Teacher describes one or two famous families, with descriptions of personality and physical appearance. Teacher reminds students about adjective agreement. Working together, students supply missing information on family tree. Students work with a different partner and describe their extended family trees, giving at least one fact about each family member. One partner draws the other's family tree.
Teacher reminds students to be careful with adjective agreement.
As a follow-up, one student serves as volunteer, with students asking questions so that the class can draw the volunteer's extended family tree. Students had been assigned a reading on rural and urban Hispanic families, with pre-reading activities. Working with a partner, students correct any false statements in order to make them true. Students work with a new partner and create a list of the characteristics of either urban or rural life. As a follow up, students share their lists with class.