This unit is soooo great....it feels so authentic!
First change: Rename it (again)! Involucrados para mejorar la comunidad
I wanted to showcase our goal (create a proposal to our partner college to help communities in need of assistance), so the name makes more sense. I do one daily translation a day and that's with our daily learning target and sometimes I build the title into that procedure. I just use my magic pointer finger (which requires English which is normally a no-no) and point to what they translate...and I focus on morphemes a lot. So for example when we translate para as "in order" I immediately put my pointer on the "ar" in mejorar and pause while they say "to" before moving to the root verb and they say "better".
Second change: Use an authentic photo for my cover page.
No more cute clip art if I can help it. I want true representation of the target culture and that's great fodder for communication. We spoke about it various teams throughout the unit because there's a lot going on. They also asked questions (!!!) about it. I will promote and encourage authentic questions ALL THE TIME because they are an absolute essential skill for intermediates.
Third change: re-evaluate our mini themes to ensure that we are giving examples of ways that communities are being helped so the students have a foundation of ideas (and tons of tons of input based on #authres).
