¡Buen viaje!: Level 1Chapter 6:
La familia y su casaWebQuestEn busca de casa o apartamento
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Objective-
To encourage students to learn about housing
in Spain as they "buy" a vacation
home
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. Suggested amounts:
5,000,000 pesetas up to 20,000,000
pesetas. This will ensure that
students choose different types of dwellings
in varying price ranges according to the
size of their family and the amount of
their inheritance. Once 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!
- Have
students study the floor plan of their
house or apartment when they are asked
to give a description of their dwelling
on their worksheet. If no floor plan is
available, have them describe the exterior
of the house and the features of the community.
- 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.
- Additional
helpful vocabulary for this activity:
| adosado
| attached | | amueblado | furnished | | apartamento/dúplex | bi-level
apartment | | edificios | apartment
buildings | | memoria
de calidades | list
of specifications/features | | 2a
mano | previously
owned, secondhand | | urbanización | planned
community | | viviendas
(de ocasión) | dwellings
(at a reduced price) |
Expansion -
You may wish to have students use their
vacation house from this activity as the
subject of the Writing Activity, La
casa de mis sueños, page 195
in the textbook.
-
If students are able to download the photos
and print them out, display the photos
of the apartments and houses in the classroom.
Have students read their descriptions
and see if others can match the apartments
or houses to the descriptions.
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