Una fiesta mexicana

Miércoles diez de febrero de dos mil veintiuno

Una fiesta mexicana

What’s the story?

The ¡TeleViva! team have been invited to a Mexican-themed party.

A) Before watching

1    What food and drink might the team take to the party? What ingredients would they need to buy (e.g. ‘una lechuga’)? Make a list of food and drink words.

Open Ended

Share three ingredients from your list

Open Ended

Which Spanish expressions do you think the team will use to say what they are going to take to the party?

Open Ended

Which Spanish expressions do you think the team will use to say what they are going to buy for the party?

Open Ended

Which Spanish expressions do you think the team will use to say what they are going to do at the party?

....before we start...

Multiple Select

¿Qué día?

• el martes

• en la casa

• el jueves

• en el parque

• el viernes

Multiple Select

¿Qué día?

• el domingo

• el sábado

• a las dos

• en el parque

• a las cinco

Multiple Select

¿A qué hora ?

• el domingo

• en la casa

• a las dos

• a las cuatro

• a las cinco

Multiple Select

¿Dónde?

• el domingo

• en la casa

• en el restaurante

• en el parque

• a las cinco

Watch the video

Answer in SPANISH

Open Ended

At the end of the video what does Laura say she is going to do the next time she goes to a party?

Rewatch the first part

Read the instructions first

Multiple Choice

a) Laura is going to take a bottle of lemonade to the party.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

b) Samuel is going to take three packets of crisps to the party.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

c) Ramona is going to dance at the party.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

d) They are going to meet opposite the school

• True

• False

Watch again the second part

Open Ended

For main course they try lots of different dishes including _________________,

____________________ and ______________________.

Discussion

Open Ended

Do you think that José misunderstood Marco’s message about the party? How?

Open Ended

When Marco asks what they are going to eat, Andrés’ dad replies ‘Va a ser una sorpresa mexicana’. What do you think this means?

Open Ended

Andrés warns Samuel the chillies are ‘muy picantes’. What do you think this means?

Open Ended

Do you know any other types of Mexican food which are not mentioned in the video?

Open Ended

José’s costume is one of the stereotypical images of Mexico. What is a stereotype?

Open Ended

What is the stereotype of a British person?

Poll

In your opinion, are stereotypes good or bad?

• good

• bad

Complete this dialog. Subsitute the green words with your own ones

Voy a ir a una fiesta el (lunes) a las (siete).

o  ¿Qué vas a traer a la fiesta?

·       Voy a traer (una ensalada).

o  ¿Qué vas a comprar?

·       Voy a comprar (un kilo de tomates, …).

o  ¿Qué vas a hacer en la fiesta?

·       Voy a (bailar) y a (comer mucho). ¡Va a ser (superguay)!

Open Ended

Do you know any other types of Mexican food which are not mentioned in the video?