Submitted by Paulino Brener

Language: Spanish Unit Cultural Theme or Academic Content Area: Target Audience: Traditional Middle School Year of Instruction: K Proficiency Level: Novice Low

Unit Timeframe:

4 or 5 days of 50 minutes lessons

Unit Overview:

Students participating in this unit will develop strategies to operate in a market situation (buying, selling and bargaining). They will broaden their knowledge of vocabulary and information necessary to understand how they open air markets operate. Students will also compare with markets in different hispanic countries and similar hispanics businesses in the Twin Cities.

Context:

What are you assuming that your students already know coming into this unit?

• Basic questions using "cuanto" "cuantos".
• Numbers upto 1000.

Where does the unit fit in your overall curriculum?

• This unit is connected with different aspect of hispanic culture (lifestyle, business, etc.)

General Unit References and Resources:

List here - general unit resources only. Most resources you will list for each lesson at the lesson level.

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Lesson 01 - El mercado al aire libre
Lesson 02 - Los puestos en el mercado.
Lesson 03 - El mercado en la clase (1)
Lesson 04 - El Mercado en la clase (2)
Lesson 05 - El mercado en Minneapolis y en Mexico
Unit Assessment