Beginners- Learn Spanish Vocabulary Through The Movie Encanto: Elementary Spanish Club (Part 2)

Class Experience
In this Encanto Spanish class PART 2, students will continue to learn Spanish vocabulary words while learning about the culture and products of Colombia  through discussing the popular movie Encanto. I use Google Slides to teach this unit.  I teach with a focus on Comprehensible Input and not grammar since that is not how language is naturally acquired. Spanish Encanto class is designed for beginner level with no previous knowledge or exposure to Spanish. My Encanto part 1 of Spanish is a great class to take before part 2 but not necessary. 

Students will learn Spanish while discussing and viewing parts of the Disney film Encanto.  Students will continue top practice colors, numbers, calendar, weather.   Students will learn how to say their age and birthday. Students will also learn ways to describe themselves and the Madrigal family.  Students will learn how to create sentences about foods that they like or dislike and will examine different food from Colombia.  Students will also learn the different rooms in the house and discuss Antonio´s gift party celebration. Students will learn a little about the history, music and dance from the Colombian culture. 

The focus will be on developing skills in the areas of listening, speaking and reading. Short comprehensible conversations and games/activities will be used to expose students to the target language. This is not a full immersion class, since it is designed for beginners. This means that I will not speak 100% Spanish in these lessons. I will give instructions and explanations in English, for the benefit of your child.  However, most of the class will be in Spanish.
Please note that it is important for your child to be willing to repeat the Spanish words during class, and practice saying them with me in the lessons. 

Here is a breakdown of what we'll learn in each class:

Topic/Theme for class session 1 -     

Topic/Theme for class session 2 - Students will learn different was to greet each other, talk about the weather and calendar and discuss feelings in Spanish.  Students will continue to reinformce numbers through a fun board game.   Students will also learn about the families special gifts  by practicing the structure (puede..).  

Topic/Theme for class session 3-Students will learn different was to greet each other, talk about the weather and calendar and discuss feelings in Spanish.    Students will learn adjectives to describe the family members and will learn new adjectives to describe themselves as well.  A Snakes and Ladders game will be played during this class to give the students opportunities to practice describing the family members. 

Topic/Theme for class session 4- Students will learn different was to greet each other, talk about the weather and calendar and discuss feelings in Spanish.   Students will take a tour of the Madrigal house.  They will learn how to say different rooms and  furniture in the home in Spanish. 

Topic/Theme for  class session-5-Students will learn different was to greet each other, talk about the weather and calendar and discuss feelings in Spanish. Students will spend some time in the Madrigal kitchen.  Students will learn kitchen vocabulary and learn the ingredients to some of the traditional food from the movie (arepas, ajiaco and buñuelos).   Students will learn to describe Julieta and her gift of healing with food.  Students will learn the structure Gusta and how to use it in a sentence.  Food vocabulary will be practiced through a fun sorry board game activity. 

Topic/Theme for class session 6- Students will learn different was to greet each other, talk about the weather and calendar and discuss feelings in Spanish. This class will discuss Antonio's door party.  We will examine the gifts he receives and the dance and music from the movie.