DESCRIBING FAMILY MEMBERS Spanish level 1b 8 th grade

To ask about a friends family you might use: Cuantas personas hay en tu familia? ______________________________________ Como es tu familia? _______________________________________ Que hacen ustedes los fines de semana? _______________________________________

To describe your family to someone you might say: Somos seis personas en mi familia. _______________________________________ Nuestra familia es grande. Somos muy unidos. _______________________________________ Casi siempre salimos a comer los domingos con nuestros abuelos __________________________________________

Remember our family vocabulary Hermano/a – Madrastra – Padrastro – Menor – Mayor – Abuelo/a – Esposo/a – Hijo/a- Mama – Papa –

Task! Create a family tree. Make sure to label the people in the family using the family member vocabulary in Spanish. Once you have completed your tree. Write a paragraph. – 5 sentences in Spanish describing your family. ***If you don’t want to use your own family you can make one up or use a famous family like the Obama family. **we will be presenting our family trees to the class.

Rubric 10 points family tree with labels in Spanish 10 points for 5 sentence paragraph in Spanish. 5 points for pronunciation 5 points for grammar ______/ 30 points total NOTE: this will be graded as a major assignment You will be presenting them on the next class meeting