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Teacher
Information
CAPÍTULO
6
En busca de casa o apartamento
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Objective
- Encourage
students to learn about housing in the Hispanic
world as they plan to "buy" an apartment
or house
Notes
- In
this activity students are asked to choose an
apartment or house in the Costa Blanca region
of Spain. They are going to make their "purchase"
with money that they "inherited" from
a distant relative. In your role as "probate
lawyer," assign the following amounts to
the students randomly. This will ensure that
some students will choose apartments and others
will choose houses according to the size of
their family and the amount of their "inheritance."
Suggested amounts: 10,000,000 pesetas
up to 70,000,000 pesetas. (Use multiples
of 10.) Once the students have selected their
properties, have them convert the prices into
dollars using the Currency Converter
link. Depending on what real estate costs where
you live, the students may be surprised by the
prices!
- Students
may not be able to answer the questions about
the region unless they visit more than one site.
Encourage them to use the maps at the sites
to figure out what sea the Costa Blanca is on.
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Have students study the floor plan of their
house or apartment when they list the rooms
on their worksheet. If no floor plan is available,
have them describe the exterior of the house
and the features of the community.
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Additional helpful vocabulary for this activity:
amueblado
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furnished
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| los
edificios (de apartamentos) |
(apartment)
buildings |
| IVA |
tax |
| un
jardín terminado |
landscaped
garden |
| 1ª
(primera) línea de playa |
right
on the beach |
| una
urbanización |
planned
community |
| las
viviendas |
houses,
dwellings |
Expansion
- If
students are able to download the photos and
print them out, have them prepare a travel brochure
about their cities. Display students' brochures
around a wall-size map of Spain in the classroom.
Have students vote on which city is the most
interesting, beautiful, etc.
- If
you would like to plan a Spanish food day with
your students, click on the link below. You
will find recipes for local food specialties
from several of the cities featured on the interactive
map of Spain. Click on the Metric Conversion
link if you need to convert the measurements
into ounces and pounds. Click on the Tabla
de conversión.
Recipes
(Spain: Board of Tourism)
Note:
Click on Gastronomía, then the
Chef Hat icon to access the recipes. If you
click on the Knife and Fork icon, you can
access an interactive map that takes you to
descriptions of the local and regional specialities.
Conversión
de medidas
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