Class/Class Level: Spanish Level 3

Objectives:
-Students will learn about a popular drink in many Latin American countriesel mate.
-Students will be able to consider, through conversing and writing, the deeper meaning of the tradition of drinking mate and what it represents to
the cultures who drink it.

Rationale:
Students have just begun their unit on foods from different Latin American countries. They will be learning about different recipes and what these
dishes mean to the culture. While mate is a drink, it fits in quite well with this unit. Mate is interesting in that there are many rules that need to be
followed while drinking mate in a group. There are many undertones to these rules and rituals that reveal many things about the culturesuch as
valuing time with friends and family, the importance of sharing as they physically share the drink from the same cup, and the importance of
showing respect and care towards your loved ones.

Standards:
1.1Interpersonal Communication: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and
exchange opinions.
1.2Interpretive Communication: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
2.2Products and perspectives: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture

Materials and Set up required:

White board, white board marker, student worksheets, power point, projector, cup/straw to demonstrate with.

Agenda:
Introduction5 minutes
Presentation about mate10 minutes
Reading the rules to drinking mate20 minutes
Interactive video w/ rules to drinking mate15 minutes
Final wrap up question15 minutes

What I will say is written in red

What I will do is written in black
Teacher thinking is written in purple
ACTIVITIES TEACHER THINKING

INTRO5 minutes

Hola clase, cmo estn?

Hi class, how are you?

Estn felices que tienen una semana corta por el da de accin de gracias?
Are you happy that you have a short week for Thanksgiving?

Bueno, para empezar tengo dos preguntas para ustedes: Talking about Thanksgiving will help
Deben fingir que van a explicar el da de accin de gracias a un extranjero. the students to start to think about
Qu hacemos ese da? Qu representa para nuestra cultura? the deeper meaning of sharing food
Okay, to start I have to questions for you: with friends and family. This will help
You should pretend that you are going to explain thanksgiving to a foreigner. them to connect better with the
What do we do that day? What does it represent about our culture? content of mate.

After they talk in partners, I will have a few students share out to the class.

PRESENTATION OF MATE10 Minutes

Vale. Hablamos sobre que representa la comida del da de accin de gracias para nuestra cultura. Hoy,
vamos a hablar sobre que representa el mate para algunos pases hispanohablantes. Alguien sabe que
es el mate?
Okay. We talked about what the Thanksgiving meal represents for our culture. Today we are going to talk
about what mate represents for some Latin American countries. Does anyone know what mate is?

Powerpoint Slide One---El Mate: Qu es?

Esto es el mate (point to the picture of mate). Mate es una bebida caliente. Qu es esto? (Point to the
herb and elicit the answer in Spanish hierba) Students learned the word hierba
This is mate (point to the picture of mate) Mate is a hot drink. What is this? (point to the herb and elicit for herb last week in class. I want to
the answer in Spanish, hierba)
 elicit the vocabulary that they already
know.

Si, hierba. Tenemos hierba. Tenemos una bombilla. Tenemos una taza. Y tenemos un termo.
Yes, herb. We have herb, we have a straw. We have a cup. And we have a thermos (point to each of these
as I say the word in Spanish)

La taza est hecha de una calabaza.

The cup is made from a gourd. Point to the pictures of the gourds.

Primero, se pone la bombilla en la taza. Segundo se llena con la hierba. Finalmente se pone el agua
caliente del termo.
First, you put the straw in the cup. Then you put in the herbs. Finally, you put in hot water from the
thermos.

Hay una bebida similar en nuestra cultura?

Is there a similar drink in our culture? (try to elicit the answer tea).

Si, y porque t?
Yes, and why tea? (elicit the answer because it is warm and because it has herbs).

Si pero hay una diferencia: cuando ya no hay agua, usan las mismas hierbas y lo rellenan con ms agua.
Yes, but there is a difference. When there is no more water, they use the same herbs and the refill it with
more water.

Powerpoint Slide Two---El Mate: Donde lo beben?

El mate es muy popular en Argentina y tambin Paraguay, Uruguay, el sur de Chile y el sur de Brasil.
Mate is very popular in Argentina and also Paraguay, Uruguay, the south of Chile and the south of Brazil.

Show these countries on the map.

Powerpoint Slide Three---El Mate: Cmo lo beben?

Generalmente, se bebe el mate en grupo. Tambin todos beben de la misma taza.

In general, you drink mate in a group. Also, everyone drinks from the same cup.

Tengo dos preguntas para ustedes:

Qu piensan que hacen mientras que beben mate en grupo?
Por qu crees que usan la misma taza?
Hablen en pareja.

I have two questions for you:

What do you think they do while they drink mate in a group?
Why do you think they use the same cup?
Talk in pairs.

Afterwards, we will talk as a class. As they tell me their answers, I will write them on the board. Certain Whenever we talk about some
things that I would like them to say is that they Talk with friends and family while they drink mate. And questions that hint at a deeper
that they use the same cup to share meaning for the practice of drinking
mate, I will write it on the board. This
will help scaffold them to answer the
question at the very end of the lesson
What does mate represent for their
culture?

Cuando se toma el mate en grupo, hay muchas reglas! Luego vamos a hablar sobre las reglas de tomar
el mate en grupo.
When you drink mate in a group, there are a lot of rules! Later we are going to talk about the rules for
drinking mate in a group.

Powerpoint Slide Four---El Mate: Les encanta!

El mate: les encanta! Para su cultura es muy importante. Tan importante que tienen esculturas y
edificios construidos por el mate. Alguien ac hizo su presentacin sobre el papa o Leonel Messi?
Bueno, de donde son? As que por supuesto que les encanta el mate tambin!

Mate: They love it! For their culture it is very important. It is so important that they have sculptures and
building constructed for mate. Did someone here do their presentation about the pope or Leonel Messi?
(wait to see if anyone answers) Where were they from? (wait to see if they say Argentina). Yes! So of
course the also love mate!

I might mention that I was in Cochrane, Chile and that one of those sculptures as well as the building were
there. I stayed with a family for 4 days in Cochrane, Chile and we drank mate every night.

RULES TO DRINKING MATE READING20 MINUTES

Bueno, chicos. Recuerdas que les dije que bamos a aprender ms sobre las reglas de beber el mate con This reading will incorporate standard
un grupo. Vamos a leer estas reglas. 1.2: Interpretive Communication:
Okay, everyone. Remember that I told you that we were going to learn more about the rules of drinking Students understand and interpret
mate with a group. We are going to read those rules written and spoken language on a
variety of topics. Students will
Este texto es un poco difcil. Es un texto autentico. Que significa autentico? interpret information from an
This text is a little difficult. It is an authentic text. What does Authentic mean? Wait for them to give an authentic text.
answer.

Si. Es un texto que encontr en el internet y es para personas que son hablantes nativos del espaol. As I felt that the task that the students
que est bien si no entienden todo. Pero deben leer la primera parte e interpretar las reglas para were required to complete made
determinar si las frases abajo son verdades o falsos. reading this authentic text possible. I
Yes. It is a text that I found on the internet and it is for native Spanish speakers. So it is okay if you dont am not asking them to find a deeper
understand everything. You should try to read the first part and interpret the rules to determine whether meaning in the text, just determine
or not the phrases below are true or false. whether the statements are true or
false. This true or false activity will
scaffold for the next activity where
After the students read and answer the true or false questions, we will go over the answers together. In the students will need to figure out
order to make sure that the students understand, I will bring a cup and a straw and act out each of the what a person does wrong while
true or false questions. drinking mate.

RULES TO DRINKING MATE VIDEO ACTIVITY15 MINUTES

Vale, chicos. Ahora vamos a ver un video de un grupo de argentinos. I will write these instructions on the
En el video, le estn enseando a un amigo las reglas de beber el mate. board.
Cada vez que el chico hace un error, voy a parar el video.
Con una pareja, usando lo que aprendimos del texto, tienen que hablar EN ESPAOL de que error hizo This video is in English. Ideally, it
el chico. would have been in Spanish.
Despus, empiezo el video de nuevo y vemos si ustedes tenan razn. However, I think it could increase
Okay, everyone. Now we are going to watch a video of a group of Argentinians. engagement and motivation of the
In the video, they are teaching the rules of drinking mate to a friend. material since it is a slightly silly
Every time that the boy makes an error, I am going to stop the video. video. I think that the students might
With a partner, using what we learned from the text, you need to speak IN SPANISH about the error that relate to the young Argentinians
the boy does. trying to express themselves in
After, I will start the video again and we will see if you were correct. English in a goofy way. In addition, I
decided to make this video an
Entienden? Hay alguna pregunta? interactive activity. So, even though
Do you understand? Any questions? Wait to see if anyone has any questions. the video is in English, it will still be
used as an activity to get the students
communicating in Spanish.
I will then play and stop the video. Each time I stop the video I will ask them:
Qu fue el error? Hablen en pareja.
What was the error? Talk in partners.

After the video activity I will ask them the following question to ask in partners:

Por qu crees que se debe terminar todo el mate y terminar con un sonido?
Por qu crees que la bombilla debe apuntarse en la direccin de la persona que va a recibir el mate?
Why do you think you should finish all of the mate with a slurping noise?
Why do you think the straw should point in the direction of the person who is going to receive the mate?

Will when then talk as an entire class and I will write their answers on the board. I will look for answers Answers like this will help scaffold for
like You should finish the mate to show you enjoyed it and to respect your friend and the straw should our question What does the mate
face the person who is going to receive the mate to invite them to drink represent for their culture?

PARA PENSAR WRAP UP ACTIVITY15 Minutes

We will do a think/pair/share with the following 2 questions: I will refer them to all the words we
have wrote during the class in order
Qu representa el mate para las culturas donde lo bebe? to answer this question. All of the
What does mate represent to the culture where they drink it?
Quieres tomar el mate en grupo algn da? Por qu si o por qu no?
Do you want to drink mate in a group one day? Why or why not?
other questions scaffolded for this
question. This question will
incorporate standard 2.3: Products
and Persepectives: Students
demonstrate an understanding of the
relationship between the products
and perspectives of the culture
studied. Students will realize the
deeper meaning behind the product
of mate.
This question incorporates my
teaching philosophy. Students can
express their own opinions about
mate and whether they would like to
drink it in a group one day or not. This
also incorporates Standard 1.1:
Interpersonal Communication.
Students will be able to express their
feelings towards mate and exchange
opinions.
MATERIALS:

Video that will be used in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KPy9AJ8i5A

PowerPoint:
Worksheets:

Nombre________________________________________ Clase_______________________ Fecha_________

Espaol III Unidad 2: Alimentos y recetas del mundo hispano

EL MATE

Reglas para compartir el mate:

1. El mate lo distribuye la persona que lo prepara, el cebador.

2. Se entrega a la persona que lo tomar, con la mano derecha y la bombilla apuntando en su direccin. No se puede tocar la bombilla!

3. Quin lo recibe, lo bebe hasta el final y lo devuelve al cebador. Jams, lo hace rotar hacia el vecino. El cebador, insisto, es el nico que distribuye
el mate.

4. El mate tambin se devuelve con la mano derecha y la bombilla apuntando al cebador.

5. Decir gracias, es la forma que le indicas al cebador que no deseas ms Mate y, por tanto, no volver a ofrecerte ms. Hay que tener cuidado
en usarla, porque por error, te puede dejar fuera de crculo del mate.

Verdadero/Falso:

1. V/F ____La persona que prepara el mate pasa el mate a las otras personas del grupo.

2. V/F ____Siempre se pasa el mate y se recibe el mate con la mano izquierda.

3. V/F ____Cuando se pasa el mate, la bombilla necesita apuntar en la direccin de la

persona que recibe el mate.
4. V/F ____Tienes que terminar el mate.

5. V/F ____Est bien tocar la bombilla.

6. V/F ____Si dices gracias a la persona que prepara el mate, significa que quieres
ms mate.

PARA PENSAR

Qu representa el mate para las culturas donde lo beben? Por qu?