILLO El cantante le dice a la mujer que él quiere ser su novia y que va a luchar (to fight) por ella. C Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 26 LISTENING ASSSESSMENT Before the assessment begins: Have students write their names on a piece of paper and number it from 1- 10. During the assessment: Teacher reads each of these statements three times at a normal pace, pausing for five seconds between each repetition. 1. No quiero ser torero porque no soy monstruo. 2. ¡Quiero ir a España para ver a un matador famoso! 3. Es absurdo decir que la tauromaquia es un arte. ¡Es tortura! 4. Cuando voy a una corrida de toros y veo una protesta, ¡estoy muy enojado! 5. Los toros son animales preciosos que no quieren atacar a nadie. 6. Me gustan los animales y por eso nunca voy a las corridas de toros. 7. Las corridas de toros son una parte importante de mi cultura. 8. Los toreros tienen mucha fama, pero en mi opinión ¡son criminales! 9. Mi hermano dice que la tauromaquia es tortura, pero tengo una opinión diferente. 10. Si eliminaramos las corridas de toros, eliminaríamos nuestra cultura. Students record whether each statement was most likely said by a FAN of bullfighting or a CRITIC (have them write the word “FAN” or “CRITIC” in English beside each question number. At the end of the assessment, use your discretion when determining whether or not to repeat any of the statements again for students. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 27 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ____________________________ What happens during a bullfight? What is your opinion about them? Do you want to see one? What do you think about the people that go to them? Write at least 50 words in Spanish, and use the terms ‘has’, ‘goes’, and ‘angry’ at least once. The terms “Pienso que - I think that” and “son - they are” will also be helpful. ACTFL Level of Proficiency Novice High: ✴ You use familiar words and phrases on familiar tasks, topics, and activities. You elaborate a little. ✴ You use phrases and simple sentences to ADV provide basic information and are beginning to combine words and phrases to create original sentences. ✴ You make errors that sometimes interfere with communication, even in familiar tenses. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Novice Mid: ✴ You use a limited number of words and phrases ___________________________________________________________________________ for common objects and actions, but they are repetitive. ✴ You use words, phrases, and occasional sentences to provide basic information. ✴ You make errors that often interfere with communication, even in familiar tenses. ___________________________________________________________________________ PROF ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ DEV Novice Low: ✴ You use a small number of repetitive words and ______________________________________________________________ _ EM phrases for common objects and actions. You use some simple words to provide basic information. ✴ Your errors in grammar, word order, and word choice prevent communication, even in familiar tenses ✴ ____________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________ BEG ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ N/S You have not provided sufficient evidence to determine your proficiency level. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 28 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ____________________________ What happens during a bullfight? What is your opinion about them? Do you want to see one? What do you think about the people that go to them? Write at least 50 words in Spanish, and use the terms ‘has’, ‘goes’, and ‘angry’ at least once. The terms “Pienso que - I think that” and “son - they are” will also be helpful. ACTFL Level of Proficiency Novice High: ✴ You use familiar words and phrases on familiar tasks, topics, and activities. You elaborate a little. ✴ You use phrases and simple sentences to ADV provide basic information and are beginning to combine words and phrases to create original sentences. ✴ You make errors that sometimes interfere with communication, even in familiar tenses. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Novice Mid: ✴ You use a limited number of words and phrases ___________________________________________________________________________ for common objects and actions, but they are repetitive. ___________________________________________________________________________ PROF You use words, phrases, and occasional sentences to provide basic information. ✴ You make errors that often interfere with communication, even in familiar tenses. ✴ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ DEV Novice Low: ✴ You use a small number of repetitive words and ______________________________________________________________ _ EM phrases for common objects and actions. ✴ You use some simple words to provide basic ____________________________________________________________ information. ✴ Your errors in grammar, word order, and word _ ____________________________________________________ BEG choice prevent communication, even in familiar tenses ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ N/S You have not provided sufficient evidence to determine your proficiency level. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 28 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ Imagine that you are going to a bullfight in Spain: Explain what you are going to see and do there and why. Will you be observing the bullfight or protesting it? What are your thoughts and feelings about the experience? __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 8 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 16 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 24 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 32 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 40 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 48 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 56 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 64 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 72 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 80 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 88 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 96 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 104 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 112 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 120 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 128 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 136 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 144 Novice High Novice Mid Novice Low You use a limited number of words You use familiar words and phrases and phrases, but they are repetitive. You use a small number of repetitive and elaborate a little. You use words and phrases. You use some You use words, phrases, and phrases and short, simple sentences simple words to provide basic occasional sentences to provide to provide basic information. Your information. Your speech is basic information. Your speech is speech is mostly comprehensible. understood only with great effort. frequently incomprehensible. N/S You have not provided sufficient evidence to determine your proficiency level. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 29 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ Imagine that you are going to a bullfight in Spain: Explain what you are going to see and do there and why. Will you be observing the bullfight or protesting it? What are your thoughts and feelings about the experience? __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 8 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 16 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 24 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 32 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 40 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 48 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 56 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 64 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 72 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 80 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 88 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 96 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 104 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 112 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 120 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 128 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 136 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ 144 Interm. Low You use a variety of words and phrases and give details. You can combine words and phrases to create original sentences. Everything that you say is comprehensible. Novice High Novice Mid Novice Low N/S You use familiar words and phrases and elaborate a little. You use phrases and short, simple sentences to provide basic information. Your speech is mostly comprehensible. You use a limited number of words and phrases, but they are repetitive. You use words, phrases, and occasional sentences to provide basic information. Your speech is frequently incomprehensible. You use a small number of repetitive words and phrases. You use some simple words to provide basic information. Your speech is understood only with great effort. You have not provided sufficient evidence to determine your proficiency level. Copyright © 2014 Martina Bex ● www.martinabex.com ● The Comprehensible Classroom ● 30 Nombre y apellido ________________________________________ Fecha ______________________ Imagine that you are going to a bullfight in Spain: Explain what you are going to see and do there and why. Will you be observing the bullfight or protesting it? 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Mid Interm. Low Novice High Novice Mid Novice Low You use a wide variety of words and phrases to give detailed elaboration. You use strings of combined sentences to describe or explain. The language that you produce is mostly accurate in the present tense. You use a variety of words and phrases and give details. You can combine words and phrases to create original sentences. Everything that you say is comprehensible. You use familiar words and phrases and elaborate a little. You use phrases and short, simple sentences to provide basic information. Your speech is mostly comprehensible. You use a limited number of words and phrases, but they are repetitive. You use words, phrases, and occasional sentences to provide basic information. Your speech is frequently incomprehensible. You use a small number of repetitive words and phrases. You use some simple words to provide basic information. Your speech is understood only with great effort. 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