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From http://www.creativelanguageclass.com

The “family unit.” Broad topics like this often stump teachers in their curriculum planning. “What am I supposed to teach about family?” “What should my students be able to do?” “Family and WHAT?!?” Here are two recent blog posts from The Creative Language Class addressing these difficulties. The first is a beginning to curriculum planning, and the second is a specific lesson.

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Where does one begin when planning a “family unit?” Where do the Can-Do statements come in? What kinds of questions will lead to good curriculum design? Get ideas in this blog post: http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/planning/unit-family/

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Here is a blog post about expanding this Can-Do statement: "I can talk about what my family and I like to do together." The author used three traditional games with her Spanish students: Lotería, Pernola, and Dominó. See how her students became familiar with the games and related their learning to other aspects of their lives here: http://www.creativelanguageclass.com/activities/games/cultural-games/